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So Bowl-a-rama weekend went down last week in Bondi beach, and we managed to pull Flat-a-rama off on the Friday night without a hitch. I still can’t believe we got money to put on a game of SKATE with our friends, even though some of Australia’s best current street skaters were involved too. The sponsors were great and the free alcohol was even better. What an awesome weekend. Thanks Chad Ford. Lets make it bigger next year… Oh, and Grosso and Cab absolutely ripped the bowl on Saturday too. amazing!

I made this guy to celebrate Australia Day, which was on January 26th, so my apologies for the delayed post, but better late than never.

His name is Chunder From Down Under. The term chunder apparently came from the original sea-man’s term, “watch under”. They would shout this in order to warn people in the lower cabins of a ship of puke coming from above.

Although it isn’t a common term used in the United States (something I am hoping to change), you may have heard in the chorus of the infamous song “Land Down Under” by Men At Work!!

Happy Monday.

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Painter and illustrator Lisa Romero recently painted the above for the art site, My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses. Great site with a wide perspective.

Finally gave my website, mightyjoecastro.com, an extreme home makeover, complete with lots of new artwork, including the collage-based art print pictured above, which is now for sale over at society6.  The site also includes images from a new series of collage based skate graphics I’ve been working on, a few which are for sale over on the artsprojekt site.  Anyway, please stop by and have a look when you get a moment. And I finally caved in to pressure and am now posting on twitter as well, so feel free to follow if you’re down with that sort of thing.

Issue 4 of the Western Australian Staple Magazine is now available for your retinal absorption online. Simply click on the issue 4 thumbnail on the staple home page. Inside you will find an assortment of pixels featuring: a Duo interview with up and coming shredders Phil Marshall and Quayde Baker, a unique skate flick remix / studio visit with Barb Bolt, a Graham Miller photo essay, Capt’n K music feature and loads of radical splices of west coast skateboarding moments. Hmm… Isn’t skateboarding a fascinating beast?

Some sample spreads from issue 4 of staple.

Ben Gore at the Sutro Baths.

Been a busy new year so far. I posted a bunch of photos from the past six weeks over on SLAP and a video of a couple local skaters.

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its snowing in new york. click on image for more info.

The other day I watched New Deal’s ‘Da Deal is Dead’ again for the first time in a good while and it got me so stoked on the magic and vibes that the old videos possessed that it inspired me to pick up the pencil and draw the above.

There were a few Curtis Mayfield songs on the video that to this day whenever I hear them instantly take me right back to the good old days in a second.

Skate videos from the 90’s had some amazing soundtracks.

Over the weekend I was able to get over to S.F., shoot some photos and run around the balcony of a hotel 25 floors up to avoid getting pinched by security.

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My friend Nicholas Platzer, from the notorious INOPERABLE gallery in Vienna recently braved the rain, ice and snow to partake in the annual bike race, Piratislava. The journey starts in the city of Vienna, Austria, and continues through the shittiest of weather conditions to Bratislava in Slovakia.

• Written by: Amber B Dianda |
• Category: Member Interviews, Photography, Random, Travel, Uncategorized |
• Tagged: INOPERABLE gallery, Nicholas Platzer, RAD ROWDIES |
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