This Listen Skateboards footage (VIDEO HERE) says more in three minutes than my 4,400 word article (which according to Mike Guardabascio takes five minutes to read) ever could. Also: awesome to see my friends’ neighbor Tuan, my friends’ bartender “Redroom Blake” and my friends’ awesome friend (so nice) Rayvon! Plus Danny Montoya and others.
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Pro skateboarder Amy Caron takes a second job

PHOTO by JOHN GILHOOLEY
In the hands—or rather, at the feet—of a skateboarder, ordinary things (rusted benches, overturned trash cans, empty swimming pools) present extraordinary challenges. But that’s the idea. You wouldn’t boardslide down a handrail if there wasn’t at least a chance, however marginal, you might land upright—and [...]

Extremely Sorry Screening
There exists a kind of Zen in skateboard videos: the clicks and claps of decks hitting everything in existence is rendered nearly rhythmic, joined by soundtracks compiling your fave indie/underground artists. Flip Skateboards’ Extremely Sorry strays a little in this regard, featuring an entirely original soundtrack by UK producer/DJ Baron (now living in [...]

Don’t worry about those Kanye kicks that had kids sleeping on the streets–District 8, the newly remodeled skate shop in Bixby Knolls, is hosting a shoe release party tomorrow May 8 to debut Long Beach native Terry Kennedy’s new Supra shoe. Along with Kennedy, Ryan Sheckler (he of teen skateboarding fame and MTV’s Life of [...]