Skatepunk

Here are a couple of my favorite clips from the Dew Tour stop this weekend in Boston. Might be my last Dew Tour for a while, but I will say this: probably because I am vocal, and maybe because I am on the board of USAS, I caught the ear of a couple of the key people at Alli, and they actually seemed interested in listening to some constructive criticism on their event. Most of the stuff they desperately need centers around taking care of the people in the industry -- make it NOT MISERABLE to be there. More people who enjoy skateboarding would come and give the events a shot. But they make it impossible to do what the industry is used to doing--get close, be a part of the event, feel welcome instead of like intruders, and have access to hang out with the riders in the contest without having to crawl over walls and chairs and through kids--and they give off the impression that they don't care about what the skateboarders, the team managers, the skateboarding media need or want. Not one person in their Chicago office rides a skateboard, they don't know who Tony Trujillo or Peter Ramondetta or David Gonzales is when they walk in the building, and my fear is that the gap is just too big to bridge. But... if they're willing to listen, there are enough people willing to offer opinions, and that might mean I'd have some more of these crummy Powershot videos at the next damn one. We'll see.

Here's Bucky's Winning Run:

Here's a LynZ Adams Hawkins run:

Here's some random street/park clips:

The backwards rubber man:

PLG!:

One more: the women's street:

If you wanna see them all you can go here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SPHeavens

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