Gnarly Trey, feeble to fakie or else. Click it for a bigger version.

Much love goes out to Terry (the flatland bike monster superstar trick machine) and his used-to-be-girlfriend-now-wife Vanessa! I’m personally proud of you guys, and all of us are stoked. Here’s to many, many years of bliss.

…are you two going to raise an army of flatlanders?

That’s a doorway gap of you have a really freaking huge castle door. Easy dials one in over the threshold (click for a bigger pic):

Props to the fellas doing what they can to gt a proper park built in Gonzalez… this is how you do it. If you don’t fight for skateboarding, nobody will. Click for a larger version:

There are so many bad ass things about this photo, it’s hard to find a good place to start. First of all, it’s just a good pic… the lighting, balance, and all the appropriate artsy and technical stuff that makes for a good photo… but also, it’s a sick trick. I’ve skated that sign-base with Kerry before, and it ain’t no embankment, it’s just harsh. But there he is, Kerry “Not OJ” Simpson, kathunk-wallie between the bars.
Also of note, this is our first second featured street trick of the week. It doesn’t get much more street than this. Clickity for a big fat version:

That’s my boy right there! Good shit, fellas.

Pretty psyched on this… thanks to Thomas for alerting Kerry that this was online. Hammond opens up roughly the first 3 minutes and 20 seconds of this montage (Dreamland and The Chicken Coop, respectively):

Mr. Thomas Beach, steezy backside ollie to rocket tail. I’ve seen him do these in person and they’re so sick that it’s ridiculous. Also note that Kerry and Gnarly Trey are representing proper “background props” (BGP’s) form. If cameras really do steal the soul, remember that there’s safety in numbers.
Click it for a bigger version, foo:

I was talking with Kerry about an idea I had for the site, and we agreed to give something new a shot… as you already know, we post a new photo from our very own Small Times’ Gregory, but we though it might be cool to introduce a new weekly segment to the site… this one includes you if you’d like to take part.

All we’re asking for it footage… we’re not asking for it to sponsor anyone, we’re not looking for the gnarliest shit (although gnar gnar is appreciated when possible), and most importantly, we’re not asking to OWN it. We just want to repost footage that you’ve uploaded to common sites like Youtube, Google, Vimeo, MySpace, or any other video hosting site that allows embedding (so we can share your clip).

What we’re looking for:
Homegrown skate videos highlighting people having fun. It can be a single person’s part or a whole crew’s video, we don’t care. Chances are, if you filmed it, you’re in it, or you’re the person who can make it happen, we’ll probably put it up.
We especially want to see vids from locals, Louisiana heads, anyone in the Dirty South, and beyond that, anyone else who’s down with having a good time on a board. Basically, everyone’s included, but we’d really like to highlight the south, which is often overlooked (if not ignored) by some in the mainstream skate-media.

We don’t care how good you think you are… if you’re having fun and you have it on the web, then it’s good enough.

Instructions:
Get ready to write an email to Neal at vectornerd@gmail.com
In the subject of the email, type in something like “video for the site” or something similar so I’ll know what it is before opening it (that way I can catalog the email easily, seeing as how I get a couple hundred random emails a day already).
Insert a link to the clip… like I said, it can be from Google, Vimeo, YouTube, MySpace, or any other video service that allows you to “embed” the viddy on a web page.
This is important: Even if I already know who you are (in real life), please include the name of the skater or skaters (in order of appearance if possible), the filmer or filmers, and the editor. We want to make sure everyone gets credit. If you have a song in the clip, mention it and the name of the band if possible (even if the band or song are currently popular).

I’ll sit back and wait for your emails… if, after a couple of weeks, I get a big enough stack, then I’ll introduce a video clip of the week every Wednesday. All ya gotta do is email us.

Last thing, this is not a contest!
Basically, we have a pretty well-trafficked website, often with hundreds of visitors from all over the world. We want to be one source out there that showcases the skate scene as you see it, though your own documentation. It’s possible that not every video makes it, but as for right now, who knows?

Anyway, send us those clips. Everyone you give credit to will be credited on the site, and we’d really like to help you share your interpretations and filmed experience as a skater… skating and having fun doing it.

Hit me up!
>Neal
vectornerd@gmail.com

…it’s a day late, and that’s my fault. I mean, the skating already took place and the photo had obviously been taken, but (insert excuse here). I’ll do better next time, honest!
Casey back again… backside boneless one. Homie’s twisted up like a pretzel…