6th Annual Skate the Cape Shred Festival on Novemeber 11-12th, 2017 at Fort Miles and the Great Dune Lookout in Cape Henlopen State Park, DE. Skate the Cape attracts professional and amateur level longboarders from all around the Mid-Atlantic States to compete in Downhill Racing, Slalom Racing, a Push Race around the Park, BoarderCross Racing, Freestyle, Big Air, Hippy Jump and longest slide! Riders start arriving Friday at the beautiful State Park where they camp and hang

Faceplant Boardriders will be hosting four longboarding events this year with competitions like downhill racing, freestyle aka slide jam, slalom racing, push racing, boardercross racing, highest hippy jump and big air. Event organizer Rob Wheeler has been hosting longboarding competitions in the Mid-Atlantic States since 2012. "Going to Slide Jams got me into the sport and community" says Rob, "I try to mimic that laid back but competitive vibe I felt at those events." All

Bethlehem Longboard Jam 3 Official Video: For full effect, play music by Glass Animals: Season 2, Episode 3 (our video was muted due to copyright-SORRY) Here's a link to the song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhZXaWYTPoE We had a blast at our 3rd annual Bethlehem Longboard Jam with support from local news WFMZ-69, Church of Christ and longboard company Bustin Boards. The skate gods answered our prayers and gave us dry pavement for the event! The riders and spectators

This past May, Faceplant Boardriders and Wheelrz Wheels hosted the 3rd Annual Skate for Peace charity longboard competition at the KidsPeace campus in Orefield, PA. The competition, organized by Faceplant team rider and KidsPeace Facility Coordinator Brian Fitch, raised money for the campus’s Longboarding for Peace program, which provides a constructive outlet and helps the at-risk kids develop coping skills. Back in the summer of 2012, Fitch began his skate

R: Give us a quick breifing on how you started longboarding and how you started riding for Faceplant Boardriders? B: I started longboarding when I was 16; my twin brother, good friend and I picked up a couple boards and would take them to the streets before and after work. When I went off to school, and then out to Colorado, I bought my first Faceplant Board; the Ricky Wheeler Signature shape (commonly known as the Signature shape) and skated more for transportation than f

2nd Annual Mid Atlantic Freeride Series is gearing up for an epic 2015 showdown! We have already added another event to the series and hope it add 1-2 more by March. Stay up to date with the Series and it's Events here on our website and also on the facebook page at http://facebook.com/MAFreerideSeries. Event Schedule: Black Hill Bomb (March 28th, 2015) Skate for Peace 3 (May 16th, 2015) Bethlehem Slide Jam 2 (June 27th, 2015) Rip the Elwood 3 (September 5th, 2015) Skate

While the snow is falling and covering up our roads we must find a way to get out and shred! The #FBsnow Competition is giving all you lazy longboarders the incentive to go out and play in the snow. Here's the rules: 1. Must be a picture or video via instagram or facebook with the (hashtag) #FBsnow. 2. The video or photo must have snow, a board of any kind, and a rider. 3. Get creative and have fun! We will pick the winners on March 1st, 2015. 1st Place: $100 FB credit, 2

Natural Vibes, Faceplant Boardriders and WheelRZ present "Soaring Spirits" Part One (official teaser). This short film is 28 minutes of an epic week following Faceplant/WheelRZ owner Rob Wheeler and team boardrider Brian Fitch. Full film will be released on Saturday, November 29th. #soaringspirits #brianfitch #faceplant #longboard #robwheeler #robbery #bigsexy #wheelrzdiablos #wheelrz

Here it is, the true board release from Faceplant Boardriders of their new deck, the ROBBERY. Rob Wheeler shreds on his new deck and the WheelRZ Diablos in this video ad as well as goes over the shredable features of this awesome longboard!!! #faceplant #robbery #longboard #fbrobbery #robwheeler #wheelrz #wheelrzdiablos