ORIGINS: this journey began in September 1986 when I bought a Thrasher Magazine with Mark Gonzales on the cover. I've been collecting magazines ever since & over the years have developed a deep sense of wanting to preserve this form of communication. in 2015 I took on a pet project to improve the skate magazine library at Launch - Community through Skateboarding. that process led to multiple partnerships with other magazine libraries & collectors around the world. I was quickly swimming in doubles & the idea occurred to me that I should create a platform to build a myriad of other libraries from those duplicates.
ASPIRATIONS: through your magazine donations, it's our intention to work diligently to fill holes in the collections of our collective members & to seek new locations to house future libraries. are you ready to donate your magazines?
these links can help you learn more about what we do....
Backside Magazine issue 13 interview and photos - June 22, 2022
Jenkem article and video clip - April 4th 2016
Ride Channel article - April 5th 2016
Transworld Business article - April 12th 2016
Columbia, SC newspaper article - April 20th 2016
konbini - UK web story - April 29th 2016
Confusion magazine article - May 2016
Solo Magazine article {in German} - May 2016
The Shetler Show podcast - May 26th 2016
Jenkem article - Jan. 25th 2017
Next UP article - May 31st 2017
Street Canoe 3 part video series 2017
SkateBrain podcast - Feb 1st 2018
Huck Magazine article - Apr 25th 2019
Thrasher post on A Look Inside the Look Back Library video and 41 years of the ollie tour - Apr 25th 2019
Berrics post on the documentary - Apr 26th 2019
North Skate Mag post on the documentary - Apr 29th 2019
Transworld post on documentary and tour - Apr 29th 2019
Lowcard post on tour - Apr 29th 2019
Skate Jawn post on documentary and tour - May 1st 2019
Jenkem post on the tour & van - July 10th 2019
Hypebeast interview/article - April 17th 2020
IdabbleVM feature in issue 7 wherever you can find it - Oct 30th 2020
Quell Magazine podcast - Nov 10th 2020
IdabbleVM COVERS featurette w/ Mark Appleyard - Jan. 18th 2021
IdabbleVM 78mins of bonus interview / outtakes from issue 7 - Jan. 25th 2021
Zack Dowdy youtube feature - April 20th 2021
idabbleVM clip from issue 7 - May 1st 2021 {fast forward to time code 23.32}
