Motto: May To July

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7/31/07

Brad Staba flew in today, just for the day. So it's Brad Day. All day.

When Brad landed at LAX he saw both Flip's David Gonzales and Atiba's Ako Jefferson.

The Daryl Angel Clip of the Day. Hand picked by Brad, blindingly bright new star Daryl Angel with a fakie f-side hurricane.




Have you entered this photo contest judged by Rickk. The theme is Mental, so it works for Brad too.

Q & A Section
From Joe,
Q: Where's that fuck wit gone, who used to do the Shit Filled Cupcake thing before Skate Fairy came along?
A: I've been pretty much blowing minds. I have this company called Skate Mental that's been killing everything in sight. I have better shit to do than lurk around on this website, like crunching numbers and talking margins. I'm trying to grow up. I never updated the column, and now there's a new column that's not updated much either. Whatever.
--Raymond

Send your questions here.

Staba's camp buddy Sam Smyth turns in his last Keepin' It Real for the season. It's finale time.


QUOTES:
"How do I do that without getting sued?"--Staba

"You ever bite your tongue because you're so fired up about eating?"--Staba

"Holy shit! You must be an artist."--Staba

"LA ain't LA without Rudy."--Staba

"Skate Mental is pretty much on Creatine right now, shit's getting big."--Staba

 

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7/30/07

The Daryl Angel Clip of the Day. The Mental's Daryl Angel hits the hubbs both ways.




Our latest Wallride #14 is up. See what we got coming out over the next six months.

Larson is so San Diego that he even gets Matt Hensley to hand pick the envelopes for 8th annual Fairytale Football Lottery Pick ceremony at Matt's Flying Elephant Pub in Carlsbad yesterday.

Dave England and Ross Harris made this clever little number, or as Lewman would put it, "A one-take mini masterpiece that combines technical wizardry with thespian skills."

Remember Smyth's wild weekends, well someone must have slipped something into his master cleanse juice, because our Sam just had a very mild weekend. How does seeing Wicked on Friday night and Jim Henson's Labyrinth on Sunday night sound fit into this weekend warriors schedule? If you hadn't have missed Comic-Con, Smyth, you would have had the nerd trifecta.

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7/27/07

New trailer for Fully Flared.

The Brandon Biebel Clip of the Day. Biebel nollies in and 180s out.




Thanks Ray Ray for all the Biebel clips. Next week's clips will feature Skate Mental's latest hot shoe, Daryl Angel.

Stolen from 8=D.

The Fourstar Search is heating up!

Tapper Marcus Valdez sent Smyth and his master cleanse this cautionary tail. "My wife was just on this master cleanse. She tried to get me to do it. My first reservation came when I looked at her Google search history and noticed she had googled 'I am peeing yellow mud out of my ass.'  I spent the rest of the night in the fetal position hoping she wouldn't touch me."

This one's for every girl who's married to a pro skater who's married to the game.

Something tells me that Alex won't be that into today's front page photo. Nevertheless, even more Waters next week.

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7/26/07

Skate Mental and Daryl Angel Part Ways. "Skate Mental and Daryl Angel have officially parted ways. We would like to thank Daryl for his hard work throughout the years and hope him the best in whatever comes next for him. "I've never in my life met a 20 year old prick like this kid, besides myself 7 years ago," says Brad Staba. We wish him luck and hope he finds true happiness. Just kidding, he actually got kicked on! Welcome to the team Daryl!"
--Skate Metal

Daryl is also now on Royal.

In an attempt to hit the reset button, Sam is on a ten day master cleanse, abstaining from alcohol, eating nothing and drinking only a concoction of water, cayenne pepper, maple syrup, and squeezed lemon. But not to worry Smyth fans, he'll be back to binge drinking by Carroll's birthday.

Sanger is coming up on Entry #666. Spooky shit. Spooky shit.

The Brandon Biebel Clip of the Day. Biebel up on 'dem ledges. Frontside 5-0 to kicky




Q & A Section
From Thomas Lane,
Q: If Rudy or Tim were to put out a video part today, what song would they skate to?
A: Shakedown Street by The Grateful Deal.--Gav
Epitaph by King Crimson.--Rudy

Send your questions here.

Lee Smith has let us know, all the way from Spain, that he has a limited run of boards coming out from friends' company Nomad.

QUOTE:
"I love skating, dude."--Rudy

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7/25/07

Looks like Feldman and Haim are going to be having some stiff competition in the Corey department come the end of the month. Thanks Mr Colen.

The Brandon Biebel Clip of the Day. A few years younger, and definitely not as buff, Brandon followed by Stefan.





Koston going backwards on the cover of The Mag. Dev's in there too.

Ringer, if you want Carroll to get within even firing range of my smarts, you might want him to read The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James. As finding copy of The Best in the Jungle by Henry James might be a little difficult. Toodles.

Tony Ferguson is getting married soon, so you know what that means. House boats and nude dudes.

Carroll forwarded me a video from the widely popular Lakai Song contest from last year. Was it last?

QUOTE:
"I'm the biggest dairy buff."--Rickk on why he can't be lactose intolerant

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7/24/07

The Brandon Biebel Clip of the Day. As we continue with Biebel week, here he is again at the Hanger.





Biebel's shoe is now in stores. Just in time for hot tub season.

As things for Fully Flared really begin to heat up, we'd like to shed light on one of the reasons for its slight delay. That reason being that Guns And Roses' Chinese Democracy is going to be the soundtrack for the video. So now we just have to wait for Axl. Kidding, kidding! As of just today, a premiere location has been secured.

Mini Top 5
Top 5 reasons why Smyth likes traveling with Biebel
1. When I ask, "Beebs, do you want have fun?" he goes, "Yeah"
2. Hella punctual
3. Categories, state capitols, the 7-Eleven game, and conversing
4. Hella Positive Mental Attitude
5. Biebel likes traveling with me

Q & A Section
From Randy,
Q: I'm in town for a network engineering conference. Do you guys have any wireless/ip network problems or questions I could help with? I'll work for Alex Olson fashion advice.
A: You'd have to also scrub our toilets and rotate the tires on Rickk's car before Young Olson would so much as tell you what socks to wear. Looking that dashing is prized information.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Tapper Robbie stumbled upon our not so discrete headquarters, conveniently located next to Rudy's latest venture, a Chinese Restaurant.

Lindsey, learn to take a f'ing cab! And next time, when you hear police sirens rapidly approaching, snort all your coke before the cops get there.

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7/23/07

It's Brandon Biebel Week here on the Tap, where we'll, at very least, be providing a Clip of the Day of Brandon. In addition to the clips and other fun, we'll try spelling his name correctly for the next five days. Yeah, Beebs!

By the way, Biebel Week precedes Shark Week, which starts next Sunday, by just a week. So consider Biebel Week the chum.

The Brandon Biebel Clip of the Day. His favorite spot the Hanger gets touched with a kickflip back noseblunt.





Mini Top 5
Darrel Angel's Top 5 things about staying at Carroll's
1. Watching Rob and Big on TiVo
2. Petting Hyphy
3. Going on the internet
4. Skating Berra's
5. Not staying with Seu

Q & A Section
From Brian O'Malley,
Q: What were Scott Johnston and Alex Olson talking about in the middle of the Australia tour video, when Alex was saying, "You're not Rickk, you're not Rickk"?
A: Alex was bringing to everyone's attention that Scott was picking up the slack for Rickk not being around by messing with Alex and throwing his shoe up on the ledge.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Tapper Aidan D. sent us this funny clip with some major Chocolate product placement.

Carroll ran into another bicep with a Street Pirate perma inked to it.

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7/20/07

You may have noticed, if you're a complete skate nerd, that there was an almost theme to this week's front-page photos. The skaters featured, Mark Gonzales, Jason Lee, Danny Way, and Jordan Richter all rode for the Gonz' Blind Skateboards. Trip out! Only Carroll who went up on Monday hadn't, but there was a hot rumor that Mark wanted Mike to ride for Blind. Guess who told me that? Another week of Waters photos coming up.

Clip of the Day. Gilletteson once again hogging the Clip of the Day camera for a little line from the Hubba to the Jr. Executive.




Carroll let me know the other day why all his photos have been from some old shit. He left his camera at a skatepark in Texas last month and they still haven't sent it to him yet. It's caused him quite a bit of anguish so...

Mini Top 5
Carroll's Top 5 things that suck about not having a camera
1. Couldn't get a photo of Cooper getting arrested
2. Couldn't get a photo of the nightly peanut gallery when skating until 5am on the Motel 6 trip
3. Couldn't get a photo of awesome diving by The Mez
4. Can't update in a more timely fashion
5. No Hyphy photos

Rickk, much like Larson before him, will be judging a photo contest on the Share the Air site. This time the theme is "Mental." If you'd like to win a Panasonic camera, just like the one the dudes around here have, or want to be critiqued by Rickk, then enter.

Q & A Section
From Chris,
Q: What is an average amount of texts per day for Mikemo?
A: I probably do 200 or 300 a day. Something close to that. I know it's around 8,000 a month.--Mikemo

Send your questions here.

Is John Travolta playing a female in that new movie supposed to be bothering me this much?

Next week is Biebel Week.

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7/19/07

November 16 is the month and the day! Now can we get a year?

Clip of the Day. Young Gillette back on the flatbar with a BS Smith to FS transfer.





Wanna have the Champ personally judge your shit? Then enter Eric Koston's Fourstar Search. Win and you'll get a year's supply of Fourstar clothes. Lose and you'll be hitting up Mervyn's with the rest of the schlubs for your back to school shopping.

The link for Mike's blog was broken yesterday. Guess who told me?

Saw a license plate today that said, "LV2 ARGU." Made me think of you Ben Colen. Please visit us soon.

Q & A Section
From Sammy Roman,
Q: How do you pronounce Gino's last name?
A: I-uh-new-chi.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

The mayor of 5Boro, Steve Rodriguez, on the VBS.




QUOTE:
"I saw the Autobots save the planet yesterday."--Rickk

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7/18/07

Evan Hecox is the latest to be Top 5'ed.

Clip of the Day. Danny Garcia with the crunt.





Q & A Section
From Tony Lopez,
Q: Last night I was watching "Goldfish" (on VHS) and I noticed that there was a lot of "Cock" graffiti at various spots, in and out of Los Angeles. Did someone know this graffiti artist or was it just someone on the team. My guess would be Koston, because of all the recent "Supercock" graphics. Would I be correct?
A: Let's just say he was a friend of ours. "Cock" was basically the Neckface of the 90's. His world-renowned fame also brought unwanted attention, namely graffiti task forces. So he had to lay low to avoid the heat, which eventually became his demise. I haven't seen the guy in over a dozen or so years, but rumor has it that recent "Cock" tags/pieces have been spotted. If you see any out there please take a photo of them and send them to the Tap.--Koston

Send your questions here.

Carroll with some barbeque, a wedding, and the Cheeks.

Tony Ferguson's coming to town tomorrow.

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7/17/07

Got this email this morning, "Now that the Real World is over, can your homeboy Smyth do commentary on America's next great reality TV show, 'The Two Coreys'? That show looks like some fucked up shit."--B. Well B, thanks for giving us the idea for the Newest Poll, which show should Smyth write about next?

Clip of the Day. Another switch feeble variation, this time it's Ray Molinar with an opposite footed kicky to half board half grind to frontal out.




The Gav, I know it's only day two on the quitting smoking thing, but I think it's a bad sign when you reach into your pocket to show us your Nicotine Logenzes and you simultaneously pull out a lighter.

Q & A Section
From Sina Manouchehri,
Q: I was wondering, there are many pictures of the Girl team etc all red eyed. Was wondering what sort of preem chron these riders puff on?
A: Surprisingly there aren't too many full time puffers on the teams, but there are a few. Ain't gonna lie. Not gonna name names either. Nevertheless lets add it all up for the ones who do give thanks. They're getting it in California, so it ain't some bammer from the Midwest. No twigs or seeds. And they got product to trade. So I guess it would be of the highest caliber, the crippler, the stickiest of the ickiest, for these guys. I just realized that when ever I have a drug question I ring Smyth.
--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Gonz, Bobby, and Spike take Manhattan.




If you can read Hirigana and are going to be in Tokyo this week check out Muller's solo photo show there. Rip, he's asked that you meet up with him.

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7/16/07

This week's, and possibly next week's, Guest Front Page Poster is Mark Waters, Sole Tech mainstay, OG photog, and Matt Willigian's landlord. He's got some of that old shit that we love. Thanks Mark.

Clip of the Day. Royal rider and Brea local Austyn Gillette goes switch feeble shove on our wildly popular flatbar. More flatbar action to come this week.




Q & A Section
From Joseph Alan,
Q: Which person at the Tap would be best suited to fight Kimbo Slice?
A: Kimbo's the illest dude on the streets right now. No way could I pick a homie that is going to fight Kimbo and win. But I have to go with my man J-Dubs. So far this year, Jeron's had two TKOs. I don't think anyone else on the team has even been in an altercation. If we were talking arm wresting, I'd pick Beebs for sure. And I really think Beebs could win.
--Smyth

Send your questions here.

It looks like it's gonna be a short season for the Real Worlders, but we'll take a short run with Smyth commentary over lengthy season without any day. Keepin' It Real, episode 6.

For an almost guaranteed Chico sighting, you should go to this event on Wednesday, where 'Toya and the boys will be ripping it up.

Being that Kenny Anderson is one of your favorites, you can catch him at whatever this is.

 

QUOTE:
"I can't believe you never set me on fire."--The Gav to Rickk

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7/13/07

Clip of the Day. Danny Garcia looks good on board as does this feeble to bs 180. Next week he and the rest of the Habitat dudes who ride for Royal will be rounding out the Clips of Day. Ray Ray also promised us a week of Biebel clips. Right Ray?




Q & A Section
From Timmy Sinnott,
Q: In the credits of "Yeah Right!" what do Gino and Koston say when that car screeches by?
A: They yelled out my hometown, SIMI VALLEY! It's not about pealing out anymore, people like lifted trucks now. Another reason why I don't go to high school.--Mikemo

Send your questions here.

Bagley has posted an Adio's Midwest Tour video with plenty of Roberts and Kenny.

Carroll I think with some 'roids and a little bit of exercise, Hyphy could be looking like this. Thanks Rob Fields.

This stolen from Erik Olson over at Slap. It's too good not to.

We haven't seen The Gav in over a month!

QUOTE:
"Mai Tais are not a school-night drink."--Jeremy Carnahan

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7/12/07

Clip of the Day. Kind of. Mike when did you learn n varial flips up steps?



The Tim on the Later'd. He likes you Carroll.



Q & A Section
From Andrew H. Chuchvara,
Q: Who out of everyone is the plainest/pickiest eater?
A: Gotta go with Smyth on this one, since he won't ever, ever eat lettuce. Carroll's on some weird shit too. I saw him very cautiously eat a raisin once. You'd think he was eating a rat's eyeball by how scared shitless he looked. They both love ranch, though!--Aaron

From Dan Pappas,
Q: In the credits of Yeah Right, what is the black box that was on Gino's ankle, was he under house arrest?
A: House arrest, dog. With permission to leave for work, just be back home by 7pm.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Carroll and his camera know when to capitalize on a good subject, like Mr. Brandon Biebel.

I just saw Justin Eldridge and he said he's about to hop on a plane for an eS trip to Germany and Poland. Eastern Europe, be ready for some bad backpack rap.

Happy birthday to the rougher half of the Desert Twins, Jeremy Carnahan. You really are the Harley to EA's Moped!

QUOTE:
"Switzerland? Another bunch of pussies."--Reda

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7/11/07

There's a New Poll, because Crankers is tight too.

If one of these shows up at a session is that a bad omen.

Q & A Section
From Matt D,
Q: What happens to all of the old tour vans?
A: This is the first van that we bought. All others before this were leased so they were returned at the end of the lease. As you might know when you return a leased vehicle, they charge you for any damage not considered normal "wear and tear." I'll let you figure out why we stopped leasing.
--Megan

From Casey Bruce,
Q: Who has the worst taste in music at the Tap?
A: Mike Mo may be the worst, because he has nearly no opinion on music at all. And I'm pretty sure the two or three songs he does like, suck. I'll take a stab at Eldridge by saying his love for backpack/conscious rap, gives me secondhand embarrassment. He likes everything I liked in high school. Only I liked it when it was new. He bumps it today, like it's the hottest thing out. Obviously my taste is impeccable, that's why I know.
--Smyth

Send your questions here.

Today at lunch we came to the conclusion that Scott Johnston is a magnet for con men. Here're a couple of the reasons why. A stranger, who intruded on Scott being cited for skating down the street, told the cop he was Scott's lawyer, challenged the cop to a fight at his dojo, then walked off with Scott's board. And more recently someone may, or may not, have stuffed stolen diamonds into the carcass of a frozen turkey and then stashed it in Scott's freezer. You'll have to ask Scott about it in a few days when the bird thaws out.

Mikemo let us know, via text of course, that his brother Vince, the one who's drinking the water all sexy in yesterday's Clip of the Day, wrote the thing about Mo liking little boys on the ledge at the Skate Lab. Local inside joke then.

The architect of the Smith grind (actually a stall at the time), Mike Smith, is here, with his son I think!

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7/10/07

This week marks the triumphant return of the Guest Front Page Poster. And this week's guest is pro skater Diego "The Butcher" Bucchieri famous for big ollies, Argentinean pride, and sending me emails asking when his week as Guest Poster will come. Well here it is Butch. Miss ya bud.

Clip of the Day. Vince and Mikemo went and made their own little skate day vid out back, sans Kid Rock attire.

Mo, when I was at the Skate Lab yesterday there was some graffiti about you on one of the ledges. Something about liking boys. Doesn't exactly seem like treatment befitting of a local.

Burnett found a Malto and Mulder cross bread while out on the streets. Spooky.

Professor Boyd, may we offer up Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, and Mikemo for your case study, please.

Q & A Section
From Theo,
Q: Why do filmers put the hand over the lens after somebody lands a trick sometimes?
A: It's just a way to mark their tapes so they can fast forward to the hand and know where the makes are. It's changed our lives.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

The dudes livin' trife.

Smyth's report on the Frank Files, or the only houseguest who's bringing the pain. Keepin' It Real, number 5.

And lastly, our hearts go out to Duane and the rest of the Peters family.

QUOTE:
"Skateboarding, one of the world's most renegade sports, even though about 12 million people practice it."--Marla Jo Fisher

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7/09/07

Larson here, subbing for Meza. Meza seems to think he's much more effective when he's in the field, rubbing elbows with "the people". Sooooo....

A lot of you are considering riding motorcycles lately, so here's a trainer course for how to be a real biker:

The Flight of the Concords dudes are my 2 favorite humans at the moment:

7/07/07

Wanna weigh in on why Kenny is one of your favs? Vote in the New Poll.

US Tour Clip of the Day. After fourteen hours in a car, Tyrone, with the help of a Frenchie, grinds a hefty. And that concludes our Lakai clips from the road.

Q & A Section
From Brandon Cooper,
Q: In The Skateboard Mag issue 4 there's an article with you guys in Spain and I always wondered what's the story behind that? Did Steve Berra really do all that? Who wrote it?
A: No real story behind it. I was just as confused as you. Steve wrote it from what I remember.--Carroll

From Thomas Lane,
Q: Any of the fellas known to skate with their phones in their pockets?
A: Yeah, most of the time I skate with a phone in my pocket, even when I'm trying to film a trick. And after every couple tries I'll send a quick text message. But your not gonna see that happen anymore, I got an iPhone now.--Mikemo

Send your questions here.

Jose Rojo outside of being the tallest dude on enjoi, has recently been added to Rudy's Royal Trucks. Rudy, if you trip, Jose Rojo translates to Joe Red in English.

Carroll caught in yet another moonlighting venture. Thanks braddah Don.

Tomorrow's 7/7/07 which doesn't seem to be getting the nearly the same press as 6/6/06 was did. Can't we get a new Stryper album to mark the date or something to hype this up? The Satanists were just so much better at it last year.

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7/05/07

 

Hope you enjoyed your day of independence. Now let's travel back into time, once again, with some of those amazing clips of the day from the Lakai filming trip that ended earlier this week.
US Tour Clip of the Day. Alex walks a tight rope.

Alex with a beetle plant.

From Tapper Jeff Comer, "I was just walking down the street and thought that I'd snap a cell pic of one of your lesser-known riders taking 'er easy."

Q & A Section
From Andreas Risby,
Q: WIn the end credits of Modus Operandi you see a handcuffed, yet dignified, Rickk Howard being escorted into a police car. What was he arrested for?
A: Skating some double set in Tampa. The owners were probably sick of the kick out factor and used me as an example. Same thing happened to me at Hewlit Packard LA.--Rickk

Send your questions here.

Greco, the best part is when you say you quit the baseball team the next day.

It's July 5 and we miss you buddy, a lot.

QUOTE:
"Learning vert is the ultimate insult to the racists"--Sal Barbier

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7/03/07

Everyone's back from the Lakai filming trip, even the ones who didn't fly back. Video to follow.

Although Reda received tremendous support on the weight gain poll we'll have you know that not only did he maintain his previous, optimal weight, he even skipped some meals.

Our friend Rocky posted some quality photos from our stay in Albuquerque. Thanks for showing us around Rock.

This may have been up for some time now, but Lakai has posted a slideshow of the entries from the Movie on a Manchester contest we did a few months back.

Kona ripper Ben Horan shows off is Tap ink out on the dock.

Q & A Section
From John,
Q: Who from the Girl/Choc fam waited in line to get the iPhone last Friday?
A:


Here's Ty, number three outside of St. Louie. Carroll, Biebel and Reda were about eight people back.
--Aaron

Smyth checks in with the Bitchfest that is Real World Vegas, Renuited, show four. And usually only Carroll gets a mention when shares air, but when Jake Vogel and JD are on there it's mandatory, so check Smyth's. And Too $hort, too.

 

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6/29/07
(Live from the road)

Sorry. Maybe this weekend.

 

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6/28/07
(Live from the road)

Sorry about yesterday, but as our French friends, JB and Lucas would say, in their wonderful French accents, "It is not possible."


US Tour Clip of the Day. Lucas frontside pivots in North Cacka.

The other night while driving, Biebel riffled through all 50 state capitals in alphabetical order by state, winning ten bucks from a stunned Guy Mariano. His two pieces of advice on learning them was to not assume that the major city in each state is the capitol city and to watch out for "little bitch ass states like West Virginia."

QUOTES:
"Everybody needs flowers!"--Biebel

"Reda on Xanax would ideal."--Biebel

 

 

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6/26/07
(Live from the road)

We're in Raleigh. A couple of heads have headed back West. Rickk, Frost, and Hotdog, who's in the greater Los Angeles area pulling his best Blue Steal, hell he might even be pulling out Magnum for this one.

Mini Video Top 5
Reda's Top 5 sandwiches

Carroll getting down with team Chocolate.

Tacky's got more of Malmo and Malto.

QUOTES:
"I ain't touching the wheel on this one!"--Biebel about driving the van

"Handling business with tiki torches and shit."--Biebel

"Bad Brains to you is like Lil' Wayne to me."--Biebel to Reda

 

 

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6/25/07
(Live from the road)

A damn few quotes...

QUOTES:
"Do you mind if I use that for a wake up call."--Rickk to Eric, after Eric unplugged the phone and threw it across the room

"Once you leave the van there's no coming back."--Ty to Biebel

"I look to my left I see Frosty, I look to my right I see Carroll, what else do I need?"--Biebel after switching vans

"If he gives me staph I'm gonna punch him in the face!"--Biebel

"Yeah, having kids and doing meth tweaks your hair."--Larson

"There's a thin line between PMA and PMS."--Guy

"I wish I learned marshal arts when I was younger."--Carroll

 

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6/22/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Don't think the sponsored elite is exempt from winning a Paris shirt. Santa Cruz' Sid Melvin is the final winner. Thanks for all the entries, they were killer.

US Tour Clip of the Day. MJ does battle with a flatbar.

Check out Ellington on VBS.

When we get home this column will be back to normal, as will our sleeping patterns.

 

 

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6/21/07
(Live from the road)

Smyth with more lip service for the Vegas roomies. Keepin' It Real, episode three.

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Still no final winner.. So keep sending them in.

US Tour Clip of the Day. MJ gets jiggy at Southside.

More of Carroll's view of the TWS awards.

Cairo and Biebel are here!


QUOTE:
"I've partied in some suits before."--Smyth

 

 

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6/19/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. The contest is being extended for another day or so. It's too hard to pick the final winner when you're at the 11-stair until 4am and check outs in an hour. So keep sending them in.

US Tour Clip of the Day. Today's clips are more "lifestyle" clips, or "chill shots" as they call them in the biz. Mo, this is what happened to the mascot you won...

This kind of movement just means he's relaxed.

Those were probably not funny to anyone but the 12 people on this trip who probably can't access the internet anyway. We'll get back to the raw streets tomorrow.


QUOTE:
"You're awesome, get over it"--Reda to Alex Olson

 

 

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6/18/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Ricardo Javier know that Lil' Kim ain't no snitch and she served her time straight up. For that she gets covered in Flares. Only one remains. Send your entries here.

US Tour Clip of the Day. Young Olson shows his elders his big snaps.

Bonus US Tour Clip of the Day. Eric did it for the goats.

We've made it to Texas, look!


Pappalardo Fun Fact Number 4: He flew home early yesterday without saying goodbye.


QUOTE:
"Why do I have to be fat and 35?"--Joe Brook after seeing a photo of Mike Mo's girlfriend

 

 

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6/15/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Andrew Paul puts the Godfather of Sole on the tee. Just two left. Send your entries here.

US Tour Clip of the Day. A trio of Eric in Albuquerque.

Guess Whose Tat? It's been a while since we've put your ink identifying skills to the test and this one is about obscure as it gets.

Cruise Jersey with Freddy.

Carroll's view of the awards.

And Carroll, the gamer.

Mueller, Jenkins, and Pommier havev a show tomorrow night in Culver City at Lab 101 Gallery.


QUOTE:
"Aaron didn't put himself that scumbag."--Reda

 

 

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6/13/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Jonathan Bade knows the way to our hearts is through The Gav. Send your entries here.

US Tour Clip of the Day. Rickk blast a hip in Albuquerque before Hot Dog started biting at it.

Bonus US Tour Clip of the Day. Jeff Lenoce pops his Clip of the Day cherry with this kicky over the same hip. Might have to give him a raise 'Drew.

Pappalardo Fun Fact Number 2: He was almost named Julian.

Don't let The Ringer fool you, van time is awesome time, especially when you're in the awesome van.

We got some major mileage to cover today and tomorrow as we'll be picking up some people in Texas, a loud mouth Italian, a finicky Romanian, and a couple of French fucks.


QUOTE:
"D3 me."--Guy

 

 

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6/12/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Ryan Schorman shoots Sizemore. And concerning what was said yesterday about Canadian's and our contest, ol' Ryan here's from Texas. That's like really American. Send your entries here.

US Tour Clip of the Day. Frost's got a bit more for the tabletop.

We've picked up the photo slack and we got three, that's right three photos from the road.

Pappalardo Fun Fact Number 2: He can almost tolerate having Rickk's banana hands draped over him. .


QUOTES:
"Coverage is corporate."--Koston

"Rickk's like an older Bart Simpson."--Mo

"I wish magazine would get pushed back."--Joe Brook

 

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6/11/07
(Live from the road)

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. The Great White North's Kyle Gherman comes up aces with the best Pee Wee. Man, the Canadians always dominate these little projects. I think whatever Michael Moore's point about Canadians and guns in Bowling for Columbine was is the same reason why they win so many Crailtap contests. Aside from going back to jail looks like a Paris will be heading to Canada. Send your entries here.

Team Lakai continues to head east in search of cooler weather. If Rickk hadn't forgotten his camera battery we'd have some epic photos to show you here. Probably something of Alex poking Guy in the rips or a stunning shot of Mike Mo sending a text at an inopportune moment. Maybe tomorrow.

US Tour Clip of the Day. Frost scarewalks the tabletop in AZ.

It will be our goal to shed light on the normally private life of Anthony Pappalardo on this trip. Pappalardo Fun Fact Number 1: He's never driven a car, ever.


QUOTE:
"Look, Mike Mo wants to turn pro, he's trashing his first van."--Guy

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6/08/07

New Poll today, to determine who'll be tipping the scales in the weeks to come.

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. There's been a lot of R. Kelly submissions. As of today, Alex Gorodskoy's is our fav. Paris in a large coming your way Alex. Send your entries here.

There was an over site on our part concerning photo for Reunited: Las Vegas Real World from Tuesday's post. Seems like one key person was missing from the photo, just to the left of Alton. Now the Reunion is complete. Episode Number 2.

Q & A Section
From accidentally erased the name,
Q: Where does the extra 'k' come from? My guess is to distinguish from McCrank, but Howard was there first, so by that theory, shouldn't McCrank get the extra 'k'?
A: You are correct, and I guess seniority isn't all it's cracked up to be.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

As mentioned yesterday the majority of the Lakai team will be hitting the road for some weeks to do some filming. We'll be tagging along and keeping you posted.


QUOTE:
"I do tend to say a lot of amazing things."--EA about often being quoted on The Tap

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6/07/07

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Paris is out of jail but our contest will serve its time and will honor those who have done the same, much like the subject of Patrick (Evil) Smith's T-Shirt, Rick The Ruler. Send your entries here for a chance to win a prize.

China Clip of the Day. With Koston's board on the roof and young Olson in need of a set of Indy's, Tyrone does his best Angus MacGyver to insure that Alex's turning radius needs are met.

It's been up a couple of days, but any chance to see Biebel in a size medium is worth a double take. That's a whole different guy right there.

Q & A Section
From Riley,
Q: If Hollywood Squares asked a rider for the center square out of the Girl and Chocolate camp who would it be and why?
A: Gotta go with Carroll. He's the center of the universe, so I don't see why he wouldn't be the center square. J/K Bubs.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

We skated this made to skate pool while in Malmo, Sweden. It was piss yellow at the time. But Fernando Elvira, of Cliche graphics fame, gave it a nice little facelift.

Tomorrow and awful lot of us are going on a little filming trip. And when I say awful lot I mean damn near the whole Lakai team. And when I say a little filming trip I mean damn near a month. We'll be posting clips and photos from the road daily. And when I say daily I mean well, almost daily. Ironically hitting the highway seems to have an inverse effect on accessing the Internet super highway.

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6/06/07

Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Jason Leoppky's Shoes for Living is crowned queen for a day. Send your entries here. And make sure your artwork is worked into a T-Shirt like the past two winners. We still got eight more of these bad girls to give .

China Clip of the Day. More Alex, more bioness!

Q & A Section
From David Marie,
Q: My friends have started playing World of War Craft and they are never down to skate. I have almost lost them completely. Any suggestions for what should I do?
A: Buy your own high level character off of eBay, and then kill off their characters. They won't want to take the time to rebuild their own experience levels and they'll be back on the streets in no time.--Ben Colen

Send your questions here.

Lou Perna of Mourning Skateboards goes J-Rog on his Street Pirate placement. It looks like a freshy.

With the imminent release of Fully Flared we saw it fit to hire another filmer to speed thing up and film Koston exclusively. Check him out.

The Awful Truth. Make sure to read up to paragraph two. Trashmen, let me know if I'm burning it each month.

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6/05/07

We have our first winner for the new Lakai Contest: My Favorite Jailed Celebrity on a T-Shirt. Man, there's gotta be a better way to say that. See yesterday's post for how it works. Chris Bywater from Dana Point, even though we can't believe you overlooked incorporating the Lakai flare into a face tat, you got a size L Paris shirt in the mail. Send your entries here.

China Clip of the Day. Alex goes bio.

Well it turns out that the email is mightier than the sword. So for all of you who wrote in, Matt and Vinnie, to encourage Smyth to get back on his Real World reviews take this time to congratulate yourselves. Or maybe it was because the reality stars of Trishelle, Alton, Irulan, Arissa, Steven, Frank, and Brynn were once again realigned. Whatever the case, here's the first installment of Smyth's Keepin' It Real. Vegas Reunited Episode one.

Q & A Section
From Will Good,
Q: Zombie outbreak at The Tap! Who lives, who dies, who is the first to trip over something and get eaten and who becomes the hero?
A: First, all of the dudes in the warehouse are immediately turned into zombies. Some days probably seem like that to them anyway, so they'd never even know they're dead. Everyone else dies too, except for the Art Dump, who had taken a long lunch and completely missed all the action. Megan would be the first to trip over a box and get eaten by a zombie. Why, you may ask? She has terrible luck with moving vehicles. She'd probably run out to her car, but just as she puts the key in the ignition, a zombie would come crashing on to the hood of her car destroying it, forcing her to get out and run and eventually succumb to the zombies. But the zombie that ate her used to be Rick Howard, so now they're both zombies so it's all good. The hero of the story is the Crailtap fans who keep our legacy alive as the Tap zombies plod away into the night.--Tony Larson

Send your questions here.

Call your friend as King of the Burbs. Somebody please get in "network mode right now" and send us a good crank call using this.

QUOTE:
"A Mormon slow dance favorite."--Johannes Gamble on listening to Depeche Mode's "Somebody" on our new hi-tech phone system with hold music

 

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6/04/07

Even though the Lakai dudes have been back for a few days now we're gonna rollout their photos from China for this week as well. Then starting next week the front page will be allotted to the US tour we're going on. But after that we'll be going back to the tried and true Guest Front Page Posters, so just hold your horses Butcher. By the way this week's Lakai in China photos and captions and clips will be coming from Rickk Howard. And you thought he was just a good skater with great teeth.

New Contest. In honor of her going to the clink, we'll be giving away Paris' Lakai or Die T-shirts. To enter to win one of the 10 send us your own T-Shirt design combining one of your favorite jailed celebrities (not Ms. Hilton) and some Lakai imagery, such as logos, team riders etc. Make 'em clever. We'll post each day's winner for the next two weeks. Send them here. All winning shirts will be in a size large, so either lose some weight or bulk up.

There's New Poll up that celebrates the old adage that it is the differences that make us beautiful.

China Clip of the Day. Tyrone gets an Encinitas flash back and attacks the lip.

Watch Jamal Smith describe to you how you should eat an Oreo, why vagina is like crack, and white kids saying the "N" word. A book of poetry is on the way.

Q & A Section
From Daniel Unger,
Q: Is Gino's real name Luigi? If it is why did he change it to Gino, I think Luigi is a cool name.
A: His real name is Luigi Giovanni. Gino is his nickname. When you grow up in NY one of the things that kids like to do is make fun of each other. When you're a kid named Luigi it could get rough. It was just easier to go by his nickname. My middle name is Luigi and I got tortured for it..--Giovanni Luigi Reda

Send your questions here.

Crail 4 Life. Jenkins spotted this one at the Giant Robot store in West L.A.

There's a new photo contest at sharetheair.net, you know where Carroll does his thing, starting this month. Tony Larson will judge the first month's photos, on the theme of "off the wall." Winner gets a Panasonic camera.

We're trying to entice Smyth into doing reviews of the Real World Vegas Reunion, currently in heavy rotation on MTV. Maybe you can help us convince him to Keep It Real. Send your pleas here.

Even Hecox and Jake Phelps Top 5s coming soon.

QUOTE:
"I can't wear hip-hop shorts anymore. I've reached the age where my clothes have to fit."--Sal Barbier

 

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6/01/07

China Clip of the Day. Koston, with one or two onlookers, follows the cart.

Tapper Peter Lally sent us a pretty gnarly one, "Maybe not as good as Jamal's, but another fantastically funny trick tip."

Mini Top 5
Alex Olson's Top 5 things about coming home from a trip
1. Eating normal food
2. Breathing normal air
3. Normal weather
4. No more diarrhea
5. Everyone asking me if I lost weight

The little Carroll that resides on my shoulder tells me that I should post this. Thanks Lew.

Q & A Section
From Kevin,
Q: I recently read that Clae shoes had been started back up. Are there any ties to the Girl family or was the brand sold?
A: No ties to the Girl family.--Aaron

From Antoine and Pableust,
Q: We're huge fans of the Jovontae/Guy/Sean music part in Goldfish. But we can't read correctly the name of the artist in the VHS or in the brand new DVD edit! We think it's Casual but we're not sure.
A: Yeah you're right. I think it's a remix.--Mike Carroll

From Carol Bradbury,
Q: I'm strongly considering getting the Crail skull Tatt'd on my body. Where would look good/original?
A: On the head of your dick.--Alex Olson

Send your questions here.

Speaking of well placed tats we got another one today, from Austria. It's approaching Indy status. Kidding Dawes, kidding!

QUOTE:
"I don't think anyone is popping as high as him right now."--Rickk

 

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5/31/07

China Clip of the Day. French dignitary Lucas Puig warms up the dubs with a nollie 180.

Another China Clip of the Day, sort of, Royal's Jerry Hsu again on the Later'd show.

Martin Karas from Prague, Czech Republic shows us what you're insides looks like during a fs vert.

Q & A Section
From Ezekiel Lim,
Q: How is everyone over there reacting to Kobe's trade demand, and who would they like to see The Lakers get in return?
A: I'll tell you right now, Kobe isn't going anywhere. He's frustrated because he's playing with the worst supporting cast in the NBA aside from Lamar Odom. I would be tired of losing with a bunch of losers too. As far as what I think of Kobe, if he skated I would love to watch his video part, but I would never want him to skate for Girl. Great talent, total KOOK!--Koston

Send your questions here.

The other night I dreamt that Malto started smoking cigarettes. He wasn't a full-blown smoker, he wasn't buying packs yet, but judging by the frequency he was bumming them off the other guys on the team I knew it wasn't gonna be far off. It was the closet I've come to feeling like a disappointed father. What's next a nightmare where Mike Mo takes up rollerblading...again?

QUOTES:
"How is it even possible that more people are backing Orc than Halfling?"--Ben Colen regarding the current Crail Poll

"That's the laws of the jungle?"--Jake Phelps

"I passed on the cat skewers."--Rickk

 

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5/30/07

All Lakai in China photos, and those awfully witty captions, are the work of Eric Koston. And you thought he was just a good skater with a cool haircut.

China Clip of the Day. Do you think being called a "pussy" by Rickk helped Alex O. commit to this hubba 50-50 to shrub jumper?

That guy Larson sent me this. But they forgot about this that guy.

Another tat from a tapper. He's claiming he's getting the pirate next. I'm sure, we'll see.

What Did the Cheeks Eat? Two fish tacos and a diet Coke. Judging by the frequency of Chico's visits, though, this is probably just a one off.

Q & A Section
From Trent,
Q: How would Alex Olson react to being dubbed the Holden Caulfield of the skateboarding world? The parallels are too obvious to mention. Potentially he may inadvertently catch young skaters and keep them in the rye preventing them from falling off the cliff and into phoniness. I hope he attains his destiny as the "Catcher on the Concrete."
A: Well, with Alex currently in China he's unavailable for comment, but I bet he'd say something like this, "Who the fuck is Holden Caulfield!?" I think Alex may have started his "Unschooling" before his teachers made him read any Salinger?
--Aaron

Send your questions here.

Wow, that was a lot of Alex today.

QUOTE:
"Dude, I can only do so much."--Mike Carroll

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5/29/07

There's been tragedy in the Colen household. A sad, sad day. After 17 years of glorious 20-sided dice game play, Ben Colen's eighth level cleric, Bellamin Chroster, is dead. Losing such a versatile Dungeons and Dragons character, with the ability to summon divine magic, for Ben is comparable to, dare I say, Carroll losing his pup Hyphy. Long story short, in a cruel twist of fate, a tenth level sorcerer cast an irreversible spell over the cleric, turning him into a harmless fox, whose only real power was to eat the table scraps of its enemies. Rapt with equal parts anguish and boredom, Ben brought the nearly two-decade-old character to its demise by simply having the fox jump off a cliff. So that brings us to our New Poll. Which race should Ben's next D&D character be?

China Clip of the Day. Mo switches a set for some bewildered locals.

Q & A Section
From Alec Neill Martin,
Q: What is Carroll's favorite meal at Cracker Barrel?
A: Eggs in a Basket over easy, extra hash brown casserol, side of bacon, coffee and a water?--Carroll

Send your questions here.

From Tapper Jeff Jacobs, "I saw this tagged on a sign at a construction site at UCSB. Was it the real Mike C or an imposter?"

More contributions from the readers, this time Tapper James puts us on to a hefty auction. Seems like a zero might be out of place, but then again I'd bet Sal would pay that much for the Zorlac boars alone.

QUOTE:
"I'm just gonna drop a deuce and flush on Tuesday."--Jason Callaway on Friday when the toilet was broken

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5/25/07

China Clip of the Day. Rickk shoots the quad kink.

Malto look-alikes have been hotly debated topic around here recently. But yet another uncanny comparison surfaces, The Jungle Book's Mowglie just may be the fifth Malto brother.

Q & A Section
From Danny Prew,
Q: After the switch flip at the end of Gino's part in Chocolate Tour, is he saying "Thirst?" And what's the story behind it?
A: He is saying "Thrist," as in how thirsty he was to hang on to that switch flip. It's NY slang for wanting something real bad. When a lot of kids from New Jersey were coming up in the mid-90s, New Yorker Mike Hernandez referred to it as "New Thirsty." Get it?--Aaron

From Damon Tate,
Q: How does Mike Carroll feel about Madfoot in Japan reissuing his Vans pro model?  If he is down with it? What about the colorways?
A: I don't care at all. At first I was confused, but I think it's kinda cool/sick. I guess people liked that shoe for them to do that. The colors are interesting.--Carroll

Send your questions here.

Park local Enrique Lorenzo sent us this memento of what the old Girl Park used to look like. You know? The one Reda shut down.

Mike's blog goes stinky pinky.

If you're in St. Paul on June 8, stop by Familia and say hello to Kenny Anderson and Chris Roberts. Kenny has the long hair on his head, while Chris has the long hair on his face.

QUOTE:
"If I door dinged someone's car I'd leave a note, but if I ran someone over I'd just keep going."--Rudy

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5/24/07

New Featured Feature. Watch Larson shred some Cradle in this slide show from the We're Ok, EuroK Tour.

China Clip of the Day. Since we've been back from Europe a few days now we thought we'd switch it over to the Lakai boys in China. I'm hoping they'll supply a clip a day for the remainder of their trip, but you can't count on those guys for nothing. J/K bros. Here's Mr Koston on a Lu Kang tail drop to a damaging firecracker.

Q & A Section
From Simeon Patience,
Q: What dose Kenny Anderson say in the Hot Chocolate Tour DVD in Japanese?
A: I didn't actually say anything in Japanese. I said "Lag-u dor." That was my Japanese broken English attempt at "Ragdoll." I'm allowed to, I'm half Japanese. I was referring to myself belly flopping down a gap all night.--Kenny Anderson

From Cartier Saucie,
Q: Who is Reda yelling at in the beginning of his Chomp On This part?
A: I'm yelling at Todd Jordan. He was the first person I saw so I started yeling at him, then I choked him. Out of the corner of my eye I can see Harold Hunter hiding behind the bed. He's the one I should have been yelling at cause he threw the mystery water on me.--Reda

Send your questions here.

Desert Twin EA has on yet another shirt that pertains to the fact that he likes photography. It says "Point and Shoot." Rest assured, he's the sensitive Twin.

Happy birthday Smyth!

Went to lunch with Reda, so it seems highly improbable that there would be no quote today but such is life.

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5/23/07

There's a New Poll today concern Brandon. Concerning the last poll, apparently you think Malto looked most like Koston's illegitimate love child. Maybe you would have thought differently if we would have included Emmitt Smith's partner Cheryl from Dancing with the Stars as Tapper Rick Wheeler suggested.

EuroK Clip of the Day. Atiba and Justin. One black. One white. One regs. One switch. Both ripping.

As Bird mentioned on the Lakai site Mike Mo got sick before his flight to China, he's since made it out there, but his mom Ronda Capaldi checked in with us the day he went down, "I'm Mikemo's mom and we are so bummed that he couldn't make it to China. He really wanted to go, but unfortunately sickness prevailed.  Thought you might like to see what he looked like 24 hrs prior to the flight."

The Street Pirate has been making some rounds lately via the tattoo gun. The Boarder's Salo found this one at FDR, Lucas spotted one in China, and Pasadena, CA's Taylor Cunanan borrows Desert Twin Jeremy's dagger and pirate combo.

Rip is here!

QUOTE:
"Yeah nigga, that's what's up."--Clyde Singleton's Mom to Clyde when he called and wished her a happy Mothers Day

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5/22/07

We're back. Tell you all about it tomorrow.

Thanks to all the kids who came out and the distributors for showing us a stellar time.

 

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5/18/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. I know you know Jesus Fernandez to be primarily a street skating but lately he's been working on his trannies pretty hard.

A mini gallery of some of the friends we ran into today.

The latest to get Later'd, our man, little A. O.

Q & A Section
From Patrick G,
Q: Biebel, how can I get rid of this embarrassing love handles?
A: You gotta be active. Do some cardio to burn that shit and crank out a shit load of sit ups. Don't eat to much junk and you should shed it off. Tighten that shit up. You can't be lazy though, you gotta do it if you want some results.--Biebel

Send your questions here.

We'll be home next weak.

 

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5/17/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. Biebel does the skateboarding equivalent of hurdleso.

A little tike of a photo gallery.

Q & A Section
From Matt Kime,
Q: On the Boxset Bonus Disc, during the Tradeshow Promo '98, can anyone tell me what's going on in the Sheffey vs. Wu Tang clip?
A: It was during the taping of MTV's Sports and Music Festival. An all access lament is a fairly safe privilege for most, but quite another thing for Sheffey. It was the height of the Wu's career and I guess Sean wanted to bask in the Tang's sunshine rather than watch from the side of the stage with the rest of the athletes. An avid rapper himself, Sean decided to grab Method Man's mic and do a little freestyle during the show. He got off a few bars before having the mic wrestled out of his hand by a pissed of Meth and security. Rickk caught it all on film.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

We're in London now.

QUOTE:
"If I knew when I was your age what I know now I'd be the king...but I'm still the king."--Biebel

 

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5/16/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. Malto catches air out of a backtail near the shore in Malmo.

More epic shots from the mean streets of Europe.

Mini Top 5
Top 5 pros Atiba's beat in a game of SKATE
1. Ryan Sheckler
2. Brandon Biebel
3. Jamie Thomas
4. Justin Eldridge
5. Tony Ferguson

Q & A Section
From Gus,
Q: In reference to the "photographic highlights" pic number 7, I swear I saw Sam running around at the Badass vs. Dumbass tour at Cream City, but I don't recall him being as "tiny" as he appears in the picture. How tall is he, and how does he manage such a big team?
A: Sam's around 5'9" or so. I think the perspective of the photo is making him hobbit height. And how does he manage such a big team? An iron fist in a silk gloves.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

The Swedish press had the Malmo demo up faster than Jeron chasing a petty thief.

Oh, we forgot to tell you. Jeron beat up a dude in Eindhoven too. The other guy started it.

QUOTE:
"It's like paying for your girlfriend but she doesn't even show up."--Biebel on how expensive it is in London

 

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5/15/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

The We're OKs have made it to Sweden where a would be thief smashed a brick through our distributor's car window in plain site of Jeron who was a block away. Despite the hefty lead this douche had on him, Jeron caught him and whipped him to the ground. We got back a wallet and dude got a few swift kicks to the ribs from the fellas, a wispy spray of spit from a very parched mouth to his face, and a lift from the cops to downtown Malmo. We spent the rest of the afternoon congratulating Jeron on his 50-meter dash and day-dreaming about beating the guy up more. Pretty fun.

EuroK Clip of the Day. This is Rick McCrank skating with severe back pain. I think you call that a trooper.

Bonus EuroK Clip of the Day. Who says Americans don't mingle with the natives? Biebel putting America back on track one country at a time. Sweden's a wrap.

We were down for a few but a Carroll update was in the works.

Call 911 is so ingrained in our heads that even a dead cop knows to make the call.

A piece of trivia. Today's front page photo of Atiba giving Justin a Swedish massage has had the fastest from shooting to posting turnaround time ever in just under 15 minutes. Thanks for being a part of history guys.

QUOTES:
"You're good at eating corn."--Biebel to Staba

"I feel like Tupac right now."----Justin Eldridge

 

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5/10/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. At a park in a park Staba gets a nose grinder.

Bonus EuroK Clip of the Day. Ever wonder why Biebel and Atiba get along so good? Well, let Biebel tell you why.

Here are some photographic highlights since we last spoke.

The sleeping quarters on the EuroK tour breaks down like this, Eldridge and Jeron. EA and Larson. Smyth, Staba, and Lee. Atiba and Biebel (obviously), Malto and Devine, and McCrank and myself, which Staba has coined "The Speed Bump Room." He's only here for a couple of days.

While waiting for our train in Paris a fan spotted Smyth and only referred to him as the Talent Manager. He didn't even trip off the pro dudes, he just wanted to meet the guy behind the guys

Q & A Section
From Nick,
Q: Hey I just wanted to know how do you guys go about picking your deck graphics for pro and team seriest?
A: Basically, we're constantly pumping out graphics and Mr. Rick Howard collects all of them and locks them away in the Art Dump Graphics Vault. The criteria for whether a design makes it onto a deck varies. It must look very nice, or it must be very funny or it must reference the many whimsies of our skateboarding professionals.--Larson

Send your questions here.

In a few days we head to Sweden, where Cliff Burton met his untimely death. It could get emotional.

QUOTES:
"You gotta think European."--Lee

"Was that the one where they threw the boat in the water?"----Distributor Employee referring to the DC tour of '98

 

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5/09/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

Congratulations to Tim and Kelly Gavin on the birth of their baby boy Mason. Good stuff Gavs!

There's a New Poll celebrating the many looks of Malto.

Carroll's blog is kind of week and tardy, so we'll direct you towards Larson's post from Paris.

Q & A Section
From Thomas Lane,
Q: Does Rickk ever not pull a face in pictures? What's with that?
A: You mean Blue Steel? Naw, he always pulls it.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

We leave Paris for Amsterdam tomorrow.

QUOTES:
"I discovered America and now I can't go?"--Jesus about being Spanish and being banned from visiting the United States

"They'd do the same thing if they had a bad one."--Biebel on his friends vibing him for staying at home since he's gotten a girlfriend

"I never made the cover before!"--Biebel about being on the front page yesterday

 

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5/08/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. A five-man band hits a row of benches.

Paris Gallery part deux.

Q & A Section
From Harry Moritz,
Q: Who has the biggest shoe size at The Tap?
A: BA, he's a size 13.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

QUOTE:
"It's kind of weird looking down the aisle and seeing Danzig shopping for cereal."--Larson on seeing Glen Danzig at Mayfair market

 

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5/07/07
(posts from the We're Ok, EuroK tour)

EuroK Clip of the Day. Smyth knows one way to manage the talent is to lead by example. The first line of the day goes to Sam.

Don't think that Sam doesn't work for his.

Americans in Paris.

Carroll's got an interview over at the bible.

QUOTES:
"Is it like synchronized swimming but with airplanes?"--Biebel regarding the Blue Angels Air Show

"I love him, but he is a roach."--Tony B. our tour guide

 

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5/03/07

We're OK, EuroK. Today we (the dudes on the flier in the pop window) are heading for Europe for a little skating. We'll be posting from the road, so you know how that goes, but we'll be making up for the infrequency with clips, photos, and as much Biebel abroad antics as we can gather. An even trade.

Clip of the Day. Two Og Choco dudes, Chico and Daniel go dubs. That's Daewon rolling around at the end. Missed the airwalk Dae'.

Larry Perkins on the come up.

Q & A Section
From Chris Gwinn,
Q: Can filmers and phototagraphers get skate tickets?
A: For Sure. And don't forget the dreaded camera bag confiscation.--Aaron

Send your questions here.

It's funny that back in the Embarco days Carroll was never fond of sharing his drink, but damn if he don't mind sharing the air.

QUOTE:
"Every morning I wake up, stare at the ceiling and curse the world and think of everything that wrong with my life. Then I take a shower and I'm all right."--Larson

 

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5/02/07

Larry Perkins ain't afraid to try and land a job when the chips are down. Dudes gotta eat. Stay up LP.

Clip of the Day. More from the great Cheeks. This time he hops up on the manny pad.

You thought Torrance was raw, check out what goes down in neighboring Carson, CA.

Q & A Section
From eao0007,
Q: After reading about Pops' recent run-in with the law, I was wondering which of the other guys on the team have spent a night in jail and what for?
A: Pretty much everyone but Kenny, been caught up in the system. For all types of shit. Dudes are really bout it bout it. Jeron just got popped movin' two keys down to Memphis. Don't trip, he'll be home soon. One Love.--Smyth

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Our friend Gaston has organized a screening of various skate filmers work this Friday, 9.00pm in the Barceloneta Civic Center located at Carrer Conreria 1-9, Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain. It's free.

QUOTE:
"I either need a mint or a Root Beer sip."--The Gav on desert

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5/01/07

Clip of the Day. The Cheeks gets techy on the junior executive.

It's been a while since Larry Perkins made a call. It took 4/20 to bring him out of hiding. We're honored to post this. The sounds a lil' toe up so turn up the volume. More to come this week.

Invite Lakai into your Top 8.

Carroll goes heavy Speegs on his most recent post.

Derek Provan, if you really wanted a way to Ty's heart you should have gotten a F*ck Canale tat instead of this.

Q & A Section
From Ralph Lloyd-Davis,
Q: Firstly, what's the story behind The Gav's intro drumming in Goldfish. Was he really playing those things? Secondly, is it true that when you guys met JB Gillet during his first visit to SF you wanted to get him on the team?
A: As much as Gav dreams about being John Fishman of Phish, unfortunately that probably was the last time he sat behind a drum set. He was making noise but not really playing anything.--Rudy
Sheffey was really psyched on JB and I think he was giving him boards. Nobody really knew him well at that time and misunderstood his Frenchness. Years later I think JB got on Chocolate for a couple days a couple of different times but quit.--Carroll

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Q & A Correction. That's right we make mistakes too. In reference to yesterday's question from Andrew we were correct in saying that it was a weed reference on Guy's shirt in Mouse, but wrong in that his shirt really read "3.5" not "13.5." Our own Staci G also more elaborately pointed out that 3.5 grams is equal to an eighth of an ounce of weed, the preferred denomination for purchase among stoners. Some dude name Joe also sent us an email saying that, "I used to know a guy with a 13.5 prison tattoo. He told me it meant 12 jurors, 1 judge and a half-ass chance of getting off." And while we're straightening things out, Guy doesn't smoke anymore.

 

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4/30/07

This week's Guest Front Page Poster is Arizona's Matt Price, S-Mag lensman and Brimley proprietor. Thanks Matt!

There's a New Poll up honoring another inhabitant of AZ, Rob Welsh. I gotta feelin' I'm gonna here about this one from Rob later.

Dimitry before and after.



You may catch Crankers, Beebs and the rest of the rollers over at Momentum in there latest video here

Q & A Section
From James,
Q: Who would win in a game of SKATE Jamal Smith or Todd
Falcon?
A: Wow James, this is a good one. At first thought I was thinking Todd Falcon would take it hands down. Then as I further discussed this with Ty, we both realized that Todd's bag of tricks have such a high degree of difficulty they can cause much inconsistency. While Jamal's low center of gravity helps him so he can pretty much land everything he tries. If I had to put my money on it, no offense to you Todd, but I would have to go with Jamal. One thing is for sure, they're both winners in my mind.--Koston

From Andrew,
Q: So, I was just watching Guy's extra footage in the Girl/Chocolate DVD bonus disc and it made me have to ask this question, which I have had since the Chocolate Tour came out. What is that "13.5" shirt he's wearing? What does it mean? Where is it from? I've always been so intrigued by it.
A: It's a Cotton Mouth T-shirt. Cotton Mouth was Guy's friend's clothing company. Not to be confused with the Kotton Mouth Kings. I think the "13.5" was some kind of weed reference.--Aaron

From Bryan Leddy,
Q: In the Chocolate Tour Gino does that opening line at the pyramid ledges, nollie heel then he goes down the hallway, I was wondering if he does a fs noseslide or a bs 180 nosegrind to regular?
A: Frontside noseslide. He almost did fs nollie 180 to switch bs 5-0 that same day, it's on the Bonus Disc--Aaron

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I know you've heard of such classic tours as Harsh Euro Barge, Super Champ Fun Zone, Badass Meets Dumbass, but here's a Girl tour that might have slipped by you.

The Cheeks is here!