Skatepunk

Spent the day at the ISF World Championships in Boston. Shot a few photos and some video on my iPhone -- I got a new wide angle adapter for it that works pretty well. Some good skateboarding, as usual, but there was a lot of wading thru sketchiness to get to it.

There have been a million questions recently about some mystery group of skateboarders who are trying to take over the skateboarding world, led by that guy Gary from Woodward Camp, and they want skateboarding in the Olympics, right? Right, of course they do.

Chris Miller and Paul Zitzer do a great job of announcing the skateboarding on the Dew Tour broadcast, but who the hell is the third guy in the mix? He has no clue what he's talking about, and it showed glaringly and embarrassingly often in the 43 minutes they were on the air this morning. Kickflip fives become 540 kickflips, people's sons become daughters, and a general lack of knowledge that makes the whole thing come off retarded. When you put two diamonds next to turd, the turd doesn't look any better, and the diamonds can't shine brown.

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.

Some random clips of when I happened to be in the arena and too bored to just sit there... point the camera, press the button. Put 'em in a timeline and hit "share" and "YouTube." Obviously, any idiot can do it!

Eric Koston paid a visit to the Dew Tour in Boston, which is cool but a bit unusual. He went to the first one five years ago, swore "never again" and didn't go for four years... the course, the way everyone was treated, not listening to the skaters-- all reasons he wasn't into it. They've been bugging him to come, saying everything was different, would be better... He wasn't buying it after Boston. Went out, cruised his way through a comedy run, and got last. Not good for anyone. The people here just don't get it...