As a top shelf member of the Bones Brigade during the height of the ’80s boom, Tommy basically became the face of “streetstyle” at a time when that very concept was about to turn skateboarding on its head. Born and raised in San Francisco, Tommy put the city’s now infamous hills and unique terrain on the map for skateboarding. His part in Powell Peralta’s 1985 video Future Primitive was not only revolutionary, but hugely influential to the sport of skateboarding. As the first official “street pro” in skateboarding, Tommy’s free-flowing improvisational style and creative use of the San Francisco concrete, set the stage for modern street skating.
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This is Boardistan story if ever there was one. Walker Ryan, Dave Bachinsky, Jimmy McDonald, Laurence Keefe, Dan Zvereff, Stas Provotorov, Gosha Konyshev, Kenny Reed and Michael Mackrodt roll off through China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan to follow the spice road with Patrik Wallner. This is just the teaser. The film premieres in Shanghai on October 12, Seoul October 19, Tokyo October 25, Bankok October 27, and Moscow on November 4, 2012.
So, Chris Cole reportedly “blew the doors off the joint, viking style” at the Copenhagen Pro today. And thanks to SPoT Life Event Check we can all see exactly how it happened. For the complete results (via the Skatepark of Tampa), follow the jump. [click to continue…]
Filmmaker Patrik Wallner rolled through South Asia for a month with skaters Walker Ryan, Laurence Keefe, Michael Mackrodt, and Kenny Reed and returned with this amazingly lush 10 minute video of the trip. The only things missing are the feelings of oppressive heat and gastrointestinal distress. . .
Looks like Walker Ryan isn’t the only one who’s into all those number 1s standing up tall and proud. On November 11, 2011 Element Skateboards and Nyjah Huston are releasing their short film Rise & Shine to the world on iTunes. Click here to watch a clip then on Friday you can download the whole thing.
We stopped by the 2010 Maloof Money Cup at the Orange County Fairgrounds yesterday to pick up our credentials and checked out the first half of Am and Pro street qualifying. (That’s David Loy going off the rocks).
As one industry insider told us: “You can’t believe the level of talent that isn’t making the cut.” Let’s just say the finals are going to get crazy. Watch them live on Fuel TV Sunday August 8, 2010 at 6 PM PST of the second half of Pro qualifiers right now (2:30 PM PST Saturday).
Walker Ryan and friends had a pretty rough go tonight (June 28, 2010) at The Shuffl Video premiere in San Diego. First, they could only invite 160 of their friends, then before they could even show the video the manager of the Pearl Hotel called the cops.
“We had too many people in here,” one bar tender said. “They were over-running the place. There was a crowd out front, people were sneaking in through the kitchen, the back door, and coming in through the windows. So we’re clearing the place out.”
Not that the final Shuffl video edits were even done. While the cops were flushing the crowd from the poolside bar downstairs, the finishing touches were being applied to the video upstairs in a hotel room edit suite. After most had left the hotel quieted down, and within minutes up came the title credits and an applause from the thinned out crowd.
It was well worth the wait. The Shuffl video features standout parts by David Cole, Austin Kanfoush, Walker Ryan, and Tom Remillard and included loads of cameos (check it out and you’ll see what we mean).
As soon as last credit rolled the cops strolled back in and pressed everyone out the front door a second time. It was nice to see our tax dollars going to help hotels regulate their own tiny bars.
Watch The Shuffl Video when you can and follow the jump for more photos.
Walker Ryan’s video joint the Shuffl Video will be premiering in San Diego on Monday, June 28, 2010 at Point Loma’s retro-modern swanky Pearl Hotel, according to a post on The Skateboard Mag.
There is a limited capacity for this showing, and tickets will be exclusively available at certain shops in the San Diego area. The second premiere is going to be held at Utility Boardshop on Thursday, July 1st at 7pm. Everyone is welcome to that one!?
The Shuffl features Austin Kanfoush, Dave Abair, David Cole, John Lupfer, Paul Sewell, Ryan Harris, Walker Ryan, and Tom Remillard. Bring some inflatables and watch it from the pool. Show starts at 8 PM.
