bastard blog

We keep talking about magazine covers, since Matteo Whatza Borgardt just appeared on the cover of the latest Entry issue, with a huge fs180 Lien over the fence.

Flying high to a slam dunk?

A restyled 6:00AM just got freshly printed. New paper and matte cover for an uprising Daniele Galli.

The new Punkreas record is well worth a 4-years wait.
The name of the new album is Noblesse Oblige. Very topical subjects come along with top class collaborations such as Zulù (99 Posse lead voice) and the wind instrument section of the Bluebeaters.

The Punkreas will play old and new songs live on italian stages starting March 3rd when The Noblesse Oblige tour will start.

As they say, we proudly save them the trouble of walking around wearing only underwear.

Today, Yeah Erre swung by the bastard store got harpooned by the Pike 152.
Since we didn’t succeed to “catch and release”, we released him with the snowboard attached to his mouth.

Enjoy your new board Erre!

Together with our friends Bomboclat and Vans we are organizing the “Chiesa Iron War”.

Where?
At the Palù Park of Chiesa in Valmalenco, one of the most exciting italian snowpark of the last years .

When?
Saturday, February 18th, starts at 10 am until 5 pm. Don’t be hurry to come back home because at 10.30 pm starts the OFFLINE Bar after party, it could be a wild party…

What?
We’ll be shredding all day on boxes, rails and whatever the Palù Park shapers will make slideable.
An old school contest, no money, no ranking, but a large prize in products to enjoy this crazy and cold winter.
Rails, pole jams and wallrides. Fifteen minutes to shred every structure and immediate prize-giving to follow.
Grill’Em All BBQ and a large quantity of the unmissable Grill’Em All t-shirt only for the strongest.

Saturday, February 18th 2012
Palù Park – Chiesa in Valmalenco

Need a bed?
Consorzio Turistisco Sondrio e Valmalenco
Tel. +39 0342 451150 – info@sondrioevalmalenco.it

The restless guys at Radical Shop are organizing a coach trip to Laax for Sunday, February 19th. More information on the Radical website.

You can get a better idea of what to expect from the trip watching this report of the previous snowboard excursion to Laax.

As Jep designed the bastard logo in 1998, was he fantasizing about seeing it exposed in an art gallery one day?

It happened. Thanks to the artist Marta Dell’Angelo who painted a stitched guy wearing a vintage Spongy sweatshirt (circa 2001).

The painting, which is part of collezione Grassi,  is exposed at Palazzo delle Stelline, located in Corso Magenta 71, Milan, until the end of 2012.

Marta‘s body of work is definitely worth watching, so you might as well pay a visit.

We always knew that skateboarding was born in the 50’s in California by surfers moving on the city sidewalks… what if we suddenly realize that in the Nazi Germany of 1943, Goebbels’ son was using something really similar to what we ride today?

In this video documentary of National Geographic that recently went public on the italian television a skateboard is shown, with tail, trucks, wheels and a proto-ramp for dropping in. Dogtown leftover?

In the next few days you’ll probably be freezing your bones, as ice and snow are about to cover Italy. Thanks to a proper attire you’ll be able to resist the harsh weather and enjoy the winter.

All you need is the good ol’ goose down jacket. You may wonder why. It’s because goose feather, thanks to its volume, creates an air layer that holds and releases the natural warmth of your body.

Don’t you already have one? No problema, just ask the bastard store.

Que Viva goose feather, Que Viva winter!

Nikolai Danov just decided to spend a week up here in Norhern Italy for attending the Launch Party #31 and to be able to survive the cold season by skating a little bit the bastard bowl. This is a glimpse of his latest session there.