January 27, 2009
Check out 1:04. Clyde's forever the man for that trick alone in my book.
So, after a looong hiatus, Clyde is back. I like Clyde and I like reading his stuff. One thing he said recently struck me as awesome:
I generally don't care about politics or world affairs, so I really have no place to comment on it. But I was glad to see Clyde was happy about the new black president. Then I thought about how I would be so totally happy if...
January 26, 2009
This might've been funny if I wrote it. But even then, probably not. It's pretty rad that people pretend to be me on comments and messageboards and social networking sites. It must mean I've "made it." For the record, I don't like tequila or marketing bros and ASR is far from awesome.
I'd be stoked if one day one of these unnamed people actually came up to me and was like, "Yeah man, I wrote that. I don't like you for this or that reason."
And I'd be like "Cool! I understand. Thanks for being a man letting me know. Let's go skate."
January 18, 2009
I don't usually do this shameless promotion-type shit, but it's the best mag ever (which I happen to work for) and the best skatepark ever throwing a party/awards shindig. How could I not? See you there.
January 10, 2009
These commercials are fuckin' weird. I can't imagine a conversation about high fructose corn syrup anywhere near similar to this has actually ever happened in the history of the world... ever.
January 10, 2009
Paul is more handsomer than me.
I thought it was really rad that Slap did this Paul Sharpe piece. It reminded that I interviewed Paul over the summer for the enjoi catalog. It was sort of unplanned, but since he was in the van with everyone else, I had them pass the phone to him. His stuff actually got cut out because we were tight on space in the end. So here you go, a little bonus add-on to the Paul Sharpe Slap piece! Whoooo!
Paul, I’ve got some questions for you. Are you scared?
What are you doing right now? What are you working on, man?
I’m working on an interview with everybody at once for the next catalog. And they gave me like, a day to prepare.
Naturally.
January 10, 2009
This was the most amazing quote to fall on my ears all year, for so many reasons. The fact that it's a blatant contradiction in itself. The fact that it's simultaneously politically incorrect and correct, but sort of innocent and unoffensive at the same time. Perhaps due to an obvious language/culture barrier or maybe even excusable ignorance. The fact that it came from left field during the enjoi catalog interviews from someone I wasn't expecting such a hilarious quote from. I remember him saying it... then hoping to God he didn't catch himself and backpedal, as I quickly asked the next question to distract him. Hell, even if he meant it to be funny on purpose, it's still genius.
So here's my #1 quote of 2008, courtesy of Wieger Van Wageningen. The best quotes of 2009 are in the works. See you in a year.
January 9, 2009
Seems someone got really inspired by my recent Google keyword ponderings and created a new Slap Forum identity. Congrats, homie! Wish I thought of that identity instead of my boring ol' "Brinky" one.
January 9, 2009
Triple shot! I was asked to interview the entire enjoi team at once, about five months ago, for their Fall '08 catalog. This was a really amazing project... one, because I've been a huge enjoi fan since this amazing piece of literature came out. Two, because I have become friends with many of the enjoi crew over the years and they are awesome. And three, because I can't think of a time where many writers will get to interview about 11 dudes in one sitting. enjoi was en route to a Zumiez Couch Tour demo (seven hour drive) so I called them and they passed the phone around for a few hours in the van. For those of you who don't work in the skate industry, it takes a lot to get an entire team in one spot... a real lot. Not to mention all these dudes have an amazing sense of humor and always have hilarious stories to tell and things to say.
We're nearing the end of my little Best of '08 list... you're going to notice a little pattern here... with Jose in the last post, these three guys here, and my favorite quote of the year soon to come...
January 9, 2009
This was one of the last interviews I did in '08. Some of you may have read it just recently, but it was an interview to announce Jose Rojo to the etnies team. Two stories really stood out to me... and a few other people who came to me saying they liked them... and they both have to do with naked men. Big shocker, huh?
January 7, 2009
Coincidentally.. or maybe not... just one day after I posted Herman's story about shaving off his eyebrows, Crailtap posted an O'Dell photo of Herman with no eyebrows. Neat.