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A true honor to present the only 5 Artist Proof, directly from the hands of Tobin Yelland, for Equal Dist.

The numbered edition of 200 were originally published on the occasion of the exhibit “Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture“, 2004-2006 and were sold for $150 each.

These rare AP editions are available for $250 per print, only at Equal Dist.

The A.skate Foundation is once again looking for artists to donate work to their annual “1 in 91″ art show. For those unfamiliar, A.skate is a non-profit, grass roots organization that “allows children with autism to be a part of the social world through skateboarding. They hold clinics for children with autism at no cost to the families, give grants to children with autism for skateboard gear, as well as promote awareness and educate families about the skateboard industry”. A worthy cause for sure. I donated a piece to last year’s event and will definitely be participating in round 3.

This year’s auction will take place at The Lab in Costa Mesa, CA on Saturday, April 21st.  Email  info@askate.org for details of how to donate work.  Art is due no later than April 12.

Some night footage that I filmed with team skater Joe Sivell last week in the form of a short edit.

Over at the SbA site we have just commissioned James James to cut this ripping Recon piece on the West Hobart Bowl which is the 2^nd oldest park in Australia. Here is a little sample of the visuals. The video is over here.

If geologists rated skateparks the West Hobart Bowl would be classified as Jurassic. It is a crusty, meandrous beast that will happily spit you (and your flesh) into the stratosphere if you hesitate or make an error in judgment. It is a lumpy 100m roller coaster ride that takes you from a shallow dish, through the belly of a snake, past the demonic ‘Thrasher’ corner into the actual bowl. The West Hobart Bowl, (which is actually more of a snake run) has been sessioned for thirty three years now…. (continued here)

I took a trip down to Kinetic this weekend to peep the new 5Boro vid and to personally congratulate long time underground ripper and FDR local Willy Akers, on joining the pro ranks.  Always humble and permanently stoked, he may be the one guy out there who could give Theotis a run for the “nicest pro skater” title.  Delaware’s finest for sure – the kid kills it on all fronts.

And the whole Join or Die video is super sick.  With gritty super 8 footage of the Big Apple and a rugged soundtrack of classic tunes, it definitely delivers that raw, east coast vibe you’d expect from the good dudes over at 5Boro. Easily one of the most underrated squads out there. Tookmanian, Falla, Jimmy MacDonald, Pensyl – everyone on the team kills it with style.

If you haven’t caught it already at one of the premiers, the new 5Boro video, Join or Die, will be up on the Thrasher site this Friday, Feb 24. Don’t sleep on this one.

The Friends of the Roc City Park are stoked to be putting on GET A GRIP III, a fundraiser for the Roc City Park. The Opening night is Friday March 2, 2012 from 5-9pm at The Yards in the Rochester Public Market.

The show runs March 3-25th, with open hours on Tuesdays, thursdays, and Saturdays from 10am-2pm.

If the shows anything like previous years, get there on opening night, because works sell quickly!

Find out more on the Facebook page for the event.

Brought to you by:
Roc City Skatepark
The Yards
Krudco.
1975
Etiket Clothing
DukSauce
Inside Skateboards
Mckay’s Photography

We just released a awesome youtube video called “The Filmbot Freebie”. The basis behind it, is to watch a video and tell us the correct answer.. We will choose a winner every week! I spent a fair amount of time doing some motion graphics, which is not my forte’. Super excited on how it came out. Tell me what you think!

STANCE socks features some of their riders and new feet coverings in this well produced commercial.

Soo we just finished our Filmbot Grip 2011 Holiday Catalog with just a couple products. We don’t make many things, but were happy with the things we do. Hope you enjoy! Thanks for visiting.

Photo shirts come and go and while some capture the specific feeling of a specific moment few capture the feeling of a scene. Dan Boulton‘s series on London’s South Bank captured that feeling and this shirt highlights one of those moments that can only be experienced at South Bank. Produced by Dozen Co. out of England.