O.D.G.

I realized that I had a couple of things scanned that I had not put up yet so here you go. Just an old Jovontae Turner Thunder ad I came across. I had an idea to do a whole post on Daniel Harold Sturt which is why I've had so many black and white photos on here but couldn't find any photos that I felt did him justice. There's got to be a website out there or a book on this guy. If not, there should be. I also liked this ad for the Carroll photo in the bottom right. And before I forget, just watched this Supra tour video and was so stoked on all the legends in there. Penny, Muska, Stevie, Boulala (although I'm not sure what tricks he does). Super inspiring. SUPRA 2011 EUROPEAN TOUR VIDEO from SUPRA Footwear on Vimeo .

Haven't had access to my scanner for a bit and to be honest this thing takes more effort and discipline than I really have. However, here are a couple good ones I came across. I always admired Sal's skating, he went fast and had some pop which was not too common back in the early 90's. The Life ad with John "The Man" Reeves just caught my eye because of the sick photography.. ...loved that Sturt look. Got some more stuff in mind, I'll have to see how they pan out in a bit...

Wow. Bad timing on that last post; http://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/search/label/tony%20hawk I know how skaters are finnicky about details so for the record I had my post up first. Although in hindsight it does appear that I was mimicking the style, which was unintentional. My bad. By the way, this might be the best thing I've ever seen on the Berrics: Can't think of anything else to put in and we've had a nice reprieve from the triple digit weather in Sac so...I'm out! Going skating..

The man personally responsible for making it acceptable to be rich and famous in the non-skateboarding world...in addition to popularizing the 80's flop-over haircut, Tony Hawk. ...dude can just live off of doing handplants for the rest of his life and be legit.

I was going to do a list of the top ten "Sal flips"; however when I started to put the list together I got to this part and just had to stop and watch it the whole way through. I think Adam McNatt is one of the most underrated pro's ever, and this part is just so ahead of it's time. What he does at 38 seconds in blows my mind every time I see it. People made a big fuss about Gino's 360 manual down the Roslyn banks,(which don't get me wrong, is amazing), but his old team mate does what I think is the first one ever at 1:20. Oh yeah, by the way, the "Sal Flip" is at 1:57.

Came across this on the Almost website; To this day I still don't know why Deca went under. So many good skaters,a decent company name (as opposed to almost, which doesn't really roll off the tongue), and an amazing video, then kaput. Oh well, just glad to see anything from Daewon. Such an incredibly gifted skater.. oh man, I put this in here then turned up the volume. This song is horrible! Sorry!..

Just saw this flick and want to tell you, whatever you expect, it's better. Such a good video. Not over-produced. No lifestyle shots. Just good skating. The music was all around bangin', with a couple iffy slower ones thrown in. Don't want to hype it up more than it already is, but check it out. You will not be disappointed... By the way I realize I've been slacking on posting stuff so will be adding some more content soon.