Video: Hand In Hand – Dinosaur Jr. with Henry Rollins on Skateboarding and Music

Ride Channel series Handin Hand did a segment with J. Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph of Dinosaur Jr. The guys sit down to discuss their history with skateboarding as well as the making of their video for "Over It". Guest appearances from Henry Rollins, and Mike Manzoori.

Video: Hand In Hand Presents - Thurston Moore Talks Skateboarding

Ride Channel series Hand in Hand recently filmed a two part video piece on Thurston Moore's influence on the skateboarding community and vice versa.  Moore discus’s how he originally fell into skateboarding culture via magazines like Thrasher citing the common punk spirit held by playing music with his band Sonic Youth and Kids skating the streets of NYC. After a chance encounter with legendary boarder Mark Gonzales at a Sonic Youth concert Thurston was gifted a copy of the Spike Jonze directed Blind feature length, Video Days.  From there a union was formed seeing the band’s music used in many skate films over the years to having things come full circle with Spike Jonze directing the video for "100%" from the band’s Dirty album.  Look to the videos below to get the full story including an appearance from Pro skater and artist,  Ed Templeton, in the second part.

Steve Nishimoto's Skate Toy Soldiers

New York City-based artist/designer Steve Nishimoto has been modifying your standard variety toy soldiers turning them into skaters, with a series of custom-made poses of course. Exact information on them isn’t readily available but Steve does have an interesting array of projects on display through his website.

D*Face Ridiculous Pool Paint attack

U.K. Street Artist D*Face has created an experimental paint skateboard interface. What better way to paint a pool then letting everyone get involved? With high-tech remotely controlled spray can apparatus mounted to the underside of skateboards...every line a skater takes adds to the paint job. View video below...