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!
Cancer Dan Drehobl has a line of clothing coming out on Elwood and Mark Gonzales has created artwork for the limited edition line. Check out the goods ASAP.
Went skating the other day with my son and his friend Miles. I took them to a ditch I had seen a while back—basically I wanted to see if it was good or not. Had to clean it as the water was still flowing but it definitely has potential. Anyway, I let the boys try there hand at skate photography with my G9 and this is what my son came up with. Not bad.
On Saturday June 7, 2008 a legit pro/am event went down at the Encinitas YMCA (first pro event at the Y in over 15 years) thanks to the hard work of skateboarding legend Steve Steadham. For a non-publicized event the skating was sick and the attendance was decent.
Been a long time since I made with blogging. Do you love me more now? Probably not. Anyway, went to the Encinitas YMCA the other day for a skate and this scene was going off in the "Rotten Bowl." Kids using the waterfall to ollie boards. Insane. Oh, shot this bitch with my I Phone.
Was skating the Encinitas kidney a while back with Chris Miller (one of the best, most stylish skaters of all time) when Jake Brown (a phenom and possible legend himself) cruised up with an old Schmitt Stix Chris Miller deck and a sharpy asking for a "Miller Time" signature. Pretty hot if you ask me—pro's respecting the legends? Damn, right.
When I was in Hawaii for the Cholo's Quiksilver bowl jam I ran into Locke from lost at the local Starbucks. He was right behind me in line wearing a RVCA shirt. I didn't have my camera on hand so I ran back out to the car snatched it, and ran back to ask him if it would be alright to shoot a pic. "Sure thing." If you didn't know, they film all the episodes in Hawaii.
I've been lagging still. Nothing new to report so I had to dig up a few gems. Jason Jessee ripped the Fallbrook ramp harder than anyone back in 1988-89. I don't remember it, but I shot this photo of him there in '89. Jason also had the top selling skateboard in those years and I have one. Sweet!
