WTF?

Wow. I must have fallen into the holiday vortex and totally dropped the ball on this blog. Weak sauce indeed. Since its so close to '09, I might as well wait till then to do more posting. So for now, heres a couple throw back clips.

Had to watch the full part after seeing clips on Epicly Later'd...Bobby Puleo from FTC - Penal Code 100A.


I don't remember what 411 issue this was from, but the french rap I remember being stoked on. JB Gillet's "Rookies" part.


Happy New Year!!

1FS Around the World: C

Moving right along...C brings us to the Czech Republic, Cuba and China.

Petr Horvat is Czech. This is from the video called "A Nomads Point of View".


Cuba is awesome. I hope to visit there in the near future. As ghetto as it looks, that fountain spot in Havana looks super fun. Peep this video by Red Bull showing some of Cuba's scene.

The Cuban scene is a difficult one...as is most anything in Cuba. A guy in Britain has been helping the scene out as much as he can. Peep the short doc he did...Here

Now my Chinese; whether it be Cantonese or Mandarin isn't exactly on point...I actually speak a small local dialect from Inner Mongolia. Anyways...This is a team promo from a Chinese company called Gift.

SBN SOTY

Silas Baxter Neal is the 2008 Thrasher Skater of the Year. Sick.

Heres a couple of his parts.

Inhabitants


e'Special


Adidas Promo

1FS Around the World: B

Heres "B". Today I've picked the countries of Belgium, Brazil and Bulgaria

Heres Lionel Krup from Belgium. I gather its from a company called Homemade, and its from 2004.

Skateboarding is gigantic in Brazil, and I have a hard time deciding which Brazilian is my fave. There are many that seem to come and go. I did find a promo for a new video from a company called Quantica. Its new, so doubt many will have seen it.

I have found that some countries have a very young skate scene. Bulgaria must be one of those. I found some stuff...most notably a Blueprint tour of Bulgaria. But I want to profile locals. So here is a bunch of Bulagarian kids doing their thing.

1FS Around the World: A

So I'm in blog mode again. In celebration of that I have decided to do a new section showing some international skateboarding. A lot of this stuff gets over looked; and 8that sucks. I'll try my best to go through the alphabet and post some skaters from different countries. Unless its impossible...X and Z come to mind.

Today we start with the letter A.

Chris Pfanner is from Austria, and he is on Anti Hero.


Chima Ferguson is from Australia...This is his part from Volcom's "Lets Live".


Argentina is a little tougher, I could just post a Butcher clip, but thats too easy. Here is a dude named Paris Laurenti...Nothing amazing or anything but he skates to the Smiths...and well, you know.

*I actually just re-watched this...This kid has a rad "who gives a shit" style. Down



And here is a little ESPN clip about skateboarding in Buenos Aires.

1FS Throwback Clip #27

Anthony Correa from 1997. I found this gem on the tube...its post worthy.

Amtiheroes

Shit...has it really been two weeks since my last lacklustre post? Time flies. Check the new Anti Hero ams. Ici

Gavin Morgan

It blows my mind how worldwide skateboarding actually is these days. Check out this dude Gavin Morgan from South Africa...super steezy part. I like the filming in this too.Click on the video and check the other parts on the related videos side...The video is called Bang Chong and its by Familia Skateboards.

Zeitgeist. Addendum

Surprise!

Back at you!! Random Saturday posting. I'll try to make an effort to post more. Promise. Anyways, Blind posted a 2 and a half minute trailer for their new video...Looks sick.

Also I don't think I've ever mentioned this site...Boil The Ocean. Its a well written blog about skateboarding. You'll like it. Jon recommended that I should put it on the links tab to the right. So I did. Swoop dat.

Gino Epicly Later'd

I know I ain't been posting like I should. But I decided to do a big ol' Gino post since today was the last episode of his Epicly Later'd series. Heres every episode of the show. And a few of his classic parts from over the years. Gino rules...deal with it. I also am still betting on him having at least a shared part in the Chocolate video. Fingers crossed.

Episode #1


Episode #2


Episode #3


Episode #4


Episode #5


Episode #6


Episode #7


Episode #8


Episode #9


Episode #10


101 - Snuff (1993)


101 - 20 Shot Sequence (1994)


World Industries - Trilogy (1995)


Girl - Mouse (1996) Shared with Keenan Milton


Chocolate - The Chocolate Tour (1999)


Girl - Yeah Right (2003)


Chocolate - Hot Chocolate (2004)

Agency Field Report

I know, totally out of the blue with a post. Anyway, Stereo posted up their new video over here.Pretty sick parts from Dyson Ramones and Zach Wagner. There is also an opening montage featuring the rest of the team, and although I was bummed to not see any Jason Lee footy, there is some Carl Shipman footy, which was rad.

Actually I just re-watched Dyson Ramones part...Amazing, one of the better parts out this year. Go watch it.

Forgiveness Please!

So after getting publicly called out via another blog, I have decided to do an update.

if you are jonesing for some content, go here, it gets updated more, and I put in 10.14% more effort into it.

So as for todays post...heres a throwback clip: Cards from the DTS Video.(Dog Town)



so there.

Jump Ramp Jam!

Just a reminder to everyone that this coming sunday, at 5pm when the shop closes we will have a quick jump ramp jam. Prizes from Girl and Lakai, and Pro too. Be there or be lame.

Rain?

I was hoping to have a shredtastic sunday, but this beeotch is coming for our ass. Fun!

Van Wastell

Sad news from the DLX camp. Skateboarding has lost Van Wastell. He was 24. One of the few younger dudes that wasn't just like all the others. He will be missed I'm sure. Definitely bummed to read this when I woke up this morning.

Eric Koston was better than you are today in 1991.

I just saw this posted on 48Blocks, and I had to share.

Happy Weekend

Ladies and gentlemen...I introduce Dirt Nasty. This one is called 1980

Hip Beer

More love for Keith's from the Girl camp. To quote Talent Manager Sam Smyth "I didn't do a shitload of connoisseuring, but I found Alexander Keith's to do the job nicely. Brian and Brophy were drinking that shit too" Looks like Keith's skater related sales numbers will go through the roof.

1FS Throwback Clip #26

This one is a request. Kris Markovich in the Color video. I'm not sure I'm into the Big Mouth Strikes Again cover, but this is a classic part for sure.

Dyson Ramones teaser

This dude is good. He gets the GBoots stamp of approval. In fact, Stereo skateboards in general gets the stamp.

Here

Frosty swigs Keiths

Not that its important or anything. But when you see one of your favorite skateboarders, swigging "the Pride of Nova Scotia"you just have to post it.

Slam City Skate Rats

Slam City Skates in London has been holding the UK down for years. Peep this sick clip of London's finest such as Nick Jensen, Mark Baines and Andrew Brophy just to name a few.

Link

1FS Throwback Clip #25

411 Issues 6-25 are gold to me, they were the cheapest and newest videos readily available. This era also seems to be when the content was at it highest quality. There weren't hundreds of board and shoe companies, so a lot of skaters were eager to get their newest footage out to the masses and 411 was doing that. Here is a young Rodney Torres and his Wheels of Fortune from issue 14. It should also be noted that I credit 411 for introducing me to the Infamous Mobb Deep, as they put at least one song in every issue for quite a while.

Gou Miyagi

This dude is on some next shit. Richie Jackson has just been one upped.

1FS Throwback Clip #24

Mike Santarossa from the Prime video circa 1995. This part isn't amazing or anything, and it wasn't 13 years ago. The reason it gets the throwback clip is because he skates to Moon Dance. Also Mike seems to be rocking my exact kit from 1995.

Moving In Traffic

I know, I know I'm super late on this one. The Nutz told me about the Puleo part, and after watching Puleo I was even more stoked on Jack Sabback's part. Go check out Moving In Traffic from the wonderful little Traffic Skateboards. Respect the Oyola.

Here

Penny for your thoughts

I can't believe that Transworld's Anthology video was 8 years ago. Time flies. Anyways, The Chrome Ball Incident is a rad site dedicated to nostalgia from my golden era which is the 90s. They just posted up a piece on Tom Penny and linked this clip. I was amazed when I saw some photos of the tricks in like 95-96 when it actually went down. But it made it so much sicker hearing Dyrdek describe how the session went down 4-5 years later, now 12-13 years later.

Matt Rodriguez on loose trucks.

Remember a while back I was talking about how loose Matt Rodriguez rides his trucks? Well here is a little video of him explaining why and how he does what he does. Aces huh?

Must Watch List.

If you aren't out skating for some reason you need to bring yourself up-to-date with the following new video parts. Better yet, buy these videos.

1. Dave Bachinsky in What the Fuck is a Bachinsky.

2. Sean Malto in And Now

3. Cody McEntire in Smoke and Mirrors.

Epic.

Roger Skateboards

Out of the ashes of the ill fated Bueno rises Roger. Michael Sieben is still doing it, so it has amazing graphics and marketing. I hope the masses catch on and support what looks to be a rad new company. I also hope they still get Shiloh on the team.

Roger Skateboards

Famous?

The Berra beef video we did is blowing up...95 comments on The Berrics. Some people just don't get jokes. The calibre of comments on that site are sub par to say the least.

1FS Musical Throwback??

I seriously want to do 1FS Musical Throwbacks, but not this one. The track is whatever, but the video is awesome, it looks like they hired both SWV and Jodeci's stylists. So perfect...BTW this is a brand new song.

DC Nationals Qualifier July 26th

that little ass logo is all I could scrounge, but its just a reminder that the DC Nationals Atlantic qualifier is this Saturday, at the Commons Park starting at 12:00pm. Mark Regimbal of the Berrics fame and I will be hosting it. I'm going to try my hand at MCing it. Nacho's shoes will be pretty hard to fill though...but I shall try.

Payin' Dues

Jasons been getting a lot of exposer on his kit as of late, here he is on another call with an angry fan wondering why his style has taken such a drastic turn towards...towards...umm, you tell me.

Reynolds Lights

I've been on a serious Emerica tilt as of late. One of the pairs I've had the pleasure of wearing are the Reynolds Lights which are profiled in this video. The technology is what makes this shoe work. Super lightweight space age materials make this shoe one of the lightest I've ever wore. After rocking vulc for the last year and half almost exclusively, I was ready to try something different, so I rolled these, they are working well and are...still rolling.

Seasons 4 Montage

Again, 48Blocks has the best clips. This San Franciscan gem only had 650 views at the time of posting, so I had to link it. Lennie Kirk footage?

J-Wadz Gets Swooped

Whats happening here? I'm not sure, but Jason seems to have it figured out. Classic Badassest cap, ancient Circa T with custom Dave and Jon mods. The icing on the cake is the uneven jean shorts, topped off with some white Gravis hightops, with white tube socks...Unfuckwitable.

Berra Wins

Well heres chapter two in the Regimbal vs. Berra saga...Yup, Berra won.

Regimbal vs. Berra

Local celebrity The Nuts made the Berrics for calling out Steve Berra in this clip on why he hasn't received his Skatebook. His chances of skating the Berrics are dwindling.

1FS Throwback Clip #23

I had a craving for some old SF skating, so here is Mike Daher from Stereo's Visual Sound...one of my all time favorite videos.

Matasaka Yamashiro

Found this gem on 48Blocks.This dude is redonks...super fast, super tech, super gnar. Enjoyable

Shred-O-Rama 2.0

huh? you see that headline? something is cooking, and you'll all want a piece...stay tuned.

1FS Throwback Clip #22

Kenny Reed in 2001's 7 Year Glitch by New Deal.

Nacho Blog

This everyone and their dog having a blog thing is getting played. Even the Nach is on it. But whatever I love Nacho and his blog is funny. Its chronicling his misadventures in the big city, and some other stuff. Hey, can we get a track by track review of the new AA?

Nacho-t-dacho.

AA VOL.4 DONE UP FOR DOWNLOAD!!!!!

AA got that new shit up for all to bump in the whip this summer.

Vol 4- F.B.I.S(Fly Boy Ill Shit) Is Done

DOWNLOAD LINKS


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FZUA643L

http://www.sendspace.com/file/u1rf66

WITS Halifax J-Wadz Edit

Heres what everyone missed on Saturday. It was a rad time. Big Ups to J-Wadz for throwing this together.

Lord of the Lines - July 6th - 12:00pm

Sorry about the lack luster posting as of late...no excuses other then its summer and I'd rather be doing other things. Anyways, one of the other things is This contest, best line wins the whole shebang. Its going to be at the flats, which is a throwback in itself.

Heres a video of the big one they had a while back.

WITS!! June 21st-Uptown - 5:30pm

Hey, How high you ollie?

Apparently Luis Tolentino can ollie 45 inches. That finally breaks Danny Wainwright's record from like 8 years ago.

The Return of the Raunch.

Back in the day, the skate worlds parents were shocked and appalled by graphics like the 1992 Randy Colvin World Industries deck pictured below.

Pretty awesome seeing that as an adolescent. Lately there has been some nice smut making its way back onto the bottoms of decks, first the Baker Romero "Cheese Spread". Photo via Burnout

And now DGK gets in there with these:

Whats next? Gotta be someone out there with a good sense of humour that can one up the previous efforts.

Skate Mental Press Release

I just got an email with the following Press Release:

Skate Mental L.L.C

6.9.08



After a retarded amount of beer, Skate Mental finally got a good enough buzz to put Nate Broussard on the team. Fighting the curse of the man am, Nate will be filming for the new Skate Mental promo due early september. "Hopefully he gets some good stuff so we don't have to kick him off," says brand manager Brad Staba. Not really much else to say besides skate mental is the best company known to man. All other companies should be sad and lose sleep at night knowing they will never be as good as Skate Mental. Just kidding...or am I?



Thanks,

Cool, Heres a couple of his parts via Youtube.
from F.O.R.E and Friends

This part is SICK...From the Bueno Promo called Wizards of Radical.

1FS Throwback Clip(s) # 21

The year was 1995, skateboarding was not yet the full blown marketing phenomenon that it is now. Surprisingly the most "core" shoe company at the time was Etnies, and their team was stacked. This is High 5 in 3 sections, if you only have time for one, watch the 3rd one and wait for Tom Penny's part at the end, short and sweet, but this era is why Tom Penny can still make a living off of skateboarding today...the style, the tricks, the gear...every 14-20 year old wanted to be him...oh the days.

Part 1

Part 2

Part3

New Pros

This is old news for most, but to those slow ones, and I know you're out there...Alex Olson, Mike Mo Capaldi and Sean Malto are now pro for Girl...Not really sure what ams are left now, but I do know they have a "few" people in the pro ranks. Either way, these dudes totally deserve it.

Fully Tripping in Malaga.

I met this Spanish dude in Peru and he was going on about how everyone is going to Malaga now that Barcelona is blown out. It looks about right as Lakai has posted up a bunch of footage of a crew of skaters shredding the city on Spains Costa Del Sol.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

1FS Throwback Clip #20

Been a minute since the last one...This time I present Robbie Gangemi in Zoo York's Mixtape...classic East Coast OG!! Bahhhstaan! Wikkid Cool!

Ben Skrzypek

See More Skateboarding Videos at vitalskate.com

48 Blocks linked this clip of Maine's Ben Skrzypek...I've never heard of him until this, Wow, amazing style, good music selection. Dope

Given Er'

So Crimson went bye bye a while back. Apparently Markovich's backer backed out. So now Kris is running the show on a familiar looking effort under a new name: Given...check out the press release.

Here

Rob Welsh Top 5

I've always backed skaters from Maine because its practically the Maritimes. If you've been to Maine then you know its pretty similar geographically and culturally. Welsh is the man and hes got a top 5 up over at The Tap...

Link

But whats the deal with New Englanders always thinking their chowder is the shit? Maritimer chowderrrrr is on point.

Whats on TV?

Skateboarding, thats what. This is oldish and some of you may have already read it, but Slap posted a story about the "mainstreamizing" and commodification of skateboarding in the media. peep the link

Here.

Knife Fighter

My good pal Mark has been getting his creativity on while I was away and has created a new blog called Knife Fighter. I was greeted with a very thorough explanation why Def Leppard's Hysteria is one of the greatest albums of all time...which is speaking my language.

Link!

Whats up at Turf?

Apparently Mike York posted very negative comments regarding art dude Bob K on the Turf Website...which just so happens to be down at time of posting. What the deally with Turf? I was feeling it, I hope its not doneski.

Guess whos bizzack

back from the 'Ru...pretty sick down there. Only managed to get on my board once...but I hit up Miraflores skatepark for a bit of a shred. Above is a photo of one of the highlights.

Its Official.

We all pretty much knew this. But here is the marketing evidence.

Rumblings

I know I've been slack ass with the posting...and its not like I ever bring hard hitting news to the masses. I don't think its my job...so many people do it so much better. Big news it big news though and I can't resist sometimes. Soooo Mr. Saari is now in the Sect. I was kind of surprised to see that. Also there is some news starting to leak from the Gravis camp too. The skate division is launching soon..heres the team run down I was told:

1. Arto Saari
2. Dylan Reider
3. TBA
4. TBA
Europe
1. Steve Forstner
2. Javier Mendizabel

I knew this was how it would look. I guess another name is to be announced soon...and he might be Australian.

1FS Throwback Clip #19

Ryan Kenreich in Globe - Opinion 2001. I wasn't a big fan of this video...but I did enjoy this part. What happened to Ryan Kenreich anyway?

RAW - Know the Ledge 2

48 Blocks posted this gem from Ready Amongst the Willing. McGraw has a few tricks...sick.

1FS Throwback Clip #18

Heres all of H-Street's 1990 video called "This is not the new H-Street video". Have an open mind and pretend that this is still groundbreaking shit, and enjoy.

P.S. H-Street is back...look

Cody MacEntire

Heres a cool clip of Cody MacEntire tearing a park quarter a new one.

Kellen James

Go check out Kellen James' new professional debut part over at Jus Liv'n. This dude is sick.

Here

NYC Contest

I found this cool little clip of a contest in NYC on 4/20 over at SkateDaily. High Def skating with Jahmal Williams, Billy Rohan, Zared Bassett, Dan Pensyl, Manny Santiago and a bunch of New Yorkers getting sic wid it.

1FS Sneak Check #3

Sorry for slacking on the posting. Its been so nice out, so I've been trying to enjoy it to the max. Anyways this weeks Sneak Check is all about the 1st Marc Johnson pro model shoe by Emerica. I don't have a whole lot to say, but they were a rad shoe at the time. They launched right about the time A-Team started, and he had left Maple, if can remember correctly. I have posted Marc's part from Modus Operandi, which came out a couple years later, but he is wearing them in it. They made them for a few years I think.

1FS Throwback Clip #17

Toy Machine's Live is such a feel good video for me. I saw it shortly after I had started skating, so it was one of the first "real" videos I had seen besides 411s. I think I put a Jerry Fowler part in an earlier Throwback Clip but whatever, this is a dope part.

Joey Johnson

48 Blocks always comes through. Check out this part from a video called 35th North. This dudes got a pretty slick style.

Here

D.Way

Heres a really cool clip from the Skate Fairy(Ty Evans). Its of Danny Way and Jakob Rosenberg talking about the last time they filmed together and the good ol' Plan B days. Much respect to the both of these guys for giving us such entertaining footage that still holds its own 10+ years later.

Thanks to Mark for the link.

Fly Society

Fresh

To quote Zach "How many ways can rappers tell you how much money they have?" Discuss.

Thanks for the link Sparkes...made my morning.

Shecks Gets Mega Pt. II

He did do it. That thing is so gnarly, and whats even gnarlier is how un-phased Danny is by it.

check it here

1FS Sneak Check #2

This week I'm going with Dukes J-Dubs. Sorry for the crappy photo, its all I could find...I must get a scanner soon. In the late 90s I went through a serious Jeremy Wray fan phase. I still am a fan, and think his F/S 360s are the sickest in all of skateboarding. These shoes were part and parcel with Jeremy in that era. I had a blue pair that disintegrated in around a week, but loved them anyway.


The Revolution was only an OK video, but I killed this part. Hes rocking the J-Dubs in most of it.

Deathwish Promo

Deathwish is launching soon! It will be through the new Baker Boys distribution and Raj at Mehrathon is distributing it in Canada. The Promo will be released at around the same time. Proskates is going to carry it, so get ready.

¡Viva Peru!

So only 3 weeks until I leave for vacation in Peru. I can't wait. I have been checking the internerd for some Peruvian skateboarding info. I didn't expect much, but I have to say that I was amazed with how sick the scene looks down there. A couple of the clips are of Daniel Suarez who looks to be the big up and comer in Lima. The other clip is a montage of some of the local rippers. It just goes to show how much of a worldwide base skateboarding has. Peru...here I come!

1FS Throwback Clip #16

Speaking of Lavar McBride...Heres his classic part in Trilogy - 1996

Greg Hunt Interview

Slap Magazine has a good interview with former pro, current artist Greg Hunt. Its nice and insightful for all those who dream of breaking into the skateboard world doing stuff off of a skateboard.

Here

Lavar McBride

If you aren't familiar with Lavar McBride I suggest you Youtube him to see whats up. Hes Marcus' brother and an old EMB Head whos been on the low for a while...10 years? Well 48 Blocks is reporting that we will see some Lavar Footy before years end. I'm so stoked to hear this as he has style for days. Can't wait.

1FS Sneak Check #1

Its no secret that I'm a shoe nerd...I don't collect them, I just wear them and skate them, then get rid of them, thats what they're for. I decided to pay homage to some of my favorite kicks over the years and try to wax nostalgic on skateboarding footwear.

The 1st shoe is the short lived Vans Carroll, which I owned a pair of, in this exact colourway, in 96 if I can remember correctly. This was an awesome shoe: Thick tongues, speed laces, pull loop in the back so your pants won't drag. Basically it had all the cool shit for the day with a Vans vulc sole to boot. I wish Vans or Lakai could work some magic and get a re-issue on these. On second thought...maybe not yet.

Randoms

A couple team changes to announce. The stylish Joel Meinholz is now pro for Rasa Libre and Jason Lee and Chris Pastras are apparently on Dekline. That is all.

PHX AM Results

1. Ryan Decenzo
2. Chazz Ortiz
3. Vincent Alvarez
4. Dustin Blauvelt
5. Collin Provost

BEST TRICK:
1. Robbie Brockel - 360 Ollie Bigger Flip
2. Nick Fiorini - Double Nollie Heelflip
3. Cody McEntire - Switch 360 Flip

Matt Rodriguez on Stereo

Did you hear in the Daewon Epicly Later'd when Daewon said that Matt Rodriguez rides both of his trucks without bushings and only stacks of washers? Try it. Anyways, hes on Stereo again(he was O.G. Stereo in the 90s).

heres the Press release.

Above is his part from the old Stereo video Tin Can Folklore.

1FS Throwback Clip #15

Ricky Oyola - Underachievers...Do I really need to explain?

Deathwish has a catalog

48 Blocks had this posted so I thought I might pass it along. Looking like the pros are 'Twan, Greco, Ellington and the Lizard King. Sick

More Rumours?

The internet is a buzzing with some shoe company team changes...Is Alex Olson and Anthony Poppalardo off Lakai? They ain't on the site anymore.Is Olson going to Vans? And Poppalardo going Converse? Who knows really? Try to look surprised if any of this stuff is for realz. Also, what is happening over at Adio?

Dave Carnie Reviews Fully Flared

Well, he doesn't actually even mention Fully Flared but its Dave Carnie...what would you expect? Instead we are treated to a funny story about an old run-in that he and Mike Carroll had.

Here

Cody McEntire

You seen this kid yet? Also check his demo footy...pretty sick.

Ashphalt Anthology

The Nutz dropped me a link to Robbie McKinley's new website called Asphalt Anthology. Its a cool little site dedicated to the Girl/Chocolate fam and their videos, all of them. Good site to go watch your favorite parts from those videos. Pretty slick setup.

Shecks gets Megs

So Sheckler did the mega ramp...yup...check it here.

Tim O'Conner Top 5

Tim O'Conner is funny as hell...Peep his Crailtap top 5

Here

Fallen Video

Eh yo...this video is going to be sick...I guarantee that. Any bets on who's going to have the last part...Nacho says Chris Cole, Jermaine says Sandoval, and I say Slash...what do you bet?

watch the trailer

Moves and Stuff

So I guess I should mention some of the new team changes that have happened. NSS has added Tom Knox, Brian Sumner and Chad Knight to their pro team(BIG news, I know.) And apparently Tony Hawk and Bam along with their signature shoes have been removed from the Adio site...Is it over? I hope so. Also should mention your boy got a link on You Will Soon...Its almost as rad as that time I got something posted on Crailtap. Big Ups to Watson and the crew at YWS...Awesome.

1FS Throwback Clip #14

Wu Welsh - Aesthetics - Ryde or Die - 2001

Mouse Music

while on Tha Tap, I found this cool little article about some of the music used in Girl's classic video "Mouse", which I think has one of the best soundtracks in any skate video.

Kyle Leeper in HD

Check out this cool video clip that Etnies has put up...The super steezy Kyle Leeper in super steezy HD...Slick.

Here

Guy Mariano Interview

Was stoked to see 48 Blocks has an interview with Mr. Mariano...Regardez

Tampa Pro Results

Tampa Pro finished up today...heres the top 5:

1. Greg Lutzka
2. John Rattray
3. Mike Peterson
4. Matt Beach
5. Shecks

Vert: PLG

Best Trick: Adam Dyet - Nollie cab heelflip to switch front board over the A-frame rail

check the full results over at The SPoT.

Cardiel Episode XVI

Here it is..the last episode. John is a legend, up there with Jordan and Ali.

Peep it here.

1FS Throwback Clip #13

Gershon Mosely in Transworld's The Reason.

Cardiel Episode XV

One more episode to go...I'm going to miss looking forward to these when its finished.

Watch it HERE.

Eli Reed on Zoo York

Although I am bummed to see Eli is off Vehicle Skateboards, its nice to see him land on his feet over at Zoo York.

Chris Nieratko interviews Eric Koston

Check out this cool interview with the legendary Mr. Koston. The interview is done by the legendary Mr. Nieratko...so if you are familiar with his work, you should know that it will be a good read.

Matt Beach gets Mentaled

Matt Beach of Oregon has come out of retirement and is turning pro for Skate Mental...check his part from The Firm - Can't Stop the Firm.

Furby on Kr3w

Check out this cool little video welcoming Ramiro "Furby" Salcedo to the Kr3w team.

1FS Throwback Clip # 12

Gino Iannucci in The Chocolate Tour 1999

Cardiel Episode XIV

This is the episode where we learn about John's injury. Its the saddest episode yet but still worth the watch. Pretty inspiring if you ask me.

HERE

You Will Soon

You Will Soon has quickly become one of my favorite skate related websites. The writing is awesome and funny, they talks about skate shoes a bit, it gets updated enough and makes fun of the stuff I think need to be made fun of. Check out this post they did about Ryan Sheckler. Perfect.

Cardiel Episode XIII

Tent City is discussed in this episode. If you've never seen Tent City I suggest you try to locate a copy and watch it. Its just pure skateboarding...living in tents, having fun and skateboarding...perfection.

watch the episode HERE.

Digital - Smoke and Mirrors Trailer

Remember when I linked Danilo Cerezini's part from Imagine? Well the fine folks at Digital Skateboarding have a new project in the works featuring Tommy Sandoval, Ronson Lambert, Cody McEntire, Kevin Romar, Kurt Winter and Magnus Hanson...and you can watch the trailer here.

New Cliche Website.

Cliche has just updated their interweb spot...check out the new product as well as photos, bios, and videos...HERE

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Skatedaily.net dropped some team changes and developments to report today. Jimmy Cao is on DVS. Jimmy also rides for City Skateboards which is one of the cooler companies out right now IMHO. Also, Scottish wrecking ball Stu Graham has turned pro for Creature and Weiger is now on WeSC. Another case of sick skaters...sick companies. sooo siiiickkkk brooooo!

Always Fresh Remix

So Moe Skiddz, Mohammad, Andrew, Xavier, Jake and Josh have a video...These kids are the next generation of rippers here in Halifax. They just did a revamped version of their video called Always Fresh...peep it here....facebook

Danny Cerezini is pro.

Danny Cerezini is the newest pro on Blind Skateboards. In celebration of this occasion Blind has posted up his part from Digital's Imagine. Check it Here.

Travel Wheels Promo

48 Blocks finds some good stuff on the regs...Travel Wheels is a European wheel company and they just released their promo video. Here

1FS Throwback Clip #11

Fred Gall - Timecode 1996. The hill bomb at the end is insanity.

Cardiel Episode XII

In this installment John talks about filming for Sight Unseen.

Check it HERE.

Eric Ellington: Battle Commander

Check out the new EE footage over at the Berrics....Here

Battle of the Shops Raleigh NC.

The Forgotten City is a cool website out of Washington DC. A bunch of the dudes from DC went down to Raleigh for their Battle of the Shops contest...check out the documentation...HERE...just click on the video.

Cardiel Episode XI

In this weeks 1st episode we learn about a couple of John's biggest achievements; such as the huge taildrop at Burnside and the 360 transfer at Marseilles in 2000.

watch it here

Rumour Mill

The internet grapevine has been shaking...Could Dustin Dollin be retiring from professional skateboarding? Is Geoff Rowley quitting Vans to ride for a yet to be named footwear company? YWS has some interesting stories posted.

Jeff Hedges!!

Speaking of old school news pieces, you might have seen this from the 1980s...Jeff Hedges' visit to Halifax in 1989 by Live at 5 on ATV.Who is Jeff Hedges you ask? He's an old Vert Pro from the 80s...Skated for Santa Cruz I do believe.

Turfs Up Bitches!

Heres the new video from Turf Skateboards...Go CHECK IT! ITS SICK!Its also available for podcast, Mumble comes through again!

watch it HERE

Salba, Malba and Duane Peters in 1981

Check this Youtubage of legends Steve and Mickey Alba and Duane Peters on L.A. tv back in 1981...crazy.

Gnarly Brazilians

Check out this crazy Brazilian rail challenge called Corrimãozão 2007. These are some of the jankiest rails, top prize was about $3000. This is a long one...but its worth the watch.

DC in AZ

That DC Skateboarding site I mentioned a while back has put up a clip of its Ams in Arizona...check it HERE.

Ethan Fowler VBS

After Cards...O'Dell will show us what Ethan Fowler is all about.

Praise Jesús........Fernandez

Spanish ripper Jesús Fernandez is that mysterious new Hubba Wheels rider.

peep the introduction.

1FS Throwback Clip #10

Donny Barley - Eastern Exposure Underacheivers...1997..happy weekend.

Cardiel episode X

Do it............Here.

Dyet on Dekline

Adam Dyet shreds. Super technical tricks down ridiculous handrails. Anyways...He and Globe have parted ways and hes on Dekline now.

Lord of the Lines.

Matix has posted the footy from their lord of the lines contest...pretty rad format.

Here.

Skaterosexual?

Are you one of These?

Spitfire/Lakai Montage

Sick montage of the Lakai riders who skate for Spitfire.

Cardiel Episode IX

This week John talks about Mic E Reyes, barfing, Andy Roy and Guns.

watch it HERE.

1FS Throwback Clip #9

Since we are on the topic of Guy Mariano...my favorite skater; heres a cool little clip of a bunch of old footage from the early 90's which was in the DVD extras of "The Man Who Souled the World" which you should have watched...if not...do.

Little Mariano circa 1989

Its hard to believe that Guy Mariano has been killing it for as long as he has. Check this photo I found on Max Schaaf's blog.

Nike SB Zoom Tre AD video

the Nike SB website put up a cool little video about the new Zoom Tre AD that has just been released. I'm still backing vulcanized for now, but this is an interesting concept...peep the vid here.

Seth McCallum on Strange Notes

Seth McCallum is one of those skaters I see skating everything which is awesome...he also kills everything, which is also awesome.

Who can it be now?

Hubba Wheels will announce a new team rider this Friday. Any bets on who?

Tour Girl

I meant to post this a few days ago...better late than ever. Heres a tour of Girl Skateboards.

101- Falling Down on Mumble

If anyone doesn't know what Mumble Magazine is yet, y'all better go check it. Its an online magazine by Bob K and a few others. Anyway, they just posted up 101's gem of a video called Falling Down...here