Jeremy Scott is well known for his lust for youth culture and nostalgia, and these graphics are right in line with his sensibilities: last season he threw Bart Simpson all over a $500 sweater and no one batted an eye. But “repurposing” in the Internet era becomes something slightly more sinister when your source material is not already a household name. Matt Groening can take a hit, but we’re betting that Jimbo’s not sitting on a multimillion-dollar industry based on some trippy faces he came up with in the ’80s.
For years most people have known Ryan Clements (right) as the guy on the mic for Skate Park of Tampa events and live webcasts, or as a partner in the Skate Park of Tampa business, but there is more. For the past few years, Clements has been acting as a business manager for several high profile professional skateboarders like P-Rod and Torey Pudwill.
Since leaving the Skate Park of Tampa at the end of 2012, Clements and Heath Brinkley have started a company called Excel to (among other things) help pro skateboarders keep track of their money. Transworld Business’sMike Lewis talked to Clements and Brinkley about what they do and the problems young pros have. Here’s a slice of what Clements passes along:
For the younger guys it’s that they don’t realize how all the money they’re getting isn’t theirs. They still have to pay Uncle Sam and they don’t necessarily realize that or how it works. Explaining the difference between being an employee and a contractor is important. For the older, more established guys it’s more about making them aware of how much money they’re blowing on eating, drinking, and other purchases that leave them absolutely nothing to show. I have one client that didn’t file tax returns for eight years. I don’t know what he was thinking, but it eventually caught up to him via a levy on his checks from his sponsors. That’s when he called me. We cleaned that mess up with the assistance of a tax attorney.
We all could use someone who is smarter than we are to mind our money. Luckily, skateboarders have Ryan. Click the link for the rest of the post.
It’s always good to check out Tony Hawk interviews. This is a long one at 26 minutes, however, you might want to watch on through at least until Tony gets his water glass refilled. “That just happened,” Tony says. Pharrell says, “Yep.”
Think Gary Rogers would ignore the Harlem Shake tsunami like we (as rational people) have? Nope. He didn’t. But as you might guess, his take is funnier than most. . . sort of. Oh, and that backflip kid makes an appearance as well. We ignored him also. In fact, we’ve been ignoring pretty much everything lately. But then, you’ve probably noticed that already. Right?
In the tradition of the Live Juiced and Tickle My Big Black Elmo comes a new board from World Industries “resignation series” called The Great Cover Up. And yeah, it features the Pope.
The black and red color story of the Deathwish Pistol is complemented by designs inspired by motorcycle clubs. It’s made of black waxed-suede and black distressed-leather and it’s built on a red vulcanized sole with white foxing and a red pinstripe. Other features include a SUPRA/Deathwish patch on a leather tongue, screened Deathwish logo on the heel, “DEATH” and “WISH” heel tabs, red anodized top eyelet, black waxed laces, red mesh lining, and custom Deathwish sock liner art (featuring Erik Ellington and Jim Greco). The Deathwish Pistol also comes with a custom, black coach’s jacket.
What does this little Dave Hackett at Kristian Svitak’s edit teach us? A couple things: You can still skateboard at 52 years old. And, style is not lost with age. Good reminders, both.
“You gotta pick your vice,” Lil Wayne said, “you got candies, trees, or drank. We got the Vaiders in candy, candy all in the inside—I call ‘em sugar rush. And then we got the Stevie Williams edition with the trees—self-explanatory, you already know what that is. And then we got the Skytop IIIs from the Muska with the drank, you know what I mean? As you can see we got a detail with a drank on the side, ice cubes and all that. But like I said, pick your vice, man: candy, trees, or drank. Yagada.”
Yes, Lil Wayne can talk however he want to talk. ‘Cause that his thang. Click the link for all the info.
