Monthly Archives: April 2009

Style Wars

By ed | Apr27.09

know.the.ledge. Style Wars is an early documentary on hip hop culture, made by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, made in New York City in 1983. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although breakdancing and rapping are covered to a lesser extent. The film was originally aired on PBS television in 1983, and was subsequently [...]

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Last night’s sunset

By ed | Apr13.09

Nayarit, Mexico. Live and Direct.

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Erin Ashley gets nasal

By ed | Apr02.09

Erin Ashley from Bang Bang Club tears it up. Amazing surfing presented here. I swiped these photos from her facebook account. hope she doesn’t mind! FB is a treasure box of cool stuff. If you can brave the noise and find the signal, it’s there waiting.

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LIFE Mag photos

By ed | Apr02.09

For those hiding under a log (and gods know I hide under my own log of sorts) LIFE magazine has published all or most of the photos from all their back issues and it’s all searchable. Lots of historical photography to trove through, I could literally get lost on this site all day. Incidently, it’s [...]

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Stacy Peralta circa 1975

By ed | Apr02.09

photo: C.R. Stecyk III | model: Stacy Peralta circa 1975 I’m trying to resist pushing the “add to cart” button on C.R. Stecyk III & Glen E. Friedman’s The Legend of the Z-Boys book. Resistance is futile. Relatedly: I looked exactly like this, when I was 12 years old.

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Chris Bickford – After The Storm

By ed | Apr02.09

chris bickford – After The storm …A life of Surf on the Outer Banks Impressive photos and accompanying essay over at Burn Magazine, an online photography journal curated by Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey: The local crew on the Outer Banks is a diverse lot, from burnt-out punks to born-again Christians; from pre-teen gremlins to [...]

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Wide Hips

By ed | Apr01.09

photo: Grannis (Dr. Takayama on the left) Check out the hips on Donald’s board. all three boards have some pretty wide hips. And that wood is gorgeous. me wants.

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