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>> A REPORT FROM FLORIDA BY TONY EVJENTH: >> French braids or a Brazilian wax?: RING RING RING. >> We asked you for backyard ramp photos, and you sent em.... "It's not really a backyard ramp... more of a side yard ramp. This is probably the most embarrassing 'I just started skating so I have to dress like a skater' photo I have from the 'early years'. What a wuss. I don't even think I was moving in this photo. My mom just wanted to immortalize my retarded outfit. If I never work in skateboarding again, I'll know to blame it on Crailtap (and myself, for sending this to you)..." - Dan Wolfe "This isn't MY ramp, but I skated it once and got some photos. It belongs to a friend of mine, Bucky. It's in Scottsdale, AZ" - A. McCarthy Look at how proud the dog looks in that AZ photo. I wonder if that dog is a boy dog or a girl dog? Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. "I live in Morristown, TN, my name is Miles Martin and here is my backyard ramp" - Miles Martin "Hi! My name is Dori. F/s board into grass, crooked grind fun box" - Dori >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: The new issue of POST 22 is up! >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Hey, asshole" - Andy Jenkins "I accidently bought the 'Big Grab' chips. Twice the crisps for half the grip. Get' em while they last. Get Snacky!" - Smyth
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>> We received hundreds of entries and the competition was fierce, but we've finally decided on a winner of the WIN BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY BY IMPERSONATING RICK HOWARD contest! Colin Zwirko (pictured above) is a dead ringer for Rickoo and in exchange for his being so Rick-like and sending us his photo, he won a huge box full of stuff. Click here to check out the top 5 runner ups. Or is that "runners up"? >> Where the hell did the term "runner up" come from anyway? It doesn't really make much sense when you think about it. >> The next Crail contest will be for free VIP tickets to a YEAH RIGHT! premiere. Stay tuned. >> Special exclusive super cool: RING RING RING. >> We're calling out to everybody out there who has a backyard ramp or a skate setup of any kind at their house. We've been getting all kinds of blasts from the past (like this classic one sent in by Benji Meyer today) that we're stoked on, but we're also looking for what you've got to skate in your yard RIGHT NOW. Take photos of your boxes and ramps and rails that you've been skating at your house and send em to us. We want to show everybody what you've got. >> Local Motion shop in Hawaii sent us this shot of their Girl P.O.P. blowup doll. The little handmade girls hanging around it are a nice touch, but why is it saying "I-PATH"? Everybody knows that the Girl P.O.P. doll ain't got no feet. >> Apparently the mystery dude in the Tim Gavin and his brother photo that we posted yesterday is none other than Matt Schnurr. Matt used to be pro for Planet Earth Skateboards and now he just loves to send junk e-mail to Clive Noctchaw, who has never met him. >> Man, we've been showing a lot of love to those yummy, cheese flavored Cheetos in the randoms lately, huh? We should get sponsored by those guys or something. On second thought, maybe not. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "What, exactly, is 'Crail Style'? Grabbing the nose and dragging tail while throwing a shaka to the wind?" - Mark Lewman
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>> Guess who got 12th place at Tampa without permission from his two dads? >> Tomorrow we're going to annnounce the grand winner of the BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest as well as five runners up. Are you totally excited or what? >> Here's a photo of Tim Gavin and his twin brother that Ruby wanted us to share with you. There's some random dude in the right of the photo who we have yet to identify. Just pretend he's not there like Tim and his brother are doing. >> Since the Harsh Hair Updates in RING RING RING hardly ever include facial hair updates, I'd like you to know that Rob Welsh is rocking a cool moustache right now and Marc Johnson's got that beard back again. They both look exactly how they did in the beginning of the Lakai Beware Of The Flare video. >> Peace, yo: RING RING RING. >> BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER: Yesterday Rick Howard had a Rice Krispie treat and a grande latte for breakfast. For lunch Clive Noctchaw had a cheese pannini, french toast with a side of french fries and an Evian. Ty Evans had artichoke tortellini for dinner. >> Got another photo of a kinda backyard ramp today. The owner claims they can 50-50 grind up the slider bar then ollie out to noseblunt on the BBQ and pop back down to a crooked grind down the slider bar. They also mentioned something about sitting around in their pajamas eating Cheetos, watching skate videos and playing skateboarding video games. >> The kids at Board To Death sent us this video clip of them skating with a couple of helium filled Girl P.O.P dolls. You've got one of those Girl dolls but you haven't had your photo taken with it and sent it to us yet? That's just wrong, dude. Hop to it! >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Cheese it, man!" - Bob K "I think people are turning on the color pink" - Megan >> "WHAT THE...?" LINK OF THE DAY: NOT the Fourstar dance troupe.
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>> Great news! It stopped raining and got sunny... you're back in Eric's good books. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Here's something sketchy for the Randoms" - Lew
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>> "Will you tell Tito that I am spending all day tomorrow looking for a gift to mend the friendship between the RING and The Shampoo Lounge? The Ring's got nothin' but love for Tito and his crew.": RING RING RING. >> We asked you for photos of your backyard ramps. Remember? Well, what we've received so far is this animation (wait a minute for the whole thing to load) of some dude named Arne attempting to drop in on a quarter pipe. Send us photos of your backyard (or frontyard) ramps today and win nothing! >>
In an unfortunate turn of events, it's raining like you wouldn't believe
here in Los Angeles this weekend. I hope Koston planned on filming
that last trick for Yeah Right! indoors somewhere. If not, all of
>> "WHAT THE...?" LINK OF THE DAY:
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>> Due to a flood of supporting votes for "stay and film for Yeah Right!" as opposed to "go to the Tampa Pro!", Koston didn't end up going to Florida this weekend but is instead going to stay home and film for Yeah Right! Thanks for sending in your votes on what Eric should do. The next time he has a major decision to make, he knows where to turn. >> We found this in the most recent issue of Paper magazine. >> An "UHU stic" brand glue stick mysteriously appeared on the desk of Clive Noctchaw this morning. >> Has Dan Wolfe poached top secret Yeah Right! footage from Ty Evans and posted it on his web site? >> Has it been a week already? Keepin' It Real, The Real World episode #25 review! >> "I've been targeted by the sharp tongue of RING RING RING!" : Tito Larue makes an earth shattering third post in one week! >> BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest has been offifically shut down for entries. 178 Rick Howard impersonation photos were received and we're still trying to decide on a winner. We'll let you know soon. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "I think I'm in the wrong meeting" - Jeremy Carnahan after spending an hour in a Fourstar production session >> ART DUMP LINK OF THE DAY: Heroes and Villains art show coming in May. >> "WHAT THE...?" LINK OF THE DAY: Hardcore hip hop (warning: explicit lyrics).
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>> In a simply shocking move, Tito Larue has updated his column twice in one week! >> Speaking of shocking, let the inter-column battle begin: RING RING RING. >> Doug Proodian over at Podium sent us this photo of a wicked ramp that he came across in Santa Monica. Send us photos of YOUR backyard ramp. We wanna see em. Wait, was there another skate company that was doing some sort of "send us photos of your ramps and win a huge prize" promotion? Hm, maybe. But whatever, send us your photos anyway. We're not gonna give you any prizes in exchange for them, but we'll post them up here for people to look at. If you're too busy hanging out in your pajamas eating Cheetos and watching skate videos, then don't worry about it. >> Happiness #24: Remember these dudes? They were a huge part of 80's skate culture. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "You're going to need more then an immigration attorney! Chick's a total dude!" - Megan defending her dog's gender "It is backwards" - Tony Larson on Florida >> ART DUMP LINK OF THE DAY: The heavy metal album cover art show opens tonight at Camp Fig in Austin Texas. >> SKATESHOP LINK OF THE DAY: Ike's Outlet!!! >> "WHAT THE...?" LINK OF THE DAY: >> "THEY WOULDN'T STOP CRYING FOR A LINK SO WE FELT BAD AND GAVE THEM A LINK" LINK OF THE DAY:
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>> Here's a photo of Mike Carroll hanging out with Megan's dog, Chick. In case you were wondering, we're not sure if Chick is a boy or a girl. >> Tickets to one of the YEAH RIGHT premiers?: RING RING RING. >> Has the snow finally melted in your town? If it has then you'd better get out there and shralp. Seize the day, dude! Or sit around in your pajamas eating Cheetos and watching skate videos for the next few months. It's all the same to us. >> There's only a couple of days left until we pick a winner of the BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest. Thursday at midnight is the deadline for entries, so if you haven't yet sent us your Rick Howard impression, DO IT NOW! >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: Photos and videos and other stuffs from somewhere near Santa Barbara, CA... it's Interstate Eight! >> SKATESHOP LINK OF THE DAY: Did you know that the Skatepark of Tampa has a legit skateshop? >> TOTALLY FAKE AND ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT AS A LINK OF THE DAY BUT FOR SOME REASON BECAME A LINK OF THE DAY:
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>> SKATESHOP LINK OF THE DAY: The Crailshop, dude! We added a few new items today including some 50mm Chocolate wheels and a Diamond Supply Co belt designed to keep yer pants hella tight. >> LETTER OF TODAY: "I'm not sure who or by what means someone inseminated our Girl P.O.P. blowup doll, but nine months later, little Dylan was born. Here's a still from the birth video. Dylan's a healthy ninety-eight pound six ounce, fifteen year old baby. Big Blue's really enjoying the new maternal responsibilities. All of us at 510 Skateboarding in Berkeley, CA thank you for sharing the promotional magic." >> Got any plans for St Patrick's day?: RING RING RING. >> Keepin' It Real, The Real World episode #24 report, is a total love fest. >> Andy Jenkins, Mark Lewman and Megan Baltimore are writing a book right now called This Thing to be released on Bend Press. More details as we get em. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Only Hosoi could get away with skating in shades, spandex shorts and hair extensions, man" - Rudy Johnson "Once a goof, always a goof" - Rick Howard "I can't believe how close Ireland is to Newfoundland. I'm practically a Newfy" - Megan "What about CRAIL TAP, NICE TEENAGERS?" - Jenkins "It's f**king grip tape, dude. Test it" - Greg Carroll >> KINDA SORTA SKATEBOARDING LINK OF THE DAY: Some works by our pal Lori D! Be sure to check out the "Thursday" animation. .
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>> Despite a bad case of of lid-lag, TITO'S BACK! >> While wandering around Rodeo Drive this weekend, Clive noticed this Burberry skateboard that you can buy in one of their swanky stores for a mere $450 US. He also noticed that it's got Lucky bearings installed. Greg Carroll, can you explain this?
In case you're not prepared to fork out $450, you can pick up a Girl or Chocolate complete in the Crailshop for $99.95. >> On the bench: RING RING RING. >>
We are sad to report that the revered designer, Tony Larson,
has had some of his perks at Girl taken away. All Girl employees know
that it is fine if your mother, at any time, sported a perm but
fathers having perms are against the corporation bylaws. While
doing a background check on Larson for his upcoming review it was discovered
that in the spring of 1977, his father proudly sported a perm. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "That idea is a river of money just waiting to be kayaked down" - Mark Lewman >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: Conform! Check out the limited edition poster that they've got for sale.
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>> Ground breaking journalism: RING RING RING. >> Just added to BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest: 7 new CDs (American HiFi, Supergrass etc). There's been 114 entries so far, which means if YOU enter, you have a 1 in 115 chance of winning. That's better odds than winning $2 on a lucky scratcher ticket. Enter now! >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "You
wish we were" - Rick Howard to bored board company owners
"I thought to myself, well what happend if Rick gets deported" - Mikey at a certain border "I'm Irish, I'm familiar with terrorism" - Megan, making a really bad point "My mom bought this crazy creeper wine" - Tito Larue
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>> Did you get one of those Fourstar keychains yet? >>
Guess what? We're dumb. The Tampa
pro is NEXT weekend, not THIS weekend as we
reported to you yesterday. Usually there's a few tappers out there
who are ultra observant and that point out each and every error to
us mere seconds after we make them, but you guys are seriously slippin'.
Not one e-mail about the flub! >> In related news, Eric Koston made the decision not to go to the Tampa pro this weekend and instead decided to hang out at his crib for obvious reasons.
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>> Is Koston going to the Tampa pro this weekend or is he staying home to film his last trick for Yeah Right!? Only Eric knows right now, but we'll give you the skinny on Monday. >> Super busy today, but we'll be adding a few new products to the Crailshop soon. Sometime this weekend. >> Just added to the WIN BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest: 1 Lakai belt. Enter this crap and win all the booty! >> If you enjoy the artwork of Mark Gonzales and you also enjoy collecting his artywork that you enjoy, well then you should most definitely bid on this. >> The folks from Trinity Board Shop wote in to let us know that "A fire took out our shop but we will be back open in June 2003... in the meantime, here's a photo of my son, Lil Koston Alderete, with some Girl P.O.P. dolls". The shop burnt down but somehow the Girl boards and P.O.P. dolls made it out safely? Sounds a little fishy... >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I think I'm gonna stay away from the real skate world and just make my own retarded skate world." - Michael Leon
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>> THA TAP'S FIRST FIELD TRIP (keep your eyes peeled for more in the future) took place today with Koston, Carroll, Jereme Rogers, Paul Rodriguez and "special guest" Rick Howard doing a demo at North Hills High School out in Covina, California. Clive Noctchaw hitched along to get the scoop and with his instincts for true journalism, he got this shot of Eric hanging out with class president, Katie (pictured on the left). No, the Girl in the middle isn't Eric's sister, she's the one who showed us where the pizza was. We're trading demos for pizzas now because we figure we spend most of our money on pizza anyway. It's genius; we're cutting out the middle man to free up tons of time. While at the demo, Clive worked a deal where he'll be getting a weekly column in the North Hills school newspaper. The column will be called DROPOUTS and every week will focus on a different professional skateboarder who dropped out of high school. >> Hot dog cart backlash: RING RING RING. >> Here's the final tally for the SHOULD ERIC GO TO TAMPA PRO OR STAY HOME AND FILM HIS LAST TRICK FOR YEAH RIGHT? question we aslked you guys: Stay
home and film - 239 We asked Eric today what he was going to do and he's still undecided. Perhaps after he sees these numbers he'll make a decision. We'll let ya know. >> No new booty added today, but you should still enter the WIN BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest.
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>> SPECIAL ALERT RING RING RING. >> Guess who the Lakers are playing tonight. >> We received a few hundred e-mails today telling us what Eric Koston should do this weekend: film his last trick for Yeah Right! or go to the Tampa pro contest? About half of you said he should stay and film and the other half said go and compete... and a few of you said stuff like this: "hi i think frostin koston or whatever you want to call him should go to tampa and film the last trick for the video there while he's winning the contest but maybe he doesn't want to or maybe he has something that he wants to film in la or some place like that so if that's the case then he should just stay say to heck with the contest and stay and film and get some more hammers for the video. but it would be really cool to see him in the 411 tampa video and also to see him ripping shit straight like he always dose in yeah right that would be so awesome if you could send me a board for my suggestions and tell koston to keep ripping thanks peace yo, jim." >> There's a cool Chocolate window display at the RDS store in Vancouver, Canada right now. Thanks to Chris White for doing it up and for sending us the photo. >> What's Mikey worried about?: RING RING RING. >> "There will be a community workshop about a public skatepark Wednesday March 5th at 6:30 at Costa Mesa city hall in the council chambers..." - click here to learn more about the Skatepark Coalition in Orange County. >> We've been getting tons of entries for the WIN BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest and it's become clear to us that most of you are not quite sure about the rules. The rules are simple: send us a photo of you or somebody you know doing their best Rick Howard impersonation and you'll be entered to win this massive pile of booty (one set of Girl wheels was added to the pile today). >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: Perth, Australia's Select Skate! >> SKATESHOP LINK OF THE DAY: Beach Plus in Fort Walton Beach, FL! >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "It's the little details that make it rule" - Andy Jenkins regarding In N Out's hamburger. "Yeah Right is going to be such a splash!" - Anonymous 'tapper. "I can't wait to see Yeah Right! It's going to light my fire most definitely!" - Another [completely unrelated] anonymous 'tapper.
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>> Should Eric Koston go to the Tampa Pro contest this weekend or should he film his last trick for the YEAH RIGHT! video? Send us your votes and reasons why you think he should stay or go [IT'S OVER. PLEASE DON"T SEND US ANY MORE SUGGESTIONS]. >> Jereme Rogers is looking for somebody to co-sign on a loan for a vehicle that he's looking to get. If anybody out there is interested in being his co-signer, you've got his number. Wait... he says he wants his number off of tha tap. Okay, we'll take it down soon. Promise. >>
More impersonators... >> Conor Kinney from New York was the winner of that FILLMORE WHEELS CONTEST. Conor, expect that box any day now, and feel free to give at least a couple sets of those wheels away to your friends. >> Party guy, Lee Smith, is on his way back from SF today and like most ex-Friconians, he probaboly picked up a few new hats while he was up there. >> Mike Caroll and Scott Johnston are both feeling a bit under the weather today. When asked what Mike has, he said "just sick". Scott has something related to the rain and not wanting to leave the house. >> Chico Brenes was in here today. He said "What up?" >> The guy who cleans Rick's fish tank was in here today. He didn't say anything at all. >> Have you read that book, "The Answer is Never - A Skateboarder's History of the World"? Me neither, but I'd like to. Jocko Weyland (the author) is doing a reading from it at The Board Gallery @ 1639 Abbot Kinney in Venice next Friday (March 14) at 6:30PM. If you're in the area, stop by. The night before (Thrusday), there's a party at The Echo at 1822 Sunset Blvd from 8-10 to celebrate the book. 10 bucks gets you a drink and a copy of the book. >> LETTER OF THE DAY: " ...if the intention is to honour canadians, why not employ correct canadian spelling? this means using the letter 'U' when spelling the word honour (the same also applies for words like colour). such an approach might assist in creating a suitably canadian feeling or ambience around this serialized feature... you might be interested to know that los angeles, california is the fourth largest canadian city in the world. to quote from 'souvenir of canada,' a new book by douglas coupland (who would make an eminently suitable 'honourary crail canadian'), "more canadians live there than in ottawa or calgary or edmonton or winnipeg or quebec city (see page 63)" - Ben Bradley, who is deeply concerned about our Honorary Crail Canadians.
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>> A venue/date hasn't been confirmed yet, but what's certain is that the Girl Talent Show is going to take place somewhere in San Diego in early September to coincide with that "other show" that's going on there at the same time. So far there's 10 acts competing for the grand prize of three thousand big ones. We'll be announcing the judges and competitors in the coming weeks. >> With each photo taken of him, our lil' Jereme Rogers seems to get a little more badass. Here's a flick that was taken this past weekend during an autograph session at Overload in San Diego. See how his back is turned to the balloons and he's pretending like they're not even there? I don't think we need to say anything more. >> This guy is impersonating Rick Howard as best he can, but he's probably not going to place very well in the WIN BOB K'S BOOTY contest. >> Loyal tapper, Conor (we'll give you his last name as soon as he gives it to us) has WON THE FILLMORE WHEELS CONTEST! Conor correctly guessed that there were 60 wheels in that box (along with a few other people) and as luck would have it, his name was picked out of the hat first. Thanks to all who entered. >> Did you miss episode #23 of The Real World? Smyth didn't! >> The other Kings who make Staples Center uncomfortable: RING RING RING. >> SKATE SHOP LINK OF THE DAY: Streets Of Fire in Oshkosh, WI! S.O.F. has an awesome Girl P.O.P. blowup display thanks to their owner, Jumpin' Jimmy Baker. Check it here. >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: War sucks, but here is an awesome example of people making the best of things.
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>> Wait, did we just call you a focker? we meant to call you homeboy, homeboy. >> In case you didn't notice the link to it from the CRAILSHOP, our Bob K recently started a small, artist series t-shirt thing called crownfarmer. He's releasing two new tees on the first day of every month from two new artists and you can either buy them directly from his site or from one of a couple of retailers that are selling them. The first designs are from Tucker Nichols, Don Pendleton, Craig Metzger and our very own Rob Abeyta Jr. and the list of artists lined up for the next ten is 'impressive' as Bob would say. >> Speaking of Bob K and his booty, have you entered our WIN BOB K'S ILL-GOTTEN BOOTY contest yet? All you have to do is e-mail us a photo of yourself doing your best Rick Howard impersonation and you're entered to win. Here is a list of what the winner wins. Bob has added to the booty since Friday and will continue to do so until the contest is over. He does it all for you, so ENTER NOW! >> We probably linked to this once before and said something like "Dudes! This is, like, totally NOT the official Fourstar web site so don't think that it is or anything okay? Cool" but in case we didn't... dudes! This is, like, totally NOT the official Fourstar web site so don't think that it is or anything okay? Cool. >> Don't ask Clive Noctchaw what the heck he was doing on the set of a shoot for Elle Girl magazine today. And you also don't want to ask Megan Baltimore what she's going to do when her dog goes out of style next month. Poodles were totally last season, but Megan has the cool dog of the moment right now and we're all gonna be really sad when she has to trade the little guy in for the canine flavor of the month. Harsh bummer. Is it still cool to use the word "harsh" or is that last season? >> ASK MIKEY ROUND TWO is in the works right now. Mr Mike Carroll has the questions that you guys wrote for him and we're just waiting to get them back. Mikey reads the Randoms every day so: YO! MIKEY, GET US THOSE ANSWERS ASAP! THA TAPPERS NEED ANSWERS! >> LINK OF THE DAY: Tobin Yelland takes amazing photos.
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>> 6 new items added to the CRAILSHOP today. We're gonna be adding new stuff every week from now on so keep yer eyes peeled, pardner. >> We've picked a winner for the FILLMORE WHEELS CONTEST! The winner is Charlene K who sent us her entry this morning from beautiful Torrance, California! Charlene correctly guessed the amount of wheels in that box and... wait a minute... never mind. The contest is still open. ENTER NOW! >>
ANOTHER NEW CONTEST!:
>> Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Spike Jonze, Sam Smyth, Kelly Bird and Megan Baltimore are all teaming up to open a bar in LA called STOLEN PLANTS (click for photo). Kelly and Sam have invested a little less than everyone else, so they'll be working the door one night a week. The crew is still looking for one of those red velvet rope things that makes the line of people standing out in front look all official, so STOLEN PLANTS won't be open before the 17th of March which means that we're holding our 1st annual St Patrick's Day party at Patty O's in Torrance instead. We'll keep you posted. >> Porous Walker wrote in to let us know that the wooden OG doll that he bought at the Would show in San Pedro is doing fine and that it's enjoying it's new home with lions and lambs. >> Derek P at Fast Foward USA has a Jenkins-esque look going on. Harsh P.O.P. photo #7. (SHOPS: keep sending your Girl P.O.P. photos in!) >> A TAP SHOCKER!!!: RING RING RING. >> New skateparks are still popping up all over the place. Check out these ones in Scotland and this "real street style" one proposed for Vancouver. >> SKATE SHOP LINK OF THE DAY: San Diego's Overload Skateboarding! "Jereme Rogers, Paul Rodriguez and Steve Berra will be here [signing autographs and stuff] from 3-5PM on March 1st." >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "The D [defense] is strong!" Andy Mueller's post ping pong chapmionship comments "dude, go for number 3. f***ing kronbauer is a lame ass name any ways and it would suck if charlene had to have to have a f***ed up name like 'charlene kronbauer' " - chris_emerica@hotmail.com |
