Hi-Fi New York

You’d think the Sacto fuzz could cut the legend some slack. I mean, he almost wound up paralyzed during the filming of “Tent City”, and now only has his fixed-gear to fall back on. Alas, sympathy is hard to come by in NorCal, whether you’re on four wheels or two.

From Boardistan:

John Cardiel dashed down Ninth Street on his fixed-gear bike, tearing southward in the right-hand lane, when he heard yelling, which grew louder and closer. He looked over his shoulder and saw two Sacramento police officers on bikes trailing him, hollering, “Stop!” . . . Cardiel explains that he “skidded to an immediate stop.” Then, he describes that the cops applied their hand brakes and slid past him. “One guy almost fell over. I had more control than they did,” Cardiel remembers.

Legends never slide. (Or something like that.)

• 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. (TT: Thrasher)
• NEWS: Cancer Dan will now be draping his bones in Elwood threads. Drehobl joins Kenny Anderson and Anthony Pappalardo.
• FOOTY: Zoo York gets after it in China. I watched the podcast, but I’m pushing the YouTube. Featured riders include Zered Bassett, Brandon Westgate, Anthony Shetler, Matt Miller and Donny Barley.
• SOUNDS: Rick McCrank has an audio podcast interview thingy at Mumble Magazine. (TT: Slap)
• Q&A: Brandon Biebel talks to Kingpin about the making of Fully Flared. (TT: Slap)
• FOOTY: The latest installment of éS’s “Where’s That Spot?” takes Rick McCrank, Justin Eldridge, Danny Garcia, Bobby Worrest and Silas Baxter-Neal to some public art in Poland. Goes down like a fine wine. Take a sip. Oh yeah, this is also downloadable via podcast. (TT: Slap)

An absolute classic from the YouTube vaults. Above is the first heat of Jim’s Ramp Jam, a must-see 1996 mini-ramp contest that features the likes of John Cardiel, Gershon Mosley, Chet Childress, Dan Drehobl, Mark Gonzales and many more. The highlight for me is the footy of Crooks and Cancer Dan as young’uns. Also be sure to check out the second heat (featuring Tim Brauch, Chris Senn, Max Schaaf, Chris Pastras and more) and then, natch, the finals. Good eats.