More interesting thoughts on the new frame from Milwaukee. For those who have paid attention a few Bootleg Sessions riders had actually been riding the Orange One for the last few years. A few of them still feel that the Orange One is fine for freestyle… of course, this is anecdotal. Some of us are [...]
This is old, old news by now, but I rediscovered this clip of Tom La Marche bunnyhoping a Jersey barrier. He says he wrecked pretty hard, but just the fact that he could get over it is crazy impressive.
Hips black and blue, jeans sanded down and fraying, hands dirty and red, sneakers surviving with shoe goo, bruised shins, sore tailbone, and on and on.
A normal set of persistent injuries and earmarks of skateboarding. The kind that never fully healed, ultimately a thing I do not miss. Never being the most gifted skater, most [...]
In lieu of using a normal threaded/reverse threaded setup for the rear hub and cog, people have taken to using front disc brake hubs (with ISO 6-bolt pattern for discs) and mounting cogs directly to the hub via bolts. This eliminates the lockring and may create a stronger/safer drivetrain. Riding without brakes, in a city [...]
Style is subjective.
Art is subjective.
Music is subjective.
Times and tastes change, even though you or I may feel that something is timeless… there is still no objective way to say something is aesthetically pleasing, etc.
I say all of this as Billy Savage, the maker of the mountain bike history film Klunkerz, took the time to comment [...]
Japanese artist Usugrow has a Vans collab series coming out, including some very subtle looking Half Cabs. (Hell, at this point you may have a Vans collab coming out.) Usugrow’s style is very influenced by Mike Giant, amongst others: neo-traditional line work and hatching for some of the shading. It translates really well to tattoos [...]
Juxtapoz is having a sale! Get prints from the likes of Usugrow, Jeff Soto, Dalek, Mike Giant, Frank Kozik, and more for 25% off. Give it to that special someone, something, or hand. Or just rock it on the wall of your bungalow (mine is full of rich mahogony and smells of fine leather). These [...]
Until six or seven, perhaps as young as five, the world is magic.
The world is big, counters are high, doorknobs are oft out of reach, colors are vibrant and shimmering, days are a rush of activity and laughter, pain is sudden and you reach out for someone to take it all away. You are learning, [...]
2009 marks twenty years of music from the Bouncing Souls. They are releasing one new track a month for the whole year, and thus far they have been the same kind of anthemic sing along punk songs you’d expect. Probably some of the nicest guys around: when I was an underweight, undersized seventeen year old [...]
The streets are near empty on a weeknight as the clock chimes twelve. Red lights with no traffic, green lights when unexpected, hills. Stand, saw your arms back and forth, body rock as shoulders dance and legs piston. Pushing and pulling the pedals. Breathe in. Breathe out. Hum, tires on asphalt. Hands not quite cold, [...]