Doing it Yourself
I just got a copy of that new East Coast mag, Focus. It's a free mag back there, and it's pretty rad. What was really rad is how it was started by two dudes who decided they wanted to do a skate magazine that focused on their scene. How rad is that? It's all about getting out there and making shit happen. What are some projects, magazines, companies, etc. that you guys are feeling that embody what skateboarding is to YOU?
(57) responses to: Doing it Yourself
photography.
when you say photography are you talking about a photographer or skate photography? Who are some of your favortie skate photo flickers?
yeah photos. just of everything, skating, nature, city scenes. whenever i see or take a really good photo i get really psyched.
i dont really pay attention to who takes them, just whats in it.
hmm
the boston massacre video from coliseum in boston. it's just sick how they were just fooling around and still made a great video. it's not all about those hammers being dropped on handrails but just being innovative. the vid get's me psyched to go skate and just have fun with the boys and not stress so much about landing tricks.
i love it in portland
Craig- i enjoy skate photography and theres lots of photographers out there that are great; atiba, jon humphries, shad lambert, scott prommier, ryan gee, fred mortagne.
Favorite photographer = Brian Gamberman. I did a pretty wicked scooter magazine once. Only took three days to make. Over one million copies copied.
photography at is finest
check these guys work out
http://www.vincentskoglund.com/
http://www.trevorgraves.com/
videos. for a while me and my friends were gonna make a video. we kept starting over and over for about 5 years. finally we just stopped. we would always talk about what we would do when were done, or what music to whose part, and editing, but never focused on finishing. now the guy who had the camera barely skates any more and me and all of my friends havent skated together since before winter. so if your workin on a video finsish it and focus on it. o yeah and i love gum
DIY skate spots. That's where it's at!!
more about europe, everything's so focused on the US. Just one mag (kingpin) ain't gonne do it, cuz it's only popular in europe. The mags are just to much about US skateboarding, shame.
it's not all of the us, mostly california. besides, there's lots of coverage of europe in tons of videos
europe gets alot of coverage. i went over there and i think its because the rules of skat'n street dont apply the same as here in the states. but traveling is sick,especially with you r boys, boards, an iced tea and some beef jerk.
speaking of portland, i love the dept.
here's a picture
http://www2.thrashermagazine.com/junkdrawer/51105.jpg
focus is a great magazine. it shows what skateboarding is really about... fun. forget all the whos hot whos not stuff, skateboarding is about having a good time.
this is my company/project that's ended up doing way more then i thought and still going. doing stuff yourself is hella fun.
http://www.nullskateboards.com" rel="nofollow">null skateboards
Photography does get me really hyped and stuff in the Skateboard Mag. Day dreaming about the parks in Porland (I haven't been there yet, but I can't wait they look fun!!) I'm stuck on a rock.Dreams about skateboarding.When I look outside and it's not raining walking around the down town area.Damnit everything just about. Oh that Kingpin magazine looks pretty cool I looked at a few pages at Tower Records.( It looks like an american magazine I can't tell the difference.)
SEU TRINH!!!!
oh my god rasa i knew that the dos is a really good skatepark but i didnt know it had a big three!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH thats sssoooo awesome
yeah, dept. got remodled in the fall. it's really sick now
My local skate shop Daily Gring used to make a magazine but they stopped for some reason. It really highlighted the adelaide scene. They're making a video right now. Two guys i know are gonna have parts and they're trying to get Cale footage for it. Can't wait.
we have a project going on down here where im living at (south padre island) all the local towns are getting new parks from the city but theyre all pre-fabricated metal crap! being designed by people who dont even skate, so we are putting a stop to that and at the same time raising money for our own local park which is going to be concrete, which is way better than that metal shit (anyone agree), and weve been working on that since last summer and we have nearly 25 g's and are premeiring a local skate movie in tthe cinema to raise money for it, but thats prety much our project which is called s.p.i.t.s. south padre island texas skaters, well reply if you think that metal shit is bunk
I really wanna start my own skate/culture clothin line with my buddies but its so hard cuz of the money and shit.
k.a.s.t. in San Antonio is all about having fun and not worrying about doing this or landing that. keep sk8n for fun and remember why you did in the first place.
oh man.. what a perfect place to drip this link
http://truehead.deviantart.com
^^^inspired by skateboarding.
i did a whole series of local spots n shit like that.. and i won a couple of national awards with that portfolio n some local ones too. gotta hand it to skate culture.
skateboardmag is real hot too.
METAL = SHIT!!!Concrete = good!!!!!
Yea that's awesome when a group of skaters just get out there and spread the love on their local scene to the locals. I live in Malaysia. I'm pretty proud of what my country's trying to bring up with these skate shops and skateboard magazines. Sometimes they do a terrible job with the photography and videos they release. But at least they're trying rather than sitting down and not doing anything. Nice to see the local scene coming up. Hopefully eS will stop by Malaysia some day. Email me when you're here ok Craig & Josh :-)
ive been wanting to put togethter a little mag for some friends at school and show case one of us as the main skater in it and have an interview and stuff, but its still just a thought, no production or anythign yet...
yo kast what is that? a skate team or a park or somehting? i live down here in corpus and am in san antonio all the time...wait, san antonio texas right?
One of my best friends will be taking pictures of local skate Ray Gurz for a Navigator Trucks ad that will be in Focus magazine.
Hobo Child is radical! It's a pretend clothing company my friends and i started. we make our own arty clothes and stuff. but now we're making a video an we're about a third complete. it gets me excited about skating to just edit the footage and to see all the funny stuff of my friends. Hobo Child is radical dude!
i started a skate team called streetarmy skateboarding
www.freewebs.com/newageskateboards
http://www.vafleezers.com/default.html
some of the rad people near me
I wrote the "Neighborhood Watch" article in Focus about Gear For Groms. If you have the magazine, check out the article - if you live in or around Philadelphia and want to help out with it, we are trying to expand the project for the 05-06 school year. Get in touch if you want to get involved.
At the very least, pick up an issue of this magazine if you havn't already, I think it turned out real well.
Focus is an awesome mag, they do an great job on exposing the east coast scene, i started a clothing company with my friends - check out our ad in focus.
www.mentumclothing.com
what's up with them jacking the flash logo?
I like Seu Trinh for photos
Joe, I live around 45 minutes from philly and i would like to get in on this. get at me.
i heard about this new clothing line. they are hooking up Ronson Lambert and working to build a solid team.
http://www.nomisdesign.com
they clothes look dope but i dont know where i can buy any.
hey sorry i didnt read it all so i dunno if anyone put this but its www.glassesphoto.com a bunch of picture of people including Gallant and Jereme and many other equivalently sick skaters from boston and around you should check it out his photos are amazing
Hey man - post your e-mail, or send one my way, suchaheavenlywaytodie@yahoo.com
hey johne yea kast is in san antonio and in mission tx and its juct a little skate team we got going
sk8monkey88@yahoo.com
new clothing line outta vancouver..
http://www.delinquencyapparel.com
i like the site its hot..
hey, could one of the guys tell me how i can get a Q & A (possibly through email) with the art director(s) at éS???
i have an english paper on a career i'd like to pursue
thought it'd be cool to get some questions answered from the dudes at éS. if you could help me out that'd be great
Yeah Mike your Mag is on the es website.
focus? thats the name of a sk8 shop here in madison wis
bloody awesome skate brands from perth get me amped. u no wot im sayin ay, we talkin Cheese Skateboards. {pimpin]
bloody awesome skate brands from perth get me amped. u no wot im sayin ay, we talkin Cheese Skateboards. {pimpin]
I don't know if any of you have checked out the DIY tee shirts that you can make of the contract faces of the 'es team. It's sooo cool 'cause I wear them every where. I think it was in the first 'es newsletter. When I first got the letter I didn't pay any attention to it at the time 'cause it was summer. But around December no skateboarding = lurking on the net so I went got got white underwear shirts and it came out lookn' great. People look at the shirt and try not to laugh. I always get odd looks on the bus.I think those are the coolest shirts ever. It's a hoot to see some girl riding on a skateboard with Justin Eldridge or Rodrigo TX face. ( have them all but I need more shirts.) THANK YOU 'ES!!!!!! XOXO
It's me, it's me, how, how, how, can, can, can, I, I, I, Get, Get, GEt, In, IN, IN, TOUCH, TOUCH, TOUCh, Touch????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I drew that tee w/the van 'n smoke .
I think its time somebody took Bobby Worrest, Javier Sarimentio, and Benny Fairfax off of flow and put the them on the actual team before I'm forced to kill someone. How can you not like these guys, all of them are killing it right now.
Yea Focus!
Guess what children....Ohio isn't for lover's....Ohio is for skateboarders and porn stars....that's it....oh and probably about 600 different WAl-MART stores.....
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