I don’t know Angel personally, but he’s nice and he skates hard.  I’m assuming this means he’s turning pro.  Good for him. Keep reppin’ the CO!

This is pretty much the best trailer that’s ever been made and yes Dinosaur Jr is the greatest band of all time. I have nothing but the highest expectations for this video. Don’t let me down Workshop!

Hyped to see Greg being promoted, but bummed to see it’s the same footage I filmed years ago.  Oh well, he does look good in that Null shirt.  Oiii!

Brighton has a new Site Design skatepark. It looks decent, I wasn’t able to skate though due to my hip hurting. The bowls look fun, the street course is a too tight, but it’s got some ok stuff. Click on some of the pictures for a bigger image.Brian Ball crailslide over the deathbox.Brian Ball front rockJason Heidecker front noseLloyd Albright frontside flipLloyd Albright smith grindMore Lloyd front tailThe park is located at: Brighton Skate Complex1101 Judicial Center ParkwayBrighton CO 80601Google Map it

Congrats to MRKT on getting the location they’ve wanted for awhile.  The grand opening party has Gonz artwork, Krooked/MRKT decks, New Belgium MRKT brew.  Party!

I love east coast videos and the last Traffic video Via is still one of my all time favorites. According to stuff I read on various skate nerd sites this is more of just a promo video to introduce it’s new team riders Bobby Puleo and Jack Sabback than a real video. Knowing that I was still a bit surprised by the shortness of this video. Bobby and Jack each have full parts and there is one montage. Luckily the video packs a lot of sick skating in and just like their last video, makes me want to stop whatever I’m doing and go skate immediately. If only I could leave work whenever I wanted to. Doh.The filming and editing is improved and the video flows well. Puleo opens the video with his patented quick feet, long lines and unique spots. I was expecting a bit more, but it’s still a good part. My favorite trick is the ollie up onto the ledge while 50’ing a wide flatbar. Sabback’s part is pretty ridiculous. Tons of tech tricks while flowing through the city and dodging pedestrians. Dude is sick.Rating:

Rating: STYLE
Rating: COMFORT
Rating: BOARD FEEL
Rating: DURABILITY
Rating: OVERALL

Fallen is making some of the best shoes out there in my opinion. Some of the soles are a bit thick, but this shoe, wow, this shoe is basically perfect. My only complaint about these shoes is the huge logo. That’s not really a complaint, it’s just me being overly picky. I guess the lace saver ripped away after awhile, but that didn’t really bother me too much. I wasn’t able to tre flip lipslide huge handrails either. Not sure what’s up with that since these were the Billy Marks shoes and all, but maybe I should have actually tried it. Who knows, maybe it would happen.Fallen Footwear

I finally installed a youtube video plugin so naturally the first thing that went up is the Off The Couch teaser. This is going to be one fine video featuring full parts by several over 30 year old men who still ride skateboards. It’s gonna be a hoot. Basically it started when Brian Ball farted on me and I jumped off a couch all quick. Neil asked if I was ok and I said it kind of hurt. Somehow the name ‘Off The Couch’ got coined after that.The video will feature full parts from Brian Ball, Neil Thurman, Jeremy Frankovis, Rob Helmstetter, Jason Heidecker, Lazer Rubenstein (under 30 alert) and somehow me. Although I’m recruiting the help of the Null team to make my part at least somewhat interesting to watch. The goal is to have this video out around Thanksgiving this year. But who knows, there are no rules with this video.

VOX will be coming through Colorado July 20th & 21st. I might make the Boulder one. Who knows. Kind of a stupid name for a tour in my opinion, but one things for sure, VOX is sick and skateboarders should support companies like VOX as much as they can.