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Monthly Archive November, 2007

Billy Owens Can’t Skate

November 29, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Billy Owens' Skateboarding Injury

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 [...]


Slap Interviews Jason Adams

November 28, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Jason Adams, Slap Magazine

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 [...]


Lakai in Japan

by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Alex Olson, Eric Koston, Fully Flared, Lakai, Rick McCrank

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 [...]


How Lakai Got Its Name

November 27, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Kelly Bird, Lakai

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 [...]


Tuesday Kickers

by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Anthony Pappalardo, Anthony Shetler, Bobby Worrest, Brandon Biebel, Brandon Westgate, Dan Drehobl, Danny Garcia, Donny Barley, Jason Lee, John Cardiel, Justin Eldridge, Kenny Anderson, Matt Miller, Rick McCrank, Silas Baxter-Neal, Stereo Sound Agency, Zered Bassett, Zoo York, éS

• 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. [...]


Watch Watch “Gnar Gnar”

November 26, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Gnar Gnar, Krooked

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.


Fully Foto-ed

November 21, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Fully Flared

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.


X-Games ‘06 Brought Back From Brink

by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Adolfo Ramos, Billy Marks, Dennis Busenitz, Johnny Layton, Leo Romero, Nilton Nieves, Paul Rodriguez, Rob Brink, Ryan Sheckler, Tommy Sandoval

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 [...]


Another Fully Flared Review

November 20, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Dominion Skateboards, Fully Flared

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.


Fully Flared. Huh. Sounds Like It Didn’t Suck.

by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Fully Flared, Lakai, Rob Brink

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 [...]


Fully Naughty

November 17, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Krooked, Mark Gonzales, Naughty

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 [...]


Thursday Kickers

November 15, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Autumn Skateboards, Curran Caples, Daniel Haney, David Gonzalas, Deluxe, Flip Skateboards, Geoff Rowley, Louie Lopez, Luan De Oliveira, Mark Appleyard, Mark Gonzales, Matt Miller, Osiris, Pretty Skateboards, Rune Glifberg, Zoo York

• 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 [...]


Wednesday Kickers

November 14, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Colin McKay, Collin Provost, Danny Supa, Danny Way, Element, Jerry Hsu, Louie Barletta, Marc Johnson, Plan B, Red Bull, Ron Deily, Zered Bassett

• 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 [...]


Ty Talks to Transworld

November 13, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Fully Flared, Lakai, Ty Evans

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 [...]


Tuesday Kickers

by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Bob Burnquist, Corey Duffel, DVS, Enjoi, Flip Skateboards, IPATH, Keith Hufnagel, Lizard King, Luan De Oliveira

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


A Nibble of the Nibbler

November 12, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Gilbert Crockett, Jimmy Carlin, Mystery Skateboards, Thrasher Magazine

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 [...]


Damn Am’s a Ham

November 10, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Jon Goemann, VANS

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 [...]


Friday Kickers

November 9, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Fully Flared, Jereme Rogers, Mike Carroll, RVCA, Tony Hawk

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


Thursday Kickers

November 8, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Danny Garcia, Element, Jereme Rogers, Jim Greco, Levi Brown, Matix, Mystery Skateboards, Pete Eldridge, Stereo Sound Agency, Terry Kennedy

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 [...]


Jereme Spoke Online Today

November 5, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Girl Skateboards, Jereme Rogers, Plan B, Transworld Skateboarding

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 [...]


Yodel in the Vallely

November 3, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Mike Vallely

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_)


Friday Kickers

November 2, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Brennan Conroy, Dan Pensyl, Dennis Busenitz, Don Vito, Fuel TV, Kickers, Neckface, Peter Ramondetta, Think Skateboards

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


Nash Skateboards, But Probably Not on a Nash Skateboard

November 1, 2007 by Randy || Comments: 0
Categories: Steve Nash

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 [...]