To this day, this video is still sick to me, for many of the same reasons - I mean, it opens with a really good Keith Hufnagel part, and "ends" with Mark Gonzales' part. I also seem to have quite the affinity for short videos that make me want to skate, and this video is definitely one of those.
Keith Hufnagel's part in the Real video "Kicked Out Of Everywhere".
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
...and he had a part in Since Day One? That would've been sick...too bad, so sad.
I picked up Real to Reel as soon as I could after it came out. I watched this video everyday all the way through for I don't know how long. This video still gets me hyped to go skate to this day.
Nate Jones' part from the Real video "Real to Reel".
1:36-1:42 is just ridiculously pleasing to the eye.
Monday, May 30, 2011
For those of us who grew up skateboarding, I'm sure most of us remember a time when we would come home from school, or wake up in the morning on the weekends, and watch certain videos or certain video parts every single day before we went skating. We were already hyped on going skating, but these videos/video parts made it impossible to not want to skate after watching them.
It's supposed to be pretty nice weather this week, so to make sure I go skate, I'm going to be watching/sharing some old favorites from my youth (because no one does that on the internet, right? Totally starting a new trend on that one...not...)
So for day 1, I thought I'd start off with a video part from one of my favorite skaters of all time from one of the first videos I ever bought.
When I first started skating, all my friends were into all the Tum Yeto brands (along with Santa Cruz and Creature). When the Pig video came out, it was a little cheaper than other videos out at the time, and had quite a few people I really liked in it - so I bought it, and watched it every single day (since it was like 1 of 2 videos I had for quite some time).
Even though everyone around me at the time was into all this stuff coming out of So Cal, I was always more hyped on what was going on right around us. Skateboarding has a rich history in San Jose, and I had a vague idea of this when I started skating, but Jason Adams was probably one of the first people that really made me appreciate and want to learn more about what I was a part of here; just by being a skateboarder here, you become part of this history of skateboarding and San Jose's scene. It's interesting to think/put into perspective (which we rarely do, since we're just kind of caught up in it, doing our thing, skating, having fun, yadda yadda yadda) that all of us who skate in and are from San Jose (or any place you grow up/end up skating in, really), really do have an impact on the scene we're a part of - whether we think that or not, whether we want to acknowledge that or not, or whether we want to accept that kind of responsibility or not - it is what it is, except that we shape what "it" is.
Anyway, enough of my yammering. Here's the video part I wanted to share.
Jason Adams' part from the Pig Wheels video, All Systems Go!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
From left to right: My "other mother" and my actual mother. Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Jessica Dovey: "I will mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. 'Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.' MLK Jr."
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
