The Skate Of The Art skateboard art exhibition is on this week at Te Papa Museum, Wellington, New Zealand. There is a big opening celebration on this Friday evening (Feb 11th) from 7pm. If you are going to be in Wellington this Friday then please RSVP here or to suzannet@tepapa.govt.nz and come along. This is HUGE. The most important cultural institution in New Zealand is recognising the fantastic culture of skateboarding for the first time with this exhibition, so it is something not to be missed. It also runs as part of the Oakley BOWL-A-RAMA week of festivities.

Once again, Manky Chops Gallery presents Love And Guts. They have a crazy amount of artists exhibiting this year. It’ll be another epic night, the first of many for the BOWL-A-RAMA™ event.

My friend Cam just flicked me this link of the Harvest exhibition. All artworks are made from recycled skateboards. Damn… some incredible craftsmanship, here.

Here you’ll find Ed Templeton talking us through the set up of his largest show to date: The Cemetery of Reason at the S.M.A.K in Belgium. If only we could just jump on a train and be there.

DVS Mix ‘N Match commercial from DVS Shoe Company on Vimeo.

What looks to be a Michel Gondry inspired commercial from DVS, hate to think how long it took to make.

SBA 8 is back in action for another successful year.  For those looking for a creative outlet and a chance to show your skills, enter Ride’s SBA 8 to compete against fellow snowboarders and artists from all over the globe.  New for this year, Ride’s Annual Snowboard Art Contest will feature a full slide show to include ALL of the entries and we will be hosting a peoples’ choice vote online. Entrants are competing to win cash, prizes and – most importantly – the envy of their peers.

Judged by the Ride Snowboards Creative Team, the top 30 entries are identified and posted on the Ride website and in February will be displayed at evo’s TimesInfinity Gallery in Seattle and SBA8 art reception.  The finalists will compete for the grand prize of $1,000 and a custom snowboard featuring their winning artwork.  Every year there are many remarkable and imaginative entries, so get a little creative and a lot crazy, and we’ll look forward to seeing your entry for SBA8!

Sign up now.

Pretty cool colaboration project between photogs and artists in honor of Jeff Anderson. The list of people is “top shelf”, you can check out the details here.

American Mid-West photog Sam McGuire has a new website, his B&W stuff is on point.

The Skateboarder’s Journal main photog Steve Gourlay takes one hell of a good photo. Particularly interesting on his website how the first 3 image columns are medium format, polaroid and 35mm. Film ain’t dead yet!

I had never heard of this french chap until this morning. Pretty mind blowing stuff. I can’t wait to see the full length movie.

Vans Book, the first print release from the iconic shoe company. The book is available June 1st and should be a good read, check out the vid above for Cab talking about well.. the cab.

Skateboarder, roller derby lord and artist Stacey Roper’s new website.

Tim’s show at the The Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence St, Devonport, AK is closing tomorrow at 4pm. Tonight will be the last chance for all you nine to fivers in AK to see the show. From 8m tonight Tim will be putting on a few Exports, so get down there and pat him on the back.

If you haven’t seen it yet you should. Cairo Foster just reviewed Skylarking and gave it two thumbs up. Check the review.

I was in Oamaru at the end of last year shooting a story for the last issue and I noticed everyone had these amazing stencil-like pieces on their grip tape. I was too ignorant at the time to ask who actually made them, until a few weeks ago when Jeremy from Soul Surf Oamaru got in contact with me. Turns out Ryan Moore, (who was also one of the main builders of the famous upstairs mini ramp) is behind these creations.

Lay your eye/eyes over these.

Heres a quick look into Tim Pierce’s exhibition ‘Perceptible’.

Perceptible is being held in the main gallery at the Depot Art Space, 28 Clarence St Devonport Auckland ( Map ).
So far Tim has had a steady stream of people through and a lot of interest in his images. If you are in the area go have a look and not because I told you to but because your eyes will love you for it, but kinda because I told you to. The exhibition is on til the 23rd of April so get in!

New vid from Nike SB, quite weird, reminded me of this a bit.

Manual contributor and design lord Chris Jackson ran a deck design workshop at The New Dowse on the weekend in conjunction with the Board Art exhibition that is currently on there. He has this to say about the day. “It was a great success and every one of all ages enjoyed the three hour session. Although all of the boards didn’t get ‘finished’, there was some great work and ideas, and many kids took their boards and artwork to finish at home. Everyone walked away with their designs, an issue of Manual and a couple (or three) posters. Some of the graphic layout templates that we designed for the workshop were also taken by a local school teacher to help teach kids numeracy and basic mathematics through skateboarding! Three lucky individuals Tamati, Jackson and (little) Miles walked away with a Joseph Whaanga Deck, a set of wheels and a T-shirt respectively, all donated by ABC. A big thank-you to everyone involved, and to Lucas Wotawa for sanding numerous battered old decks and generally being a good egg.”

The spray booth.

Lucas Wotawa sanding.

Another angle just in case you didn’t see it properly.

Art in progress.

I was having a browse through the muck we call the internet and stumbled upon Adrian Vercoe’s website.

Vercoe is one of those guys who can do pretty much anything he puts his mind too:

Photography

Illustration

Design

So apart from killing it on a skateboard  he’s putting together a legit portfolio, have a gander.

Tim ‘Wallow’ Pierce has announced his exhibition titled ‘Perceptible’ being held in AK. Tim dominates the pages of Manual, Spoke and many overseas zines. Now moving into film, working closely with nzsnowboard.com and more recently the Hyundai Long Board Tour, Wallow knows how to diversify his bonds. Almost a career of work at the age of 21.

It is with great pleasure that I announce I am holding a Tim Pierce multimedia exhibition titled Perceptible in just under two weeks time. The exhibition will be held at the Depot Art Space Gallery in Devonport, Auckland from April 11-23rd and you are all invited. The Exhibition opening is on Sat April 11th at 2pm, so come and mingle for the afternoon/evening. The exhibition is a celebration of New Zealands beauty, talent and action sports culture. There will be several large pieces of my photography work, along with my high definition video work projected onto a wall. All photography pieces are for sale, so get in quick. Postcards for the exhibition are being distributed tomorow, if you would like one simply email me your address. ( tim at zerosandones.co.nz ) A huge thanks to my sponsors, NZsnowboard.com, Burton, Gravis, The Northface, Spoke & Manual. The exhibition statement is as follows.

Perceptible – The works of Tim Pierce

Perceptible is a multi media exhibition, displaying a wide range of works from New Zealand photographer and film maker Tim Pierce. Originally from Wanaka, Tim has spent his life travelling New Zealand and abroad documenting action sports and their associated cultures. From this stems Perceptible, a series of innovative and artistically rich images that capture New Zealand’s top snowboard, mountain bike, and BMX talent, whilst showcasing Aotearoa’s beauty through eerie dramatic moods, unique textures, shapes and pure images. Resonant in visual magnitude, the pieces evoke strong perceptions and connotations of outdoor adventure and culture through the mind and senses. Screenings of high definition video projects will also play throughout the two week exhibition, illustrating Tim’s diversity in the world of film. Be sure you attend to celebrate New Zealand’s beauty and talented sporting culture as seen through the lens of our country’s leading action sport photographer.

Our friends at Moss Projects have gotten all crazy with Resene test swatches and created this installation at Good as Gold.

Insight have just released the second part of their Dopamine campaign. Raising the standard again. Featuring NZ’s own Bernard Foo.

The latest issue of Manual has just dropped. Lucky subscribers will have your copies tomorrow and it hits the stores on Monday. Congrats to our cover boy Tim Watson. That’s Hawera’s new bowl that he’s sitting on top of which we spot check this issue. Mike Bancroft has a feature interview (along with Tim). we do a snowcat trip with NSA in Niseko, Japan. Photographer Daniel Blom give us some tips and we check out the Soul Surf and Skate mini ramp in Oamaru. Up an coming ripper Joseph Mackenzie gives us his ten cents, all this and much more. Get yourself a copy here or visit one of our stockists. Here’s a few spreads to entice you.

Leo Volland of Via Grafik interview.

Joseph Mackenzie interview.

Mike Bancroft interview.

Tim Watson interview.