Motto: Hands Free Since 2000

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7/03/08

We already received our token Two Girls and a Cup entry for The Spike and Ty Green Screen Challenge! So if that was your plan you better get back to the drawing board. Send your less offensive entries here. (Read Monday's post for contest details).

Tacky World has Koston in the bowl during the CPH Pro bowl event.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Brandon Biebel: Method Man

Not a whole lot going on here today.


QUOTE:
"I gotta go, this isn't cheap."--Staba ending a phone call from Europe

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7/02/08

The Spike and Ty Green Screen Challenge! (read Monday's post for details) prize package has been sweetened. Bird was kind enough to kick in these Lakai shirts that were never released and never will be released to the general public. So each winner of the contest in addition to getting a pair of these shoes will get a shirt as well. Send your entries here. Contest ends July 15.

This is the welcoming mat at MJ's front door, literally.

Girl and Chocolate will be dipping into an Active triple shot this Sunday, if you're not at church go check it out.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Danny Brady: ODB

And in further Wu news. The white guy in the video used to skate and was even better than Mike Carroll, hell both Carrolls, at one point.




Mouse filmer extraordinaire Tim Dowling has a trivia question on his friend's site that if you know the answer to you could win a Chocolate board.


QUOTE:
"I like Diamond because they represent Lex Diamond."--Raekwon The Chef

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7/01/08

The Final Flare is coming.

Read yesterday's post to get involved in the The Spike and Ty Green Screen Challenge! Send entries here.

From Tapper Fred, "I didn't know you guys were making the Street Pirate trucks back in the H-Street era. Check the board on the ground."

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Patrick O'Dell: U-God

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6/30/08

He may have only gotten sixth at the Copenhagen Cup, but Koston is still our number one choice when it comes to this week's Guest Front Page Poster. All photos from Eric's week in Denmark.

New Contest. The Spike and Ty Green Screen Challenge! Spike and Ty are running for their lives. Key out the background and decide just what it is that they are running from. You'd do well to impress us with your imagination and video expertise. Remember you can slow it down, mess with the audio, loop it, add an intro or outro. Basically go off. The clip below is a reference. Download the large file to work off of here. The best five will win a pair of these limited edition Lakais and plenty of other goodies. Entries are due by July 15 and should be submitted in H.264 Decoder, 640 x 360, 44 kHz, Data Rate: 1500. And yes, we ripped it off from The Colbert Report.

He should have tried them on the Mega Ramp.

Tapper Tim Olson (no relation) sent us this warning, "Invite him to your skatepark and he will shit on your flatbar."

Q & A Section
From Hopper Local OG,
Q: How many beers is Koston sinking a day now he is on the Bud program?
A: About 6 to 8. I'm keeping it pretty mellow, no Frosty sightings, yet.--Koston

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Lee Smith: Raekwon




Excellent song choice today, Ringer.

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6/27/08

Probably the best link ever: Dare to Dream.

Behind the scenes, Fourstar catalog shoot, 2008.

Home made sticker of a Bright Eyes song title on a Civic parked at a strip mall in Torrance? That makes the post.

Q & A Section
From Ryan Foret,
Q: Does Mike Mo ever get ragged on for that episode of New Pollution he did a while back?
A: Nah, I never really get ragged on for it. I really should though, it's fucking embarrassing. That's my first time talking in front of a camera, and the dudes that did the interview made it very uncomfortable. We also did some much funny stuff for it, and they cut all of it out. I have no idea why? But anyways, I wish I could just redo that thing, and edit my self. It'd look way better! You can tell they obviously weren't really skaters, right?--Mo

Send your questions here.

Celebrate Mo going pro with a Night of Mo.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Omar Salazar: Red Man [before you write in, we know that Red Man is not a member of the Wu, but that's his answer.]


QUOTES:
"There's no off switch."--Staba

"Rickk's gonna be a little bummed they're not called 'Cool Canadian.'"--Spike

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6/26/08

When Koston travels abroad (in this case Denmark) he appreciates the finer moments of cultural exchange.

For the few people that have sent us photos of this shirt that's been floating around at department stores, Kelly Bird has a message for you.

Mini Top 5
Rip's Top 5 ways to enjoy his life
1. Appreciate reality
2. Respect people
3.Create honestly
4. Enjoy skate
5. Take picture

Q & A Section
From Ed,
Q: Hey Spike, is that you singing in Rodney Mullen's part in the Rubbish Heap video [song starts at 2:21]. That was one sweet song.
A: That is one of my earlier Casio keyboard compositions when I lived with Megan. After she would go to bed I would fill hours of tapes with Casio keyboard songs. All of them had the same magnificent level of song writing and there wasn't one of them I didn't like.--Spike

Send your questions here.

Suds party is soaping up SF tomorrow night. Our friend Squeak E. Clean will be throwing the rager with Carroll, Brian, Max, Cards, Stranger, Tommy Guerrero, and Jim Thiebaud will be up, around, and on the ramp.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Omar Hassan: ODB


QUOTE:
"That's such a great photo. I hope I took that."--Spike

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6/25/08

New Poll! Sure Guy won three major awards last week, but how come didn't he take home any of these? As for as the last Poll, Rickk ended up rooming with Chris Troy and Geoff Rowely, both of who weren't even on the list. Sorry Lizard fans.

Listen in on a Guy and Salman chat over at Skatebook and check out a photo of Guy in Axions.

In regards to today's Front Page Photo, Rickk has assured us that he's cool with it.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Dan Drehobl: Old Dirty


QUOTE:
"So I'm a failure. You should be used to that by now."--Carroll

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6/24/08

The Cloud's back up for grabs!

Justin Eldridge just walked in drinking a Cactus Cooler. I thought if you're over 18 they kind of revoke your Cactus Cooler license. Same goes for Hawaiian Punch, Sour Patch Kids, and Fiery Hot Cheetos...all of which Justin also thoroughly enjoys.

Mini Top 5
Top 5 reasons Daniel Castillo is wearing shorts today
1. Because it's hot
2. Trying to tan my legs
3.Tim Gavin used to wear them, a lot
4. I have a lot of shorts from 10 years ago that I'm just now starting to wear
5. Makes me look taller

Q & A Section
From Giancarlo,
Q: Are those cheese doodles floating in the picture of Spike's pool?



A: They certainly are. It was Rickk's surprise birthday party, so you bet there were Cheese Doodles there.--Aaron

From J.,
Q: I was wondering if you had any news why all of the Share the Air blogs have been whiteout for a while now?
A: They're done. It was a mutually beneficial partnership. But even good things must come to an end. Good news for you is, I'm back on Crail staff! Uncensored! Wild Weekends here we come!--Smyth

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Justin Eldridge: Ghostface

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6/23/08

This week's Guest Front Page Photos are gonna be Rickk's dispatches from the Indy tour he's currently on.

How Carroll, Smyth and Andy Henri spent their Go Skateboarding Day.

Q & A Section
From Devin,
Q: Cappadonna isn't in Wu Tang, he is just one of the killa bees, like Buddha Priest and those cats. Please get your shit straight. If your gonna spread mathematics, spread it right. The real top five rappers in Wu Tang (actually rap skill wise) is: 1. The Gza 2. O'l Dirty 3. Inspectah Deck 4. Method Man 5. Raekwon
A: But call me back at the God Hour. I'm studying one-twenty right now.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Rip: Method Man

Today it was discovered that our Hershel, in his own words, is "A 100% perfect, sample size, from top to bottom." Let us explain. A true medium in T-Shirts, size 32 pants, and a size nine in shoes. So he's open to receiving any and all samples that your company might be throwing away. And a guy who has taken phones out of the recycling barrel at Best Buy so he can sell them on Craigslist really will take anything. Here's what a Perfect Sample Size Man looks like:

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6/20/08

Malto has landed himself on the front page of the July issue of Slap. Yeah Malto!

Our extremely busy Art Dump will be happy to know that our esteemed associate, Porous Walker, has our Wallride 18 cover taken care of.

Q & A Section
From Bonzo,
Q: I was watching Goldfish and noticed Tim Gavin playing drums during the intro to his part. Does Tim still play drums? Any chance of Tim breaking off some beats for us to remix?
A: I don't actually play the drums and I'm quite surprised to hear some people thinking I did based off the Goldfish intro. I just watched it again and the beat is not even in tuned with my playing. But to answer your question, yes, I would love to break off some serious shit for you to remix.--The Gav

Send your questions here.

Did we say O'Meally solo show was this weekend? We meant next weekend.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Jeff Grosso: ODB

I guess it's gonna be either ODB or RZA. Can't we get a Master Killa or a Cappadonna in here?

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6/19/08

Rickk checked in from the Indy tour and gave us the van breakdown:
Grosso driving
Dawes in shotty
Two Omars in the front row
Me and Chris Troy second row
Filmer and Drehobl in back panel
Good vibes!

Eldridge came across this fabulous hairdo.

Our friend Paul at SGV sent us his latest piece of hard-hitting journalism.

Supra Pete is hosting an event for Go Skate Day in Vancouver. He's calling for Best Trick on a Crail Board. If he's there someone make him do a fingerflip lien to tail revert. It's gotta be on vert though!

Q & A Section
From Ezekiel Lim,
Q: Atiba, I spotted you celebrating and taking photos with KG and the Celtics on TV after game six. Did any of that champagne damage your camera?
A: No, but taking pictures of that shitty game almost broke it. KG is the man, happy for him, but Pau played so soft WNBA.--Atiba

From John Voves,
Q: Biebel, were you always able to dunk, or did you have to work for it? I've been trying to increase my vertical jumping by doing weights at the gym and calf raises at every cigarette break. So far, I haven't really improved though. What kind of program should I get on?  I GOTTA DUNK IN FOOLS' FACES!.
A: Well when I was growing up I was always shorter than everybody else so I never thought I could but then I grew to be 6 ft which still is short to dunk but I just practiced jumping and touching the rim. Eventually I could hang on it with one hand then two. I just kept getting a lil higher as time went on. I finally piped one and just over the years I learned how to do it. Now I can straight smash! And on good days 360 2 hand! So see if you can dunk a tennis ball and work on it till you can flush a basketball. Goodluck buddy!--Biebel

Send your questions here.

Wow, that was that was a lot of basketball talk, even for us.

O'Meally is having a solo show this weekend in NY. Go check it out.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
The Gav: ODB

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6/18/08

Vincent's on Lakai, and they got the steady shot to prove it.

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6/17/08

New Poll! Who's Rickk gonna share pillow talk with on the Indy trip?

Mini Top 5
Top 5 things Alex Olson is feeling right now
1. Sudoku
2. The Indian food at Whole Foods
3. Lee Smith living in LA
4. Boston winning the series
5. Skating

Our friend, Mikey Piscitelli, like many of our friends, has a blog. But his has some old photos of Keenan and Gino on it.

Q & A Section
From Don Luong,
Q: Yo Sam, I saw you at a Nike party the other night and you were reppin the come over pretty hard. Do you rep the come over often or was it just a special occasion?
A: Yeah, it's a new do. I've always considered my hair to be pretty jacked, but I'm getting butt-loads of compliments on this one. So it might be around for a while.--Sam Smyth

From Kyle,
Q: Where did Koston get that captain shirt (the one that says Captain in big yellow letters on the back). It's a cool shirt, I thought it was a 4star shirt, maybe I'm not looking hard enough.
A: I too thought that it was a cool shirt. Unfortunately it is Fourstar shirt which we no longer make. Try eBay or Buffalo Exchange if you wanna dig it up. If you have no luck there, you can always accessorize with the Fourstar "Anchor" hat. Same shit, just on a hat.--Eric Koston

Send your questions here.

The same guy who made Pops shatter turned Koston into a Lime who skates and throws coasters.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Daniel Castillo: The RZA


QUOTE:
"You're a doctor. I'm a skater."--Jake Phelps for Johnny Romano

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6/16/08

New Featured Feature! We proud to present Vincent Alvarez' Video Part, brought to you by Chocolate Skateboards. Filmed in just a few months.

Clip of the Day. Stevie gives Guy a nice intro on Guy's first win of the T-World awards.

Here's a gallery from the big ceremony.

Trip this, Lee Smith lived on 48th Ave.

The only thing cool about Mike Umberger's broken ankle is his cast

Q & A Section
From Harry Moritz,
Q: Who is the biggest Morrissey fan at Crailtap?
A: I'm going to say Kelly Bird that's where all the Lakai shirt comes from.--Alex Olson

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Sean Cliver: The dead one


QUOTE:
"I won three awards and flew a plane to Santa Barbara."--Guy on how his weekend went

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6/13/08

Today's post is dedicated to the ordinary and the mundane. No foreign locals or extravagant events. Not even any Spike, since he's been repo'd by The Ringer. Which is fine Ringer. He can correct you.

Exhibit A: Hecox making graphic magic. It's a solitary life.

Exhibit B: The sharpest hairline in skateboarding visited our office today. Can you guess who it is? Click for the answer

Exhibit C: And this is about as exciting as it gets. That Damn Mask keeps making the rounds. Even the young ones can't resist.

Q & A Section
From Giles Anderson,
Q: Who's wearing the light orangey pants, blue shirt, and head wrap at Burnside and does the big ollie off the bump, then frontside grind, then bails an air into the bowl in that clip?  I feel like a complete idiot, but I can't figure it out.  At first I thought it was Julien dressed up in a kit circa Sick Boys, but I've abandoned that theory.
A: Choppy Omega--Alex Olson

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Chris Roberts: Ghostface

QUOTE:
"This guy is happening."--Rickk about Sean Malto

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6/12/08

Today's BA's birthday, the youngest of 14. Happy birthday Bri Bri!

A New York Quickie.

Nate Broussard is on Skate Mental!

Brian Lotti's new film, Free Pegasus, will be premiere tonight in downtown LA.

Q & A Section
From Kyle,
Q: BA, did you cop that new Carter III album, and what do you think of it?
A: Didn't get it yet, gotta bootleg while back. Think I will bump it quietly as Wayne is so popular now. Me and Brad liked him before he had a driver license! Cash Money!--Brian Anderson

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Mark Gonzales: ODB

QUOTE:
"Wow, spoiling someone's wedding?"--Mark Gonzales regarding this clip of Spike

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6/9/08

It's Spike day! Because some times the fourth owner's got to get some shine too.

Clip of the Day. Spike Mega Clip.




The still photography side of Spike day.

And for those still wondering, yes, he still like's fireworks.

QUOTE:
"I'm profound all the time."--Spike

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6/7/08

Clip of the Day. New Vampire movie. Hits theaters this summer.




Still hanging out with Ben and EA everyday while they shoot a Fourstar catalog and I'm excited to report that they gave up talking about camera's every five minutes. Yeah, today they were talking about camera stores. Just to let you know that they've got some range.

he Skatebook's coverage of Koston has been posted on their site.

First a Mag Minute and now this for Marty.

Q & A Section
From Mitch,
Q: Carroll, is that orchid shirt you're wearing in Beauty and the Beast an American Apparel? If so, then does that mean the gold jacket was as well?
A: I have no recollection of that Island. Hence the gold jacket. The park was hella fun though, I think.--Carroll

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Guy: The GZA

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6/6/08

We're gonna do this whole thing tomorrow with an unprecedented Saturday post. Carroll's rounding third on his pilates exercises that means we gotta get ready to go. See you in Simi.

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6/5/08

And the Official Release, boards and all!


Joshua Steimle gives a visual representation of Koston's thoughts on the NBA short shorts.

Val Surf is throwing a Lakai demo this Friday at the Skatelab in Simi.



Kyle's back on it with hella creepy updates.

Q & A Section
From Gerald,
Q: How about a Gerwer Top Fives?
A: It's from the Bob K era, but here it is.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

El decimo vida de Paco.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Rickk: Matt Schnurr

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6/4/08

New Featured Feature. Feds put the finishing touches on the Yanks on Planks tour of Australia, featuring stunning performances by Eric Koston, Alex Olson, Brian Anderson, Mike Mo, Sean Malto, Brad Staba, Brandon Beibel, and Rick McCrank.

We've depleted our farm league. The kids got the invite to the big dance. Congrats, Alex, Mo and Malto!

Spent a day in Oakland with Max and day in SF with Brian accompanied by Ben and EA, aka Sugar n Spice. We'll be rounding out the rest of the Fourstar team this week and into next. Here's a gallery.

There are some honors in this life that just speak volumes about one's achievements; The Pulitzer, The Nobel Peace Prize, SOTY, and, of course, making it into Carroll's Top Eight.

Q & A Section
From Marc Huebert,
Q: This question is for Mikey. Seeing Julien in that Fogtown shirt brings up the question, isn't Koston just the rich man's Phil Chen?
A: First of all, I'd like to say what's up to you. If this is the one and only Marc Huebert. Phil was super sick but I don't think Eric's the Rich mans Phil Chen only cuz I remember Phil not liking to skate in front of people and I'll go out on a limb and say Eric LOVES it. But Phil was super sick.--Carroll

Send your questions here.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Ako: The RZA

QUOTE:
"'I miss my friend Mike."--Alex sitting in the Indy van depressed

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6/3/08

Carroll's Bestiality Gallery, 3 of 3.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Ben Colen: Ghost

Still in, as the Canadian's would say, San Fran, with Ben and EA. Yesterday was Max. Today BA. More details tomorrow.

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6/2/08

Belated Beast Clip of the DayA Beauty y el Beast mega clip.

Even though Carroll's still got more photos to burn through, let's let Koston's Beauty and the Beast flicks shine on their own shit. Smyth's got one in the hopper too.

I'll be traveling with Ben Colen and EA today. Talk about sugar and spice.

Q & A Section
FromDan Watson,
Q: Okay so I know Spike Jonze directed 100% by Sonic Youth, and that Jason Lee and Mariano are in it, but is that also Spike as the main character who totally shreds the 3-stair with a frontside 180?
A: That is Spike as the main character, 90s Alt Rock Spike.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Behind the Jesus.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Chico: Raekwon

QUOTE:
"'My mom thinks you're hot."--10-year-old kid at the Zumiez demo to Biebel

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5/30/08

Belated Beast Clip of the DayHeading up the 5 North, Rickk and Robbie find a little onion while the rest decide if they want theirs grilled or raw.

Another Carroll Beauty and The Beast gallery hits the airwaves.

O'Dell's up on it too.

Q & A Section
From Joseph Hughes,
Q: This question is for Bird. I was hiking up at Runyon Canyon in Hollywood with my chic and who do I see coming down the mountain, Mr Bird. Coulda sworn he was eye-balling my sneaks. Been a loyal fan of Lakai since 99' but on that day I was rocking some TNT's. Totally fanned out and once he looked at my shoes, all my hard work and dedication towards the brand kinda went out the door. Wondering if he will ever forgive me? Bought the Koston Independent Selects in my defense.
A: It's cool. As a general rule, you never really wear your good shoes to hike in anyway (I'm sure I wasn't wearing Lakai's either), so don't sweat it. Thanks for the support and don't be afraid to say what's up next time you see me in the streets (or canyons).--Bird

Send your questions here.

I like Nieratko's interview with Redman just fine, but I like that Redman called Dimitry to wish him a happy holiday more.

Our dear friend Greg and his Land of Plenty are throwing this event for a good cause this weekend.

Nic Couillard sent us this separated at birth.

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Spike Jonze: I gotta agree with Schnurr, The RZA

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5/29/08

Belated Beast Clip of the Day. Frank hypes up Flesh Light for a hip hit.

Here's our first of many Beauty and the Beast galleries. We've referred to Smyth as our Atiba. Well, if that's the case than Carroll is our Seu. See the similarities? Well anyways, Carroll shot these.

Looks like Carroll, Rickk, Eric, and Alex, oh wait, no Alex quit, will be headed back to Seattle and Portland with the rest of the Lakai team this weekend for some Zumiez stops. And don't worry Carroll's leaving the gold jacket behind

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Matt Schnurr: The RZA

Q & A Section
From Dmac,
Q: I seen the "Snow Chomp" that the Skate Fairy posted the other day so my question is this: Who at The Tap shreds snow the hardest?
A: Well, Rudy was sponsored by a snowboard company once. I think it was called Ride? Might be wrong though. But I bet these days it's McCrank. Though my entire basis for this is that he's from Canada.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

QUOTE:
"'He used to dress dope."--Alex about Carroll

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5/28/08

We're back from the Beauty and the Beast tour. And it was both a beauty and a beast. And the retard was there. I know we were kind of sucking on the updates but we were in the woods. Damn cell phone wouldn't even work. Couln't even call baby mama. Starting tomorrow we'll have you, and the tour, covered.

The much-anticipated Rob Welsh Top 5 is up.



And while we're on the subject...
Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Robbie Russo: ODB

Q & A Section
From Kyle,
Q: For the Management, what happened to the question of the day part?
A: Nothing.--The Management

Send your questions here.

Lakai article is up at Thrasher.

The 'Boarder Barneys barged our spot.

Quite often we get emails inquiring about Tony Ferguson's been up to. Wonder no more.

QUOTES:
"A slap for a poke!?"--Robbie Russolearning the hard way about Rickk's revenge tactics

"'Put me on this show, dude!"--Alex while watching American Gladiator

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"Post from the road"

5/27/08

Could get weird.

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"Post from the road"

5/22/08

Two Guys and a Cup.

Much like the Cheeks, Malto can saw logs anywhere.

Koston's here!

QUOTE:
"I can't wait to get this do rae me so I can hook up my apartment."--Alex

 

 

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"Post from the road"

5/21/08

The Tap staff field reporter Spike Jonze checks in from
Beauty and the Beast.

 

 

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5/20/08

"Positive first on the live car."





Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang! Peter Hewitt:
Ghost Face Killah


Simon Rex, you may owe Carroll a percentage of sales for the 80s song or at least a shout out on the next record.


QUOTE:
"You know when TnT did that tail smack? The Lakers just did three of those"--Rickk on Kobe's slam dunks

 

 

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5/16/08

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang! Sean Malto:
The one in the Right Guard commercials


"Drum circle"

 

QUOTE:
"I'd wanna grab a retard and hug a nun after that."--Frank Gerwer about Jason Ellis being Shamoo'd by Peter Hewitt

 

 

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5/15/08

This is what we're doing.

 

 

 

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5/14/08

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang! Brian Anderson: The Gza

Carroll brought a boombox from Urban Outfitters.

On our way to pick up Jonzo.

 

 

 

 

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5/13/08

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang! Sam Smyth: Raekwon

I'd hate to tell him but Smyth might be giving Alex a run for his money for best hair. They're both parting to the right.

Mini Top 5
Robbie Russo's Top 5 things about riding in the Girl van
1. Chilling with everyone
2. Calling Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson then calling him Mark Carroll
3. Calling Carroll to see if he was done streching
4. Buying Rick a water
5. Excited to go to Oregon

QUOTE:
"I got the perfect guy for her, my dad."--Alex Olson

 

 

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5/12/08

We interrupt this week's Guest Front Page Poster, Richard Mulder, he was scheduled for two weeks, to bring you daily images from Girl and Antihero's Beauty and the Beast Tour. We're driving up to SF tomorrow to meet the rest. Daily reports from the road are a must, mostly like coming from Carroll's trusty iPhone. Backwoods internet connection? It could get sketchy, but thus is life on the road.

Clip of the Day. Olson begrudgingly obliges the HD camera for a clip.

After all my years dealing with skateboarders, filming skateboarders, reading about skateboarders, befriending skateboarders, working for skateboarders, and working at Skateboarder, it is my estimation that there really, truly, is only one question worth asking skateboarders. And here it is: Who's your favorite member of Wu-Tang?
And with that we bring you:

Their Favorite Member of the Mighty Wu-Tang!
Mike "ACP" Carroll: Ol' Dirty

Because, after all, who doesn't want to know that shit?

If this photo is worth a thousand words "flattered" is not one of them. From our pal Robert Reed.

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5/9/08

Clip of the Day. Sometimes we just gotta steal 'em. Guy footage from 2005.

And you thought this was some throw back shit. How about these? Thanks Ryan Cho.

The Berrics has stolen what we stole from US Weekly! Koston Vs. CSI.

Q & A Section
From Woolf Barnato,
Q: Why aren't you Keepin' It Real? You got home turf advantage on these fools.
A: You make a good point there, Woolf. Except for the fact I've yet to see them go anywhere I've been. They're hitting the most obscure Hollywood spots I've never seen. Probably should have taken this opportunity to unleash on the Hollywood douches that have antagonized me over the years. But you know what? I'm enjoying it even more knowing it's not a homework assignment.--Smyth (Still Real)

Send your questions here.

Girl goes futuristic (if it was 2006) too.

QUOTE:
"I'm like a blog with no content. I haven't been updated in a while."--Hershel

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5/8/08

Clip of the Day. Carroll up and over back lipper.

Casey Daisey found Waldo...I mean Alex's board.

Q & A Section
From Adam,
Q: I was wondering if the SHT Sound song comes from Emperor Ming's entrance song in the Flash Gordon movie?
A: Yes it does.--Johannes

From Joshua Steimle,
Q: Ok, so there are 10 profiles on Facebook with the name Eric Koston. Does even one of those belong to the real man? I mean, there can't be that many Eric Kostons in the world. On a related note, how would Koston feel if the NBA brought back the short shorts and long socks players used to wear in the 70s?
A: What's Facebook? As for the short shorts, I think it would be a terrible idea. The Lakers thought it would be real cute to bring them back this season in a game against the Celtics and they got their asses handed to them. The long socks are cool though.--Koston

Send your questions here.

Today in Torrance. Everyone is always tripping off the Lakers around here. But there is obviously more pressing matters in local sports?

QUOTE:
"Having a kid is like having three ams stay at your house."--The Gav

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5/7/08

Clip of the Day. Kenny on a Long Beach mini via 'Toya.

Where's Waldo? Alex was so ecstatic about the way he was riding yesterday he chucked his board into this tree. See if you can find it.

And remember you're not "focusing" your board, you're doing an "Alex Olson style deck cracking." He's working on it.

Wednesday's with Gerwer.

Q & A Section
From Ryun,
Q: This may have been answered a long time ago but in MJ's Yeah Right part, who was that with their arms in their shirt right before MJ's back 50-50 on the two lunch tables stacked with the invisible ramp?
A: Bro, it's Jerry, bro!--Aaron

Send your questions here.

The Tap has gone Jetsons too!

QUOTES:
"Tha Tap was fire today, son!"--Carroll about yesterday's post

"'I'm not just trying to make money, I'm trying to offer convenience."--Staba

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5/6/08

Crail Reporter at Large and Head of the Bureau of Canadian Affairs, Rickk is not afraid to cover the Midwest. Here's his fine behind the scenes gallery of Subsect demo. Here's some Youtube love. One and two.

Also from the Subsect demo, and more famously yesterday's quote about Ben Colen we were sent this.

Clip of the Dae. Just like old times. Chris and Song double up.

After bringing to light that Rickk did a lazer flip in Questionable, Carroll, in a rare occasion of making a joke, said that Rickk used to refer to them as forward Howard flips. Good one Carroll. Let's see if it catches on.

Here's an unfriendly reminder to check out Chocolate site, dick.

Q & A Section
From Tony Lopez,
Q: This one's for Roberts. If you and Joey B. were in a heated battle of manual pad S.K.A.T.E and it were 'T' to 'T', what trick would you defeat him with? And if the tables were turned, what trick would he get you with?
A: Well it depends on the size of manny, but on a normal size pad I think I would get Joey on a fakie tre-flip switch manny. Joey would get me on a inward heel manny for sure.--Chris Roberts

Send your questions here.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with two people, as pointed out, who aren't even Mexican, Chico and Enrique coming in caliente at The Berrics.

QUOTES:
"You can't get hurt skating curbs."--The Gav when asked if he ever got injured

"'I'm a 45 year old man, go ahead take a shot of whisky and go to the bar and get fucked, just show up to rehearsal."--Mike Mo's Dad talking about his new drummer

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5/5/08

You may know this week's Guest Front Page Poster as your real estate guy, or your financial advisor, or the dude on Team Hosoi, but he'll always be Little Richie to us. Thanks Darth Mulder!

New Crail Poll. A well placed Welsh Top 5 teaser.

Clip of the Dae. With Daewon it truly is point and shoot. Cheese and Crackers revisited manana.

Kenny gets more Earth Day coverage than Gore!

QUOTES:
"I got funny shit. You got funny shit. We need to be sharing this stuff."--Rob Welsh

"Is Ben Colen here? I want to see the wizard'."--Kid at Subsect Demo

"I love a celebrity sex video."--Ben Colen

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5/2/08

Cover of Thrasher and Clip of the Day? Looks like Haslam is having a killer week.

Carnie comes close to getting to the (power) bottom of one of his greatest inquiries.

Q & A Section
From Joshua Hawkins,
Q: Ever since I read his interview in Transworld; I've been bewildered on the fact that you (Guy Mariano) aren't able to land three flips, regularly. Is there a particular reason? Thanks man, you're my favorite skateboarder!
A: I didn't do them as well as others, so I guess I stop putting effort into it. It was a big mistake cause it is my favorite trick to watch.--Guy

Send your questions here.

Bill Senga came through with the requested photo of AustYn Gillette on the premises of the Liberty celebration. He even got a Evan Schiefelbine (had to goggle the spelling) bonus. So Mr. Senga you'll be getting this special prize.

This Sunday will be T-Ferg's birthday. Happy Birthday Tone!

QUOTES:
"I haven't seen you in a longtime...that was really funny though when you fell in the water in the beginning of Rickk's part."--Richard Mulder to Ben Colen

"I don't want harsh cargs crotch sweat for the flight."--Rickk

"We'll be revisiting the subject for years to come."--Carnie

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5/1/08

As promised (and actually fulfilling a promise this time) the Chocolate Site has been revamped, revised, revitalized, restored, and refurbished. And just in time to let you know that Vincent Alvarez is now down with us!

Clip of the Day. When you get on you get all the accoutrements, like Clip of the Day. Yeah Vince! He's reg footed.

Not since Fuct have we seen such a battle over a name.

Kenny has been all over the interweb this week. First here then here. Funny he can do all that but still can't email us the Top 5 he did four years ago. Come on Ken! Just for that we're designating you as next week's Guest Front Page Poster. Don't let us or the fans down.

Q & A Section
From Riley O'Neill,
Q: This question is to anyone that wants to take a stab. I'm graduating college in 2 days, what do I do now?
A: Well if Embarcadero was still around, I'd say pack your bag and sleep on the wave for the summer, but it's not and it's not 1993. So I'd say get one of those cameras that takes sequences without film and start coming for Colen's spot!--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Liberty Board Shop is celebrating 15 years in the busyness with a party tonight. Devine's lady will also be showing her artwork. Anyone who sends us a photo of Austyn Gillette on the premise wins a special prize.

QUOTE:
"I miss you too, baby. I haven't talked to you in a day."--Colen

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4/30/08

Clip of the Day. This was yesterday, after a lengthy sesh a Pedro, yet Carroll still had the legs for this. Big spin on flat though, not so much.

A lime in Lakais.

Directed by Spike. Starring Sunny.

The Street Pirate Tat has never looked so red and irritated. Now that's down for life. Sent from Concrete Wave skate shop.

For people wondering what Robbie McKinley has been up to, well, he's been walking on fire.

Yesterday's link to this led Spencer Starr to send us this. We can see a connection.

Don't forget this weekend Iowa is going to be going off.

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4/29/08

Clip of the Day. Trying to get their Beauty and The Beast legs going

Speaking of hitting the road, Rickk, you wanna map out some stops for you and I? I wonder if dudes on Antihero have IBS? Frank? Thanks Thomas Lane.

Yesterday I was thinking of telling a quick personal story or fun fact that I had for all the people featured in Greg Hunt's Front Page Photos, also known as running low on content. Well today's Front Page Photo is of Sean Young and for Scott Johnston's 411 Profile, in which people gave quotes about Scott, Sean and his friend Hurley offered one where they said, "Scott Johnston, I'll drink to that." Then they both took swigs of hard liquor in the middle of the day at Embarcadero. It was pretty sick but never got used. Too dangerous for the kiddies I guess.

Today is Eric Koston's birthday and we think that's pretty tight!


QUOTE:
"I had two coffees and a Coke and I'm still dragging anchor."--Rickk

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4/28/08

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is Greg Hunt who took time from his busy Mindfield production to bless us with this week's photos, all shot while on a Real and Stereo tour from 1995.Thanks Greg.

Last week Jeron came up one photo short for his GFPP, but he more than makes it up for it with this picture.

Clip of the Day. "Just wanted to show you some footage I filmed from Malto in Europe a while ago."--Zev van Sluysdam

Q & A Section
From Michelle Sinclair,
Q: Carroll, what was the trick you were trying in your FF part when the board flew out and hit the cameraman?
A: Just an ollie! But my wheels were hella small and run up was super bricky. Excuses, excuses! But it was annoying.--Carroll

Send your questions here.

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4/25/08

Life can be a real bummer. But how could you make it even bummier? Let us know in the New Crail Poll. Keep in mind I've done four out of the six already.

Mini Top 5
BEAGLEoneISM's Top 5 afros
1. The Ladies Man
2. Bob Ross the painter
3. Snoop Dogg in Starsky and Hutch
4. Quest Love, drummer for the Roots
5. 90's Drake Jones

The Chocolate site is about to get a major overhaul. New layout, new content, maybe even a new dude!

Q & A Section
From Hector Alvarez,
Q: Sam, just had Giordano's in North Beach a few weeks back and it was greatest sangwitch I've ever had. I'm just wondering where a sangwitch connoisseur such as yourself, would rank their Hot Cappiocola?
A: I have only had the pleasure of eating at Giordano's once in my whole sangwich grubbin' life. I had the pastrami, the most sensual of all the salted cured meats. I'll have to tell you that having the fries jammed all up into my sangwich was an experience I thoroughly enjoyed. I hope to make it back to Giordano's soon, and I will note your recommendation of the cappiocola--Smyth

Send your questions here.


QUOTES:
"I'm building a quartepipe tomorrow. There's a really good chance it's going to be good looking as well as functional."--Staba

"Dislocated the shoulder yesterday again for the fifth time trying to schralp a mini in the suit...stoops."--Richard Mulder

"I don't even like anyone's afro in skateboarding."--Beagle

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4/24/08

Clip of the Day.. Guess who didn't eat Chile Verde before he skated. Daewon at Pedro. Not that it would really matter.

Here's how our Pedro Lunch panned out.

From Thomas Dupere, "I bought this Gonz painting in S.F. at a art show in the Mission around 1995. I was watching the extras in the 4star vid the other day and there is Gonz saying, 'Every vato's fantasy to wear the zoot suit!' It made my day.

Q & A Section
From Lloyd-Davis, Ralph,
Q: I've always been hyped on the fact that 99.9% of Keenan's footage was switch  (or nollie) tricks and it was executed perfectly and way ahead of his time. Did he make sure all his regular tricks were filtered out of the videos? Or did he just have it like that? Please don't tell me he had one leg shorter than the other like that Euro pro with the nollie stigmata.
A: Keenan definitely had it like that. He never filtered his tricks to only being switch. I guess he just did what felt comfortable. And that was to look amazing on his skateboard--Jeron

Send your questions here.

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4/23/08

Clip of the Day. Alex again. Wouldn't it be just like him to hotdog on Jeron's week? Roskopp rollout.

If we don't link him then we gotta deal with his hate emails and threatening phone calls. It's Wednesday. It's Reda.

Looks like Hecox has been ripping off diet Coke. Ha!

Cam'Ron, you need to put Theotis Beasely in your next video! He'd make that shit way sicker.

Lost Devine tapes. From the Axion days. Pepper, Jav, and 'Reem too.

QUOTE:
"This is your job, hanging out with your bros."--Alex Olson

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4/22/08

As Jeron Week continues each day will grow in its ferociousness, kind of like Shark Week. Jeron gets interviewed on the TSM Podcast show #120. That doesn't stand for The Skateboard Mag either. We don't know what it stands for.

Also getting all Jetsons like and entering the world of Podcasting today is Chocolate.

Clip of the Day. One thing about Alex is that even though he's young he doesn't mind old man terrain. Noseblunt of the backside variety. Filmed by Vince Vo.

If you've ever wondered what your friend would look like if he was on the phone with his car dealership for ten minutes, trying to get them to remotely unlock his car because he locked his keys and wallet in the trunk and he happened to be sitting right in front of your car and you happened to lay on the horn just to add to his stress level a little bit, well, he would probably look like this.

Rickk wants to go to Whole Foods today at lunch for Earth Day. Who said skaters aren't environmentally conscious? Well Kenny is. He Pops and Vincent will be here for Earth Day. Mt. Egypt too!

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4/21/08

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is Girl OG and Valley poster boy, Jeron Wilson. The way Jeron got photos back in the day was to not bring his own camera but just ask for someone else's doubles. That's why he's in 'em. In celebration we're also dedicating the entire week to Jeron. It's Dubs Week here at The Tap.

We have five winners for the I Skated in the Early '90s and I Know My Shit! or Twelve Angry Skaters contest. Here are the five, randomly selected winners: Jeff Chase, Rob Fields, George Nagai (yes, that George Nagai), Chad Hiyakumoto, and David Newbrough. Your shoes are on the way. Michael Wikan sent this humors entry. Thanks for playing and thanks to Jacob and Lakai. In case you were wondering here are the answers.

Clip of the Day. Young Olson brings some Malibu flavor to Chinatown.

Mini Top 5
Jeron's Top 5 reasons why The Valley is tight
1. Well first off the Valley is the Porn capital of the world
2. The Valley produces good skate talent like: (Guy Mariano, P Rod, Shilo Greathouse, Ethan Fowler, Weston Correa) there is more, but you get the point.
3. Great weather all year round, accept it gets a little hot in the summer. I mean hot!
4. It's close to Hollywood without being there.
5. And the last reason is, I'm glad they didn't change the name of the San Fernado Valley to the city of Camelot.

Hip-Hop has is truly a genre for all people, even Ben Colen. Thanks Elastic Back.

The Girl and Chocolate upper crust will be demoing it up Des Moines, IA for Heath and Dan Rogers' shop on May 3rd.

Biebel on the Block.

QUOTE:
"It was like Ban This."--Rudy on skating with Paulo the other day

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4/18/08

We're calling that contest with the long ass name on Monday. For the person who gets all 18 skaters they'll get the Carroll Embarko board too. Send your answers here.

From Nieratko, "Was walking around Jersey yesterday scouting a location for our 3rd NJ skateshop and came across this sticker. I don't get out much, so maybe they're more common than I know. Either way, sorry Spike's dirty little secret keeps resurfacing to try and destroy your company. You guys might want to distance yourself from him a bit."

Mini Top 5
Rudy's Top 5 guitar chords to trip out on*
1. Emajor addG#
2.Cmajor addF#
3. I really like Bm
4. B7major
5. Any diminished chord moved in fourths. For beginners it sounds really freaky, but it's easy. Gav freaks out when I try to explain that to him
*I asked him over the phone and he actually played each one for me

Don't play this until Sunday.

QUOTE:
"Geoff Rowley's 32? Sick!"--Carroll when reading that he and Geoff are the same age

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4/17/08

Ben and I spent a day with Malto in Kansas on Tuesday. A most gracious host, Sean picked us up in his mom's PT Cruiser, took us out for some fine dining at the local Waffle House, let us crash at the aforementioned "Mansion" which we thought would be a slightly larger skate house complete with empty forties bottles, spent bags of Spicy hot Cheetos, and rumble packs strewn across the floor, but this, Max Chilen's bedroom was the only room in the house that fit the bill. Then we went straight to this Certified Piece of Suck, but the kids loved it. Thanks for the hospitality Sean, Max, Tim, Rod, and the rest of Malto's buddies.

The I Skated in the Early '90s and I Know My Shit! or Twelve Angry Skaters contest posted on Monday is still up for grabs as we're gonna randomly pick five winners. No one's gotten a perfect score yet so the grand prize is still wide open as well. About as wide as a pair of purple Fuct jeans.

A day late with Reda.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Nick Diamond
Band(s):The Tubes
Tour: Outside Inside
Parent: Mom and Dad

Q & A Section
From Matt Thuet,
Q: Is Ty stoked on the new Fischerspooner single?
A: They're back together?--Ty

Send your questions here.

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4/16/08

Clip of the Day. With a trip to Guitar Center and $49.95, Brad raises our production value for Clip of the Day tenfold.

If all we had to do to get the Fairy to post was to miss a day ourselves then we'll miss more days.

Just got off a plane. Cut us some slack.

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4/14/08

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is...we don't know yet. So let's just enjoy the photo of Le Lee and his mean mug for another day...or two.

New Contest. It's called I Skated in the Early '90s and I Know My Shit! or Twelve Angry Skaters. Jacob Rosenberg sent us this clip from a Venice contest in '92 or so. If you can name 12 of the 18 skaters spotted in this video you'll be eligible to win a pair of Carroll Select/Embarko shoes from Lakai. It comes with an 18 minute DVD of compiled Carroll footage filmed by Jacob. Most of it never before seen

So send in your answers here and make sure you include your address. We'll randomly pick five winners from the correct entries. Anybody who gets all 18 wins a special prize. Contest is over next Monday.

We're going to Malto's hood today and staying in what he always refers to as "The Mansion." I think it's a fairly large skate house on the outskirts of Kansas City. So the fate of tomorrow's post lies in the speed of The Mansion's wireless connection. Ben Colen's coming with, and though Malto's clearly the star of the bunch, I think the majority of the post will revolve around the trials and tribs of our resident wizard.

For some reason when we announce that we're going to be giving something away it feels like we don't really have to post much else.

QUOTE:
"Bird got a six pack for seven dudes! Great TM work."--Smyth

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4/11/08

Clip of the Day. Round three. You call it.

Another Crail exclusive. Master Cluster reenactment photo, fourteen years on.

Brad's here!

Q & A Section
From Thomas Lane,
Q: What's The Tap's position on the "switch mongo" debate?
A: I'm old school! When I push fakie, I push fakie!--Carroll

Send your questions here.

Lakai demo tomorrow.

The Pros are Just Like Us. Biebel caught at Burger King in Stockholm Sweden.

QUOTES:
"My eyes look like buttholes."--Lewman

"What's the guy's name? River Bob?"--BA

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4/10/08

Clip of the Day. That's not a fandangle across the flat. That's Koston vs. Daewon, Round Two.

Mini Top 5
Carroll's Top 5 lost wallets
1. Blue Velcro wallet, I bought it at the Kmart that Jovontae did the nosegrind in the Planet Earth video. Left at a gas station on the 405. It was my very first wallet and the only one I didn't lose while drunk.
2. Just lost a brown Barney's wallet after a tailgate party at the Phoenix Am. Girl and Lakai credit cards were in there.
3. Fourstar leather wallet on New Year's Eve 2002. Fell out in a cab. The driver dropped it off at the front desk of my apartment without the cash.
4. Gucci wallet. It was gift.
5. The wallet I'm about to get.

We were gonna link Wednesdays with Reda at our normally schedule time of Thursday afternoon, but since he emailed us yesterday saying that we were biting his shit with Rickk's Phoenix video now we're not. And, Reda, this was posted on 3/13/06. And then after that watch FDR part of this. We'll see you next week Reda...maybe.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Jacob Rosenberg
Band(s): Beastie Boys/Run DMC
Tour: Together Forever
Parent: My sister supervised

Has it ever donned on you that you've been eating a lot of nachos lately? Sucks, right?

Pappalardo, of all people, sent us this link last night. Vintage dudes.

Our friends at Active are having a store showdown. If you're in the SoCal area go check it out and root for your favorite employee.

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4/9/08

Girl Skateboards is now a proud partner of (Product) Red. To watch the video featuring Jenkins and Koston and learn more about the partnership click here.

And thanks to our friend Barr for hooking up the music and only asking for a nine inch board and some pockets tees, both of which we dont have. We owe, Brendan.

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4/8/08

Clip of the Day. If you thought Haslam had the exclusive on doubles with Daewon you're dead wrong dude. Koston and Dae doubled up on this, 1 of 3 to come.

More doubles action for Eric, this time with a launch over The Gonz on the cover of the new 'Boarder shot by our boy Ben.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Schmitty
Band(s): Billy Idol
Tour: Rebel Yell
Parent: Mom

If you ever want a heartfelt phone call from Rudy letting you know how much he appreciates you, just post a video with him playing guitar in it. He'll probably call around 5pm.

Tomorrow Andy and Eric are seeing red.

QUOTES:
"I don't know what I like."--Joey Brezinski

"I would love to have a board again."--Rudy

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4/7/08

If you live in the Upper Northwest, or if don't but don't mind driving there, come see us and our good friends at Antihero on the Beauty and the Beast Tour in late May. There's gonna be hella dudes from both squads. Click on the flier and ad below for more details.

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is Ben Colen. Now, we know Ben's been the GFPP before but this is his first time as an official Girl employee. Totally different vibe. And we're hoping to see that difference in the work. Right Ben?

Carroll takes picking a video part song very seriously. Let him know how he's done throughout the years in our New Crail Poll.

Clip of the Day. Phoenix Am, thru the lens of Rickk.

Vincent Alvarez got third this weekend. He's bad! He's the one holding the trophy. And that's not his dad or anything...that's Rudy.

The Brilliance of Marijuana Marketing #11. What, you didn't know C. Brown gave thanks?

LR-Cheeks is here!


QUOTES:
"I wouldn't leave until I did a series of noseblunt."--Sal Barbier

"That's hip-hop though."--LR-Cheeks

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4/4/08

Clip of the Day. Rickk thought it was high time that Spike got his. Kind of.

Smyth they finally invented it for you. Thanks McGuire.

Q & A Section
From Benjamin Little,
Q: Carroll, I used to watch Beware of the Flare just about every single day and I know you had some pretty bad heel bruises in that. I just destroyed both my heels to the point I can hardly walk on them let alone skate. What the hell am I supposed to do to make these go away faster or am I just supposed to wait till they're gone? If that's the case just kill me now.
A: Wait til they're gone! Try not to baby it when you walk or else you're gonna train your foot/calve muscles to do some incorrect shit in the future. Also you should ice it. Also get a tennis ball and stand on it so you can massage the bottom of your foot with it. That's really good for everything! Especially your arch cuz that's gonna get fucked up from messing up your heel.--Carroll

From MM,
Q: I recently got to see Rubbish Heap, and being my first video purchase, the video will always be near the top of my list. A couple of my favorites were Duc and Jon. Whatever happened to them?
A: Last I heard of Duc he was involved in gangs and what not. John on the other hand became a pediatrician, we ran into him years ago at UCLA.--Rudy

Send your questions here.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Tim O'Connor
Band(s): Tiffany and Gwar
Tour: Vat of Boiling Urine Tour
Parent: Grandfather


QUOTE:
"Thanks for saving rollerblading."--Eric Woods

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4/3/08

Clip of the Day. He may have gotten dead last at Tampa, but Joey Brezinski is first on the minds of Daniel and Chico.

Carnie returns to form with this Lakai review!

"You guys used a picture of me filming on my blades on your website that you took from my weblog thingy. Bummer is that I look gay as hell, and if you actually read the caption that the pic was taken from, it is of me making fun of myself. I do however happen to think Ty Evans is the shit and me and my blader friends are fans of what you guys do (we see Marc Johnson at Starbucks all day and we live down the road from The Berrics). Anyhow, good to know that someone is paying attention to us, even if it is in a sarcastic/spiteful undertone."--Lonnie Gallegos

"Dude, link my Wednesday."--Reda

Q & A Section
From Kareem,
Q: Where's the forum?! All big companies with websites have them. They're a lot of fun. I think it's time we bring one to Crailtap. It could allow skaters to post with some of the riders. I would love to post a thread if I knew Biebel was gonna respond to it.
A: There's only one person who's gonna be talking shit around here, and that's us.--The Management

From Michael Wikan,
Q: Who's taking the girl employee contest, Andy (in his Prime) or Emmet?
A: The kid's got ollies on lock, which I can honestly say, I never had. Never felt comfortable with them, but for him, it's like breathing. He skates goofy. I'm regular. He skates fast and has no fear, but he couldn't do a slappy to save his life (apparently, I can't anymore either...the last time I tried to show him, I rolled my ankle). I got sweepers, disasters, taps and f/s boardslides, but he's got 360 shuv-its, daffies, hippy jumps, blunts and is still progressing. I mostly push mongo, which, in all fairness, you should hold against me. So, you could say he's pretty much got my number, but until he gets a couple moves on a video (see Foundation's Glam Boys on Wheels), I got him beat.--Andy Jenkins

Send your questions here.

QUOTES:
"Nah, I sold him some shit."--Chico, when asked if Joey Brezinski, who was wearing an LRG shirt, was now on LRG

"I've shit in that alleyway some many times."--Rickk about The Berrics not having a toilet

"I'm a fuckin' adult now, dude!"--Mike Mo on turning 18

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4/2/08

Clip of the Day. Word on the street is that Kelly Hart has some of the best flatground on the...streets. Well he's get dem manuals too. First try. Welcome to The Tap Kelly.

MJ SOTY cover has arrived. It's a scorcher!

Rappin' and cappin' all about Tim Gavin.

If Carroll was a cat and if that was an iPhone and there was a staged fight going on just off camera, this is what it would look like.

Q & A Section
From Kareem,
Q: Mike Mo, how much do you tighten your trucks? And for how long do you use a pair of trucks?
A: I ride pretty loose trucks, tight trucks suck, you can't even move anywhere, your stuck on one route that way and tick tackin everywhere. Fuck that. You gotta carve around and take some sharp turns, but you need royals to turn like that. I ride my trucks how they come, I never really change them cause they are always really loose. And I ride the same ones for like 3 months.--Mo

From Adam,
Q: How often does McCrank get to skate, and when he does, is it solo or does he have a skate posse?  Also is his van now running on bio diesel?
A: On trips I skate everyday, when I'm home I skate weekdays and spend the whole weekend with my daughter, at home I skate alone a lot unless Keegan is in town. Yeah my van is running on bio diesel, I have a kit to convert it so it runs on 100% vegetable oil but I haven't installed it yet because I tend to procrastinate.--McCrank

Send your questions here.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Brad Staba
Band(s): Guns and Roses and Skid Row
Tour: Appetite for Destruction
Parent: Mom

If Billy only would have done this commercial in the early '90s he would have saved a lot of his fellow pro skaters from getting their homes repo'd.


QUOTES:
"You should see Tim's tan. Some of his best work."--Scott Johnston

"We should do some real shit on April Fools!"--Carroll

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4/1/08

Clip of the Day. Sorry for lying for the last two weeks.

QUOTE:
"Oh, it's April Fools today, I gotta call my parents!"--Hershel

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3/31/08

Clip of the Day. A triple shot of FS Piv with Kenny Anderson.

Lewman sent us this gallery exclusive shot in the heyday of the T4, during the heyday of Big Brother video premieres. El Rey Theater late 90s jam. Yeah, you were there.

Hershel sends me links all day, but none of them are as good as the two that Nathan Phipps sent me today. One and two.

Q & A Section
From Alex,
Q: As one of just three skateboarders who attend Davidson College, I was wondering what the folks at CrailTap HQ think about all the "madness."  I can't believe we did so well since we're such a small school (Steph Curry lives on my hall, no superstar vibes at all). Did we have anybody rooting for the underdogs?
A: Oh yeah, good ol' Davidson, they blew my whole bracket out of the water with that Georgetown upset. And since I'm the only one in our pool that had Georgetown beating Kansas to get into the Final Four, they double blew it for me yesterday. As for underdogs, Carroll had Stanford winning the whole thing. I'd say it doesn't get much more 'underdog' than that.--Bird

Send your questions here.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Michael Sieben
Band(s): Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price
Tour: Last of the Breed
Parent: Dad


QUOTE:
"It was cool. Bunch of fucked up little kids."--Smyth

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3/28/08

A Top 5 with top dude Tim O'Connor

Clip of the Day. Young Olson with a fence bash for the ages.

Ray Ray's got another Malto clip cooking.

If God didn't want us to eat animals he wouldn't have made them out of meat. Well, Crankers thinks differently and we're down with that.

Q & A Section
From SNAKES,
Q: Did Sam Smyth audition for the new Real World Hollywood? If no why not?
A: Don't let the boyish good looks fool you. I'm well past the cut off age of 25. Shit would be dope though, right?--Smyth

From Paul Civitelli,
Q: This question is for Guy.  Why do you only ride 7.75 and 8 inch wide boards now?  Will you ever go back to 7.5 or 7.6?
A: Honestly I go off what other people ride. I don't see myself going back. Ellington rides over 8 and gets tech, I might go bigger.--Guy

Send your questions here.

The Brilliance of Marijuana Marketing #10. Why get all fancy and confusing when you can just get straight to the point?

Don't get one of these this weekend.

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3/27/08

Clip of the Day. One try as security pulled up in a blue VW bug with a barking dog in shotgun. Vincent Alvarez is bad!

Wednesday (on a Thursday) with Reda. This time from Brooknam, USA. It's a good one.

If all of our female readers were like this it wouldn't be so bad that we only have about twenty. "Well these aren't questions per-se but I think you should have the option on the Crail Poll of being able to bone Biebel because I would and maybe the three other readers that are chicks would too. And also in reference to this: 'You ever wish that your T-Shirt was like 3% bigger in every direction?' I like to call that an extra medium. All you gotta do is get your larger sister, roommate, colleague, etc. to wear it for a few days and then it's stretched permanently just enough to wear comfortably. Little tip though, don't get someone twice as large as you, just moderately larger."--Aloma

If, like Aloma, you have a Tip of the Day for any of the Crail fam send them here.

Responsible Rockin'
Name: Matt Price
Band(s): Green Day and Andrew W.K.
Tour: Not sure
Parent: My Dad is a big Andrew W.K. Fan

Q & A Section
From Billy Kenefick,
Q: What are Smyth's thoughts on this?
A: I'm shocked! All this time I thought I loved San Francisco because it's wonderful (better than SoCal and NY). Little did I know I was predisposed to liking SF. I was not ready to hear that shit.--Smyth

From Rylan,
Q: Is the Danny Garcia footage that would have been in Fully Flared ever going to be released?  Like as a Royal promo or something?
A: I think the majority of it ended up in the Habitat video.--Aaron

From Brian,
Q: Who is the artist that did that graphic that's on the Guy Mariano My First Board hoodie?
A: Sean Cliver.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

These three fine shops, Val Surf, Liberty, and Utility, are all offering up killer deals on the Fully Flared Decks.

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3/26/08

We have a winner for the Best Trick on a Crail Board Contest. The video was titled Cameltoe. The dude's name is Wee Michaels. And he said he's from Escondido, "home of The Gator." Congratulations Wee. Your prize will be arriving shortly.

Here are some honorable mentions that came in last minute. Some of the Vans homies got in on it, Brian Higbee sent in one, and Eby Ghafarian tests the Crail plank in Bed Stuy, Brooknam. And as always, thanks to all who played.

Guy Mariano is officially back home with Royal Trucks.

The skinny behind some of the music used in Mouse. You may have to scroll down a bit.

Mo rolling while a firecracker goes off behind him gets him the cover of The Mag's 50th issue.

The Brilliance of Marijuana Marketing #9. They both start with an "M" and end with an "A" so it totally makes sense.
Responsible Rockin'
Name: Bob Kronbauer
Band(s): The St James Catholic Church Choir
Tour: Sunday Evening Mass
Parent: Mom

Q & A Section
From sam scott,
Q: Just saw the video of Spike slapping Jenkins and I was wondering if Carroll was always that helpful around the office when it came to diffusing tense situations?
A: If Mike has his iPhone in his hand that's pretty much his reaction to everything.--Aaron

From Tony Lopez,
Q: Was Ty ever desperate enough to employ this filming technique?
A: No but I have been using these though.--Ty

Send your questions here.

You ever wish that your T-Shirt was like 3% bigger in every direction? Not like a full jump in size, like from a L to XL, but just like a few percent bigger all the way around.

Congratulations to Peter and the rest of the Artiga on the birth of their baby girl.

QUOTES:
"You remember who filmed Trilogy, right?"--Dimitry

"It's him, Diddy, and Jessica Simpson."--Ben Colen

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3/25/08

We'll announce the winner of the contest tomorrow, along with getting back to all the other rad shit we do everyday.

Until then read what Guy has to say.

QUOTES:
"Spike's a bastard!"--Lee Smith

"I'm gonna catch some air today, you know that dude!"--Alex Olson

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3/24/08

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is from the Bird Files: 95-97. That's a lot of super tour. Thanks Bird.

New Crail Poll. What would you rather do with Biebel?

Clip of the Day. Shit got weird on Thursday. Tremaine wante