You may have noticed one of Andy Hughes‘ photographs in the ‘Greenery’ section of the latest Wend. Andy has been making huge wave in the photography world recently by photographing all manner of refuse that wash up on the world’s beaches. His book ‘Dominant Wave Theory’ is the result of… Read the rest
That’s how surf scribe Craig Stecyk describes mat-surfing. I’ve been intrigued by this form of surfing for quite some time. Firstly, I’m always looking for a new wave to slide around on waves. Secondly, my home state of Oregon is also the home of Dale Solomonson, one of the eccentric… Read the rest
A young African boy finds a body board while fleeing rebels in his war torn country and becomes Liberia’s first surfer. A Political Science PHD who is also an amputee, is traveling around the country, trying to hide his prosthetic leg because there are so many local amputees in need… Read the rest
At Stiv’s request here is an olden but golden photo of Chet Childress putting some final use to a soon to be destroyed, transitional swimming hole, in the form of a backside smithgrind.
Taken from Nichols and Charnoski’s “Northwest” documentary, that has some footage of the last days of this… Read the rest
A talented skateboarder, snowboarder and aspiring filmmaker happened upon a group of homeless can collectors in his North Vancouver neighborhood and decided to make a documentary about them. There is nothing unusual about someone making a film about people living on the fringe of society but then you realize what… Read the rest
These banks are replicas of the King City banks, a legendary Oregon skate spot that was never meant to be skated and now defunct… Once again Dreamland Skateparks pushes the boundaries of cutting edge skatepark design by incorporating inspiration from unintentional historical skate spots. Photo by Jeff Petersen… Read the rest
Portland continues to get spoiled with ever more skateparks springing up in and around our city. What’s more these aren’t generic skatepark designs. Each park has cutting edge and unique features. Here is a photo of Dave Fitzpatrick with a steezy frontside rock and roll on the brick banks at… Read the rest
The Brits seem way ahead of the game in terms of electronic publications. Check out Drift an online surf rag and Tweaker a skate version. Both are beautiful to look at with worthy indepth content. So good, I almost wish they did print versions…… Read the rest
Cold War skateboards have been putting out decks for a few years now. They are a Portland based company but unlike most other skate companies they get their blanks from a local source, Portland’s M and M, who actually press and cut decks in their own basement. It is all… Read the rest
If you are in Portland this Thursday, come by. I’ll be repping Wend and Foulweather…
Skate art, photos, skate zines, free food and drink–come see the ½ pipe in front of City Hall put together by Commissioner Sam Adams.
August 2nd 5:00-8:00pm
Portland City Hall: 1221 SW 4th… Read the rest
Anyone who regularly cycles through an American city knows that traffic law and common sense as it pertains to bicycling do not always coincide. This is challenging to cyclists, other road users and law enforcement alike and every once in awhile ridiculous situations like what happened to Stephan Orsak in… Read the rest
If I lived in San Francisco I would certainly be in line to see this flick on Saturday.
Mashsf, a documentary on SF’s urban track bike riders by Gabe Morford and Mike Martin. How about a review copy guys?… Read the rest
Over the last week I have been ignoring phone calls from friends calling to ask me to go surfing or skateboarding. There is only one reason for this and it has two wheels, one gear and no coasting capability. I ride a bike everyday but until recently it has been… Read the rest
Gerry Lopez once said that every surfer should make his own surfboard and I’ve been curious about the wooden ‘surfboard kits’ that Grain Surfboards offer since they were featured in Wend #2. However, I’m not much of a handyman and so even a step by step manual with all the… Read the rest
Last weekend we “organized” a surf jam on the central Oregon coast, with the purpose of trying out various “experimental” and alternative surfboards. The only restrictions were the boards had to be less than seven foot long and have less or more than three fins. We had Singles, Twins, Twinzers,… Read the rest
