Nice little story by Steve Rodriguez, who's done a lot to help build and shape the New York skate scene. As you will see it's an urban story of recombinant elements rooted in early 90's skateboarding, providing good insights into the current state of the U.S. youth market.

Back in the day in 2002, Kerel Roach (ABC crew) and Bryan Chin (Metrospective.com/ Officialnewyork.com) came up with an idea for the “All City Skate Jam.” Basically bringing it back to the early 90’s when skating was more about skating all day with all your homies(and anyone else who was out) and less about cliques and spots that no one wanted to share. So the ABC crew and Metrospective.com picked Sunday, July 14, 2002 as the day it would go off. The flyer was made and the info was posted online, and that Sunday was the first real mass skate/takeover of the city.

Mark Gonzales doesn't seem to be losing any creative energy as he gets older. Here is his latest...

300 pages of lo-fi photographs taken by the skater-turned-artist, capturing the spontaneity of his life from his camera phone.

I've just been introduced by Wooster Collective to the work of villas...me gusta.

Artist Words:

Actualmente mi interés se centra sobretodo en las distintas posibilidades del Sreet Art,en la preocupación por el uso del espacio público así como las posibilidades infinitas de intervenir en él.

Pintar en la calle es de alguna manera reivindicar una socialización de este espacio, una democratización de la estética y una integración del entorno urbano con este proceso que se auto legitima en el proprio acto de su realización.

Translation..."The path exists in namesake"

Cuban-born illustrator (Tocayo) collaborates with San Diego street artist (Exist 1981) on El Camino restaurant in Little Italy, SD.

Culturemaking is happening everyday, all you have to do is look around and you'll see that it exists. It's been a long term process...

Do it for your kids...probably even talked about it one night. Make it happen!

Mountain Creek will teach snowboarding to anyone who wants to learn on Go Snowboarding Day, Monday Dec. 21.

First-timers receive a free lesson, rentals, and lift ticket.