Photographer Ryan Allan has a way of making the already perfect Vans sk8-hi look that much more appealing with the photo above and seriously, the rest of his portfolio just blows me away. Look out for him everywhere and not just on the skate scene. -Jen
Swiss snowboard company Zimtstern knows how to make the most out of a beautiful fall day.
Grease Not Gas helps people convert their vehicles to run on vegetable oil, and also powers the Grease Bus, which shuttles skiers and snowboarders to Mt. Hood Meadows for just $10. Check out a cool interview with GNG founder Mike Parziale here.
Some videos need no explanation. This is not one of them, but we'll just have to do with the rough translation—"Collection of People Running Like Idiots."
Todd Selby hit Georgia, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Tahiti, Minnesota and Florida to photograph athletes in their homes for Nike 6.0. From the looks of it, everyone he shot leads a pretty sweet life.
It may be the first signs of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, but Australia's just getting warmed up, and The Critical Slide Society drops their T-shirts, board shorts, and board bags just in time for summer.
Motivation to get off the computer and go outside: Howies Look, a tumblr of outtakes from Howies' gorgeous catalogs.
Still not really sure what Freebording is, but this is cool...
Portland, Maine's Corduroy is a combination surf shop and art gallery, and through September 30th, it's where you can catch the collaborative paintings of Matt W. Moore and Kate Cleaves on the storefront's glass windows.
Despite the possibility of knicking your own head off, I still maintain that this surfboard from Marc Newson, made from metal normally used for helicopter blades and featuring razor sharp fins, is quite possibly the sickest thing ever. And it damn well better be for $100,000. X - Jen
Three things: a) Did that really only take two buckets of water? b) We hope they checked for sticks. c) That is some seriously good aim. (Via Today's Big Thing.)
Crap Eyewear originated when a bunch of beach bums got together and decided to make sunglasses. It's "Wild Sunglasses for Wild People."
Amsterdam's Studio Raar makes some blinged out bikes. You'll have to have a real serious lock to keep this one around for long.
Photographer Brent Humphreys' Project Le Tour chronicles the atmosphere and ambiance of the Tour De France, spotlighting the colorful tourists, revelers and cycling fans who descend along the route each summer and make it about so much more than just men in tight pants.
Who wouldn't read a magazine made by these guys? We sure would, especially when it's free, and issue 10's theme is "Still Not Famous."
Tobias Franzel must have been living in a small apartment when he designed the Ping Pong Door. The door turns into a ping-pong table for your playing pleasure and then back into a door. Game on.
If you're hanging out in Lodi, an Italian town 45 minutes south of Milan with nothing to do on a Friday night (and who isn't?), check out the premiere of Dumb Skateboards' video Too Dumb To Quit. The night features a nonstop mini-ramp session and a lineup of live bands.
Now with this limited-edition T-shirt gun, you, too, can make like a collegiate cheerleader and shoot T-shirts out into your adoring crowd. For only $1,500.
