The Quiet Life is a project out of Los Angeles headed by Andy Mueller, of the Girl/Chocolate “Art Dump.” The name Andy Mueller has always been closely associated with my favorite skaters and brands, although I never knew exactly what he did. Turns out, he does a little of everything. His main job is steering [...]
It’s been an exciting start of the year for skateboarding so far. Including team changes, like Malto on The Swoosh, P-Rod reppin Venture, and the DC acquisitions. Andy has been busy in LA and NY getting the next year of Homebase moves planned out and helping grow the Plaza. Art was also a big focus [...]
This week we received the new Nike SB releases and they are looking good across the board. The stand out of this batch, for me is the Omar Salazar 1.5 , A sleeker version of the Salazar that dropped a couple years ago. Featuring a new vulc sole ,similar to the switch made between P [...]
Everyone loves skateboard graphics. Whether it’s a first skate purchase, which might rest entirely on the graphic, or an old memory of that first graphic, you never forget. We recently got a series of Girl, Black Light decks by Sean Cliver in the shop. I was instantly taken back to the early 90′s World Industries/101/ [...]
Giancarlo Demarchi has been working hard for the opening of his show this Saturday (Sept 17th) at Connections Gallery in Easton and it’s been a beautiful process. Join us at 7pm on 213 Northampton Street in Downtown Easton to see Gian’s work up close. Giancarlo Demarchi is one of my favorite artists and a good [...]
With all the rain this week maybe you didn’t notice the Bethlehem SkatePlaza was closed yesterday. M&T Bank has generously donated shade canopies to The Plaza and the frame work is now installed. All of the skateboarders are welcome to join us at the unveiling on SEPTEMBER 15th to thank them and enjoy some pizza [...]
Back on August 6th , Erich Hornung , along with Soft Machine Gallery and over 20 artists, put their collective talents together to help raise money for the Bethlehem Skateplaza. It was a great event, with art, music ,and food. Since it was a very rainy night, as well as sharing the day with the [...]
A couple weeks ago a I saw a Facebook post from our friend Matt Kayes saying someone had fallen off a bicycle and had to be driven home. Matt went on in the post that he carried the bike of the downed cyclist along with his own 9 miles back to the car. I thought [...]
One of the first people to get my attention as a young skater was Natas Kaupas. In my opinion, he was one of the most stylish skaters ever. He was at the forefront of skate innovation, fashion style, and the shift from vert to the street.
There is an art fight club happening in the Lehigh Valley. Don’t worry, it doesn’t have that whole “don’t talk about art fight club” rule, the 2nd Art Wars just happened at the Bethlehem Brew Works on April 21st and there is another battle happening April, 30th at Allentown Brew Works so by all means, [...]
