The Weird Waves Crew wanted to start off season 2 with a bang. They may have taken the idea a little too literally by traveling to Alaska to potentially ride a wave made from falling ice, which makes a deafening crack with each piece of glacier that breaks off to form a wave… no biggie. In this episode they also check out what the locals on the Turnagain Arm are calling, ‘America’s longest wave.’
THE STORY OF MY 2019! I’ve had a rough couple of years with injuries and last year was the first injury free one since 2016. I feel like I’m getting closer and closer to where I want to be in the contest aspect after every event I take part in. It’s been a long term process to work myself physically and mentally back to the top but I finally see some light in the tunnel. In 2020 I’m going all in!
Taylor Epperson, 18, sits on a beanbag with quiet concentration as he plays video games with four friends around noon on a January weekday at the Create skate shop. It’s the embodiment of the online skateboard brand — another digital retailer that has found it pays to have a storefront people can walk into.
“I come here at least twice a week,” Epperson, a student at City College, said. “They’ve hit a spot by putting in a ramp and creating a place for us to chill. It’s so inviting.”
And it’s not just any place. A cluster of skateboard retail businesses … More