BROWN PLAINS
The temperature was coming in hot, and the air and the ground were moving non-stop. TNT and Chet held it down and sweated out a couple moves.
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January 2, 2008
HOT VID LINKS
INDY NORTHWEST COMPLETED
Independent just updated their site, completing their nine-part Northwest tour.
January 3, 2008
A CLOSE SHAVE
Our buddy Noah told us about this spot he built under a bridge, so we went and checked it; and Trujillo got a close shave.
PART 3 OF DAEWON
Daewon Song continues his walk down memory lane in part 3 of the Epicly Later'd show on VBS.
DLX FOOTAGE
DLXSF has added some new video clips of Hewitt and Trujillo from an Anti-Hero bonus footage dvd, and a day at the Novato Park with Justin Brock, Jake Donnelly, and Peter Ramondetta.
January 4, 2008
THE BOWL DOWN UNDA
The crew took us over to this bowl in the city, and Joel, Noah, and Trujillo laid down some sick-ass lines.
BEN RAEMERS
Death Skateboards put together this footage of Ben Raemers. What do you think?
THE BERRICS
Watch Joey Brezinski, Eduardo Craig, Tyler Bledsoe and Giovanni Reda session a bench, and a trailer for Guy Mariano all at the Berrics.
January 7, 2008
RUNAWAY BAY
On over to Runaway Bay after Browns Plains, and the bike crew turned into a pack of razor kids flying around everywhere. Dinner time finally hit, allowing Trujillo and Chet to a piece of the park.
BIRDHOUSE AMS
Birdhouse am Nate LaCoste has an interview over at the Birdhouse site. While you're there, peep some footage of their other ams.
DA TAP'S YEAR IN REVIEW
Crailtap took their best clips of the day and created a real nice video montage for your viewing pleasure.
January 8, 2008
EAGLEBY
Our hosts and guides for the day, Joel Webb and Pee Wee, took us to this fun park outside Brisbane. They shredded it.
January 7, 2008
HORRIBLE SKATEPARKS OF OUR YOUTH
Burnout comes into the new year with a new post visiting the home town skatepark.
2008 CALENDAR
If you had a Thrasher 2008 Calendar, you'd know that yesterday was MJ's birthday. It's not too late, get some.January 8, 2008
BATTLE COMMANDER MARIANO
The Berrics set the bar pretty high on their daily ops with this footage of Guy Mariano. Who's gonna top this one?
FEBRUARY ISSUE OUT NOW
Nineteen years after Thrasher first broke through the Iron Curtain with a cover from Lenin Square, the February '08 mag heads back to Mother Russia! Burnett and the Toy Machine crew fill out a good 26 pages with post-Soviet flicks and tales of Cold War girls, crazy foreign moms, and vodka-soaked grizzly bears. Glastnost! Also in this issue: Paul Trep and Chany Jeanguenin heads, No Rest in the Northwest, a 20-page photo feature, and interviews with Blonde Redhead, Witchcraft, and Revolution Mother.LUNATIC FRINGE
From the pages of our February issue comes the video form of Devin Apello's Lunatic Fringe. Pure Gnarlitude! Thanks Hammeke.
FROM THE CRYPT
Old photos bring back many memories—some good, some sad. Here's some random shots of Frankie Hill, Natas Kaupas, Hugh 'Bod' Boyle, Allen Losi, and Tommy Guerrero to remember; and never forget, skating is forever...January 9, 2008
YOU SUCK
We headed south out of Brisbane and stumbled upon this little gem down in Cabarita beach. Trujillo busted, Chet opened my brews for me, and Phelper got the best of the coping and had some shit to say about it.
HOT VID LINKS
Stay Gold trailer via Emerica
Analog in Greece 2 via YouTube
Back To Brooklyn Banks via Strange Notes
Analog in Greece 2 via YouTube
Back To Brooklyn Banks via Strange Notes
PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE
Still going strong after over 20 years, Public Enemy hasn’t lost focus over the course of their eight albums and three Bush presidential terms. Catch up with Chuck D in this exclusive Thrasher web interview.
POTRERO UPDATE
P-Stone went down and documented Sage and the boys while making the first cement pour at the Potrero Park in SF. We're taking bets on grand opening dates starting now.
January 10, 2008
OUTBACK ROCKS
We took it into the Australian Outback—not for steaks, but for some rocks. Trujillo, Cam, and Ian found some sick-ass lines on these natural beauties.
CHRIS TROY INTERVIEW
Go on a ride with Black Label am Chris Troy as he looks back on the insanity known as King of the Road.January 11, 2008
FIVE DOCK
We took it over to Sydney's infamous Five Dock park where Rhino got served up, Trujillo took the plunge, Cam decked it, and Andrew Currie took it to the sky. Thanks again for another epic time OZ.
DANNY RENAUD SURVIVES 9 STORIES
Skatedaily.net is reporting a tragic accident in which Stereo pro Danny Renaud miraculously survived a nine-story fall from a building yesterday. We hope Danny will have a full recovery.
January 14, 2008
BLACK CROSS BOWL
The fire was coming in hot at the Basel bowl on New Year’s Day, and Oli Buergin, Merkt, and Dangerous Dan kept the flames lit.
January 11, 2008
KOTR VIDEO AND MAG
We just finished up the King Of the Road video, and it’ll be premiering next Friday at the SOTY party. Also, you can read last month’s KOTR issue front cover to back right here on the interweb.
January 14, 2008
THE BOULDER OF CHAMPIONS
What could be better than starting out the new week with a new Burnout?
RUSCZYK OFF FOUNDATION
January 15, 2008
A DAY WITH WENNING
Spend a day in the life with (professional skateboarder) Brian Wenning over at the Plan B site.
CHALM CHALM
Check in with Alex Chalmers at Strange Notes.
WEIL AM RHEIN BEERFEST
Got to see some of the German and Swiss skaters heat up this street course in Germany at the Carrhart Park. Alex Mizurov, Sven Kilchenmann, and Oli Buergin were a few of the rippers coming in hot.
January 29, 2008
RHINOGRAPHY
Ol' Rhino's been covering a lot of ground and capturing a lot of action behind the lens. Here are some out-takes of photos that didn't make the mag, but are more than worthy for your interweb eyes. Which photo do you like most?January 16, 2008
ASK THE PHELPER
Jake answers another one of your questions in the messageboard's Ask The Phelper. This time, it's a 5 part question. You must be a registered member to post questions, so register today.
January 15, 2008
FROM DIRTY TO FAMOUS
Im not sure what Mixcast is, but DGK's Darren Harper is featured there in a segment entiltled “From Dirty To Famous.”
UPCOMING EVENTS
San Francisco's got a lot of cool shit to do this week leading up to the SOTY party. On Wednesday night, you can either go to Thee Parkside and check out the Coda video premiere or you can take it to the Club. Matt Field just dropped by to give word of the Rasa Libre video premiere on Thursday night. And of course, if you’ve got the in, GAMH is the place to be Friday night as MJ gets crowned Skater of the Year.
January 16, 2008
ED'S OFFICE
Burnout goes behind the scenes and stops by the office of Ed Templeton.
January 17, 2008
HOT VID LINKS
January 16, 2008
CAMERAMAN CAUGHT ON TAPE
Usually Yves Marchon is the guy doing the filming, but today he was on the other side of the fence and got a couple clips in front of this Swiss church.
January 17, 2008
NEW RVCA SITE
January 18, 2008
HALLOWEEN IN JANUARY
Burnout runs into Chad Knight and the 1031 team at a manual pad.
THE NINE
In honor of Skater of the Year, P-Stone dug up some footage of our first SOTY, Tony Hawk, doing one of his first 900s in Europe. It's MJ's day today, no doubt.
FAVORITE SOTY
You can now vote for your favorite all-time Skater of the Year on our poll right under the Junkdrawer.
January 20, 2008
THE ONLY ONE THAT MATTERS
The dust has settled, the hangover's almost gone, and here's a video clip of MJ's acceptance speech Friday night at the 2007 Skater of the Year party. Photos coming soon.January 22, 2008
DECENZO WINS TAMPA AM
1. Ryan Decenzo
2. Ben Hatchell
3. Davis Torgerson
4. Felipe Gustavo
5. Vincent Alvaro
Vince Del Valle won the best trick. More info Go here.
2. Ben Hatchell
3. Davis Torgerson
4. Felipe Gustavo
5. Vincent Alvaro
Vince Del Valle won the best trick. More info Go here.
SOTY PARTY PHOTOS
The Great American Music Hall hosted another epic night, as Marc Johnson was crowned 2007 Skater of the Year.NEW BURNOUT
Burnout checks in with a complete wrap-up of the 2007 SOTY party.
STORE SPECIAL
Right now we’ve got a special post-Christmas offer that gives you free shipping anywhere in the US on all orders over $100. Make sure to put in the promo code PQGRG77 at checkout. Get some.
NEW DLX CATALOG
Go over to DLXSF.com and peep their new catalog. They have loads of cool new shit including videos of Max Schaaf and Van Wastell.
January 23, 2008
HOT VID LINKS
NEVER FORGET MISTER V
WORKING VACATION - PART 1
Burnout checks in with a beefy post from the Cayman Islands. Oh, the life of a skateboard photographer.
January 24, 2008
CARDS
Julien Stranger helps hype up the upcoming episode on VBS featuring your favorite all-time SOTY, John Cardiel. Coming January 30th.
ASK THE PHELPER
Jake answered a couple more of your questions (Cambrige Pool and Crybaby) while he was down in the Cayman Islands. If you got a question, you know what to do—take it to the messageboard.
SHED ROCKS SD
One of the bands on our upcoming Skate Rock 13, Shed, will be playing this Sunday in San Diego. If you have to be at ASR, this is a good way to make the weekend worthwhile.HABITAT'S FIELD LOG
Habitat is getting ready to clear their Field Log and start over. Be sure to download any videos you want to have onto your iPod before they're gone. Does everyone have an iPod in 2008?
PARADISE LIVING
Made it back to the Caymans, and so did the Volcom Team. Rune Glifberg, Ivan Rivado, Louie Lopez, Alain Goikoetxea, Ben Raemers, and Remy Stratton all made it as well—also down there were Tony Trujillo, Ben Schroeder, Lance Mountain, Keegan Sauder, Adam Dyet, and John Rattray. A big park, a big lineup, and awesome sunsets make for a fun time.
January 25, 2008
RATTLER INTERVIEW
Get awesome with Rattler, one of Bobby Worrest's favorite bands and also featured on the 2007 KOTR video. What do you do to get awesome?
IN THE PARK
Strange Notes put together a nice little piece of Creature am Raven Tershay rippin' some parks.
CARDIEL: SECOND TRAILER
O'dell just gave word of yet a second trailer for the upcoming John Cardiel episode. It is bound to be epic; premiering on VBS 1/30/2008.THE NEXT RICK KANE
Burnout goes to the wave pool with Schroeder, Keegan, and Alain down in the Caymans. That photo of P-Stone is priceless!
January 28, 2008
BLACK BOX FOOTIE
Black Box has some new footage at their skatepark during the recent open house.
CRUISIN' INTO THE SUNSET
Another epic day at the Cayman park—chased TNT around with some follow-cam, and Rune Glifberg hit the coping loud and long.
WORKING VACATION 3
Burnout chimes in with part three and the conclusion to the Cayman Islands trip.
January 29, 2008
RAMONDETTA TAKES FIRST
Congratulations to Peter Ramondetta for winning the Simpel Session contest in Tallinn, Estonia.
BLIND NEWS
Take a look through Blind's online catalog and you'll see that they have turned Danny Cerezini pro. They also have a little teaser for their upcoming video.BIRDHOUSE SITE
Birdhouse has three new interviews up on their site with Brian Sumner, Jon Dickson, and Willy Santos.
HOT FUN IN THE SUN
The Volcom house was pretty epic and was paradise living at its finest. En route to the park, Lance Mountain, Hans Claessens, and Keegan Sauder attacked the bank to curb while the locals whizzed by and honked at a group of grown men having fun on the streets.
January 31, 2008
HOT VID LINKS
January 29, 2008
PJ LADD ON DC
January 31, 2008
CARDS IS EPIC
The long wait is over, part one of the John Cardiel episode is now up at VBS.
COOLING OFF IN THE CAYMANS
The last day was heating up, so Keegan Sauder, Lance Mountain, and Rune Glifberg took it to the pool for some good lines while Ben Raemers and Alain Goikoetxea got up on the web extension. A big thanks to Remy for hooking up the crew, the bbq, and brews on the last night. That’s how paradise should be.
BIG POUR AT POTRERO
Dreamland had their biggest pour yesterday—the park is looking real good.