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Go Skateboarding Day! This is pretty cool and an example of how easy it is to leverage social media. Go Skateboarding Day is tomorrow (June 21 – remember we’re in the future here) and the good folk from the Go Skateboarding Foundation has created the poster you see below. Sure, sure, a mosaic poster, oh thats so neat – is what you’re probably saying, and if you’re please stop. The 2013 GSD poster is made up of Grant Brittain’s famous push photo of Tod Swank and about 6000 Instagram photos tagged #goskateboardingday from last year. Brilliant no? I think so, hence why you’re reading about it… All proceeds benefit #justoneboard – so if you dig it, go buy the Go Skateboarding Day! Poster  Maybe you might get lucky one day and stumble across old mate Brittain and he can sign it for you… Would be neat if the Go Surfing Day people orchestrate something similar with that shot of Curren…

Fast skating, good lines, and rad spots. Massimo Cavedoni gets it all, in his new part ‘Stoops Mom’ now live at thrashermagazine.com

Spitfire/Thunder rider Nassim Guammaz handles some hefty requests for this weeks Gram Yo Selfie at The Berrics.

This Friday June 21st for Go Skateboarding Day our friends at Familia Skateshop are hosting a free skate jam. Cruise at noon from the shop to the Familia HQ for a session including a cash for tricks wallride contest, giveaways from Spitfire and tons more.

Stutterheim These guys, Stutterheim, are seriously one of my favourite brands right now. I kinda got all heated on them back in December when Fancy brought them on my radar, but last weekend I got to check out some of the gear in person. And holy shit it’s impressive. I never thought raincoats could be this awesome. And they do gumboots and umbrellas too! I’m sure there’s a joke about a wet dream in here somewhere but I’m too excited to find it… The images above are from their lookbook which got published about a week ago on the Stutterheim Facebook page (so if you want a bigger look at the images, head over). It’s all looking pretty rad from the pictures, coats for the gents and ladies, colors for everyone and if you’re serious about singing in the rain, there’s even gumboots. More at Stutterheim

DSPTCH MacBook and iPad Case Collection DSPTCH make some of the best camera straps getting around (there we go with the photography thing again..) and while that has been and remains to be their primary focus (we’ll share more on DSPTCH properly later), they believe that this is a natural step for our company as those that demand the best photography gear also demand the best computers and tablets on the market, which we believe to be those coming from Cupertino (Apple, he means Apple. If you didn’t know that, you’re using Windoze huh?) So what they’ve got is the DSPTCH MacBook and iPad Case Collection!  And yep, here comes the copy’n'paste from their PR, cause as you can tell from the first paragraph – I am dribbling some shit right now.. “Our new line of MacBook and iPad cases are built for minimalists with a focus on durability and functionality. Made with ballistic mesh and lined with nylon pack cloth, our cases are designed for urban commuters requiring products that can not only endure the rigors of daily use, but also include features that ease those routines. Each case includes an integrated cord management system as well as an elastic pocket on the front that allows users to store their daily carry essentials including chargers, sync cables, headphones, etc. The cases are padded for protection, whether being stored within another bag or used as a standalone item. Like the rest of our products, our cases are also all made in the USA. For the iPad, we’ve made a Regular size (for 2nd-4th generation iPads) as well as a Mini size. Retail is $42.00 For MacBooks, we’ve made an 11″ (MacBook Air), 13″ (MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with Retina display), and 15″ (MacBook Pro with Retina Display) variation. Retail is $60.00 You can find all of the new cases here: http://www.dsptch.com/collections/cases“ More at DSPTCH

Leica X Vario Most days I wish I could be a photographer, sure I’m a gun on my #iphone and I can @instagram the shit out of any situation (although I had to delete Snapchat due to an abusive relationship) – but I’ve never got my head around actual, proper photography. Settings, exposure, aperture, shutter and all the jazz, it’s a bummer too, cause I sure can appreciate a good camera. Which lead me to this, the Lecia x Vario – remember the other week when we showing you the proposed Lecia ‘Mini M’ setup? Yeah, so this is it, and it ain’t a Mini M. Like I mentioned before, I don’t know shit about cameras, but I sure do like the look of this thing – whether it’s an M or an X. Blame my superficial male nature… Odds on tho, if i had the money I still don’t think I could justify buying a Leica, my beard isn’t long enough… Old mates over at PetaPixel know a thing or two, and they also know how to run their mouths (which we love). Go check them for a review on it, I’ll even add the first paragraph here to entice you… “How should I describe the Leica X Vario? It’s as if Leica engineers met at the cafeteria and decided Fuji wasn’t kicking their a** hard enough with the X100/X100s. “Hey, let’s challenge the Fuji XE-1 with a new camera. We will up the ante this time… let’s be double the price of Fuji, AND we will not have interchangeable lens!” Guffaws exploded across the cafeteria as the engineers outlined more specifications to make life living hell for the Leica sales team.” PETAPIXEL

Lumu Light Meter for iPhone While we’re on the subject of photography and how kick ass my #iphoneography skills are, I thought you’d be delighted to see this little tool. It’s a light meter for your iPhone! Imagine that, sitting in the coffee shop sipping your mochachaiskinnylatte when you see the impossible shot come to life in your mind – you frame it, you hold everyone in position, but is the light right? This is where the Lumu Light Meter comes in handy! The small orb plugs in to the headphone hack of the iPhone, giving you detailed information about the light affecting your photograph.The app that comes with it will allow you to measure light (dreamy soft shadows! bright lights! colors!) and then there’s the added bonus of being able to attach all sorts of metadata to the moment: location, voice recording, notes, pictures, photo parameters more – unfortunately it doesn’t auto populate with instagram handles or popular hashtags (sigh)… The Lumu is a kickstarter project, so get over to kickstart and help kickstart it. Kickstarter!

ANCHORMAN 2 By the Hammer of Thor, the news team is back with a brand new trailer for their film! Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. In Cinemas 20 December.

Gearing up for his new ‘Stoops Mom’ video part dropping tomorrow on Thrasher, Massimo hits up Stoner and Lafayette park for the newest Thunder Clip. Check it out.