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Fred Gall, Austyn Gillette, Lee Yankou, Kenny Reed...

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How the hell you going to ollie to wall ride on a moving bus? Austyn Gillette reallly knows how to ride a skateboard. Foreign skateboard diplomacy at it's finest..Kenny Reed.  Everything you see of Lee Yankou is just beastly. Maybe it's a Canadian thing? Sad to hear that Think Skateboards went the way of the Dodo bird.   Super duper honored and stoked to have a "Sklog" featured in the latest issue of the Skateboard Mag. Make sure you go pick that up! Thanks Templeton! 

Something in the water?

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Recently I have found myself staring at a few pics in skate mags and thinking "how is that even possible?". After trying to find explanations through the use of fish eye lenses or new board technology, I am at a loss. Maybe skaters are just capable of more than we had previously thought? This was one of the first ones that caught my eye... couldn't believe it when I learned it was a kickflip. Austyn Gillette Then this guy added to the madness. Chris Pfanner Even the old dudes are getting in on the action. Dill Hard to find just one Brandon Westgate flick to focus on but this sequence caught my attention for not only the ollie up but the lengthy gap at the end. Every time I look at it I can't help but think "who would try to skate this?". This is just disturbing. Aldrin Garcia These guys just might be aliens.. Gilbert Crockett, Donovan Piscopo.  Although this is a great photos, the  video  o...

Top Ten Skate Video Songs..

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I've been thinking about this for a long time. A good song in a skate video can make all the difference in the world. Here are (in no particular order) my top ten... 1. Guy Mariano, Mouse. I really don't even need to say why... Those first few notes of the song were so eerie that it just draws you right in. The song seems to get more complicated as the skating gets gnarlier. Classic. 2. Ronnie Creager, Trilogy. One of my all time favorites. Clean song that just seemed to match his skating perfectly. The Jimmy Cliff 2nd song was a surprise that was a little bit more upbeat and worked as well. 3. Pat Duffy, Questionable. Another song that kind of builds with the intensity of the skating and ends with the blood-curling scream from Les Claypool as Pat changes street skating forever.. 4. Danny Way, Virtual Reality. If memory serves me correctly this was right before his surfing accident which took him out of the game for a while. 5. Jamie Thomas, Welcom...