Luchaskate The Magazine

Yep, this is happening.  The first issue will be out in late August.  It will be a bi-monthly (6 issues each year), and will be available to read online only (no print).  Let me say that I appreciate all the skate magazines out there.  I've been lucky enough to do a little something with Michael Brooke at Concrete Wave, and Juice is always fun to spend some time with.  However, I want to see something easily accessible to the masses that focuses on what I ride and like to see. To steal this quote from Wrex Cook, "Blue Collar Skate World."  Blue Collar Skate World will be the tag line for the magazine. Props, Wrex.

Submissions will be accepted until July 21st.  The primary focus of issue one will be d.i.y. That includes board making (think fickle, rufus, five points etc...), skate spots and more.

Here is a little FAQ on the mag:

1.  Bros and pros.  Rippers deserve credit, but so does the barney who is skating everyday for the pure love of skating.  That doesn't mean I won't accept an interview or piece on Alva, D.P., Hackett, Olsen or any other skater who has pushed the envelope of skateboarding.  That just means that the dude who has been working on 50/50 grinds in the shallow for 10 years gets credit for staying true to his passion too.

2.  I don't care if you wear pads.  Some of the big time mags shun pad wearing and park skating.  I don't care what you're wearing or where you're skating.  Ripping is ripping.

3.  There will be a "wrongboarding" section dedicated to longboarding.

4.  Handrails and stairsets are rad, but there are already magazines full of that.

5. It will be accessible to all ages.  What does this mean? Yeah, it means no t&a etc... That doesn't mean it won't have gnarly skating, and it won't be a 'clean cut' magazine.

6.  Will it have ads? Yes.  In fact, it will probably have some of the best advertising rates in skateboarding. Why?  Because I want to advertise the skater run/skater owned operations that are working with limited funding.  However, the ads won't be free.  I want to eventually have an online soft goods shop and the ads will help that become a reality.  You want to place an ad? Email blackcoffeedonuts@yahoo.com

7.  Why call it Luchaskate?  Because this blog gets hundreds of hits each week, and is established in both the skateboard and longboard communities.  It will remain my blog and will detail the making of the magazine, give hints of content, and continue to be my day to day outlet for my own skatelife.