mandible claw

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

2012-01-31T20:36:00.001-08:00

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

2012-01-31T00:27:00.000-08:00

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

2012-01-26T10:41:00.000-08:00

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

quimtime running the show

2012-01-25T21:48:00.000-08:00

quim set up an art/skate/music festival. should be a good time. though i feel like it would be easier to catch a flight from LGA to newark than take the PATH train to jersey.

the death of 12&A

2012-01-25T01:29:00.000-08:00

maybe next time, kids will find the energy to walk a block away to smoke weed. ruined it for everyone.

OIAM

2012-01-18T09:24:00.000-08:00

it's been a long, confusing road. i've been completely out of the loop since the filming ended, have heard it was cancelled, have heard I was slated to edit it, have heard it was out "next month" every month. well, here it is, on the"ride channel??"

once the episodes premiere, i'm airing my own version. the dirty version.

i'll be back in new york on friday. let's shred!

ATL to NYC

2012-01-03T20:56:00.000-08:00

matty town stepped off the subway straight from the plane, and the first thing he saw was the frontside flip.
fletcher, caio, and solomon. some cool-ass dudes. come back to new york anytime.

boil the ocean - top 10 of 11

2011-12-30T17:24:00.000-08:00

i have no idea who writes Boil the Ocean, but I imagine him to wear hoodies and glasses, teach middle school history, and do slappy grinds on the way home from work. in any case, it's one of the best skate sites online, with great writing and on-point statements. it just put up its choices for the top 10 parts of 2011. to quote:

10. Zach Funk (Fuck Yinz Vol. 2)

"Macrobrew flavoring for a limited distribution release, Zach Funk in this vid brings what you’d maybe call a skater’s skater something or other, starting with the first backside flip on flat. Which is to say there’s not a lot of flash to this part in terms of tricks, or spots or production value and for its purpose on this list that’s maybe a lot of the point. The woozy lean on the front blunt kickflip out stands over a million cleaner versions at better-lit spots filmed in HD and the floaty frontside pop-shove it reminded me of an old World Industries video though I couldn’t put a finger on which one or why exactly. Wrist cast, step-up rings, baggy hooded sweatshirt, he grasps the gangster powers of a frontside flip nosegrind and this dude also can do a good backside tailslide. Not knowing a lot about this vid I’m hoping it really did come out in calendar 2011 or else this year’s edition of the list will be off to a particularly rough start."

read the whole list at Boil the Ocean.

don't believe everything you read

2011-12-27T21:42:00.000-08:00

including the text below the picture above. "new site coming in 2012" is the equivalent of "new plan b video coming in 2007." so a site might be coming, might not. we also have a sick t-shirt ready to print.... maybe one day.

new year's is almost here. we (meaning me, fogt, john, brandon, nic nootens, ryan barlow, chuey, and connor kammerer) are heading down to miami to shred. here are some shots from last week's foray into MIA with damron and clayton:

my new year's resolutions are much the same as last year's. to make a better video than last time. fingers crossed.

santa's coming to town

2011-12-23T14:29:00.000-08:00

tomorrow is christmas eve. i'm in stuart, chilling on egg nog. john, brandon, and i dipped down to MIA for a day and came up on some new spots; we're going to head back down after new years, with the addition of nic nootens, fogt, piro, and hopefully matt town (get your shit together, matt). in the meantime, here are some Xmas videos from the mandible claw family. peep game.

Shitty Santa from Cruizees Skateboarding on Vimeo.

moving on up

2011-12-15T16:28:00.000-08:00

last night we had a great session with eby, fogt, and the two leos--gutman and heinert. the littler leo got an insane trick that would have belonged in the most recent new york clip. fogt ended up breaking his board, as usual, so today before he left for delaware he had to get some clips to make up for it.

we found this wall walking home drunk from a bar last night, so we decided to go skate it.... unfortunately, alcohol and geography don't mix, and it took us a long time to find it again. as we were filming, eby called us and met up. he seemed confused when he arrived.

eby: "i thought you said you were skating a wallride spot?"

me: "i did."

"but this is.... well, i guess you can call any building a wall ride spot, then."

"yup."

fogt got 2 clips over this really high pole, breaking another board in the process, then hopped a bus back to newark. he and i are both headed to florida this weekend. see you soon.

skate bush

2011-12-14T09:52:00.000-08:00

HOT TOWN is a notorious kate bush fan. you may remember this fact from HOT TOWN feature such as this:

however, it seems that someone else has taken up the reins. http://skatebush.tumblr.com/ is a collection of well-done gems. i knew she would be a skater.

561 to NYC - Brandon Damron

2011-12-13T10:03:00.000-08:00

the fogt is back in town

2011-12-11T21:36:00.000-08:00

and has been doing his usual thing.

a lot of people have been asking me: what are you going to do for the next clip? josh stewart said we should skate only in buildings' lobbies. fogt says we should film ourselves killing a security guard who tries to kick us out, then skate over his murdered body. so, loyal readers, do you have any suggestions? underwater? on the moon? naked?

"le Petit Sacripant" is French for: THE COOKIES THAT MAKE YOU WANNA SHRED

2011-12-11T04:30:00.000-08:00

check out that 90's gear...

Jenkem Mag Interview

2011-12-06T18:30:00.000-08:00

Colin recently did a interview with Jenkem mag, he's becoming quite the celebrity. Read it here.

"I know you want to tell me how many bangers so and so had in their latest part – but fuck that – this is one of our favorite skate clips of the year, for sure. Colin Read and Mandible Claw make a skate dream come true: skating police cars, skitching taxis, grinding trucks and having full blown subway sessions. What is so great about this clip, is that it actually looks FUN, something that can be missing from these high budget, ultra pressured skate videos where stair count and tricks trump all. They don’t need to start cutting in clips of smiles, high fives and skaters bro-ing down to convince us, you just know it is."

"un café et un pain au chocolat pour JIMMY, S.V.P."

2011-12-05T14:01:00.000-08:00

FREEDOM FRIES, FAGGOTS! Don't you remember? We boycotted those stuck-up assholes a decade ago for a good reason: the French weren't willingy supporting our international bullying. BUT it seems that the french are at least being kind to Mandible Claw associate, Jimmy Lannon.

All of you already know that Jimmy is now riding for Magenta, probably one of the raddest companies around right now, and they happen to be based out of Paris. While I was in Paris the other weekend, waiting for the train, I snooped around in a book store and found this quite typical, nondescript skate mag called "SUGAR" (sorry dudes but the name sucks):

On second glance I noticed Jimmy's name, all up and done in fancy script:

Inside there is a full interview with photos from Mandible Claw bros Carlos Jaramillo and J. Henry. Pretty rad. Jimmy talks (translated into French) about Florida, Living in Gainesville, Atlanta, his wife, Magenta, his past video parts, etc, but didn't ONCE mention the CLAW (or the taco bell warm-up spot in the ville). And that's a god damn shame. But it's still a pretty rad thing to come across. A couple more pics (oh yeah, sorry about the quality, I took them with my webcam):

IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHERE INSPIRATION COMES FROM...

2011-12-05T05:11:00.001-08:00

just make sure to watch til the end

p.s. I've picked up a couple of skate mags recently, one from Oslo and one from Paris, and they feature some members, close friends, and not-so-distant friends of the CLAW. Therefore, soon, hopefully, I'll post some pics and words about them for all you yankees to see.

ripreaperzzz

2011-11-28T14:23:00.000-08:00

featured article over at Typical Culture for Dante DeBose with photos and words by Carlos Jaramillo. check it!

New York Clip 12 - Rush Hour

2011-11-21T08:29:00.000-08:00

okay.

to clarify/defend myself.

going about this, we tried to have a sense of ethics. when we did something that could damage a car, it was only on a car that was totally fucked or abandoned. for example, the car that got its windshield broken was an abandoned junker covered in bird shit under the BQE. the car in the first line had a flat, had piled-up tickets, was dented and rusted. it was similar with all the other cars that were skated, including the blue van, which had a few of its windows replaced by duct tape.

yes, the car he ran on wasn't shitty, but it wouldn't/didn't hurt the car at all.

skate and destroy.

I SKATE ALONE

2011-11-14T02:53:00.000-08:00

Think of HOT TOWN as a fungus: what you see is the MUSHROOM, the "fruiting body," but really, underneath that fruiting body is an enormous, intricate, and complex web of mycelia (fungal structures akin to plant roots). Those mycelia are always active, underneath the earth's surface, spreading, growing, excreting enzymes, etc, but at the right times and under the most favorable conditions, mycelium fuse together, and a primordium, or "baby mushroom," begins to form. This ultimately grows into what we know as mushrooms. Sometime this fruiting body persists for a few weeks before it releases spores and then degrades into itself again and sometimes this fruiting body lasts for mere seconds before it's completed its final stage of its life cycle.
Maybe this video clip, on this here blog, represents one of those such mushrooms, only appearing for a minute or two before disintegrating back into the mycelium-like web of the internet. Maybe it will reappear one-day as something greater, different, and more important. This is supposedly the last installment of the HOT TOWN video clips, but just like mushrooms, the mycelium of HOT TOWN continues on:

Some Shots

2011-11-13T16:45:00.000-08:00

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The Big Time

2011-11-12T18:30:00.000-08:00

We made the Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Hypebeast,Gothamist and just about every other big blog on the interwebs.

YOURE DOING IT ALL WRONG

2011-11-08T08:35:00.000-08:00

It might be different depending on where you live on this tiny planet, but in most places Autumn is here. Autumn weather can pose many challenges to skateboarding, e.g. fog, rain and/or general dampness. Therefore, sometimes, although you have the best intentions, you never really succeed on your planned skateboarding mission. But we all know that this can happen on even the best of days. You try and go out for a nice session, but instead you just get lost in the woods. Consider this the newest "teaser" for the upcoming, internet-only, donation based, HOT TOWN video clip...

BECAUSE I AM YOUR DAD AND I SAID SO

2011-11-04T04:20:00.000-07:00

the first new "teaser" for the new HOT TOWN video clip featuring new faces and some new material somehow related to skateboarding:

SHAQUEEFA MIXTAPE

2011-11-02T12:36:00.001-07:00

buggica put this amazing tape together of tampa homies, a lot of whom you've seen in previous mandible videos. the title says it all. get down.

all hallow's eve

2011-11-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

we've talked about it for years. everyone could see it. but finally, jake did it.

we went through the snow--fuck that winter shit--to the KCDC party, where the unanimous agreement was that j casanova was the best costume there. i was a beer wizard, piro was a weird duck thing, eby was the honey badger, and ben was nothing. way to blow it, ben.

costumed shredding on the ramp can be seen in the naysayer clip, which goes along with some dope photos.

now that november is here, and ryan barlow is back in florida with a grip of footage and photos under his belt, we have some quiet in the mandible claw HQ. finally i can catch up on my work, and actually get some writing done. i finally have peace....

today, steve spence called me and reminded he he's coming on friday, and so is fogt.

let the good times roll. again. i'll sleep when i'm dead.

like ninja turtles

2011-10-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

i've been on a bit of a kick with "conceptual" or themed skate parts. one, for example, was the trailer for "561 to NYC." another that i've had in mind for a long time is a part filmed entirely in the subway system. but...

NYC Transit Rules of Conduct: It is a violation to-

Stand on a skateboard
Jump the turnstile or enter the system improperly
Move between end doors of a subway car whether or not train is in motion
Damage subway or bus property - that includes graffiti or scratches

but last week, with the japanese force in town, and a humdrum rain descending upon the city, we decided to go for it. or in our exact words, "fuck it."

2 late, late nights later, and a handful of close encounters under our belts, and i had this.

i'll put together an out-take video soon; we have tons of footage that i didn't put in this. stay tuned.

PS jimmy lannon and brandon damron are in town. time to stack.

speedball 1.3

2011-10-21T18:09:00.001-07:00

PHONETAGE 5

2011-10-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

You know what it is.

good bye summer......

PILLAGE VIDEO #6

2011-10-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

NYC pillage! robbie, adam, alex, and myself. joe is a king among men.

Cruizees

2011-10-15T10:46:00.000-07:00

Cruizees is exactly what it sounds like: cruiser boards and coozies. Run by two Steves, Spence and Buggica, it's for the homies, by the homies. They only have coozies for now, but once they have enough funds, they're making skateboards perfect for beer runs and filmers. Go to their site and cop that shit.

http://cruizees.blogspot.com/

and the winner is....

2011-10-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

5boro and homage skate shop threw a contest on saturday. 4000 bucks were on the line...or so it was told. but in the end they only gave out 2 grand. which is okay, since team mandible claw got 1300 of it.

fletchare got first, and TJ came in second. the victory, and some pizza and hot wings, got everyone hyped to go street skating. i didn't even bring my camera to the contest (because i figured they'd be over skating for the day), so we grabbed my gear and skated all night.

tomorrow is fletch and caio's last day in town. hopefully it'll be productive.

561 to NYC - Jesse "Chuey" Stirling

2011-10-10T17:50:00.000-07:00

with sean conover and carlos jaramillo.

VHS tape

2011-10-10T17:45:00.000-07:00

jimmy, TJ sparks, yonnie, coleman, and more in this part from VHS tape. sick video.

TWS - Cinematographer

2011-10-09T23:15:00.000-07:00

I was rewatching Cinematographer when I came across Josh Stewart's section. The video, for those who haven't seen it, is divided up by filmers--each filmer has a section they edited (RB Umalie, Mike Manzoori, Dan Wolfe, etc.) Stewart's part is full of familiar Florida faces: Billy Rohan, Phil Hajal, Jeff Lenoce, Ed Selego, Brian Howard, and others. When's the last time you saw Billy wearing a backwards hat?

strush wheels

2011-10-08T22:54:00.001-07:00

ill promo.

the japanese connection

2011-10-07T20:41:00.000-07:00

two of connor's friends from the far east skate network, kenji and akira, are in NYC and have been cruising with us. we skated all day day; after the others left for home, connor, the two of them and i barged some random lo-fi art gallery, got some beers, then kept skating.

kenji rips. and he doesn't give a fuck about scaffolding.

561 Ban

2011-10-06T07:42:00.000-07:00

561 Shirts banned in Martin County High Schools. If you live there fight back and wear your shirt with pride.
Link to Story

skate wall street

2011-10-05T19:22:00.000-07:00

"occupy wall street" is getting bigger. today 10,000 people marched to city hall. this means more closed businesses for us to skate.

TJ sparks is the most recent addition to MC3; he's claimed stake to a full part. at the mandible claw headquarters, we're working on ideas for the next video. i'll tell you now, it's going to be really, really weird. i figure that this is my chance to make something as bizarre as my brain is. for example, see that movie, "house," screenshotted below. (is screenshotted a word?)

others who've claimed parts: one in a million alumni, matt militano, alex conn, and kennedy cantrell.

on another note, i'm more excited than any of you about the upcoming HOT-TOWN clip. i hope this isn't a joke, vince!

COMING SOON...

2011-10-05T06:59:00.001-07:00

House

2011-10-04T07:29:00.000-07:00

Great movie? Or greatest movie ever? House.

spence bro sighting

2011-10-01T08:03:00.001-07:00

found this gem on the interwebs

i'm back in action

2011-09-30T19:44:00.000-07:00

i was busy 24/7 all last week due to one in a million, but my life is back to normal. tj sparks is in town, so we've been filming; some of the ATL homies just got in too. today we checked out the wall street protests and all the surrounding madness.

ryan barlow is coming up in two weeks, maybe permanently. we're working on hard on moving every floridian skater to new york; bobby puleo is pissed.

NY Capsule

2011-09-27T10:31:00.000-07:00

Magenta's NY Capsule is online. Colin has a good amount of clips in it. Mandible brothers Matt Town, Connor, Barlow, Jimmy and Mr. Read himself all make appearances.

Link to Video

Kilpatrick Post

2011-09-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

Ben has some good Mandible Claw life style shots up on his blog. Peep em.

bill pierce likes bombing hills

2011-09-18T18:58:00.000-07:00

slap is the new claw

2011-09-15T21:50:00.000-07:00

piro, tommy, and FRECKS.

Holy Shit!

2011-09-12T23:34:00.001-07:00

gotta get on twitter

2011-09-11T19:42:00.000-07:00

the art of flight

2011-09-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

crazy, crazy nights. redbull put on this after-party for fashion week, and invited a bunch of NYC skaters to have a session on a ramp overlooking central park, while ritzy fashionistas watched and shook their booties. they fed us fancy food and kept us filled with mixed drinks....not a bad way to spend a night.

da mystery of CREAM

2011-09-06T22:34:00.000-07:00

my dudes derek mclean and nick zizzo have been keeping themselves busy down in FL. this is a dope edit set to el michels affair, who i've used before too (in dante's new part). get the money

nick and derek: hope you're stacking for MC3!

that's PROFESSOR mandible to you

2011-09-06T07:20:00.000-07:00

i start teaching my class today. this is the beginning of my syllabus. check where i made my office hours.

Phonetage 4

2011-09-06T06:55:00.000-07:00

A phonetage of the last 2 months.

the last days of summer

2011-09-04T20:27:00.000-07:00

we've been out filming every day to try to squeeze out the last drops of summer. i start teaching on tuesday, so my skate-time will be vastly reduced. today i cruised with richard, adrian vega, and billy mcfeely as they filmed some stuff for HUF, and i got some clips of those dudes. the image right below this is from a few mights ago, on a sick roof bank we found after tommy climbed up to indulge in illicit activity.

the good old days

2011-08-31T00:24:00.001-07:00

"now" rules, enjoy it

hurricane mandible

2011-08-28T23:22:00.000-07:00

the hurricane was, as expected, a wash. as native floridians, jake and i spent the hurricane drinking PBR and watching "point break."

today, the strong winds dried up the ground long enough for us to session the washington monument spot a while before it started raining again. but within a few hours, the rain stopped and it dried up again. thus began our journey.

since the trains are still offline, jake and i skated over the williamsburg bridge to meet up with eby and nabi and esty (those naysayers with their love of the long "E"). and then richard met up with us. and then mike johnston. and tommy, and connor. collectively, we skated from 3 boroughs and met up at a weird construction spot on west 4th.

after undergoing spot construction, we skated there for an hour or so until the cops came for the second time. so we mashed uptown, hitting spots every block or so. all in all, we skated for 8 hours today, ending the session and midnight at the forbidden banks. definitely the best session of the summer.

see you out there again tomorrow.

rainbow road

2011-08-26T16:54:00.001-07:00

SLAP X NAYSAYER

2011-08-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

trying to give eby and crew some shine.

Magenta's NYC Capsule

2011-08-23T01:18:00.000-07:00

the DVD of magenta's "hill street blues," bought HERE, contains the new NYC capsule. it's absolutely amazing. solemnly fitting, beautiful music and rad city skating, edited well as always by those at the magenta camp. you should all buy it right now, it's 10 bucks with free shipping--support magenta. i contributed some footage to it, so you may see some familiar faces....

a good summary of today's events:

2011-08-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

12 and A and Friends

2011-08-17T14:13:00.000-07:00

i filmed this a couple weeks ago with WIlly Akers, Lil Andre, Eby, Jamel Marshall, Bones (!!!), and Billy.

gainesville ills (pt. 2)

2011-08-15T00:48:00.001-07:00

Roders, Matt, and Erik watching Colin film Shawn, if I remember correctly...

gainesville ills

2011-08-15T00:44:00.001-07:00

I came across some photos I took a long time ago: Steve and Shawn at Taco Bell, little jitterbugs at GSP, and Matt, Roders, Erik, some random onlooker, and some others in front of that weird club with the silver door. Check it...

my favorite video part of all time

2011-08-14T00:01:00.000-07:00

as time goes on, people tend to drift apart. it's the second law of thermodynamics. but i guess with mandible claw, i'm trying to bring everything back together, even if that means just trying to have everybody in the videos together.

this is the favorite part i've ever made. watching it gets me more stoked than any other part in the last year. i wish i could still skate with shawn--all of you know he's one of the most naturally gifted people on a skateboard, and that this part doesn't get close to showing how good he really is. but he's also one of the most fun people to skate, and hang out, with. this part embodies what mandible claw is all about--the homies, the fun.

this is your sentimental blog post of the month. carry on.

j henry, peacing out

2011-08-13T16:26:00.000-07:00

j henry finally up and left gainesville. come to new york, kid! anyway, here's a clip of his final days in town, with a bunch of florida heads, filmed by atwood. i hope "incognito" comes out soon.

DQM / Girl / Lakai

2011-08-12T17:51:00.000-07:00

this is the official video of the DQM / Girl / Lakai demo. pretty rad. but wait til the end, where a very unexpected clip comes in. are they making fun of me? probably. and i never knew i made such a retarded face while filming, ew.

mandible claw sucks

2011-08-11T01:51:00.001-07:00

i want to skate. new york clip with piro, richard, billy, and tommy.

limited edition

2011-08-09T15:25:00.001-07:00

like skateboarding, but better

2011-08-09T08:30:00.001-07:00

http://games.asobrain.com

if you guys wanna start an online "Settlers of Catan" Crew, that would be awesome.

Love,
Vince

ABD bro

2011-08-07T22:01:00.000-07:00

since the last few posts have been fogt-heavy, i might as well add this. at the NYC premiere for the new video, i was talking to soy panday, and when fogt's last trick came on, i told him how crazy it was to ollie into that thing. (see fogt's ender in 561 to NYC). soy said, "yeah, that'd be really hard.......i did it too."

today, in an article in the french skate mag, sugar, i saw the photo:

it reminds of the time when, skating a spot with eby and fogt, we got screamed at from across a playground, "THAT WALLRIDE IS ABD, BRO, GET THE FUCK OUTTA NEW YORK, STOOOOOOPS!"

why so serious?

Trashed Fogt

2011-08-07T19:35:00.000-07:00

Please head over to Ben's Blog and watch this clip of Fogt eating shit on this drop in. HAHAHAHAHA

Open

2011-08-05T22:03:00.000-07:00

Pretty hyped on these graphics from Open Skateboards a local brand here in NYC. Connor and some of the other homies skate for them so check em out and show some love.

Open Union Update 1 from open skateboards on Vimeo.

like that movie "the santa clause"

2011-08-05T03:18:00.000-07:00

i'm nowhere, and won't be skating for a little while. so right now would be a grand time for some of the other authors on this blog to make some posts. call it "guest month." cornell, vince, fogt, and jake--have at it. don't fuck it up.

go to blogger.com and get busy, minions.

EDIT: i'll fix your inevitable grammar mistakes, jake.

Summer

2011-08-03T07:08:00.000-07:00

A couple of photos. More here.

New York Clip - Night skating

2011-08-03T01:46:00.000-07:00

Brian Delatorre, Damien Brockett, Matt Town, and Nic Nootens find some lines when others are sleeping.

jimmy, parts 1 and 2

2011-08-03T01:17:00.000-07:00

jimmy lannon, in a clip for his pro wheel. paradise is killing it right now!

...but on another note, here's a bizarre video from my home base, with a lengthly skit and the outlines for a contest. boys, get your ollies on!

out of the loop

2011-07-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

well, it's been about a week since my surgery, and i'm slowly recovering. but summer is slipping through my fingertips. here's what some others are doing:

fogt, eby, jerry yates, nabi, ben, and some other boys are on the naysayer tour, heading up to canada. hopefully, fogt brought a lot of boards to break. also, he and nabi are glasses twins.

and 12&A had a surprise visitor. check my boy bones, the same kid with the ripped pants a few posts below, chilling with waka flocka flame. lots of respect to waka for this.

561 to NYC now In Stores

2011-07-30T13:53:00.000-07:00

The 561 to NYC DVD is now on sale for 7$ at Autumn Skateshop and 12th and A in NYC. Go support your local skate shop today and pick up a copy. We're working on getting copies to skate shops in Florida.

Getting soggy with Fogt

2011-07-26T23:21:00.000-07:00

This past week, New York City experienced its biggest heat wave since 1977. All around the city, people took to the streets to cool down. Featuring Alex Fogt.

SAVE COLIN

2011-07-26T10:13:00.000-07:00

Colin "Mandible Claw" Read needs your help. Help save Colin's life today by purchasing a copy of 561 to NYC, now only 5$ online. Also look for copies to hit local Skate Shops soon.

Fogt!

2011-07-25T05:26:00.000-07:00

Alex Fogt - Drop In Photo by Ben Kilpatrick.

the adventure before us

2011-07-24T20:43:00.000-07:00

fogt, john, brandon, and i are skating from jacksonville to key west this winter. and yes, i mean skating. stay tuned.

agama agama

2011-07-24T09:40:00.000-07:00

we've started seeing these lizards around downtown stuart--specifically at a certain ledge spot. after some research, it's the agama agama, an african lizard that's recently made its way to parts of florida.

everyone tells me that new york is 110 degrees right now. meanwhile, it's unusually pleasant in florida; we skated at 3 o'clock the other day and didn't die of heat strokes. i didn't bring down my camera, but i wish i did, since brandon's got his eye on some lines.

fogt and i are planning a skate adventure this winter, and john and brandon want in. more info coming soon.

new york clip

2011-07-20T11:30:00.001-07:00

if anyone knows who the mystery sax man is, let me know!

bones

2011-07-18T21:11:00.000-07:00

billy took the best picture of the girl demo. this is bones, one of the raddest kids in new york. i've actually filmed with him a little bit, so hopefully we can get some good stuff of him for the next video. as real as it gets.

naysayers

2011-07-17T00:41:00.000-07:00

mandible claw has been in a bit of a rut lately, concerning the blog, getting tricks on film, and morale. so here's someone i'd like to appear in the next video: tim bennett. his section (which comes after andrew bumgarner) is my favorite part of the hour-long naysayer "promo." just call it a full video, already!

New York Clip

2011-07-12T11:59:00.001-07:00

always gone

2011-07-11T18:12:00.000-07:00

after a discussion about this very phenomenon last night, jayme made this. damn you, tool makers!

Girl at 12&A

2011-07-09T23:45:00.001-07:00

Me Gusta

2011-07-07T19:45:00.001-07:00

by jayme lemperle

561 to NYC - Jimmy Lannon, Matt Town, and Dante Debose

2011-07-07T18:15:00.000-07:00

...but alas, the show must go on

2011-07-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

i went lingerie shopping today.

mandible claw is slowing down for a little while. i got a hernia. those are my fancy new underpants. i bet you didn't realize i was 85 years old. pretty impressive i'm still skating, right?

Phonetage 3

2011-07-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

Finally got around to making a 3rd Phonetage. More coming soon. Music by Shabazz Palaces.

Some photos from the phone. Summer in NYC.. get up here.

SPIKE!

barlow

2011-07-01T17:37:00.001-07:00

ryan leaves tomorrow, and like matt, he made good use of his time in new york. a solid minute of solid footage.

i'm off to texas for a few days. howdy, pardner!

quim, part 2

2011-07-01T11:14:00.001-07:00

gimme pizza

2011-06-29T20:12:00.000-07:00

after a long day of skating with all the dudes, we went to an oakley party where don pendleton was doing an exhibit. but it was the after-party that really mattered: on the street, we found full boxes of pizza, so we jammed out and gorged ourselves full, then skated the empty boxes like no tomorrow. the best pizza party ever.

quim cardona, part 1

2011-06-28T22:35:00.001-07:00

quimtime part 1 of 3. part 2 coming tomorrow. probably.

the end of one era, the dawning of another

2011-06-25T00:45:00.000-07:00

it's been a fun week, but matt town goes back to florida tomorrow. we got a solid foundation for a great part--he's going to have his own full part in the next video for sure. now that he's leaving, i can sit back, relax, let my feet recover, and...no, wait, four gainesvillains are arriving an hour after he leaves, no doubt rabid for street skating and debauchery.

i need a vacation.

max murphy

2011-06-23T12:41:00.001-07:00

Traffic Report 6/22/2011 from Traffic Skateboards on Vimeo.