Skatepunk

Skate Rock Tour 2010 is finally here. We leave tomorrow. It's gonna be madness. Super fun, lots of skateboarding and music, and I am very amped. I'll have updates as often as possible, plus check for my updates on AltamontApparel.com

One of my favorite skaters, John Gibson... I rode his Zorlac board in 1984. All of 1984, probably.

Congratulations to Chris Cole, who has been named Thrasher's 2009 Skater of the Year. Only the second person to ever win it twice, Cole also won in 2005, and has been on an all-terrain reign of shredding ever since. Contests, magazines, demos, and most important, video parts -- Cole's done it all. Hell, he's mastered it all over the last five years. He's even opened a shop in his hometown to support the scene... And a great guy to boot. The stuff legends are made of, we're seeing one of the best ever, right now.

Here's Jake Phelps with the congratulatory phone call:

Well, thinking about the ultimate skate rock tour, bands like JFA, The Faction, and the Big Boys come to mind. There are other legends: Agression, Los Olvidados, Drunk Injuns, Riot .303, The Kingpins, Clay Wheels, US Bombs, Exploding Fuck Dolls, and more. But of the newer bands the two that I'd like to see most on one bill are The Goat and Bad Shit. Now that would be a show! Reynolds, Spanky, Atiba, Shane, Beagle One-ism, Phelps, Boozy, and TNT -- what a list! (You heard it here first.)