a laborious weekend.
Quite the Labor Day Weekend here at Homebase. Hope y’all enjoyed your unofficial last weekend of Summer- even though today it still feels like Summer is in full effect. We had a whole lot going on in town too from First Friday to skate trips to Philly and the premiere of “Stay Gold.”
Let’s start [...]
procrastinate now: your daily dose of skateboarding
It’s been almost a month since Wes & Luke took off for the West Coast.
They’re settling in nicely after a long trip across the country. Sure do miss those guys though.
From the photos they posted up they saw some interesting and amazing sights while driving across AMERICA!
vote for nik stain on slap magazine’s one in a million contest
For the past few year’s now Slap Magazine has been running a contest for non-sponsored skaters called One In A Million.
The un-sponsored skaters can send in 2 minutes of raw footage for a chance to win a prizes and possible sponsorship too. Kevin Coakley won a few years ago and went from Krooked to Blueprint [...]
saugy session tonight at keck park.
Regardless if it’s 10 people or 100 people, we are continuing Monday Night Saugy Sessions at Keck Park. We’ll be wrapping up the 2nd round of the Saugy S.K.A.T.E. Showdown tonight with matches between:
B-SPACE vs ANT
NIC RIC vs ERIC NIEVES
BEN TAYLOR vs TYLER ZOSKY
. . . and some make-up matches from the previous week’s session. [...]
procrastinate now: your daily dose of skateboarding
Stuff I’m stoked on right about now.
Emerica’s “Stay Gold” will be premiering at Homebase at the start of September. Full details coming soon. . . .
lost saugy s.k.a.t.e. showdown matches found!
So before I left for Agenda and The Berrics I wrote that I lost the tape that had the Week 3 Games of S.K.A.T.E. but I found it!
And I’ve been doing my best to get all the matches edited down so here’s what I’ve done. I think there’s 2 more matches to edit [...]
procrastinate now: your daily dose of skateboarding
Now that Musikfest is officially over its time to start really procrastinating.
Starting off with the news that 2 of Homebase’s finest made it into the final rounds of Slap Magazine’s One in a Million Contest. The OIAM is a chance for non-sponsored skater’s to live the dream of a sponsored skater- free boards, shoes, tours, [...]
monday night saugy session tonight- as long as it doesn’t get soggy.
If the weather stays dry, we’ll be out at Keck this Monday for another Monday Night Saugy Session.
This Monday’s Saugy S.K.A.T.E. Showdown Matches:
Mike Hlavinka vs. Jesse Gangwere
Josh Lavranos vs. Vince Kutish
Jackie Nguyen vs. Izzy
Magoo Rivera vs. Brandon Sandt
sincerly yours, the breakfast club.
Not much can get me up before 6am. Actually, not much can get me before 10am.
But that was before the Bethlehem Skateplaza opened. Now I’m rushing out of my house to meet a small but growing group of homies at the plaza at 6, 7 or 8am to get an early morning session in before [...]
thank you for making the bethlehem skateplaza grand opening a success
Thank you to everyone who was a part of making the Grand Opening of the Bethlehem Skateplaza a HUGE success.
We could not have asked for a better display of what skateboarding in the 610 is all about.
Let’s keep showing the City of Bethlehem that we can take care of the plaza and deserve to have [...]
tomorrow’s a big day for all of us.
Just a “few” words before the Bethlehem Skateplaza opens tomorrow….
I have no words to express this weekend means to me. So many people have been part of this project through your support to the plaza itself or with all your encouragement to me personally. We’ll finally have a place for all of us to meet, [...]
everything you need to know about the bethlehem skateplaza grand opening: July 16-18
In an effort to make sure you know everything you could possibly need to know about the Bethlehem Skateplaza Grand Opening- here’s everything you need to know:
The Bethlehem Skateplaza’s address is 1325 Steel Ave. Bethlehem, PA 18015 (It’s across the street from the Sands Casino)
The Grand Opening is a 3-day long event. It’s ALL [...]
let the 10 day countdown begin.
Start counting down with us: TEN!
We can also use everyone’s help spreading the word about the event in several ways. . .
bethlehem skateplaza phase 1 is complete & grand opening details
Fin. Done. Complete.
Y’all already know the story, I’ve told it millions of times. You just want to skate it. I get know- me too BUT. . .
THE CEMENT IS DRYING NOW SO IT CURES TO FULL STRENGTH. PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAY OFF THE PROPERTY TIL JULY 16TH. THANK YOU ALL.
I can not stress enough [...]
saugy s.k.a.t.e. showdown II: week 1 & go skateboarding day
The first 4 rounds of the Saugy S.K.A.T.E. Showdown II fell on good ol’ National Go Skateboarding Day. Whether or not Keck was packed because of the Monday Night Session, the “holiday” or just because it was officially Summertime. . . . who knows? Who cares- it was a damn god time.
No photos from this [...]
dirty days in jersey
I’m down for Jersey. I got homies out there. Plus, there are good skate spots to be found- even if they are empty building foundations.
Last Saturday Ray, Colbert, Hill and I went to skate the abandoned foundation spot in Jersey City. A while back the locals but marble on the cinder block boxes there and [...]
go skateboarding day events monday june 21
Homebase will be celebrating National Go Skateboarding Day in two places this year. Come to one or come to both. Wherever you are, come out and shred with the rest of the world. We’ll be in Easton at. . .
In Allentown we’ll be at. . .
nyc weekend part 2: nike sb x (red) “all tied together”
I stayed in town on Monday to try and get some skateboarding in and check out a Mets game with Danny Pensyl but I got wrangled into something else all together.
“All Tied Together” that is and I got in a lot more skating (actually pushing) than I bargained for . . . but it was [...]
nyc weekend part 1: maloof money cup finals & full bleed book debut
After 2 successful years in Orange County, the Maloof Money Cup was brought to Queens, NY and along with it came some of the biggest names in skateboarding. Focus Skate Mag gave us 25 tickets to the contest. We gave out 21 tickets for the Maloof Cup finals on Sunday but 4 of the tickets [...]
the whole story: manny mania & homebase’s 8th anniversary benefit party
If a picture is worth a thousand words then you’re really going to get the gist of what you may have missed if you went to the Jersey Shore on Memorial Day Weekend after watching this video of the Red Bull Manny Mania contest and our 8th Anniversary celebration.
We hadn’t thrown a big anniversary celebration [...]
the thursday drop: 5boro x homebase benefit deck & free maloof cup tickets
Thanks to Focus Skate Mag, Homebase will be giving away a limited amount of tickets to Sunday June 6th’s competition to anyone who purchases a 5Boro Skateplaza Benefit Deck.
oh what a weekend.
I don’t think we could have asked for a better way to celebrate Homebase’s 8th Year Anniversary: Good weather, good friends and supporting a good cause- The Bethlehem Skateplaza.
manny mania starts in under 12 hours.
No, I don’t suffer from insomnia.
I did try and go to bed early tonight to get ready for tomorrow but
it’s official: red bull’s manny mania will be at the banana factory this sunday
FINALLY, I have permission to give you the details on the Red Bull Manny Mania Qualifier being held on Sunday May 30th in the Banana Factory parking lot on 3rd Street.
Not that we don’t already have a banner on our site telling you that or if you come into Homebase you’ll be told about the [...]
