Skateboarding’s appeal typically starts with disbelief. Strangers love to stop skaters on the street to interrogate the ollie. How does the board stay attached to your feet like that? You sure there aren’t magnets in there somewhere? Thirty-year-old pro skater Jimmy Wilkins gets that kind of reaction from skateboarding legend …
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Once vilified by cops, teachers, and party-poopers, skateboarding will finally get its due, on a federal level, when the United States Postal Service issues stamps this spring that celebrate “The Art of the Skateboard.” Each stamp will feature a deck with a unique design by a different artist. The Alaska-based …
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Since quitting the 2020 U.S. Olympic team and stepping away from competitive skateboarding, Leo Baker has had no regrets. “I am happier than I’ve ever been in my life, beyond what I could have ever even imagined,” he says, speaking on a hot August day by Zoom from his Brooklyn …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Long before Black Flag singer and pro skater Mike Vallely worked with footwear label Cariuma to develop his namesake skate shoe, he’d seen the company’s eco-friendly footwear on …
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Remember when indie rock sounded all grimy, corroded and metal-sludgy – the last thing you’d hear in a commercial or being played at an arena show? Warish do. On “Fight,” from the SoCal band’s debut EP, the grubby, a stoner-rock riff is the first hint, followed by a gas-guzzling rhythm …
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