Not A Foam Roller Storify

The horserace for Thrasher's Skater of they Year award, recently commented and complained about often on this site, begins now with the Ishod Wair part above. A video part on the Thrasher site seems like the number one requirement for SOTY (post last year, when it seemed like the only requirement) and it was even mentioned in the caption of the clip above.

It's difficult to prognosticate any further with the SOTY business. The only other dude who seems to have been productive enough (and that simply comes to mind) is the semi-controversial Mark Suciu, who, is it even possible, put out too much stuff this year?

Stemming from the recent string of disappointing-to-this-guy-SOTYs, I'm more than tacitly OK with Wair looking like he's the foregone conclusion (he's a got a part in that Nike video, coming soon), because, well, maybe he's a better reflection of the mood of skateboarding at the moment than the previous two guys (sorry for that phrasing, but think about it). Shit, I'm bullish on the kid right now because he put out a part using a time-tested formula (East Coast/Night Footage/90's Hip Hop) that warms curmudgeons' hearts. Did I miss any potential SOTYs?*

Elsewhere, the Dennis Durrant Adidas welcome video contains some tricks that are bonkers and raises the question, why does this dude periodically fall of the radar so hard? Yeah, there are tons of ways to blow a skate career [including being over it (yo, there are two Anthony Pappalardos, FYI)], but could it really boil down to C1RCA or Mystery?

There was a snowboard contest in downtown Minneapolis this past weekend, across the street from the Old Fed.

Watch the city grow over at The Strib.

Accidentally filmed some clips last week.

7 days.

*Update: Yes, totally forgot about Westgate; two video parts and a Thrasher cover are a strong argument, indeed. Of the three dudes mentioned in the post, nobody is super objectionable.

2 Week Warning

The best dude at Twitter in town, Jan Jacobson, hops up on that non-spot that Jaimes broke in with a photo by Spencer Gillespie. The Hesh with commentary here.

There's another Vinnie edit featuring dudes from Minnesota who don't live here anymore.

14 days.

Just Add The Bird

Being the prolific artist that he is, it's no huge surprise that from time to time, Todd Bratrud is going to have his work stolen by hot sauce companies or expensive t-shirt companies. When it comes to "they're still around?" type companies from within skateboarding (and their shop buddies), it's just bad.

Dalton Jones got mentioned on Skateline for being the wizard that he is.

From what I should have posted yesterday, The Wall Street Journal covered skateboarding and the government shutdown well, while The New York Times failed to be sensitive to differences between types of skateboards.

Continuing to lift from the Times, this story ostensibly about the Minneapolis dating scene has so many ugh and cringe-worthy moments that it's an instant classic. A sample:

"As for Mr. Wayne, he had inch-wide plugs stretching his earlobes and a tattoo of a cartoon angel on one side of his neck and a cartoon devil on the other. He sported white-rimmed glasses and a trucker hat tagged with the word “ZAP.” As he set out in this night after “pre-gaming” with a handle of Jameson and a growler of beer at home, he threw a red kaffiyeh around his neck to complete his look."

Digged this Mitch Guth montage via The Hesh, they've also got about two weeks of clip updates below that, too.

We're getting so close. 21 days until it's real:

Sports Column

One day, we shall embed.

Davis was hurt for a while and makes a triumphant return to board in this clip from The Berrics featuring him and Wayne, because that type of thing is pretty much the norm, nowadays.

It seems significant that Dana managed to get his latest video into Labor in NYC. If you catch Mr. Ross speaking in the third person (i.e. "Pizza's been trying to quit pizza," I know...) call him on it.

Vinnie's got you covered with a globetrotting nostalgic summer clip, featuring dudes you know, including Tom Rohrer, who continues to excel at skateboarding.

The Hesh posted up a video of BUBD really fast after it happened (that I'm just know linking to), and also dug up a clip from six years ago showing a pretty typical Lair night from back when.

In 39 days, the NBA season starts.

Video makers, make note:

I'd rather see a good clip fast that I wish was slow-moed than a bad clip slow-moed that I wish was fast

— Nathan Cameron (@cathannameron) September 17, 2013

On Twitter, there's an NPR hip hop account that that's been providing geekable material to me for about a week.

Back out in the rest of the world, this Brad Cromer pro clip is quite proper.

In case you missed it, the masters of the credit montage and the rest, Wiskate, posted Hurry Up and Try in its entirety.

Happy weekend; a pet peeve is online sports columns that are made completely out of single sentence paragraphs. So guilty.

BUBD Returns

Beer Up Bro Down is back at the behest of many (or at least a handful of dudes that have talked to me) and Luke Hunt has decided to spark it off this Saturday. There are far too many stories of blood, guts and glory, nerd skaters and roused-rabble, for right here and now, but if you want to meet up with dudes, drink beers and push around on cruisers, always doing way more "actual" skateboarding than we ever thought would go down, here's the chance. Like The Hesh said, BUBD is a chance to show Pedalpubs what real four-wheeled street drinking is all about. Go get some.

BAWSE

Per Lakai:

"A niche for dudes who make things happen both on and off the board. Welcoming Lakai Luminary [Steve Nesser]."

Filler 3 (Months)

The Hesh Dotcom handled the Filler 3 (Months) review a couple days ago. More later.