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Remember last year when we helped turn legendary skate photographer Grant Brittain pro? This year we’ve teamed up with Emerica and The Skateboard Mag to bestow another honor upon another well-deserving human who has done immeasurable good for the skateboard industry.

This past Saturday night we bestowed the honorary title of “Professional Skateboarder” upon brand wizard and mentor-to-many, former Emerica brand/team manager turned Altamont conductor, Justin Regan! There’s more about the launch party and unveiling HERE, stay tuned in March when we bring you a video and more about the shoe, only available for purchase through ClubMumble.com!

You probably don’t know this but as well as being the founding editor of Club Mumble I also do a hyperlocal web site that focuses on the city I love, Vancouver BC Canada. The site is called Vancouver Is Awesome and essentially we talk about all things that makes the place, well, you know. Awesome.

Generally there’s no crossover between Mumble and Vancouver Is Awesome but today I feel like I have to tell you about this interview that I did with Michael J. Fox, who is one of our finest exports, because over the years I have heard SO many people say that they started skateboarding because of the Back To The Future movies. We talked about Joey Shithead from D.O.A., his favourite things about this city and those much-talked-about Nikes that he wore in Back To The Future 2. Have a READ.

Ten more of Michael Leon’s hand-poured gypsum skulls out of the edition of 100 are now available at Igloo!

Untitled, 2009
Metallic blue flake over individually hand-poured solid gypsum.
6 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches; 7 pounds
Edition of 10 from a varied series of 100
Hand engraved signature and number by the artist.

10 more from Michael Leon’s series of 100 hand poured hydrocal skulls. There are 10 of these graphite looking ones available, and they are awesome. Learn/buy HERE.

For all of you Americans reading this I first need to preface this post by telling you about my favourite journalist, Nardwuar The Human Serviette. Nardwuar is essentially a national treasure here in Canada, he’s a longtime celebrity interviewer who has sat down with folks like Kurt Cobain, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Michael Moore, Henry Rollins, David Cross and countless others. His style of interviewing is a bit in-your-face, essentially he spends weeks researching his subjects before their interview and pulls out some of the most obscure references to things from their past which he interrogates them about. Sometimes offsetting, always entertaining, search through his SITE to see a bunch of archives of stuff he’s done. The Pharrell one is especially great as he truly understands Nardwuar’s awesomeness.

So on to it here…

I’ve been working with Nardwuar a bit lately, helping him film some of his interviews. The latest one that I filmed for him with Kid Cudi has made some waves and just landed on Perez Hilton’s site (no thanks to me, as my interview filming skills are lackluster at best and I believe that Nardwuar only calls me when nobody else is available). I’ll let the video do the talking but will say that one of the recurring questions I’ve fielded since this came out is “Why is Kid Cudi such a douche?”. Enjoy the video in the link below!

I recently sat on the panel for Push.ca’s First Photos contest that Mumble co-sponsored (CLICK to see the results etc). Dylan Doubt from Color Magazine and Brian Caissie from Concrete Magazine and I sat down for coffees on a couple of occasions making our way through the hundreds of photo entries send in by kids from across Canada and beyond. Saying it was incredibly fun to sit down with these two friends of mine would be an understatement but that’s not to say that it wasn’t difficult. The amount of entries was so vast and the amount of really good entries was surprising, it was super hard for us to come to decisions in each of the 5 winning categories, especially for the grand prize winner. But in the end we were solid in our decisions for all including Mike Helfrich’s winning photo in the Overall category, which you can see right HERE.

Push just published a video of Mike’s trip to Toronto, the First Photos show and his shoot that he did with the Vans team as a part of the prize, click below to view it…

Big thanks to Matt, Lyndsey and everybody at Push.ca for involving us in this awesome contest!

A little while back I made THIS post about Veilance from Arc’teryx on another blog that I do. Veilance is a capsule collection that contains a few interpretations of menswear classics combined with some of the state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques that Arc’teryx is famous for. A piece from this line would make an incredible gift if you’re buying for a dude who appreciates quality and is looking for something to keep him protected from the elements of winter while looking good. As the prices reflect the quality the pieces ain’t cheap but are worth every penny.

These two pieces above were gifted to me a couple weeks back and my jaw is still hanging wide open; they are by far, hands down, the best two pieces of clothing that I own right now.

Skulls #29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 of 100 just went up in the STORE section of Michael Leon’s site. If you hurry you could own one…

Remember last week’s Crownfarmer tee designed by that trio of young dudes at Basement Clothing? They sent over the page from Blake’s sketchbook that the design was scanned in from. Have a look at their site to get insight into the brilliance of these chaps.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet longtime Crownfarmer supporter and inspirer, Porous Walker! Porous is a creative genius currently residing in Napa California whom I have known for almost a decade now and I think this is the first Crownfarmer tee he’s ever done for us… that’s actually ben released. But that’s another story. Click HERE to check it out and read on for his interview…

What was the first design you ever got paid for?
An illustration for Microsofts Zune player in 2006, thanks to Rob Abeyta, Jr.

What was the last design you got paid for?
An interior and exterior design for Francis Ford Coppola’s Napa California Cafe, Mammarella’s.

What’s your favorite book ever?
One of those choose your own adventure books from grade school, I think it had something to do with Read more