O.D.G.

This one's been staring me in the face for some time now. Couple atv's and the impetus for Consolidated Skateboards , Karma Tsocheff and Alan Petersen. I might have had some beers tonight so I'll skip the rhetoric. And not to take a trip to negative town, but F this dude, and F these dudes. Even in 2012, with skateparks everywhere, we're still getting harassed.

Still not sure how a whole genre of a sport can just disappear, but there you go. Always seemed pretty amazing to me but had a certain air of eliteness that made it seem somewhat unnaproachable. And those boards, sheesh. I don't know how anyone was able to do anything on them. Have you ever tried riding one? Rodney Mullen's transformation to street is nothing short of amazing. I heard him refer to it in an interview once saying that he had to get used to rolling when doing his tricks.. (by the way, in case you didn't know, the guy in the inset above is who you're referencing when you say you landed "Primo") Can't forget about this dude.... Correction: the kind folks over at Vert is Dead pointed out that in the 'Toonage post I did recently I wrongly attributed the "Everything Sucks" ad to Lance Mountain, when it was actually Sean Cliver who did the artwork. Sorry about that.

Shredder's Lair is a skateboard, apparel, and hardware goods company coming out of Lancaster, California. I caught up with CEO and co-founder Steve Hansen recently to get the low down on the company and what they're all about. Check it out.. How did Shredder's Lair come about? From the love of pure shredding of anything you can possibly skate on and wanting to create a product to represent our love for the ART OF SHREDDING. We were unsatisfied with the lack of a pure 100% raw for skateboarders by skateboarders company with all American made products for the highest quality at shredder friendly prices. How did you come up with the name? Shredder's Lair found us. We had the spot where shredder's came together before and after sessions escaping the societies "norm". Here we are able to focus and dedicate ourselves to the art and life style of shredding! Who's on the team? Shredder's Lair has a very diverse and unique team. The ...

In honor of Koston's Epicly Later'd, figured it would be appropriate to have a post with some of the key players mentioned... Never knew about the relationship between Eddie Elguera and Eric Koston until these Epicly Later'd episodes came out... dude seems like a really down to earth guy. ..always loved the timelines that H-Street did in their ads.. and that's a switch front blunt, in 1991. Been looking for a reason to plop this one in here. Alphonzo Rawls, amazing skater who by the way posts some great stuff on Instagram. Do I really need to say who this is? The one and only Natas Kaupaus. The man himself..caught myself thinking about the 360 flip noseblunt at the end of his Yeah Right part the other day. Still amazing nine years (!) later. Really looking forward to future episodes, including how the transition to Girl went down..

Seldom seen these days..perhaps a sign that skateboarding is taking itself just a little too seriously? Wrench Pilot, art by Mel Bend I believe this one is by Lance? Definitely matches the sarcasm and negativity prevalent at the time.. Damn! Just noticed dude is busting a front feeble!! This was like 92!! Quick note : you might have noticed that there are ads now showing on here. Just wanted to put it out there that I went back and forth on that for some time then decided to try it. If it gets to be too spammy I'll take it down. However..if you see something you like, take a look. Any $$ made off of it is going to be put directly back into doing things for this site. On another note ; being asked for feedback on skatepark designs=priceless.

I realize I kind of stalled out recently (no pun intended). Moving will do that to you. Hopefully this post makes up for it...some Jim Thiebaud and Tommy Guerrero pre-Real and early days.. Epicly Later'd is killing it right now..