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Josh Kalis, Matt Miller, Marquise Henry, Evan Smith, and Wes Kremer go door-to-door on DC’s Pop-Up Tour. We’d go to our local shop to check ’em. Starts today at Bethlehem Skatepark in Pennsylvania.
[Link: DCskateboarding.tv]
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A blue-collar skateboarder’s dream come true. . . apparently. Tools, beer, and boobs all thanks to Hubba Wheels. That girl looks thirsty. . . and hungry now that you mention it.
[Link: Hubba Wheels]
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On Wednesday (July 14, 2010), when news began arriving that Mike Vallely was leaving Element Skateboards (and becoming one of the few objects to escape Billabong’s gravitational pull in recent weeks) we were too caught up in agreeing with Boil The Ocean’s take on the new company to get the official word from the man himself. And what a disservice that was. Here’s what Mike said on his blog:
You see, I still love Element and the people who I worked closely with there but unfortunately those people are ultimately powerless to steer the ship that is the conglomerate that owns Element. And it has become clearer and clearer to me that the parent company of Element is only looking to build their business and improve their bottom line on the backs of people like me. They can buy admiration but they can’t buy achievement. They can own skateboard companies but they’ll never be skaters. And this really bothers me. It bothers me so much that I can no longer give one ounce of my energy or another second of my time to their cause. Thus, I’ve started my own thing because I simply can’t and won’t be apart of their thing anymore.”
No one ever questioned Mike Vallely’s commitment, nor his ability to march directly into battle. We just hope he can live By the Sword, and not the other way around.
[Link: Mike Vallely via The Skateboard Mag]
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During his career artist Ari Marcopoulos has had the uncanny ability to roll in to the right places, with the right people, at the right times: always. He was with Andy Warhol near the end, assisted Irving Penn, shot the The Beastie Boys in the mid 80s, skateboarders in the late 80s, Terje Haakonsen and the snowboard heros of the late 90s. He helped with the creation of Frequency The Snowboard Journal, and directed Where The Wind Blows a tribute film to Craig Kelly.
His work is included in the collections at The Whitney in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Most recently he been shooting short films for Yves Saint Laurent designer Stefano Pilati.
Though Ari is always affable, we’ve never been able to get any kind of solid read on him. That’s why we we’re linking up this interview he did recently with Dossier Journal’s Elisa Lusso. Among other topics covered he mentioned the Internet:
The Internet allows for instant visual reference. It is a cool tool for communication. I guess we’re going to see more and more pixels. . . Every piece of information will eventually be on the Internet. Soon they’re will be no need for the press as we know it. . . Our minds are melting into the Internet, becoming like a hive mind. We should avoid that and stay individuals.
He also says that Terje Haakonsen was the most confident person he’s ever photographed. Click the link for the rest.
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Does this guy look familiar? On Monday, July 12, 2010 he robbed a Comerica Bank in San Diego and then escaped on a skateboard.
The robber walked into the Comerica Bank on Rosecrans Street near Midway Drive at 4 p.m., approached a teller and displayed a black, semi-automatic handgun that he had in his waistband, FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said. . . He demanded money and ordered the teller to put it into a backpack, then walked out of the bank and skated away.
As one industry pundit told us: “It’s probably a retailer trying to avoid being bought by the Bong…?”
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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Tony Hawk’s latest show in Berlin appears to have been a pretty big deal. Didn’t David Hasselhoff play Berlin once?
[Link: The Mountain & The Wave]
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Glenna Evans, 27, an artist and competitive downhill skateboarder died Friday, July 9, 2010 one day before her 28th birthday after colliding with a van on Mount Seymour Road in North Vancouer, according to a stories on Kelowna.com and Vancouverite.
[Evans] was using a longboard, a skateboard more than one metre long, when she failed to complete a turn on to Anne MacDonald Way and collided with a van at about 11 a.m. PT, said RCMP Cpl. Peter DeVries. . . The woman was wearing a helmet, DeVries said.
Evans family issued a statement through the RCMP, according to a story on Vancouverite.
“Glenna Evans was an Honours student at Emily Carr University. She had finished her third year in the Fine Arts Program and was to begin completion of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree this fall. She earned awards at University and in High School in Victoria,” her family said. . . . “Glenna was a serious longboard skate competitor for several years and has placed well in international competition in the US and Canada. She was practicing in full racing gear at Mount Seymour.”
Our thoughts are with Evans’ family and friends.
[Link: Kelowna.com and Vancouverite]
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Los Desperados and Bat Skates are presenting Transition at Hurley in the heart of Velcro Valley tomorrow (July 10, 2010) from 6 to 10 PM titled. The free gathering will feature art, music, and skateboarding with some hot rod flavor. It all goes down at 1945 Placentia Ave. in Costa Mesa, California.
Bring your skateboard, some inked-up friends in Brixton hats, and you’ll fit right in. Follow the jump for all the details.
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We weren’t in Dublin, Ireland last night so we missed this opening for a showing of Glen E. Friedman’s photography at The Lighthouse Cinema. The opening of the show is in conjunction with a screening of Jem Cohen’s Fugazi documentary Instrument.
[Link: Boing Boing]
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NYC’s Milk Gallery is hosting a photo show in collaboration with Vice Books’ publication of Full Bleed: New York City Skateboarding Photography that runs July 6 to July 13, 2010. The show includes pretty much anyone who ever shot or appeared in a skateboarding photo in NYC.
An homage to the great ones that have built NYC skateboarding into what it is today, the book and photo show FULL BLEED: New York City Skateboard Photography includes photographs by: Spike Jonze, Giovanni Reda, Tobin Yelland, Thomas Campbell, Larry Clark, Ed Templeton, Atiba Jefferson, Angela Boatwright, Sammy Glucksman, Allen Ying, and more. Skateboarders featured: Steve Olson, Eric Koston, Keith Hufnagel, Harold Hunter, Jerry Hsu, Mike Vallely, Mark Gonzales, Rick Howard, Jason Dill, and more.
If you’re sweating it out in the heat of the city, be sure to roll by.
Milk Gallery, 450 West 15th Street New York, NY 10011
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