Lance Mountain vs. The Ice Cream Man

Contests are so....1980's. We passed on the WCSK8 (isn't that ASPO spelled backwards?) event in SJ this weekend and opted to go to Lance's place instead. When we showed up, Lance informed us that he was so bored earlier in the day that he ate a whole pint of ice cream and was afraid he might "tip over" if he rode. We sat on the deck for a while talking about all things skate; contests (a necessary evil), shallow end trannies (Lance's is "fake" as he puts it), and why Neil Blender was the greatest skater of all time (fastplants are just one reason). Lance dropped in and instead of tipping over he fired off a fastplant. Big Al (all of 19 years old) was awestruck - never seen one before. Lance broke it down for him and 5 minutes later he had 'em wired. Then Lance went full-Neil-mode and made a fast plant to fakie. Big Al? Well, let's just say "Lance: 2, Big Al: 1" .....sometimes you eat the ice cream, sometimes the ice cream eats you......

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Space Junk

A dead satellite (UARS) is hurtling toward earth and will rain down in North America tonight or tomorrow - there is a 1 in 2300 chance someone will get hit by debris as large as 300 pounds. If you are anywhere near Big Al when he blasts a stale fish, your odds of getting hit by space junk are more like 1 in 10. Good thing for me he held on to this one......I am hoping the UARS hits the Santa Clarita park tomorrow at peak traffic hours and takes out a couple hundred kids on razors.....seriously.

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Doo Too-er

Rion Linderman warmed up for the Ultrabowl in Sweden by qualifying for the Semifinals of Dew Tour - on NBC Friday 8/12 - I don't have a TV (seriously) - someone let me know how it goes....for the rest of you w/ better things to do, here is a Linderman clip to view - no $100 "Action Zone" pass required.......

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Windell's and Bust

Rion Linderman celebrated the release of his new ADDIKT pro model with a "Best Trick" win and a busted face (not at the same time) @ Windell's "Pipe to Pipe" event....buy his board - he needs the money for the hospital bill (and some spending money for Sweden!) - check the clip - it's all there:

Pipe to Pipe Skate from Windells on Vimeo.

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"Big in Japan" Video Trailer: New Blog Post from ADDIKT Skateboards

When it rains it pours.....Aryeh just kicked down the "Big in Japan" trailer:

Thanks again to Kackn, Mami,Seiko Ito, Ido, The Oshima family, Naoya, BOARDKILL Magazine/Koseki Satoh and everyone who made our trip "SUGOKATTA"!! Mata Hachioji de isshou ni skate shimashou!! Douzo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.....
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SKREECH in "Welcome to my Head"

Concrete/Tight tranny/Beefy coping? Check. No flat bottom? Check. Love Seat/Deathbox in hard-to-get-to spots? Check. Skreech killing it? Check! In Japan? WHAT....??!!
Got out of there one week before the earthquake/tsunami hit - THANK YOU to Kackn, Mami, Ido, Ito, Naoya and everyone else who took care of us during our stay - keep your head up (ganbatte!) - we'll be back to skate the new Hachioji park soon! Douzo yoroshiku onegashimasu....


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Skreech doc wins Best Film @ SWSX Film Festival

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“Dragonslayer”, featuring ADDIKT Skateboard’s Josh “Skreech” Sandoval, wins Best Film and Best Cinematography documentary awards at the 2011 SWSX Film Conference & Festival

Venice, CA March 16th, 2011 – After being touted by The Documentary Blog as one of its “Top 10 Docs to Look Out For in 2011”, “Dragonslayer” received the Grand Jury Winner and Best Cinematography honors at last night’s SWSX Film Festival awards ceremony.
Dragonslayer follows ADDIKT Skateboard’s Josh “Skreech” Sandoval as he navigates the suburban flotsam and jetsam of California’s foreclosure debacle, which includes skateboarding, love, drugs, and stray glimpses of unusual beauty.
Skreech was skating at an undisclosed location in the San Joaquin Valley area and was unavailable for comment.
Billy Runaway, a creative consultant for the film, was quoted as saying, “Major congrats to award winners Tristan Patterson and Eric Koretz. This film’s skate scenes are some of most realistic portrayals of what skateboarding is actually like for hardcore skaters – skateboarding is a lifestyle, not some bulls*** media event like you see on TV. These guys found great characters/real skaters in the form of Skreech and Josh “Peacock” Henderson and were willing to roll up their sleeves, get dirty, and show these guys doing what they live for, and I think the results speak for themselves. Peacock also happens to be a great filmer and backyard pool expert in his own right, which really helped when it came to filming some of the skate scenes.”
More info/links:
http://www.dragonslayermovie.com/
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/sxsw-awards-ceremony-167904
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117944817/

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