In the wake of the massive earthquake in New Zealand, the skaters there have some ready made natural terrain to get down on. Here is a great clip of some of the possibilities.

I’ll be keeping an eye on Status Kobe for clips from Japan in the aftermath of the tragedy there.

Leave it to skaters to find hope and beauty amongst so much pain.

Check out this mini doc of Jamie Thomas. Jamie is a really cool cat that I wouldn’t mind hanging out with. Hit me up some time Jamie.

Frankie pretty much just disappeared at what seemed to be the height of his career. Maybe it was the tech progression that blew up in the early nineties while Frankie Hill was just going big.

I can’t wait to see what they end up producing.

Watching this clip I am reminded of the old Bones Brigade days when the most important part of a session was having fun. The focus on progression in the last ten years has taken some of the fun out.

Enjoy:

This is awesome. Mongo Foot Disorder is sweeping the nation. I’m seeing more and more infected kids at the skatepark every week.

HT // Skateboard Mag

I can appreciate will done footage as much as the next guy

I have little kids so I think this is fantastic.

Muno street sesh:

Bucky Lasek and Christian Hosoi pool session with plex:

Skateboarding has an energy about it that is unlike most of the sports that kids are steered to by teachers and other ‘leaders’. It takes over your life and becomes a part of you…not just something you do. There is no measurement for who is good at it and who is not; it only matters that you are having fun. This makes it perfect for this kind of humanitarian effort:

There’s a good chance you’ve seen this video…or some of the hits in it.

Sometime you just want to quit when you see guys dropping tre flips over gaps you couldn’t ollie if you were towed into it.

But alas…you just let it stoke you.

…and this is just the trailor! What next?