#026 featuring Matt Gottwig. Shot & cut by Martin Reigel.
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Skateboarding
When we saw Chad Fernandez back hanging with the kids at a recent street comp we kind of wondered what he was doing. After viewing this little clip it appears he’s been hard at work.
[Link: You Will Soon]
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Note to parents of teenage boys: if you stop your car up next to a group of kids on the street and the first thing that happens is one of them smashes out your back window with a skateboard DO NOT get out of the car.
A father from Gresham, Oregon named Tom was responding after finding out that his 15-year-old son had been beaten up by a group of kids. He reportedly drove straight to the scene to see what was up, according to a story on KOIN Local 6.
“As soon as I stopped the car one of them busted out the window of the car,” he said. “I jumped out to confront them and one of the teens said, ‘You want a piece of me?’ so I backed up and the teen in front of him yelled for one of the kids behind him to hit me.” . . That’s when Tom was hit in the face with the metal wheel side of the skateboard.
Tom was left bleeding out his eyes and face and the kids, of course, got away before police could arrive. If that wasn’t bad enough, Tom’s cousin was beaten to death on December 31, 2010, and Tom is being laid off from his job at Les Schwab at the end of the month. On top of that, police detectives have not even contacted the family yet because they “don’t have detectives working weekends.” They’re never there when you need them are they?
[Link: KOIN]
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Hard to believe season two of Rob Dyrdek’s Street League is almost upon us. This year sees the tour expanding by one stop, adding a couple new states and staying out of California entirely.
Stop 1: May 7 – 8th Key Arena, Seattle WA (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN)
Stop 2: June 11-12th Sprint Center, Kansas City MO (Sunday Finals 4-6pm EST on ESPN2)
Stop 3: July 16– 17th Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ (Sunday Finals 5-7pm EST on ESPN2)
Championship: August 28th Prudential Center, Newark NJ (5-7pm EST on ESPN2) [click to continue…]
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Tony Hawk and friends including Agent Orange and others put on what looks like a great show at the Clairemont YMCA in San Diego, California on Saturday, March 19. It looked a little like this. . .
[Link via Mountain and Wave]
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Richmond, Virginia based Brian Lopez is building a business by making cruiser boards out of reclaimed wood flooring from basketball courts. The company is called Glide Skateboards, according to a post on Treehugger.com.
Materials such as reclaimed floorboards are resurrected when we mill, laminate, and shape them into functional works of art. . . We believe it is time to stop depending on our mother earth for resources and to start co-depending with her for a sustainable future.
Resurrection is good.
[Link: Glide Skateboards via Treehugger]
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Chris Pastras and Jason Lee are proud to announce that Kyle Leeper is now on Stereo.
“We are more than proud and stoked to work with a skater who not only reminds us of our favorites from previous generations, but also one who’s actions speak louder than his words. That being said, We’ll let his welcome video speak for itself…
Appears to be, as they say in business, a “good fit.”
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If you’re in Southern California this weekend and you want to support a good cause (Grind For Life), cruise on down to San Diego to the Mission Valley YMCA/Krause Family Skate and Bike Park for The Clash At Clairemont 5. The event, which is normally packed so full of people that it’s difficult to tell what is going on, will include skate demos by Tony Hawk, Andy Macdonald, Bucky Lasek, and many more; an Am Best Trick contest, a pro vert high ollie contest (figure it out), and music by OG punk rockers Agent Orange (hard to believe they’re still doing it, but they are).
Gates open at 10 AM. The Million Valley YMCA is located at 3401 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, CA.
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A photographer who wanted to get a shot of Johnathan Washburn’s updo on the streets of Austin, Texas got a skateboard to the head, according to a story on The Smoking Gun.
According to cops, Washburn clobbered the shutterbug in the head with his skateboard after the man refused to delete the image from his camera.
Washburn is now facing felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges and is in jail with a $12,000 bail set. Not only that, but now everyone gets to see a photo of Johnathan and his lovely hair
[Link: The Smoking Gun]
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In the last of our coverage of Tony Hawk’s most recent divorce comes news that Matty Goodman is “cool with,” Tony dating his wife, according to Radaronline.com.
In response, Goodman said:
“I know people will think it is strange but I’m totally cool with it,” Goodman told RadarOnline.com about Hawk dating his wife. . . “I had split up with Cathy over a year ago and she started dating Tony about seven months ago. . . I have a new girlfriend now and I hope Tony, Cathy and Lhoste can all be happy. . . “I texted Tony today and we are all trying our best to get along. . . Our kids are all friendly and we do not want a bad situation – people are making it a bigger deal than it is.”
Yes they are. And that sounds just like the Matty Goodman we know. Now we’re done.
[Link: Radaronline]
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