December 31, 2005
One of the things that makes skateboarding different on the East than the West is the lack of pros on the scene. So when someone like Tim O'Connor actually resides there and shows up at a skatepark the kids are stoked and even a little timid.
December 30, 2005
Ok, for the final time I have re-edited this Baker footage. Gimme a break, I'm learning. But now I got titles and music and slams, figured out how to make it a little better quality and all sorts of goodies. Also added a Video section to the site so all the videos can now be easily be seen in one spot.
December 27, 2005
Last year, at the etnies Skatepark of Lake Forest, Analog clothing held a best trick contest. Here's the little bit of ghetto footage I managed to get and found on my hard drive a few weeks ago. Tony Tave, Billy Marks, Andre Genovesi (the winner) and Sierra Fellers.
December 27, 2005
Ever wonder what the hell my deal is? Well this is me varial heelflipping up a miniature euro gap at the etnies park last week. Check out how high I blasted that shit. Check out how caught it is! Check out my "steez" yo! Check out how the park is baron. Oh ya, I landed it. Stoked!
December 26, 2005
The Last Days Of Opie And Anthony
by Rob Brink
Stance August 2002
This interview took place just two days before a married couple, trying to win NYC radio jocks Opie and Anthony's “Sex In Public” contest, got caught getting it on in the Big Apple's holiest place—St. Patrick's Cathedral. A week after the stunt, Opie and Anthony found themselves out of their four-million-dollar-a-year jobs, where they reached millions of listeners in seventeen cities across the country.
After a brief hiatus, the duo found a new home for their show on XM radio. Only about three of the following questions and answers ever made it to print in Stance, back in 2002, but I have included the full, unedited interview for all you O&A fans here.
December 24, 2005
Tim O'Connor Trick Tip:
The Grasshopper
March 2001
Here's video of Tim O'Connor demonstrating the "Grasshopper" on the walk from the SPoT to the hotel at Tampa Pro 2001. I'm not sure if he named the trick or what. But it looks absurd and only took him two tries.
December 22, 2005
Last weekend, I was lucky enough to see Explosions In the Sky play two nights at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The shows were bewildering. It doesn't get much better than they played. Here's a cell phone photo of their guitars left on the stage (still wailing distortion and noise) after the last song. The crowd refused to leave until guitarist Mark Smith came back out to thank us and convince us that the show was, indeed, over. If I had the set lists, I'd post them. I was...
December 22, 2005
For my Cashing In On God article, the people I interviewed had lots of interesting and entertaining things to say. Since only a few quotes were pulled for the article, I figured y'all might want to read the full interviews. Here's Jamie Thomas and Salman Agah. Jamie even offered to "keep me in his prayers!" Matt Rodriguez and Scott Bourne to follow.
December 22, 2005
5 Stair kinked lipslide first try!
I was going through some old photo albums recently and found this photo of Tim O'Connor that I took on a disposable camera about 10 years ago. This was a first try lipslide in Tim's hometown of Morristown NJ at his old high school. Check out how rad the quality is!
December 21, 2005
Ok, I'm not Dan Wolfe or Ty Evans, but I finally figured out how to edit my ghetto digi cam footage. Here's the entire reel of stuff I got from the Baker demo last Sunday. And hot damn I even added music! Andrew Reynolds, Leo Romero, Kevin Spanky Long and Rammy Issa.