Category Archives: Madrid Skateboards

2012 SLAP

Posted on May 11, 2012

Hot and fresh out the kitchen, check the footage from Timeship Racing’s 2012 Safe Longboarding Awareness Program. Featuring riders from Landyachtz, Caliber, Comet, Rip City Skate, Rayne, Paris, Abec 11, Madrid, and Venom. Oh yeah.

Posted in: Abec 11, Caliber Truck Co, Comet Skateboards, Event Coverage, Landyachtz, Madrid Skateboards, Paris Truck Co, Rayne Longboards, Rip City Skate, Timeship Racing
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Bird’s Eye of a Great Mountain Downhill

Posted on May 7, 2012

Check out some unusual angles as Venom team riders Zak Maytum, Max Dubler, Max Capps, Nick Dunmall and Calvin Staub bomb down an oft-skated hill. Guest riders Aaron Breetwor and Austin Nicassio also make an appearance.

Posted in: Madrid Skateboards, Sessions, Venom
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Calvin Staub Gettin’ It

Posted on March 28, 2012

Madrid and Venom rider Calvin “50 Cal” Staub gettin’ after it on one of our favorite canyon runs. Remember: you never know what you’re going to find around a blind corner; so always stay in your lane on an open road.

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Photos from the Philippines

Posted on January 11, 2012

My Madrid and Venom teammate Zak Maytum and I went to the Philippines to do some skating last year. It was the second-craziest skate trip I’ve ever been on (#1 involved lots of drugs and strip clubs). I posted the video a while back, but never got around to the photos, so check it.

A fat crew in the jungle, this is what most of our sessions looked like. Dudes were hiking these two or three hairpins in insane heat and humidity.

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Posted in: Madrid Skateboards, Photos, Road Trip, Venom
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Ethan Vinograd

Posted on December 27, 2011

Ethan Vinograd pitchin’ it toeside at the top of a ridiculously steep run in Laguna Beach. I’d planned to go take some runs with lil’ homie after we’d finished shooting. We got this shot and I told him I’d meet him at the bottom of this run and we’d drive over to some other hills.

When I skate this road, I’m doing standup slides all the way down. Laguna OG Evren Ozan–dubbed “The Feather” by Striker for his smooth, light-on-the-board style–does two or three slides into the corners. Kevin and James did tons of slides in the video they made on that hill.

I came around the last turn, a left bend that dumps into a 20% straight-away, and found Ethan pulling himself out of the bushes. Dude tried to shralp down the whole run without sliding, took a bad line at the fastest part, and got all scraped up. Kids these days are gnarly…

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Calvin Staub

Posted on December 14, 2011

We found this spot when we were driving home from Maryhill. The 101 winds down the Oregon coast between the mountains and the beach. When we saw a road that went up into the hills on the GPS, we turned off the highway and checked it out. While most of them had gates, terrible pavement, or no pavement at all, a couple turned out to be rad little spots. We didn’t get into SF until 2 in the morning; but it was worth it.

Madrid and Venom team rider Calvin Staup pitchin’ it sideways in the wet. Max Dubler photo.

Posted in: Housemates, Madrid Skateboards, Photos, Venom

Facetime with Calvin Staub

Posted on November 2, 2011

Colorado native and Lookout Mountain local Calvin Staub has been hanging out at the skatehouse for the last couple of months. We took a break from skating a local favorite to talk about helmet hair, racing your dad, and how a dirtbag skateboarder can make enough money to eat.

Posted in: Facetime, Madrid Skateboards, Rider Profiles, Timeship Racing, Venom
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Menlo Park Lurk Mode

Posted on October 19, 2011

Aggressive spectating at the Menlo Park Skate Jam. Skip to 2:00 to see a fat guy get a concussion.

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Madrid San Jose Road Trip

Posted on September 27, 2011

A bunch of the Madrid vert team cruised up to San Jose for the Tim Brauch memorial contest. Dudes got fully radical with airs and inverts in the bowl; but check the jump ramp backflip at the end. Goddamn!

Posted in: Community, Event Coverage, Madrid Skateboards

Fall Freeride, Extra Rowdy

Posted on September 21, 2011

As everyone gets better at skating, the pack riding at Maryhill Freerides keeps getting crazier. It was unbelievably hot this time around; so lots of people decided to take their chances and hit the hill raw dog–a brave move when Coop’s around.

While everyone kept it together most of the time, quite a few people went home with some road rash. Fortunately, their bad luck was caught on film and is presented here for your entertainment.

Special thanks to Lee Cation, Jaden Chavez, Frank Cote, Jacob Gellatly, and Zak Maytum for the footage.

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