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KTV: Wizard Smoke – Awesome Skate Vid

Jonathan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:26:39 +0000

We posted this one back in November when we came across it, and truly dig it so much that we’re re-posting it to make sure that all y’all see it so spread the word !

Any day’s a good day to be blown away by some Wizard Smoke – an awesome piece of skateboarding film making by the Salazar and Don’t Sleep crews, as directed by Liam Mitchell and incredibly shot by Nathan Drillot and Liam Mitchell. Featured chalky skaters are Bradley Sheppard, Alien, Nate Lacoste, Chris Connolly, Nate Roline, Stacy Gabriel, Desmond Hoostie, Mike Klinkhamer, and Rob Rickaby.

More a short film really than a video, it’s simplicity is stunning – enjoy and Have An Awesome Day !

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Damien Hirst for Supreme Skateboards: Revisits ‘Best Spot’ Paintings

tcroberts — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:28:41 +0000

Damien Hirst and Supreme have a long-standing relationship, and the wild-child artist has taken an opportunity to work with them again via a series of skate decks. While the design is clean, striking and modern, it is a previous Hirst work that’s also being revisited. The multicolored dots on white are a rehash of Hirst 2000 “best spot” paintings where he created patterns representing well-known psychotropics including opium, valium and LSD. Part of the intrinsic appeal must be that Hirst famously confessed after the series was released that he only painted 5 of them personally, which is how they were named. “The best spot painting you can have by me is one painted by Rachel [one of his assistants],” was his response to what makes the art valuable. Of course, this is before he sold a diamond-encrusted skull for $100 million to himself (sorta).

Say what you will about his career works, this Supreme collab is definitely destined to pique the interest of middle-road collectors (like me) looking to nab anything Hirst might have breathed upon. Certainly almost as prime as a limited edition pair of kicks by Fujiwara. The collection releases in-store in the US on November 19th and online on November 23rd. Japan will see a release on November 21st.

via Hypebeast

Girls Freestyle International Skateboard Championship (1965)

tcroberts — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:02 +0000

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American Sports Data found that in 2002 there were 18.5 million skateboarders in the world, however the sports witnessed it’s first boom in the 1960s. Originally a “hobby” for off-season surfers, skateboarding got to the point of popularity as “sidewalk surfing” that ABC broadcast the international skateboard championships, and this was before urethane wheels had even been introduced. So, imagine this video in that light, a freestyle skateboard championship for the ladies division in 1965 from Anaheim, California, televised nationally. Peep it here now.

via Nerdcore

Congrats to Greg Lutzka, Places Third on Dew Tour

tcroberts — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:04:35 +0000

While P-Rod may have squeeked into second, the fire was with Chris Cole on this year’s Dew Tour, who had kinda quietly owned his competition throughout the tour. So, Greg Lutzka’s podium spot is all that more sweet. His contender status kicked into overdrive in Orlando, and Lutzka gave P-Rod and Cole a run for their money with his signature frontside threes and flips and ended up leading in the Skate Park Prelims by a wide margin. The win put Lutzka sixth in the overall season standings, but if this year is any indication of the ascent that Team Kswiss is gonna see — big things ahead. No doubt Sheckler will return healthy and Ortiz will be back to give chase, but those Midwestern boys don’t quit. Looking forward to next year.

More here on the Dew Tour Final: Alli

Film: Skatopia – 88 Acres of Anarchy

tcroberts — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:26:17 +0000

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It was only a matter of time before the words ‘hillbilly’ and ’skatepark’ were meshed together in a timeless story of perpetual adolescence and backwoods abandon. Skatopia is a film about an Appalachian ‘teenage skate cult’ where skating, punk rock and hillbilly culture collide. The owner bought the farm (literally), 88 rural acres in Ohio, and made it into his own personal skate-punk utopia, somewhere where he could skate or die, with his multitudes of teenage friends and workers. They host punk rock shows, demolition derbies and light each others’ cars on fire, however when the law and bills come in for a buzz kill, you see the 40-something, Brewce Martin, have to sober up and face the music. Even after being on the ropes financially and legally, his courage and tenacity are inspiring, even if flawed.

Skatopia plays next week as part of the Seattle Skateboard Film Festival (August 14-17). Showcasing films from everyone from Spike Jonze to Gus Van Sant, SFF is one of few festivals dedicated to the art of skate films. Just looking through the list of films being screened, the festival is obviously a creative launching pad for thos passionate about the sport.

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