In the longboard community, the money’s not the primary concern. This is according to someone who should know better than just about anyone else: Joel Tudor, a two-time ASP Longboard World Champion. “There’s not a lot of opportunity and a lot of the kids that you see will be riding the same board for a year or two years and it’ll be beaten to shit …
Surfing is an aesthetically focused pursuit. Whether it’s the fluidity of a bottom-turn, the seemingly effortless arc of a well-executed cutback or simply the length of one’s boardshorts, surfers have always been a style-centric bunch. After all, it’s not just about riding a wave, it’s about doing it with a sense of individuality and, for the lucky ones, grace. Recent years have seen a shift …
by Madison Kahn Last November, all that Tennessee-native Jacob Henley had was a tank of gas, some reclaimed wood and a big idea: to mentor inner-city Nashville youth by teaching them how to build one-of-a-kind skateboards. Now, six months later, Salemtown Board Co., named after the low-income neighborhood where the company is based, has sold nearly 100 hand-painted, solid-oak skateboardsand employed one very special high …
