P Swiss is THE MAN

Darkspeed team rider Patrick Switzer is having an historic season. He has won all six of the IGSA World Cup races he entered this year, with the last five being in a row including winning the last two on home soil, beating one of the most stacked fields in racing history at the Winsport Cup in Calgary and then adding the Canadian Championship title in Picton Ontario.

He has his GI Joe Kung Fu Grip firmly locked on the IGSA series lead (second place is Darkspeed team pro Alex Tongue), and likely has Concrete Wave Magazine's "Speedboarder of the Year" award in the bag too.

We are happy he is the cover subject of this month's Concrete Wave with his sweet Darkspeed gloves displayed front and center. (photo rights Concrete Wave. Thanks).

September is here

Just finished updating the website...FINALLY!!!

No, I am not going into why it has taken this long to do that or add a post here. Let's just say that if you leave a comment below (or even BETTER, send me money!!) to encourage me to devote more time to the social/creative/personal/communications side of Darkspeed and my own rather twisted mind, well then maybe I will.

Anyways, is it a coincidence that the same day I get around to updating all of this that I later find out that Darkspeed team pros Patrick and Alex are ranked as the number 1 and number 2 downhill skateboarders in the world? I think not. You guys rule and I am humbled and thankful you chose Darkspeed and stuck with it when you could have gone with any other company. And that goes for Nick, Zen, John, Mike, Kim, Ivan, Glenn and Aaron too. I really am lucky to have people like you spread the stoke because there is no way I could have done it myself. -Kaiser

Welcome

This blog will be where I post news, events, product information and pretty well anything else I feel inspired to create or share that is related to Darkspeed, skateboarding, or the creative/artistic culture that it is tightly bonded to. Sometimes there may be a flurry of posts and other times there may be longer lulls in activity but perhaps this should not be surprising to other skateboarders or creative types.