news49 Videos

MELTED INDY

I have a few friends that actually had to physically run away from the Tea Fire (2008). They lost everything. One of them still lives on his property that was more or less burned to the ground. He’s got all of these amazing relics. An example would be a garbage can full of bottles that […]

HATCH – Whipping Promo

Bringing you the past, present, and future of skateboard culture and beyond.

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 […]

QUICK CLIP – DAMIAN BRAVO – 360 FLIP

Tre-flip in Santa Barbara, CA.  Early 2000’s.

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 […]