The OMIT crew came out for a skate jam at the Stanyan and Waller St. ledges with team riders Chris Cole, Kyle Frederick, Moose and Peter Ramondetta.
Oakland is as tough as it gets and my eternal hatred towards the city burns strong in my blood. We’re talking about a city that literally shits on every opportunity to get back to some sort of normal decency. For every one good thing that happens here, it seems ten bad ones occur.
But it is that one good one we really have to shine a light and show awareness to the people around us. Welcome to Town Park, West Oakland’s one and only skatepark where they are hosting Hood Games 2012 on this beautiful Saturday afternoon.
Hood Games is a community effort but lead by local art teacher Keith “K-Dub” Williams and EMB’s own skate legend Karl Watson. With donations from the city and even skate obstacles from past X-Games, Karl and K-Dub managed to create a park in the warehouse district known of West Oakland. The event it is a blend of art, music, skateboarding and most important of all, the love of the Oakland community.
After parading at some bars on Broadway St this past Friday, I was pretty eager to get home to this beauty of a skateboard. This is probably the start of Rebel 8‘s full launch into the skateboard market. I actually didn’t even see this one coming since I had my eye on the zinger deck. Rebel 8 continues to destroy!
Straight from the horses mouth: “The shape is based on two of my favorite decks of all time, the Aaron “Fingers” Murray model and the Web model, both from Dogtown Skateboards circa 1985. The graphic is also a homage to my favorite Dogtown decks from that era.” -Mike Giant. Get it now before they sell out.
You know what I don’t get? Gaping buttonholes. Like the epic ones where you can stick a whole beer can in it. Every time I see one, it reminds me of a urinal at a bar. Like you see that 3 inch hole and all you want to do is get all your piss in it as if you’re playing a carnival game to get that $2 plush doll. What’s the fascination with those? Like people want to see if China is on the other side? I just don’t get it.
I think I might have sold myself on something that wasn’t real. I mean honestly, was Val Kilmer really going to be at Upper Playground SF at the Twixt exhibit?
I think I am more starved for celeb cock then I thought but alas, I was wrong and I was left with a crazy concoction of blood stains, behind the scene movie photos and one big ass fucking clock. Great Halloween type of a gag but I expected a little bit more professionalism from Francis Ford Coppola set team.
Stopped by super designer extraordinaire Benny Gold’s Beer & Bolt’s Friday to get some suds before supper time. Benny is truly an imagineer, not only thinking of ideas but actually making them into real life. And still, he find ways to give back to the public with free PBRs to anyone who asks. What a quality fellow.
The absolute best deep dish pizza in all of San Francisco. Little Star kicked my insides and left me with bowel movements that anyone would be proud of.
Finally saw the infamous Banksy stencil on Commercial and Grant St. in Chinatown. Really cool to see people trying to preserve street art in the…”streets”.
One stop shop for all your hipster camera needs. Lomo‘s has officially landed in the streets of SF a month ago with their full catalog hands on in store.
And quadrupled on some Haroshi X HUF X DLX skate decks for the collection. It’s the closest thing I can get to an actual art piece without spending $30,000.
Things are pretty slow here in the city of Giants. The weather has shifted from fog infested skies to clear winter chills and my hibernation tendencies usually come in full affect. It’s just eat, shit, nut and sleep. It’s a habitual routine that usually doesn’t phase out till the rain clears up. Summer couldn’t come fast enough.
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