Skaters listen up – Come check out Couch Surfin’ this Saturday October 24th from 6pm to 10pm at Skatebarn! There will be a BBQ, live music, free giveaways and three best-trick contests throughout the entire session!! Read the rest of this entry »
So here’s the deal - Come on down to evo in Seattle and score $5 off any tee or hoodie from The Berrics! All you have to do is tell us who the current Battle Commander of The Berrics is and we’ll take $5 off your purchase!
Last week, the entire skateboarding community found themselves mourning the untimely death of Erik Stricker, editor of Transworld SKATEboard, who passed away early last week.
Stricker joined the Transworld SKATEboard family in 2002 where he quickly made a name for himself as an incredibly hard worker and devoted friend. His passion for skateboarding came through every page of the magazine, and his love for his friends and family was truly admirable.
Eric will be sorely missed. We have his family and friends in our thoughts.
New decks are coming in hot and going out the door just as fast, um yeah, so come say hey and get some! Oh yeah, dont forget Go Skateboard Day coming up June 21st!
A’ight friends, we are finally getting these sweet photos up! evo sponsored the all ladies skate competition “Wheels of Fortune” down at the skate barn in Renton and Tre our in house photog got some sick shots.
commentary by Bekah Grim
Abandon what you thought skateboard graphics could be—farewell kitschy skulls and a few predictable stars. Artist Mark Rivard has rescued skate design and has reinvented it with his original artwork. He’s amping up skate decks with everything from a two-years-in-the-making Breckenridge landscape to an organic blending of a women’s body with a tree—fine art and skateboarding have collided.
In celebration of Fremont’s First Friday Art Walk, evo’s Times Infinity art gallery debuted the opening of Mark Rivard’s feature gallery. The opening rocked steady with jams from DJ Grapenuts, and even Rivard himself was there to hang out, drink some free beer with the evo crowd and talk about his artwork. Incredibly, we learned Rivard has no formal artistic training. He began sketching on skate decks after a ski accident in ’03 left him wallowing on his mom’s couch. “I pretty much needed something to do and so I reached for a skate deck and starting drawing.” Rivard explained.
This artist has gone from injured to ingenious, sketching up his super-detailed skate deck magic with Sharpie markers. That’s right, Sharpies.
Several of Rivard’s pieces in the evo gallery include the artist’s free flow writings about life, liberty, and pursuit of skateboarding. When asked if the writings were poetry, Rivard just laughed: “I don’t consider it poetry. It’s just what I have to say. The piece Slow Beat came from a night of drinking.”
Rivard keeps it real when talking about his art, skipping out on the fancy “isms” and fine art snobberies. We’ll skip those too. Rivard’s deck art is what would happen if graffiti artist Banksy was a Siamese twin with the graphic designers at Imperial Motion. These skate decks are urban mindwarps, with skylines melting into faces and faces melting into crows. Rivard’s art is inventive; Fishing for Ugly goes underwater with a fish, while above the surface an emu peeks out. There just aren’t enough emus at art galleries these days.
For those of you who missed out on opening night’s free beer, chill vibes, and DJ Grapenut’s grooves, fret not; you can still take in the emu. Rivard’s decks will be displayed in evo’s gallery for the rest of the month.
Evo’s art gallery openings are a regular event held every first Friday of the month to debut the work of a feature artist. To find out about upcoming artists, check out evo.com.
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