Monthly Archives: March 2012

Loveletters to Skateboarding – Curbs

  Jeff Grosso explores Curbs in the season finale of Loveletters to Skatebording and what a finale! Everyone after all has some connection or story. I had a love/hate relationship with several curbs in my hometown. Notably the Washington County … Continue reading

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Macbeth Schubert

Macbeth Schubert has the classic skate high top of days past in premium Vegan materials to keep you shredding in style. The Upper is a combination of synthetic suede on the toecap, eyelet area, midsole and a perforated synthetic nubuck. … Continue reading

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Because We Must – Stop Smoking!

Looking for some new graphic T-shirts as the weather gets warmer? Why not represent The Vegan Straight-Edge with this shirt from Because We Must. ($15.99) Because We Must, is a Animal Earth and Human Rights coalition that unifies the movements … Continue reading

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Larry Stevenson R.I.P.

 Larry Stevenson, skateboard industry innovator passed away on Sunday. I’m sure all of you have ready the New York Times Obituary. (-just in case you lost the link)  Instead of reconstituting anything you might read in the various obits around the … Continue reading

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Fallen Forte Mid

The Forte Mid is the slightly taller version of Fallen’s traditional low cut skate shoe. This time we’ve got one in a Vegan colorway, after several season without. The all canvas upper is slim, but has light weight and ample … Continue reading

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Vegetable Shredder – Terence

NAME: Terence LOCATION: Toronto, Canada OCCUPATION: Teacher Where do you like skating? The crumbling ledges and banks at the school by my house. And most recently, Ashbridges Bay park. Why did you go Veg? Oh, at first it was a terrible reason–it … Continue reading

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SkateCat Zine

Eric Santos, Zine creator and fellow skateboard blogger recently got some press in Thrasher for his SkateCat zine. I tracked it down and really got jazzed on it. Nothing to wild, just a cartoon cat ripping in some pretty fantastic … Continue reading

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éS Bedford Mid

The éS Bedford Mid is an all canvas mid-top with just the right color scheme for all the Creature fiends out there. Lots of padding around the ankle collar and the tongue will keep your feet comfy. The vulcanized soles look … Continue reading

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Creature RipRider

The Creature RipRider is back from the dead and ready to roll. The cruiser-skateboard craze is certainly more respectable then the current wrong longboard trend. Especially when you’r flying on a tiny coffin with a tight turning radius. Death trap … Continue reading

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Emerica Hsu 2

Emerica’s Hsu 2 (Fusion) debuted back in the Fall 2011 line. The vegan colorway was bone white Canvas, but it never made it to market due to production problems. Spring 2012 bring us the Hsu 2 with all Canvas upper … Continue reading

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