the knuckle sandwich

Feeling down?

Take Te News of these! And see me in the morning.

Always makes me feel better.

in the beginning [skateboard]

I wasn’t at the beginning of the skate revolution that continues to sweep the world but I was close. Back then you wore what you could get your hands on made your own skateboards and rode what ever terrain you could find. Home made ramps, lip tricks on an ASB car park in the back of Mt Eden.

We poured over ruffled copies of Thrasher magazine and watched videos over and over and over again until the deteriorating quality of the tape  added a grunginess that todays graphic designers can’t replicate to save them selves. So as a guy who is peppered with grey hairs now, it takes a bit to get me excited for something I have seen inevitably destroyed by marketers.

I introduce to you Bailgun. Online and free.

Great photography and nice story telling. Issue nine looses its way half way through but it returns.

newhouse

newhouse.jpg
Originally uploaded by pacificbro.

We got the house!
At last, viewing them all was getting a bit boring!
3 bedrooms, Garage, courtyard and ducted A/C.

Mr Caballero

Steve Caballero has a blog. Never really thought about what happens to pro skate boarders after they retire.

In Cab’s case not very much.

These two photos were taken by the same photographer, Ray Zimmerman, from two different eras in skateboarding history.
The first front-side boneless air is from 1983 at Whittier skate park in Southern California , the second photo is from 2007 at the Vans skate park at the Block, in Orange County. In 24 years apart …some things just never change, we’ll maybe the length of my shorts:)