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Growing Old

Serious Art

Whoa, it’s been a while since I last posted. Took a vacation, got burnt on skating, the stoke is somewhat creeping in so I better take advantage before it disappears again!

So there’s this skate object we call a “Bauer.” It’s essentially any type of bank or transition leading up to a curb, block, ledge, planter, parking block etc, etc. First time I heard this term was from a Roselle Park local Russ and I called “Green Lantern”(he always wore that 101 shirt). I think he was describing some trick on the “Bauer.” I kept looking around the park confused until he pointed at the bank to ledge…”the Bauer box.” I thought it was funny so the term stuck with me.

There was this one moment where I was talking about a Bauer spot and I noticed Jimmy Brickner overhearing the conversation. “What’s a ‘Bowzer’?” he asked inquisitively. “Oh, a bowser?…it’s um..” I didn’t want to correct him, “Do you know who Koopa or Yoshi is?…” Eventually I told him.

Anyway, here’s a vx compilation of some Bauer skating over the years….

Bauer mix from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

And this Halloween, you could see Hank and friends doing thangs…

HANK trailer from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

“I don’t know…because it looks like a boob?”

Skating Videos

I asked Josh and Pizzy why boob bank is called boob bank. Both replied they didn’t know and said “maybe it looks like a boob?” My brain’s response would be “that ain’t no boob, guy.”

Boob Bank Mix circa 2010-2015 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/Goofs: This bank is actually tricky to skate because there’s a weak skate stopper in the middle, a little channel at the bottom, the lip and bank are rounded, there’s a pole on the right that can clothesline you, and it’s steep enough where if you popped a trick too high there’s a probability that you may land in the flat bottom or over the lip (adjust speed accordingly). *On a filmer/photographer standpoint, that yellow pole sucks balls.

Right now, the dudes (a bunch of Milwaukee trolls) are in NYC ripping. Last year around the same time I had the chance to document some of these trolls…

Delirium Tremens Raw Footage: EP 013 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/Goofs: Unfortunately, couldn’t skate all of Brooklyn banks but thankful to skate some of it regardless (of course media doesn’t do the banks justice…had the same feeling when I went to EMB in ’93…”whoa, a lot bigger than I thought” ((that’s what she said))). There were many highlights of the trip including hanging out with one of my all time favorites James and seeing his shop for the first time. A rad time with rad dudes.

“you’re only as old as you feel right?”

Skating Videos

Well, 4th of July 2018 just passed and it was wet, hot, humid, moist, and a blast. Met up with Rock and Max around 11:00 am to skate the post apocalyptic courthouse:

Filmed max getting heady with some of the obstacles, he probably lost a billion calories doing it.


Actually he almost lost his mind, half focused his board and kept trying…”I was delirium tremens for sure”- Max.

Last year around this time Eric Risser won the ‘Under the Gate’ Croquet championships…

Under The Gate. from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

This year I didn’t think a championship was going to happen (no documentation, sorry) due to lack of funding but let me tell you there were some thrilling moments in the first game…the newcomer Vince Stranc easily gained an early lead; Josh got into trouble and for the first time used a trowel as a juke to get out of a garden bed; Sleepy, Risser, and Chase did their job with their fair share of “aliveness”; the mayor, Jimmy Brick wasn’t ejected this year but did lose his cool under the forbidden tree zone…and also used Josh’s trowel juke method to get out of the dreaded garden bed. First game goes to Vince! It reminded me of this scene…
On the snap Vincent!
They started playing another match but I was out of there…sorry, I’m a horrible journalist. Consult Josh with the final standings.

I’m sort of on schedule with Delirium Tremens Raw Footage…

Delirium Tremens Raw Footage: EP 012 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Next week will be raw footage of a NYC trip we did last year around this time…

FIB attack…
I don’t have much Milwaukee footage this week but I have this…

Spazz Vintage Footage from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

This was the first time I saw/filmed spazz, he was probably around 14 years old.

And if you’re really bored…

Gabe Chan Vintage Footage circa '90-'94 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

I grew up skating in Glendale Heights, IL. I think I started around ’90, here’s some random footage. I wasn’t old enough to drive so most of it was filmed around my neighborhood except a random slappy nose bonk thing at embarcadero, a random juke line somewhere in Santa Barbara, CA and a two trick line in Sierra Vista, AZ (At the time, my aunt and uncle lived there and my brother and I would go there during the summer. We took spanish lessons by the mother of the lead singer of ‘Malignus Youth’ a punk band. I don’t remember too much espanol but I remember watching them jam once and hooking us up with some Thrasher mags).
Guest skaters are: Scott M., Sess, and Neal V.

Trivia/Goofs: The school where I do some horrendous flip tricks off and into a yellow ledge/curb and the lil gap where my friend yells Gino Iannucci is where ‘Lucas’ was filmed starring Corey Haim, Kerri Green (the babe from Goonies), Charlie Sheen, Courtney Thorne-Smith (90210 and of course Summer School), and a hella young Winona Ryder. I had a choice between going to that school or Glenbard North. I eventually went to North and later found out that Billy Corgan attended North before me.

**Bonus trivia: The town Carol Stream, IL (where North is located) is where I believe, Josh and Kelly adopted their new buddy Francois the Greyhound…

“is that a juke?”

Serious Art

How about Josh’s last post? Pretty sicario! Reminds me of the good ‘ol wiskate posts before social media melted brains…

More of this:

Delirium Tremens Raw Footage: EP 011 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/Goofs:
The tape ended a few seconds after Mistele landed that shirtless nollie 360. Of course that would happen…skating and filming…

Always wondered how the term “juke” came about, so I contacted Hanley about it…

Here’s a random Juke montage…*I didn’t consult Hanley regarding bump to bars so I left those out (although technically it could be a juke to bar…also, I left out any sort of hips *90’s hip ((or what Mikey ‘Big Shits’ Al-Wathiqui called it yesterday “80’s bank”))), freedom is what you make of it bro. I’d love to see a normal civilian decipher this jargon without a key, if a girl knew 50% of this lingo I’d probably get a boner.

Juke Mix from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Meeeeoowwr. Has that been used before as a headliner on this site?

Serious Art

Raise the volume, I believe Elliot meowrred in each clip. Best dude, wiskate OG.

Elliot raw footage circa 2006-2018 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/goofs: Elliot loved the camera, hated acting, loved eating grass, hated bubbles…I enjoyed working with him, very professional. Ask Josh about his personal life.

I don’t remember who coined the term “Zorb” (probably just us) for rounded type skateable objects (like the “Bauer”/”bower” or “Bowzer” according to the mayor, Jimmy Brickner, for bank to ledge). But here’s a random compilation of zorb skating…thought I had more but nope.

Zorb mix from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Oh yeah, more of these…

Delirium Tremens Raw Footage: EP 010 from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/goofs: Pizzy filmed some stuff and I think there was some bet with Mikey regarding the pizzy big spin land at 90’s hip…

Throwback clip 2013…

Nocember: The Gargon Files – Drew Rickaby and Nick Mistele part. from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

Trivia/goofs: Sleepy wears his glasses a lot in this part, and he catches them falling after landing in two clips. Gag holds a cig during a line at Riverside and has a cig in his mouth during a line at the marsupial bridge. Gag landed the switch flip over the double set on video and tried it again for a photo but landed primo and hit his head. I’d like to say Gag had something to do with the title “Nocember” but I can’t remember the details right now…ask him.

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