Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau, an infamous duo known at each and every streetball court in New York City, presented an exclusive selection of their best basketball photography at the Concrete Case exhibition at K1X NYC yesterday. The photographs displayed at the SoHo based store depict the essence of the unique streetball scene that can [...]

Parisian streetball documentarist Kevin Couliau and the one and only Bobbito Garcia have been touring the NYC playgrounds for quite some time now. Whenever they were not playing ball or talking smack themselves, they took pictures and videos capturing the unique atmosphere that can only be found in the Mekka of basketball. Reason enough to [...]

The Brighton Summer Madness tournament is looking to bring the heat to Brighton’s famous beach court this weekend, and has been dedicated to the memory of a player who used the beachfront court regularly. Shaun Pinkney, 32, a local basketball player from Hove, died earlier this year. “We are proud to dedicate this tournament to [...]

Dale Davis was spotted playing in the Venice Basketball League (Wadup guys?) out in Los Angeles the other day.

The Wall Street Journal has published its very own take on Jerron “J-Love” Love, one of the most promising young point guards from the NYC. After making headlines by playing against grown men in the “Together We Chill” tournament the now 15-year old with the killer crossover is playing high school ball in California. Images [...]

French basketball publication 5Majeur chose to let Charles Oakley speak up in their latest issue. Wise move. Check out what “Oak” had to say – if you speak French that is – and make sure to check out the feature in its entirety after the jump! Photo credit: Robert Wunsch

Either you are a park baller. Or you are into refs. The choice is yours. Shout out to our VBL posse in Venice Beach!

This underglass constructed basketball was built for display as well as play – meaning you can use it for decoration or serious inside/outside competition. We love this ball because it illustrates our “play hard” approach perfectly. The “lucha libre” mask depicted on the rock’s surface goes all-in like a mexican bare knuckle fight. See more [...]

C’mon Kobe…

Venice Beach League hustler Nick Gaillard aka DJ Ansom was in Berlin to visit and dj at the after party of his brother, artist Cyprien Gaillard. “Cyp”, who was on the last cover of SUPREME catalogue before Lady Gaga, launched his highly anticipated two month exhibition “The Recovery of Discovery” at notorious KW Institute of [...]

When TZ, a Munich-based newspaper, caught up with pro baller Bastian Doreth the other day to play NBA 2k 11 they were taken to school. Not only had Bastian beefed up his Bayern Munich squad with the big homie, better known as Dirk Diggler, but he also brought his a-game on the controller. While it [...]

The first game between BG Göttingen and Allen Iverson’s Besiktas came down to the buzzer – it was too close to call actually. Due to problems with the shot clock in the first outing, the game was repeated yesterday and the Veilchen went to work. The 81:69 win confirmed what we already knew: Göttingen has [...]

Germany’s FIVE magazine recently took a trip to sunny California for an in-depth report about one of the most famous basketball spots in the world: Venice Beach. Take a closer look at the Venice Basketball League and its youth programm as well as the one of a kind flavour that can only be found at [...]