CURRENT ENTRY >> You are aware of the fact that it's FRIENDSTER FRIDAY again here at Tha Tap, right? That's three in a row, so to celebrate the occasion we're bringing you an exlcusive interview with the first person in our group of friendsters to actually go out on a date with somebody that they met on Friendster. Congratulations, Nick Tershay!:
THA TAP: How was your Friendster date?
TAP: Would you date her again?
TAP: Does she think Diamond is a girls best friend? TAP:
Does she like apples? >> Holy crap! We got an amazing entry to the I LO-O-OVE PAUL RODRIGUEZ contest via UPS today. It was soaked in Clinique Happy perfume (Chuck the secretary pinned down the scent for us) and the letter enclosed said something about wanting to "back that ass up" for Paul. Shocking. We're gonna wrap the contest up and get Paul to choose a winner at the end of next week so, ladies, send your entries in now. >> BIRD AND GARCIA'S WILD WEEKEN... I mean, the final entry for the Lakai Florida / Mid Atalantic tour is up! >> Tito Larue has closed down the Shampoo Lounge and is talking about doing book reviews for Tha Tap. What do Tappers read? Take today's survey. >> Skaters repent! Huh? I think it's supposed to be some sort of "funny joke". >> Here's another religious link... THE CHURCH OF THE MEZ! >> LINK OF THE DAY? Not entirely sure what this is, but there's a bunch of skateboarding photos if you click on PICTURES. Oh, and there's more skating in the VIDEOS section if you dig far enough. >> SIDEYARD RAMPS WHERE TANK TOPS ARE OPTIONAL (send us yours): "Here is my little setup that I skate when I come home from college. It's at my house in Westlake Village, CA." - Steve Kuehl >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Get out some more you homebody..." - The Mez practicing reverse psychology during a recent sermon
CURRENT ENTRY >> While you're sitting there patiently waiting for his next video to come out, read this interview with Dan Wolfe from a recent issue of Strength mag. And here's another one from Slap. We're stealing these links right off of his site. >> SNACK NEWS FROM SMYTH (THE FRISCO VENDOR) FOR JUNE 19!: There's a bevy of new treats for your snacking needs. Mrs. Field's bite size milk chocolate chip cookies are moist and delicious. I've brought in an old time favorite, Mother's Frosted Oatmeal cookies. If cheese is what you seek, look no further, Cheddar Goldfish are on hit. A fresh shipment of Twix and Snicker's Crunchers are locked and loaded. If you're looking for Nerds or Hot Tamales, they're not out of stock, they've just moved to the lower shelf. Haven't tried the new Kettle Corn? What are you waiting for? GET SNACKY! >> Your favorite condiment of all time? The results are in and ketchup is the winner!: Ketchup
26.32% >> RAMPS IN THE BACK, RAMPS IN THE FRONT, CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? (send us photos of the stuff you skate at home): "My name is Huy and this is my own private little skate park. My skate park set up is a Ramp Logic Eric Koston Signature 7' Ledge, a Dannyboy Rapid Rail, a King Cul Da Sac rail, a Ramptech Kicker II, and a Ramptech Kicker II Extension. The location is in Milpitas, CA. peace" - Huy Hoang "You see, there really is a marvelous story behind the attached picture and why I am wearing a helmet. Ok, maybe there isn't. I had you for a second though, didn't I. I'm gonna go cry in a corner." - Mike Carter "This is a picture of my friend Matt White, skating our friend Stuart Cantellow's back yard Ramp in sunny Harrow in England." - Michael Daley "Yo this picture was taken in Yorkton Saskatchewan. Nose Manual sent by Jamie Schentag." - Jamie Schentag >>
RANDOMS RANDOMS RANDOMS: >> SKATE LINK OF THE DAY: Photos, videos and more at the new and improved SELECTSKATE.COM! >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "What can I say? I'm in the mix." - Brad Staba "Seems to serve no purpose? How many more hints do you need?"- Megan "There's nothing better than destroying consumer electronics" - Kevin Wilkins
CURRENT ENTRY >> We don't have much for you today aside from confirmation of the rumor about Tim Gavin reclaiming his pro skateboarder title and entering that big contest in Las Vegas. In a press release sent out yesterday, Tim was quoted as saying "I am extremely happy with the decision that I have made as I feel that it will be quite beneficial for everyone involved. I would like to take this opportunity to officially welcome myself to the team." >> Here we give you the Crailtap ACHIEVEMENTS IN ADVERTISING award winner for June, 2003! >> WHY HAVEN'T YOU TAKEN A PHOTO OF YOUR BACK YARD, BARN YARD, OR FRONT YARD SETUPS AND RAMPS AND SENT EM TO US YET? (send em today): This setup was sent in by our roving Euro backyard ramp finder, Jonas Hauert, from Switzerland. "It isn't really a backyard ramp, but it's a pic of me doing a front board at my friends barn (I'm not sure how he owns a barn but somehow he does) in Mass. We'd skate it just about every day in the winter but its not too skateable any more cause the bikers took it over and changed everything around." - Andrew C
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>> Click on the image above to view a bunch of photos of Scooch, Kenny Anderson, Mike Carroll, Smyth, Jereme Rogers, Paul Rodriguez and more that The Hime took with his cell phone at a demo this past weekend in Westlake, California. It's okay if you missed it, because the photos really capture the essence of what it's like to attend a demo in Westlake, California. >> Yes, we have the final photos from the Lakai tour but no we won't be posting them today. Busy. We also have a Day In The Smyth feature that we're gonna put up as soon as we find two spare minutes to rub together. Oh and lastly, we also have three different TOP 5 articles that you'll be reading soon. >> Speaking of time... is Wolfe's Closure video done yet? >> I just found 14 Yeah Right! LA premiere tickets hidden under a stack of crap in my desk drawer. Oops! >> BACKYARD RAMPS AIN'T JUST FOR DUDES, YA KNOW (send us photos of the stuff you're skating at home): Jessica from Atco, NJ has this gem in her backyard. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "See you at Pod's" - Rick, throwing out his new nickname for Podium "Crail is a bunch of crap, it's not even true" - The Gav, player hatin'
PAST ENTRY >> FIEND-ster? Hmmm... looks like Jenkins might have been on to something with that whole Satan and Friendster thing. >> Look for the last installment in the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour diaries tomorrow or very soon after tomorrow. Until then, checlk out these photos and animated sequence of the demo at Chapel Hill courtesy of SkateNC.com. >> Lori D and the fine ladies of Villa Villa Cola are working on a new skateboarding video extravaganza for you. We'll have more news on the video and how you can buy VVC shirts from them to help fund the project very soon. >> YOUR RIZZAMPS AND IZZOTHER SHIZZNITS IN THE BIZZACK YIZZARD (send us your photos): "Greetings from Finland. I just got back yesterday from a great weekend at my friend Robins summerhouse, and I figured I'd send you some pictures of the ramp he's got there. The place is so nice, the ramp is located just by the sea and of course there's a sauna there too (like everywhere in Finland). All we do there is skate, eat, swim and drink sodas. Perfect!" - Anders "Ghetto park in Oslo Norway" - Anonymous "Brattleboro, Vermont sucks balls. We have a huge roof with a bunch of pallets under it. Its a cool place to escape all our busted spots. Peace." - Ryan Williams >> THESE KIDS ARE OUT OF THEIR MINDS LINK OF THE DAY: >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "This site seems to serve no purpose whatsoever..." - excerpt from a review of Crailtap.com in TWS
PAST ENTRY >> WHO owns you? >> One of the last updates from the last leg of the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour. One more after this one, duuuude. >> TERRENCE! QUIT BOARD SKATING AND CLEAN UP THAT DAMNED MESS NEXT TO THE JET SKI IN THE BACKYARD! (send us your "ramp" photos): No explanation came with this frontside board slide photo taken in somebody's backyard, but Clive is guessing that it was taken "...somewhere in California, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica or Hawaii. Or maybe Puerto Rico. Or Brazil. Are there palm trees in Peru? Yeah. Maybe Peru. And the dude skating looks like his name might be Shane, but he could also be a Terrence. Yeah, he's totally a Terrence.". If you're sending photos to the dude who doesn't know sh!t about sh!t, please make sure to include the location because he really doesn't know sh!t about sh!t and he sure as heck isn't clairvoyant*. Thanks. *- If you're not quite sure what the word CLAIRVOYANT means, just ask the Gav. He probably has a couple of meanings for it.
PAST ENTRY >> It's the second FRIENDSTER FRIDAY in a row here at Tha Tap! And in celebration of this fine day, we're presenting you with a few of our Friendster friends' photos and quotes from their profiles. Some are swingin' bachelors and others just have a lot of spare time on their hands:
>> Before you jump up and join Friendster, you should probably hear another side of the story. Here's Andy Jenkins' take on it all: "Friendster
is owned by Satan. I imagine he is laughing gleefully as he collects
emails and various other personal information from all those naive
enough to sign on. What he will ultimately do with this knowledge,
who is to say, but you can bet The Devil will at least sell the emails
many times over to certain world wide web entities. Examples might
include enterprises with services or product such as the following:
Penis enlargement, breast enlargement, car enlargement, shrunken digital
cameras, natural penis stiffeners, limited edition coffee mugs, freedom
kits, Russian brides, co-ed dorm web cams, pyramid schemes, etc.,
etc. The
choice is yours, dude. >> LINK OF THE DAY: The MY MOM LOVES ME contest winner's Mom's web site (our friend Cool Cat is all up in there). >> Do you have your own web site and you want to link to Crailtap from it? Use this banner and link it to http://www.crailtap.com. Thanks. >> SKATE CULTURE: THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING. Click the link and scroll down the page for info on this exhibition going on at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia in July. >> TO HECK WITH MOWIN' THE LAWN, I'M SKATIN' THIS SHIZZ THAT I BUILT IN MY YARD (send us your ramps): "My name is Chris I'm from Napa California and heres a sick picture of my friend Nick doing a huge heel flip with a new Chocolate board off his ramp in front of his house".
CURRENT ENTRY >> The Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour made a stop in MJ's home town. Click for photos and oh so much more. >> In case you missed it, a couple of days ago we mentioned a Girl Skateboards tour up the west coast of the Untied States of America in July. Stay tuned for dates and locations. If you live anywhere on the west coast of that country, you won't want to miss that tour. >> We got a couple of new leads on the whereabouts of the missing ping pong trophy, as well as a new prime suspect: SKIN PHILLIPS! The Bloodhound Gang will be continuing it's ruthless interrogations of suspects over the next few days while Smyth is playing it cool like he doesn't even miss the trophy named Morrie. >> STUFF TO SKATE IN OR NEAR YOUR FRONT OR BACK YARD. FORMERLY KNOWN AS "BACKYARD RAMPS" (send us yours): The dude in the following photo looks a lot like one of the interns* that we have working here a couple of days a week: "F**k Factor X. Here in Macungie, PA I make my own rails to do FS boardslides like this on." What in the hell is Factor X? *=The intern's name is Chris, but we have two interns and the other one is also named Chris so we just call the first Chris "Rodeo" because he actually is a rodeo rider. He rides bucking broncos for eight seconds and has a big ol' belt buckle and everything. I realize that this probably sounds like one of those things that you think makes no sense and is some sort of inside joke that we've got going, but I swear it's true. We have a real live cowboy doing an internship in the Girl Art Dump. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "My Mom is awesome" - Cameron Smith (the winner of the MY MOM LOVES ME contest)
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NEW CONTEST!
>> Also in the love department, we have a winner for the MY MOM LOVES ME contest. Before we announce the winner, first let us say that there were a lot of entries and they were all (except for the fake ones) really touching. After reading them, Megan said "NO MORE CONTESTS WHERE THE ENTRIES MAKE US CRY!". Seriously. It was a tough decision to make, but Maria Smith sent in an amazing letter about her son, Cameron, along with a haiku about him. For Mrs Smith's troubles, we're sending Cameron a free deck and some other stuff. >> Can somebody please ASK MIKEY when the next ASK MIKEY installment will be done? >> Strange things are afoot at the Girl Skateboard Company offices today. On a normal day there's usually a ping pong trophy that gets passed around amongst the top ranking players in the building, but today is no normal day; the trophy (who has the nickname "Morrie") mysteriously went missing this morning. Soon after, ransom notes started showing up here and there, taunting the ping pongers and demanding free shoes and snacks. We've brought in the Bloodhand Gang to investigate, and so far they have two prime suspects in the case, but no solid leads. We'll let you know more as the investigation continues, and if any charges are laid in regards to the crime. >>
A MESSAGE AND A CHALLENGE FROM CLIVE (THAT GUY WHO SIFTS THROUGH THE
BACKYARD RAMPS PHOTOS AND DOESN'T KNOW SH!T ABOUT SH!T): >> LEW'S WEIRD NEWS LINK OF THE DAY:
PAST ENTRY >> There's going to be a Girl Skateboards summer tour heading up the west coast of the USA in July. Stay tuned for dates and locations. >> Remember Lil' Sherm? If anybody knows of his current whereabouts, please call us. We miss Lil' Sherm. >> Did you know that Lance Jr changed his name to Cyril or something? Me neither. Nobody tells me anything. >>
DRAW AN H-PIECE ALBUM COVER (CONTEST UPDATE): "The picture is a lil blurry but the one guy is sayin leather jacket and bad ass is written on his t-shirt. I deal with people like this around me all the time thinkin there bad asses and no one can mess wit them. But there all a joke." >> The dude that did that Land Pirates video (the same dude that hates the Street Pirates) is premiering his newest video called Contrast tomorrow night in LA. Apparently Koston, Carroll, Scooch, Robbie Mckinley, Chris Roberts, Paul Rodriguez, Spencer Fujimoto and Justin Eldridge are all in it. Watch it tomorrow at The Echo (1822 Sunset Blvd) at 9 PM. >>
FOUND TRICK TIP OF THE DAY: >> I GOTS A RAMP AND HERE'S A PITCHER OF IT (send us yours): This backyard ramp is one of the best sent in so far, and it belongs to Kyle Arcomano of Long Branch, NJ. >>
Here's something you probably don't care about. If you were listening
to public radio today, you would have learned about the following
things: >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "You're the second best person in the world" - Kevin Wilkins
CURRENT ENTRY >> More days in the lives type o' craps are on the way, homey. Today, Ty Evans brings you...
>> Crailtap would like to take this moment to welcome another Hecox into the world. Margaret Alyce Hecox was born to Evan (Chocolate Skateboards' designer) and his wife Shawn this past Friday. Congrats! >> While we're gettin' all parenty and stuff, we might as well mention that we received five more entries to the MY MOM LOVES ME BUT YO I AIN'T NO MOMMA'S BOY (OR GIRL) contest today. We'll be picking a winner over the next day or so. >> XTREME photos from Atlanta and the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour! Next stop? I have no idea. >> Are you voting in the daily poll that's on the right hand bottom of this page? I sincerely hope so. >> Here's a photo of Rob Welsh from the Lakai demo at the Skatepark of Tampa. Holy pants, dude. >> FRIEND, THIS BACKYARD OF YOURS IS SIMPLY RAMPERRIFIC (send us photos of your ramps and stuff you have to skate at your house): "Here's
my goofy little mini mini.
It's less like a half pipe and more like a steep bank to bank. Or
something. My friend Jon broke his arm on it. The doctors thought
that it wouldn't heal on it's own, but it did. He hasn't skated it
since. Cheers. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "I don't give two shits" - Ty Evans
PAST ENTRY >> We got some more photos in from the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour that's going on right now. Did you know that there's no filmers or photographers on the trip? Now you do. Does that mean that the 'coverage' is exclusive to Tha Tap? >> Thank god for Friendster, or else Mikey wouldn't have had anything to do last night. Who needs Florida or the Mid Atlantic when you've got "... an online community that connects people through networks of friends for dating or making new friends."? Smyth still hasn't joined up, but he's in SF cheering the Giants this weekend and we're sure he'll get in on it this coming Monday when he gets back. >> Shouldn't you be outside skateboarding or hanging out at the beach eating cotton candy and hot dogs right now or something? >> LINK OF THE DAY: Here's a site that has a bunch of skateboarding video clips and crap for you to sift through.
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>> Mike Carroll was all packed up and ready to hit the road on the Lakai tour, but at the last minute this afternoon he freaked out and decided not to go. Sorry: "Too much on my mind! Too many things to do! Too much to worry about!" - Mike Carroll We'll have some more photos up from the Mid Atlantic for you tomorrow or later tonight. I'm not even really sure what the Mid Atlantic is, man. >> It's Friendster Friday here at Tha Tap! We're trying to convince Smyth (and you and everybody else) that it'd be in his (your) best interest to join up. We might post a list of Friendster friends soon, and you might be surprised who's on there. The people who run that site should be paying us for these props. >> Been to any SF Giants games lately? BA and Staba haven't missed one since the season started. They're working out a deal with the Gav in which they'll be renting his motor home from him when he's not following Phish, so they can follow the Giants when they play away games. >> We watched the Harsh Euro Barge video with Kenny Anderson here at lunch today. Kenny told us a story about Lee Dupont getting married in Mexico last week. Biebel was there and he changed from his wedding suit into his Kings jersey / fan gear to watch the game in the lobby of the place where the wedding was going on, and he ended up getting kicked out for throwing chairs because the Kings lost. He changed back into his suit from his Kings gear and managed to sneak back in undetected. But that's not the point I was trying to make here. My point was to ask you if you knew that if you put in an order for $100 or more in the Crailshop, we'll give you a free Harsh Euro Barge video. For reals. Get in there and get spendy. >> THESE ARE YOUR RAMPS (send us photos of em): Peter Karpick sent us this image of a little ramp that his work let him put in. "...thats the conference room through the doorway." How cool is that? >> THIS JUST IN FROM LARDOG: "Just for your 'random' information, Eric Anthony [Girl Dist. sales dude] recently got shitfaced and then passed out in his bedroom. However, in his drunken slumber something in him revived him enough to 'sleepwalk' into his living room, where he began to piss all over his couch. What makes it even better is that his live-in partner Andrea was sitting on the couch studying when he began his little adventure. She yelled at him to wake up and stop pissing, and he just mumbled, "Well, I already started, I gotta finish..."....Classic.
PAST ENTRY >> Chocolate am, Justin Eldridge has just joined Mike Carroll on the Fillmore Wheels team. >> Remember when Sam punked that trash talking dude at the ON Video ping pong challenge? Remember when we put the photo of the dude up on the site and we photoshopped the logo off of his t-shirt but you didn't even notice? And remember when we started that GUESS WHAT THE FINAL SCORE WAS AND WIN SMYTH'S FIRST PADDLE contest? Well, Kelly Litzenberger from Saskatchewan wrote in with the correct answer (21-13 Smyth) and is now the proud owner of that inspirational paddle. >> Do you know where Saskatchewan is? Do you care? >> Here's another video clip of Chick Tha Dogg. In other dog news, Lori D's dog, Low, is feeling much better after his operation, Staba's dog, Kickstand, farts a lot and the consistency of his poop fluctuates day to day since he came back from the vet and eating that slug killer, and there has still been no sign of Nick Tershay's poodle that he stole from the pet store at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance. >> Keeping with a loose sidewalk surfer theme for the day, here's some super old footage of some kids carving it up. >> Have you ever thought about placing a legal disclaimer at the end of the e-mails that you send, just in case? Here's one that Greg Carroll recently started using. Cut and paste it and use it in your signature to avoid any sort of legal issues that might come up as a result of an e-mail you've sent: The information in this email is confidential. It is intended only for the use of the individuals or entities named above. You are hereby notified that If you are not the intended recipient, or employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of the information in this email is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and return the original by mail. Wait a second... we just re-read the disclaimer. Um, that part where it says it's confidential, does that mean that the disclaimer itself is confidential as well? We might have just gotten ourselves into a world of trouble here. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Perhaps The Hamburglar has shifted from meat-based petty theft to cyber crimes." - Lew on a suspected Mcnugget poll hacking "You catch me on a good Saturday night and I might sell you 'Sam Smyth' for a twelver" - Smyth on selling the rights to his name "Crankers can't be bumped" - Megan on our Honorary Canadian
PAST ENTRY >> We've got some more photos from the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic tour up for you today. >> So far we've only received one entry to the MY MOM (OR DAD) LOVES ME contest. Only slightly suspiscious, the letter ended in "One love, free Love Park, and holla back! Wooo! Wooo!", but it looked like it might have been signed by an adult and, like we said, it's the only entry we've got, so it's sitting pretty in first place. Click on "Randoms 22" in the archive on the bottom of this page to find details on how to enter the contest to win a free deck. >>
"bob - >> So the Yeah Right! soundtrack questions that people have been constantly e-mailing to Clive have devolved into gear and dating AND soundtrack questions. This morning, while sifting through a couple of "what's that one song?" e-mails, he got a half page letter asking numerous questions about the hats that Mike Carroll was wearing throughout his part in the Yeah Right! video. No kidding. A half of a page. Yesterday he got two separate e-mails asking if so-and-so is single. In case you guys (and girls) were wondering why you're not getting responses to these questions you're sending him, it's because Clive doesn't know shit about shit. He hardly knows how to get to the snack machine from his desk, never mind what songs appeared in the video, what brand and size Mike Carroll's hats are or if Jeron has a girlfriend. He's a grunt that we hired to look at photos of backyard ramps that people send in, and then to forward them on to somebody who knows a little bit more than he does so that they can put them up on Tha Tap. That's it. That's all he does. Now you know. >> ONE OF THE MEZ'S FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THA TAP: YOUR BACKYARD RAMPS, BROTHER (send Clive yours): "Hey, I live in Detroit Michigan and this is how we are putting it down." - another anonymous grinder. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Around my 24th post last season, I knew I wouldn't be doing it again." - Smyth on whether or not he'll be reviewing the next season of The Real World. "Tito is a kegstand waiting to happen." - Brad Staba "I'm going to focus on having more wild weekends." - Smyth
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>> This is what it all comes down to folks: it's time for you to place your vote for one of the 4 semi-finalists of the DRAW AN ALBUM COVER FOR DANNY GARCIA'S BAND, H-PIECE, CONTEST. Click here to fill out your secret ballot and, please, vote wisely. The maker of the entry that gathers the most votes wins the pair of Lakai shoes, a sweatshirt and all the rest. >> In other voting news, there's more Love Park news from the folks over at Skatenerd. Now there's a mayoral candidate talking about the issue of re-opening the place to skaters. Are you over 18 and living in Philly? Who you gonna vote for? >> Is "mayoral" a real word? It just seems kinda off. >> Have you taken a look at the CRAILSHOP UPDATES window lately? Free video over there, holmes. >> And if you're still in the mood for buying after that, Tony Larson and Kevin Wilkins just designed two new t-shirts for crownfarmer. >> The man behind the polls, Cool Hand Lew, is claiming that, unlike Staba, he can eat 40 McNuggets. In fact, he's claiming that he could make it up to 50 in one sitting if he had somebody standing by with cardiac arrest defibrillator paddles. We'll keep you posted. >> There's been some talk around here about re-igniting Hatester™, the forum board that we had up a few months back. There's also been talk of monkey's flying out of somebody's rear orifice. The two are definitely related. Again, we'll keep you posted. >> RAMPING IT UP, DUDE. YOUR BACKYARDS AND OTHER RAMPILY AREAS OF SKATENESS (send us your photos): This dude didn't tell us his name or where he's from or what his deal is, so... his name is Larry and he lives with his mom and his little brother in the outskirts of Birmingham, Alabama. Larry has a cat named Chowderball and a Black Lab named Huck and he recently french kissed a girl in the barn behind his uncle's house. Before Larry started skating, Larry was a full fledged headbanger who hung out in the smoke pit beside the school, ditching class and listening to a lot of KORN. After he found skating, he ditched the banger crew and learned 50-50's, much like the one you see in the above photograph. >> "Skateboarding: The Ultimate Guide to Tricks, Ramps, Gear, Setting Up - And Letting Go!" - a book by Kevin Wilkins and Spike Jonze. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Last night I had a dream that my Grandma was driving me around the ghetto in a stolen Escalade" - Bob K
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ENTRY >> Every once in awhile from here on in, we're gonna be bringing you mini Randoms features where we spend a day with one dude or another, shooting digital photos of them and little video clips with the Crailcam... a day in the life sort of deal, only a million times better, bro. This past weekend Bob K met up with Brad Staba in San Francisco and we are pleased to bring you.......
>>
WHAT'S RICKY READING? CONTEST
UPDATE: >> That "NOT!" joke is still funny, right? Cool. >> Did you get the details for the I AIN'T NO FREAKIN' MOMMA'S BOY contest? Check yesterday's randoms and get your mom or dad to send us a real letter. Also, we'll be choosing some runner ups for the DANNY GARCIA'S H-PIECE CONTEST soon, then we'll post them in the polls thing so you'll be able to vote on your favorite. It'll kinda be like the show that Arsenio Hall hosts: SUPER EXCITING! >> Is it Spring Break over in Florida? Because we heard a rumor that Tito Larue flew over from the Lounge a couple of days ago to join the Lakai tour (the one that we'll be posting "live" photos and crap from soon). Tito reportedly walked off of a chartered plane with a cigar hanging out of his mouth, a girl on either arm, and he was wearing nothing but a speedo, a silk housecoat with the initials TL embroidered in gold thread on the left chest and a pair of those corduroy Ozzy slippers that that one skate shoe company makes. Stay tuned for the first update from the road as soon as they sort out the still looming technical difficulties that they're having with the laptop. Hopefully we won't have to sort through [read: edit out] too many keg stand photos. >> QUOTES OF THE DAY: "Maybe a little ping pong will cheer me up" - Rick Howard "Who else do you know that skates with their lawyer?" - Spike Jonze
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ENTRY OOPS!
We had these randoms done for you on Friday but in
haste, we forgot to post them. Sorry 'bout that, tappers. >> Skateboarding: get on it, bro. What are you doing reading this tripe when you could be rolling around on a skateboard? >>
More Love Park love: >> After much consideration and some weird glitch in the programming where our polls poop out after 800 or so votes, we've decided to change the Weekly Poll to the Daily Poll. You can thank Mark Lewman for the next few hundred topics. Lew, dude: ruling. >> Okay, here's a hint for everybody who's entering the GUESS WHAT RICKY'S READING contest: it's not Street Trucks or Hustler or anything shocking or 'funny' like that, it's just a magazine. Actually, to heck with it: HE'S READING ANTHEM MAGAZINE and the contest is now officially over because I don't know if anybody would have guessed that. But have no fear, another contest is here... Today's
contest is similar to the one we held where we
got you to take photos of your grandma holding a skateboard
while checking out Crailtap. It's called MY
MOM LOVES ME BUT YO I AIN'T NO MOMMA'S BOY (OR GIRL)
and one new Girl or Chocolate skateboard deck
(the winner decides which one they want) is the prize
for the winner. All you've got to do is send us a
letter, written and signed by your mom, telling us
why you're a great kid. It doesn't have to be super
long or anything, it just has to include a couple
of reasons why you're such a great kid. If you don't
have a mom around, you can get your dad to write it.
The person whose parent writes the best letter wins
the skateboard deck. Send your letters along with
your phone number and return address to: >> Major technical difficulties with the Lakai Florida / Mid Atlantic Tour updates from the road, but we might have an update by Monday. Last night the crew ended up at a Miami Dolphins birthday party somehow. Huh... I thought it was a skateboard tour? >> LINK OF THE DAY: Welcome to Redondo Beach. >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I nearly got a heatstroke from drinking beer." - Jeremy Carnahan (alias: Jumbo Carnage), regarding some time spent in Phoenix.
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>> Two new TOP 5 features coming at you soon. >>
THA TAP EXCLUSIVE MUSIC RELEASE!: >> Is it true that all three of the Torrance Table Tennis Titans (Sam, Rickk and Mueller) have been a little quiet ever since Skin Phillips showed up and punked all three of them at ping pong? Just a lil' rumor we heard. >> We got a couple of thank you notes from winners of past Crail contests today. Cool. Oh, and nobody's correctly guessed what magazine Rick was reading in that photo yet. See May 23rd's Randoms for details on that contest. >>
SMYTH'S SNACK NEWS!:
>> Seen the July '03 issue of Skateboarder yet? That's Paul Rodriguez on the cover, kickflipping over a handrail. Apologies to every other Girl/Choc pro who's had a cover in the past year and didn't get it posted in the Randoms; The Mez sent the cover image over with the words "PAUL ON THE COVER" so we figured we'd run with it.
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