"It's a Wrap"

There is a version of the Gift video online which you guys can check out. Please note that it isn't the version that premiered and I'm not sure at what stage of the editing process this was put up but you can check it out and since the DVD's will be free, I'll try and send as much as I can to the States if anyone wants a copy out there.

The DVD should be out sometime in February, with bonus footage, and all the usual. Also, the credits are not done, so I apologize to anyone who was a part of this video and left out in this version. Thanks!

Youku Videolink: CLICK HERE
(Youku videos don't seem to embed well w/ Blogger.)

HuZhou Hunnies

Congrats to Chelin, Jeremy Hu, and Boss for taking 1,2,3rd place at the HuZhou contest. Check out the honey in the background.

For more photos, check out www.kickerclub.com.

Shoes You Snooze On

I am in no way a sneakerhead of any sort and usually don't put shit up of shoes but here are some kicks i've got lying around my room that I've accumulated over the past year and thought you guys would like to check them out, especially brands like Adidas and Converse which are fairly new.


These are a pair of Nike SB Classics that Johnny Tang gave me when I first started wearing Nikes. They got a pretty rad imprint pattern going on and I dunno, I feel kind of bad if I fucked them up skating.



Jay has a hook up at Converse and we went over there one day and they hooked us up with 2 pairs, this one and the ERX (below). I don't know how the fuck you can ever skate in these... looks like some sort of Supra ripoff mainly geared towards those in the "fashion" side of skateboarding. These are called the Weapons by the way. They are sick, if you're into these styles.


Vans Chukka Lows - good shoes that hurt your heels. Change the insole. These are part of the fall 09 collection. You can never go wrong w/ Vans.


I traded my roommate upstairs a pair of Janoski's for these. Since he rides for and is paid by Adidas, he got a LOT of shit for just attending parties and going to the clubs in the Nikes. I on the other hand havn't had a chance to wear these but god DAMN they look good to skate in. I don't know why Adidas' aren't bigger in the States... come on', look at Busenitz.


My imperial slippers I got when Tyler was in town in Old Shanghai. Fuck they are so sick, but I never wear them. Good thing they were like $1 US.


These shoes are so rad. They have some sort of memory foam/tempurpedic technoogy in the insoles and tongue. Super comfy. But probably shitty to skate in is what I've heard. Too soft. I've never been so keen on shoes w/ straps though... what's the deal? Anyway, if you get a chance, these shoes would be worth it to try out. Called the ERX 300

Weather's getting hot...

It was hot as fuck yesterday. Here's some pics I stole off Johnny.... Boss getting that foootyyy for The Gift Video.




fuck a diving board, just build kickers into pools

Backtail Contest

Or click here for an outside window.

Make that Quadruple

Some more pics:


Nanhui, Shanghai


There are more ledges here than in all of Delaware combined.


This thing was rad as fuck. Manny pad + gap to hubba.


crammed


flatbar session

BeiJing Photos 1

So last week I made a last minute decision to go to Beijing by train. It had been raining all week in SH and the forcast called for even more rain so I just said fuck it, I'm going to Beijing. Shit was tighhht. My friend Kent saw me to the train station and last minute decided he would roll up to Beijing too, with no change of clothes and only his skateboard, mp3, and cellphone. Fucking sickkk. Anyway, here are some flicks of the trip. We rolled into town at 6:30am and peeped Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City before we started skating for the day. Thanks to my homies Johnny and Nike SB for letting me crash the hotel rooms.


the mao himself


tiananmen square


the forbidden city sign


my homie Kent


blue skies

I can dig it.

Frontcrooks will always be "in".




This was a line I filmed last week w/ Boss at Love Park. Hopefully you'll have a mini montage to peep after the Chinese holidays.

First

First post of 2009! Let's see what I got..

Damnnn, who's this handsome young gentleman!


Ryan was making fun of my hair in the video I posted up last week and even though I wanted to grow it out, I decided to get it cut so I could start looking for an English teaching job out here.

Speaking of.... here's Ryan's picture for when we were looking for English teaching job in S. Korea back in early Summer 08. Mutherfucking poucher. He made me take over 50 pictures so it could capture the "essense of his personality" .. AKA gayness.


Anyone looking for an English teacher? Here's the best man for the job. Buy him a ticket to China.

Here are some short video clips from last week (remember to watch this shit in High Quality):



Boss filming for the Skatehere/Gift Skateboards video.



I was trying to get a line on film... but a gust of wind came and ruined the line... haha.

Big Ass Pierced Tongue

Took a trip to Suzhou yesterday, a city about an hour away from Shanghai. Has some great skate spots and less of a bust factor than Shanghai. I stole these pictures from Johnny Tang's Facebook. So... go buy some Nike SB's.



mini big four.


sexy.


Thanks Tyler for the shirt hook up.


Illest thing ever. Big ass tongue shaped thing.


Hard as fuck to skate.