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Just another reason to hate on China......

2007-10-05T22:24:00.000-07:00

I think I have a solution to the Chinese fetus-eating epidemic - if we could get these folks to switch to eating all the shitty skateboards they make (you're probably riding one right now or were 'til it broke yesterday after a week of light use) then we have a win-win on our hands - we get the Chinese infant mortality rate down AND increase demand for American-made boards - what am I missing here..........??!!
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Recall of Chinese Toys Adds to Safety Concerns

2007-07-15T19:12:00.000-07:00

I been busy tryin' to get the ADDIKT website together - what? You ain't seen that s*** yet? You better get some:
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Props to Christian Cooper of Concrete Disciples/Hexane Media fame for hooking us up.
And now on to other news:

SHANGHAI - American consumer protection authorities this week recalled more Chinese-made skateboards for children, a move that could further fan concerns about the safety of Chinese exports.
Yesterday the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall notice for skateboard decks from several major American skateboard companies that were found to contain dangerously high levels of sawdust.
The commission said the skateboards were of inferior constructon and that, if used while performing a "handrail" or "stair" stunt could snap and cause serious injury.
It took action after an 11-year-old boy required extensive surgery to repair damage suffered when his skateboard snapped during a "handrail" maneuver and became lodged in his groin.....
.....OK so I stretched the truth a bit, but if they make automobile tires that blow out and toys with too much lead in them and toxic pet food and toothpaste that causes seizures, what makes you think they can make skateboards? That's what I thought.........
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C'mon Over To My House....

2007-04-08T20:00:00.000-07:00

Damn! Has it been two weeks already.....?? Well, for you folks of a certain age who are fortunate enuf' to not have to care about this s***, late March/early April is tax time, and the tax man has ADDIKT by the proverbial balls....Balance Sheets? Income Statements? Cash Flow? Inventory? What the f*** is that???? All we know is we finished our first year in business with a spectacular loss (which we like to think of as a "tax write off")........proof positive that we are (and will likely remain) America's best unknown skate brand -
F*** Yeah!!!!! Hey everyone! By all means, please continue to buy overpriced skateboards from the "Support A Pro" goon squad or cheap "Made in China" shop decks from your local retarder - uh, I mean retailer, cuz' we barely have enough capacity (approximately 400 decks per year and counting) to meet the insatiable demand for

GREAT LAKES MAPLE

that is lovingly cut, glued, pressed and shaped into some of the highest quality skateboards known to man IMHO.....
To celebrate our 1st year of total indifference to current market trends in the skate industry, we threw a house party @ 2300 ADDIKT Ave.

and everyone (or so it seems) was invited - ah, nothing like celebrating the discovery of a BY pool with 15 or so of your closest friends....

This one was called "Dead Cat Pool" for obvious reasons:

After watching Scott

and a couple others guys kill this ridiculously kinked, mega-vert pool with row-upon-row of 6"x6" tile and multiple levels of massive coping that was NOT user-friendly, we ventured off towards greener (and less-crowded) pastures with names like "Orange Cove" and "Selma" - that's the only hint you get, fool....!!
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.....And Now We Return To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

2007-03-26T23:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry - we got carried away with all that skating in the Grand Cayman - what were we thinking? Back to the s*** that really matters - industry propaganda. While we were skating/avoiding the ASR in the Cayman, the IASC fired the shot heard 'round the world:
UNDER FIRE - A SPECIAL REPORT REPORT ON THE HARDGOODS MARKET
And even a little sticker on the front that says:
IASC PREVIEW ISSUE - 1ST BOUND COPY
THIS COPY BELONGS TO: __________________________
All those capital letters! Gawd that's enough to give you a hard on or something.....
Long-story-short: Whatever. You can judge for yourself if you go here:

A World Without Pros

(i.e. "Support A Pro" - buy pro model boards or skateboarding will cease to exist? R-i-g-h-t......)
Or maybe you take the contrarian view:

A World Without CEOs

(i.e. "Skate with a Bro" - Be what you are/Ride whatever you want? Sounds reasonable)
Or maybe you just like to masturbate (clearly the target demographic according to Fuel TV based on the number of ads for the Army, acne medications, and body spray):

A World Without Skate Shops

(i.e. "Let's Just Talk About Skating" - Maybe if we talk about it enough.....)
After a comprehensive, exhaustive analysis of this perplexing dilemna, the research staff at ADDIKT have prepared what is, in our view, a well-reasoned, articulate reponse:

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Over It

2007-03-25T21:28:00.000-07:00

Was trying to save some of the fotos cuz' there's a Grand Cayman article comin' out in Concrete Wave next month and didn't want to ruin it, but.......well, let's just say I'm not ruining anything by posting these fotos - I'm claiming the article but other than a foto or two I am not responsible for the visual stimuli....if looking at fotos of 10 year old kids about to do their first tail drop doesn't do it for you, skip the CW article and check the last of our CI fotos out - Packy was all over the Black Pearl - think he was seriously considering dropping out of VT and getting a bartending job on the island - did I mention that Absinthe is legal there? Ah, back to where we started - Getting Tight in the Grand Cayman...........

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Welcome to Hell (Part 3)

2007-03-25T00:20:00.000-07:00

Back to the Black Pearl, where we continue to cover the 62,000 square feet of skatepark - Packy skates the pool, Aryeh ollies over the locals - all in a days work.....the Black Pearl is worth a trip to Grand Cayman alone, not to mention the Absinthe, wayward Canadian girls, world class snorkeling and general tropical island atmosphere....OK this is almost over, I swear - when you start to sound like a travel agent it's time to cut the s***........

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Danger @ Dolphin Point

2007-03-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

NOTE: If you want to keep skaters away from your property, its probably not a good idea to post a sign and use words like "DANGER","KEEP OUT","UNSAFE","ENTER AT OWN RISK", and "INJURIES OR DEATH" - that's like saying' "Hey c'mon in here and find something to skate on!" If you wanna' keep skaters away, try putting up a sign that says "Public Skatepark - Pads Required - Pay @ Front Desk" - that will keep 'em away for sure..........
Aryeh, padless and breakin' the law (free of charge) in Grand Cayman

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Panic in Georgetown

2007-03-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

Aryeh took a break from the Black Pearl one night and went street skating in Georgetown with Philip. Packy and I went to Hammerland's Bar and got, well.....you know. We returned with a hangover - Aryeh returned with these fotos:

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Another Day in Paradise (Part 2)

2007-03-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

No f****** wonder everyone wants to be pro these days - free trips to tropical locales, late night parties, sleep 'til noon, skate all day and then do it over again - nice work(?) if you can get it......Aryeh and Packy take five in the C.I. and then get back to business.......

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Another Day in Paradise

2007-03-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

We kept Aryeh busy in the CI - in between being the filmer/TM/token street skater, he rarely had moments like this, in which he ponders the effects of sunscreen use on tattoos - didn't seem to bother him during this gap ollie.........

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Welcome to Hell (Part 2)

2007-03-13T20:49:00.000-07:00

You want some of this......?? You might think a holiday in Grand Cayman is all fun and games until you get stuck in customs explaining all the weird s*** in your bags, exchange your US$1 for 80 cents of CI money, get a right-side drive rent-a-car, then drive on the wrong side of the road through 85 degree heat/humidity all the way to the Black Pearl only to find this thing waiting for you........ top of that 3/4 pipe has gotta' be like 18' high, no joke - maybe you wanna' stick to something a little mellower, like the 12' pocket that leads into the 3/4 pipe....? Here's Packy grabbing some well-done eggplant in that pocket - that's the cheapest meal you're gonna' get in the CI, trust me.......

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Partners in Crime

2007-03-11T23:44:00.000-07:00

You ever fractured your kidney before? My friend did that recently - not good - it basically cost him a trip to the Grand Cayman - which reminds me, here are a couple of other things you might NOT want to do if you want to get to the C.I.:

1) DO NOT apply for a passport at the post office when you’re leaving in two weeks, especially after you were told to go straight to the passport agency (what up Aryeh!?). If you can’t figure the passport thing out, you should probably remain in the U.S., (this could explain the pitiful ratio of 1 in 4 Americans owning passports; probably more like 1 in 8 if you rule out those obtained to travel to Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean).

2) DO NOT go to the wrong airport an hour before you’re supposed to fly when the right airport is two hours away…….no joke. Packy, bro - lay off the Jaeger until AFTER you board the plane, dude...........(to be continued)
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Welcome to Hell

2007-03-09T12:41:00.000-08:00

If Hell really is in Grand Cayman then sign me up......we just returned from our second trip to Black Pearl in CI. We laid off the Absinthe this time and managed to get 10 rolls of film shot and 4 hours of video - funny how that works....here's a shot of Packy doing his thing - stay tuned for more fotos:

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Packy SLAPS Skatopia

2007-01-26T11:53:00.000-08:00

Packy shows up busting an egg on pp. 95 of this month's SLAP mag in an epic piece of skate photojournalism entitled, "How to Survive Skatopia". Don't EVEN get me started on that place - it f****** RULES, straight up. God bless Brewce Martin and his minions, who have created a place that captures the essence of what it used to be all about - 100% skating, 0% bulls*** and NO RULES. No one with Nike SB gear and no walking ads for pseudo-skate surf companies (what up Billabong/Hurley/Quiksilver) rocking their acid-washed tight jeans and color coordinated limited edition shoes. It's one of the only places I can go skate these days that doesn't make me want to vomit (speaking of vomit, I have to hurry and post this so I can go to ASR). The whole spirit of Skatopia can be summed up with the following pic (click on the foto to "enlarge" it and get the full impact):

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Getting Tight in Grand Cayman (aka Postcards from Hell)

2007-01-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

By now you've heard the rumors - after being screwed over by their website designer (what up Fat Matt) and not really accomplishing much else in '06 either come to think about it (except a lot of skating) the crew @ ADDIKT maxed out the corporate cards, disappeared into the Caribbean for Christmas and was unreachable.....I'm here to tell you that all of that is true. But it gets better......after skating our brains out by day and drowning our sorrows in Absinthe by night, we went snorkeling, met the Devil (he has a serious case of male pattern baldness), lost our passports, and had several run-ins with the local wildlife (customs officials, med students, bartenders, waitresses, boyfriends of waitresses, etc.). When the credit cards were finally frozen, we crawled home bloodied, bruised, hungover, AND minus all of our camera/film equipment. That leaves just one thing to do - go back and get it right (watch for Part II of "Getting Tight in the Grand Cayman" coming 3/07). All hail the Wormwood tree..........
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OMSA

2006-12-05T11:14:00.000-08:00

This is long overdue and I'm dating myself here but I gotta' give props to my man Dietches over at OMSA
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ADDIKT in Automatic Mag Issue #51

2006-11-22T20:47:00.000-08:00

Aryeh charging it again - soon as he recovers from getting served @ the Ohio Rail (broken rib/six stitches in his chin) you'll be seein' more of this guy.................

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Another Day in Paradise

2006-11-18T22:02:00.000-08:00

"W-E-S-T-S-I-D-E!!" You gotta' love November in the City of Angels - it's been right around 80 degrees for the last seven days straight.....Andrew's is oblivious to SoCal swaying palm trees and the Pacific Blue sky cuz' he's focusing on this frontside blunt slide but that's all right - they'll still be there when he rolls away.....
Photo: Sam Muller
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Ohio Gozaimasu.....

2006-11-17T23:09:00.000-08:00

This blog title is a pun of sorts - Ohio is a state in the U.S. but "Ohaiyo Gozaimasu" means good morning in Japanese....it was a good morning when Sam Muller took this photo of Aryeh nose grinding the Ohio rail. Don't try this on a Chinese skateboard....
Photo: Sam Muller

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OH S%#&!! Y MI DECQ NGO POPP....??

2006-11-16T07:47:00.000-08:00

Great article on front page of Wall Street Journal on 11/13/06 titled "Clothes Made Abroad Create factory Jobs in L.A. for Mr. Fix-It", in which one Barry Forman discusses his big business in fixing mistakes made by Chinese apparel manufacturers. Turns out a lot of that cheap s*** they make in China is just that - CHEAP. The article pertains to the clothing industry but these quotes bring up some universal issues with Chinese products (which are prevalent in the skate industry today in case you've been in a coma) - for example:

"........And by the time defective goods reach U.S. shores, it isn't feasible to send them back for repairs."
or:
"When I was a manufacturer, I drove a mile to the factory where there was a problem....what the hell do you do when your goods are from 9,000 miles away?"
Then there is my personal favorite:
"In June, employees spent a day digging through 15,000 pairs of pants that had been sitting in a cargo hold partly filled with seawater for several weeks."

So the next time you get a piece of toxic waste that looked like a skateboard when it was on the wall of your local shop but is soggy/has no pop, or is drilled wrong, or delams/snaps in a day or two, I'll bet you a million Yuan I know where its from and why its bad (at least one of the following reasons):
1) Someone used a couple plys of sub-par soft wood cuz' "kid don't know difference."
2) A new brand of glue was on sale that week that "almost like regular brand", but cheaper.
3) The deck didn't get pressed long enough or was not allowed to cure long enough 'cuz the ship was sailing and the container full of junk skateboards had to be on it ASAP.
4) Sometime between when the wood arrived to the local woodshop in China and its 9,000 mile over-water journey to your local skate shop, it got too much exposure to:
a) Rain
b) Humidity
c) Mongolian termites
d) Seawater

So what is the solution you ask? Well you can take all that money you saved buying that piece of s*** deck and use it to buy another one, or:
A) Maybe someone at your local skateshop speaks Mandarin and can call the manufacturer and ask for a replacement deck (or better yet a refund).
B) Get an ADDIKT deck - 100% Canadian Maple - Made in U.S.A. - FEEL THE DIFFERENCE!
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What the F***?

2006-11-15T12:57:00.000-08:00

Well it has been rumoured that our long-awaited new website would be up by now but it just hasn't happened - it has been a case of "situation-normal-all-fucked-up" (or snafu for the anacronym-minded) and my A.D.D./skate schedule/drinking problem have all conspired againt this project - keep looking for it but don't hold your breath cuz' I'm not.......in the meantime check this grafitti shot submitted from an ADDIKT in Buenos Aires Argentina....
Photo: Johnny Thunder
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Flock of Seagle's

2006-11-01T21:24:00.000-08:00

http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/features/article/0,21214,1552757,00.html
Another bold pronouncement:
"Action Sports are here to stay"
And if that wasn't enough :
"The walls between traditional sports and action sports have come down.......no longer are they just skating or only snowboarding. They may surf in the morning, skate after school, and shoot hoops at night with their friends. "
Wow - so true - I can't tell you how many guys I know that rollerblade in the morning, play soccer after work and then hit the park for a session with their skate pals in the evening. Maybe a little softball or roller hockey on the weekends.........I think the so-called "wall between traditional sports and action sports" came down and hit Mr. Bodecker square in the head. Without sounding too patronizing, let me try to explain this in the simplest possible terms. ....
There is a reason for the "wall" - most people on this side of it have no interest in rule books,uniforms,teams,overprotective Type A parents and all the other trappings of quote "traditional" sports. With every other aspect of our lives being increasingly controlled and dictated by teachers,parents,employers, etc., who needs a coach/umpire/referee?

The beautiful thing about skateboarding is that it is everything that the other side of the wall is not - an escape from our everyday, controlled reality. That one part of your life that is yours and yours alone - you do what you want, when you want and with whom you want. You reclaim your identity as a unique individual and your capacity for self-expression, even if that includes drinking PBR while skating naked (it's been known to happen). Do you want to trade that in for a pair of Nike Dunks and a ride in the Seagle, or maybe a pair of cleats and a "team" uniform (complete with swoosh logo like all those cool college football guys have).....??

Moral of the story: DO NOT LET THE TAIL WAG THE DOG. Skateboarding is not defined by Madison Avenue -skateboarding is defined by those of us who skate - and its OK if you have tattoos, artificial limbs (or no limbs for that matter), gold fronts, play in a band, have a drinking problem, are a borderline sociopath,etc. No league commissioner will fine you, no one will subject you to a drug test, no one will bench you for "disciplinary reasons". It's OK to be who you are - in short, its OK to be human. Think about that next time someone tries to tell you the wall is gone - maybe they're just trying to put skateboarding on their side of it...........

http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/features/article/0,21214,1552757,00.html

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Spook or Kook?

2006-10-31T12:00:00.000-08:00

Hey I got an idea! Why don't you dress up as a fruit-booter for Halloween.......??

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Friday The 13th

2006-10-13T08:11:00.000-07:00

OK I'm back - here's a foto of Scott Obradovich giving ADDIKT some props in the Speedlab ad from latest issue of Concrete Wave

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Nike out of gas.....??

2006-09-25T21:18:00.000-07:00

Nike Air Zoom - finally out of (SF6) gas......

Let me begin by saying I am not a big fan of Nike - I do not buy their products (skate or otherwise) for two simple reasons: 1) Almost everyone else in the world (from pro golfers in America to impoverished coal miners in China) wears it so they don't need me anyway and 2) Nike is not a skate brand IMHO - never has been, never will be and I don't care what initials you put after your name or how much money you pay to pro skaters to convince me otherwise. God bless the skaters for gettin' paid - more power to them but I still ain't buyin' it.......
I get a lot of s*** from people who don't agree with my views and that's fine - usually the comments are along the lines of ,"Hey f*** you this is America and corporations/people have a right to do whatever they please".......to which I respond that this is not 100% true and even if it were it doesn't mean that just because you have the right to do something that its a good idea or that I have to agree with it........
And now that I have your attention, I submit for your consideration an abridged excerpt from a recent article in Business Week, which was kind enough to point out that for many years the Nike Air Max shoes contained a super potent greenhouse gas known as "SF6" which at the peak of Nike Air footwear production in 1997 carried a greenhouse effect equivalent to 7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, which is roughly equivalent to the Co2 emitted from the tailpipes of 1 million vehicles. It took the poor folks at Nike 14 years and "tens of millions of dollars" to finally get their Nike Air's SF6-free. So in a way by paying $150 for a pair of Nike Dunks you are subsidizing Nike's efforts to stop putting holes in the ozone layer, so you've got that to feel good about.....pretty ironic for a company that is based in such an environmentally conscious (and skatepark rich) state as Oregon.
All kidding/sarcasm aside, at the end of the day what you do, what you say and what you wear are a way of telling others what you are about/and who you support - so are you gonna be about this?
www.nike.com
Or are you going to support this?
www.draven.com
www.nicefootwear.com/homenss.asp

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Packy gets loopy....

2006-09-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

Our friends over @ Skate&Annoy were kind enough to unearth this foto of Packy doing the Reedsport loop @ the 2005 Concrete Rodeo. Go check out their site (on my links list), peep all the fotos of new parks being built in the area and then start making plans to move there (like I am) - BTW I got the name of a good RE agent in Portland if you need one........
Photo: Kilwag

Here's a Packy interview from the recent issue of Carbon:
http://www.dv8mediagroup.com/v2/downloads.php
NOTE: This link opens up the entire mag in a .pdf file - save yourself some brain damage and scroll straight to page 62 for the interview..............

New Old School

2006-09-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

This is Simon charging The Cove - he just turned 11, has been skating for one year, doesn't know how to street skate and doesn't care - say hello to him next time you're down SM way - he's the kid wearing a striped polo or Punk Rock T, knee high socks and riding the loosest trucks you have ever set foot on - classic..........
Photo: Jay Smiledge/www.skateshooters.com

The Devil's Asshole

2006-09-17T17:13:00.000-07:00

So THAT'S what the Devil's Asshole looks like! Who knew.....? Gene Boles goes barerfoot frontside over the devils backside.
Foto: Jamie Camp

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Death From Above

2006-09-16T22:40:00.000-07:00

It has been brought to my attention that a previously-thought-lost piece of rather gnar footage from the ADDIKT Oregon tour has been brought back to life and has found a home on Nick James' Slam310.TV - enjoy......... BTW in case you're wondering after you view this - he is still alive (double fracture of the jaw and a severe concussion not withstanding)..........
http://www.slam310.tv/index.html?&deeplink=videos/loopcrash.flv
For correct loop ettiquette, check out ADDIKT team rider Packy giving it a go:
http://www.slam310.tv/index.html?&deeplink=videos/packy.flv
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R-Dogg in Oregon

2006-09-14T11:27:00.000-07:00

Aryeh got his cast off - won't be long 'til he's doing shit like this again:

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ADDIKT in Automatic Magazine Issue 50

2006-09-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

Check out the ADDIKT ad in this month's issue of AUTOMATIC Magazine featuring our in-house terrain terrorist Aryeh Kraus performing a nocturnal nollie heel flip over a nicely manicured gap..........
Photo: Sam Muller

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Warren Bolster R.I.P.

2006-09-08T13:24:00.000-07:00

Warren Bolster R.I.P.

Gregg Weaver
Photo: Warren Bolster

Warren was one the most influential skate photographers of his time - editor of Skateboard Magazine back in the late'70's (when it still mattered), one of the first to use fisheye lens for skate photography, blah,blah,blah - definitely in the legend category with Jim Cassimus,Jim Goodrich,Rusty Harris,Craig Fineman,Glen E. Friedman,Bill Sharp,Stan Sharp, et. al.

Hope u can still see all the action wherever you are..............Aloha

Duane Peters: genius

2006-09-06T20:48:00.000-07:00

What better way to spend Labor Day than w/ an Indy Air - swear to god Duane Peters must be a genius - sweeper, fakie footplant,layback rollout,invert revert,first guy to do the loop - what did I forget.....? Thanks DP
Photo: Jay Smiledge/www.skateshooters.com

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Phake Skaters.....?

2006-09-02T13:28:00.000-07:00

QUOTE OF THE DAY
"When you start representing a culture, it gets stigmatized as being phony."
--Even Fiasco
Just when you thought you'd seen every skate-related gimmick that makes you want to vomit, along comes more material:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-skaterap2sep02,0,893711.story?coll=la-home-entertainment
I guess if "Skaterock" is OK then "Skaterap" has to be OK too, but what's up with those costumes....?
Nike and certain other global marketing machines have already tricked the weak-minded into thinking they're a skate brand, so why don't we just get it over with and let Coach design skate accessories and Prada do a men's "skate" line and go 100% kook all the way.....? Then we could stop having skate contests and switch straight over to contests w/ awards for "freshest gear", "illest griptape design" and "best soundtrack for bailing on the same trick 30 times in a row but who cares cuz' my kicks are the s***".....
This was by far the most nauseating quote in the entire article and pretty much speaks for itself and the whole mentality behind it:

"You can do a trick on a skateboard and be cool and earn money. The chicks will love you — just like you're selling dope."
--Pharrell Williams

Thanks for reminding me why I started skateboarding - I thought it was because its fun and it feels good....

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