Future Primitive

So dope.. skateboarding really has changed a lot.

Eric Koston off Lakai?!

I know I totally slept on this but I had no clue! Went to SB also... I really wish they would just let the real skateboard companies keep making all the skate shoes.

At least it seems like Lakai took it well, and it was a "mutual" thing.

taken from hypebeast i found this article where Eric is quoted saying...

"I’m sure many people know that a lot of different Nike’s have been the inspiration for my shoe designs over the last 12 years, so I feel like a fucking kid in a candy store when it comes to this partnership between Nike and I"

and.. you can't argue with that one.. his Kost One was just a Nike Court Force Low... oh well!

Brooklyn Banks... Death Row

So the Brooklyn Banks is closing in December apparently...  When I first heard about this I sort of wrote it off thinking, nobody could take this spot away!  But it's happening, so that the brooklyn bridge can be beautified, or gentrified, or modified, it's pretty shitty.  The city needs space, and generally nobody cares about skateboarders, so lets take their place!  They should take that dumb tai chi matt or whatever the hell it is up top.

There has been a lot of history at the banks, but none important to the city.  And again more quotes from douche-bags who think they understand skateboarders and their "Rebel" image.  

"The Downtown Express reports that Una Perkins, a board member, said she was worried that the unsupervised teens were running across the Brooklyn Bridge ramps and could get hurt and John Fratta, chairperson of the board’s Seaport/Civic Center Committee, added the skateboarders were “way out of control.”"

Yup, those damn skateboarders running around on the bridge on ramps... definately out of control!!

Idiots should know the on-ramp ollie section of the bridge was closed LONG ago.  That doesn't even happen anymore!

Artful Skateboarding

For real, this, is some artsy shit.  Thanks DVS. 

check out the obstacles, very sculptural and very cool.

Jamie Thomas 10 Tricks

I was on the Fallen website checking out their shoes.. and honestly I'm not really excited by any of their designs.  When Fallen first came out and was getting big I was really into their shoes, like the Scouts, but after skating them I was pretty disappointed.  I thought their shoes were clunky, hard to move in, and offered little board feel.  I was disappointed to see their designs have also remained pretty much the same all this time as well, and they haven't really pushed any limits design-wise.

All that aside I think their team is mind blowing, anyone who skates for any part of black box distribution just tends to annihilate things.

On that note check out this edit of Jamie Thomas doing 10 tricks in the Black Box skatepark.  Such a good edit.  Don't forget Jamie Thomas not only can skate better than almost any human, he does a DAMN good job of running his business. 

so, their shoes suck, but they absolutely know how to skateboard.

Team Pain

this stuff is now at the LES park under the Manhattan bridge... It's been there since about mid-july but this is some cool footage of the benches being properly shredded. The setup allows for a lot of creativity and fun.

Megatron Backpack from SAGLIFE

I was on the Chari & Co blog and I saw this post for the new Megatron 2 backpack, apparently co-designed with John Igei of FTC

I really like the "ride to the skate-spot" idea. Being in the city the easiest way to get to a skate spot is by bike, and it's sort of a pain dealing with bringing your skateboard around, and although this backpack doesn't have anything really different compared to average backpack/skateboard holders, it does have a unique method for carrying weird items.

The straps unbuckle in a few places to carry strange objects on the backpack such as Snowboard boots, Rollerblades (if you're into that kind of thing), bike frames, wheels etc... I have a similar strap system on the bag I ride with and it's been helpful for carrying all sorts of random awkward sized items, but it always requires a little bit more than just my two skate straps. The Megatron's straps seem to really be a new versatile carrying system that I would love to try out.




btw, I noticed Wes Bell on FTC's site. He used to skate for the shop I worked at, Eastcoast Boardco. in VA. He's a sick skater and i'm glad to see he's still keeping it up. Proud to say he skated a few of the decks I made for eastcoast...