Kenny Brimer, homie, we gonna do it up – Deck the Halls. Stay Tuned.
I had to repost this one. When i first seen it on the www.oldeivory.com page i was taken aback and instantly texted Race, “Yo ad is supa dope, my ad sucks” I love the simple and impactful photo, that it actually makes me wanna skate. Raw front feebles on a ledge, wtf! feebs on a ledge is soooo Mike Carroll that you get mucho props from me and frontside, OHHHHH!
On the skate tip, In4 has opened up a new shop in Pearlridge and relocating all the skate to this shop! Whoa! Whats crazy is that means Crooks & Castles is coming to P-ridge, all my rich filipinos stand up, no fo’ real stand up, ohh you are standing up..nah joke. They also have a in-shop pro, Darin Lee, well not pro but top 10 ever from Hawaii. What yall know about Headside? Thats right OG son! Congrats guys good things to come & welcome back to the Westside.
Its been almost 3 years since i was apart of Protoype in P-ridge. I believed i put together one of the best up and coming skate teams; First person was Wes aka. P-rod, then Larry Upchurch aka the Prodigy, also the OG – Bronson Gregory, and rounding off with Killer Mike G aka Prince of Kaneohe. The Graff section was BANGING, and the artshows & writers benches were real – Pamala Young status (big up Lofa). Promotion was so money cuz Trip the Lights, Beatroot, & INERiTA was in full effect. Things changed and Life moves on. Learned a lot about the retail, fashion, politics, ownership, and all that Jazz. Props to P-type and all the Blessings to you, thank you for everything…Peace.
Haven’t posted a sk8 related one in a while, but when Lofa told me about this i had to check it out. J Webb, Mills vills finest goes for the mega ollie and while he tries to bail and kick his board out from him, i think one of his feet actually land on the board and the rest is pain history. Hope he has a quick and onehundred recovery.
Then you got Dys Oner, with his own montage. Stereo been showing Dyson nuthing but love since he been on that team. We gotta find Webb a team like that.
Matt Chaffin, this kid has always been a favorite of mine. Maybe cuz he really reminds me of the hey days of skateboarding. Baggy pants, shirts, fitted, and dope sneaks. His style is sweet too. Hawaiians doing it big.
Big ups to Ryan Chun for this one, check his blog out at www.chunzilla.blogspot.com. Mills got the best style for decades. From Holo and Ryan Arakaki rocking that early 90’s style, to Fybes, Mark Gushimi, Clint Chinen, Ian Okui, and those guys bringing in the cleaner street flatground styles. To this bunch of Ruffians- Justin, Chun, Dyson, Keala, Webb, to name a few. I am missing choke people, but i do claim Mills produces the most stylistic and smooth skaters in Hawaii.
I don’t know how i slept on this. Only a few men in this world has landing a 900 – Tony Hawk, 1999 X-Games, Sandro Dias, 2004 Latin X-Games, Giorgio Zattoni, and Alex Perelson, 2009 Maloof Money Cup. This kid is 18 years old. I’m glad to see the next gen embracing Vert skateboarding. I wish i had a chance to master vert. There is actually a handfull of Hawaii skaters that can actually skate vert – Rob Gaskell, Rob Waldron, Jared Bush, Bo Ikeda, sorry if i forgot you, my bad.
Last Saturday i survived this…ELMO and crew. Yes, let it begin. I believe i will be going to more of these in the future.
Honestly i don’t mind Elmo, i did mind the only human on stage. The haole chick on the right had a fake guitar and would sing more than the muppets. I love me some muppets, but i don’ t love me some humans coppin’ in on the muppets stage. I guess they put a human up there just so kid can figure that its not all imaginary if a human is up there asking you rhetorical questions, like “wheres elmo?” when the dumbest kid knows he is right next to you.
Sunday was Go Skateboarding Day. Also, it was Fathers Day! Thanks skate organizers for the great scheduling. I had to go to a Lunch and Dinner. All i wanted to do was skate. Big up to the Wifee for suggesting that i take Koltrane skating. I would love to say that he will be like Sheckler, but Sheck is to soft and posterized for me. What would be dope if Koltrane was more P-rod! Awww yeah, crap i would rock SB’s and Diamond shirts all day, but i wouldn’t ride Plan B, sorry Kol i gotta stick with the Chocolate! Great Day. God Bless the Kids & Let the Kids Play!
Did you see that Nollie heel 360! Whoa! This has to be one of the best BC’s. I don’t know how Girl/Chocolate, Lakai, and Matix does it, they got the cream of the crop in skaters! As much i would love to blast Frosty on his moved to Nikey, we all know he went to get that money….zzzz, wack. Lets focus on a skaters that are just murdering it! Beez got the steez, lands bolts, and hella tech with out sketch!
Lets play. I got my Sk8 dice in and down to put up some loot like Steve Berra minus the Scientology cuz thats straight kookoo! If i can skate this sunday, which is Go Skateboarding day! i got the dollars lets play!
Last minute, Observ & Joe Ghost and I went to the Zoo York Premo sponsored by In4. Really mellow and really core. I love the NYC vibe of videos super raw street and a solid Hip-Hop soundtrack. I was diggin Forrest Kirby part. Respect.
So remember a few years ago we released an Optimus Prime shirt and a Sound Wave that was purps on black. Well after constant requests we re-released the Soundwave in a Blaster Blue color way.
I really hope the movie is this fresh. Haha!
So i caught some hype on this shoe the Nike SB – Stefan Janoski pro model. The only other pro model on Nike SB, besides P-Rod! Whoa! Janoski can skate and is legit, so this is no knock on him! But if i wanted a Sperry or Lands end shoe to go Yachting to the Island of Morreau then i would go to Ross’s and cop me a 10 buck pair. C’mon Nike, you can do better than this. With the success of P-Rizzle, you come out with this. What is even worst is shops around the world are hyping this up. How about we blame that on the economy like we blame everything for these old man shoes.
YO! Nike, Vans called and wanted their vulcanized soles back and The NBAOTGL – National Boating Association of the Greater Lakes wanted to ask if you would sponsor their up coming Mutant Mouth Bass fishing contests.
Now, the Supra – The Dixon!
Super clean and a mix of classic and function. I seriously thought that Dixon would get all TK and Muska on us with his shoes. When they came out with those Muska Male boots, you know the ones that are like the old converse high high tops, i was like what the heck! but now every company is biting hard and i mean HARD! Back to the Dixon’s, cant front on the gum sole color and open toe cap. Don’ t believe the hype. Supra over Nike SB.
*sidenote! can’t front on Nike, not SB, Air Max’s those are the King of shoes!
I used to be a sneaker head, before they were called sneaker heads? We, as in the Hip-Hop/Skateboarding community by default were all sneaker heads. Air Hurache was the ish. Max’s were my shoe when not rocking skate shoes. When i played in various bball leagues i would always go for the Court Force or Barkleys, Penny’s were on point as well. Tried Fila’s once, it was the Mashburns- they were the worst basketball shoes ever! Running shoes, Pegasus all day. I would go on my bike to McCully Bike from Kapahulu to cop the sale or one off’s they had. Robins used to be the spot for Nikes. Crazy, but true we all skated Jordans and when they would wear our duct tape and shoe goo. Then nike got dumb and made Savier a honorable shot at a skate shoe if you like to wear plastic molding on your foot.
Now they got the SB! I was told that they only sell to “core” skate shops and only open up new account like 5 years at a time. When i was a struggling skate buyer at a shop i was trying to get SB’s in. If you got the SB you could claim your steak of the pie. I know other business’s would suck wind if i got that account, why? They knew i was capable of causing damage in their monopoly, And like i was told, “its just business”. Of course i got the same run around from Nike corporate, and because i wasn’t “down” with the “in” crowd the Nike SB dream faded fast. Good thing i only skated Lakai.
Anyway fast forward 3 or so years and just the other day i was checking out one of my favorite Fitted websites. I have been coppin’ fits from them for a while now and i loved the fact that they just focused on New Era Fitteds. On this day they announce that they will be selling Nike SB! So i guess the “core” and “select” dealers selling a “skateboarding” shoe is out the door. Typical corporate move. Claim to be down and end up selling out. I try not to support SB, but i do still buy Air Max’s all day. Those shoe are undeniable as for comfort!
*on the defense of the quality of shoe Nike SB puts out, i copped my first pair of SB’s at a outlet mall in LA, 4 years ago, paid 30 bucks. It was a team edition Delta Forces! I was super surprised that they rode really well and were easy to break in. After a few kick flips the shoe felt great to skate in. So props to the shoe. After those shoes i only bought 1 other pair from Kicks Hawaii and i got a pair for christmas. Besides that i rather support Lakai, the shoes are great, the team is the best and i got to chill out and meet the team at Lakai/DVS thanks to Brad.
