The concept of this project was sparked from the idea that by bringing my bronze work into the board series, it would provide an access point to other forms of art, and the possibility of others being inspired to make shit and be creative. To balance out the graphic action, I got to lay down some hand styled lettering, and best of all, got to hand pick my favorite shredders on the team to do graphics for. Stoked.—Thomas Campbell / Element Advocate

No strangers to harsh weather, Vermonteers Chris Colbourn and Dave Mull hopped in the Element camper freshly painted by Mike Kershnar, and off they went for an excursion across the western US, shredding whatever they came across, even if covered in snow.

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Element Skate Camp 2016

Dew Tour Team Challenge: Element

Element Perspective, FOS

Dew Tour is proud to announce Element Skateboards as one of the nine invited board brands in the first Dew Tour Team Challenge presented by TransWorld SKATEboarding. New for 2016, each brand has been tasked with picking a specialist to skate one of four sections including tech, rails, gaps, and transition. When Dew Tour comes to Long Beach, California July 23–24, the nine teams will battle in a fast-paced jam on a layout designed to crown the most well-rounded, all-terrain destroyers.

Element’s 2016 Dew Tour Team Challenge Picks: Greyson Fletcher, Nyjah Huston, Evan Smith, and Mason Silva. Learn everything you need to know about the 2016 Dew Tour on dewtour.com!

The iconic handstyle and imaginative creatures by FOS are featured as the latest edition to the ongoing Element Perspective collection. Classically trained and wildly imaginative, FOS is renown for his commercial contributions to Altamont, Heroin Skateboards and a myriad of others; while also building an expanding portfolio of realistic drawings, sketches and paintings. For the “Sprites” series FOS twists the Element team into a pack of devious pixies creating a polyptych inspired by Brandon Westgate, Evan Smith, Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard and Greyson Fletcher. Mark “FOS” Foster is an English native now residing Los Angeles, follow his work @fosgraphics.

Another summer is upon us at Element YMCA Skate Camp, and we can’t wait to skate by the lake for the 30th year! Join us for an epic summer experience on Sequoia Lake that includes 6 skate courses and programming you won’t find anywhere else such as Elemental Awareness. All this at a newly reduced weekly rate! Visit Skatecamp.org for all the dates, details and Element team rider appearances. Camp kicks off July 10

Element Australia just turned Dennis Durrant pro last night—about time! To celebrate, we wanted to repost Dennis’ brilliant part from Aussie video Part & Parcel from 2009!

Photo / @JakeDarwen

New World Element is a five episode series featuring the Element team in Brazil, Japan, Australia. Canada and Europe.
Element began its globetrotting escapade in the vibrant country of Brazil, where Evan Smith, Brandon Westgate and Mason Silva join up with Klaus Bohms, Lucas Xaparral, Gabriel Fortunato, Murilo Romão and Glauber Marques.

Check the article from our March issue.

The Element “Make It Count” international contest series is back, and with a new format! Enter for a chance to win an all expenses paid skate trip to Barcelona to film a video part in the streets! The first Event kicks off this Saturday March 12 at Nyjah’s skatepark in San Clemente, California. For more event locations and info head to ElementMakeItCount.com.

Fascinated by the cosmos and in wonderment of nature, Nathaniel Russell brings his artistry to the ongoing Element Perspective canvas. Attracted to the language of poster art and print making, he has developed a unique style of visual communication that is both whimsical and beautiful. Residing in his home city of Indianapolis, Nathaniel works with a wide variety of mediums making creative drawings, posters, paintings, sculptures and much more. He is often traveling the globe collaborating with friends and showing his latest works at traditional galleries and informal spaces alike. Have a laugh, be inspired and enjoy more of Nat’s wonderful world at nathanielrussell.com and @nathanielrussell on instagram.

The “Stargazer” collection by Nathaniel Russell is now available at elementbrand.com as part of the Element Perspective project.

Brasilia is amazing, straight up. It’s not crowded, it doesn’t smell, there’s not a lot of poverty, it’s central in the country so it has a crazy diverse population, and the spots are cool. We would pile into a huge van every day and skate probably five or six spots, which is wild with a group that large. While we were there we met up with our DC bros on some insane tour they were doing all over South America. It’s always nice to see friends in other countries.

We ate ceviche, drank beers, and played dice all night long. We also visited the forest about two hours outside the city; the private property we went to had a massive waterfall and staggering pools of crystal turquoise gem-colored water with enormous ferns and flora I had never seen before. No real wildlife besides huge lizards and such, but that day was unreal—very positive vibes with our crew as usual.

On the way back we stopped in a small town and skated this amazing skatepark sculpture combo at Mauricio’s homie’s family house. This dude had it all: He had built a massive cement park with all kinds of cool shit, he built a pizza oven into one of the hip humps, he had a 65-year-old tortoise cruising around, and he had the biggest smile in the world when he saw Evan and Klaus casually and politely killing his creations. Although we didn’t speak much to one another because of the language barrier, we all kept hugging and pounding beers together, so I think we are all best friends now. Other than that we just skated and ate a ton of acai and barbecued cheap steaks. I’m really proud of the people involved with Element in Brazil—they treated us like brothers and shared an immeasurable amount of stoke with us as well.

Element unveiled it’s newest Perspective Series highlighting the work of iconic photographer, Brian Gaberman. The Perspective Series serves as a creative outlet for Element’s artists to showcase their respective talents through art, design and photography. In line with the Perspective Series, Element created three shirts highlighting a few of Brian’s favorite photos.