The new issue of King Shitarrived yesterday (who said print was dead) and it’s loaded full of the stuff we’ve come to expect from our friends North of the Border.
Dave Carnie rants about why he has no cell phone, Dan Watson interviews guys who actually (rather than figuratively) “gay off” with skate shoes, comedian Zack Galafanakis sports a big rubber cock from the future, and Chis Nieratko asks a bunch of underage skaters if their moms and/or sisters are hot. You know, the usual.
And yet, it is still compelling. This issue was guest art directed by Altamont’sMark “Fos” Foster of Heroin and Landscape fame and that’s Matt Berger heel flipping some industrial products on the cover. . . Ask for a copy at your local skate shop.
British pro skater Tony da Silva (pictured on the right) is 29 years old yet when he recently got a warning for skating where he shouldn’t the Manchester City Council sent a letter to his parents, according to a story in the Telegraph.
The letter addressed to them, detailed their son’s behaviour and warned he could be fined £500. . . It read: “The parent is usually best placed to decide the most appropriate course of action. . . “An early, positive response ensures that most young people spoken to about their behaviour do not come to further attention.”
In da Silva’s case were guessing the letter came a little too late.
Other than the results we’ve typed out below, that’s close to everything we need to know about two days in the desert.
1. Ishod Wair
2. Curren Caples
3. CJ Dixon
4. Jaws Homoki
5. Oscar Meza
6. Robbie Brockel
7. Luis De Los Reyes
8. Matt Berger
9. Taylor Smith
10. Diego Najera
11. Alex Majerus
12. Theotis Beasley
Celebrity racers: Champ Keanu Reeves, Adrian Brody, Christian Slater, and Tony Hawk.
Every so often, while cruising I-5 we see a black, tinted-out 2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 (on rims) coming up behind us at speed and as we casually glance over to see who is blowing past we swear the driver looks an awful lot like Tony Hawk. We have similar thoughts each time a small jet swoops down past the skatepark for a landing at McClellan-Palomar Airport. Now, after reading this story in Motortrend we realize that at least on the freeway, it is Tony.
Hawk had to think for about what he’d rate his SRT8 on a scale of 1 to 10. “Boy, that’s a good question,” Hawk replies, and contemplates for just a nano-second. “I’d give it an 8 just because it’s not meant to be a sports car the way that I use it. But I have kids, so I have to make a compromise with the type of car that I drive,” he chuckles. He does enjoy the Jeep’s full power capability when he’s alone.
According to a video interview on Forbes.com titled Skateboarder’s MillionsRob Dyrdek brought in $75 million in revenue from sales and endorsements in 2009. But he didn’t do it like other “big name athletes” he did it himself.
This empire isn’t like a Tony Hawk empire or a traditional big name athlete empire where they do their sport and then everything around them is sort of is put in place for them through their managers and agents and all this stuff,” Dyrdek tells Forbes. “This is a singular world that is sort of based off my skateboarding lifestyle and not me as a professional athlete.”
Was that a little slag thrown T. Hawk’s way? Looks like Rob is coming up. He did have this little note that he learned from Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson: “When you do everything yourself you’re a millionaire. When you hire great people to do everything for you you’re a billionaire.”
Combi 3.0. That’s what many pros are calling it, and painting it in a very positive light. It’s the same, but it’s not the same. There really isn’t much more of a descriptive to explain it. It will be explained best by those who ride it over time, and of course you can fill in your own blanks after you’ve gotten some for yourself. As of press time, only one official session has now taken place, but over the course of a few short hours, it became quite apparent that things are going to be a little different from now on.
As we keep reminding friends, the Maloof’s didn’t get rich by screwing things up. They did it by giving people what they want while wisely understanding the value of hype. Now, they’re doing a little basketball x skateboarding collab on April 10, 2010 with their boy Brandon Beibel, Girl Skateboards, Volcom and Neff Headwear.
Be here live at ARCO Arena on April 10 for The Kings Good Day Skater Night! For this game only we have created an exclusive Kings Skater Game ticket Package for $49! Your Skater Game Pack includes the following:
– 2 Upper bowl seats ($40.50 per ticket value)
– Your choice of either one (1) Brandon Biebel skate deck by Girl OR one (1) Maloof Money Cup Kings cap by Neff
Volcom is also sending skaters Dennis Busenitz, Caswell Berry, Rune Glifberg, and Darrell Stanton to to ride the skatepark in the parking lot before the game and signing autographs. Skateboarding x the finest team in the NBA. Not a bad idea.
It’s been a while since Greg Lutzka signed on with K-Swiss, but we haven’t really understood what they were doing with him. Skateboarding still isn’t listed in their website’s “sports nav” and we haven’t heard about anything else. Now we know. Somewhere in between the balls, bats, and triathlete jocks littered all over this 72 and Sunny produced clip Lutzka appears for a brief moment. If that’s all that’s required, looks like he’s got a pretty sweet deal.
The new issue of King Shit arrived yesterday (who said print was dead) and it’s loaded full of the stuff we’ve come to expect from our friends North of the Border.
