September 6, 2006
Here's what went down on the DLX Helly Hyphy Bank. Skaters in order of appearance: Matt Allen, Justin Brock, Collin Provost, Mike Franklin, Josh Harmony, Mike Vallely, Dustin Dollin, Matt Bennett, Dennis Busenitz, Alex Olson, Caswell Berry, Corey Duffel and Nick Dompierre. Stay tuned for footy from the the enjoi, Element and Girl obstacles!
September 4, 2006
Louie's got "the fever."
Dude! Best day I've had in a long time! Best contest I've seen in a long time! So rad to see the enjoi crew ripping at an event. The Dick Gauntlet was a hit! Caswell, Jerry and Louie were all so rad to watch. Besides them...Nick Dompierre, Rick McCrank, Corey Duffel, Alex Olson, Dennis Busenitz, Justin Brock, Nyjah Huston and Josh Harmony were all seriously charging shit..
Aside from winning the event, gotta hand it to Girl for comin up with the Mini Mega Ramp. That shit was entertaining as hell.
September 3, 2006
Fom Gene via comment:
I want to let you know that we have an interview with Aaron, plus photos and links to other videos on our website.
Check it out if you can!
September 1, 2006
Here's the entire raw interview from my Heather Christensen Stance piece a few years back!
How long have you been skating?
About three years or so.
How did you get started in that?
Actually, my ex-boyfriend. His friends all skated, and I used to go with them to the skatepark in Cleveland every now and then, and I thought, “Ya know, I'm pretty athletic and I am not really scared of things. I should try this; it would give me something to do in the wintertime, because it is so cold." So I went to the skatepark everyday by myself. Sometimes I would go with them—I just kept skating and then one day I learned to drop in on this little mini ramp at Changa World and I got so excited that I just kept going, learning other little things.
September 1, 2006
I wrote this in May of 1997 for my Pope, Dryden and Swift literature class in college. Just found it on the hard drive recently and thought it was pretty funny I got an A on a critical paper by writing about shit. Yes shit, as in "feces." Well, shit and comparing Jonathan Swift to Howard Stern, Tool, Irvine Welsh and Beavis and Butthead. Amazing huh?
This was my junior year of college I believe. If you can seriously get through reading this thing, more power to you. Not that it is bad, just like, kinda bland. It was for class, what can I say? But entertaining to read almost 10 years later nonetheless. But more importantly, about poop! Also, seeing me trying to sound all scholarly with hints of total bullshitting injected throughout is a bit of a trip...kind of embarrassing right about now. I forget the title of the piece, so here ya go:
September 1, 2006
"If you don't currently know how to ollie down stairs, I believe you probably aren't qualified to speak on behalf of street skaters."
A lot of you "industry" dudes who claim you are still "skateboarders," but don't skate more than once a month (or skate at all for that matter) are reading that quote and might be thinking right now:
"Whatever man, I could go ollie down some stairs right now if I tried!"
And therein lies part of the problem...
August 31, 2006
It took a while, but the enjoi site is kicking ass these days. The ad archive is worth the visit alone. Bookmark it, visit often and admit it, enjoi is the shit. If you don't understand why, you will one day soon.
August 30, 2006
Nike doesn't advertise here, nor does anyone else, so I can post stuff like this without my "ad revenue" being threatened. You'd be surprised who won't print certain ads or post "blogs" based on advertiser agendas these days, or some of the Don't Do It ads that mags have rejected and why. This one happens to be running in Thrasher, so props to them. I've seen letters from certain skateboarding magazines, to Consolidated, rejecting some of their ads and its pretty frightening....
August 29, 2006
Seriously, this dude Aaron Fotheringham is siiiiiick! And if you think I'm bullshitting that I'm an advocate for this type of stuff, then you must not have read this. Thanks for the link, Buckley. Keep it up, Aaron. You're gettin' me stoked, and that's not just 'cuz you used an Andrew W.K. song in the vid! And that powerslide...badass! Aaron, if you are reading this, hit me up!
August 28, 2006
"My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work. The responses were things like, 'My dad sells money' and 'My dad figures stuff out.' My son said, 'I've never seen my dad do work.'
It's true. Skateboarding doesn't seem like real work, but I'm proud of what I do."