Friday, June 5, 2009
YO
Just wanted to let everyone know I haven't had a computer since Christmas when we got broken into - so that is where I have been. I also moved back to Ohio because I had some obligations here I had to take care of. I had a good time working for ATMSFR, thanks for all your support. The shop is being run by Ben & Vin now, and I don't know what they are going to do or how things are going but I wish everyone good luck. PEACE.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Matt Colmery
Despite of what you may have heard, Colmery is still alive and killing it. Here's some stuff he has been throwing down.
Matt Colmery from Stephen Romano on Vimeo.
Matt Colmery from Stephen Romano on Vimeo.
SOCA Contest Series
Cinder Skatepark is throwing their annual contest series. So make sure you come check it out, always some sick stuff to watch. To get further details check out their website. You can also preregister on the site to enter the contest.
CINDER SKATEPARK
CINDER SKATEPARK
Monday, February 23, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Ripper
Don Pendleton's re-interpretation of the classic VCJ Powell-Peralta Ripper graphic from the Powell Ripper show at ASR San Diego.
Elephont.com
YSBR : Montage 8
Beautiful camera work from Cory Ring. Skaters are: Zack Whyel, Cameron Gill, James Thomas, Andrew Bumgartner, Zack Bynum, Andrew "Slipknot" Johnson, & Clement.
WATCH MONTAGE 8 HERE
Sunday, January 25, 2009
3 Things : Gilbert Crockett
Mystery rider and Richmond, Va resident - Gilbert Crockett gets down to the 3's with ATMSFR.3 Reasons I donʼt have a driverʼs license
1. save money
2. bicycles are more fun
3. dont need one
3 Things Richmond, VA has over San Diego, CA
1. better food
2. nicer people
3. dominion
3 Countries I love to visit
1. spain
2. france
3. spain
3 Music artists I will always listen to
1. bob dylan
2. the rolling stones
3. brian jonestown massacre
3 Ways I like to spend my money
1. clothes
2. food
3. bikes
3 People that make me nauseous
1. anyone who grinds ledges with a bmx bike
2. anyone who grinds ledges with a bmx bike
3. anyone who grinds ledges with a bmx bike
3 Luxuries of living at Black Box
1. skatepark
2. no rent
3. thats it
3 East Coast spots I love to hit up
1. downtown richmond
2. freedom plaza
3. hippoland
3 Moments that changed my life
1. starting skateboarding
2. moving to california
3. parents moving into the city
3 Tricks I want to get on film
1. wheelie grind
2. double flip
3. wheelie double flip out
3 Favorite foods
1. italian
2. thai
3. chickfila
3 Things I like to do when Iʼm not skating
1. ride my bike
2. watch movies
3. swim in the summer
3 Skaters that influenced me
1. maury blankenship
2. bobby worrest
3. marc johnson
3 Ways to say good bye
1. se
2. soy
3. chen
Friday, January 16, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cring
I found this picture of Cring on this random site, below is the link, takes a minute to load and you have to scroll down.
http://www.lat34.com/quick_hits_archive-_nov.htm
Monday, January 12, 2009
All About Lakai : Kelly Bird
I MET KELLY IN 1992 AT A HOUSTON CONTEST, & THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER IS SEEING HIM ROCKING SUEDE PUMAS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD. THOMAS MORGAN KNEW HIM AND MADE US PULL OVER AND HOLLA, BUT I JUST REMEMBER BEING STOKED SOMEONE ELSE WAS INTO SKATING CLASSIC SNEAKS. KELLY EVENTUALLY BECAME A FRIEND & FURTHER DOWN THE LINE A ROOMMATE IN SD.
AFTER A PRO CAREER WITH REAL SKATEBOARDS, HE WENT ON TO WORK AS THE DC TEAM MANAGER, & NOW IS THE BRAND MANAGER FOR LAKAI FOOTWEAR.
AFTER A PRO CAREER WITH REAL SKATEBOARDS, HE WENT ON TO WORK AS THE DC TEAM MANAGER, & NOW IS THE BRAND MANAGER FOR LAKAI FOOTWEAR.
JD: Let's take it back to 89-92 when suede Pumas were the best shoe to skate in - Did you have any other sneakers you felt even compared? I know shell-toes were hot but they always gave me blisters.
KB: Shit, back then, nothing compared. I mean, think about the crazy Airwalks / VSW type shit they were making for skateboarding at that time. It was like trying to skate in those corrective shoes you see old folks wearing. If you wanted to feel your board, you either went with Vans or something like the Clydes (Pumas).
JD: When did you start rocking the extra tongues everyone was into back then and how extreme did you take it?
KB: As much as I hate to, I have to admit to participating in the extra tongue craze. So fucking stupid. Nothing gives me second hand embarrassment like thinking of the times I was picking those things up off the ground after missing a trick and stuffing them back into my shoes. Either that or they’d get all jammed in the sides of the shoe and you’d look like you had elephantiis of the foot. Bad look, that’s for sure.
JD: It's crazy how all the skate shoes ended up looking like Timbos, hiking boots, or cross trainers at one point. Do you think there was too much design influence from what all the pros were wearing on their feet when they weren't skating?
KB: Of course. And it didn’t matter how hideous shit was at that time because the skate shoe game was on such a meteoric rise that you could sell damn near anything. What really corrected that is when all the non-skaters that were buying those shoes realized how dumb they actually were. I mean, the problem hasn’t fully corrected itself, but it’s gotten a lot better. You actually have to have some sort of shape in your product these days for it to work. Can’t just be a big loaf of bread with a bunch of useless seams anymore.
JD: Before the internet, i remember hunting out rare sneakers in Europe or wherever we would travel, but now every sneaker is available to everybody. Did it ruin your sneaker fetish when popular culture took it over and Joe Schmoe was into it?
KB: People sleeping on sidewalks for days on end for a pair of sneakers ruined it for me. There’s absolutely no shoe, let alone any retail product, that warrants multiple nights sleeping on a sidewalk. That’s some Trekkie shit to me, and I just can’t be down with it.
JD: Lakai is a 100% skateboard company, which is rare these days, is it hard to stay so true to skateboarding or is it really the only way to do it?
KB: That’s a tough question. If the goal is to line up as many zeros as possible on the bottom of a sales spreadsheet, then yeah, it’s probably going to be hard to stay true. But if you're satisfied with covering your costs and making sure your team/ employees are taken care of while being proud of the products you put on the market, and you can do all those things without having to actively market outside of skateboarding, then why not do it that way? Some people can, some can't. Luckily for us, we've been able to achieve all the aforementioned goals while staying within skateboarding thus far.
JD: Do you have a favorite Lakai model from past or present? Or one that you've had a strong connection to?
KB: I think the model that best represents Lakai is the Manchester. The funny thing about that shoe is that it never really did much at retail until we put it on a vulcanized sole. I see stuff on message boards all the time talking shit about how we discontinued the original cup, but the truth is that we ended up having to sell tons of them to discount stores because no one would even take them from us on closeout! I think a lot of that was timing though, so hopefully we can get it back into the line one day and it will get it’s due.
JD: One of my favorite things about Lakai is the brand image, artwork, and team. In today's world of skate jockery, absurd ads and imagery, it truly seems like you guys have fun with it and don't take it so seriously. Was that a conscious decision early on from Rick & Mike to keep it that way?
KB: Our approach is deriving humor and creativity from the team and using it as the underlying principle for everything we do. You can pretty much say that’s been the approach with all the Girl brands, so it’s an easy conclusion that Lakai would go the same route.
JD: Alright Bird, thanks for taking the time out, Mazel Tov to all the Lakai peoples for keeping it legit. Any last words on why Hakeem is truly The Dream?
KB: Word. Thanks for thinking of me. Look at what Hakeem did to Shaq in the ‘95 Finals and you’ll see why he’s The Dream. Besides Clyde he’s the last Rocket that had any heart. Fuck T-Mac. Fuck Yao and I’m giving Artest another month before I say fuck him too.
KB: Shit, back then, nothing compared. I mean, think about the crazy Airwalks / VSW type shit they were making for skateboarding at that time. It was like trying to skate in those corrective shoes you see old folks wearing. If you wanted to feel your board, you either went with Vans or something like the Clydes (Pumas).
JD: When did you start rocking the extra tongues everyone was into back then and how extreme did you take it?
KB: As much as I hate to, I have to admit to participating in the extra tongue craze. So fucking stupid. Nothing gives me second hand embarrassment like thinking of the times I was picking those things up off the ground after missing a trick and stuffing them back into my shoes. Either that or they’d get all jammed in the sides of the shoe and you’d look like you had elephantiis of the foot. Bad look, that’s for sure.
JD: It's crazy how all the skate shoes ended up looking like Timbos, hiking boots, or cross trainers at one point. Do you think there was too much design influence from what all the pros were wearing on their feet when they weren't skating?
KB: Of course. And it didn’t matter how hideous shit was at that time because the skate shoe game was on such a meteoric rise that you could sell damn near anything. What really corrected that is when all the non-skaters that were buying those shoes realized how dumb they actually were. I mean, the problem hasn’t fully corrected itself, but it’s gotten a lot better. You actually have to have some sort of shape in your product these days for it to work. Can’t just be a big loaf of bread with a bunch of useless seams anymore.
JD: Before the internet, i remember hunting out rare sneakers in Europe or wherever we would travel, but now every sneaker is available to everybody. Did it ruin your sneaker fetish when popular culture took it over and Joe Schmoe was into it?
KB: People sleeping on sidewalks for days on end for a pair of sneakers ruined it for me. There’s absolutely no shoe, let alone any retail product, that warrants multiple nights sleeping on a sidewalk. That’s some Trekkie shit to me, and I just can’t be down with it.
JD: Lakai is a 100% skateboard company, which is rare these days, is it hard to stay so true to skateboarding or is it really the only way to do it?
KB: That’s a tough question. If the goal is to line up as many zeros as possible on the bottom of a sales spreadsheet, then yeah, it’s probably going to be hard to stay true. But if you're satisfied with covering your costs and making sure your team/ employees are taken care of while being proud of the products you put on the market, and you can do all those things without having to actively market outside of skateboarding, then why not do it that way? Some people can, some can't. Luckily for us, we've been able to achieve all the aforementioned goals while staying within skateboarding thus far.
JD: Do you have a favorite Lakai model from past or present? Or one that you've had a strong connection to?
KB: I think the model that best represents Lakai is the Manchester. The funny thing about that shoe is that it never really did much at retail until we put it on a vulcanized sole. I see stuff on message boards all the time talking shit about how we discontinued the original cup, but the truth is that we ended up having to sell tons of them to discount stores because no one would even take them from us on closeout! I think a lot of that was timing though, so hopefully we can get it back into the line one day and it will get it’s due.
JD: One of my favorite things about Lakai is the brand image, artwork, and team. In today's world of skate jockery, absurd ads and imagery, it truly seems like you guys have fun with it and don't take it so seriously. Was that a conscious decision early on from Rick & Mike to keep it that way?
KB: Our approach is deriving humor and creativity from the team and using it as the underlying principle for everything we do. You can pretty much say that’s been the approach with all the Girl brands, so it’s an easy conclusion that Lakai would go the same route.
JD: Alright Bird, thanks for taking the time out, Mazel Tov to all the Lakai peoples for keeping it legit. Any last words on why Hakeem is truly The Dream?
KB: Word. Thanks for thinking of me. Look at what Hakeem did to Shaq in the ‘95 Finals and you’ll see why he’s The Dream. Besides Clyde he’s the last Rocket that had any heart. Fuck T-Mac. Fuck Yao and I’m giving Artest another month before I say fuck him too.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Total Randomness
So it is cold and rainy here in NC and I know I'm ready for some street footy but we have to resort to indoor parks when the winter comes. Skaters are....Brian Mitchell, Jace Cooney, Zack Whyel, don't know who else is in this clip from Romano.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thanks to Greg Hunt
For the link and hookup on AWS Filmworks. Mind Field is going to be released soon - so make sure you cop it and support the true skate companies out there and people like Greg who take the time and put an artistic effort into filming and editing good skate videos for everyone to enjoy.
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