So Art stopped by today to pick some grip up. Upon receiving his change, he got an unexpected surprise. Autographed Paul Rodriguez dollar! This was no marketing promotion or gimmick. Evidently, this type of random miracle happens on it’s own. He had to have made money on this little deal. EBay prices for P Rod autographs have got to start at least 10X that! Art is sooo stoked!! Just look at him!! Couldn’t have happened to a better guy.
Streetwear BGP’s.
Thanks Scotty.
Top left quicktime.
Contests are all about staying on your board.
We tried to give a little warning that Matt can turn it on when he wants to. What happened? His first trip to Tampa Pro in 6 years, 4th place, $5K, and more cheers from the ladies than Sheckler. Nice job buddy. What do you have planned for the ‘Rocco with that loot?
Matt walked off with 2 of these trophys. He got this one because everyone was so stoked to see him show up. If you have’nt heard by now, Matt is returning to the Pro skateboarder ranks and his board on Skate Mental should be out next month.
P.S. Rattray got robbed. Lutzka literally walked away with $5000 extra dollars that rightfully belonged to Rattray.
Christopher Nichols on the come up.
Tyler left on Sunday for 2 weeks in Barcelona with his little clique. They didn’t mention him on their site and said there are a few other guys they can’t name yet so we won’t spill the beans either. In case you can’t put it together though, Tyler wears different shoes now.
Beach is breaking out to Tampa on Thursday for Tampa Pro. He may or may not be riding a board with his name on it. It may or may not be 8″ wide and may or may not have a porpoise included somewhere on the graphic. Matt, go for the win. Everyone else entering should probably take note because Beach has some experience doing well in contests.
Gene, shouldn’t you be steering clear of police stations for awhile? The dudes over at Skatedaily have hooked another one of G. Ray’s photos up as their Weekly Image and this time it’s Gene’s sick front board.
Joel Shelley had a lucky night.
We didn’t catch your name but hopefully a free deck will help with the forgiveness.
If we had to describe which part of HKD best describes Jeff Coffey’s devious grin in this photo, we’d go with KILL.
Danger Ehren and Dave England were back in the spotlight of the masses this weekend as they participated in a hostile takeover of MTV for 24 hours along with the rest of the Jackass crew. If you don’t know, before moving on to international celebrity for acting how they normally act but in front of cameras, Ehren used to work for us at Cal’s Pharmacy and Dave was an extended family member and Dept. tenant. They continue to be a part of the phenomenon that is Jackass and they have a new website you can check out to gratify your desire to see people acting stupid. But in a kinda smart way.
Once again, the guys over at Skatedaily.net have selected one of Garric’s photos for the Photo of the Week. This time, Big Stukes gets a little wallride action. Check it here or just scroll down and click on the News section.
Flip Friday Night keeps moving along and those taking advantage are reaping the benefits. Here’s Zach Barton scooping up an Ali Boulala to go with a sick Skate Mental Tee.
Carlos Hernandez is practically sponsored by Flip Friday Night as he picks up his second win. Carlos, are you just naturally lucky? Wait until you’re 18 and you can buy scratch-it tickets..
Ben Sauer went home with a Boulala too and might have plans to start rocking the safety pin through the nostril himself. Ben, you should totally do that.
Congratulations guys. See you next Friday.
In a wierd case of going around in circles, Skatedaily.net, which so graciously provides us with skate industry news updates and can be visited by clicking the window just below this one, has decided to use this photo of Chris Hart for it’s weekly image. Good lookin’ out. Sick CHart… and Garric.
The Dept. had another Lock-In over the Holiday break and Hayes just finished putting a little footage together from the night. Some sick footage of Dept locals Conner, Dylan (check him out in Paranoid Park), Miles and Danny to name a few as well as a cameo by Santa.
Here’s another clip from Tom Bender who pieced together his own footy of the same night. Once you get past that first guy, some SERIOUS ripping goes down. Lil’ Chris starts killing the big 3 and then Ben starts tossing his carcass around. That is some impressive footage to gather over just one night guys.
Oh, this must be why.
Right about now this dude is probably pushing around San Diego with a couple of really tall, hungry twins looking for Skate Mafias’ spots. Let’s hope his sister hooked him up with some tighter braids before he left. (If this photo gives you the creeps, you’re definitely not the only one.)
Sorry about the lag time. The holidays definitely bring it out as well as a million other things to keep you busy and not updating websites. In case you thought we forgot, here’s the last 3 Flip Friday Night Winners.
Calvin Hieronymus. Calvin just moved into first place in the sickest winners’ last name competition.
Lage Lageson follows up Hieronymus. We are not making these names up. Flip is definitely an international brand but for some reason our winners names all sound like team riders. Saari, Boulala, Hieronymus, Cruysberghs, Glifberg, Lageson…
Alright, Matt Shorr finally brings us back to the US with a much less interesting name. Matt, that is in no way meant as a slight. Actually, you could pass for a Canadian.
Stoked guys! Definitely a pretty sick deal to come skate for an evening and leave with a new deck. Like we said, this is going on all year so if you haven’t made it Flip Friday Night yet make sure you do. Don’t forget, Extremely Sorry is just around the corner…
Last Friday’s winner was none other than Matt DeGroot. Matt is probably super stoked on his 7 5/8″ Appleyard deck that he came up on. It’s only about an inch and quarter narrower than what he’d choose to ride. Unfortunately, Flip doesn’t actually make the supersized model that Bob uses to Mega-it-up but if they ever do Matt, we’ll give you a call. Congrats Matt, you’re a definite lifer.
Johnny Le sent this over to remind everyone to check out the UnderSkatement Film Festival going down this Saturday at Clinton Street Theater. Here’s the lowdown on what Underskatement is if you’re unfamiliar.
