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ENTRY>> >> It's Tony T versus Ty Evans in today's Battle of the Crails! We love you, Ty, but our vote might be with TT on this one. >> Paul Rodriguez's new board designs are looking hot, we'll let you know when they're in shops. Also keep your eye out for Paul's Top 5's. >> Quite often in this business of skateboarding the magazines will call on a bunch of companies for stuff to use in a photo shoot. They'll call up and say "Hey, we need a bunch of clothes and/or boards and/or shoes for this really cool article that we're doing!" and nobody really bats an eye; boxes full of free stuff get sent out and you assume that they're gonna shoot photos of a Lakai or a Fourstar t-shirt on some dude who's not a model but drives a sweet lowered pickup and looks uncomfortable in front of the camera doing the same pose in sixty different outfits. You assume they're not going to tie-dye your nice shirts or make chaps out of any of them cause, after all, it's not like you're sending the stuff to Hustler or something, these are "skateboarding" mags, right? >> Did you go skateboarding yesterday like we asked you to? Good. Now go skateboarding again, please. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If I ever get mentioned on Crailwack again I'm gonna punch somebody in the face" - Anonymous Diamond Supply Co Head Honcho dude.
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ENTRY>> >> Weekend edition: RING RING RING. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Did you know your Irish distributor looks like Kenny G?" - Jeremy C to Eric Anthony. >> Go skateboarding now, please.
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>> Have you seen the new HARSH-CAVE concave from Girl? It's available on these boards - the STENCIL OG series - and it's deeper than the Girl boards you're used to. The rest of the new boards have the classic Girl concave, so don't trip. >>
Mike Taylor >> Been to Gino's shop, Poets, yet? Take the Crailtap Virtual Poets Tour: 1.
Sorta on the outside looking in. >> Don't forget to go to that Lori D / Morgan Wick art show at antisocial tonight. 2425 Main Street, Vancouver BC. Here's a recent photo of the curator and friends. >> And in more skateshop news... here's a cool story about an old lady who used to run one. >> SO IRONIC!: RING RING RING. >> Lakai art director Andy Mueller has just been profiled on a new web based video project thing called Slowtron. Check it out, it's cool.
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ENTRY>> >> Rush!: RING RING RING. >> Craig G sent us a couple of photos of his latest homemade (read: illegal) skatespot in New York: "We bolted that thing to the ground and used liquid nails". Awesome! >>
Okay, so far we've received a whopping zero entries to the Richard
Mulder lookalike contest! C'mon people, somebody's gotta
look like Richie. Send all entries to: >> Marc J is rumored to be contemplating more Crail tats. That dude is badass. >> So Skate Mental is Brad Staba's new novelty company. Brian Anderson signature matches, Tim O'Connor whoopie cushion, "The MJ" disguise kit and more. For real. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Crail went soft" - Rick Howard "Those are the guys with tattoos that are weird" - Jeremy Carnahan "Grow up, loser" - Bob K to Bobby Echo "No one carries a grudge like Rick, he's not a quitter" - Megan
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>> You thought we were kidding about Marc Johnson's Crailtap tattoo? It says "THA TAP", player. >> Harsh Gavin is back on Team Crailtap!: RING RING RING. >> Threesome!: SMYTH: KEEPIN IT REAL PART THREE (A Real World Review). >> Rick McCrank's antisocial skateshop (won't it be cool when they have a web site?) in Vancouver, Canada, is having a show on Friday Sept 27. This Friday. It's a Lori D show with Morgan Wick and it's called nevermind-a-thon. 2425 Main Street in Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you're there, you're THERE. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "I'm glad that after 25 years I finally have some non skate friends" - Meza to Scott Johnston and Mike Carroll "Crailwack sucks" - Nick Tershay, bummed "No way, dude. I'm keeping it." - Gavin, after being asked to return the PT Cruiser that Crailtap bought him for being on the team. "Kelly Bird gave Brad a fuckin' anxiety attack" - Marc Johnson "Now this is my scene" - Brad after leaving Bird's lair and entering Crailtap International HQ. "You're probably one of those weird guys on the other side of the cardboard at the corner store" - Megan
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ENTRY>> >> Coming soon to Crailtap: TOP FIVES WITH PAUL RODRIGUEZ. >> Coming soon to Rodeo Drive: GUCCI SKATEBOARDS. >> Mike Leon has another show, this one's in Japan to announce the release of his new CD and to show some art and skateboards. If you wear a Fourstar shirt to the opening you get in for free! >> Don't post that thing about the you know what, okay?: RING RING RING. >> Skate Mental is what we've been waiting for. And we'll wait another week or so. >> Tim Gavin was choked that he got kicked off Team Crailtap. But things might still work out... >> THIS JUST IN!: Aaron Meza is a new contributing editor for Stance Magazine! Aaron will continue working at Skateboarder full time and "do the Stance thing on the side". Congrats, Aaron, you're on a roll, bro! >> Hey, the e-mail on the Ask Mikey thing wasn't working for a minute there. If you sent a question in the past few days you'd better send it again because we didn't get it. Thanks. >>
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>> The new Poo Poodles 7" is available now! Click here to watch some Poo Poodles videos! >>
Shred 4 Keenan! >> And yet another correction on the Aaron Meza rumor that we were trying so hard to get you all to believe. Yeah... um... he still works for Skateboarder. What made you think he'd work anywhere else? I mean aside from us swearing to god that it was true? >> Here's something that IS true: Tim Gavin chokes and is off Team Crailtap. Do you even know what Team Crailtap is? Remember all of those people who had something in common a couple months ago? That just might have been the first rumblings of Team Crailtap. More on that real soon, dudes. >> Who the hell is that rodeo flipping into Scott "Termi" Pommier? >> Crailtap of the month! Tony Trujillo ripped (literally) from the pages of TWS. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "They're trying to get me on the table but I'm going out the champ" - Mueller "They make a great dance team" - Rick, on Emmet and Andy "That order won't cut it, it's bullshit" - Rick, handling distribution "Just you and people like Rick, Mike and Spike" - Party regulations told to Megan "Do you kids like baseball?" - New financial advisor "If you don't have cable, you're very limited, it's true" - Megan It's not a greek afro! It's Elizabeth Taylor meets Morris Day. Get it straight or I'll start crimping" Mike Leon, on the comment about his hair in RING RING RING.
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ENTRY>> >> "Don't post that RING RING RING i sent you, i was hammered. i'll send a new one.". Uh... yeah, sure.
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ENTRY>> >> THE ASK MIKEY COLUMN IS DONE! Click here to be enlightened by the wisdom of Mike Carroll. >> Be nice: RING RING RING. >> SMYTH: KEEPIN IT REAL PART TWO (A Real World Review). >> Aaron Meza isn't the new editor of Big Brother magazine as we reported to you yesterday. Mr Meza theatened to sue us for defamation unless we retracted that false statement that we made. So yeah, just to make things clear: he's the new assistant editor, not the editor. Sorry for any confusion we might have caused and (once again) congratulations, Aaron! >> While on the topic of fact and/or spellchecking... TWS just released a Collecter's Edition photo annual that will be on display untill January 2003! >> How about Now N Later? Brian Lotti's part in that? Dude. >> Active in Brea. Tomorrow. Be there, holmes. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "That's so trucker it's sick" - Staci G.
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Okay, we're looking for Richard Mulder lookalikes and we're willing
to give away one Chocolate board to whomever sends us a photograph of
somebody who we think resembles Richie the most. Send all entries to: >> Gavin's cell number: RING RING RING. >> This just in from Tony Larson: "It's been suggested to me by several people that I request the removal of my "fat" polaroid from the Tap, and instead replace it with one of the more flattering fotos from the Yosemite trip. Afterall, I do have a fan base to think of, and to let them down with my implied obesity may carry harsh and lasting effects." In order to avoid any further drama, we've taken down the fat photo. Here is what he really looks like, all skinny n' handsome n' shit. >> Buscemi and Iannucci are claiming kings of the ping pong table. The East vs West battle is bound to go down Tupac and Biggy style one of these days. Erase the hate! >> Rumor confirmed! Aaron Meza is the new editor of Big Brother. Congratulations, Aaron, from everybody at The Tap! >> If you collect skateboards or have any interest in skateboard graphics of the past, you should go here. And here. Girl isn't mentioned much on the latter but hey, nobody's perfect. >> "This corporate company was using us to make them seem cool in our world..." go spellcheck the Scott Johnston interview over at Skateboarder magazine online. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "The time is now to be a part of something great!" - Megan on getting cable "Selling out is where the big bucks are, count me in" - Megan "I actually hated Rick even on Blockhead" - Tig "Tim doesn't skate anymore?" - Molly "Finally something gets blamed on me" - Jenkins "Go to dinner? And talk about what?" - Rick
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ENTRY>> >> Whatever happened to that Tony Hawk is on Diamond rumor? And is Aaron Meza working at Big Brother now? >> It's going to sort of suck now: RING RING RING. >> Remember Tim and Henry's Pack of Lies? Man, that was an awesome video. >>
Some more random polaroids from Yosemite Beach: >> This might be the first day in the history of the Diamond Supply Co that they didn't obtain any new team riders. Better start working harder on that, guys. You're slippin'. >> Did you see the new Wallride yet? >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Dude, when I party I don't go half way, I take you round trip." - Tim Gavin "Eric is so bright, in Torrance we call him sparkles" - The UPS Man "He's a punk ass" - Sam Smyth "I'm getting crushed but I'm not losing" - Mueller "I haven't liked Rick since Plan B" - Tig "I didn't even know Tig and I were tight" - Rick "I'm a vegan, my farts don't smell" - Hime "How did I do?" - Jereme, after his first corporate meeting
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>> Things are getting pretty serious at the table these days. >> Richie, Gino and Buscemi at a sausage festival? : RING RING RING. >>
Here's four random polaroids from Yosemite Beach: >> We just got a garbled phone message from Arvedis Tock letting us know that he's made his way up to Canada. Not sure why, but we'll let you know more when we know more. >> The Poo Poodles have signed to Ruby Republic Records. Expect a 7" soon. >> Active. This Saturday. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "This guy's so cool that in LA we call him Froston" - Sal Masakela on ESPN's X-games.
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>> What contains 363 new products, some articles, a whack of photos and more in a 92 page perfect bound book for only 5 bucks? It's the Girl Family catalog for fall 2002 (Wallride 4) of course, and it's only available in the Crailshop. Check out a few of the spreads from it and if you feel so inclined then please buy yourself a copy. >> Live in or around Brea, California? Come on out to Active Ride Shop this Saturday and beef up your autograph collection. >> Kelly Bird is not only rocking a wicked tail, but also a new nickname: Ponyboy. >> LEWMAN'S QUESTION OF THE DAY: Would you be interested in buying your home or car insurance from a guy named "Magic Jason"? Maybe he's a fan of the late-80s era Lakers.
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ENTRY>> >> Aaaaand it's back to the ol' retarded Crailtap that you know and love. >> Remember the cannonball filming trip that the team went on a couple o' weeks back? Well here's the map that they used to navigate the USA, straight from Ty's back pocket and into your cathode tubes. >> Scott Pommier may not be today's honorary Crail Canadian, but we suggest you take a look at his fine photography over at ScottPommier.com anyway. >> Okay, close your eyes and picture yourself in Denver right now. You're probably on your way to check out the Windmilling002 show that's got pieces from the likes of Andy Mueller, Angela Boatwright, Bob K and more in it. Are we imagining things or is that guy pulling a crailtap on that little mini in one of those pictures of the opening? >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Do you know of any mellow pools?" - Rick Howard "I don't care, I'm going to the beach with Scott and Lee" - Mike Carroll "Never felt a hairy chest before, have ya?" - Mike Carroll "Get off our shit" - Smyth "Has Rick ever done a skate performance with your group in Ireland?" - A family member "Let's go get facials" - Megan "They're fake Lakai's, I got 'em at Rite Aid" - Carlos G.
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Did we mention that >> And did you know that most orders placed in the Crailshop ship the very next day now? Yup, it's true. It's used to be three long, boring weeks where the crap would sit on the shelf here waiting to leave while you sat at home and twiddled your thumbs or wondered why the sky is blue or did whatever it is that you do when you're really bored... but now we got Lil C up in this piece and he's gettin' stuff out the door hella fast, yo! >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm just still fanning out when I'm with Rick [Howard]. Singin' Rick James and shit." - Marc Johnson "I'm gonna punch you in the face" - Aaron Meza to Bob K
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Girl Skateboards
(the 7th most popular skateboard company in the world!) proudly welcomes >>
File this little tidbit of info under Stuff You Really Need To Know: >> What's that new skate shoe company called? Man, if only the Crail message boards still worked. >> CAMP WHATEVS QUOTES OF THE DAY (WILD WEEKEND PHOTOS COMING SOON): "Smyth doesn't get stuck in the sand" - Smyth on Smyth "I'm gonna punch you in the face" - Jenkins to Bob K "I'm gonna punch you in the face" - Megan to Bob K "It's that 98% of the population that keeps ruining it for the rest of us" - Larson "Big deal, so he's knows how to shit in a hole and then hide it. What's the sniper shit he knows about?" - Rick on Abeyta's special training "What'd she do? Lay an egg?" Sprout, still trying to get information on the stripper >> No, there was no stripper at Yosemite, and yes we're trying our best to cut down on the inside jokes. Kinda. >> BONUS MIKE CARROLL QUOTE: "Not to bug you, but one more thing..." - Mikey
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>> Whatevs: RING RING RING.
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>> What? The trade show is THIS WEEKEND? >> We found out today that the Girl motivational camping trip is coming up really soon and that we're going to Yosemite for it! Stoked, bro! We're gonna blow the back door off that place! >> Farley Mowat, the world series of basketball, Mikey and Gavin's cell phones and more: RING RING RING. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "I can Bro down" - Gavin "I think sports are weird" - Marc Johnson "Can you get me something sweet?" - Howard "Do I look hairy?" - Carroll "Where's all the normal girls?" - Bird
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We've decided to keep the CRAILTAP OF
YOUR
DREAMS up for another day for two reasons: >> A review of the Would show is up at Fecal Face Dot Com. Fecal Face is an SF art web site thingy, not a perverted perverts palace, so don't by leery to pay our friends over there a lil' visit. >> Steve Claar, Fallbrook Ramp, 1989, Sturt Photo. Happy #23. >>
THA TAP'S MINI INTERVIEW WITH CHOCOLATE PRO CHICO
BRENES: >> Okay, we've wrapped up the name the antisocial domain contest and sent all of your selections to Ricky. So now all we can do is sit here anxiously awaiting his decision. Will you be one antisocial shirt richer? Only the Tap will tell. In other words, McCrank says thanks for all of the entries, we'll have the winner's name in a week or so. >> Hey, when's that Girl motivational camping trip to Yosemite happening anyway? Dude, don't joke around... you know how much we love camping.
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>> These darned fine Crail patches have been in the works for like the past two years. We're not kidding. Get one now for three measly bucks. And don't forget your freakin' 10% off everything in the Crailshop until September 1st, 2002. Just fill up your shopping cart then type in this secret code: tapthecrailaugust and your 10% discount will show up before you confirm your order.
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Here are 18 trick names that would make really good nicknames for everybody
in your skate gang: >> Shaq's surgery, birthday heaven and today's honorary Canadian: RING RING RING. >> This is how our friend Stevie Dread feels about the baseball strike. >> Lewman's proposal of the day: "This gem is only a buck. Maybe we could use it as a new form of currency? So if I had 39,000 of them, I could pick up that 2003 Volvo XC wagon I've had my eye on. What kind of wallet would you need to carry them around in, though? And what kind of ATM machine would dispense them? Hmm. Some logistical problems to work out on here. Ideas?"
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