According to our weblogs, the Dave Carnie interview has been (and is being) read by a lot of people… most notably, Skate Daily linked up to the interview, and it made me realize that due to oversight on my part, I’d never linked to them (which was really stupid on my part seeing as how I read their site every other day). If you’re a skateboarder that’s truly interested in current skate news (obsessed even), then you must add them to your bookmarks. Click here to see what I mean. They’ll also be in the linkage section (on the right side of our site) for future reference.

By the way, cheers to all of our new visitors… if you don’t feel like browsing the site, I’ll just tell you that Small Time Skates is a skate shop (boards only… none of that “Action Sports” crap) owned by two life long skaters, and this website is run by a third life long skater (and really close friend/rider/computer geek for said shop)… we’re located in south east Louisiana, we ride hard, and we appreciate you coming by. Should you ever make a trip to Louisiana to taste our concrete park, give us a shout… we’ll set you up with beer and we might even be able to hook you up with a place to crash.

Dave Carnie used to be the editor in charge of Big Brother Magazine, now he’s manning the ship of The Skateboard Mag and about to launch The Future Magazine. Over the past few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with him about a lot of different topics in the form of a very lengthy 20 questions style interview.

A few warnings though… the interview does contain strong language, and it covers topics that some people might be a bit sensitive about… namely politics and religion. If you’re easily upset by opinions that you don’t agree with, or you find adult language objectionable, then you may want to stay away from this one.

If you’re open to some strong viewpoints on a few different subjects, then click here and enjoy the read.

Really great article about our homie Terry Adams here:

http://www.lat34.com/bmx/the_katrina_kid 

I just got this from South Coast Uprising (SCU) via MySpace (copied and pasted):

Lets Do This…..
Scu Is Starting Up But With A Different Format. Instead Of Bc Filming And Editing “every Thing”, We Need Filmer’s Across The South To Make A 1-3 Min Part For His Or Her Scene.
As Of Now We Have 5 City’s Ready To Go.
So If You Have Your Scene On Lock, Show Us !
This Is For Real So No Wanna Be’s…
Answer Form:
1.What City You Represent?
2.Who’s The Top Skaters You Gonna Showcase?
Names:
Ages:
Sponsors:
3.What Kind If Camera You Use? (Ex. Sony Vx2100)
4.What Do You Edit With? (Ex. Final Cut Pro)
5.Do You Have Access To Music From Your City For Your Edit?
6.Can You Send-2-4 Or 6 Parts A Year To Showcase Your City?
7.We Would Give You All The Credit For Your Part …..
but What Else Do You Expect From Us For Using Your Part……

Copy And Paste This, Answer It. Then Send It On An E-mail To Us At…

Info@scutv.com
Oldschoolrelic@gmail.com
AND REP YO CITY

A few months ago, I sat with 225 Baton Rouge Magazine and spent some time talking about the state of skateboarding in Baton Rouge versus the one in Hammond. BREC, the Recreation & Park Commission for the parish of East Baton Rouge, is the worst thing that could have possibly happened to the city (in my opinion), and I was able to tell the reporter just that.
See, a number of years ago, BREC spent somewhere in the area of $23,000 purchasing ARC ramps… some of the worst ramps ever made unless you’re a brand new skater… and you’re three years old. The problem isn’t so much that BREC wasted thousands of dollars on a shoddy product, the real problem is that more street skaters get prosecuted (persecuted, even) for skateboarding in a city when there’s a park in town… “now ya’ll don’t be skating here in downtown! We dun built ya’ll a park, now ‘yer gonna use it whether you like it or not!!!” The fact is, years after the park in BR was installed (versus being built), crackdowns on skaters in the city escalated (at least from the stories I heard while I lived in BR). On top of that, Baton Rouge, the capital city… home of a much larger skateboarding population than we have, needs a skatepark built for a capital city.

You get the idea. Anyway, I basically spoke my mind, and was stoked to see that in the article (link below), Mayor Mayson Foster, Tony Licciardi, Joey keener, and the City of Hammond got all the props they deserved. More props go to Gary Patureau (the head of the Skatepark Association of Baton Rouge, he’s pictured in the article wearing a sharp tie), and big Reno (owner of Urban Nine and a close, personal friend of many of us here). I think everyone did a great job at clarifying the problems with BREC, and if I come across as bitter in the article, it’s because I was. Lucky for me though… I live in the best skate city in Louisiana.

Click Here to Read the Article