Former vert skateboarder Pete Davidson apparently believes that the skateboarding industry should put away childish things and grow up. Not that we disagree with him, but has he seen the Dew Tour and the X Games? How much cleaner/blander does he want it?
Guess we’ll have to read Reforming A Counter Culture: The Flaws and Fallacies of the Skateboarding Industry and How to Fix Them to find out.
[Link: TransWorld Business]
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From the reaction these Action Sports Toys get from Ryan Sheckler you’d think they turn zits into pure gold.
[Link: Skateboarding Sucks]
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Footwear comments from the chattering Mr. Ferrell. . .
An emerica. This isn’t even as good as a Birkenstock. Get the fuck out. Get the fuck out of here with emerica. What is that $19 at Kmart? This guy doesn’t even know shit about fashion and not only that, he’s cheapskate. Not only that he doesn’t know anything about orthepaedic footwear. Get the fuck out of here with your emerica. What is this, give me some good stuff. I want some Yves saint Laurent.
[Link: Eastern Boarder]
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With the upcoming release of the Vans book we can expect many, many more of these profiles on Vans Shoes, but we never get tired of reading them.
[Link: LA Times]
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For years elementary and middle school kids have been subjected to the horrors of team sports. Now, at Sierra Middle School in Tucson, Arizona students are finally getting the chance to learn skateboarding during physical education class.
The district is using a skateboarding curriculum developed by Skate Pass, a Boulder, Colo., company that introduced it to schools nationwide in 2006. Sierra is the first school in Arizona using the curriculum, and this makes Arizona the 21st state that has the curriculum in a district, said Eric Klassen, co-founder of the company.
Wait, is that extreme snowboarder and Wave Rave Snowboard Shop’s Steve Klassen’s brother? We think it is. . .
[Link: Skate Pass via AZ Star Net]
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Pro skater Patrick Melcher (right) finished second place in the “Imperial” division of the World Beard And Moustache Championships in Anchorage, Alaska.
The reigning champ, musician Alexander Antebi, preened and vamped his way to third place in what he dubbed his “Ziggy Czar Dust’ getup, professional skateboarder (and Bristly Chap) Patrick Melcher took second place, and Benjamin Juergens came out of nowhere to take first place in his first-ever competition.
Bet those rides are going to go for more than a quarter now that it’s a champion. . .
[Link: LA Times via Skateboardworks]
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Any semiologists in the house? NJ Skate Shop owner Chris Nieratko interviewed by “itsbongoboy.com.”
[Link: Itsbongoboy.com via The Skate Mag]
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The Washington Post looks in on the antithesis of Ryan Sheckler-style professional skateboarding with an extensive profile on Washington DC’s 36-year-old originator Brian Tucci. And it’s not exactly a happy story:
Yet unlike skateboarding’s biggest stars — Tony Hawk, Rob Dyrdek, Bucky Lasek and Shaun White — Tucci has never found a way to cash in on his renown. Instead he has lived a nearly destitute, nomadic existence, couch-surfing at the homes of buddies, shacking up with girlfriends or staying at his mother’s house.
Sometimes it’s tough to stop living the dream. . .
[Link: The Washington Post]
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Keep will be celebrating the release of their collab Homer shoe with Hamburger Eyes’ Ray Potes with Hawaiin BBQ sick tunes, piña coladas and a few of the shoes this Saturday May 23, 2009 from 5-8 PM at their store at 523 Fairfax Ave. LA, CA 90036.
[Link: Keep via Club Mumble]
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A 10-year-old skateboarder in Washington was life-flighted to a local hospital after being hit by a pickup trucks while skateboarding and talking on his cellphone at the same time.
According to initial reports, the boy was skateboarding along Lewis River Road while talking on his cell phone when he made a 90 degree turn without looking for oncoming traffic, said Woodland Police Rob Stephenson. The driver of the pickup truck did not see the boy in time to stop and hit him in the roadway, Stephenson said.
Luckily his injuries did not appear life threatening, according to Police.
[Link: The Daily News]
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