Salon des Refuses or “exhibition of rejects”, was an exhibition of creative work that had been rejected by the critics & juries of the Paris Salon. As skaters, we’re no strangers to critique and refusal. Salon des Refusés is an independent skate video by Permanent Distribution employee Leo Banuelos. The DVD features Leo’s friends Nick Zizzo, Mike Magalhaes, Shane Carter, Ian Weisbecker, Joshua Baker, Leo Moreno, Derick Glancy, Cody Wilber, and Josh Miller.

The introduction, featuring the skating of Format Skateboards rider Nick Zizzo has just been published at Permanent.co along with an interview. Read more »

Moderated by Walker Ryan, Talking Shop is a Panel Discussion based on various issues to do with creating a career path geared towards working in skateboarding.

Panelists are:
Kim Woozy – Founder of MAHFIA.TV
David Jurusik – Transworld Skate Marketing executive
Fred van Schie – Leading social media skateboarding consultant
Kelly D Williams – Owner of Permanent Distribution, Broadcast Wheels and Format Skateboards.

Interactive workshop with the Panelists to follow discussion. Tickets available thru Eventbrite.

A while ago I hosted a screening for the film An Island, a film by Vincent Moon about the amazing band Efterklang. This was definitely more than a music/video project, it’s an inspiring look at how important sound is to regional cultures. They are now releasing a limited edition DVD/EP designed by Hvass&Hannibal featuring the photography of Antje Taiga Jandrig and a custom-made cover printed by Stumptown Printers in Portland, Oregon.

The DVD release is limited to 5000 copies and they are all individually numbered. The cover holds 5 postcards and a 35 page booklet with lots of photos and background info written by Efterklang. When ordering the DVD you get the new EFTERKLANG EP ‘Live at Roskilde Festival 2010′ as a bonus! An Island is also available digitally after the Pay-What-You-Want model. Available via anisland.cc. Scroll down for more images.

Juice Magazine headquarters in Venice was home to a recent supergroup art show that was organized to benefit Mrs. Babette Ho, the wife of Jeff Ho. Check the video for interviews with the artists, including myself. Click here for more.

Brian Lotti gets on the couch over at Crailtap to discuss his days on H-Street, the origins of the Big Spin, and the company he almost started with Rocco. Check the full video here.

Part 2/2 of the video document on Broadcast was just posted on The Berrics the other day. You can catch up with the first segment here. Thanks to Brock Mitchell and everyone at The Berrics for making this happen!

Broadcast mate and collaborator Mark Ward recently held an exhibit in his hometown of London for the launch of his collection with éS. Stay tuned for an equally exciting project with Mr. Ward that we will be announcing shortly.

Mr. Puleo’s site Victim Brand just posted an interesting Bobby Puleo interview conducted by Ricky Oyola. I like Ricky, and I think Puleo’s always had a really creative take on skating. Be forewarned there is a lot of lengthy grumbling in his responses, but you can draw your own conclusions from his interview. However, I will assertively raise a glass of Perrier to this statement, “A lot of people go and film their parts in far off places like China and Europe instead of trying to find their own shit in the places they actually live in or operate in. It seems like a lot of kids just simply don’t use their intellect or imaginations enough any more… There’s so many of the same types of dudes out there. These cookie cutter archetypes that look, dress and all skate the same..”

“Kids need to abandon these large, non skateboarder owned corporations and put their money back into skateboarder owned brands. That said, skateboarder owned brands need to start making better, more fashionable shit if they want to keep a stranglehold on an industry they built. They also need to start empowering their consumers to stay with them and educate them as to why it’s important to buy skateboarder owned shit.” Amen and read on.

This isn’t necessarily new, but there are probably many of you who haven’t checked it out yet. Just a little conversation with a great skater, Connor Getzlaff.

The Snowboard Mag recently interviewed Compatriot pro Kevin Jones: “Though the evidence of rockstardom against him is overwhelming — nine X Games medals, Transworld’s “Rider of the Year” three times, and an all-time catalog of video parts with Standard Films — his legacy is much more dynamic than [merely] a list of accolades.” Click here for the full story. Yeah KJ! the Happy Meals are on you next time.