Who would have ever thunk it? Mr. Tim O'Connor tied the knot last weekend in Costa Rica, strangely, at the same remote location that Temptation Island was filmed at, although I am not sure he and the lady did that on purpose. It was a small and lovely affair with gentleman like Omar Salazar, Dennis Busenitz, Stefan Janoski in attendance, as well as some family and friends. For me, it was three amazing days that I will never regret spending a lot of money or a lot of time to get to. Congrats Tim and Jody!
Ok, so the etnies crew was in NYC last week celebrating our 20th Anniversary. It was a blast. A few days later, I posted this blog on etnies.com in response to a bunch of whining maggots complaining about all the noise we made and the mini ramp on the roof, etc. Maybe I'm insane, but who moves to New York City for peace and quiet? Yet another instance of asshole-ness in modern day society.
Anyway, The New York Times ran the following article on it, interviewed Don Brown, and cited the blog I put on etnies. Pretty funny stuff. You think The New York Times would have a staff skilled enough to research the fact that the name "etnies" is not capitalized? Ya, been that way for 20 years now. Amatuers! The last paragraph is a gem!
Yet another gay activity has infected the skateparks of America. I thought I'd seen it all until I was at the Hoboken skatepark in NJ on Sunday and these "athletes" were there.
Since Pat Channita and Rodil were friends at the time of the Rodil piece I did for ESPN and EXPN.com, this was intended to go with the story, but the editors cut it. Not much, but hey, why not post it?
What separates Rodil from the rest of the pack?
From his looks, one can say he's Brazilian. He's got a lot of contest wins under his belt and it seems like he never really falls and has his tricks wired.
Festivus: Tampa Am ‘06
By Rob Brink
The Skateboard Mag May 2006
Of all skateboard wordsmiths out there, none have inspired like Dave Carnie. Mentally—never vocally, as to not “fan out” so much—I sometimes equate him to Shakespeare in the sense that, if you look at all the plays ever written since Shakespeare's day, it's nearly impossible not to rip off or be influenced by the works of Old Bill.
So I can't even pretend this Tampa Am contest article won't be influenced by Dave's Goofy vs. Regular article from issue #24, which I read on the plane to Tampa. In fact, my article will be worse and prove that Dave's a far bigger celebrity skateboard journalist than I.
Baker Christmas Demo
By Rob Brink
The Skateboard Mag May 2006
Have you ever read The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein? It's about two friends—one is a young boy and the other, a tree. The young boy, throughout his life, comes to the tree for various things. The tree, having such unconditional love for the young boy joyfully gives him everything she can—from a place to climb and play as a young child, her apples to sell when he needed money, a place to make out with chicks as a teenage boy, branches to build a home for his family with, the her trunk to build a boat with for him to sail away in, and finally, years later, when nothing is left of the tree but a stump, the boy returns as an old man and he asks the tree for just a place to sit and rest. The tree, overjoyed to see her friend and be of service, gladly offers herself one last time, and she and the old man are happy together once again as the tale ends.
Trying my hand at something besides being Online Content Manager, I submitted this idea for an Arto Saari tee to the designers at etnies a few months back. I figured the play on the Flip/Arto/etnies relationship seemed logical to work off of. When I saw the new Holiday '06 catalogs today, to my surprise, I discovered they are actually producing it. Whoot!
Once again, I was out of town, at Tampa Am, when I posted this little gem of a blog on etnies.com:
For a limited time only, get these exclusive new etnies sandals, made from 100% recycled materials, at a shop near you! etnies proudly introduces its new limited edition sandal...
Trife!
The explanation:
This photo was sent to me via email by Don Brown, Vice President of Marketing for Sole Technology, who always sends me tons of funny stuff to put on the site. Don is a fun guy with a great sense of humor, who is loved and respected by many in this industry. Myself included. Posting it seemed humorous and logical to me, perhaps it was even a slow newsday or whatever, so I went with it.
Unfortunately, my ESPN magazine story with Rodil Jr. had to be cut down for space in the mag, so EXPN.com decided to run the full-length interview. When it finally hit stands and the web, Dragon contacted me for the original transcripts of the interview because evidently Rodil claimed I left out his sponsors, when, in reality, he was denying having any sponsors at all. The proof is in the first answer below. the result: Rodil got his ass booted from Dragon. Good move buddy. Thanks for trying to throw me under the bus 'cuz your ass is bitter.
