Remember former Syracuse great and NBA player Billy Owens? If you’re a hoops fan, you probably do; and if you’re a Bay Area balla, then you definitely do. Anyway, according to a news story in the Dallas Morning News (scroll about halfway down), Owens’ coaching career with the Mavericks was put on hold due to [...]
I know this isn’t new or anything, but I love this interview that Slap did with Jason Adams. In it, Adams talks about switching sponsors, feeding his kids, and what it’s like to still be in the game at the age of 34. Here, Adams talks about where his signature “just go faster” style came [...]
The Lakai guys stopped off in Tokyo to show off their new joint and Rick McCrank checked in with Crailtap from the Far East with a gallery of candid goodness, featuring Eric Koston, Alex Olson and others. (Random, but young Olson bears a striking resemblance to Josh Hartnett, no? Not that I stay up at [...]
I feel like this is worth documenting, if only for posterity’s sake. On Crailtap today, Lakai’s Kelly Bird tells the story behind the name of the shoe company that just might change its name to “Yeah, that’s right, we’re the guys that put out ‘Fully Flared’.” In Bird’s words:
There was this dude that used to [...]
• FOOTY: Runaway full-pipe? Leave it to the Germans. You gotta see this ish. (Tailtap: Skate Daily)
• FOOTY: Allow a three-flipping Jason Lee to welcome you to the new Stereo site. (TT: Skate Daily)
• FOOTY: A preview of the next Epicly Later’d featuring John Cardiel. Even more of a must-see than das Deutsche Krazy-Pipe ding. [...]
Thanks to my good friend Yuck at Velocity Skateshop (Md.) for forwarding this vid link, which is nothing less than Krooked Skateboards’ “Gnar Gnar” in its entirety. Watch it here.
Last round of “Fully Flared” links, I swear. Anyway, the following people posted photos from the Lakai premiere: Skateboarder, Vital Skate, and Crailtap. I gave Crailtap the closing part because, well, it’s obviously just the right thing to do.
Rob Brink (of robbrink.com fame) has posted a ton of great footage from the 2006 X Games. According to Brink, Transworld dubbed the ‘06 (not ‘07) X-Games “the best street contest you’ll never see” because ESPN never aired the contest. Brink himself says ‘06 was “waaaay better” than ‘07. Luckily for all of us, Brink [...]
A Dominion gent was lucky enough to attend the “Fully Flared” premiere. We’re lucky because he breaks it down part by part. Bottom line? The video is mesmerizing, and Guy Mariano is tha mang.
Well, according to this and this, Lakai’s “Fully Flared” was nothing short of brilliant. So, based on these reviews, I’m going to give it a 6.5 out of 6.5. I’ll give it a 10 out of 10 after I see it. On YouTube. Eight months from now. (I don’t spend money on skate DVD’s. I [...]
Well, I know everyone’s all up ons Lakai’s “Fully Flared” right about now, seeing how it dropped last night and all, but I wasn’t lucky enough to get a ticket to the premiere (not am I lucky enough to live on the left coast … nor am I fortunate enough to actually know anyone remotely [...]
• PHOTO: Why is Crailtap the greatest site ever? Because they get access to photos like this one of the Gonz in the snow in Tokyo … which sound like lyrics to a great 80’s song if you think about it.
• PHOTO: Speaking of the Gonz and songs from the 80’s, NAUGHTY!
• Q&A: Wanted to [...]
• FOOTY: Thrasher has an old vid of Danny Way and Colin McKay killin’ the old Plan B ramp back in 1997. Definitely worth checking out.
• FOOTY: Red Bull has a podcast of Zered Bassett, Danny Supa and Ron Deily hanging out at company headquarters in Santa Monica, Calif. Highlights include the gents hitting a [...]
Transworld has a solid interview with filmer Ty Evans about Lakai’s soon-to-be-released video, “Fully Flared.” Ty explains everything from why the flick took so long to finish to whether YouTube is killing the skate video. He also responds to claims that his music choices suck:
“I think people are right. A lot of the music I [...]
FOOTY: Strange Notes shoots Lizard King (Tailtap: The Skateboard Mag)
FOOTY: DVS catches up with Keith Hufnagel Also up as a PodCast
NEWS: Bob Burnquist heads down new IPATH
NEWS: Young GVR ruler Luan De Oliveira jumps on with Flip
NEWS: Corey Duffel and Roky Erickson collabo-deck
RNDM: Enjoi wants you to eat cottage cheese
Thrasher has a righteous little interview with Mystery am Gilbert Crockett. In it, the Virginia skater relays a funny story from Mystery’s trip to China:
“The photographer, Rodent, had some Russian girls come to the hotel, and he told me not to tell anyone else from the team ’cause he didn’t want the other dudes hoarding [...]
About two-thirds of the way through this VANS clip where team riders talk about what the shoes mean to them (not as bad as it sounds), am Jon Goemann drops this gem when describing the company’s logo.
“I think of a little van going off the wall … It looks like a van to me.”
Absurdly hilarious [...]
PHOTO: Cool photos from the RVCA S.F. art show
FOOTY: Mike Carroll outtakes from Fully Flared (Tailtap: Crailtap)
PHOTO: Philly’s famous LOVE logo pops up in New York
RNDM: Turning busted decks into fancy footwear (TT: Crailtap)
NEWS: Is Tony Hawk smarter than a 5th grader?
FOOTY: Sherm shows off more of his GOD-given abilities
FOOTY: The Amazing Jim Greco Just Won’t Quit Until He Stomps a Switch Front Flip Highly recommended viewing
FOOTY: Terry Kennedy on “Sober Mind Power” I guess this means Jereme Rogers is on the straight and narrow these days? (Tailtap: Skate Daily)
NEWS: Stereo Re-Launched Their Website (TT: Skate Daily)
FOOTY: Element Team Takeover Clip, ft. Levi Brown [...]
Transworld has an online-exclusive interview with Jereme Rogers. In it, Rogers dishes on the real reason why he left Girl for Plan B, which apparently had to do with board sales and nothing else. (To quote a certain vid a certain somebody starred in, “Yeah, Right!”) As much as Sherm says he only left over [...]
I know I’m probably way behind on this, but I had no idea that Mike Vallely was so ferociously hirsute these days. (Tailtap: _noid_)
FOOTY: Dennis Busenitz Firsthand on Fuel TV (Tailtap: DLXSF)
FOOTY: Dennis Busenitz, Peter Ramondetta, Dan Pensyl at 3rd & Army (TT: DLXSF)
NEWS: Don Vito Convicted on Two Sex Counts (TT: Skate Daily)
PHOTOS: Neckface Halloween Show in NYC
FOOTY: Damn Am ‘07 Semifinals
FOOTY: Think’s “Aces Wild”
Q&A: Filmer Brennan Conroy
The latest Nike ad for Suns guard Steve Nash features the three-time MVP … skateboarding. Yes, skating.
Granted, he’s only using his board as a mode of transportation to get around the streets of New York, but nonetheless, this has to be a first. I don’t remember ever seeing a big-time pro athlete set foot on [...]