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Skate Shoe Evolution #1..Etnies
Going with the evolution of the skate shoe.. I won't be able to cover as much as I would like to as I'm limited to what mags I have (nothing on Sheep shoes, sorry), but regardless it should be fun....
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Skate Shoe Evolution #2 of 10. Airwalk
Going to keep the rhetoric to a minimum this time.. a great company that went under for unknown reasons. Sorry about the funkiness of the scans with the two page...
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Skate Shoe Evolution #3 of 10..Vision Street Wear
Continuing on, Vision Street Wear is next (obviously). Another company with a rotating cast of characters... not sure exactly when they disappeared from the skate scene but I don't remember seeing...
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Skate Shoe Evolution # 4 of 10..Vans
Was planning on doing this post next anyways, but with the Vans Pool Party just occurring and the mention of the Salman Agah shoe on CBI it's a done deal. A little Cab heavy, but oh well, it's his...
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Will continue with the Evolution of the Skate Shoe series in the next few days, just wanted to take a short break to post a video done by my buddies at Shredder's Lair called "the Art of Shredding"....
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Wait for it..
Just getting back from a two week trip to Barcelona and England.. will continue with the Skate Shoe Evolution posts soon, promise.. Chrome Ball's dead??
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I've been sitting on two half-completed posts for well over a month now. Truth be told it's funner to look at other stuff on the internet then to put the effort into contributing.. But, had to share...
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Evolution of the Skate Shoe # 5... D.C.
What's the hold up?? a. My laptop had over 90 malware/adware entries on it. b. I've been too busy skating and having fun. c. I've been mourning the death of The Chrome Ball Incident d. Too lazy. e....
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Skate Shoe Evolution #6..és
I had a white pair of Sal 23's..went to Europe, came home and they mysteriously disappeared. I still have hope that they're going to pop up some time.. Javier Sarmiento PJ Ladd Rick McCrank I was...
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Skate Shoe #7.. Leftovers.
Done with shoes.. but here are a few leftovers that I either forgot to add in other posts or warrant a second gander.. also a few random odds and ends I came across. Sal Barbier nosebluntslide...
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With all the hype surrounding Tony Hawk, it's easy to forget that he's just an amazing skateboarder.. and then you get a good reminder like this;
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More shoe leftovers..
BTW, check out Clay Company on Insta.. (Clay_Company). Devine's got some good footage on there.. This spot always looked good..Brian Wenning So much respect for Geoff Rowley for stunts like this.....
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A quick one..
My all time favorite skater and friend from Brazil, Dan Redlew. Please if you're an industry type sponsor this guy. Absolute brilliance.. and he saw the Pope.
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Trick Tips/ Step by Step/How to..
Hello.. Previously a staple of skateboarding magazine, similar to the infamous "slam section", the how to or trick tip is a rare find these days. Perhaps that's because most of the time they were...
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Check this out..
I have nothing to say.. just had a few drinks and while putting together a Gonz post and came across this one and thought it was a good flick.... think it's a make??
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Ain't touching your style...
Couldn't if we tried.. Circa '88. Probably one of the only dudes who can wear a helmet with ear covers and have it look cool.. I hadn't realized it until I blew this image up a bit but check out...
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Anybody out there had skate-setup madness? I went through a phase within the last year or so where I became extremely, for lack of a better term, OCD about my trucks. It became a total obsession to...
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Fred Gall, Austyn Gillette, Lee Yankou, Kenny Reed...
How the hell you going to ollie to wall ride on a moving bus? Austyn Gillette reallly knows how to ride a skateboard. Foreign skateboard diplomacy at it's finest..Kenny Reed. Everything you see of...
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Just want to be in NYC right now..
I felt that I wasn't quite done with the Gonz stuff so I dug a bit deeper and came up with some other randoms. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to include my original Gonz Fingerboard from the early 90's...
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