Posted: January 23, 2009

ASR Is Dead

"Retire my number. I’m over this bullshit."

Photos: Burnett

ASR EQUALS ACTIONS SPORTS RETILER. In the past, that meant yo-yos, hula-hoops… Basically anything that was “action”-related and available from manufacturers to shops. Now, ASR stand for A Sorry Reality. In skateboarding, we need to collectively take ourselves away from these greedy bastards and throw our own show. We tried it here in 2002 with the Bayview Rumble, but there wasn’t enough space for everyone—and besides, the industry was fat then. Now, when things are lean, we got to stick together and support skateboarding, the shops, the real brands… Doing all of this with some killer ripping thrown in and, well, check the vid. It was a hell of a lot of fun. Good people, nice weather, skating for everybody, no laminates, no security goons—it was a true start towards getting skateboarding and the economy back on its feet. I say the more the merrier. ASR, retire my number. I’m over this bullshit. —Jake Phelps


Bender at Black Box / Video: P-Stone

 

Abdias Rivera


Antwuan Dixon and Scott Pommier


Ben Gilley


Canadians


Chad Bartie


Chad Tim-Tim


Dario


Diego and Shigeo


Ed Dominick


Ellington


Ernie and JT


Fos


Garret Hill


E-man and Justin Gold


Hoops


Jeff King


Jim Thiebaud and Chris Troy


Jimmy The Greek


The Tershays Brothers: Joey and Nick


John Rattray


Jon Coulthard and friend


JT Aultz


Justin Roy and friend


Kenny Reed and Dave Smith


Kevin Barnett


Lanny and Sean Eaton


Lindsey Robertson


Marissa


Mike Reno


Peter Ramondetta and David Broach


PLG and Tommy Sandoval


Ricky Bedenbaugh and August Benzien


Rob Brink and Kyle Leeper


Ronnie Bertino and Dan


Ryan Clements


Ryan Dewitt


Ryan Kingman


Sammy Baca and David Reyes


Sean Eaton


Shane Heyl and Erik Ellington


Sean Sheffey and Dennis


Sierra Fellers


Slash with Ellington


Swift-0


Tony Tave


Tony Vitello

For more photos and video, check out the Black Box site.