July 9, 2006
Warning: This one is explicit. You might read about dudes boning one another in the ass. It bewilderingly juxtaposes skateboarding and gay porn. If you think can handle graphic descriptions of gayness and a horrible misunderstanding of skateboarding videos, read on. If you can't, go somewhere else.
I've always wanted to do something with this gem of an article. I stumbled across it long ago while researching my Wood Recycling article. I simply Googled the term "Bareback skateboarding" to look up the popular skateboard deck manufacturer, and ended up finding No Limits: Necessary Danger in Male Porn.
I'm not quite sure how the worlds of gay porn and skateboarding meet in the eyes/mind of the author, Paul Morris. It seems he's simply stating that film makers in each industry are "socially irresponsible" (for lack of a better term on my part) because they don't portray the risks involved with the two activities in their films...only the successes. So, for example, even though a skateboarder could get injured or die while attempting a trick, and a gay porn star could get AIDS and die as a result of filming a porn, the average viewer is only given the impression that "irresponsible" and "high risk" behavior such as skateboarding and gay anal sex are "safe." Morris also claims that slams, injuries and run-ins with the law are deliberately left out of skateboarding films, (TransWorld's videos specifically) which, in turn "misleads" the viewer to thinking skateboarding is "risk-free."
In late 2002, I sent this essay to Dave Carnie, hoping it could be my gateway into writing something for my favorite skateboard magazine ever, Big Brother, and this was his response:
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July 5, 2006
Anyone seen Carrie lately? If you have to ask who she is, you'll never know.
Just uploaded all the photos I could find in my hard drive from Tampa Pro 2002 (Bill Weiss nude McTwisting included) and some awesomely grainy Tampa Am '04 photos.
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July 5, 2006
Guidance Counselor: Liquid Todd
By Rob Brink
May 2002
Here's another one that was intended for Stance and never made it to the mag because it folded. The column was called Guidance Counselor and it showcased cool jobs that the audience might be interested in learning about. Although this piece was from May of 2002 and Solid State is no longer on the air, Liquid Todd is still working in NY and has a show on KTU and another on Sirius Satellite Radio.
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July 4, 2006
Jeron Wilson
By Rob Brink
Sprouse Bros. Code July 2006
The Sprouse Brothers are kinda like the male version of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Like millionaire 14-year-old heart throbs that own an empire. Kinda funny when people less than half you age pay your salary. Anyway, their new mag is in stores now and called Code. They asked me to interview Jeron Wilson for it, and me, always down to try something new and bring skateboarding to a new audience via my writing, happily obliged.
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July 4, 2006
Now, if Cute Overload actually put up photos of teeny cute humans, this one would go up for sure. Lil' man in a big skatepark last weekend. He was seriously the smallest dude I've ever seen at a skatepark...ever.
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July 3, 2006
Celebrities with Dyslexia
By Rob Brink
February 2003
Here's another one that was slated to go in Stance magazine but never saw the light of day because the mag folded. My idea was to make it a column for each issue where I would find a different "disorder" or "condition" and find celebrities to fit the list. Future lists would have included Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and things of that nature. If this article offends you, as it is seeming to do to many, chill out, it's a joke. And the point wasn't to make fun of Dyslexia or people who have it, it's merely pointing out that celebrities have imperfections too.
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July 3, 2006
In the wake of my 1 Year Anniversary post, a lot of people seemed to enjoy my 11 Ways to be an Idiot at a Concert piece from way back in June '03. so I figured I would put my original version, before the editors got to it, up. You'll see that in some cases, editors cut stuff out for good reasons. Looking back, not all of these are funny or good, while other stuff might have been funny, but was most likely cut for space. Either way, here ya go.
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July 2, 2006
etnies hosted a travelling art show entitled This Is Me in 2002. Here's some photos from the NYC stop.
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July 2, 2006
Porn stars, skateboarding and over-priced jeans. The ASR '03 Gallery is up.
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