So last weekend I got a copy of Ride the Sky by Fallen Footwear, which I am a huge fan of because the shoes are PERFECT for skateboarding. As I inserted this disc into my iMac I had a preconception of what the video may be. Handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail… as most Zero videos are, which completely bores me to no end. I find handrail skating ok here and there, but consistently is just not interesting what-so-ever… I don’t know if it is my age or a common feeling in the skating community, but I am tired of it. Transworld’s And Now was a beautifully crafted film with very diverse skateboarding…
Anyways… The DVD started and the intro begins… about 30 seconds into it I am ready to take it out… Just as I expected handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail, handrail… but I let the video begin into the first skater Tommy Sandoval and I have to tell you I was not disappointed until Billy Marks was on and my fear was happening trick after trick after trick, but it looks like he was the only one who couldn’t get as creative as the others. Even the Chief himself, Jamie Thomas, was riding transition and finding INTERESTING spots and obsticles…
So I say pick it up and give it a view… Worth the watch! Tony Cervantes & Chris Cole just KILL IT!
connie marret / Aug 03
I MISS ROXIE SO MUCH!X8
I LUV U BRO, CONNIE
Its funny these ads were released around the time when Nike gave its first go at making skateboard shoes. Although these adds were very good, they actually may have pushed skaters away further, by making it look like they were trying to hard to fit in w/ the skateboarding community. Now a couple of years later, Nike SB take 2, they are fully established as a shoe company for skateboarding. But there ads follow a more skateboard formulaic approach, trying not to stick out as much as the 11 billion dollar company they are. Nike had to wait out an entire generation of anti-corporate skateboarders and now they are accepted. I would rather have these kids save there money so they can buy alcohol or drugs instead of buying nikes. At least this way in there altered state they could actually realize the hipocracy which is nike in skateboarding. NIKE ISN’T SKATEBOARDING
Thank you for being the very best dad for our “woo dog”. I love you.
So sorry she’s gone. She was a really, really good dog who lived a long, great life. I know you two will miss her a lot.
I miss sleepin’ with ya, Roxie.
wow.. yes I gotta say VERY groundbreaking.. put together amazing.. I am impressed
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