Chaos Among Men

So there's a good bit of drama in the DGK camp over clothing representation, loyalties, and self-preservation. I'm not gonna go much into this saga, because I have never seen anything like it, and I believe it will pan out on it's own rather quickly.

The fight:



The speech?:


The feud appears to be between the DC street master Darren Harper and Stevie Williams. While Harper has caught a legitimate amount of shit for doing this with such a respected skater/businessman/owner, considering the balls it takes to go at such a man at a Redbull sponsored event in public in front of a large herd is pretty remarkable. The fact that Spencer Fujimoto clocks Harper in the face with a skateboard of all things WHILE Darren is pinned down makes this really a meat and bones subject. This does not bode well for DGK; how can a team manager, aka Spencer Fujimoto (henceforth referred to only as "Pussy" or "Bitch") smack another skater with a board in such circumstances? While a physical altercation because of sponsor circumstances is somewhat pitiful and completely unnecessary, it doesn't say much for the Dirty Ghetto Kids that their owner and Fujifilm team manager have to team up against one of their own riders simply because they don't like his decisions. I can think of many new meanings for their anonym, but the word that comes to mind most is singular and all telling. Disgusting. This is not how business is done, this is not how respectable 'businessmen' behave, and this is not how you fight. Nothing good is coming from this, regardless of who's at fault. The DGK brand as a whole stands to suffer from this escapade, and I for one hope it rightfully does. I also hope Bitch either loses his job, or gets smacked around gang-style in the back alley of an industry gathering.

In other news, I have not gotten to post my one-sided discussion of Leo Romero's Stay Gold rail-raiser part yet, which should hopefully happen this weekend, bald-dog problems notwithstanding. There are several other items on my 'To-Post' list, including a diddy on Jimmy Carlin and some smaller name clips and notably, Skate and Create with all it's glory and three-striped disappointment. But the most exciting issue to my mind is the recently announced plans to release Element's "Trio" on DVD.

Yes, an internet video coming to DVD post-release.

Only weeks ago I was complaining to a friend that while internet video footage and release is a satisfying commodity for someone like myself and a good outlet for the monster quantity of good but not DVD notable footage many paid-skaters are capable of producing these days, it's a shame some of these releases aren't designated afterwards for free DVD or Special Edition circulation. Coming particularly to mind is the Element Europe video, DC's "Skateboarding is Forever", and "Trio", with Dylan's Gravis part rearing in my mind before a copy of it came with my Skateboard Mag issue. Thrasher's Tragedy was much a success in it's popularity due to mag distribution, and I couldn't help but wonder what the harm would be in putting out such significant and non-video-unified parts on discs like that, for they no doubt have more value than the bullshit Analog tour discs that usually accompany publications. Specifically bothering me was my utter adoration of the Trio parts and my inability to view them with a beer and some pizza rolls from my large television. Adio and DC take note, this kind of release will hopefully play to the generation of DVD buyers harvested by the release of "Stay Gold" and those reminiscing for the golden days of the video release alike, in addition to providing the instant access granted by online debut. To have a company actually come up with the idea to put these creations on disc, whether it be for more money or more widespread audience, is a seeming dream come true. Hopefully we see more of it in the future; in the meantime, start saving your spare change and buy Trio and support this idea.