Skate Life

Vehicles and oblivious pedestrians are a potential enemy. Texting and riding is treason. When you’re out you scan for new spots. It’s not some toy, it can be how you get around as much as an outlet. It leads to injury and adventure. You’ve learned some creative first aid. You may by about tech and trick and I may be speed in style, but we’re in it together. Security guards who don’t get it are a drag. Those who do are our enablers. You don’t “grow out of it” if you’re real. If you ever age out you’ll still smile … Continue reading Skate Life

California’s Skateboarding Underground

Rich Monday – Skateboarding Reality Check Starting in 1977 Rich Monday joined the skate community and became a local presence in the Modesto skateboard community. His parents used the local skateboard park, “The Heat Wave” as a 7 day a week day care and each day he was dropped off for hour after hour of skateboarding adventure. Rich Monday started competing locally and after the popular park closed the local crew united again through high school and at an empty swimming pool in the neighborhood on Rumble Road. The Rumble Pool Crew, after seeing their beloved skate park close, now … Continue reading California’s Skateboarding Underground

The FIDLAR Band Review A Look Back At 2013 What A Year

The FIDLAR Band Review The Skate Punk Band Making Waves Out Of California… “FIDLAR” is a skate punk band from Los Angeles, California. The band’s name is an acronym for ‘Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk’; a skate mantra created by singer Zac Carper’s former roommates. The members of FIDLAR were seemingly destined from birth to play in a band. Originally, FIDLAR went under the name ‘Fuck The Clock.’ Three years after recording their first songs they stepped on stage and out of the gate teamed up with ‘The Black Lips’ and went on tour with ‘The Hives,‘ what kind … Continue reading The FIDLAR Band Review A Look Back At 2013 What A Year

Duane Peters Biography Update 2014

The Master Of Disaster Adds Another Chapter To His Skate Punk Book Of Horrors! I’m sorry to announce this about a friend and hero of mine, Skateboarding and punk rock legend Duane Peters has come under the gun again in what looks to be yet another tragic chapter in Duane’s life. Last Friday the 7th of February, Duane Peters committed career suicide, which now we hear, may end up with time spent in state prison for felony domestic violence. Technically he was charged with, “felony willful infliction of corporal injury.” This news has already affected the industry in some areas … Continue reading Duane Peters Biography Update 2014