Happy Love Day
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I got a phone call from Gareth Stehr this morning at 5am. He called to tell me Happy Love day and them mumbled a bunch of shit about Scandonavia and Sleepy Hollow. I have no idea. He hung up before I could figure out what was going on. I assume he was super drunk. Probably the best Happy Valentines day call I ever got.
Hellrose had a party this weekend. I will post some photos my friend Jeff took tommarow until then go look at Heath Kirchart getting ready to murder someone at shadlambert.com
Being a walking billboard can seem so cool
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So, I know a lot of people with tattoos. I know a lot of people with stupid tattoos. I know a lot of poeple with skateboard tattoos. I think it is cool to get something that means a lot to you. And we all know that some skateboard graphics are amazing. Hell, my best friend has a pushead graphic on her back. Or some diehard fans supporting brands they have been skating or magazines they have been reading forever. But, I think this girl might have taken it a bit to the extreme. But that is cool now-a-days right?
Since I work at Black Box I answer all the emails from the websites. This girl sent me an email today saying:
“Hey there!!
You guys/gals may think i’m crazy for this..but I think Fallen is such a kick ass skate company! I did this last feb to show my love for it:
Love always,
Mo”
Now I would like to reference that before last Febuary, Fallen had been around for only 6 months….
That’s not even a thing like “man I like this slogan, or I like this graphic” This is like “Man I love this T-Shirt… Can I have this tattooed on my back!”
Gold Pressed Latinum
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Man, why do the Christians get all the good song parodies? AMAZING.
Damn Yankees.
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I came across a site yesterday where you can see clips of the kids from the FA skateshop. It was mostly the typical boring, dramatic, tight pants rail skidders and gap hoppers. However, there was one kid that really got me hyped. Matt Galizia. This kid obviously doesn’t give a crap what size jeans you have on or how many stairs you ollied yesterday. He skates in his garage and driveway and does some insanely hard tricks on his freestyle board. It really makes me happy to see some kid trying to learn some random stuff instead of taking the easy way out and finding a rail to smith grind.
Kudos to you, Matt.
For all you kids stuck in Tum Yeto mode, I have some ideas that might help you break the chains of the 28 waist, slim fit opression.
Perhaps you could try out this new fashion coming not so straight from the streets of S.F.
It doesn’t look quite as gay as the stuff you’re wearing now, and you might just set a new trend.
Otherwise, if trends continue, this may be what you will be putting on in the morning.
Looks like business at Hot Topic will be booming.
off the map
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if you came up skating in the late 80’s or early 90’s, this brings back some fond memories and goodtimes, when pro skaters were at the oldest, 16, the choice of car was a stock honda civic hatchback, and ads and skateboarding were completely silly. see this http://www.thenews.com.au/ archive for examples.
Art Faggin it up in the 05′
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Went to the opening of the beautiful losers art show up in Orange County this weekend. Here are some pictures for you. My camera decided it’s a battery eater so halfway through the show it didn’t have enough batteries to flash.. But pictures none the less..
I Would Die 4 U
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Yeah, I’ve already been back from Florida for awhile. It’s kind of tough to update a site that’s supposed to be about skateboarding, when I haven’t stepped on a skateboard since I was in Atlanta.
When I was in Florida, I finally met another member of the Triumvirate. It was a rainy night in Ybor City, and Mike Roebke called me on the phone promising an encounter. I wasn’t sure how to feel. Elated, nervous, horny, it was all so confusing. Mike came strolling up with none other than Mike Muzenrider from Platinum. It was amazing, our eyes locked and we embraced immediately. The world will never be the same again. We formed like Voltron and flew off into the night, never to be seen again.
Another high point of the Tampa trip was the fact that I ended up spending very little time at the Contest. Some might say that if you like skateboarding you should like watching one of the biggest contests around. This is not true. I can’t think of an easier way to learn to hate skateboarding. How many hundreds of kids can you watch doing backside lipslides down rails in a row? I did watch the finals and the best trick contest which I guess were mildly entertaining, but even then, it was everyone doing backside lipslides down rails. It was rad to see Keegan Sauder skate though. He skated the course unlike anyone else, too bad he couldn’t stay on his board.
Maybe I’ll put a new video clip on the site someday.
Looks Like Thin Lizzy Lipsliding a Rail.
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Bored? Yep, me too. Now that my employer has decided to drastically reduce my hours, I have alot more time on my hands to sit around and do absolutely nothing.
Thanks to friends like John McGuire, I have been blessed with some quality cyberspace entertainment. Take this for example. A Cudahay native that makes some insane art, music and short movies. I would love to get ahold of a painting for my collection. Stephen, if you read this, email me and let me know what you want for one of those pieces. Thanks.
I also have been visiting Channel101.com. Run by Wisconsin native turned L.A. short movie mogul, Dan Harmon (who makes Laser Fart), this site keeps me warm and happy on even the darkest, coldest Wisconsin winter nights.
Have any of you been checking Skateboard Rumors? Industry insider info and a message board to boot! Go. Now.
Spring is almost here! Get ready to abandon your jester hats for your favorite mesh trucker cap!
Here is a picture of Jamie Lee Hogg (aka Johnathan Frakes) for you to ponder.