I’m in DC right now, and it feels just like it does back home in Hammond… hot as hell and really humid (though we have ‘em beat on the humidity).
On an unrelated note… Terry Adams is going to have a commerical start airing on Fuel TV…he’ll be doing a lot of flatland sickness in NYC. I was hoping to catch him over there, but he’ll be out by the time I get up there. Aaarrgh.
By the way, props to Kerry for bringing me to the train station yesterday! Much love, yo!
I’ll be leaving Hammond very early on Friday morning to take a train trip to Washington, D.C. for a work conference, then on to New York for some vacation (Brooklyn Banks, yo). I may miss a day or two of updates on the main page of the site, but I’ll do my best to stay in communication with Kerry and the shop so that all of you know what’s going on (should any breaking news develop). If I find that I have a lot of computer time while I’m out, I’ll post some photos in the forums of things that may or not be of interest. Peace!
Cool:
Scope out Hellfire Photo… some of the photos on this site will straight-up punch you in the face and kick you until you can’t walk. This is a good thing. Hellfire has everything from experimental, traditional black and white “work” pieces… and skating too. Much respect.
Kook:
Jeremy Klein as some of you may remember, was one of the first skaters that helped to kick start World Industries, then Birdhouse. Me, Kerry, Sickoview and some others met him a number of years ago, and I can honestly say that he’s a skilled skater and a complete nut (really, he’s crazy… as in out of his mind). It seems that Jeremy has become somewhat bitter with the world… just check out his video archive for proof.
I usually wear earth tones, or plain white or black shoes… but these puppies own me:
Check ya boy out here (right clickity and save as). Terry was running a million degree fever, had to ride in an artificial fog, and was surrounded by cheezy TV hosts. Ya gotta love seeing a well respected local on national TV… oh yeah, he just won another first place finish out in Texas, by the way. If I had twice his talent, I still wouldn’t be as good as he is.
Wait, that made no sense at all. Anyway, this video is pretty big in file size, and it’s an MP4, so play it in Quicktime or iTunes, yo.
Download this video right here (*right click and save as* …the movie clip is an mp4, open it up with Quicktime or iTunes). Enjoy the sickness, and watch it to the very end… this clip seriously made my day.
Thanks to skater Terry for making it, and thanks to biker Terry for sending it over… much love homies!
Aaaarrrrrgh!
Day before yesterday, someone at the park thought it would be a good idea to scream out “F#@& THE POLICE” while Hammond PD drove by the park… it was stupid to do, and none of us at Small Times support that type of crap… here’s why:
1. Skateboarders already have a reputation that we don’t deserve. Lots of people think skaters are nothing more than vandals, and they see us as scum of the earth. We know this isn’t the case, but when you do stuff like that, you feed into the negative stereotype that they have of us.
2. It ruins your skate session. When the skater in question screamed at the cops, they stopped, got out of the car, and effectively banned that skater from the park. Is it really worth losing out on a day of skating (or longer) just so you can scream curse words at cops? Of course not… you ruined your own day by acting like a moron.
3. It ruins everyone else’s skate session. Here’s the deal… technically, the rules of the park say that when it gets dark, the park is closed. As most of you locals know, we can usually get away with skating well into the night (depending on what officers are on duty). I was skating with over a dozen people the night of the incident, and not only did an officer run us out, he walked around the park to make sure that everyone was out of there… the dude was pissed (and he had every right to be). By cursing out law enforcement for no reason, everyone who was still skating had to feel the effects of one person’s actions… I still had at least an hour’s worth of skating in me… but I had to leave because of one person’s outburst. That ain’t cool.
Overall, the park scene has been very chill… but just remember, we go there to skate. We don’t go there to start fights, we don’t go there to scream at cops, and we don’t go there to to hassle people. If you go to the park to act like a jerk, I’ll be the first person to tell you to leave (even if I’m your friend). We have a park now, and we’re extremely lucky for it, but don’t take it for granted! A lot of money and a lot of work went into getting the park built, and the last thing we need is to lose it or have it policed heavily because of moronic activity that a few people choose to take part in.
Fellow skaters… we need to be the regulators. If something bad is going down and you can’t put a stop to it, tell one of the older skaters there (usually me, Doug, or any of the other elder regulars). We have your back, but most importantly, we have the park’s back. Treat the park like it’s your best friend… if you’re a skater in this parish, then you need to show the park how much you love it by keeping the bad stuff in check.
Network: ABC
Time: 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central
Don’t miss this, let’s watch Terry represent!
Some of you may remember when Chaz Pineda came to Hammond and skated Smallside right after it was built… you also may remember that he completely destroyed the place with his skating. Well Strange Notes just released the footage in it’s newest DVD magazine… and they gave us permission to share that footage with you. Click on the image and drool away (you may need to right-click and save-as)…
PS… props to Chaz for getting picked up by Black Label. He deserves it.