Off the Wahl

Its almost embarrassing to be working out of the same city as such amazing talent as Chris Wahl, a highly versatile commerical illustrator that throws down in equally in 3D, His blog has some cool walkthrough vids and you can buy some stuff here.

Quiet Riot

Way back in the late 80's I was caught in a small scale riot at a thrasher comp in the at "the Wall" carpark in Cronulla,
it was nothing compared to this, In 1986 the annual summertime OP Pro surfing contest in Huntington Beach, California descended into a full scale riot, burning cop cars & all, More pics and a full confessional at Blinders blog.

Locals only - No Valleys

Although not as well known as Glen E Freidman's pics of the era, Hugh Holland also discovered the emerging 70's LA
skates scene whilst driving up Laurel Canyon Boulevard one afternoon, and continued to photograph it for three years.

Ilk Ink

Everything ILK does looks like fun, even his corporate stuff looks like he was chilling out and doodling on a pencil case.

Original Samurai Choppers

The boys at ZERO Japan are producing vintage inspired old school straight up bad ass choppers. No gadgets or extra chrome just mean machines built for speed.

Diamond Backed

Strangely enough, here's another post featuring astronauts in random situations. From illustrator Raid71, his work is normally very retro folky, which i do like, but these BMX illo's are rad.

Aaron Horkey

Aaron has the kind of talent that makes me want to refuse to get out of bed in the morning, he's sickeningly good.
I was lucky enough to get one of his poster a few years back but these days most sell out before i can rub the morning sleep from my eyes. To lower my odds even further here's a link to the store.