Back in the day, kids actually had to go outside to skateboard. Tony Hawk: Ride, which hits stores in exactly one week, is set to bring the experience to your living room. We won’t pretend like an infrared sensor-equipped peripheral will ever replace the real thing, but this game does look kinda cool. The virtual pavement experience is yours for $120.
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Another round of skateboard decks by Damien Hirst for Supreme. The flipside features dots graphics presumably inspired by the artist’s previous works. [High Snobiety via FreshnessMag]
British publisher Phaidon (known for books on art, design, architecture, etc) jumps on the pop-up store bandwagon for a three-month stay in New York. [Slamxhype]
No Mas and Muhammed Ali celebrate the 35th anniversary of “The Rumble in the Jungle” and Ali’s victory in Zaire. Check out original animated shorts by David Rathman, James Blagden & Jerome Lagarrigue. [No Mas]
Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak unveils a line of t-shirts from its 2010 Spring/Summer collection. The rave lives on… [Hypebeast]
On a related note, don’t do drugs. Trippy. [Gizmodo]
SOPH’s 10th anniversary celebration continues with another collaboration with Tiffany & Co. The classic Tiffany Key Ring gets updated with a SOPH tag. [Freshness Mag]
It’s hard to believe, but Ryan Sheckler is still only 18. Since he turned pro five years ago, he’s earned both (a) veritable shitloads of skateboarding awards and sponsors and (b) a constant stream of naysayers who scoff at his reality show (MTV’s Life of Ryan) and money-out-the-ass style. In that sense, Ryan reminds us a little of Soulja Boy—he’s undeniably good at what he does but pisses people off because he enjoys making a lot of money and acting like a teenager. Know this: Ryan is playing the game, and he’s winning. Feel free to hate, but it is what it is.
On deck for the skater is his official clothing brand, RS by Sheckler (available at JCPenney). Who will buy Ryan’s budget-friendly collection of T-shirts, jeans and accessories? “The kids at the skate parks that like what I wear,” he says. “Their parents are not going to drop $80 on a pair of jeans that their kids are going to put holes in. So go buy $39 jeans and have [the kids] put as many holes in them as they want.” Ryan was recently in town to promote RS, so we got up with him to talk about TV breakups, bad injuries and his favorite rappers. Read on for The Complex 7 as well as pics from the RS collection….
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