Ben Thompson discovered the name for his store while working as a kitchen manager in Ann Arbor. A customer comment card noted, one day, that the place was starting to look like a flophouse. Thompson ...

Though I still skate no better than the day I started, I’ve spent quite a few summers bombing hills and racking up scars. I honestly can not count how many guys I’ve met over the years totally set on ...

Sometimes the most compelling art comes in unexpected packages. For Damian Estrella, the canvas is particularly radical: He paints the undersides of skateboard decks. The 24-year-old is a recent ...

Skateboarding has ebbed and flowed in popularity over the years, but never truly gone away. Perhaps no one knows this better than custom board designer Bear Walker of Bear Walker Industries. As the ...

Tom DeLonge is revisiting some of his most legendary eras in the form of custom skateboard decks. Over the past few weeks, DeLonge has launched a series of custom decks that symbolize specific times ...

With a new skate park set to open this summer, lifelong Ann Arborite and skateboarder Ben Thompson decided the time was right to open his own custom board shop. “I’ve been an artist my whole life and ...

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