Action Sports
Fuckin’ Fixies: Sam Allgood FGFS Profile
Get off the road. Get some gears. Get a brake. Sam Allgood hears it all as he rides his fixed gear bike, and what does he have to say about it? “Brakes will just slow you down.” So without further ado, here’s SLUG Mag’s first interview with a fixed gear freestyle rider. … read more
Fuckin’ Fixies: Sam Allgood FGFS Profile
Get off the road. Get some gears. Get a brake. Sam Allgood hears it all as he rides his fixed gear bike, and what does he have to say about it? “Brakes will just slow you down.” So without further ado, here’s SLUG Mag’s first interview with a fixed gear freestyle rider. … read more
The Riders Project: A New Way to Give
Philanthropy is a word that seldom enters the vocabulary of younger generations. It’s not that we don’t care, but between rising gas, tuition and beer prices, there is not much left over after the bills are paid. Enter TheRidersProject.org, a small organization with large aspirations to get young people, especially those active in the outdoors, to donate to worthy causes around the globe. … read more
The Riders Project: A New Way to Give
Philanthropy is a word that seldom enters the vocabulary of younger generations. It’s not that we don’t care, but between rising gas, tuition and beer prices, there is not much left over after the bills are paid. Enter TheRidersProject.org, a small organization with large aspirations to get young people, especially those active in the outdoors, to donate to worthy causes around the globe. … read more
Superbike Slides with Tate Roskelley
Tate Roskelley is a rare breed. You’re more likely to see him riding his bike backward down a stair-set or manualing a chain than you are to see him in a skate park. Despite all of his abnormalities, this Utah native has his feet firmly planted in the professional BMX industry with his own signature frame, the Volume Drifter, and mind-blowing full-length video parts and online-edits with companies like Volume and Demolition. … read more
Superbike Slides with Tate Roskelley
Tate Roskelley is a rare breed. You’re more likely to see him riding his bike backward down a stair-set or manualing a chain than you are to see him in a skate park. Despite all of his abnormalities, this Utah native has his feet firmly planted in the professional BMX industry with his own signature frame, the Volume Drifter, and mind-blowing full-length video parts and online-edits with companies like Volume and Demolition. … read more
Leaving Las Vegas
I’ve heard it said that in times of recession, two industries thrive: alcohol and prostitution. Las Vegas is undoubtedly familiar with both these industries, but something else is thriving out there in the desert wasteland: skateboarding. The city is teeming with empty foreclosed pools and new, never-occupied construction left over from the boom that led up to the current economic state. … read more
Leaving Las Vegas
I’ve heard it said that in times of recession, two industries thrive: alcohol and prostitution. Las Vegas is undoubtedly familiar with both these industries, but something else is thriving out there in the desert wasteland: skateboarding. The city is teeming with empty foreclosed pools and new, never-occupied construction left over from the boom that led up to the current economic state. … read more
Go Skate Day
In case you needed a reason to go skate, the International Association of Skateboard Companies has deemed June 21 International Go Skateboarding Day. Skateboarders from all over the world will be using this day as an excuse to tell their bosses to fuck off, jump on a board and do what they do best: skate. SLUG’s making it easy for you with this list of GSD events. … read more
Go Skate Day
In case you needed a reason to go skate, the International Association of Skateboard Companies has deemed June 21 International Go Skateboarding Day. Skateboarders from all over the world will be using this day as an excuse to tell their bosses to fuck off, jump on a board and do what they do best: skate. SLUG’s making it easy for you with this list of GSD events. … read more