Kyle Field x Rad Records Completes

Our good friend, Kyle Field (Little Wings) has a new album out called, "Black Grass".  He's playing tonight and celebrating this release at Park Life for the third opening of his on-going art show.  Curtis at Marriage Records sent 3 different RAD Records decks (Kyle's own label... decks are the same awesome shape and size with different graphics) for the Solitary Arts to build as completes.  We have only a few of these beauties with artwork by Kyle Field (two of them) and one by Nat Russell.  Check out the Solitary Arts Mini Skate Shop to purchase a complete... The decks are available directly from Marriage/RAD Records while supplies last.  

Black Grass is available on vinyl, cd and at iTunes

Built with S.A. grip, Drifters 58mm 87a's and S.A. Steely Bearings

Kyle Field designed

Nat Russell designed

Park 94124: The Dish in SF, This Saturday, March 5, 2011

Thanks to the efforts of Park 94124, there will be a clean-up at the Dish (Whitney Young Circle @ Hudson) in San Francisco this Saturday, March 5, 2011 from 10AM - Noon. Get the full-scoop on their site. Civic-duty calls so Bob Lake, in an effort to breathe-life back into this spot has been working alongside various neighborhood park organizations to get sessions started here again. Share in his community pride and help in the revival of the Dish's skate-heritage. He'll be there, rain or shine to lend a hand and to get a session going.  

Thanks to Tommy Guerrero for posting it up on the DLX and Thrasher site and for shredding it here over the past few decades.

Hilltop Park, or the Dish in 2011

Tommy Guerrero from Future Primitive 1985

Tommy from Krooked Kronichles 2006

Gorilla-Gripping!

Jef Hartsel just sent this our way... Nainoa gorilla-gripping his father's mini-classic! CLASSIC!  Mahalo to the family! 

180º South...Beams T-Shirts By Geoff McFetridge

Geoff did 3 new shirts for Beams in Japan for the 180º South tour. 

EZ RYDER is 100% Skateboarding!

Geoff McFetridge and I want to thank both Jef Hartsel and Jay Adams for their love and support! 

EZ Ryder skateboards are what we dig here at the Solitary Arts! They make the best handmade boards in our opinion and rightfully so with the history both Hartsel and Adams bring forth with their 35 years of dedication and passion for skateboarding.  

Hartsel had a session recently with Chad Hiyakumoto and Jordan DeOliveira back on the islands.  Thanks, guys!  Tons of amazing photos from Hartsel so check the entire posting on the EZ Ryder blog page as it's both humbling and stoke-filled, all at once.  Read the rest of the blog as well as it's some of the best vibes you're going to get from a skateboarding website.  

Congratulations to Jef and Eri!
Welcome, Nainao Kenneth-Zen Hartsell! 

MAHALO!

Jef Hartsel's quiver of Solitary Arts completes

Hartsel's Piano Pinner with custom EZ RYDER x ACE Trucks!  So perfect!


Getting ready to session the quiver...

Hartsel's style is timeless and rad... Boneless-one and bone-fs noseblunt up the barrier-escalator.

Hand-planted, push-up wall-ride!

Chad Hiyakumoto, owner of APB Skateshop in Hawaii. Pocket Horn no-comply and Piano Pinner boardslide.

Jordan DeOliviera, APB Team Rider and part of the employed Girl/Chocolate Skateboards family, cruising the Big Red. 

Don Pendleton - ELEPHONT

Don Pendleton's Elephont is updated and I've been spending lots of time viewing all of his amazing past and current works.  

STACKS' Mini is up and running

Michael Leon just sent these photos from the new STACKS studio, now with a finished mini! 

Quiver...

Kyle Field's "Space Cake"

Opening Reception: Thursday February 17th, 7-10pm

Feb 17th - March 27th

The show will consist of a month-long gallery transformation that will include installations, workshops, music performance and overall happening.

Kyle Field and Thomas Campbell will be working in and evolving the gallery space, transforming the area into a workspace and an art installation. Gallery visitors will have the opportunity to see the space evolve over the month long duration where Field and Campbell will be working on a semi-regular basis while staging performances (poetry, music, performance, workshops, and more..) on Thursdays throughout the month with other events to be announced as well.

Line-up of events for Space Cake featuring the work of Thomas Campbell and Kyle Field - 
Schedule of Performances for the Month of Feb and March
Art & Music performances will be between 8-11 pm. Please note all events are on thursday nights throughout the duration of the exhibit.

Feb. 17th -- Little Wings, Rustangs, Range of Light Wilderness - covers night

Feb. 24th -- Mumlers variety show and Tomorrow's Tulips

March 3rd -- Little Wings Record Release Party for "Black Grass" plus performances by Sandy's and Jefferey Manson

March 10th -- The Mattson 2 perform -- Louis Andriessen's "workers union" among other compositions, plus Tommy Guerrero and Monte Vallier perform there double bass freak out

About the artist:

Kyle Field has been drawing for his whole life. He intends to keep drawing, making forts or costumes or dolls. Kyle shows with Taylor De Cordoba Gallery in Los Angeles and has shown in Paris, Germany, New York. Kyle is the front man for Little Wings.

Park Life
220 Clement St
SF CA 94118
415.386.7275

I went to visit Kyle today at Park Life on his first day of installation for his upcoming show this Thursday.  I had a great time... Thanks Kyle! In addition, mahalo to Derek and Jaime from Park Life for the hospitality!  

Kyle's desk area in progress...

All [o] from this visit by Yong-Ki

Taking a STANCE with Ryan Kingman

OG Hawaii skater, Ryan Kingman probably needs no introduction in this world of skateboarding as he developed the Element team in the early days and grew the company through his marketing savvy to where it's at before starting his very own brand just last year.  The untapped market of socks is now firmly in the hands of Ryan. With a single product offering, the best quality, creative output and comfort are of importance and it shows with the box of socks that he just sent our way. Mahalo!

There are three parts up on The Berrics site as of today. Watch, appreciate and support STANCE.

Click on the screen-shot to see individual parts or HERE for the TRAJECTORY page. 

Hickam Hanger Days - 88'-91'

The Hickham Hanger on the island of Oahu was a spot that most skaters went to at some point in the late 80's and 90's before it became the skatepark it is today.  Most of us had already made friends through skateboarding to obtain guest-passes to gain entry into the Air Force base (or we'd climb through holes made in the fence... not happening these days).  We would bring launch ramps and skate the few things that were hauled-in or hammered under the leaking roof that hosted heated Friday and Saturday night sessions.  We'd see everyone that ripped in Hawaii come through.  Eventually, a 10ft vert ramp, initially made for a pro-demo on the soccer fields outside of Pearl Harbor was brought-in to the hanger. Rich Nickla took photos of some of Hawaii's finest and they've recently surfaced... 1988-1991 or so...

Left to right, starting with a sitting Craig Pratt (blue shirt), Kenny Brimer on the chair next to him, Rene Matthyssen's back and a young Shawn Naone (green shirt).

Kenny Brimer

John Bala, big fs nosebone on the 10ft vert ramp.

Rene Matthyssen, Madonna.  Rene just got some well-deserved Chrome Ball Incident love too... 

Rob Carlyon, melon to fakie. 

Craig Pratt, fs crail-snatch.

Jared Bush... fs tail-grab.