December 29, 2014
"Lines Only"
Holiday interlude with a Grant Taylor Nike pro model wear test at the neighborhood indoor park. Full disclosure: I got some shoes. More importantly, I'd say the 30-plus crowd did alright on this one, the score being one separated shoulder, seven Heinekens and some buddy lines. Thanks to Shane Brown for filming and Rob Sissi for making it happen. Uncapher's switch backtail revert was something else, too.
December 19, 2014
"Treelogy" Upload
Found the Treelogy DVD on a bookshelf, loose, mixed in with some LOTR discs and other such forgotten technology. Elijah Collard churned out videos through the first half of last decade, seemingly filming just about anything he and a select group of shredders did on board, by The Falls, or off in the woods. He put out seven videos in all.
The third video, its apt title seen above, is a rangy mixtape of the previous two flicks with new footage mixed in, a chronicle that takes a specific look at the scene around here spot by spot, zone by zone, with voice-overs from the maker, himself. Truth be told, I was a bit flummoxed by the sheer sprawl of the project when it first came out, but upon its rediscovery I've found myself basking in the potent nostalgia.
Treelogy features Elijah Collard, Little Dane (Dane Vaughn), Tony Lanners and just about everyone else who was around to film a clip. Key to much of this is Elijah's nollie boardslide and backlip at Ty Dickey Rail, the throwdown on grass at The Roofs, all of Dane's outfits, Tony's nose wheelies forever, that 12-15 trick line or whatever at S-Benches.
Pretty sure the next post'll be the Platty's.
December 18, 2014
Quarterly Report
One of the best dudes out down I-94 East, Milwaukee's Matt Nordness was interview on Theories of Atlantis and talks about having diabetes, being a nurse at a children's hospital and skating here in the middle.
Nike SB "Salt Stains" Session from Anthony Hart on Vimeo.
Anthony Hart came up with the concept for a Dunk and put some stuff together for it, above, and got interview about it by Complex, here.Cross promotion: Wrote about bonus skills you learn from skateboarding.
Required reading from BTO about the Plan B video (yeesh) and Sheckler.
Fairly psyched on what The Hesh found in the Lair card system, especially that American History X-ass looking photo of Jack. Should dig up more gems. Speaking of Jack, watch 'til the end: Oh, Jacky.
December 2, 2014
Cliiiiiiiips
If you'd have told me ten years ago that Steve Nesser and Tabari Cook would share a part in the waning days of 2014, I don't know what I would have thought. Nowadays, firmly in the future, well, this just makes perfect sense.
CJ Tambornino is back on board after a series of unfortunate events. Good things to see. Late to the party by two weeks, but it's worth it: Former loc and social media genius Dane Vaughn ripped a clip for my preferred truck company that's too sick not to post, even late.
CJ Tambornino is back on board after a series of unfortunate events. Good things to see. Late to the party by two weeks, but it's worth it: Former loc and social media genius Dane Vaughn ripped a clip for my preferred truck company that's too sick not to post, even late.
November 22, 2014
Saturday And Such
Rift's "Double Crossers" is excellent work by all. Duluth looks amazing at night. Watch it all day. Joe Hall SOTY?
Said Boil the Ocean:
“Real talk, it was the one for him, and a moment in time,” said Jurg Jourgensonn, better known by his rap name Rich Rich.That sublime feeling is skateboard fiction.“The Es Muska model was the origination and the CM901 was scripture, but the ’902 brought the word to the people,” claimed Rich Rich. “Fuck with me.”
I got the dreaded Laramie.
November 17, 2014
VX Legacy Foundation
Photo via VXlegacy.com.
A couple friends created an ode to the VX-1000. http://t.co/h1F9Z4WnY4 pic.twitter.com/qs1mw9nEVk
— Mike Munzenrider (@mmunzenrider) November 17, 2014For a long, long time, Benji Meyer wanted to make a concrete cast of Sony's famous and skater preferred VX-1000--a camera first released roughly 19-years-ago--with the ostensible purpose of showing up at a spot and doing some reps with the likely heavy concrete replica. One must admit the handle on the iconic camcorder makes it ideal for some curls.
That was a long time ago, back in heady days when we were roommates. This year, plastic variants of the idea above started showing up, with, instead of lots of mass, a slot on the death lens tip where a Go-Pro camera can be placed. The fabrication of the thing bore out proof that Meyer had teamed up with Anthony Hart and was about to make something happen, with more clues hidden in Meyer's most recent Instagram username switch.
Now there's a website and the two are selling the things.
Since that thing went live yesterday, if memory holds, Meyer's Instagram account got a 1,000 bounce and the Internet's skate shoe cognoscenti felt a little weird:
Don't know how to feel about this... 😐 pic.twitter.com/4Fq3vhPJk2
— Ripped Laces (@RippedLaces) November 17, 2014Or less weird, with the commenting class pretty much feeling it.
Will be monitoring the Slap board for the likely thread to follow. Might even do some legwork later on to see if those guys are selling anything.
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Waiting on responses regarding the availability of Get Born, per the last post's comments, but it's sounding like it will be posted online in the near future, perhaps via a mag site.
Oh snap. There's a new Familia website. As they line up events seemingly every weekend this month (I never posted about the Chocolate event), there's another one this Saturday, with Big Joe Red. Peep their photo feed for details.
PS:
El soporte para la gopro en forma de la VX1000 es la mayor tontería nunca vista http://t.co/q3AFC1PAsW
— David Campillo (@davidcampillo) November 17, 2014My Spanish skills have slipped, per Google: "Support for gopro as the VX1000 is the biggest nonsense ever seen." Ha.
November 6, 2014
Follow the Money
Get your local-ish video fill this Sunday with Send Help's initial offering called Get Born. For those who need it spelled out, this means first Nesser part in a little bit and potentially a Tabari "Marcus" Cook part as well. Other potential fascinations include Brain Heck's already hyped section filmed out on the wild Bakken formation and what former man-am Randall Ploesser has going on roughly 700 miles down the Mississippi in St. Louis.
The blog has suffered, I know, in part because I've gotten the opportunity to write some stuff for the newly renovated Ride Channel site. Thus far, it's been fun, because I've written some blog-like entries and discussed massive skateboard industry conspiracies with former pros on Facebook.
Elsewhere, Chromeball interviewed one-time Minneapolis loc/infamous former pro Ryan Fabry. As illustrated by Fabry, our area's potential for forcing dudes to skate both street and transition goes back more than 25 years. For what the interview lacks in specifics about those bygone years around here, it's still a cool read. If one Fabry story/myth that I've heard from primary sources stands out, it's the persistent story of him feeble grinding the MCTC large rails at some point in the late-80s. That's heavy.
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