Apparently the numbers are thinning. Fuck it. I havent been up to date on internet videos in some time now, too many things going on. Have some park clips planned to come out soon as soon as i update my editing program. After that, this blog will probably shift focus to purely local content. Remember, video(s?) dropping in the next year. Holla.
P.S.
Remember a while back that Madars Apse clip I posted? who, oh who, is getting transworld coverage now? Mr. feeble fs flip fakie bank to bank, Madars Apse. Nice to see an artist get some recognition.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
This is local-oriented shit.
But hopefully worth a read anyways. I haven't been updating much at all, due to full time work and part-time skateboarding. But, the park featured in alot of the montages in here, Anti-Gravity in Newport News, Virginia, has been bought out/sold out behind the backs of the business owners due to the landlord offering their building to a rival skatepark in neighboring Hampton. The winning park is Meko's surf skate and more, a religious organization obsessed with Team Pain ramp construction and vigilant about helmets for everyone, probably because they depend on mommies to pay their bills and mommies dont like when little jimmy scrapes his elbow, much less knocks his head once in his life on a go-to trick.
So anyways. Anti was informed last wednesday that Meko's would assume ownership of the building as of September 1st, meaning strict session times, higher prices for some of us, no relaxation, no cursing, no doing as you please, wearing helmets regardless of the fact that youve been skating for 11 years and know that injuries will come despite protective equipment and helmets are the least commonly useful types of said equipment...... basically you will not be allowed to be a skateboarder there. you will be a customer, a bill-payer, someone who comes in at the designated session start time and gets kicked out by a fucking faggot on a loudspeaker when your time is up. End of story.
So. The crowd at anti, a decidedly older crowd than that drawn by mekos, is out of a home. prospects from an out of towner, living here for only 4 months and known for marketing promises that cant be delivered upon, include a private, monthly fee membership-based park at a privately rented location. As anyone with a head on their shoulders knows, unless youre the berrics or owned by a very rich individual, indoor places are subject to lease agreements and therefore fallible as fuck. The time has come for the peninsula half of the Hampton Roads area have a permanent skatepark, free for public use, designed by skaters, and helmet free based on age waivers. Essentially, we need what Norfolk now has: a park essentially built, temporarily staffed then left to the skaters intentions by the city. Because of recent limelight grabbed by Kevin Love and Trevor Colden and the planned new concrete park in Virginia Beach (the city's fourth currently open skatepark), the timing is essentially perfect.
Yet I get a facebook message not to talk negatively about a private space modeled after the berrics, driven by ad revenue, kept open by high monthly fees to a select number of people, and based on film content.
What the fuck is going on. The readers here know I'm a purist, and core values have taken over my life especially in the past year. Gone are the hate-rants on various productions, although since this site was initially based on industry banter that was in one form or another common currency. Now, my friends need jobs. my friends need a skatepark. the scene needs a skatepark. Every grindable spot minus the two skateable handrails needs angle iron repair due to years of use. is it so wrong to be against an indoor venture, doomed to fail, driven by a marketing 'expert'? when did petitioning the city for a public place become a last resort, especially when it has worked before, although not quite as planned?
The state of skateboarding, I have realized, is based on locality strengths. places with strong scenes either have a notable skatepark, or a plethora of spots. Newport news now has neither, and in fact, the neighboring areas (yorktown, hampton, gloucester, isle of wight, williamsburg) have nothing of the sort either. The scene here morphs on something like a four year cycle: a key park goes under, a key spot gets destroyed, a key filmer leaves or quits, and only a handful of the former scene members remain in the long run. its bullshit that this place goes through that; the talent abounding here is truly incredible to witness, along with the attitudes of those possessing that talent. Never have I been in a place where so many awesome people are subject to such shitty surrounding conditions. Culpeper came close, but thats a small town, and this is an entire half of an area code in a densely populated coastal region vital to American defense. Crazy how the world turns. Im not here to bitch, I'm simply here to relay my thoughts and observations on this area. This place needs a permanent park. Anti-Gravity had the best vibe of any park I've ever been to, and it will stay in my heart along with the people from that park for the rest of my life. Please support Newport News skateboarding. Visit this link and join the group, spread the word to other skaters. Separation of church and skate means get the 'state' involved and fuckin make a place where everyone is welcome to shred.
Build a Newport News Public Skatepark
So anyways. Anti was informed last wednesday that Meko's would assume ownership of the building as of September 1st, meaning strict session times, higher prices for some of us, no relaxation, no cursing, no doing as you please, wearing helmets regardless of the fact that youve been skating for 11 years and know that injuries will come despite protective equipment and helmets are the least commonly useful types of said equipment...... basically you will not be allowed to be a skateboarder there. you will be a customer, a bill-payer, someone who comes in at the designated session start time and gets kicked out by a fucking faggot on a loudspeaker when your time is up. End of story.
So. The crowd at anti, a decidedly older crowd than that drawn by mekos, is out of a home. prospects from an out of towner, living here for only 4 months and known for marketing promises that cant be delivered upon, include a private, monthly fee membership-based park at a privately rented location. As anyone with a head on their shoulders knows, unless youre the berrics or owned by a very rich individual, indoor places are subject to lease agreements and therefore fallible as fuck. The time has come for the peninsula half of the Hampton Roads area have a permanent skatepark, free for public use, designed by skaters, and helmet free based on age waivers. Essentially, we need what Norfolk now has: a park essentially built, temporarily staffed then left to the skaters intentions by the city. Because of recent limelight grabbed by Kevin Love and Trevor Colden and the planned new concrete park in Virginia Beach (the city's fourth currently open skatepark), the timing is essentially perfect.
Yet I get a facebook message not to talk negatively about a private space modeled after the berrics, driven by ad revenue, kept open by high monthly fees to a select number of people, and based on film content.
What the fuck is going on. The readers here know I'm a purist, and core values have taken over my life especially in the past year. Gone are the hate-rants on various productions, although since this site was initially based on industry banter that was in one form or another common currency. Now, my friends need jobs. my friends need a skatepark. the scene needs a skatepark. Every grindable spot minus the two skateable handrails needs angle iron repair due to years of use. is it so wrong to be against an indoor venture, doomed to fail, driven by a marketing 'expert'? when did petitioning the city for a public place become a last resort, especially when it has worked before, although not quite as planned?
The state of skateboarding, I have realized, is based on locality strengths. places with strong scenes either have a notable skatepark, or a plethora of spots. Newport news now has neither, and in fact, the neighboring areas (yorktown, hampton, gloucester, isle of wight, williamsburg) have nothing of the sort either. The scene here morphs on something like a four year cycle: a key park goes under, a key spot gets destroyed, a key filmer leaves or quits, and only a handful of the former scene members remain in the long run. its bullshit that this place goes through that; the talent abounding here is truly incredible to witness, along with the attitudes of those possessing that talent. Never have I been in a place where so many awesome people are subject to such shitty surrounding conditions. Culpeper came close, but thats a small town, and this is an entire half of an area code in a densely populated coastal region vital to American defense. Crazy how the world turns. Im not here to bitch, I'm simply here to relay my thoughts and observations on this area. This place needs a permanent park. Anti-Gravity had the best vibe of any park I've ever been to, and it will stay in my heart along with the people from that park for the rest of my life. Please support Newport News skateboarding. Visit this link and join the group, spread the word to other skaters. Separation of church and skate means get the 'state' involved and fuckin make a place where everyone is welcome to shred.
Build a Newport News Public Skatepark
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Park Clip
I've got a few gay tricks, R.J. has two clips, Rudy has one and Peter Smith has a couple as well. Made by Matt Dallmeyer, also featuring Zachary Highsmith, Josh Mohrbach, Daniel from Anti, and possibly others.
Monday, July 4, 2011
T-Puds. Biggest bang.
Damn. highly enjoyable to watch. the berrics shoutout in the credits is lame. but the back smith backside flip is a mean one. and the bump to bar back tail, and well, the other back tail.
Watch that shit here.
pretty much a part full of backside tricks that are really, really fuckin sick. WHAT is Plan B actually saving for their 'video in progress'?
Also Morgan Smith won BATB IV. Sick. hyped to see him over PJ any day of the week after that Nyberg bullshit and something else I can't remember from recently. It's cool that three people on earth can nollie 540 bigflip or bigger flip or whatever you wanna fucking call it, the nollie tre front 180, in a flatground game of skate and avoid a letter. bizarre.
Watch that shit here.
pretty much a part full of backside tricks that are really, really fuckin sick. WHAT is Plan B actually saving for their 'video in progress'?
Also Morgan Smith won BATB IV. Sick. hyped to see him over PJ any day of the week after that Nyberg bullshit and something else I can't remember from recently. It's cool that three people on earth can nollie 540 bigflip or bigger flip or whatever you wanna fucking call it, the nollie tre front 180, in a flatground game of skate and avoid a letter. bizarre.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
What happened to the Berrics?
I dont know for certain. BUT my guess, and an idea thats looking more and more probable, is that he faked the hack for three reasons. one, theyre about to come out with a reconstructed version of the site. two, a supposed hack generates internet buzz which means even more publicity for them. Three, mike mo v koston is a key game and they can build anticipation and get people drawn in to the batb by putting it off yet another week. the berrics wins in every way.
My friend Hunter Gray asked me the question that makes up the title. After telling him, I decided it would be worth putting on here.
Yes, it contributes the buzz and inadvertently gives them publicity. BUT, it's kinda an important happening because even I was waiting for the games this week.
My friend Hunter Gray asked me the question that makes up the title. After telling him, I decided it would be worth putting on here.
Yes, it contributes the buzz and inadvertently gives them publicity. BUT, it's kinda an important happening because even I was waiting for the games this week.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Really Honestly
I've kind of stopped giving a fuck about the industry. Anyone that still checks this page would probably have noticed this by now, so this is more or less a blunt and obvious F.Y.I. Speaking of F.Y.I., if you haven't watched the Digital dvd of the same name lately, please go find yourself a copy along with a fat hot dog wrapped in melted cheese. You'll thank me.
But that little tangent aside, and beyond all the obvious anti-berrics rants I could have made in the past month but decided the cardio-workout it provides my feeble blood pressure wasn't worth it, I've decided I'm going to run this blog pretty much however I feel is most appropriate in the moment.
Today, is fun day. Much like my past three or four weeks living at Anti-Gravity, I've been watching internet clips only if they look like they'll be halfway inspiring.
I have a couple finds related to this. First off. Some of you may have heard of him a while back; he won a DVS contest and got flowed their shit for a year or something like that. Transworld ad with a rock tre flip, etc etc, other cool shit that a geek skater like me finds awesome. So this part, filmed in Hawaii, really hyped me up this morning. If you've seen his other footage, it should be fairly obvious that this is not the epitome of what this little Honoluluian is capable of. But it's sick regardless.
Also quite cool but on the geeky side, this dude named Kyle Kraus that frequents this forum where I usually go to be mean to morons and also happened to discover Jason's skating. Basically, Kyle does whatever the fuck his acrobat body wants to do, and this video is another fun as hell clip to watch. Lots of crazy pressure flips, which I expect from him, but also some sick sal flips and body flipping and just general killin it.
Lastly, this montage is a really good concept, edited and mostly filmed by my french friend Aymeric Nocus, known to most on the internet as MRCK. His idea was to put together a universal clip, using footage from LA, SF, France and god knows where else. and it came out super sick. It's a tad on the long side clocking in at 15:00 but it's definitely worth the watch. Peep it! Then go skate til your legs are dead.
But that little tangent aside, and beyond all the obvious anti-berrics rants I could have made in the past month but decided the cardio-workout it provides my feeble blood pressure wasn't worth it, I've decided I'm going to run this blog pretty much however I feel is most appropriate in the moment.
Today, is fun day. Much like my past three or four weeks living at Anti-Gravity, I've been watching internet clips only if they look like they'll be halfway inspiring.
I have a couple finds related to this. First off. Some of you may have heard of him a while back; he won a DVS contest and got flowed their shit for a year or something like that. Transworld ad with a rock tre flip, etc etc, other cool shit that a geek skater like me finds awesome. So this part, filmed in Hawaii, really hyped me up this morning. If you've seen his other footage, it should be fairly obvious that this is not the epitome of what this little Honoluluian is capable of. But it's sick regardless.
Also quite cool but on the geeky side, this dude named Kyle Kraus that frequents this forum where I usually go to be mean to morons and also happened to discover Jason's skating. Basically, Kyle does whatever the fuck his acrobat body wants to do, and this video is another fun as hell clip to watch. Lots of crazy pressure flips, which I expect from him, but also some sick sal flips and body flipping and just general killin it.
Lastly, this montage is a really good concept, edited and mostly filmed by my french friend Aymeric Nocus, known to most on the internet as MRCK. His idea was to put together a universal clip, using footage from LA, SF, France and god knows where else. and it came out super sick. It's a tad on the long side clocking in at 15:00 but it's definitely worth the watch. Peep it! Then go skate til your legs are dead.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Anti 1.5
One and one half minutes. Filmed on R.j.'s pocket camera by him and Kenny Wonka (I filmed Londen's clip but left it out of the last montage accidentally). I slapped this bitch together in about an hour, pretty cool little clip, feel it out!
Featuring:
Julius Salters
Myles McIntire
Josh LeRoy
Cokey Stocker
Mark Caviston
Evan Dwyer
Jonathan Ruble
Chase Fuller
SB
Tony Monge
R.j. Venters
Taylor Shirk
Ryan Jones
Brian Henderson
Josh Mohrbach
Londen Lassiter
Featuring:
Julius Salters
Myles McIntire
Josh LeRoy
Cokey Stocker
Mark Caviston
Evan Dwyer
Jonathan Ruble
Chase Fuller
SB
Tony Monge
R.j. Venters
Taylor Shirk
Ryan Jones
Brian Henderson
Josh Mohrbach
Londen Lassiter
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