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It seems like we post about infamous NYC graf tagger Love Me on a weekly basis. And it’s not just because we’re friends with him. It’s because we like his tag, and we’ve seen it evolve over the last few years into little scrawlings and stickers to huge building sides and artwork in shows. Here’s a middle of the line piece grabbing the attention of some passerbyers in NYC. Nice job, Curtis!
At least 85% of the people i know have broken, shredded, bashed-up skate decks just laying around. Artist Haroshi (Harvest) creates a series of playful artworks making use of old skateboards and broken decks.
Haroshi states, “Skate decks eventually see its life shortened by snapping, cracking and/or wearing out. Purchasing new decks is a never ending cycle and this was evident by the tower of old decks that were reaching to the ceiling of my room. We can’t throw away these decks because they hold sentimental meanings to us. I looked at these unusable decks every day and thought there must be something I can make with these.
I decided to make some accessories with the old decks and this was the birth of Harvest. The works of Harvest are through the perspectives of a skater and as an artist. As a skater, I want to take responsibility of reusing skateboards when they were no longer useable. Also, as an artist I want to explore the possibilities of what can be done with skateboards.
We see the care and effort that a skater can have for his/her deck and we also acknowledge the origins of a skateboard. We believe that if the small things we do can connect to sustainability then we’re doing something right. We’d be satisfied in our effort when people look at products and start thinking of ways to recycle.”
Now go recycle something.
Words & Photos by Jeff Baker via Snowboard Mag
With one day to go before the mens halfpipe final, all the riders had one last session to tighten their skills before tomorrow’s main event. With less than favorable snow and pipe conditions, practice has been limited to the only three days but tonight things seemed to come together and the pipe was in great shape. Thanks to some colder temps and some rain last night the walls were holding shape and riders were boosting. American favorite, Shaun White decided to rest up tonight and skip the practice session but that didn’t stop Scotty Lago from coming out and riding hard. Louie Vito and Greg Bretz also looked strong all throwing double cork 1080’s.
Some other stand-out riders included Japan’s Ryo Aono, Kazuhiro Kokubo and Daisuke Murakami, France’s Mathieu Crepel, Swiss riders Louri “iPod” Podladtchikov and Marcus Keller and Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen. Tomorrow’s final will undoubtedly be one of the exciting events all the Vancouver Games so check your local listings and listen to our own Todd Richards and Fuel TV’s Pat Parnell call the shots for NBC.
I came across an artist named Tom Veiga on notcot.org. He’s a surfer/artist living in Brazil, and he makes some really sick illustrations of waves. They’re all super simplistic which is what makes them so awesome (think 1960’s surf culture: bright colors, organic lines, very stylized). He has a really nice sense of color and composition. check him out.
