DESHI AND HIROKI GETTIN COVERAGE IN JAPAN
Some news out of Japan, Deshi has been working hard on a project he has envisioned for a long time. He wanted to skate and film a clip in each of the 47 prefectures of Japan which is crazy!! Deshi has finished up the tour and will be dropping a dvd for all of us to see. Hiroki has finished →
10 QUESTIONS WITH TYLER WARREN
1-Full Name? Tyler Warren 2-Age? 18 3-Hometown? Calgary Alberta 4-What size set up do you ride? Traffic 8.25, Indy 139s, Hubbas 53s, Hubba bearings 5-Who do you skate with? I usually skate with Dustin Henry, Cory Mcniel, and Kevin Lowry for sure. but we also go cruise with Denis Montgomery, Jed anderson, Ben Blundell, Drew Merriman, Jeff Thorburn, Geoff Strelow... just whoever wants to come roll around i guess. 6-Where →
GEORGE IS THE NEWEST PITCREW TEAM RIDER
Watch George as he is welcomed as the newest team rider for Pitcrew skateshop.
TRAFFIC TRAJECTORY
These past two weeks has had Traffic up on the big stage with our Trajectory pieces on The Berrics. I know some fans of Traffic haven't been all that jazzed to see us up on The Berrics but an opportunity came via Chris Mulhern, who recently got a job with The Berrics. I could tell from his initial email that →
Traffic Report 10/17/2011 Rich’s Release Party in Japan
At the end of the summer I flew out to Japan to surprise Rich during his Pro Release party in Tokyo. Big Wing had a cool idea to fly me out to be there at the party. It was a short trip for me but I haven't seen Rich in a long time, this dude is never coming home. There →
RICH’S BOARD RELEASE PARTY
So now that I have had a week to get over my jet lag from my quick trip to Japan, here is a post about Rich's party in Shibuya, Tokyo. Many thanks to Habuchin and BigWing Distribution for holding a bash in Rich's honor for his first professional board. With artwork by Hiroki, the graphic came out amazing, one of →
RICH ADLER’S BOARD RELEASE PARTY IN JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!
If you just happen to be in Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan tonight, come out and party done with Rich. Big Wing distribution with help from friends are holding a board release party for Rich to celebrate his pro-ness. We would've had a party in Philly but since Rich is turning Japanese and doesn't want to come home Big Wing →
10 QUESTIONS WITH MAX MURPHY
1-full name? Max M Murphy 2-hometown? Milwaukee, Wisconsin 3-what shop do you ride for? I skate for Cream City Skatepark and Sky High Skate Shop photo by: Bradford Bishop 4-what set up do you ride? Traffic 8.125 , Traffic 55mm, Thunder, Bones Reds 5-who do you roll with? Josh Ellis, Pat Forster, Matt Nordness, Chase Hopper, Mikey, Bill Kaschner, Bradford Bishop, Danny Stemper, Tim Olsen, Eric Risser, Aaron →
UJAMAA RELIEF
If you are in or around Durham, NC next week, Ujamaa Boardshop is holding a jam fundraiser to help raise money to get their shop back up to speed. On June 25th, the party takes place at Frank's ramp with live bands supplying the tunes. Come out enjoy the music and throw down your 7ft extension skills to win some →
TRAFFIC REPORT 4/27/2011
When I made the move to Syndrome one thing I was able to do was start flowing some more skaters. One such skater is George Hanuschak from the DC area. George hits the streets of DC and Baltimore in our latest report in true Traffic fashion. Peep George skate.
10 Questions with George Hanuschak
Photo by Nick Ghobashi What is your full name, age and hometown? George Hanuschak, I’m 23 and from Fairfax, VA. Where do you live? I’m living in Fairfax at the moment which is 15 miles outside DC. I’m aiming to move into the city within the next few months which I'm really looking forward to because I'll be able to skate the city →
SKATE LAIR “ARMED AND HAMMERED”
One of the rawest shops on the planet, Skate Lair, dropped their new video online yesterday. Erik Munday, the man behind the rawness is out of control. Be straight up and you will have a great time if you ever visit the shop, be a clown and Erik will give you a proper beat down! Check out "Armed and Hammered" →
DESHI SKATES OKINAWA
Deshi recently went on a trip to Okinawa and came away with some coverage. Deshi has the ability to find some cool and interesting spots no matter where goes. At the moment Deshi is doing some volunteering work where disaster struck. He is helping by handing out food and clearing out some wiped out homes. Deshi is the man! Check →
Deshi’s French Connection
Deshi got some coverage in Soma Magazine outta france, pretty sick photo of a spot in tokyo.
TRAFFIC REPORT 3/16/2011
Yonnie Cruz has been patiently waiting for his report to hit the streets and in to be introduced as our newest am. I first saw Yonnie ripping in one of the Dango videos and thought his smooth style fit right in with what we are trying to do. Yonnie is still sitting on a good grip of footage so →
10 QUESTIONS WITH YONNIE CRUZ
1-full name? Yonnie Cruz 2-hometown? Born in Hartford, CT and raised in Tampa, Fl. 3-when and how did you start skateboarding? 10, some hood kids across the street. 4-When did you meet Pat Stiener? did you guys skate together? about 7 years? 5-What type of skating do you enjoy most? In the city streets skating down smooth streets with the crew. Southbeach Skitchin! 6-Who is the filmer you enjoy going →
Hiroki shreds Taipei
Big up to Pat at Bigwing Skate Distribution for sending us these scans of Hiroki Murakoa skateboarding in Taipei. The scans come from an article which was published in TWS: Japan. That issue also comes with a DVD of the tour. Hiroki also created the artwork for that same DVD.
New Deshi Sequence
Deshi coming through with a sequence that was published in Transworld Skateboarding Japan. Arigatō Mr. Omoto.
THEORIES OF FREESTYLE
I got a text from Pat letting me know that Josh posted up a game of S.K.A.T.E on the Theories site between himself and Mr. Kevin Coakley. Looking out my window and seeing nothing but snow it was good to see some skating from one of the Traffic faithful. Apparently Josh was testing out a new camera on this epic →
Bobby Puleo Traffic Report
Photo by Allen Ying Individual is the one word that could sum up what Bobby Puleo is. He is not one to jump on any bandwagon, one who will not try the newest "it" thing and will do his best to steer clear of any new trend. A unique person with a unique outlook on skateboarding, Bobby has been skating for →
Rich Adler Fresh Crop
Photographer Do Yeon Kim got a "fresh crops" feature on The Skateboard Mag. Included within is this photo of Rich Adler.
10 Questions with Hiroki Muraoka
1-full name? Hiroki Muraoka 2-home? Tokyo, I skate all the time in Ikebukuro 3-what year did you start skating? 1996, when I was nine. 4-Who do you like to skate with? Different people, mostly the Ikebukuro guys. 5-Favorite spot? Factories, and places that have an interesting atmospheres. 6-How long did you film for your part in Katsumi's video "Night Prowler"? I don't know, my part was decided at the →
Memory Screened
In the February '10 issue of Skateboarder i had a memory screened article where I had to choose my 5 favorite pro models that I have had. Honestly, they were not my actual top 5, some of them were but I wanted ones that had a story behind it. My faces of the globe graphic was definitely not in my →
The New Shit, In With The New and Jack Says Goodnight!
Where to begin? We have been busy with a lot of things that we are trying to set up, but with the press release of Jack riding for "The Screen Actors Guild" out now we felt that we needed expedite the launch of our new website. Your looking at it right now. We made the switch to Syndrome →