Christie Pitts Park

Looking for a new spot to ride longboards in Toronto downtown? Check out Christie Pitts which is great 24 hours. The south east side has a fresh paved access road and in the Pitt is an empty wading pool for getting dizzy :) a great spot for all level riders to practice and session.

Hey Apathy! Sign and New LL Rider

If you have passed by or stopped into the Gallery at 74 Oxford, chances are you have seen the ongoing design changes to the front of the building. While in need of a solid sign we reached out to collaborative partner and friend Mike Parsons / Hey Apathy! to apply his signature style and it looks great. Thanks Mike.


 

It was also good to have Terron Wood, a friend of Longboard Living in from New York and he decided to pick up a custom painted deck...when in rome. We set him up with the last painted board from the Jimmy Chiale 2010 collection, Adam Colton Paris 180 Trucks and Bennett Aligator wheels.

 


Thanks Mike and Terron for stopping by!

LACE

Lady Artist Collective & Exhibition

(Pedestrian) Sunday, May 30th will be the launch of a new 14 Custom Painted Complete Collection from Longboard Living and a fine group of female artists from Toronto. The event will begin at 3:00pm at the Longboard Living Gallery - 74 Oxford in Kensington market. The boards have been coming in the door to be gripped and set, they look great - a whole new direction for the LL collection.

The event was inspired by a large demand from female artists to paint decks in April. I had also read a blurb in Cooler Magazine - an Austrailian board sports mag for women - about a skateboard art project in London that had some female artists. We thought it would be fun to take in the next step and have only females paint on boards you can actually ride.

Hope to see you at the L.A.C.E. show Sunday, May 30th at 3pm



Thanks to BOZ for the event flyer.

Review from BM Photo Exhibition Blogged

Longboard Living sends a thank you to Juanito Aguil for stopping by the Board Meeting Photos Exhibition to take some photos and blog the event. Here is what he had to say at http://1nitoaguildaily.com/tagged/Longboarding

Last week I went to check and hang out at the LongBoard Living Gallery on 74 oxford (DT Toronto) A very chilled out and inspiring event put together by Ryan Rubin. The new spot is home to Toronto’s own Longboard Living company, who are stoked to expand the longboarding scene to the streets of T dot, so make sure to watch out for them on the way up.
The Gallery displayed photos from all the past Toronto Board Meeting Events by Local Lifestyle and resident board meeting photographer Jonathan Nuss along with various boards and art pieces on display.
I was really stoked to see the Board Meeting pictures which were nicely displayed in B&W and after checking out the new board designs- I definitely need to get myself a new pine. To bad it rained that day too, cause a board session would have been awesome.
So if you want to know more about long boarding or your looking to get yourself a new ride check out LongBoard Living, I guarantee they know what’s up.





The photos will be in stock at 74 Oxford

Upcoming events at 74 Oxford:
May 21st @ 7pm: WAXHEAD and Friends installation and art show
May 30th @ 3pm: L.A.C.E - Lady Artist Collection & Exhibition

See you there!

Michael C and his LL T

It was great to see Michael C Palma rocking his LL T-Shirt at the Super Mellow Beach Cruise this May




The SMBC happens every second Sunday of the Month at the Beaches bike path in Toronto:

Champstiles Woodburning

A few new pieces from Champstiles Woddburning x Longboard Living Collection:

Woodburn graphics are available in 3 price points for each level of detail

 
Level 1 - complete + $100


Level 2 - complete + $150


Level 3 - Complete + $200

More Champstiles burns:

 

 

New Zombie Board

We would like to welcome Dave Praetorius as the newest artist in the Longboard Living roster. Here is his first painted longboard for the collection:





Level 3 detail*


Custom orders with his art-work will fall into 3 levels of details

Price points:
Level 1 $75
Level 2 $150
Level 3 - $200 *

Contact info@longboardliving.com for more info

Longboard Living x Valerie Starr

Valerie Starr is a new artist at Longboard Living. Here is a collage piece she did. It is very raw cut up, gritty display with scratched pen marks and softened with gold glitter and a thick gel medium finish. Much of Valeries work in the modern design of buidings, cars, boats. This board is complete and available at 74 Oxford.



 
 
 


Model: Tawny Autumn

Fresh Deck at 74 Oxford

We just received a shipment of blanks from our custom longboard supplier.

Custom orders will be painted on 35" or 42" drop through boards.

There is a line up of artists ready to get at these so expect to see some new boards in the collection very soon. If you would like to place an order for a custom painted board, email us at longboardliving@gmail.com and we will help you design a custom board and choose an artist with the right style.

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living

Ambitious Launch x City Session

We would like to officially welcome Ambitious Boards to the Longboard Living family. We have received shipment (from Barrie, ON) of some fresh drop DH and freeride decks. The release party brought out plenty of riders from the Ontario Longboarding community and was followed by a city session.

















We bombed spadina 20 riders deep, floating over to the SKYDOME to hit the garage. Lots of laughs, a few spills and a lot more laughs!















Thanks to everyone who came out.

We hope to see you at our weekly Wednesday night Side Street Surfing session leaving 74 Oxford at 7pm.

Our next scheduled event is a photo exhibition in honor of the Toronto Board meeting ft. a selection of photos from Jonathan Nuss.

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living


Post by: Ryan

LL @ The Roarockit Swap Meet

Longboard Living was posted up at this years Roarockit Swap Meet. The event brought out close to 200 stoked out enthusiasts including many of Ontario's finest independent custom builders. Our current collaborative partner 'Napes' was displaying some of his custom carbon drop decks. I got the word that special ordered carbon for our collaboration deck came in and will go into production this week. GFT also let me know that he has started designing a 1 off double kingpin DH truck for this collaboration which will include the art of Jimmy Chiale swirled between the carbon weaves!

GFT brought LL some of his personally poured bushings which were in high demand at the swap. Longboard Living at 74 Oxford will be the official Toronto supplier of GFT bushings, spacers, trucks and other goods he decides to infect the market with.

The crowd enjoyed the wood-burned Bustin Boards Complex which was created by Champstiles Wood Burning through a Longboard Living collaboration.


Alongside Longboard Living was Mike Bozinovski from BOZ Boards and Kevin LeFrank from Ambitious Longboards who's decks will soon be carried at 74 Oxford. Kevin has a line of Freeride "W" concave and Downhill drop decks which will launch at a product release party on April 10th at 2pm.




















Jimmy Chiale attended the show for some live board painting and took orders for custom painted boards.

























Thanks to Roarockit for hosting this years Swap Meet and everyone else who was involved.

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living

Posted by: Ryan Rubin

Completes are Ready

The Jimmy Chiale 2010 collection are complete, set up, and ready to ride. The decks have been set up with Paris Trucks and color coordinated wheels ideal for city riding and smooth sidewalk cruising.

The Collection can be purchased in the Longboard Living Gallery at 74 Oxford St. Kensington Market, Toronto or online via Paypal payment to LongboardLiving@gmail.com

Longboard Living
Jimmy Chiale
Paris 180 Black Trucks
Gravity Hi-Grade Wheels

$350

Longboard Living
Jimmy Chiale
Paris 180 Adam Colton Trucks
Cadillac Wheels

$350

Longboard Living
Jimmy Chiale
Paris 180 Trucks
Abec 11 Gumball Wheels

$350

Longboard Living
Jimmy Chiale
Paris 180 Trucks
Gravity Burner Wheels

$350

Spreading the stoke,

Longboard Living

Longboard Living x Andrei Calinescu

Longboard Living has had the opportunity to work with many great photographers while accomplishing a mission to "capture" this lifestyle. For the riders, everyday is a new experience as the route home is never the same and the strength of the push is constantly increasing. You are always in the moment and it is such a pleasure to have that moment captured. This past summer we worked with a budding photographer named Andrei Calinescu. It helps that Andrei is a longboarder himself and has an eye and a love for longboarding.

Upcoming projects will involve a photo shoot with all Longboard Living Team Riders.

Post by: Ryan Rubin

longboardliving@gmail.com

Longboard Living collaboration with Hey Apathy

It has been an honor and an absolute pleasure to have worked with Toronto's iconic Mike Parsons - aka - Hey Apathy! Mike painted a page from his comic series onto a deck which will be rereleased as prints in the near future.

To inquire about a Hey Apathy printed longboard, send email to longboardliving@gmail.com

Post by: Ryan Rubin

longboardliving@gmail.com

Longboard Living x The New Beat

Longboard Living has begun a multi-dimensional video project to capture the the birth and growth of the lifestyle brand. The video will be used for online branding and an ongoing medium to track progress, product, team riders and the skills of The New Beat crew.

http://www.thenewbeat.ca/

The first set of footage has been shot in Toronto and is currently being edited. It gives viewers a glimpse of what it is like to ride through the cities neighborhoods and around major landmarks, as well as documentary style interview content.

As this project continues, we will focus on capturing more intense riding and technical moves to show the limitless potential of urban longboarding.

Stay tuned for this project to launch.

Watch the video preview:

http://www.youtube.com/user/longboardliving#p/a/u/1/DpKoDePpBgM

Subscribe to the youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/longboardliving

Post by: Ryan Rubin

longboardliving@gmail.com

Jimmy Chiale solo art show ft. LBL

Jimmy Chiale laid the smack down on every inch of canvas, wood or cotton that he touched for his solo art show at Marc Anthony Hair Salon last night. His new pieces are a perfect fusion of abstract surrealism full of color and smooth lines. The DJ was live and the venue was perfect for a featured artist event. Jimmy is a resident stylist at the salon - 38 Avenue Rd. @ Yorkville Ave. and his pieces will remain on display and on sale.

For a custom painted longboard by Jimmy - Send request to: Longboardliving@gmail.com

Post by: Ryan Rubin

longboardliving@gmail.com

David Vasquez

I met with david last spring while he was selling his art in Yorkville. He liked the concept of the Mobile Canvas and agreed to collaborate on a series. The board on the right was the first in the series, the other was a custom order for client and team rider, Oliver Terry. Longboard Living is pleased to offer board by David Vasquez.

For inquiries please email Ryan at Longboardliving@gmail.com

Longboard Photography by Reilly Rightmyer

Reilly has been an asset to Longboard Living with her ability to accurately capture the lifestyle I am striving to create. Her lens seems to work will with my vision. As today is Reilly's birthday I am stoked to wish her a year of happy and safe riding. Reilly picked up a custom longboard painted by Mischa Pillon last April and has been helping rep the brand ever since. Check out the Reilly's photography, and

Jimmy Chiale x Longboard Living

It was about a year ago that I met with Jimmy while he was hustling abstract art in Kensington. The idea to have local artists paint on my boards came to me while riding the city and passing by so many amazing painters with unique styles. I like to see art outside of a gallery, on a brick wall or for sale on the sidewalk, there is something very natural about it. So, Jimmy and I began collaborating on longboard art, a.k.a a Mobile Canvas. This board is the second piece Jimmy has painted for a collaborative retail relationship with North Trooper sneaker shop at 69 Yorkville. Jimmy will be continuing his collection with Longboard Living. For originals or custom orders, email longboardliving@gmail.com.

Nuit Blanche

Tonight is Nuit Blanch in Toronto. A night when the city of Toronto becomes an art gallery full of installations and open gallery doors welcoming swarms of people into the mystical art world. Longboard Living attended the night last year (see pic) sporting a classic Charlie Dunnham longboard...The board that started it all!