Pre-order Soggybones "Tangible Fools" Edition 3 Online Now and Save 50%. For a limited time only, purchase our first ever printed edition for $7.50! Pre-order, save and guarantee you score a copy of Edition 3. Delivered to your door September, 2010. Copies are limited. Only four editions released each year. Click to order your copy. *This Special online offer is only valid until 1st October, 2010. Go on, treat yourself. Photo Mick Curley.

In July the bones flew to Bali for a one-month breather. Alas, it wasn't all beer and barrels. Sites were set on landing the "Tangible Fools" surf feature, and there was talk of shooting our first surf cover. Let's just say we nailed both and didn't have to spend big on jet-skis, props or flying in Bruce Irons. We bought a can of paint, found a few random surfers and somehow made it happen. Ozzie Wright, Dedi Gun and Kyle Galloway all got in on the action. Photo Mick Curley.  

This is Part 2 of the fragmented story of a life that was born under fairly regular circumstances in Sydney, New South Wales. The child's name was Michael Baldwin. Michael was born in 1949 into the comfort of his parents and nurtured in a warm resting place. But sadly, a cruel twist of fate, supported by a rare sequence of events changed this child's life for ever and turned an innocent boy into a pre-adolescent criminal who would soon experience the highs and lows of a real life living hell behind the bars of Australia's most notorious Maximum Security Prisons. Photo Merlyn Moon.

"The mentality of skateboarding and the skaters I personally know influences me in the persistence of perfecting my own style. From pad 'n' pencil, canvas and brush, to can and wall, gotta get that perfect steez. To this day I can always remember a statement from Kenny Hughes in an interview from an old Thrasher Mag back in the day, '...why do a trick if you can't make it look good?' So true. Style counts for everything, whether you're rockin' the board or brush." - Gimiks Born, Artist and Art Director/Co Owner of Picture Wheel Co. 

Photo Gimiks Born.

We take you on an exclusive trip inside a shed that holds one of Australia's best vintage surfboard collections. Over one hundred boards dating as far back as the 1940's stand in their original condition. "...Well, it's a bit of a who's who sort of thing. I've got Mark Richards boards, Simon Anderson's, even got one of Simon Anderson's very first thrusters with the three fin thruster logo on it. That's one of the very first thrusters in the world..." - Skip, proud owner of pristine and highly sought after pieces of surfing history. Photo Russell Ord.

Here's a common story. Your mate saves his notes, packs his bags and departs on a two-month stint overseas to snowboard and party. Two months somehow turns into two years. He only left with enough to survive three weeks, but he's still very much alive and you know he's having a ball because his daily blog features, on average, sultry Euro women, beer bottles and your mate makin' passionate love to powder. Now you're feeling a little envious and start packing your bags. But before you do we suggest you read this guide to tackling a season or two at Whistler, prepared by our roving mate, John Bruneton.

Photo Nicholas Teichrob

No Reservations is a story about the birth of Soggybones first Skate Tour. A completely self-funded excursion that hazily motored it's way through the state of California celebrating skateboarding, hot dogs, complimentary breakfasts, and of coarse, good times. The great army of eight who made it happen include Brian Blakely, Taylor Orman, Connor Getzlaff, Chris Henry, Greg Valencia, Andy Ortega, Troy Saunders and Wes Beucler. See you on the road. Shotgun!

Photo Andy Ortega

A fine skate flick never gets old. Especially when it features Californian shredders and is conceptualised and constructed entirely by a man with know-how, good intentions and zero corporate checks. S.B Skate Editor, Brian Blakely, smashed a few beers with Kris Anacleto in Vista California and quizzed the Double Gun's trilogy guardian on his latest installation, Double Gun's Three. Photo Nils White