Sideburn's right-hand man, Dave Skooter Farm has taught his dad, Trevor, how to skateboard. At the age of 80, and made this short film about it. If there's a message (and there is), it's don't let age, or what other people might think of you, stop you doing something you want to try. You can read our profile on Super Dave Skooter Farm in SB37. Available as a single issue or part of a back issue bundle, three mags for £14. BUY SIDEBURN MAGAZINE #daveskooterfarm #skateboard #SB

Some lunatic delinquent has taken one of our Canadian maple artworks, and bolted WHEELS to it! Then ridden it around something called a SKATE PARK! Where will insanity end? In seriousness, well done kiddo. Our decks are pukka, screen printed (not decorated with a cheapie heat transfer like 95% of decks of the market), 7-ply pro quality decks. It doesn't matter that this design is the rarest and most in demand of all the decks we've made so far. Even with a few scuffs, or brok

...you get old because you stop riding. I remember reading that on a T-shirt, back in the mid-90s, and it's stuck with me ever since. I wasn't old then, I am now. This uplifting short film was highlighted to me by Dave Skooter Farm. It's a perfect Off-topic Sunday post, because it will be relevant to a lot of Sideburn readers. There are a lot of old guys racing flat track in the US, but many raced all their lives, perhaps with gaps of a few years, in some cases more. But ther

I'm not a graphic designer, and I really wish I knew my way around Photoshop and Illustrator. Instead, I sketch stuff and ask designers to sort my ideas out for me. Sometimes it's a magazine feature layout I have a particular idea for, or a T-shirt, or, in this case, the skate decks we've been making. The idea of Sideburn skate decks came from Paul Hartman. His Racewear and Triumph hooligan were featured in Sideburn 38. He works for a skateboard manufacturer in Southern Calif