Category Archives: Featured

The Killing Floor Giveaway

“Started in 2009, The Killing Floor is a company based out of the pacific northwest. Heavily influenced by old blues, jazz, classic rock and the simpler times when skateboarding was purely an individual’s creative outlet and form of self expression, before modern media and pop culture sank its bloody fangs into it. The idea behind it is that skateboarding is not a sport, it’s an art form. It can’t be owned or controlled by corporations, it’s bigger than that and were all a part of it.” – The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor wants to reward one lucky skate nerd with a killer prize package.  Correctly answer the questions below and send them off in an email to contest@skatewarehouse.com with “TKF” in the subject line, and this could be yours.

1. In Trilogy, what trick does Jason Dill do down Hubba Hideout, and which of the three companies featured in Trilogy did he ride for?
2. What 3 skateboarders from Philly share a part in Dan Wolfe’s retrospective video Closure
3. In Toy Machine’s Welcome To Hell, Ed Templeton boardslides around a curved bar that circles a fountain.  Where is that spot located?
4. Who was the first person to do a trick down Wallenber, what trick was it and what video was it in?
5. San Francisco’s Trevor Prescott (RIP) made an independent VHS video in 2002 called “Interaction” featuring 16 different skateboarders.  Name 5 of the skaters featured in that video.

 

Answers must be submitted by 7/16 to contest@skatewarehouse.com in order to be eligible to win, make sure to include “TKF” in the subject line.  Those who answer all 5 questions correctly will be entered into a drawing and the winner will be chosen at random.  Good luck NERDS!
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Features Artist: Alex Kopps

Alex Kopps comes from the California College of Arts in San Francisco where he still resides today. Into surf, art, and lifestyle he’s made and been a part of a lot of very cool shit. As an artist, photographer, and director, his reach is far. From his surf film Displacement, which features super8 surf footage of the 70s, to his music video for ”Better Trends” by The Japanese Motors, made with very little money, to the countless books and zines he’s been a part of like Chuzwazza, the Supreme Book, Displacement Book, and Most Likely Zine, to his clear commitment to the polaroid, he’s a guy who seems to have gotten it right. We’ve featured a little bit of everything below, including his new t-shirt with RVCA. The RVCA Kopps Serif Vintage Dye T-Shirt at Skate Warehouse is choice.

Installation, 2008. ~ Graphite, Spraypaint on Wall

Better Trends, Video Still, 2008

12 Steps, Video Still, 2008

Chuzwazza Zine, 2007

Killer, 2007

Killer, 2007

Displacement Poster, 2008 ~ Front/back

Most Likely to not Really, 2006 ~ Pages 13 and 14

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Featured Artist: George Thompson

Another one for the long list of RVCA ANP posts. The RVCA Samurai Vintage Dye T-Shirt at Skate Warehouse is in store and online. This t-shirt rocks the patterns of another truly gifted artist kicking it with the RVCA Artist Network Program. George Thompson has been making art a while now, and a lot of it is real dope. Watch a couple videos, check a couple pics, and head to SW to shop for more RVCA.

Grab the t-shirt by clicking the pic or heading right, HERE.

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Brew Swet Video Premiere

Skate Warehouse is stoked to announce another new brand we’re carrying at the shop and online. Brew Swet is made up of some local homies and pretty soon we’re going to be selling their shit, like killer t-shirts and all that. Head over to the Brew Swet website to learn more about the company.

So if you’re in or around the San Luis Obispo area on Saturday June 16th make sure to get yourself to the Brew Swet video premiere at SLO Brew. It is sure to be a good time, with opening video Trailblazin’. There will be a $5 cover and the show starts at 7pm at SLO Brew in downtown San Luis. Prepare to be Bummed!

Check out the trailer!!

 

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Featured Artist: Neil Blender

Skate Warehouse is stoked as usual on new decks from Black Label featuring the graphic artwork of a skateboard legend, Neil Blender. Blender has been around since the beginning, gaining credit over the years as the inventor of the gay twist, Donner Party, and others. We’ve got a few photos of the guy and his work, plus the new Black Label Blender Decks at Skate Warehouse. Check out the epic video of Blender below.

Blender and Mountain at a 2011 Vans Art Show

Click the photos below to see more about the Black Label Blender Decks.

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SW At the 2012 Protec Pool Party

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Another Protec Pool Party has come and gone.  Pedro Barros won the Pros division for the second year in a row with powerful lines and huge airs.  Steve Caballero‘s smooth lines and technical grinds were enough to seal 1st place … Continue reading

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Featured Artist: Tim Hendricks


Skate Warehouse always loves it when something new shows up that has a graphic created by an artist in the industry. Don Pendleton’s Sounds of Science deck series and Stance socks blew us away, we just recently mentioned a new t-shirt graphic from Matt Gordon in a post below, and we even have an original painting from Russ Pope hanging in the SW shop. Now Skate Warehouse is happy to spend some time on another artist. Tim Hendricks, who recently made the graphic for the RVCA Nautical Vintage Dye T-Shirt, is one talented guy.


Primarily a tattoo artist, Hendricks is also an artist at large, from original paintings and drawings to industrial design. Tattooing professionally since 1994, Hendricks got his start in his mid teens by practicing his skills on gang members he grew up with. He’s only grown since then, but you can see in his style that he was forever influenced by the culture of his community. Today Hendricks divides his time between skateboarding and surfing and making art.

Perhaps most uniquely, Hendricks is a maker of tattoo machines. These things are gnarly. Not only do they do their job, but they’re works of art. Each one is custom made with hand wound coils and loads of detail.


Below we’ve featured a few of Hendricks pieces and a video about the dude. Head over to SW to check out the RVCA collection and grab the tee.

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Featured Artist: Matt Gordon


The artist Matt Gordon is originally from Michigan, where he still resides today. He’s been making art for some time and has worked with RVCA through the Artist Network Program, on shirts including the RVCA Mainland Buffet T-Shirt, which we’ve currently got in stock.

The art is weird, the guy is weirder. You can see why we like it. Check out the RVCA video interview below and head over to Skate Warehouse to grab the shirt.

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Welcome to the Official Skate Warehouse Blog

Skate Warehouse is stoked to launch our official Go Skate Blog. We’ve put a lot of time and effort into it’s creation with the intention of offering you, our loyal customer, awesome and timely content from news and videos to promos and new product. We hope you enjoy it, check in daily, and leave butt loads of comments. Thanks to all our awesome fans and customers, we wouldn’t be around without you. Now go skate.

-the Skate Warehouse crew

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Vans Syndicate Presents: “TWENTY”

Vans Syndicate is putting on a photo show highlighting and celebrating twenty years of their killer Half Cab shoe. The show, titled Twenty, will feature photographs from some of skateboardings best photographers, all snapping photos of the best skateboarders wearing the shoe. Photographers include work from many, including Skatedaily’s  Bryce Kanights, the well known and much respected skateboard photographer. Lance Dawes will be curating the show, fuck yeah.

The show will be held at the New Image Art in Los Angeles on Saturday April 14th from 6pm to 9pm.

Check out some work from Dawes and Kanights below.

Lance Dawes

Bryce Kanights

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