I've heard rumors of this recently from people who pass by it on their early morning commutes... the gold fire hydrant in Laguna Beach getting polished every single morning. But its the type of ridiculous shit I had to see with my own eyes to believe. Sure enough, walking back from the beach at 6:49 am this morning, I struck blog gold when I stumbled upon the cleansing of the gold hydrant! I'm pretty damn sure you'll never find another town that polishes their...
It was a day of randoms as Ronnie called to inform me he stole our Skateboard Mag Milestone article for his new site. I go to lunch with Metzger and this exotic bird is sitting at the chair next to me. Birds are the new dogs I hear. Oh, and I got soooo much Element video gossip that you won't hear from me, but maybe on some of those angst-ridden message boards y'all chill at.
"Hey bro, wassup!"
Then Clyde texts me to tell me he's at Mexican midget wrestling and wants to arrange a skate industry field trip next time he goes.
Our Vegas hotel, the South Point, had a bowling alley in it. At about 3 am last Friday, a barrage of drunken Sole Technology employees (perhaps 25 or so) got wind of "$1 Bowling & Beer" and blitzkrieged the lanes. We hadn't gotten through one game when we got kicked out.
Why did we get kicked out?
"Because I said so."
If you watch closely, you'll notice 10 security guards (yes, 10) gathered behind me. And not that you are incapable of hearing it, but I have to say, "Produce the documents for our violation" is a pretty epic quote.
Upon exiting the alley escorted by a gaggle of security, the following half hour consisted of:
-Bowling balls crashing down escalators
-Banners being ripped off walls
-Shouting matches between Danish men and teenage Vegas thugs
-A trip back down to the hotel bar
-A few more hours of it all
Anyone who knows me knows I have no qualms boasting about how big of an Andrew W.K. fan I am. Imagine my surprise when I walk into the Altamont sales meeting in Vegas today, not more than an hour or so off the plane, straight into Andrew guest speaking for the crowd!? Like, what the fuck? Way to go Justin Regan!
Got to chill with Andrew, share my chocolate covered graham crackers with him, chat for a bit and get some career advice. If this is any indication of...
Here's the footy from a RVCA demo at Active in Tustin a month or so ago. Skaters include Austin Stephens, Ethan Fowler, David Reyes, Leo Romero, Keegan Sauder, Ed Templeton and Johnny Layton.
So last week I met up with Chris Gregson, David Loy and John Demar at the skatepark. In case you're 31, like me, and are ever feeling old and slow and need some motivation with your skating... try going out with a bunch of ultra-hyper, sponsored, ripping 16 & 17-year-old ams and break out your videocamera. They'll have you trying new tricks with them, learning new tricks, filming lines of your own and chasing them to film their lines.
Birdhouse and etnies flow dude, Chris Gregson, called and texted me 75 times in the last 24 hours about getting this promo video of him and his boys up. You may have heard of David Loy, Collin Provost or Justin Figueroa. They are in here too.
