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  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Two Local Helmetless Teen Skaters Suffer Life-Threatening Brain Injuries

    ​Tara Csatlos is 16 years old, but her vision is equivalent to a 40-year-old's. In the past year, she has almost died several times, traveled back and forth to Illinois to see medical specialists and dropped out of spring semester at Cypress Woods High School. All of this due to a freak skateb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    The Best Tony Hawk Video Game Soundtracks

    ​It sounds like heresy to most older folks, this writer included, but for about the past decade, a lot of younger gamers have been discovering punk rock, ska, and classic and indie hip-hop through the Tony Hawk series of skateboarding video games. The idea may be repellent to those of us who r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Free Concerts Keep Skateboarding And Rock Connected

    Disfrutalo!​"The genesis of the Skate & Rock Free Concert Series was to bring live music into our skate park," says Barry Blumenthal, a skater who helped put together the upcoming concert series and also assisted in raising funds to build the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark just west of downtown. ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    Agent Orange

    Disfrutalo!​"The genesis of the Skate & Rock Free Concert Series was to bring live music into our skate park," says Barry Blumenthal, a skater who helped put together the upcoming concert series and also assisted in raising funds to build the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark just west of downtown. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Johnny Romano Skate Jam: World's Largest Skatebording Charity Event

    Photos by Taylor Turner​Every year Southside Skate Park brings together fans and amateur and professional skateboarders from all over the country to raise money for a good cause. South Shore Distribution hosted the 14th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam at Southside Skate Park Saturday, November ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 28, 2010

    GhoulsFest

    Photos by Taylor Turner​Every year Southside Skate Park brings together fans and amateur and professional skateboarders from all over the country to raise money for a good cause. South Shore Distribution hosted the 14th Annual Johnny Romano Skate Jam at Southside Skate Park Saturday, November ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2010

    No Boat, No Problem: Wakeboarding Alternative Coming To Houston Next Spring

    Photo courtesy of Wake Nation"Uh, where's my boat?"​What's a wakeboarder to do when his access to a boat is strangled? Or when the local rivers, San Jacinto and Trinity, are closed off for, say, a piranha infestation? (Never say never!)Beginning in spring 2011, Houston wakeboarders, waterskiers an ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    Skate & Rock No. 3

    Photo courtesy of Wake Nation"Uh, where's my boat?"​What's a wakeboarder to do when his access to a boat is strangled? Or when the local rivers, San Jacinto and Trinity, are closed off for, say, a piranha infestation? (Never say never!)Beginning in spring 2011, Houston wakeboarders, waterskiers an ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2009
  • Music

    September 24, 2009

    Butthole Surfers

    Skateboarders remember one of their own

  • Calendar

    September 17, 2009

    Ace of Skates

    BooTown gets you off your ass and out of the theater

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Roundwall Rumble Skateboard Contest

    Local kids grind out a win at today’s open call competition

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Summer Session at the Skatepark

    Photo by Katharine ShilcuttThe Kingpinz Summer Session will soon be underway at the Lee & Joe Jamail Skatepark tomorrow afternoon. Skater or not, the contest will be fascinating to watch, as the two events -- grommet run and best trick throwdown -- will feature some of the slickest skatin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2009
  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Artist of the Week: Outspoken Bean

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. Photos courtesy of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Art Rock: Butthole Surfers, Hell City Kings and Whorehound at Meridian Tonight

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. Photos courtesy of ... More >>

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Bayousphere

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. Photos courtesy of ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 29, 2008

    Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark Grand Opening

    Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    Miss Pop Rocks: Farewell, Evel Knievel

    Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2007

    Skating By

    Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2006

    Get On Board

    Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

  • Calendar

    June 8, 2006

    'Cue Up

    Houston’s first public skate park is ready for business

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2005

    Roll Aid

    It's an all-day skate-apalooza at the Texas Skate Jam

  • Film

    June 2, 2005

    Skate Bored

    The Z-Boys roll into Dogtown again, and truth is cooler than fiction

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2005

    Jane's a-DJ

    Alterna-god Perry Farrell's been caught spinning

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2005

    Ballsy Bikers

    Supercross riders crash 'n' burn for your pleasure at Reliant Stadium

  • Film

    April 7, 2005

    Head in the Sand

    Dust to Glory honors the Baja 1000, where everybody's a legend

  • Film

    August 5, 2004

    Wet Kisses

    Riding Giants gushes over the legends of "big wave" surfing

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Golden Boy

    Morgan Faulkner may be the best surfer Texas ever kicked out

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2004

    Biking Dirty

    BMXers eat dirt and catch air

  • Calendar

    April 15, 2004

    Do the Indie Thing

    WorldFest celebrates the obscure

  • Calendar

    November 6, 2003

    Smoking the Halfpipe

    Top skateboarders, BMXers and motocrossers do trippy tricks

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    Long Shot Against Longhorns

    Rice squares off against UT for first time this century

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Chop Talk

    Houston remains embroiled in what to do about Memorial Park

  • Culture

    June 5, 2003

    Idiot Savant

    Brad Tucker retains a quirky, casual approach as he tinkers with his art

  • News

    March 20, 2003

    Reeling from Wheeling

    Sleepy Waller wrestles over rights for skateboarders

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Hell on Wheels

    Breanna Brand rides out the legacy of Frog Town and family splits in her feisty race toward the BMX finish line

  • Best of Houston

    September 26, 2002

    Best Skate Park

    Vans Skate Park

  • Film

    August 15, 2002

    Cruel Summer

    Looking for fun? Crush will leave you blue.

  • Culture

    November 29, 2001
  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Adventure Race Series

    Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

  • Culture

    August 17, 2000

    Hot Wheels

    Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession

  • Film

    April 29, 1999

    Mood Over Matter

    Or: How Tony Hawk turned skateboarding into a multimillion-dollar international obsession

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Taking the Waves

    A tale of love, life and longboarding

  • News

    May 11, 1995

    Biked Out

    Time may be up for the Ho Chi Minh Trail

  • Music

    December 29, 1994

    News from Nowhere

    Clearing the desk for the New Year, and other excuses for a column

  • News

    June 30, 1994

    Letters

    Clearing the desk for the New Year, and other excuses for a column

  • Film

    June 16, 1994

    Surfing Safari

    Bruce Brown goes back to the beach to hang ten, again

  • News

    June 9, 1994

    Letters

    Bruce Brown goes back to the beach to hang ten, again

  • News

    May 19, 1994

    Panic in Memorial Park

    Cyclists say wait Ho Chi Minh-ute

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