A New Jersey businessman loses his shit over a bush in front of his building in what may be one of the best rants ever caught on tape. The dead silence at the end of the clip is the best part.
[Link: emerica]
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Skateboarding
Kristopher John Anderson, 17, of Napa, California died Saturday night at 9:15 PM after being hit by a car while skateboarding on Silverado Trail near Highland Ave., according to a story in the Mercury News.
He was found lying nearby on the west shoulder of Silverado Trail and Winding Way, police said. . . Napa County sheriff’s Capt. Tracey Stuart said Anderson was pronounced dead at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. An autopsy is scheduled for today. . . The driver of the car that struck Anderson, Benjamin Espinosa, 29, of Napa, remained at the scene and cooperated with police, Paniagua said.
Anderson was a senior at Valley Oak High School in Napa. His friends held a candlelight vigil procession last night from the Napa skatepark to the intersection where was killed. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
[Link: Mercury News and Napa Valley Register]
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Tony Hawk held his Stand Up For Skateparks event at The Wynn resort in Las Vegas on Satruday (November 6, 2010) and all we can say is: where else would we ever see a photo op that included Shaun White, Tony Hawk, Holly Madison, Eric Estrada, and Kevin Staab. Seriously. If Andre Agassi had been in the shot it would have been all time.
We’re pretty sure the event raised a lot of money for the Tony Hawk Foundation and may have even moved a few units of Tony Hawk Shred. Click here for the full slideshow from the Las Vegas Weekly. Follow the jump for the official press release.
[Link: Las Vegas Weekly]
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We’ve always had a thing for burned out, wrecked places, but nothing really compares to Billy Rohan’s Vice.TV trip to Bhagdad last summer. Watch and you’ll see what we mean.
[Link via Radcollector]
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P-Rod’s got another little taste of his upcoming Plan B video part up on Youtube. What for P-Rod’s magic fence fingers. Things change when P-Rod touches them. Must be magic. The entire video will be available on iTunes on November 15, 2010.
[Link via The Skateboard Mag]
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Stance’s Ryan Kingman just let us know that Chris Cole in now official wearing the socks.
Cole’s achievements in skateboarding defy description. Everyone is well aware of what a beast he is on his board and what he’s capable of. With that said, we won’t bother trying to envelop his amazing list of accomplishments here as the sheer volume spoken by Cole’s decision to be part of Stance is best left as it is. Well done is better than well said.
Can’t really argue with that.
[Link: Stance]
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Corey Adams of MachoTailDrop and Bangmaster Generals Warning fame has been working on an entirely new skateboarding adventures. Mongo Man More please.
[Link: Club Mumble]
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Ryan Sheckler’s truck (but maybe not Ryan) was involved in an “intense midnight” shootout on Friday night, according to TMZ.
According to Orange County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to a call about a traffic collision late Friday night involving a possible drunk driver — but when they showed up, we’re told, the driver motored it away from the scene. . . Law enforcement sources tell us … officers chased the driver down and cornered him on a dead end street — the driver panicked, pulled a U-turn, and gunned it in the cops’ direction … at which point, we’re told, sheriff’s deputies drew their weapons and shot at the truck. . . We’re told the driver — who turned out to be an unidentified minor — wasn’t hit … and gave up immediately after the deputies shot their weapons.
TMZ says the truck was later reported stolen by Sheckler. Hmm. . .
At appoximately 1:30PM (November 1, 2010) the following tweet was sent out on Ryan Sheckler’s official Twitter.
“Wanted to let everyone know Ryan is safe. His vehicle was stolen from his house, located in a secured gated community Friday night. Ryan is no way involved in this incident nor has any connection to the suspect. Ryan thanks his friends and fans for the concern.”- Representative of Ryan Sheckler at Wasserman Media Group
That makes a us feel much better.
[Link: TMZ]
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For the first time in four years Globe International (parent of Dwindle Distribution) has turned a profit. And, according to a story in The Australian, it is due to a “balanced approach.”
While in previous years Hill has issued bullish assessments of the outlook only to have them fail to materialise, he’s now playing it safe. He talks only of stabilising revenues and growing through market share expansion. . . “We have some positive signs in the business at the moment but markets are also erratic, so we’re being cautious both on the outlook and how we manage the business,” he tells The Australian.
Looks like the “back-to-basics” plan is working.
[Link: The Australian]
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Blackbook Magazine interviews Tony Hawk on the business side of skateboarding and discovers that like for most of us hardest part of Tony’s job is managing his time.
Prioritizing my time is definitely the hardest. Just in terms of how much time I need to devote to a project, or traveling, or promoting and trying to maintain a stable family life as well.
We still don’t know how he does it.
[Link: Blackbook Mag]
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