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ENTRY>> >> Oh crap, here we go again... the Harsh Euro Barge begins May 14th. Get ready for more live updates from the road! >> We haven't heard from Arvedis in a few days and we're beginning to fear the worst. The last we heard from him was by way of e-mail, where he wrote something about donning a dry suit and going surfing to break the monotony of living on a polar ice cap. We tried to talk him out of it, but when the Tocker gets something in his head it's pretty much impossible to change his mind. Think good thoughts.
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ENTRY>> >> You've GOT to check out this sequence of Mike Carroll, bro. >> What the... Chomp Bootleg 2G!?! Click here for the real thing. >> Did we mention the Fourstar web site has been getting updates lately? Yep. Girl, too. And the new Diamond site should be finished in a couple o' weeks. >> "If the contest was called "Who Is 2nd Best?" Rick would have won."
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ENTRY>> >> No, it's not Happy #23, it's Kid Rock. Is that a Powell shirt? >> More Love for Love. And even more Love for Love. >> Okay, those pins below... the black one is actually a Fourstar pin that would pass for a Crailtap pin if it was stopped at the border. We tried to pull the wool over your eyes by telling you it was an official Crailtap pin and we're sorry and we won't do it again. But the pins are still 2 for $2, bro.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Uh... 2 for $2?
>> Who Is Best? I guess we'll find out on the 28th. Until then, here's some of Howard's snaps from Japan: 1.Woah,
look at how small Jereme's
head looks. >> Jereme Rogers was recently added to the Royal Skateboard Truck team. Even more recently, Jereme was added to the Royal Skateboard Truck website. >> Six figures, yo... another article about Love Park's demise.
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ENTRY>> >> You need griptape? You need Crailtap griptape. It's on sale, dude. >>
Oh crap, that Osbourne's with Dill was amazing. We taped
it. And here's the CLIVE:
"Sounds
like fun."
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ENTRY>> >> EXCLUSIVE FULL LENGTH INTERVIEW WITH JASON DILL: CLIVE:
"So,
you're gonna be on that Osbourne's show this Tuesday?" >> That new Real am tour video is pretty damn good. Just one question: what the hell was that owl doing in the trash can?
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ENTRY>> >> Chock one up for the frostbitten Tocker. Or make that two: reviews #38 and #39. >> If you're in Ohio at the end of this month you might want to check out 1300 Gallery and ChengaWorld skatepark's Scribbles by Skaters event. >>
For immediate release: >> Here's one for the rumor mill: Gonz is starting a new company through Deluxe called Krooked. There are no other details, except for the ones that you choose to make up and tell your friends who will tell their friends who will tell their friends and their friends' friends. By the time the rumor gets back to you, Mark will have moved to Zaire to start a skate-cult called Mad Mad Krooks. He will also be opening his own chain of coffee shops under the name Gonzo Beans and will be devoting the rest of his time to creating the ultimate version of the Rubik's Cube, which will be called the Vision Doublekick Cube-A-Tron. "I heard it from a reliable source, man."
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ENTRY>> >> Now that Arvedis is holed up in the south pole, he has plenty of time to work weekends. 2 more reviews. >> This is George Clinton with the P-Funk circa 1977. Damn, they can make you happy. Happy 22. >> You could either buy your mom some expensive-ass flowers from FTD.com for Mother's Day or you could help us get rid of these last few Colin Mckay decks. It's your choice, dude.
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ENTRY>> >> Did you see the new Ruby items in the Crailshop or what? That huge Girl travel bag is on sale too, and there's tons of other crailcrap that you should be spending your money on instead of food and phone bills and rent and other silly, less important things. Man, get your priorities straight and buy some crap, would you? >> Arvedis sent in a couple of reviews from the South Pole, where he's holed up right now, AWOL from the foreign legion. He sent in a couple photos, too... one of the view from his front yard and another of the surrounding area. We're hoping to sneak the little Tocker back into the country one of these days soon. >> There will be no rest for Tim Gavin this weekend as he's flying out to Hawaii on the private Osbourne jet. Yes, that's OZZY Osbourne's jet. We're not exactly sure WHY he's going over there, so we're going to assume that Gav's going to try sell the over-the-hill rocker on the idea of retirement. Cross your fingers.
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ENTRY>> >> We can only hope that the Costa Mesa city council is slightly more open minded than the nice couple who wrote this letter opposing the construction of a public skatepark there: "... [skateboarders] will use the facility and surrounding area to plan their parties, play their music, smoke their dope, further organize their gangs and negatively influence younger skateboarding innocents. Further, skateboarders could cause taxpayer liability by falling on their heads or killing and injuring each other in gang fights." If you'd like to respond to the above letter, please e-mail james.meier@latimes.com. >> In other news related news, Philly's Love Park is getting a skate-proofed facelift, but it looks like a replica might be in the works. >> Are all of your spots a bust / getting torn down? Take notes from Bobby Puleo, Pat Smith and Craig Metzger and make your own!
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ENTRY>> >> You missed Mike Leon's Ideas Float Away art show opening a couple weekends ago at the Four X Four gallery? No problem; Staci G took some photos for you. >> Did you hear that Gino's opening a shop called Poets on Long Island? It should be open soon. Stay tuned, tappers.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> That's it, babe... it's over. Watch out for the Lakai European Tour / Beware Of The Flare video available June 1st. >> PART TWO OF THE EXCLUSIVE, IN-DEPTH ERIC KOSTON INTERVIEW!!! CLIVE:
"Cool. Uh, later."
PAST
ENTRY>> >>
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ERIC KOSTON!!! CLIVE:
"So what did you win?" >> The sincerest form of flattery now comes with free griptape (note: scroll down the linked page to view the harsh ripoffs) >> The Beware of the Flare tour is officially over. Check back tomorrow for the final update.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> The Chomp On This site just got some new crap on there. Check the "Whatevs" for the new shits. >>
"Hey, are you allowed to say shits in the Randoms? >> As coincidence might have it, one of Guy Mariano's top 5 words is "whatevs". Find out what his other 4 are in his upcoming TOP 5'S thing. >> Anybody seen Chris Cole's new Zero look? Ask Carl Sanger.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Proof that Girl boards are the toughest on the market: Lakai art director Andy Mueller has been shredding this Rick Howard board since 1999. >> Harsh Fubu beanie, Skulture and Skart. Be Wary of the Flary: Day 15 and 16.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Rest in peace, Joe Lopes. Check out the Orange Crush Backyard Jam. Awesome. >> Hey, yesterday when we wrote "SERIOUS CRAP FROM ARVEDIS", we meant SERIOUS crap, not serious CRAP, you know? You really should write Senator Morrow. >> Harsh media tent: Beware of the Flare, Day 14. >> "What the... wait a minute, is that a... oh my god, dude... Burnquist is gonna ollie a gap upside down in a freakin' full pipe? Can we run that photo in the Randoms? "Word. Watch out for the footage on some pay per view show called King Of Skate." "Dude, that's just plain dangerous."
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Daily updates from the Lakai Euro Tour. As in, an update every day (almost). >> Damn! Big Brother beat us to the punch with the Todd Falcon interview. >>
SERIOUS CRAP FROM ARVEDIS: Go to THIS LINK or you can write Senator Morrow at any of the three following addresses. Send a copy of your letter to each address for maximum impact:
2755 Jefferson St. #10 State
Capitol Room 4048 27126
Avenue Paseo Espapa #1621 I've already done this, so you should too. It's easy. Even if you don't live in California. But if you do, you really need to do this! -- A.T." >> In not-so-serious Arvedis Tock news: two new web reviews up today.
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ENTRY>> >> Beware Of The Haters! Photos from day 12 of the Lakai Video Euotour. >> Coming soon to the Crailstore: The Crailtap limited edition catheter, for Lakers games that go into double overtime or those times when you just don't have the energy to get off of the couch. >> Tocker's back! Reviews #26, #27 and #28.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> No need to wash those before eating... another Beware of the Flare update from the road.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Everybody, please welcome Arvedis back to Tha 'Tap. Our suspicions about the Tocker and the foreign legion were true... read for yourself: Tock's return statement. >>
"Dude, what IS that?" >> This just in from Naseem: "Wuzup."
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Jeron Wilson and Jereme Rogers. Who Is Best? Find out at this strange little contest going down in Japan on the 28th of this month, and stay tuned next week when this limited edition poster goes up for sale in the Crailstore. >>Two more BEWARE O' THE FREAKIN' FLARE galleries up. >>Are Tim Gavin and Tony Ferguson talking shoe deal or what? >>This might be your last chance to win a free autogtaphed Mike Carroll board. Enter this very instant.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Who's the greedy fucker flipping this thing for a profit? Zoo York did a good thing, the person selling this item on ebay for the sake of a greasy buck did a bad thing. Shame on you. >> Did you catch this one? Awesome.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Three more Beware of the Flare galleries up now. Vorsicht des Leuchtsignals!!! >> Guess who's torso this is and win some free stickers, a one of a kind polaroid photo of Marc Johnson and some other crap.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> The next issue of ON Video Magazine will be done in about 2 weeks. It's a special road trip issue entitled "ON The Road" and it looks like "the second biggest article" is on the Harsh Barge tour. The first biggest article is most likely going to be a short documentary chronicling the travels of "the other Birdman", Todd Falcon. >> If you were wondering why there hasn't been a Beware of the Flare Tour update in the past couple of days it's because the tour has been cancelled due to a fallout between Carroll and Scott Johnston. It started with some harmless bickering but ended with Carroll's iPod going out the window followed by Scott's glasses. >> April fools! They're actually just having technical difficulties with the Crailtap van that they're uploading the webcast from. They tried to send too many video clips at too high of a megabeam rate and it resulted in one of the Svitzvogils Combobulator™ junctions short circuiting somewhere just North of Berlin. But have no fear, the team is working on getting it sorted out ASAP.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Ultimate Gary sent us this photo of his new ride. Damn, that's a sweet rig. >> Harsh griptape and the twins from The Shining... BEWARE OF THE FLARE UPDATE 3.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> BEWARE OF THE FLARE! Two photo galleries from the Lakai Euro tour are up now! >> Too Hot For Crailtap? SAM'S WILD WEEKEND Tampa Pro photo gallery is up, too. >> Lil C Guitarlos won the Girl SHOW US YOUR EGGS Easter contest with this punk rock pair. "Dude, what the heck is the SHOW US YOUR EGGS contest?" >> We forgot to give ya McCrank's shop address... it's 2425 Main St. Vancouver BC V5T 3E1. Phone: (604) 708 5678. The first million customers get a free autograph. >> Remember this Jason Lee photo? We like this photo. In fact, we can't think of any Jason Lee photo that we don't like.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> McCrank's shop in Vancouver BC is open for business and aside from having the best crap anywhere, it looks super cool. It's called antisocial because Rick is, like, antisocial and stuff. Here's some photos taken from this month's issue of Architechtural Digest: 1 2 3 4. >> Crail homie Leegan AKA Lee AKA Leelo Leebowitz wanted you to see his interpretation of what a Crailtap is.
PAST
ENTRY>> >> Jailhouse tattoo, felt marker and highlighter, Sketchy OG logo (round 2) or real ink? We're still trying to decide whether or not that's a real tattoo in the e-mailed photos we received from Andrea A. "God I love you guys!" >> Speaking of jailhouse... we have a sneaking suspicion that Arvedis may have been picked up for going AWOL on the foreign legion. We'll keep you posted. >> If you live anywhere near London, England you should get your butt over to the Playstation Skatepark this Friday for the first Beware of the Flare Lakai demo.
PAST
ENTRY> >> Missing a video from your Girl Films / Chocolate Cinema collection? Well fret not, holmes, because they're all available individually in the Crailshop now. Go buy one. Ruby has a few items up in there now too. You'd look absolutely ravishing in one of those spaghetti strap deals. >> Ultimate Gary has been absolutely ripping lately. He sent over some footage a couple days ago. It's really mindblowing stuff. >> The Lakai BEWARE OF THE FLARE tour starts tomorrow and we're gonna be bringing you updates from the road just like we did with the Harsh Barge Tour.
PAST
ENTRY> >>
New Girl video in the works? >> We got this super cool piece of mail awhile back, but the person who sent it forgot to include his forwarding address for some strange reason... so we couldn't send him all of those free boards that we wanted to. Oh well.
PAST
ENTRY> >> "AHEM. Please check out my new reviews please and thank you." - Arvedis Tock
PAST
ENTRY> >> Our call for the Girl team as little pixel charcters turned up a couple GIF's from Crailtappers Benjamin Guzman and Peter Derooy. Naseem "I won the Draw Eric Koston Contest" Ullah turned one in, too. Naseem is, once again, two steps ahead of the game as it appears that he had already designed the characters back in '97 when Jovantae and Gavin were both still on the team. >> The HAPPY's are back... A couple of Steve Claar shapes from the 80's. Great art complimenting a great skater: Happy 20 and Happy 21.
PAST
ENTRY> >> Kev from Apetown on the signed Koston board contest on the Girl site: "Here's your stinkin' crossword!"
Click here for the winners. >> The following is a list of the things Steve Caballero had written on his griptape on one of his World Tour boards in 1990. Pretty rad. Cab rules!: "Skate
vert." >> This is just plain frightening. >>Rumors of Todd Falcon getting on E's are all over the place. Serious. >> Toy Machine has a new site up. We'll misquote Ed by saying "Go there now you dirty little snotweasels!" 'cause it seems like something he might say. >> Robley Mcdonnell is in full agreement of the Carrot Top vs Sanger bout.
PAST
ENTRY> >> VIOLA! The new and improved Crailtap. We hope you like it. Check out the new article: RICK AND SCOTT'S FOAMY 5. >>
FROM ARVEDIS TOCK: >> 3 more TOCK reviews today. Learn all about farts and more. >> Harsh Barge footage poppin' up all over the place. |
