by Chris Miller | Aug 29, 2017 | Daily Blog
On the surface it sounds like a dream job. Wake up and spend the day skating, visiting various skateparks and areas of the city while getting to share your passion with the next generation. Yeah that part is amazing, no doubt. But what everyone forgets is that with...
by Chris Miller | Aug 22, 2017 | Daily Blog
Disclaimer: This post is a personal essay that may not have much to do with New York. This essay is an homage to the shop employee who gives a shit. That shop employee who introduces you to what it is to be a skateboarder and influences you more than most because they...
by Chris Miller | Aug 16, 2017 | Features, Videos & Photos
It’s become a yearly tradition that a handful of guys from upstate and Long Island make a trip up the coast to the tranquil skate mecca of the Northeast United States known as the Weirdwoods. This year, Dunno Skateboards’ party team headed up there, stopping in Boston...
by Chris Miller | Jul 28, 2017 | Product, Uncategorized
The weather this week has felt like fall is here already and my inbox is already starting to fill up with the new lines from some of the major brands. There’s one brand in particular that always scratches that itch of nostalgia and my own “golden...
by Chris Miller | Jun 8, 2017 | NY Events, Photo Recaps
Sometimes the most unlikely of ideas come together for the best execution. That was the case with the 1st Annual Dardy Bar Game of S.K.A.T.E. that happened on May 13th. After being postponed twice because of poor weather, the event finally got underway on a perfect...
by Chris Miller | Jun 2, 2017 | Exclusives, Features, NY Events
We teamed up with UXA and celebrated our 8th anniversary of NY Skateboarding with a BBQ/skate jam transforming the front of UXA’s Brooklyn shop into a mini block party. Food was provided by our friends at Crif Dogs & Bunker and PBR filled our icy cooler up...
by Chris Miller | May 22, 2017 | Daily Blog, Product
Vans sent over a pair of the Gilbert Crockett 2’s and we were pretty happy about it. I got to skate them when they were released and I was impressed with how they skate right out of the box. I had been skating the Kyle Walker’s for a bit and noticed some...
by Chris Miller | May 17, 2017 | Exclusives, Features, Interviews
He went from a New York guy to a Jersey guy, Jersey guy to a Philly guy, then Philly guy became a New York guy again. This guy’s not just another dude caught in the rat race…he’s JR Cronheim, the founder of new brand Hiraeth Skateboards. When he was...
by Chris Miller | May 11, 2017 | Exclusives, Features
The A-Skate foundation is a 501c3 non profit that allows children with autism to be part of our social world through skateboarding. This past April, the foundation partnered with local businesses and organizations around Asbury Park to host the Mini-Masters...
by Chris Miller | May 4, 2017 | Exclusives, Features, Interviews
My introduction to Brandon Bonner was Natural Koncept‘s Josh Zickert who didn’t have a shortage of good things to say about him. It took about two minutes of talking to Brandon to see why. At 24 years old the dude is a true skate rat who has a good head on...
by Chris Miller | May 1, 2017 | Daily Blog, NY Events, Photo Recaps
Big Brother Magazine reminded us all not to take things too seriously. The people who ran it published stories of their own antics, articles that poked fun at the seriousness of the skateboard industry, and whatever skateboarders were down along the way. At this...
by Chris Miller | Apr 24, 2017 | Daily Blog, Product
Nike sent us these glasses as part of the new Brian Anderson capsule that started with a sketch on a napkin. “I just was sitting at a café while we were filming for our last video in Seattle, and I just drew up a hockey jersey,” he remembers. Anderson sent the drawing...
