The Holiday '08 edition of Concrete Wave features World Champion Scott Smith on the front and coverage of the Worlds by Marcus Rietema.
Thsi issue also includes a 13-month calenda, continuation of the "Get Sponsored" series and the all-important Fish Report. Click the image to hit the Concrete Wave forum and talk about this issue!
They say three is a magic number, but I think it might be four. Think about it for a moment. Four wheels on a skateboard. There are four seasons and four components to your life (kid, teenager, adult, skategeezer). What about a four-day work week! The expression “four to the floor” fits this issue perfectly. This is the first slalom photo (four wheels on the floor) on a skateboard magazine cover in over thirty years and we couldn’t be prouder to publish it. Jason Mitchell has proven not only to be an insanely great slalom skater, but a formidable talent when it comes to skating pools, parks and ditches. It’s not just skaters that have ramped things up. A number of companies are literally pulling their hair out trying to manage the demand for longer and wider decks, tighter-turning trucks and softer wheels. If 1978, 1988, and 1998 are any indication, 2008 might very well be the most explosive yet in skateboarding. While it can be fun to speculate what might happen, the best thing about skateboarding right now is how much it is starting to embrace variety. I see this in my local neighborhood, and when I walked the show floor at the Action Sports Retailer Show in September, I realized that the wheels of change were starting to spin. There was more variety of skate product than in the previous four years combined! Four to the floor, indeed! Enjoy the issue,
Issue 28 Fall 2007 
