Skatepunk

Check the profiles section for a bunch of photos and videos from Skate Rock Tour 2010 -- I'll be adding to it as often as possible. Great trip.

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:

This kid does some rad tricks...

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.)

YouTube cancelled my account, and as usual, wouldn't explain why. So a bunch of my YouTube links are down right now. I'll be replacing them as soon as possible, hopefully on Vimeo.