Whabos Video Archive

I've added a column on the right so I can start reposting all the old WHABOS videos I've made. If you watch them, you'll notice changes from the quality of the videos, the different skaters, filmers, etc. It's really crazy to think that this site was first started back in 1999/2000 hosted under Angelfire. A really big shout out has to go to Mike Grant and Aaron Zimkouski, as they were the first to get this shit off it's feet in Hockessin to what it is now... which I hope is a website/blog dedicated to showcasing skateboarding throughout Northern Delaware and the surrounding areas.... which now includes me in China as well as Daniel in New Zealand.

The first video I reposted was the 99 Cent Special promo. This was a video project I had in mind the first year in college... 2004, trying to put out parts with Adam Benson, Greg Coker, Jesse Bradley, Chipper DelSteezy, Mike Grant, and myself. The name of the title came because I remember before than I had been skating at Lantana Square a shitload, and there were always all these 99 Cent Special bread stickers all over the place. Anyway, at that time, it was really difficult to get a lot, if any, footage of these people. I also think I was filming with a Digital8 at the time, haha. So a lot of the filming was done by Tom Harmon. Tom got a job touring with bands and that's when I got a hold of Dreadlock Joey's camera and starting putting together as much footage as possible. So the promo came out in 2004/2005... I remember it was cold as fuck at that time and was chillin w/ Benson a lot. The video was barely started and never finished. After that, I started skating a lot with Brian Peacock and Ed the Shredder and got enough to put out a 5 minute untitled video towards the end of 2006 or maybe it was 2007. I never got around to burning a bunch of it and showing people besides on my computer, but I know there's a copy somewhere at Switch... b/c I don't even know if I have a copy myself anymore. If I can, I'll find it and see if I can upload it on here.

So here's the promo: 99 Cent Special
Artist: Belle and Sebastien