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Archive for the Uncategorized CategoryWords and Photo by Major Tom Coming soon, an interview with Cara-Beth Burnside who is a pioneer of women’s skateboarding
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Burnquist Lives On a UFO – Wins Wendy’s InvitationalPosted by: George Crosland in Uncategorized“Should have been here yesterday” people were telling “there was the sickest session down at Pier Park” Yea, the likes of Chris Miller and so skating one of Portland’s burliest parks would have been for sure. However, I was lucky enough to witness the mind blowing run of Bob Burnquist so that was pretty good. The Dew Tour rolled through Oregon and you KNOW there were sick sessions going down, especially with the Trifecta taking place last week. On to the show. The ramp was wide with some roll ins, a little semi-bowled corner and so in, looked fun. The first run saw no complete runs. The second run saw Buster Halterman and Andy Mac on the podium with Bucky yet to complete a run. It was actually exciting to watch, not the same ol’ thing. In vert you have the veterans, all well over thirty, you the young guns, like Alex Perelson Josh Stafford and so on and you have PLG, right in the middle. PLG, in his late 20’s is in a pretty good spot, he has the skills and experience of a veteran but still has a lot of years left before he is old. PLG is probably going to dominate vert for the next 5-10 years or at least be one of the top 3 guys. Anyway, PLG said he was feeling sick and did not pull some of his hardest tricks in the finals, like his nollie, 360 heelflip. PLG settled for 2nd. Bucky bailed his first 2 runs and had to play catch up but managed 3rd overall. Bob Burnquist is a certified alien. He is one of my favorite riders to watch. He is un-predictable and always pulls some tricks out of his ass. In practice he did a crazy egg plant to truck bonk revert. Bob is ALWAYS on edge but somehow always pulls it. It came down to his last run since he fell the first two. The thing that is most important to note is that he did a switch kickflip indy, straight into a switch kickflip indy to fakie then another trick right into a half cab to blunt and frontside back in, essentially reverse his momentum in the middle of the blunt. That was it, that was the winning run and amazing to witness. PLG gets ready for practice, damn PLG won like 125k just from the X-Games and the Maloof Money Cup alone this year, plus his sponsors match it. I asked him if he had problems paying his bills he laughed and said “not this year”.
Andy Mac does a fakie to frontside nose bone
Bucky Lasek has been pro for 22 years. Think about it, you can work for the post office and retire after 30 years. Most people who retire from the post office are not quite as athletic as most skateboarders though. Post Office retirees probably get better paid medical insurance and a pension for life. I am sure Bucky will do all right though
Adam Taylor is in the 20 and under age bracket, along with Josh Stafford, Alex Perelson and Rob Loriface. With so few kids taking up vert, these guys are in a good position. No matter if vert is “dead” or strong, people always want to see skateboarders flying though the air. I mean my sister is not impressed by a flat ground kickflip off the back flip but when people flip and spin 20 feet above the ground, she is stoked to see that. So vert should have a place in skatings future if for no other reason than the non-skaters want to see it
Buster Halterman grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania and had a sick ramp in a barn on his parents property, it was a cool set up and good place to get the skills to do a front 5 like this one
Rob Loriface from high to low. In the finals he clicked his wheels on this trick and still made it, almost a hang up but he pulled it
Bob Burnquist – switch backside air
The ramp, you know, living in San Diego it its easy to take vert for granted, there are so many vert ramps. However I was talking to a kid in Southern Oregon and he said he would love to ride a vert ramp, someday…someday. Then you think about it, there are no vert ramps in Southern Oregon is there even a vert ramp in Oregon?
Bob – frontside 5 anytime
If anyone thinks Bob is Human then check how extended this kickflip to fakie is. Bob seriously lives in a UFO
The hot announcer lady
The show – lets get ready to rumble
Alex Perelson – corner pocket
Bob – switch kickflip indy grab to fakie – Insane
The podium, PLG, Burnquist and Lasek
Bob and Lotus, awesome to see Bob in the top spot, he puts so much into skateboarding
Dew Tour Results Vert Park Dew Tour Standings after Portland Vert Park
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2008
Oregon Part 3 – Coast – Land of The Lost BoysPosted by: George Crosland in UncategorizedThe Oregon coast is riddled with skateparks; from Astoria, Lincoln City, Reedsport all the way to Brookings. As we speak they are building a new one on Coos Bay. Lincoln City is probably the masterpiece of them all but for the this story we hung to the Southernmost part of the state. The coast is beautiful and full of a lot of surfing potential. Big wilderness stacked up against the ocean with sleepy little towns. A long ways from So Cal or New York or even Portland. The Hellgate of the Rogue River near Grants Pass. Not far from where this river, famous for rafting goes into the wilderness with no road access for many miles
There are two roads form Grants Pass to the coast; highway 299 and this little road I took, a 66 mile one lane road through Bigfoot country
See, told you – one lane for 66 miles
Just some wild berries, the Rogue river near where it comes out of the wilderness at the junction with the Illinois river. You could camp on the bank there, catch fish eat berries and live for weeks if you wanted
One lane bridge over the Rogue
The town of Port Orford Oregon is home to the first cradle built (Dreamland) in the US. It was modeled after on in Austria. The bottom was wet from rain so I had to sacrifice some old socks and underwear. Skated alone for an hour, no one even stopped by, so bring your own crew, or do it it up loner style like me
A little ditch type bowl at Port Orford
View from the shallow end
The first cradle in the USA – Port Orford Oregon
The actual harbor of Port Orford, they put boats in the water with some crazy crane The rugged and beautiful Oregon Coast with a little pop up break even
Bridge at Gold Beach, Oregon
Brookings Oregon is so fun, kind of a race track around a pool
The inner pool was fun in it’s own right. From right to left over the pool is a big air type thing. I remember seeing video of Alex Chalmers doing a 360 over it
The street area being properly used. Brooking kind of reminded of the town in the movie Lost Boys.
From the deep end of the Brookings race track
On to the land of the Giants – the redwoods
Elk on the roadside
A big elk on the roadside
My Dad had a grove of Redwoods named after my Grandma
Do you think Fern Canyon is an appropriate name for this spot
The entrance to Fern Canyon, you swear you will see Ewoks or maybe bigfoot
barging creeks with the rental car
back to LAX, there are not too many 777’s in Southern Oregon
West of Klamath Falls is the I-5 corridor, home to a lot of towns with park; Ashland, Medford, Talent, Grants Pass, Jacksonville and more. It is a cool area with a lot of others tuff to do too. Everything around Klamath Falls is named Klamath. Klamath Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in the US, Klamath River runs through some wild country to the ocean near the Redwoods at, you guessed it, Klamath, CA. Here is the Klamath River, right after this photo I was in the liquor store and a guy with two chicks comes up to me and asks “do you know where the nudie hole is” I said no but with a 12 pack that sounds pretty god. He just corrected me and said “case!” as he walked away
Spring water from the same springs the pioneers drank out of
literally, the pioneers used to camp at the spring
60-70 miles west of Klamath Falls is Ashland Oregon which may be the hippie capitol of the world. Not too mention the Shakespeare festival and the Global Peace Village was going on, the town was pretty odiferous of patchouli and weed Home of the Shakespeare festival Downtown Ashland More downtown, there is a good brew pub there and a lot of restaurants and a good skatepark I did not get photos of
Medford Oregon is up the highway from Ashland and seems to be much less hippie oriented than Ashland, maybe more Latino oriented. Either way, they got a pretty sick park next to the highway
Burnside style pillar
The mandatory bowl
Looking down the park, there were some street obstacles too. Medford was one of the better parks in the area and it was built by Airspeed
A little off the I-5 was Jacksonville, a cool old town with a fun park built into a hill side. Built in 3 phases by Airspeed and Grindline it has some interesting stuff Steve Pirrello crails at Jacksonville. When I showed up he was like “great another person from California” but he ended being real nice and said I should go the Applegate swimming hole
Steve was rocking some sweet shorts. Unlike California people in Oregon do not seem to give a shit what you wear Phase 3 of Jacksonville, see how it is built into the hillside
Looking back up the park
This spot was full on Naked Hippies, a cool spot to wash off the sweat
Definitely not Slayer but some fun sway into the air hippie music at the 2008 Peace Village festival. Ate a super healthy salad there but I was still hungry when I left so I went to the truck stop and got a jalapeño cheddar hot dog and cheddar wurt – so good
Red Bull Manny Mania, NYC
Final Results: (total prize purse $30,000) 1. Joey Brezinski
Back To The Banks Final Results Spine/ barrier 1. Dillon James Bank to wall 1. Jimmy McDonald
1. Figgy Rail/ Stairs 1. Davis Torgensen
Oregon Trifecta Day 1 – Lincoln City Masters results Pros
Day 2 - Tigard Masters 1. Buck Smith Pro 1. Daniel Cardone
Day 3 Masters Pro 1. Benji Galloway
There was a comment recently that Skateboard Revolution is becoming Skateboard De-evolution and perahps there is some truth to to that, sorrry to say Back when I started skating, it was alternative to all the gay jock sports, now…I am not so sure. Maybe skateboarding is de-volving to a sport the masses can enjoy, complete with heartthrobs, tv stars and so on. There were probably no screaming girls running out on the field when Bill Weiss did a naked 540 however many years ago. Imagine if Ryan Sheckler did a naked 540 - good god. I don’t really give a shit, skating is skating. If I were 18 and had the chance to make millions and bang playmates for doing something I love or would I shine it all, avoid the limelight and just skate. Maybe a balance of the two realistically. If you are that good you can do whatever you want really. Skateboarding will not change, if anything, the bigger it gets the more parks will be built and so on. Fuck, even the underground skaters are becoming close minded, you gotta ride certain trucks, can’t grab stink bug (what about a sick ol straight leg frontside air), you gotta wear certain clothes. The funny thing is that half the people rocking the “heavy metal look” were rocking the baggy look 5 years ago, or even one year ago and they sit around and make fun of everyone else. Fuck, it’s skateboarding do whatever the fuck you want, skate whatever you want and shut the up. Who cares if this kid is or is not ruining skateboarding. I am not sure I would even start skateboarding today, as gay as it has become. At the root though is the same thing, having a blast rolling around with your friends, f-it, go skate and have fun. I am not quitting, hopefully you don’t either, later. Oh, just for the record, I do not hate Ryan Sheckler, nor do I love him. He is a good skater that has definitely taken a different path than I would have if I had his talents and a differnet path than most of the people I know would have. However, who am I to say what is right or wrong. Actually, if it comes to banging Playmates, I definitely would have chosen that path if I was single and 18, ok any age.
By Major Tom/Crosland
The new Fallen Video Ride the Sky, had it’s worldwide premier last week (Aug 7) at the Speckles Theatre in San Diego. Skateboardrev.com went to see the much anticipated cinematic offering from Jamie Thomas and crew. Before getting on to the film itself we will say a few things about the premier. First of all it played to a packed house of course, like always. There were 2 showings, 7 and 9. Kids were lined up way before and people lingered way after the showings. Pretty much the whole Fallen team and the industry of skateboarding were there. Those are the things you would expect for a Jamie Thomas skate flick premier. What was a little different was that there was not a riot this year and that it started pretty much on time. Usually Jamie and crew are working feverishly well after the premier start time to finish the movie. This time they got it done on time. Can not believe they can even sort through that much insane skate footage to even get it done period. The skating is of course insane with perhaps the most insane parts by Tommy Sandoval, James Hardy Brian Hansen and Chris Cole who may not even be human. There is all kinds of skating, from tech to soul ditches to huge gaps. The soundtrack is definitely of the blues/rock and roll variety, more introspective as opposed to just thrash shit punk or up in the club with a 40 oz, rap. Sick soundtrack to us but surely some will disagree. Jethro Tull, Brian Jonestown Massacre, CCR, Lynard Skynard, Danzig, Judas Priest and Jimi Hendrix just to name a few of the bands that some of the younger generation will be turned on to and have not heard yet. The look of the video is very clean with out special effects which leads to the question; out of the possibly 2 biggest videos of 2008, Ride The Sky or Lakai’s fully flared which is best? Well, Fully Flared is like Iron Maiden selling out an Arena for 7 nights in a row with 3 different Eddies and all the fancy pyrotechnics and stuff. Ride The Sky is like Motorhead playing for 3 hours with no opening band with lead weights in Lemmy’s boots, in the rain with Heroin and hookers – Ride The Sky is more raw than Fully Flared but the roots of both productions (skating), is metal for both and the best for a number of reasons. Skating, oh yea. Gilbert and Hardy will be household names soon. Hardy has been skating/living at the Black Box park and it shows. Sandoval is out this world with a huge front flip on a double set and a feeble to smith on a wicked rail. Slash with a kickflip over a gap that most snowboarders would say no to. Thomas front grinds in Alabama and of Course Chris Cole with a huge tre on a bank in China. Cole had the closing part btw. The above are just a few of many bits of insanity the flick offers. Any real modern skater will buy both Ride the Sky and Fully Flared and watch em over and over. The Chief will never let us down.
Skating byMatt Bennett, Tony Cervantes, Brian “Slash” Hansen, Billy Marks, Gilbert Crocket, Josh Harmony, James Hardy, Tommy Sandoval, Chris Cole, James Hardy and of course Thomas
Co Director/Filmer – Mike Gilbert
Co Director – Jamie Thomas
For more premier dates and video clips go towww.fallenfootwear.com
The all important Marquee shot, Spreckles theatre, San Diego, CA Aug 7, 2008Photo – Major Tom
 Chris Cole is known for wearing slim fitting pants what else can you say about Chris Cole, the man is a machine and perhaps an alien too. There are not too many people out there that can KILL contests and still come up with argueably one of the gnarliest vid parts of 2008. Imagine if he never stepped foot on a skateboard, would he be back in PA managing a McDonalds’s or something?
 rian “Slash” Hansen has been on the radar screen for a couple of years now and is pretty much a household name in the skate world. Well, The Fallen video takes Slash from on the radar to a direct hit. Slash takes old school style and mixes it with new school tech and mixes it with the willingness to do some of the gnarliest shit out there and he dresses like a Hells Angel which is so hot right now. Here is a photo of Slash in Carlsbad
Photo – Crosland
 Before Zero, before welcome to Hell, Jamie Thomas was just a kid like you and I with big dreams. Here is a photo of Jamie after he rode for Real while living on the streets of San Francisco and before he rode for Toy Machine. He briefly rode for Invisible Skateboards and lived on Dave Bergthold’s couch in Bonsall, CA. Here Jamie skates the mini ramp on a rainy day in the early 90’s. The difference between Jamie and every other kid out there is that he chased his dreams, worked his ass off and look where he is now.
Photo – Crosland
If you haven’t seen it yet, SLAP has just announced that we’re going totally digital. Yep, we’re bringing everything we’ve got directly online and straight to you, the biggest online skate crew in the world. While we’re in the planning/developing stages of things, we want to get you involved from the ground up- find out what you want to see, what you don’t want to see. What would hype you up, a digital version of the mag page turning and all, a more blog style approach, a gallery of images, more videos, interviews, user interaction via the Boards etc.. we want to know. We’ll still have all the same kind of content as the mag (interviews, articles, road trips, departments, etc.) going straight to the site, but beyond that we’re building things from scratch- we’re aiming everything right at you, so we want your input! -Mark Whiteley slapmagazine.com August 8/6: Es Signing, Subsect, Des Moine, IA
8/9: Es Signing, Cals Surf, Minneapolis, MN
8/9: Es Signing, Hot Spot, Mlaine, MN
8/9: And Now Video Premier, Ohana, San Jose, CA
8/10 Wild in the Parks, Skaters Edge, Taunton, MA www.volcom.com
8/10 AM Slam, Ocean Beach, CA www.sundiego.com
8/12: Es Demo, Winnipeg, Canada
8/14: WAM Amateur skate contest, Winnepeg, Ontario www.wamattheplaza.com
8/14-8/19 Santa Cruz Tour, Czech Republic santacruzskateboards.com
8/15: Es Demo & Signing, Anti Social,Vancouver, BC
8/15: The Golden Otter, Lincoln City, OR www.oregontrifecta.com
8/16: Crown Royal, Tigard, OR www.oregontrifecta.com
8/16: Es Signing, Exit Real World, Bridgeport, ON
8/17 Corn Cup, Battleground, WA www.oregontrifecta.com
8/17 : Red Bull Manny Mania, New York, NY
8/18: Es Signing, Coexist, Skateworks, Redwood City, CA
8/19: Es Signing, Bills Wheels, Santa Cruz, CA
8/19-8/22: Santa Cruz Tour, Germany santacruzskateboards.com
8/20: Es Signing, Val Surf, N. Hollywood, CA
8/21-24 : Wendy’s Invitational, Portland, OR www.ast.com
8/21-25: Burton Australian Ope, Perisher Blue www.burton.com8/22 : Billabong Winnipeg Damn Am, Winnipeg Canada
8/23: Wild in the Parks Sayerville Skatepark, Sayerville, NJ www.volcom.com
8/24: Am Slam, Mission Valley YMCA, Clairemont, CA www.sundiego.com
8/27-9/1: Santa Cruz Tour, UK, santacruzskateboards.com
8/30: Wild in the Parks, Millenium Skatepark, Calgary, Canada www.volcom.com
9/1-9/8: Santa Cruz Tour, Russia, santacruzskateboards.com
9/7: Wild in the Parks, Wooodward Skatepark, Atlanta, GA www.volcom.com
9/20: Wild in the Parks, Kona, Jacksonville, FL www.volcom.com
9/20-21: X Games Mexico – expn.com
9/28 Tim Brauch Bowl Jam, Scotts Valley, CAOctober
10/3-4 GVR, Lake Forest, CA
10/18: Wild in the Parks Finals, Rio Vista Sk8park, Peoria, AZ www.volcom.com10/23 : Volcom Damn Am, Costa Mesa, CA
November
11/1-2: T-mobile, Berlin
- This Sunday Sequence is of Brandon Moore in Cleveland Ohio during the Dew Tour halfpipe prelims. We decided to skip the first round and see what type of features we could find in Downtown Cleveland. This spot was pretty dope, until we got kicked out by a 300 pound big black woman security guard. The smell of her perfume stained my nose like that of a dirty French whore. The big girls in Cleveland are SCARY AS HELL. |
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