539: YouTubeSkate- “…Lapped grinds thats all that matters…I dont know have some fun..dont worry about things..that’s it.”-Tom Groholski
March 18, 2010
“Lapped grinds thats all that matters…I dont know have some fun..dont worry about things..that’s it.”
-Tom Groholski
Those words of wisdom still hold up today in this crazy modern world..
Coolness…I will post the rest of these vids over on YouTubeSkate
Jason
537: More Florida: Neil Blender at Kona 1981?
March 17, 2010
Neil Blender on the ramp at Kona (Florida)
Click the image to view via KonaSkatepark
I found this while I was looking for something else…its cool when that happens. There are a couple more of these via Kona. I will attend to entering them into the archive post haste!
Jason
526: YouTubeSkate-Trashmore VA: Henry Gutierrez, Tom Pitman, John Fudula and Eddie Gutierrez
March 8, 2010
524: Birdhouse team and Friends: Elliot Sloan, Lyn-Z Adams, Jean Postec and Bucky Lasek
March 7, 2010
YouTubeSkate
Dust Bowls 1999-2000
Filmed by Frank Straker
Edited by Patrick Guidotti
DIY is not just a phrase to be thrown around, it’s the very foundation of skateboarding. DIY is what created skateboarding. The term multi-use may not have been created by skateboarders, but we have found a way to perfect the concept. Benches, ledges, railings, and pools were all designed with specific function. Skaters had their own ideas.
The world is a playground, you just have to have know how to use it.
Most skate spots carry a shelf like similar to milk, so it’s best to get on them enjoy them for as long as possible. It’s rare that spots become heirlooms, to be passed down for generations. Manicured and added down as time goes on.
Yards from a Pennsylvania Interstate but miles from anyone’s radar sits one of the best skate parks that was never designed for skateboarding. It’s free, you don’t have to wear pads, and you can listen to Mercyful Fate as loud as you want.
For years skaters have been riding the bowled, concrete water spillway that is the Dust Bowls, adding simple nuances here and there, QuickCrete, angle iron, parking blocks etc.
Having been designed for one purpose and refined for another while never jeopardizing it’s original function. You can call it multi-use, you can call it adaptation. But it’s just skateboarding. And it’s just perfect.
Derek Rinaldi
Too cool…looks like yesterday as opposed to a decade ago. I still have my Thrasher Skate Mag Cassette knocking around as well.
Rumor has it Derek can do some frontside marvel on one of those walls.
Jason
Guidotti Playing Director At Dust Bowls
Zoli (w/ Camera), Nick Urso (w/ quickie Cam)
Photo Derek Rinaldi
Patrick G,
Photo Kiifner
518: Join the H Street Battalion…Tony Magnusson relaunches H street: Dave Hackett and Alysha Bergado on board
March 3, 2010
I put this together ages ago,
So TM has re-launched H street. I dug H-street.. I remember Hokus Pokus on VHS, great video. H-Street even nabbed Danny Way from Powell back in the day…The 2010 Motley Crew consists of :Ray Allen, Eddie “El Guerra” Art Godoy, T-MAGMA, Dave (skated the Barn) Hackett and the young gun Alysha Bergado (who at 12 or 13…rips)
I read about the History and checked out the catalog HERE
Here is some H street Motley Crew action:
The youngest Alysha Bergado
The Oldest DAve Hackett (setting the record for the oldest to pull the loop “O” Death….”GNAR!”
Tony Mag 1989 H-Street…Kinda reminds you of Darren.
Ray Allen Hokus Pokus
517: The art of Chris Pastras :Stereo Sound Agency’s Co-Captain and Derek Rinaldi a new Sound Agent.
March 1, 2010
http://bit.ly/THOS-Chris-Pastras
I have never met NJ hometown hero Chris Pastras but regardless I dig the style and aesthetic he has created with Stereo Sound Agency. Like the Rat Pack in Salvation army clothes walking resevoir dog style exiting a private jet onto a tiki bar laden island in the sixties….in full color. Thats sorta how I see it. Forget the center… move way over and create a new center, thats how I dig it and and they live it. Our favorite son Derek Rinaldi has begun to contribute over on the Stereo Sound Agency blog and me-thinks you should check it out.
Chris Pastras at work painting
Click to Check out Derek’s contributions
Couple of Post Scripts:
Derek Rinaldi doing one of those things he can do.
(Photo Courtesy of Totally Skateboards)
Derek Rinaldi, Clint Peterson (Stereo Pro) and Chris
……and I think I put a large percentage of these hits on this clip
something about the music and the repetition…coolness
The House of Steam 364: Jason Lee 1992
