Don't Stop Partying

Well, here it is- official premiere date. So stoked for people to see the Smash vid and to see Joel's. Most of all I just hope a lot of money gets raised so we can build tons of fun shit to skate!

Fambly

This
Plus this
Equals this

I have a huge pet peeve of people using music for skate projects (even just online) and not giving the band a credit at the end of the video. Don't worry I'm not going to go into the old "skateboarding and punk rock went hand-in-hand" spiel, because I'm really not that old. I also am not going to hop on the Lil' Wayne train because he goes into skateparks after hours and does kickturns. I'm trying to find a happy medium and if not give great bands more coverage, at least give them the credit for their fucking songs. Music can make or break footage and often times will lead you into finding your new favorite band (maybe not now, but I'm trying to do that again).

When I started making this the first obvious choices for songs were releases from ex-pro skateboarder, musician, and label owner Todd Congelliere's Recess Records. Eventually I just said "fuck it" and put Recess songs throughout the whole video. Not only do I tell you the band, song, and album it's on I also got Todd's personal permission to use said songs. While I have an open line of communication with Todd, and would even call him a buddy, I understand this isn't always the case. So even if you can't get in touch with the chodes from Band of Horses or dudes making this dubstep bullshit everyone seems to be into (I remember when it was just called "techno"), at least put who the artist is at the end of your little video.

A Salty Salute

I'm very happy the Board Shop and Damien are leaving on a high note. It's
really great to finally see the video they were working on between all the other
projects those cats get into.  An extra special thanks for throwing in my little
noseblunt slide- it's an honor to be a part of this even in the tiniest capacity.

(my apologies for the goofy spacing, no clue why it's coming out like that.)

Positively Wall Street

 Stucco ledge ditch- rad views per usual.

 Tony Cervantes, Jamie Thomas, and Garret Hill- I didn't get their autographs, I was busy buying the fancy Pendleton/Vans instead.

 New nip at the foundation.

 John rips and rips even harder for getting us into Public Enemy for free!

 Marcos punched a truck.

 Ray Chavez- classically trained

 The Vert Vamp

Did Joel drop in on a tombstone?  You're gonna have to wait for the video...

If the kids are united, they will never be divided

     Before moving I was really excited to go to this and bring art and product for the great skate scene of Little Rock (and surrounding areas, of course) to sell so they can keep D.I.Y.-ing at Kanis Skatepark.  Today I realized that instead of sending stuff and spending a heap on shipping in doing so, it may be better for everyone to simply paypal them some loot and they can get it instantly.  With a bag of concrete only costing around 4 bucks, they could get a bunch done if everyone could at least give a little.  There are two great sites you can contribute money or simply go to their party and do it in person.  We need spots like this across the country and we should all do our part whether it's in our zone or not- send what you can if you can here or here.

Thanks for reading and I'm sure it's much appreciated if you contributed,

Brad