If you are ever a pro skater in your 30s, from Aberdeen, Scotland, in the year 2012 then the chances are you’ll find yourself standing in Antisocial Skateshop with a bag of tees your friend has designed for your small-ass, home-grown, aggressive-gull-themed brand. Luckily your friend is none other than the prolific, A1, prime-cut British […]
Tag Archives: John Rattray
Storytime Part 1
The Predatory Bird comic is the result of a troubling social media exchange between a morose, desperate, aging pro skater and a bright, talented, young artist. The benevolent souls over at Thrasher Magazine have been kind enough to publish the print version each month
The Lifestyle Promo
John Rattray demonstrates his interpretation of the term skateboard lifestyle.
The Wood Crafter
Andy from Folk Skateboards manufactures a small number of the ultimate skateboard lifestyle items.
The Riding the Long White Cloud post
Below, in 5 parts, you should hopefully find a film of a muscle-powered tour that a group of skateboard enthusiasts undertook in New Zealand one summer. My idea was to use the trip as a speculative platform from which