Motto: Newer Older Shit

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3/13/07
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If you have it, crank “Arizona” by the Scorpions right now while you read the post.

Clip of the Day. When in Phoenix you gotta hit them ditches. Olson snaps backside over a hip.


We also have some photos from AZ. Gav you might want to look in here as there’s a reference to you in one of the photos. I had to write that or else he wouldn’t have bothered with the gallery. He just skims for his name.

Q & A Section
From David Howe,
Q: Are the Manchesters done for? I don’t know what the hell I’ll skate if I cant get them anymore, they’re only the best thing to ever happen to me in life.  Please don’t say that the Manchesters are through.
A: Look at it like “New Coke”. I don’t know how old you are, but back in the 80’s Coca- Cola came up with this grand scheme to replace the proven original, the result of some intense focus group meetings and lot’s of taste testing. They released the new concoction and, low and behold, loyal Coke drinkers weren’t backing it. After much protest from the loyalists, within a year Coke was back to pumping out the original recipe by the boatload--Coca-Cola Classic was born. Pictured here is New Coke, Coke Classic may return soon enough though.—Bird

Send your questions here.

The Share the Air videos are up for your viewing. There’re some good ones in there.

We love nothing more than when a Tapper takes some intiative and makes something like this a hybrid of the Lakai trailer and The Ringers Cute Dog Photo Contest. Thanks Mike.

Got this email yesterday, in reference to this, “I've met that guy in SF before and bought him a donut and a coffee at Happy Donut once cause of his hat. He usually sleeps in the Potrero Hill district but have seen him as far over as the Lower Haight. Coincidentally the first time I saw him he was passed out and I took a cell phone photo of him to send to you, but I never acted on the action. Needless to say the phone is broken and the picture no longer exists.”—The Bomber.
Then again if you looked at it in Firefox you have no idea what we’re talking about.

It must be summer because Rickk has been wearing flip-flops around the office.

 

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3/12/07

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster has A) been one of Welsh’s best friends for over a decade, which is no small feat, or B) made being a fan of the professional sports teams of the Boston area a major part of his identity, or C) recently joined Chany on the Expedition team, or D) all of the above. If you picked “D” you’re right, as all three describe Joey Pepper quite accurately.

Clip of the Day. Another one from Feds, “I admit that sometimes it's harsh to be the only Mafioso, in a crew of Tortilla Pedros. Still it's pretty fun to joke with The Butcher and Jesus at the game of misunderstand, because of the language barrier. Oh by the way I miss Cali's burritos.”


Clip of the Day Bonus Round. Much in the way Jason Jessee still can do frontside ollies or Cab can still do frontside inverts, the Bird can still do frontside 180 heels. Yeah Bird.


Dan Wolfe sent us this proof that the Yeah Right! legacy lives on.

Carroll you’ve slipped. It’s been a full ten days since he’s posted. Check out the Dumpers instead and see a four-year-old tying one on.

Congratulations Reese and Shawn!

Tomorrow we’ll do some AZ photos and clips and back to answering your important questions, like is there going to be another Lakai Manchester?


QUOTES:
“Of course we know the same people, we’re in the same business, dude.”—Alex Olson

“I’ll write a really depressing song if you want.”—Alex Olson



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3/09/07

Staba, you got a new business partner:

"Does staba want to collaborate with me on a tattoo? Maybe a Crailtap piece? Maybe on BA? See the attached file for my previous foray into hackjob tats. *Note, the "dudes" was inked before I got there to add some class with the shred." -Billy

*Guest Editor Larson's response: With skills like that you may want to stick to tattooing yourself. BA gets tattooed by some heavyweights. Also, they're called tattoo's. Not "tats". And tattoo artists use tattoo machines, not guns. Just saving you from some harsh looks, bro. Keep practicing. Or call Brad.

I don't know what's more shocking. "Jackass" Ball burning or the fact that that dude is only 20 years old. Dude looks like one of my mean uncles.

I got 60 friends now on MySpace©! Amping.

Hope I did good this week Mez. It was a tough one. Again, everyone send your prayers to Shane Cross, Ali Boulala and all of their friends and family. Love to all of you. Peace.


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3/08/07

Have you noticed the difference between me and Meza in terms of our posting styles?..I do mine first thing in the morning, while Meza waits until about 4:00 p.m...Mainly because I have 47 boards to design, 153 tee shirts to mock up and I need to update my MySpace© page. Meza likes to wait and see if Rudy says something classic during the day.

First thing in my email this morning? Brad Staba:

"Dude. I blacked out last week only to wake up to this email:

-Thank you Mr. Staba for purchasing the beginner plus home tattoo kit.-

Wow! What the fuck man? I've been on the wagon ever since. Here's my first piece. My roommate drew this and it's for sure a ninja turtle on a skateboard. I also had it on too low of a setting so i'm sure it really hurt. I'm bringing this to the next camping trip. Hope you're doing good. Get ready for some new ink!"

Hey Ringer, your dog contest is cute 'n' shit, but you may want to step it up. These guys are barking up your tree.

I got the new Kings of Leon album and it is good. I predict it is the hit soundtrack of Summer 2007.

Someone found the real life Beavis!

Later brah.


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3/07/07

Don't feel much like jokin' around today, after hearing the news that Shane Cross has passed on. Our best wishes go out to his family and friends. Peace be with you Shane.


Our buds at Val Surf have a brand new contest starting today. The winner receives an entire Chocolate board series. Details.


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3/06/07

Hey assnecks, it's Larson here. Meza skipped out of town to work on a new opus for the Girl Films catalog of fine film making. Consequently, I have to do this. So don't blame Meza for any of the suckage that will emanate from this column over the next few days.

If you own a skate company but your team dudes are quaping on their quota of usable skate shots for ads this year, fear not. There are tons of great stock photos out there. Just have your art dude Photoshop© Hollywood High in the background and you're golden.

Of course, we don't have that problem. Girl's newest Am, 4 year old Colin McPheagh, is from Sydney, Australia and he sent us his first ad photo. Sledge hammers.

Pappalardo has been acting kind of weird lately.

Ben Colen checked in today.

See ya tomorrow.


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3/05/07

This Week’s Guest Front Page Poster is known more as a wordsmith than he is as a hot photog. He’s the only guy I’ve know to look younger as he grows older and he also can do lien to tails, which you’d think would make you look older. In addition he’s been to see some key Phish shows with The Gav. This very complicated man is Kevin Wilkins. Thanks Kevin.

A group of us (BA, Malto, Rickk, Eric, Alex, Guy, Smyth and Ty) will be traveling to Phoenix today to film for various things. We’ll also be checking in on Welsh-Tang.

Q & A Section
We interrupt this Q & A to give you a follow up on a question from last Friday addressing the whereabouts of John Pryor:
From Matt Evs,
Just wanted to let you know that Mr. Pryor is still ripping. I think he even loosened his trucks. He works at NC boardshop and is probably one of the best people in the world. There was a rumor that Alien might release an artist series deck with his face on it, according to Hunter from Nike. Word up.

From Badger,
He [Pryor] still skates. Seen him at the Berkeley Demo a few years ago. He had heelflip feeble grinds on lock.

Send your non-Pryor related questions here.

Today I had a bowl of Lucky Charms for first time in about 15 years. Pretty gnarly. The marshmallow to crunchy bits ratio has at least tripled.


QUOTE:
“Seven camera bags and zero clips.”—Guy


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3/02/07

Clip of the Day. “This next one is to shut this kids’ mouth with one of their favorite movie frase of ‘Scarface’. LuyPaSin, JB, Jesus & Javier Sarmiento are huge fans and keep thinking they’re in Miami during the ’80s, playing Tony Montana all day.”—Feds


Q & A Section
From Gabe,
Q: Who’s the most down to earth guy on Girl or Chocolate?
A: Jeron.—Aaron

From Eli,
Q: What happened to John Pryor? As an EMB tourist circa '91 or '92 I saw him heelflip, double heel, and heel frontside grab the seven in short order. Heelflips aren't my fave but the double heel was quite a sight. Was he a local or just another out-of-towner?
A: John was from the San Jose area and skated for Alien, he’d come down from time to time and seemed cool with everyone. I didn’t really know him but he was the heelflip master and rode super tight trucks. Maybe Trackers. I remember hearing that he and some of his other friends from San Jose got into housing, a form of dance popular among Filipinos in Daly City and kind of a relic of the early ’90s baggy pants set. But, maybe not. Maybe he’s still skating.—Aaron

Send your questions here.

Carroll interrupts his photos of his sprain ankle with some photos of people accompanied by some crypt captions.

The Gonz is got one of those glossy video game commercials, but where’s Carroll’s?

 

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3/01/07

Carroll was in San Francisco yesterday to answer the press’ questions about being a character in a video game. Must have been enlightening. Just to be safe he didn’t leak shit.

On the other hand here’s Jerry’s episode of Epicly Later’d. Shame on you Jerry.

Biebel was at Podium today so Gav flexed the credit card.

Q & A Section
From Pdot,
Q: What do you think Tony Hawk would say if Carroll was like yo, wanna skate for Lakai?
A: I'm sure our offer wouldn't get past his agent. But if I asked him in person I bet he'd say "I wish, because Lakai's are the best skate shoes in the whole wide world but I'm doing Hawk shoes right now so I cant. But thanks for asking.—Carroll

From Julie Murphy,
Q: In the Yeah Right! video, how much money was in Koston's wallet that got jacked?
A: 150 hard earned Canadian dollars!—Koston (That’s about a 20 in US dollars—The Tap)

Send your questions here.

Happy birthday Greg Carroll.

Today was kind of weak too. Should have just had Larson post regardless.



QUOTES:
“I think it was more like six years.”—The Gav

“Congratulations on baby Gav.”—Biebel to Tim



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2/28/07

Today’s gonna be kind of weak. We got some old footage, we answered some of your pertinent questions, and a fund raiser for Pat. That’s it.

Rosenberg pays tribute to the Peninsula on which he was raised and posts a San Jo ledge, Spencer Fujimoto.

Q & A Section
From Dave,
Q: How long did The Gav milk it before he officially retired? One year? Two?
A: I think it all depends on your idea of milking it. I think if you mean not skating at all and collecting checks then four years would be accurate.—Megan

From Daniel Clark,
Q: If skateboards were edible, how would Crailtap serve them?
A: Well being that Rickk and Carroll comprise half the ownership of the building I’d say batter deep-fried with a healthy serving of Ranch, aka Skater Caviar.—Aaron and EA

Send your questions here.

If you can, help Duffy get back on his feet and pay those damn medical bills.

I’m off to go make some of that old shit come to life.

 

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2/27/07

Turns out Larson didn’t take over today. Maybe next week. Sorry Larson fans. But to be fair Larson’s influence on the Randoms is felt every day.

Clip of the Day. Tapper Nate sent in a clip of how the Cream City demo from the Badass Meets Dumbass tour looked from where he was standing. Good job Nate.


Rosenberg provides some footage of Carroll in his beloved Ghetto Wear Shants. Spot the clips that ended up in Questionable and some heavy Sanch action.

We all know Carroll and Rickk’s roots run deep but we didn’t know this deep...(click below)

Q & A Section
From Loucas Polydorou in Johannesburg,
Q: What happened to the footage that the Girl team filmed on their trip to South Africa in 00'? Did they use all the footage for the 411 article or were there some leftover footage ever used?
A: Dig in the crates of 411 and you will find it. The left overs was made into a random edit on a couple copies of VHS.—Ty

From Pete,
Q: I know it's a weird question, but what's everyone's shirt size?
A: Here goes: Olson, Malto, Pappalardo, Calloway, and McCrank wear Medium; Koston, Carroll, Guy, Chico, Scott, Roberts, MJ, Justin, Kenny, and Gino run a Large; both Jereme and Mike Mo recently switched from XL to Large; Jeron, Rickk, and BA fit into an XL; and Biebel is XXL, of course.—Smtyh

Send your questions here.

John Brown, you’ll always be the king of these burbs.

QUOTE:
“Those fights were so popular that even cholos used to come and watch.”—Rudy



CURRENT ENTRY
2/26/07

Cheeks of the Day. Chico with a signature smooth nollie heel.


Ever think a security guard would get called out for wearing Lakais? It happens.

Q & A Section
From Mike,
Q: Is Alex Olson the son of Steve Olson who used to ride for Shorty’s?
A: Yes.—Aaron

From Dylan Glover,
Q: I heard Koston, Mike Mo and MJ are big fans of Mexican food (to be more specific tacos). How do they like their tacos?
A: Lots of hot sauce. The hotter the better.—MJ
I love all kinds of tacos. Like the crispy deep-fried grease wallets where they fold up shredded beef in a corn tortilla and throw on some lettuce and cheese. Tito's Tacos does those best. Also I'm down for a good carnitas plate with a side of corn tortillas where you can do-it-yourself. Then there's always the battered fish taco. Those usually come with shredded cabbage and some weird creamy shit. I don't do that creamy shit! Just fish, cabbage and salsa.—Koston
Yep, I definitely love Tacos from Tico Tacos. I like it with a hard shell and lots of cheese  and beef. I guess lettuce works too. And lots of salsa that’s what makes the taco.—Mike Mo

Send your questions here.

Wanna hear about Carroll getting devirginized? Read here.

Rosenberg posts up two greats Tim and Phil.

I just heard Tony Larson give a passionate speech about Young and the Restless and how he remembers when Meg Ryan used to be on. Lardog, showing your tender side and your age! And for that Larson will be taking over Randoms for the rest of the week. Less clips and more goats.

Just kidding about the Olson thing. His dad is this Steve Olson the Santa Cruz and Skull Skates one not Shorty’s and Creation one.

 

CURRENT ENTRY
2/23/07

Clip of the Day. Those hard working Euros cranked out another line of Jean Baptiste Gillet.


Spence Star finds yet another that we deem link worthy.

Q & A Section
From Brad,
Q: Was Koston being funny when he used Make Em Say Uhh #2 for his part in The Chocolate Tour or was that what he was into? Not that there is anything wrong with that.
A: He wasn't trying to be funny, it was my idea. At first we had it to the Biggie song "Respect" but we were still looking for a different song to use. We should have used that one. I thought that Master P song was sick at that time and figured if anyone could get away with using it, it would be Eric. Smyth was pretty disappointed that we used the remix. I take full responsibility—Carroll

Send your questions here.

Rosenberg digs deep into the files and proves that Carroll did in fact, much as his H-Street graphic suggested, enjoy Mac n Cheese

This one’s for the Brits only. Massey of Landscape video fame sent us this petition to help prevent the UK Government from restricting photography in public places, which could put a serious hurting on street and documentary photography in the country. C’mon UK Gov, let’s make the unnecessary limitations on people’s freedoms a uniquely American phenomenon. Sign here if you’re a citizen of the UK.

Happy Birthday Mueller and Dimitry!


QUOTE:
“I’ve turned into that guy.”—Rickk while watching his opening speech in The Chocolate Tour

 

CURRENT ENTRY
2/22/07

Q & A Section
From Michael Wikan,
Q: Why was the first Girl Park so Hush-hush and carry a no camera policy? And why does the new park get treated like Paris Hilton?
A: The parking block cam was stolen from the first park. And we're trying to Share the Air with the new one.—Rickk

Send your questions here.

The Daily Rosenberg. Gabrial and Frankie.

Tapper Ben took it upon himself to remix the Badass trailer. Good job Ben.

A little short today, I know, but Alex Olson just called me and said, “Let’s do this.” Check out Lance’s site in the meantime.

 

CURRENT ENTRY
2/21/07

Clip of the Day. Felix’s boy, I think his name is Luis, takes an unorthodox approach to some of the obstacles.


Rosenberg was down with the LA heads too. Guy and Gabe skating Santa Barbara with a quick Frankie sighting and a Cliver BGP.

Q & A Section
From James,
Q: What did Spike have for lunch the day that he filmed the interview for the bonus section in Being John Malkovich?
A: I don’t want to talk about it. It is very embarrassing. I’m in litigation with the home video company who released that.—Spike

From Mike Hudson,
Q: What’s the deal with Chris Roberts? Is he pro yet?
A: Yes.

Send your questions here.

There’ve been rumors afloat that Sanch has been riding again. Looks to be true.

Somebody improved on this idea. Thanks for the link Hagop.

Do I need to remind you why John Brown is gonna win this Monday night? Okay.

Carroll spun his ankle yesterday and he so laid up in pain and depression that he forgot to send me an email to let me know that he updated his shit. Sounds like major carnage.

 

CURRENT ENTRY
2/20/07

Clip of the Day. Tony Ferg gets approval from Crank on his patented bs flip.


Rosenberg rolls along. Kelch and Sanch get theirs. Carroll too. That’s Belch, Punt, and Nerd for the inside scoop.

A very well done Gondry-esque skate clip here. Good job guys and gals.

Chocolate site has been updated with the latest boards and wheels etc.

Q & A Section
From Harry,
Q: Is Lakai part of Crailtap or Podium? Because on the Podium site, they list Lakai as one of their companies and Lakai is also on Crailtap, so I am kind of confused.
A: Lakai is Girl and Podium's Siamese twin. One body, two heads, and a bunch of appendages. On the left at Podium, you've got all the sales, distribution, clothing and footwear design. The right side is Girl, which is where the graphic design/ marketing aspect gets handled. Then there's me, the appendage hanging out somewhere in between making sure it all gets filtered out—and making sweet love of course.—Bird

Send your questions here.

Last night Reda held a skate jam at Supreme in honor of his fallen comrade Harold Hunter, and beside gathering a good crowd to pay tribute to one of skating’s greats, Reda got his first piece of frontside scratch to which we’re sure Harold would have been proud.

Happy birthday Scotty J.

Looks like King of the Burbs is one step away from a 100 large.

 

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2/19/07

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is Roger Bagley, Adio and Bam filmer, will we be welcoming Don Vito to the Tap? We’ll know by Friday. Thanks Roger.

Clip of the Day. Rick reaches way back and pulls out an Adventures in Cheese line.


Rosenberg, like Sadat X on the White Rapper Show, continues to drop jewels, much to the dismay of Lord Jamar.

Rob Fields was first to complete the terribly difficult task of identifying Carroll, Jovontae, Ronnie, and Jason from last Friday’s Rosenberg clip. I guess I should have read the description listing who was in the video to the right of the viewer first. Oh, well, Rob’s stoked.

Q & A Section
From Zach Proteau,
Q: Which way does the Lakai flare officially go? Does it point to the left, or to the right? What was the inspiration behind the symbol?
A: Officially the Lakai flare points to the right. However, on shoes it will change directions so that it's always pointing forward. The inspiration for the symbol was skateboarding.—Andy Mueller

From Paul Spencer,
Q: How many tricks got invented at EMB? And which ones? If there's too many just name a few and by whom.
A: I invented the noseslide to nosegrind there. I can’t remember any others.—Smyth

Send your questions here.

Today there was a gas leak at Podium so they had to evacuate their building. Bird and some other Podium staffers came over here to take refuge, but no Gav. Kind of offensive.


QUOTES:
“I am in heaven, there’s pizza everywhere!”—Mike Mo from Italy

“She didn’t shave her head.”—The Gav while watching Christina Aguilera singing live on TV



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2/16/07

Today’s motto was provided by sloganizer.net when Crailtap was put into their slogan generator.

Clip of the Day. It’s the last in the set of five. Three dudes. One park. Five clips. And not too much bandwidth. Austyn Gillette, Sean Malto, and Devine Calloway put a hurtin’ on the hubba.


Again Rosenberg offers up another rare glimpse of the glorious early ’90s. First person to identify the three skaters featured as well as the guys who says, “I got the itchy knuckle syndrome, dude” wins some junk from my office.

Jerrry Hsu sent us this picture of what he thinks what the offspring of Spanky and Alex Olson would look like. He referred to him as Spanky Olson Jr.


Check out the real Alex Olson on the Dill episode.

But former roommate implies that he paid rent, which I seriously doubt. But Alex complaining about his free living-situation I seriously don’t doubt.

Q & A Section
From Tad Bradley,
Q: Are fisheye angles forbidden in the girl park?
A: It’s not forbidden; it’s just that all the clip of the days are shot with a digital still camera. They’re mpegs.—Aaron

From Thom McKenna,
Q: Does Carroll shop at Forever 21
A: I don't shop there but my girlfriend is a designer there. She got me the flannel.—Carroll

Send your questions here.

Forget Forever 21, Fourstar has some new duds on their site.

Carroll continues to blow minds, not so much with his photos, but with his ability to consistently make do on this singular obligation in his life.

 

CURRENT ENTRY
2/15/07

Clip of the Day. The last in line gets sketchy on the flat gap, but rest assured that Matlo has got his hardflips down.


Q & A Section
From eao0007,
Q: Who can ollie higher: Rick or Mike?
A: Reese.—Aaron

From Mikey Dawes,
Q: Why did Paul Rodriguez leave Girl?
A: To ride for Plan B.—Aaron

 

Dom gives Carroll a shout out on MTV.

To be fair, it’s Cliver’s birthday too.


QUOTE:
“T.I.’s in my room right now.”—Tony Fergusson

 


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2/14/07

Clip of the Day. The triple threat, Gillette, Calloway, and Malto, have probably never hit the real China Banks, but they’re doing all right with Girl Park Replica. It’s actually quite a bit mellower, but still…


Bird filmed his Clip of the Day in the back yesterday. You would have thought he was filming an ender ender for Fully Flared by the look of intensity on this guy’s face. We’re timing its release with an accompanying photo to be published in one of the major skate pubs.

Q & A Section
From Bret,
Q: Are there any good ledge spots in Rome, Italy?  And, what part of town or street are they on?
A: Reda says to go to the old Olympic Stadium. But if you’re there now, look for Mike Mo, his brother Vince and the rest of the Capaldi family as they are landing there today for their family vacation. Look up the nearest Chuck-E-Cheese or Sabarro’s to find them, they’ll be there or in their hotel room IM someone.—Aaron

From Andrew Nacion,
Q: Koston's intro to his "Yeah Right" part: scripted or candid?
A: Definitely not scripted! We were skating the Hastings park and we saw some cracky getting pulled by some guy, we thought it was funny and we were going over to see what was happening when we see my car and the rental van's windows smashed out. Eric quickly checks the glove box and notices his money was missing. Putting two and two together Eric tells the guy to give him his money back. The guy denies it a bunch of times and since Eric didn't get his Starbuck’s that morning he just snapped! It was definitely real!—Tony Fergusson

Send your questions here.

Daniel from Vienna sent us this.

It’s funny on the web Tapper Spencer Star can find it.

Happy Birthday Cheeks!


QUOTE:
“A super fan has got to be critical.”—Eric Anthony

 


CURRENT ENTRY
2/13/07

Clip of the Day. The kids got tranny skills too. Dev, Austyn, and Malto get theirs on the Jr. Executive.


As promised here’s more from the Rosenberg vaults. Virtual Reality credits without music.

Q & A Section
From Nick Reaves,
Q: Hey I was wondering if Koston is now a Clippers Fan instead of a Lakers fan or if he is a fan of both?
A: I love LA!—Koston

From Erik,
Q: Not really a question, more of a request. I am looking for a decent sized picture of the Crailtap skateboard logo. I want to print it out to get a tattoo of it. I can’t seem to find a large enough picture to show to the artist. If you help me out I’ll totally send a picture of the tattoo.
A: First of all I’d like to apologize to you, and the entire tattoo community, for denying the privilege and the access to add this work of art to your body. May we suggest that you ink it across your heart? Don’t offend us and hide it on the back of your calf, please.—Aaron

Larson and I figured out today that the web is just one big fart joke. And with that we give you The Radical Rodents.

Was it Ben Colen or did Jus Rhyme look like a fucked up Gino on last night’s episode.


Happy Birthday to Anti Social Michelle.

The Cheeks is here!

I gotta go out back. Bird’s trying to get another Clip of the Day.


QUOTE:
“What the hell do I have to do to get back on your column, skate?”—The Gav

 


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2/12/07

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is enjoi filmer and owner and proprietor of Get Creepy, Kyle Camarillo. He’ll also have a clip on the home page each day. He’s that generous. Thanks Kyle.

Clip of the Day. It’s the first of five triple bangers by the kids, Devine Calloway, Sean Malto, and Austyn Gillette.


Jacob Rosenberg, outside of being the only filmer, surprisingly, to get into a fistfight with Carroll, continues to send us some of the most precious of early 90s gems. How about the Virtual Reality intro before it got split into three? More from Jacob and the old B tomorrow.

Q & A Section
From Raph J in Austria,
Q: Why does that guy in the credits of Mouse want to beat up the old man and who played the dude in the Mouse costume?
A: That guy who wants to beat up the old man is actually a girl. And our best guest is that it was a classic Union Square homeless person messing with an out of towner. As for who played the Mouse that was Rick Howard sweating his balls off in there. He was under the impression that everyone would switch off and wear it but, being that it was in the middle of summer in LA everyone else backed out.—Aaron

From Matt Smith,
Q: I know at least one of you guys is forced into watching ridiculous MTV primetime programming by your respective better halves. What is the general consensus on Maui Fever starring Tony Mag's son, Shane?
A: Yes, many a better a half have been subjected to less than stimulating programming by their darker half. In the case of Maui Fever, last night, I forced my girlfriend to watch the last three episodes in a single sitting. The show is Laguna Beach, but more awesome. The sex and drinking they elude to on Laguna, Maui Fever jams right into your face. Plenty of slut-bags and wastoids to entertain. Speaking of faces, Maui Fever could have the highest ratio of faces I want to punch, of all reality TV. Half that cast members are mutant howlies, with the most irritating lingo known to man. I love it. Where da real Hawaiians at?—Smyth

Send your questions here.

Looks like Biebel learned computers.

 

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2/09/07

Clip of the Day! Kelly Bird! That’s right, his first Clip of the Day. See that flash in the background? Ollie must just be the warm up for bigger things.


New Top 5! Darth Mulder counts out his.

While we’re at it why not a Mini Top 5?
Top 5 things the Cheeks likes about getting bumped up to business class while flying back from China
1. Filet Mignon
2. Warm Cashews
3. Bose Noise Cancellation Headphones
4. Couldn’t reach the seat in front of me with my legs
5. I can never go back to coach

Q & A Section
From Ben,
Q: What's Snicket Menrow up to these days, did anyone pick him up?
A: He's been on the low. Last time I talked to him he said he was keeping his shit under wraps and was gonna come hard for 2007.  He also said "first try guy better watch his fucking back." Looks like he hasn't forgot about that one.—The Skate Fairy

Send your questions here.

Our friend Jai “The Turk” Tanju is having a photo show in San Jo for the release of his new book “With a Camera from Marc.” That’s our Marc he’s talking about.

Every Clip of the Day next week will be a demonstration of triples skateboarding and the homosexual undertones that are associated with it.


QUOTE:
“The [Desert] Twins are on my team.”—The Ringer

 


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2/08/07

Clip of the Day! Jesus and Gillet get some help from some little homies and you get to hear what Crailtap sounds like in broken English. Balz Out!


O’Dell’s show is up at VBS featuring Dustin. Good job Patrick.

Nicholas Lagerstedt sent us more scooter bangers.

The My Cadillac story website caught a truly Justin moment.

Q & A Section
From Tucker Campbell,
Q: Did any of the guys on either Girl of Chocolate ever go to college? If so, who and to what schools?
A: College? How about graduate High School? I don’t think anyone on the current team is university material, but Gabrial Rodriguez and Robbie McKinley have some units under the belt and rumor has it that Jeron took some accounting classes.—Aaron

From Jason Y Lee,
Q: Do you guys still play ping-pong over at girl/chocolate? If so, who’s the man?
A: Funny you should ask. We are knee deep in our 2007 Girl Distribution Lunch Break Table-Tennis Championship League (GDLBTTCL). As far as "whose the man?" that would be me. Or so I'm told. I won the Morris Klampert, our 67-year-old ping-pong trophy, last season, narrowly beating Smyth in the finals. But all the players in the league are really good.—River Joe

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About once or twice a week the rest of the people on the second floor can hear Larson and Smyth, the two people with the most infectious laughs in the building, cracking up hysterically, in a way that makes the rest of us jealous that we weren’t in on the joke.

A Top 5 from an ex Chocolate Pro coming real soon.

Rudy finally broke our quotable code of silence with…


QUOTE:
“I’m gonna change the face of hybrid cars.”—Rudy



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2/07/07

Q & A Section
From James,
Q: I just purchased a copy of Hokus Pokus on DVD, and was surprised to notice in the credits section that it lists the Gav as one of the riders. I've watched it a few times looking for him, but can't seem to figure out where in the video he is, and there are no name titles on screen.
A: I know it's hard to believe but Tim used to be a cute little kid that liked to skate. He's in the opening montage doing a kickflip blunt to fakie right after Matt Hensley doing the Cab Backlip on a flat bar. He's also in the part with Colby Carter and Brian Lotti. He does kickflip blunt pivot fakie on the same bank to curb.—Carroll

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Check out Spike and the Vice guys' latest project. We recommend Heavy Metal in Baghdad. Where’s O’Dell?

If you haven’t rode in a car with Rudy while he air plays every instrument of a 14 piece Spanish band I highly recommend it. Air panpipes is pretty rad.

The Hollywood 16 getting some service.

If you haven’t noticed Wallride is on line in the upper right.

If Carroll shoots it he blogs it.

 

 

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2/06/07

Clip of the Day. Today’s clip is in response to Will who wrote in, “What’s with the mediocre clips of the day? I mean, I’m not expecting bangers or anything but I think you can do better.” Well, Will it doesn’t get much better than Eric on a parking block. Hope it meets your standards.


Q & A Section
From BR,
Q: Who gets the most girls, at Girl?
A: I’m not the type to someone’s business on front street but, who’s the muscle-bound hunk from up north, that pushes the hottest whip, and always stays dipped in the flyest gear? It ain’t no mystery.—Smyth

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I usually only give Carroll the mention when he posts new photos but it’s been since it’s been a while for Eric…

Fall back. The White Rapper was kind of weak last night.

 

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2/05/07

This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is the first person on The Tap to have a stronger ollie impossible than our own Sam Smyth. That’s right Ed Templeton. And Ed, we think you’ll find that not since you won the Search for Art competition for Teenage Smokers will you garner more accolades in the art community than your week as Guest Poster. Thanks Ed.

The entire G and C posse would like to congratulate Scott and Soyoung Johnston on the birth of their daughter Audrey. Big thangs baby, big thangs!

Sorry for all the hip-hop talk, I’m just getting excited for tonight’s episode of the White Rapper Show.

If this were in Simi Valley I would have guessed it was Mike Mo and his blow buddies.

Q & A Section
From Chris Ellefson,
Q: Gav, in your opinion, what era of Phish was the greatest?  A.)  The Early years  b.) The wild early 90's shows  c.) The phunky late 90's shows  d.) After the hiatus  e.) Or I love Phish no matter what era and any so called "phan" of Phish would never place the subject of the bands music in a silly competition like this.
A: I would have to say that 1997 was the year that I enjoyed the most.—The Gav (We would have to say that The Gav is much funnier in person than he is in emails.)

Mini Top 5
Top 5 people who could be considered as the third Desert Twin or the Desert Triplet if you will
1. Larson
2. River Joe
3. Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age
4. Their friend Red Eric
5. The Late Great Bob Hope

Despite coming off a barnburner at Jeron’s on Saturday night Carroll was able to pull together and throw up a post.  

 

 

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2/02/07

Ben Colen rolled the proverbial 20-sided die and popped the big question to his lady friend, to which she replied yes. But on a serious note, if Duckie ended up with Molly Ringwald instead of Blane at the end of Pretty in Pink you’d have Ben’s story. I guess that really wasn’t a serious note.

Clip of the Day. Well, it’s not really a clip, it’s Andy Mueller’s slideshow from our recent open house. It’s 14 megs.


Spike you better stop hitting up them schools on the weekend. You’re gonna get a ticket.

Q & A Section
From Brayden Olson,
Q: Is it true that Marc Johnson had hair at one point?
A: It is true.—Aaron

Someone emailed us this photo to let the Skate Fairy know that he was being ripped off. Looks like they’re having a go at T Mag too. Coincidentally, even Sieben admitted to getting in on the fun with his Blooderfly.

Kenny sent out a mass text today to tell people to turn off all of their electronics at 5pm for five minutes to send a message to congress that the energy crisis should be at the top of their agenda. In case you were wondering, Kenny is the one with the long hair.

 

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2/01/07

Clip of the Day. Dan Z. gets a trips line at Berska’s.


Q & A Section
From Julian,
Q: I have two questions. 1) How did Biebel manage to get so trill? 2) What was the song from “Nice Little Wednesday”?
A: Being Trill is like having grace. You can’t have a little trill. It’s something you’re born with. As for the song that was Belle and Sebastian’s “If She Wants Me.” Isn’t it great?—Aaron

From KIABUD2000,
Q: Carroll, Koston, MJ, and MikeMo in a game of Skate.  Who wins, who quits before the game is over, who says "Nah, I don't wanna play" a couple times but finally joins, and who pulls out the unfair ultra-tech?
A: My first answer to these questions were a full breakdown on how I think an actual game of SKATE would have went down between us four, but was unacceptable with the higher ups at CrailTap. It's way too corporate over here! I quit before the game is over because I'm a sore loser. MJ says, “Nah, I don't wanna play" a couple times but finally joins. Eric pulls out the unfair ultra-tech. And Mike Mo Wins.—Carroll

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Royal site is on some new shit too.

I thought Extreme Pete would be good for Girl but after that last shot he’s definitely more suitable for DVS.

Happy Birthday Jeron!

 

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