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SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDS 50th Anniversary Celebration (2023)
I guess I was excited, because I couldn’t sleep the night before. Managed to get a couple of hours in, then got out of bed at 6am. Drove to Santa Cruz and got there right when the first jam (Seacliff) was starting at 11am. Next was Mike Fox park, then the rail down by the […]
SKATEBOARD STORIES FILM – VOLUME 3 – The employees of NHS and Santa Cruz Skateboards 35 year anniversary (2009)
SKATEBOARD STORIES FILM – VOLUME 3 – The employees of NHS and Santa Cruz Skateboards 35 year anniversary (2009) Featuring (Anniversary party section) Keith Wilson Neil Heddings DAF Noah Lee Charron Jeff Kendall Ron Whaley Ray Stevens II Tim Piumarta Spidey Skip Engblom Ray Meyers Duane Peters Tom Knox Eric Dressen Keith Meek Natas Kaupas […]
“FOOTY” at the 2023 Santa Barbara Surf Film Festival! Sat. June 10th
DON’T MISS THIS ONE!! My film “FOOTY” is an official selection of the 3rd annual SBSFF! This one is jam-packed with an hour of the greatest clips I’ve filmed from 1990-2006. I rarely get the chance to show this film, and it’s really only been shown once before in 2006. FOOTY is as close to […]
New “CROOKS” tee in the shop
Anacapa brand. Womens sizes available. Free shipping in the continental USA
LOWKS feat. George Nagai
George and I have been doing this shit for a minute. He’s several years younger than me, but I think we probably both started skating around the same year. He was a little freestyle kid from Goleta. I was a Suicidal Tendencies obsessed teen living in Los Osos. We didn’t meet until maybe ’88?? I […]
ANACAPA gear sold exclusively in the HATCH SHOP
The word Anacapa is the Spanish translation of the Chumash Indian word ‘anyapax. Anacapa means “mirage” or “illusion”. Many times in my life while sitting on the beaches of Santa Barbara, I’ve looked out at the Channel Islands and noticed a strange phenomena that happens. It’s usually when there’s some form of Marine layer on […]
Chumash Country
Sam’s ramp is tucked into the landscape of Chumash Country. At times it’s hard to concentrate on skating because of the surrounding beauty. Shredding while Red-Tail Hawks dive-bomb nearby is otherworldly. Sam though, seems to have no trouble tearing his ramp to shreds. “Balance and SustainabilityWe need to respect this balance and be responsible for […]