1221

lol i read ccs mags religiously and drooled at them. i could never afford shit in those mags…i was reading those back in 3rd grade til about 8th.

p-rods are hit or miss for me…too much streetwear color insanity.

any bmx enthusiasts? check this blog out
http://www.skavenger.com/

1222

damn :sad:
Not only did Footlocker buy CCS mail order, but check out their most recent agenda published in the new Transworld Business mag.

http://www.consolidatedskateboard.com/birdostuff/footlocker-twb.jpg

If we don’t mobilize soon, our industry is going to be hi-jacked by the sporting goods companies and their chains of distribution. Core skateshops will be a thing of the past.

Support your local skateshops, and encourage them NOT to legitimize the sporting goods companies.

1223

Skate is getting very hot… Kids have skateboards outside of California in inner cities…

LOL, that shit was really funny.

1224

haha

I just realized I dont do ollie norths that much. Better go practice. I always end up flipping the board though.

1225

I think its very important to support the mom and dad skateshops, as long as they are more accommodating than big business. If they aren’t loving then fuck em IMO.

1226

i’m actually kind of happy about the commercialization. because one thing will lead to another, and hopefully skateboarding will be in the olympics, and there will be more skatepark’s around. local skate shops will never die, in my opinion. skate shops aren’t just skate shops, they are somewhere u can hang out. i don’t think people are going to start hanging out at SportsMart

Skateboarding is getting the respect and innovation it deserves.

1227

Skateboarding in the olympics would be interesting. It just made me mad now that all of the niggas gonna be rockin Nike SB’s steez jackers… lol

ohhh damn these ollie norths. I was working on alot of varial tricks today.

1228

ollie north’s are tough, i can only do them on a good day. i have been working on the hardflip lately, i can get the rotation and one foot on only though. practice makes perfect though

1229

Keep in mind that skateboarding has always come in waves of popularity, and this is certainly not the biggest one yet. Once it dies back down, Foot Locker and whoever else are just gonna move on.

I personally got into skateboarding to escape from all the bullshit, and you can’t really squeeze that aspect out of it. Just take advantage of nice skateparks and low prices while it lasts who fucking cares.

1230

skate push muthafuckas lol.

1231

i think skating was going to be in the olympics or was at least talked about and all the vert skaters got really pissed and said no. I don’t think the current industry is going to want to watch it get commercialized like that. People are already pissy about CCS, Jackass, Life of Ryan, the X Games, Tony Hawk and energy drinks, I don’t think any further commercialization is going to help the situation, if anything it’ll lead to another collapse.

1232

So I’ve gotten back into skateboarding now. I can’t ollie anymore :frowning:

Back to Square one lol.

I can shove it though

1233

I hate when they bust hard flips on me during skate. I stopped doing them after racked a couple of times doing them. :shake:

1234

good lookin on that video. so true. im 25 now, and i started skating back in 8th grade, and i distinctly remember the shit talks and what not. although i went to a mostly white school, the group of brothas and sistas was not feelin that shit, but now you fast forward, and cultures are so mixed now, with skating being okay for whoever, jay z done did cd’s with linkin park, etc…

its nice to see the ignorance start to fade, but it was kinda cool being different i guess, but im over it. i remember wearing vans, medium white t’s, chain wallets, and all that, just doin me, with whatever i could get my hands on, and most of my people were like, vans, fitting shirt, chain wallet? your a cornball son, and now look at em. wearing what i use to wear, because their favorite rappers started doing it. funny how things change

i just skate to cruise now, i aint tryin to be doin tricks like the old days. lol. but i dont think im special, and people should have the opportunity to skate and wear what they wear without being attacked as following a fad. i mean, most shit nowadays has already been done, and is just being rehashed anyways. aint nothin really new anyways. just different people claiming to fame and shit.

we all at one point picked up a board or whatever because of something trivial. i didnt have an enlightening moment that made me skate. i just saw it on the x games, and my best friend was doing it, so i thought, thats cool, i want to do it. so if lupe influenced you to skate, thats cool, son, do you. enjoy the freedom of it.

i love to check bammas about me being a follower though. the assumption amongst our people seems to be that, oh lupe just started that, or jim jones just started that, so i see you doin it now. huh…

1235

Wait a minute…Jim Jones skates!!! :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

1236

whoa. one of my new buddies I met recently told me today that last weekend He was picked up sponsored by baker :amazed: im very happy for him an 10% jealous :lol:

1237

http://www.davecarulli.com/vgames.mov

Check out this video, it’s a montage based on video games. Thought some of you might find it interesting.

1238

Heh, that was pretty cool.

1239

No more skateboarding for me. The temp is consistently dipping below zero degrees Celsius. Time to hang up the skate and bust out the snowboard.

1240

yaaay im actually still skating. Im gonna have to travel in the winter