Archive for August, 2006

Using Digg to track down thieves

I was looking around on Digg today and noticed a title that mentioned
one of my favorite bands. That band would be Dinosaur Jr., but
unfortunately there name was in the title because they’re looking for
help tracking down the DICKS who stole all of their equipment. Turns
out, that while they were asleep in there hotel in Long [...]

Etnies skateboarding time suck

Etnies has a very cool shockwave game online. It’s great for those times when it’s raining outside or in the case of Texas, hot outside. I’ve played several of the online skate games and they all suck, in comparison. Check out “Street Sesh” when you need to kill some time.

New Adidas Skateboard shoes

Highsnobiety has some nice pics of the upcoming Adidas skate line. Looking good.

Ripping up the skatepark in a wheelchair

If you ever have days that you get pissed about not landing tricks. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s a lot easier to bail from your board than it is for this guy to bail out of his chair.
This guy rips and we all suck. http://gorillamask.net/extremewheelchair.shtml

Skateboard blogging job

If you have the ability to write about skateboarding and don’t mind taking money from someone who doesn’t know any better, then this job’s for you.
Since blogs are big, we are looking for a skateboarder or someone in the scene that can write and post about endless things on skateboarding. Product reviews, news, upcoming events [...]

Kris Markovich goes for broke with Crimson

Markovich has a new skate company called Crimson. Their pro team besides Kris, is ,James Atkin, Richie Belton and the Lizard King. I’m not sure what’s up with the Lizard King and the Think deal, because they just recently had a ad saying that he was still on the team. The Crimson decks look great. [...]

Working full time gets in the way of blogging

I apologize for the lack of posts lately. I started a new position a few weeks ago and have been trying to get up to speed. Additionally, I’ve had house guests for the last two weeks. I’m slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. So, keep a look out for posts to [...]

Muska talks trash to Nicky Hilton and gets punched

Last week there was a video released of Muska being harassed by bouncers at the West Hollywood spot called Hyde. Looks like there was more to the story. Apparently, Muska was talking smack to/about Nicky Hilton and then got punched by her boyfriend. What’s the world coming to when skateboarders are written about in US [...]

Skateboard photo essay from Time Magazine

Time magazine has a pretty cool photo essay of skateboarding from 1965 to modern times. It’s pretty cool, CHECK IT.