 "RIP Mitch Headberg" CURRENT ENTRY Thursday, Mar 31, 2005 >> The Riffs for Royal Rudy Contest deadline is next Tuesday. Don't be like this guy Rich from Rhode Island who tried to claim this Mario Bro influenced solo as his own. >> Male models prefer Ventures. Thanks Jeff. Mini Top Five Wade Crowchild's Top 5 Reasons For Staying In Canada 1. Free, Lit, No Pad Skateparks 2. Stompin' Tom 3. George W. Bush (Not A Bandwagon Thing) 4. Spontaneous Street Hockey Games 5. Your Mom on Vacation in Banff >> I think the Ringer must have something for the Daggers because she kept asking me about who was that on the Daily Photo today. And I'm assuming she's not talking about Tremaine's jock ass. >> Bellamin Darkspane and I have come to the conclusion that Scott Johnston has a flair for the dramatic. Since Tony Ferg's departure to Canada, Scooch is the new man of excessive exaggeration and more than willing to put a couple of extra zeros on any story. QUOTES: "My kingdom for his head on a stick." —Wade C. about Ty not sending him a Skate Fairy T-Shirt "I'll have a lot of trip outs today." —Rudy on his plans to take his son to the park Wednesday, Mar 30, 2005 >> Yesterday I ran into our favorite dungeon master Bellamin Darksbane, aka Ben Colen. Despite being a sunny day he insisted on wearing D&D-themed attire. >> Here's what you'll win if you we pick your guitar solo for the Riffs for Royal Rudy Contest. We still have next to nothing in the entry department. Send video of you shredding on your guitar here. >> Tonight Rickk and Mike are flying to Spain to film for the Lakai video. I told Mike to get lots of footage and he said don't jink me. According to him I said that before he went to Australia to film and according to him he didn't get anything. If a few classic Carroll lines and some single clips mean not getting anything then Carroll could be on a roll. Back in the filming for Questionable days I overheard Mike telling someone on the phone that he didn't have any footage and that his part was probably going to be in the end credits. Not really an accurate description of the three-song part he ended up having in Questionable. >> That last paragraph sounds like it's straight off the Lakai site news page. Don't mean to step on your toes, Bird. >> A friend of mine, who just had a kid, sent me this video. As I get older I find it heartening that parenthood doesn't spoil the side of you that still gets a kick out of this type of thing. And I love that stereo system in background. QUOTES: "Whenever Mike and Rickk have to get on a flight it's okay for the sweatpants to come out." —Meg "It smells like burning butt hair." —Charlene Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 >> Well, between the blackout downtown, the mini premier at Raymond's, and Smyth's personal blackout, this is all the FTC premier coverage you get, one photo of the Frisco pasta. From left to right: Don Twon, Lil' Stevie, PW Esquire, Nickaveli, Smyth, Donnie Brasco, Lee Low, and Deaf Dennis. Deaf Dennis really is deaf. Welcome to the Tap Deaf Dennis. >> Today I got busted for going to this bathroom. Rickk was the one who apprehended me. He was making his way to the boys' bathroom with a candle in his hand, so I didn't feel that busted, plus last week, on his way to work, he had to shit in a plastic bag in the back of the team van. Mini Top 5 Reda's Top 5 reasons why America is the greatest: 1. New York City 2. Everybody's hating on us and you know why everyone is hating on us? It's because they're jealous. 3. I notice a lot of different accents in my country; we must be doing something right. 4. Everyone's bummed about the war (even me), but as soon as super goes down to $1.50 a gallon everyone's gonna be psyched! 5. All the greatest things in the world always end up in America (New York) one way or another >> The Lakai Carroll Shoe, now good for shooting fireballs out of your ass. Schnurr, where you at? >> Every now and then Larson will send me these little obscure movies in hopes that they'll end up on The Tap. So far to no avail, until this one. That was the best one, so you see what I'm working with here. QUOTES: "I don't drink fag tea, I'm a grown ass man." —Reda "If Bill's such a hot guy, how come all the chicks he blazes are such dogs?" —emailed to the Tap Monday, Mar 28, 2005 >> A reminder for the Riffs for Royal Rudy Contest!  We haven't gotten one entry yet. What's the deal you goofs? Don't goon it. Send in a video of you ripping through your gnarliest guitar solo. Facial tweaks, although not required, can only help. The winner gets a box of Royal goodies. Send 'em here. And remember original licks only. Mini Top 5 Nick Diamond's Top 5 Favorite Diamond Riders* 1. Darrell Stanton 2. Rodrigo TX 3. Stevie Williams 4. P-Rod 5. Lee Smith *"Off the top of my head." >> "I feel like I was a good looking fat kid, got better looking, and when I'm old and grey with a pair of jazz shoes and a sleeveless Lacoste sweater on I'll still be something to talk about. Gotta stay sexy baby."—Fat Bill. Here's Bill in Thin White Duke phase, which he's currently residing in. >> Another photo sent by Carroll. Apparently all that Ted Nugent went to his head. Dill, AVE's kind of bummed that he wasn't in Terry's World. Just so you know. >> Park clips may return. I wouldn't hold my breath on the Raymond photos though. QUOTE: "Carroll's gonna be pissed." —Nick Diamond Friday, Mar 25, 2005 >> A new Featured Feature is up (look in the Featured Feature column, below right). Filmed entirely at USC, on entirely one bench, in entirely 15 minutes. That was entirely lame. >> This is what Larson looks like on the weekends.  Fridays are mellow, but on Saturdays he rages. So, he's told me. >> Someone sent me this email this morning, "If you see Koston, congratulate him with his second baby girl. Thanks" Does this mean that Koston had a second baby girl and someone has to remind him of it? Does he even know that he had a first baby girl? Or does it mean that another baby girl was named after Koston? I think it's the latter. If not Eric's been hiding his deadbeat dadness for a while. >> Frisco Giants Nick Diamond, the Gregulator, Le Lee, and Smyth will be in SF for the FTC Premier this Saturday night. I bet you three out of the four will be wearing some kind of SF Giants attire. Full gallery report on Tuesday. QUOTE: "Don't treat me like a little Tapper." —B. Mettee on having to wait to see the latest Featured Feature video Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 >> Last night Carroll, his lady, Gregulator, Rickki Sixx, and Meg went to see Motley Crue last night. The aged Crue had to take a couple of intermissions during the show, Mick Mars is damn near 70. Much to Carroll's delight, Tommy Lee brought out a video camera that was tapped in to the Jumbo Tron and told the Bettys in the crowd to pull out their dirty pillows. Carroll couldn't resist his chance to make it on the big screen. MINI TOP 5 Rudy Johnson's Top 5 tricks to do one-footed: 1. One foot to lip on a handrail, I saw Colvin do it on a little contest rail first 2. Backside 180 one foot over benches 3. Fakie one foot to tail grab 4. One footed tail grabs on minis 5. One foot to nose bonk >> Riffs for Royal Rudy Contest! Who ever sends in a video clip of them jamming the baddest guitar solo wins a box of Royal Trucks, T-shirts, and stickers. The previous sentence was in the vernacular of Royal Rudy, so baddest means raddest. Send your video of you soloing here. Solos must be original. Don't send your tired ass Yngwie scales that you've been running for the last two decades. >> In the Loop with Biebel. Biebel's trophy room. QUOTE: "Are those Planter Earth jeans?" —Rudy to Schnurr Wednesday, Mar 23, 2005 >> Carroll still reeling from his week at the helm of the Randoms, took some time from his busy schedule to send me some Myspace photos of some of our friends. I liked this one the best. So that's why they call him Fat Bill. Obviously before he discovered Vincent Gallo and moved to the LES. >> Larson's been claiming that he's gonna bring in his old grade school notebooks that are covered in heavy metal art. Here's some other things that Larson's been claiming; making me a My Morning Jacket CD, bringing in a music video he made with his band at Cal Arts that Johannes was in, and beating down 60 five-year olds at once. That last one will make sense later. >> Here's Larson's slideshow for the Grey Rainbow that the Dump was featured in at AntiSocial. >> How do you think you'd do in this situation?I think I could take down about 50. This link was sent to me by Larson by the way. >> Rickk got one of the walls of his office painted what I would call a minty-pear color. Very modern. That fish tank doesn't stand a chance. >> Raymond and Biebel I need some more of your photos >> There's rumors around headquarters that the King of Embarco might be getting a Top 5. Just rumors though. >> On a somber note, the Tap would like to give our condoles to the friends and family of Dennis "Polar Bear" Agnew, who passed away earlier this week. As one of the original Z-Boys Polar Bear gets maximum respect from The Tap family. RIP QUOTES: "Do you notice that it either smells like shit or cupcakes depending on which way the wind is blowing?" —Meg "We should do another barge." —Rickk "I need a barge." —The Gav "What are you doing here? Did you win a Crailtap contest or something?" —The Gav to a visiting Sean Malto, he's 14 "Did I tell you about the time Sage put his finger in his butt and wiped it across my face?" —Charlene Tuesday, Mar 22, 2005 >> The Hummer question was tailor made for the Baltimore's. Meg's sister Molly fills out her Family Member Survey:  (click image to see survey) >> Daniel Castillo's roots for late 80's to early 90's flatground are much deeper than his 5-foot stature would allow you to believe. Take a look. >> Today's Daily Photo was shot by Bob K., but still not posted by me. One time Bob K. dyed his straight hair black and from the back I thought he was a Chinese kid. He's kind of small. >> I forgot to mention that in the skater name game that Anne Huf won Lance Dawes was one of the participants. Wow Anne, you're good. >> The winner of the guess whose desk and guess whose cheeks, goes to The Gav, "I want to let you know that I know both answers to your question regarding Podium's employees desk. It's my desk and Rick Howard's ASS on my phone. What do I win?" As you can see VP Gav, who was the first entrant, is obviously the busiest guy at Podium. Everyone got the desk right, the Phish water bottle was a dead giveaway, but most people thought it was Carroll's gluteus maximus. Carroll's ass would be much hairier. Just judging by his chest of course. Gav you win a free lunch. >> By the way, that's not the DVS contest we mentioned last Friday. That contest is still coming up. QUOTES: "I swapped it out, you bastard!" —the Gav when asked how his phone smelt "Anne can name the whole Dakine team." —Rickk CURRENT ENTRY >> Van Engelen's mom's favorite song is "I Like the Way You Move" by Outkast. That means one thing, AVE, your mom is more Hip Hop than you.  (click image to see survey) >> Scott's real stoked on how muscular his arm looks in this photo. I know because he pointed it out to me. Who says folding shirts isn't a full body workout? Bohart, those are banana hands! >> Podium, line one. The first Podium employee to identify whose desk this is and whose cheeks these are, wins a prize. >> I was very disappointed that Anne Hufnagel couldn't name the whole Lakai team to me over the phone this weekend. She came up with Rick, Scott, Carroll, Pops, and Kelly Bird. Kelly Bird!? She's slipping because about three years ago she won the road game where someone names a skater and then the next person has to name a skater who's first name starts with the first letter of the previous skater's last name. Say someone says John Montesi, then the next person has to say like, Mike Conroy. So on and so forth. Well Anne won the last time we played. Why was Anne in the car with us playing a name association game involving pro skaters? We were on the way to a Tradeshow! >> Stefan Janoski is the latest to put on the Diamond team list. Just so you know Stefan, Nick's gonna tell me every time you're wearing a Diamond shirt in a photo. Just so you know. >> Today's Lee's birthday. Confusing since he's already has had at least five birthday parties this month to celebrate the occasion. >> Alex Olson/Parker, or is it Alex Parker/Olson? is too cool for anyone affiliated with this website and has dropped off the face of the Earth as far as we're concerned. Alex Olson/Parker is banned from the Tap. Alex Parker/Olson too. QUOTE: "That would be better then if Mikey was President." —Smyth on Bird being The Bachelor Friday, Mar 18, 2005 >> Mikey has passed on the torch of Park-Rule-Enforcer to his big bro Greg. Here's the Gregulator's rules. >> Park clip #13. Carroll in training. >> Winner of the Write Press Release Contest, Chris Mote gets acquainted with his 100 boards. >> Gav's been on my back about a DVS Skate More Contest. Something about flying the winner in and giving them tickets to the premier. I think he'll have to buy me lunch one more time in order for me to get all the facts straight. >> Smyth was partying with his new friends at the Marc Jacobs store last night. Look who he bumped into. >> My new band has been practicing without me. We got Rickk in on drums and Rudy is still holding down the tyrant position. I think I've naturally been demoted to designated driver. >> True story. I had a dream last night that Steve Buscemi was calling me drunk and complaining about the Randoms. He was alone and far away. True story. QUOTE: "I looked at the site last week... what happened, were you invaded by jocks?" —Burnett Thursday, Mar 17, 2005 >> After intense reevaluation and a grueling line of questioning with the banished one, Lee Smith's exile from the Tap has been lifted. The event transpired in a five-minute car ride from Ben Colen's house to the nightclub Concord (playhouse of Paris and Lindsay) and back to Ben's. As evident by the length of the car ride, order was restored rather quickly, and you can also probably figure out that we didn't get into the club either. Welcome back to the Tap Lee. >> Bird didn't make it in either, thanks to Tony Turbo for leaving high n dry out front. Hooray for Hollywood. >> It occurred to our fact checker that yesterday's posting of the All City fam photo may lead people to believe that the guy in the middle is Caine Gayle, when it is in fact Heath Brinkley, ex-filmer of the All City fam. With Devine it makes it more of a City Stars fam reunion, which was also just brought to our attention from our fact checker. >> Park Clip #12. Joey B. after landing a spot on the Cliché team is still hanging around Girl. >> Kent you better let whoever is setting up the FTC video premier know that Smyth is expecting carte blanche when he arrives. Make sure the new jacks pull out all the stops when this Frisco Giant enters the venue. >> Pimpin' ain't easy. QUOTE: "You suck that bad?" —Jamie to Mettee Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005 >> Nick Diamond's brother Joey is one bad Rasta. In the ultimate act of Jah Bliss he ate a sacrificial geanie pig in Cusco, Peru. He actually thought it was chicken and he actually got diarrhea. Here's his Family Member Survey, maximum respect: (click image to see survey) >> Concrete Disciples has posted Eric Nash's footage of the Gonz skating the Hawk manner. Welcome to the Tap Eric Nash. >> There was a mini All City fam reunion in the back of the park today. >> Park Clip #11. Spike gets Kenny's three trick line. >> Raymond Fun with Skate Photos #6. Rick Howard is a dick. >> Happy Birthday Alex Olson/Parker! I hope your grandma gets you another pair of Koston 2s. QUOTES: "A foot is 24 inches right?" —Carnahan "If you want a percentage we'll give you Tim's." —Rickk to Eric Tuesday, Mar 15, 2005 >> Jereme won the bestest trick contest at the Tampa Pro last weekend. Congrats Jereme, as a reward we'll post this flattering photo of you. I'm sure he'll like his prize money better. >> Smyth's back from jury duty. With his numerous arrests and incarcerated family members, it was his disdain for the boys in blue that got him off the hook. >> Desa's back too. >> Park Clip #1. Carroll vs. a Hurricane? But, the name of the Hurricane is Hurricane Carroll. >> Raymond's Fun with Skate Photos #5. Tito, back in the pipe! >> Crailshop update for the kill deals on kill wheels. >> In an attempt to help the Ringer push the Spike Factor, he recommends that you all see this movie. It's not out yet but he saw it last night. >> Proof again that I don't post the daily photos. I wouldn't hang myself out to dry with a frontside kick turn under coping. C'mon Sanger! >> I have to go, I have a meeting with the most powerful woman in skateboarding. QUOTE: "Can you pull that quote?" —Meg Monday, Mar 14, 2005 >> The entire time I spent reading John Gatlin's Family Member Survey, I wondered if he ever watched the slide show of his big sister, Jamie, getting grinded on by a male stripper in our lobby. (click image to see survey) >> Sometimes a belated birthday present is the best present of all. DJ Hammerschmidt put in some serious time on this masterpiece of a mix, splicing together some classic Crail quotes. Crailtap Birthday Present #5. >> Park Clip #9. The mighty Jeron Wilson uses the six pack he's had since birth to pop this nollie heel down the stairs. >> I know Carl already spoke of it in his column, but we're gonna over saturate this mother for maximum turnout. The Art Dumpers bring you the Grey Rainbow. I believe a price has already been put on Bob K's head in photo form by Carl as well. >> After being featured on MTV Cribs Koston only hangs with famous people. They appear to be inside a 15-passenger club wagon, but they're really riding around in Judge Mill Lane's Hummer limo. Probably on their way to Ivy. Paparazzi photo by Jason of Sioux City. >> In the Loop with Biebel. When it gets hot in Sac you gotta fan yourself off with whatever's readily available. >> After a season of jungle fever, straight gay guys, gay gay guys, and pooka shells, Smyth's Keepin' It Real comes to a close. Episode 26, the season finale. QUOTES: "Did you get a gaper shot?" —Mikey to Nate Sherwood "This is why we have jobs." —Rickk to J. Calloway while watching a Gino clip "I took choir, dude." —Rudy on why he should be the singer of our band Friday, Mar 11, 2005 >> Sorry about Carroll. My fault. I guess he dropped out of school before the word brevity showed up on his vocabulary test. But to put it to rest, Carroll and Ty are cool again. >> I know Carroll came clean on Wednesday and admitted that he did Monday's post, where he tried to hang me out to dry like some shameless self-promoter. Thanks Ty for blowing his cover, but the real give away was when he had this statement, "He can't even carve a bowl as stylish as I can" as the button to the video clip of me skating in Australia. If it was me posting I would have had the bottom be something like this, "Take a look at this outtake from 'Tent City'." >> Mike, the million-dollar question is what reason are you going to give to Desa as to why you didn't put up a link for Desanka. Oooohhhh, you're in trouble! >> Everyone's little buddy, Alex Parker/Olson's dad Steve Olson is the first to fill out the new Family Member Survey. No, this isn't the Shorty's Steve Olson, this is the Santa Cruz/Skull Skates Steve Olson. Shorty's Olson would have had to birth little Alex when he was nine if that was the case. He can levitate, so I guess anything is possible. Take it away Steve Original. >> Here's a photo of Alex on his thirteenth birthday. His grandma got him the Koston twos. Alex was at one time rumored to be playing the young Jay Adams in The Lords of Dogtown. From the looks of that photo they should have cast him as The Feral Kid. >> Park Clip #8. Roberts gets nasal on the wedge. >> Raymond's Fun with Skate Photos #4. Wee Howard. QUOTES: "You can't die if you're in Playboy." —B. Mette "I need something like this in my life." —Anthony Van Engelen on a bootleg DVD of Love Child and Tim and Henry's "She probably knows more about skateboarding than I do." —Anthony Van Engelen about his mom See past Randoms |