Mandible Claw: SF Nights

It's been a while since you've seen a video titled "Mandible Claw," I know.  But I'm trying to bring it home.  This is the first part of a new Mandible series, starting in SF--it shows a lot of our night skating and lurking.  It's good to be back.  Part 2 next week.

the j henry special

filmed a line with the international playboy today.  in the past week he's been in florida, the bahamas, new york city, and SF.  plus he can back tail with the illness.

just found this on my computer

Ben's San Francisco Shots

Ben's posted some photos of the recent trip Colin and company took to San Francisco. Check out his post for some seriously amazing shots.

no fair...

... he has a lower center of gravity and long arms with which he can push with:

still stillin'

hills, coffees, and sore calves

we've been rolling with a sick crew.  some of the recurring faces: ben gore, brian downey, leo valls, evan kinori, kennedy cantrell, and alex conn.  some shredding:

in true pinch hitter fashion, connor kammerer flew in on monday night, got a few sick clips, then flew out wednesday morning.  rounding out the daily sessions is angel cardenas, who took the train here from LA.  if you don't know who angel is, get ready to have your mind blown.





3 days left.  see you soon.

SKAT-BOADIN' AIN'T NO JOKE

So, check it out. Gus van Sant decided that he'd use skateboarding to illustrate his point that those children in the "industrialized/developed/rich/western" world are so spoiled that they can spend all day riding around on wheely boards, while others in less fortunate countries suffer according to the statistics and facts that appear frequently throughout the clip. And for this reason, I hate him... because he's right, in a way.

But, one thing that didn't work in his favor is that the skateboarding (and its filming) is actually good. Therefore, I was able to watch the whole clip and ignore the fact that while I'm out skateboarding and dicking around with friends, other people my age are struggling to survive. "No, Gus van Sant, I am not ashamed of being a skateboarder":

san francisco: the adventure begins

hot off the plane, i met up with leo valls, ben gore, and brian downey and skated some flat for a while.  leo led us to a fun spot overlooking the "full house" house:

ben arrives at around 3.  so many floridians--but we were about to get one more.  about half an hour later, somebody in neon shoes bombs down the hill at us...and it's eby.

that night, we met up with kennedy and alex from OIAM and naysayer's vincent, and the little homies got down.  after that we got some home-cooked BBQ.  SF's looking good so far.

"Night is a world lit by itself." ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943.

Shredding the night city streets with Piro Sierra, Leo Gutman, Quim Cardona, Leo Heinert, Matt Militano, Ryan Barlow, and Connor Kammerer.  My personal favorite NY clip of mine yet.  Some real dope shit in this one.

everyone is embarrassing at 16

i dug this out of the crates today: a time capsule from 7-8 years ago.  this is me at 16 years old: some suspect-looking pants, es accels, castro hats and a lot of bigspins.  this was all filmed by charlie page, whose VX1000 i learned to film with, and who has now quit skating, grown a goatee, and become a stockbroker.

Mandible Ale

A big thanks to our friend Rob Hilker from Austin for sending us these awesome home brewed Mandible Claw Beers.