I don't know many people without tattoos, especially in the skate world. Recently on a skate mission with Omar Hassan I noticed a little ink poking out from under his sleeve and immediately asked to see what the hell it was. Omar was probably the last person I thought would get a tattoo but lo and behold there it was—an Indy logo. Too funny.
Back in issue #55 of The Mag I wrote negative comments about ESPN people replacing vert skating with something called "Super Park." My negative commentary was not as personal as some may have thought. My real goal was to let the skaters in the X Games know we had their back and that the corporate types shouldn't be making decisions such as that without consulting the group as a whole. Blah, blah, blah. read more ...
It's been a long time since Carabeth Burnside has had a feature in a international skateboard publication and in this months The Skateboard Mag the longtime silence has been broken with a CB interview. With that in mind there was an impromptu launch party for the issue at the Encinitas Y that found longtime CB mentor Duane Peters, Dave Hackett, Lester Kasai and Tony Mag in attendance. Short but sweet skate session on the vert and bowl ensued and all went home happy. Congrats on a job well done Carabeth!
