6 Things from Skateboarder, Artist, Luminary Mark Gonzales

In the skateboarding world, they don’t come much more influential than The Gonz. Your favourite skater’s favourite skater, father of the modern street style, perpetually young at heart, constantly pushing boundaries and always, always doing his own thing. For many people, Mark Gonzales personifies the inherent creativity that resides at the heart of skateboarding – not only by skating with a fluid, free and innovative style, but by constantly creating, both on the skateboard and off it.

6 TRICKS: GARY PTASZEK

Master of the aggression session, wise elder of the skatepark, and he’s even in a bitching band; Gary Ptaszek threw down a quick six on the DSP taco in our latest edition of 6 TRICKS. Cheers Gaz!

Our Six Cents: Why BA’s Coming Out Matters

If you follow skateboarding with even the most passing of interests, you probably caught Reda’s recent documentary ‘Brian Anderson on Being a Gay Professional Skateboarder’. Even if you don’t particularly follow skateboarding, news of BA’s coming out has clearly transcended the boundaries of the industry with news outlets such as The Guardian, Rolling Stone and the NY Times all reporting on the recent events. Considering the depth of passion that skateboarders have for their culture, the importance and increasing prominence of the LGBTQIA movement, and also the radness of BA and his stellar career, it’s no surprise that the documentary (which you can peep below, for context) has sparked important conversations in skateparks, and skateshops across the globe.  It’s no different for us here at THE6BY6, so we’ve decided to throw our six cents out there and reflect on the many reasons why Brian Anderson’s coming out is important for the culture, industry and future of skateboarding. 

6 TRICKS: Marv

Jam- The Pain- Marv- Martin. A small man of many names, who loves but a few things; his shit car and his skateboard chief among them. Thankfully, he likes us enough to provide us with a gem of a ‘6 Tricks’ edit. Check it out below!

6 Tricks: Tom Putman

Textile and design aficionado – Biggest barnet in the west – World cinema enthusiast; Thomas Putman, AKA T Putz, is all of these things and more. Peep the 6 tricks that the PTSK and DONTAGE homie laid down for us at DSP.

6 Tricks: Carl Stevenson & Tom Youell

In our latest 6 Tricks video feature, DSP Locals Carl and Tom prove that friends who skate together, stay together. Check out 6 of their friendliest friend tricks below:

6 Tricks: Chris Chambers

 

Our latest video feature sees Chris Chambers – the big bossman over at Dartford’s Altar Skateshop- pop off six quick ones for your delectation. Check it out the clip below:

Video Feature – THE6BY6 And Friends In Barcelona