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Following on the heels of such docs like Scratch , Freestyle: the Art of Rhyme and Planet B-Boy , Copyright Criminals (dir: Benjamin Franzen), takes a look at one of the other elements of hip hop, the most controversial one of them all: sampling.

Have a look at this new music video (directed by SALAZAR) for the song Gently Gently off of Vancouver's own Christopher Smith's debut album, The Beckon Call .

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool with you, shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). Today's image is by ElvisHitler2000 and it's entitled " Sport of Kings ".

Did you WATCH our video interview where Cameron Mcleod took on Handles of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters in a game of 1 on 1? High five from Handles! The Globetrotters are playing two games in Abbotsford this weekend. Info HERE .

Cover: Morgan Smith, kickflip off the skinny rail and into the bank // Photo: Brian Caissie Concrete Skateboarding 's Spring issue has sprung. The locally produced mag is available for a free grab at skateshops across Canada.

Remember CBC Hockey Night in Canada's Play On! from last year? That huge street hockey tournament that we entered and won ? We won the coed division and you weren't there in the crowd cheering for us? For real? If you missed it last year you're in lu

Greetings Vancouver is Awesome readers! We here at Artsy-Dartsy are proud to be new contributors to VIA.A brief background on us: We are Linus and Denise. So pleased to meet you! We love art and design, hence we started a website called Artsy-Dartsy.

We shared a couple of posts ( 1 , 2 ) about Sigur Ros frontman, Jonsi, starting his tour and playing his first ever shows as a solo performer at the Vogue last week. Ryan Rose was there and he shot some great photos that he submitted to us...

Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool with you, shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!).

Keith Henry is a talented young photographer who migrated to Vancouver from Edmonton. He shoots skateboarding on the regular, and his work has been published in Concrete Skateboarding , Color , King Shit , SBC Skateboard , and TransWorld .