I took this snap of andy b (of ill behavior) while we were on the clock for vans. sums up how serious the dream team is about their work. where the fucks our free money checks danimal?
Scored a copy of the new Vans book before it releases next week. The Baron Von Tudesky has a chapter. I haven't read it yet, prolly gonna drop a deuce in a bit and check it out.
I went on a film shoot with some of the Vans snow team riders, while we were there I talked the Park Staff at Mt. Loon to set us up a night shoot on some of their features...It was my first time in New Hampshire and I don't understand how people live in that kind of cold...
7am-noon @ Brookhurst St. Huntington State Beach. Parking is free. Tell the dude at the gate. Tee shirts, hats, donuts, coffee, trash bags, and gloves will be provided.
So, we went to the 2008 Pro Tec Pool Party yesterday. MENTAL!
The list of people we saw was endless: Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Jeff Grosso, Duane Peters, Steve Steadham, Christian Hosoi, etc. The list goes on.
The only way that I could describe how hard these guys skate this pool is that it's fucked up. Transfers, 540 McTwists, 18' lipslides, Smithgrinds around corners, a broken wrist, dislocated shoulders, 6' indy grabs, etc.
The best was when an 11 year old girl collided with another chick in the bowl and was basically knocked out, to which Dave Duncan commented over the microphone, "That's what happens when you skate with the big girls." FUCKED UP!
I went with Tightner from Radballs to skate the Combi bowl at Vans today. Very mental. Shameful as well.
First off, I was not aware that Wednesday's are fucking pro nights. So, Omar Hassan, Josh Borden, Bennett Harada, Christian Hosoi, and a gang load of other shredders were in attendance. Shameful, I know.
Anyways, I padded up and took a warm up sesh on the 6' mini ramp, just to get the blood flowing. Did that for awhile, buttery coping, very nice.
Ok, back to business. I go back to the bowl and most of those dudes are still there and before I know it, Tightner goes for it. Effortlessly flowing in and out of the corners doing slashes on some very unforgiving pool coping. He gives me some pointers and before I know it, I am dropping in, trying not to totally kook it.
Holy shit. I haven't had that much fun in a long time. I worked myself into the rotation taking turns with some mental dudes. All of the guys were really rad, some kiwi dude from New Zealand was giving me some pointers on how to improve my bowl shredding ability. Much thanks.
I have only really skated a 5' mini ramp before, so a 11'6" deep pool was quite an adjustment, Tightner said it was definitely a very difficult bowl to skate, hopefully I will be making my way to some more user-friendly bowls and pools in the area in the upcoming weeks. So fun.
Anyways, here is a picture and some video of the beast, last year's Pro Tec Pool Party video...
a video a made from the vans snow team in Japan was just posted on the snow cite you can dig it at Vanssnow.com... also some new podcasts that i made are up on the podcast page at vans.com check them out! thanks dudes