We have an brand new old Johnny Layton deck in our closet. Not gripped. Not mounted. Not nothing. Eric Stricker gave it to us when he really didn’t have to give us anything. And that was cool. Every time we see the board we’re reminded of that. And maybe that’s why we leave that deck right where it is. New, yet old.
In other Johnny Layton news watch this.
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Yobeat.com posted this yesterday, so we’re going to post it today because it made us laugh and put all action sports in proper perspective (at least to us, at this moment in time, today, (redundancy for poetic effect)). Airboarding. We wish we’d thought of it.
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What does “going pro” even mean in skateboarding these days? Does it mean the skater is finally getting paid? No. Does it mean they guy is competing in “pro contests”? No. After years of asking everyone we know what “going pro” means and getting a different answer each time we’ve finally figured it out. If you get a “pro model” anything and someone promotes you as having gone pro, then you’re pro. Take Julian Davidson for instance. Element just bumped him up to the “pro team” and gave him a “pro model” so the dude is pro. Period. Congrats, Julian.
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According to a post on Bodyboard Museum, the lead singer was Brett Young:
As a member of the Skid Kids his outlaw antics were often looked down on by b/b heirachy. Youngy didn’t care too much and despised the local comp scene that frothed over contests in 1ft waves at Manly. Youngy was all about pulling into gnarly pits and had the same head pumping style as Pat Caldwell. Brett had tongues wagging when he performed a pop song in the video nasty Rip The Pit. He was highly criticized for his role and eventually packed his bags to move to Japan where he worked promoting his sponsor Manta. It was in Japan that BY was killed when the car he was driving on a express lane highway crashed. Today he is remembered with the annual Brett Young Trials part of The Shark Island Challenge.
And now you know the rest of the. . .
[Link: Bodyboard Museum]
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Matix Clothing worked with Tyler Surfboard’s Tyler Hatzikian on a spring 2013 collection that they say offers up “timeless style, performance, hot rod culture and surfings roots.”
Tyler Hatzikian has over 25-years of commitment to improving his skills as both a shaper and glasser. Tyler’s surfboards are not only far from replica, they are developing a reputation of being iconic on their own. He is proud to carry on the planer after following the footsteps of the legendary craftsmen of his local surf community in the South Bay.
The collection sounds right on target. Now we just have to survive the winter before we get our hands on it.
[Link: Matix Clothing]
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San Diego, California based skate eyewear company 9Five is celebrating their fifth anniversary and in the action eyewear business that’s pretty close to a lifetime. Not only that, but they continue on the up. Congrats to Mike Metcalf and the entire 9Five crew.
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Billabong’s women’s snowboard team just put in a week of work at Whistler and it looks like Jamie Anderson, Helen Schettini, Rebecca Torr, Alex Duckworth, Taylor Godber, and Jenna Blasman had a pretty good time. Check it.
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What, you thought we’d have something else to say about it? You thought wrongly.
[Link: Spitfire Wheels]
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Mike Kershnar makes art wherever he goes. For real. Here’s just a little taste from the Element presentation of Field Notes (not to be confused with Field Notes). The guy pulls things together and it looks good. Guess that’s what artists do.
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We’re always suckers for Devo and John Cardiel for that matter, so when we saw this three-way collab between Chrome Industries, Cardiel and Japan’s skate/fixie crew T19 on a Chrome ORP with a Devo soundtrack we couldn’t pass. Presenting the Cardiel Orp by T19.
The T19 ORP features T19’s signature blue and a custom T19 patch designed by pro skater & graffiti artist Hirotaka Sasao, a.k.a. “Chaka”. Originally developed in collaboration with John Cardiel, the Operation Readiness Pack (ORP) is lightweight and water-resistant. It can be used as a daypack or rolled up and stowed in another bag for travel ease. Features include 100% taped seams for increased water resistance, a roll top closure to accommodate a range of cargo sizes with side compression straps for improved packability, and an internal laptop pocket that fits up to 13″ laptop (Chrome Laptop Sleeve or Tactical Sleeve recommended).
We don’t even care how silly this video is. So there.
[Link: Chrome]
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