In the spirit of this year’s Presidential Election, Girl and Chocolate have gathered some of their riders together and put out an Election Series deck run. This series also coincides with Lakai’s Election Series shoes, hoodies, and tees which have already started to ship.
Noon today (Pacific Standard Time) marked one of the first times ever that CBS (a non cable, non ESPN/EXPN show) had aired a skateboard event on public television. The event - the Maloof Money Cup sponsored by the Maloof brothers. Joe Maloof, who owns both the Sacramento Kings and the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas got together with his brother to throw the event after he and his family saw an opportunity to do something that hadn’t been done before - the offering up of $400,000 in cash prizes for a single skateboard competition.
“I have been very impressed by the growth of skateboarding and action sports over the past several years, and have had a desire to find a way to get involved in what I feel is one of the most exciting sports going on right now,” said Maloof. “My family has always enjoyed sports and the promotion of sport, so I have put forth the resources to originate what I hope becomes the premier skateboarding-exclusive championship event.”
Here’s what I want to talk about - the way it was edited and put together for the one hour show. It was well put together. Too often you get hammy broadcasters and announcers doing the telecasting. They are annoying - particularly the X-Games announcers. This show wasn’t like that though. Rob Dyrdrek kicked it off by explaining the format and all the technical aspects of each obstacle. It turns out, much of the course was modeled after real skate spots - the Carlsbad Gap for example. It was
genius.
Too much skating to go into. The one thing that no one really mentioned in the hour segment was Leo Romero’s noseblunt slide up the mini Carlsbad Gap! Not down, but up! The clip below is brought to you by Rob Brink.
As part of Monsieur T’s Fall & Holiday 2008 Collection, this time around they partner up with esteemed skate photog Jon Humphries on a couple of shirts. One Less Fixie is a shirt inspired by Portland Skateboarders (and many Nike SB employees) who have recently got together to embrace skateboarding and NOT the oh so trendy Fixed Gear bicycle. The shirt shows a skateboard with ONELESSFIXIE spray painted on the grip tape. It also conveys in a subtle way, the fact that skateboarders can go where bicycles can’t - like jumping fences.
Road Trip by Jon Humphries
One Less Fixie by Jon Humphries (That’s Brian Anderson jumping the fence)
CJ sent me a text from P-Town with a picture of little Collin chillin’ with Beebs and Mike Mo. They ran into them at the Department. Yeah Collin. Big Ballin’ son!!
Enjoi has done it again. Have you ever wanted to drink a beer with a tick? Forget it, they suck. Try drinking a beer with a bear instead. Enjoi’s Animal Rights panda tee shirt will help you support thirsty pandas worldwide. The comfy 100% cotton cut, and slim fit will make you thank Uncle Sam that Prohibition is out, and pandas and pubs are in.
Heath Ledger charmed us with the many roles he played on the big screen. And, many people don’t know that he often skated around his Brooklyn neighborhood in the months leading up to his untimely overdose. With The Dark Knight opening this weekend everywhere, I wanted to give a tribute to Heath. There you go man.
From Hypebeast: The phrase “Hong Mutha Fucking Kong” was first used on a collabo tee between Friday Magazine and 8FIVE2. Since then, this phased has gain popularity in Asia specifically in Hong Kong and has been used for collaborations with brands like Diamond Supply Co and In4mation. Now 8FIVE2, Hong’s Kong’s Premiere skate shop located in Causeway Bay has once again teamed up with In4mation to bring you a skate deck with Hong Kong’s flower inset into the letterings “Hong Mutha Fucking Kong” on an all-black deck. You can only pick up the limited release at 8FIVE2 in Hong Kong and at both In4mation locations on Hawaii.
I have to file this under “stooops” - sorry. Using skateboards as a mere canvas for slogans, and only slogans, is not what skateboards are for. Stu’ Motha F’n Pid!