Concrete Wave Articles

It was early May in Colorado, and it was supposed to rain all weekend. The Buffalo Bill Downhill on Lookout Mountain, organized by Comet conspirator and Pagan pioneer Justin Dubois, was slated for May 9-10. Lookout Mountain was paved in 1917. The road was graded to accommodate Model T cars, so the average grade is 7% and is littered with hairpin turns – albeit flat hairpin turns – but we’ll get to that later.

The IGSA World Cup Series left the European continent and moved to Eastbourne, England for Round #4 August 20-22, 2009. The first three rounds of the Series had produced three different winners with Louis Pilloni in Peyragudes, Scoot Smith in Argonay and Martin Siegrist in Padova. Mischo Erban was sitting on top of the point standings due to his consistently high finishes. Coming into Eastbourne he was really feeling the pressure to earn his first win of the season.

Concrete Wave readers who find themselves looking at other skateboarding magazines might have seen the series of ads that we ran in TransWorld Skateboarding. If you missed it, we’ve reprinted them here. While most would find it unusual or somewhat frivolous for a skateboard magazine to advertise in another skateboard magazine, my reasons were extremely strategic, as you will soon see.

The number one reason to read any Concrete Wave, according to the New York Times literary poll:  the "Fish Report", by Silverfish Longboarding.  This edition features rants, raves, commentary on the development of the sport and recognition for the winners of the 2010 Movember Mo-Grow contest.