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Motto: Short for Sebastian CURRENT ENTRY 5/23/12 The Fall 12 Lakai collection went live on their site today, headlined by this Sebo Walker commercial for the Pico XLK. See all the new shoes at Lakai.com. The Crailshop is having a Memorial Day Weekend sale: 15% off their already low prices. Use the code MEMORIALDAY at checkout. Only Thursday – Monday. CURRENT ENTRY 5/22/12 Clip of the Day. Towards the end of Fourstar’s 4 Live Crew Tour, and after a full day of skating in and around the Miami area we ended up a this indoor bowl. Most were too beat, but Ishod ratted it out, per usual. There’s a little Carroll and Shane in there too. Full 4 Live Crew video coming soon. Malto going nasal in the latest Fourstar ad. QUOTE: “Woman use it and probably Carroll has too.”—Jason Searcy CURRENT ENTRY 5/21/12 It’s not just doing the first handrail or ollieing the Meanwhile gap that makes him the most influential skater of all time. It’s shit like this too. An article of Guy from The Skateboard Mag’s 3^rd issue. He was way off radar at this point, so for them to get this was pretty incredible. CURRENT ENTRY 5/18/12 Seb from Toulouse has got the same one as Stevie and Richard. I think it’s been enough time to where it’s Ok to revisit WE’RE OK EUROK. Tony Ferg is here! CURRENT ENTRY 5/17/12 Find the real Cory Kennedy. Mini Top 5 (trad.) Top 5 lyrical themes Smyth wants to see return to hip hop: 1. Five bones on a sack 2. Bass in the trunk 3. My DJ is the best 4. Gang bangin’ 5. Being broke QUOTE: “I might be weird, it turns out.”—Spike CURRENT ENTRY 5/16/12 Live feed on Cory Kennedy’s hometown park. We’ll keep you updated on when he’s in town. Raven’s on Mob and Derby is still there! QUOTE: “Am I the only boy scout in the room?”—Coleman CURRENT ENTRY 5/15/12 Mini Top 5 (trad.) Vince Capaldi’s Top 5 gripes about living with Mikemo: 1. He’s taken out the trash, literally, two times in two years 2. He leaves sweaty socks at the bottom of the stairs and never brings them to his room 3. He never brings the towels to the laundry room so he eventually has all the towels in his room 4. He doesn’t wash dishes 5. Leaves his paychecks on the kitchen table for everyone to see Eric’s been good for a really longtime. Some of that ’94 illness. QUOTES: “I seriously understand how moms feel.”—Vince Capaldi “I’m going to go work for Shake Junt because they put their friends in their videos.”—Hershel CURRENT ENTRY 5/14/12 From high-fiving cats to fighting cocks, Chocolate One-Offs #2 are going off. We got from one mag dude to the next as Tony Vitello takes over on Front Page Poster duties. That Frostman is here! CURRENT ENTRY 5/11/12 A three framed demonstration of how Malto is truly the perfect young man as he congratulates EA for his successful Jameson shot. CURRENT ENTRY 5/10/12 Clip of the Day. Daniel “old guys” posse getting busy. But where’s Coop? Must be too young. Carroll’s got a pit crew in China. There’s an OG on the line, less we forget. QUOTE: “I’m going to go set up my retirement board.”—Rudy CURRENT ENTRY 5/09/12 Wooden OGs are a hot commodity. One of a kind. Hard to get your hands on. But here’s your chance to score one of your own. Simply “like” the Girl Facebook page and as soon as we hit a 100k we’ll randomly select one of ya’ll to take home a customized OG. CURRENT ENTRY 5/08/12 Just by looking at their Shop Survey, something tells me that the boys over at Humidity like to have a good time. Especially since it had a photo of a girl with her titties hanging out taped to the back of it. Raven and company up in Sac over at Thrasher. We got some new ish in the Crail Store. Royal wants to give you some goods. All you gotta do to be eligible is like some shit. 48 Blocks catches up with Chocolate alum Paulo Diaz. CURRENT ENTRY 5/07/12 Top 5 with Stevie Perez. Sometimes I think we hired Jaime Owens at Skateboarder just because he had an H.I. McDunnough photo hanging in his early 90’s Nissan Quest. But he’s out lasted us all. He’s also good in a pinch for some quality Front Page Photos. Thanks James! You can’t really knock The Chromeball Incident’s taste. Some vintage Gino. Q&A From: John, Q: For either Mikemo, Vince, or any other 8=D’ers, why the lack of posts on eightequalsd.com? Has it become a thing of the past or should we be expecting more posts anytime in the future? A: Glassy has become the priority between for us. 8=D was fun while it lasted! —Vince Capaldi Send your questions here. CURRENT ENTRY 5/04/12 Some more Ishod to round out the week. What can we say? We love this kid. CURRENT ENTRY 5/02/12 Ishod Wair’s Top 5 favorite moments from Fourstar’s recent 4 Live Crew Tour. CURRENT ENTRY 5/01/12 Mini Top 5 (trad.) Roger Bagley’s Top 5 filmers: 1. Ricki Bedenbaugh 2. Ty Evans 3. French Fred 4. Jason Hernandez 5. Mike Manzoori This week’s Guest Front Page Poster, the sultan of sandwich, Sam Smyth with photos taken from his Sam’s Klub site. It’s a big deal. The ‘Boarder’s got a pretty straightforward one going on. Do Shane’s move and win Shane’s shit. QUOTE: “I’m trying to take the starving out of artist.”—Hersh CURRENT ENTRY 4/30/12 Shit, I thought they were all Classics. The Native Blog has a new interview with Guy. Roberts is here! CURRENT ENTRY 4/27/12 We (which means me) try our darndest to not let Hersh write copy, but he hit out of the park on these Girl Classifieds. EA’s got a string cheese sitting on his desk. Just saying. Q&A From: Tim, Q: Hey, I just wanted to see if anyone on the Girl/Chocolate squad (ahem, Carroll) has gotten on the P90X bandwagon. I just finished it, tons of skate-oriented stuff. It’s all balance, core strength, plyometrics…Could keep some of the OG’s on their feet! A: I’ve been keepin’ it pretty core since I jumped on the Pilates bandwagon about 13 years ago.—Carroll Send your questions here. QUOTES: “A Fleshlight deal in porn is like the shoe deal of skating.”—Van Styles “I’ve foraged Hamburger Mountain.”—Hersh CURRENT ENTRY 4/26/12 Code Red from Hamish. I’ve always said if any trick deserved its own movie, it’s the Hardflip. CURRENT ENTRY 4/25/12 Hershel’s Greatest Miss, in advertising, #1. Mini Top 5 (trad.) BA’s Top 5 power ballads: 1. “Open Arms” by Journey 2. “Close My Eyes Forever” by Ozzy and Lita Ford 3. “I Remember You” by Skid Row 4. “Heaven” by Warrant 5. “Home Sweet Home” by Motley Crue Q&A From: Danny Wilson, Q: How come there was no Smyth eating at the end of the El Chocolate Tour clip? I can only imagine he indulged in all sorts of exotic Latin American cuisine and not a single clip for posterity? Give the people what they want. A: I was actually on gluten cleanse the entire trip. Psyche, ate a gas station sub nearly every day. For some reason the cameras were always pointed at skateboard tricks.—Smyth Send your questions here. Jeron’s here! CURRENT ENTRY 4/24/12 Mini Top 5 (trad.) The Top 5 things Mike Carroll will be bringing with him to China this weekend: 1. 60 protein bars of various brands and flavors 2. Meds 3. Van Styles’ Passwords 4. A good attitude 5. Sippy Cup filled with groovy greens for my fresh apple juice Staba, Hersh just found your wardrobe for the next two years. Guy’s here! CURRENT ENTRY 4/23/12 It’s our wall and we’ll do as we please. This Makak from the Czech Republic has a proper sesh on the Crail Cruiser. Good job boys! Joe and T-Mo are teaming up and doing it big? That gets a link! CURRENT ENTRY 4/20/12 El Chocolate Tour of Central America, featuring Chico Brenes, Stevie Perez, Elijah Berle, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Kenny Anderson, Brian Anderson, Cory Kennedy and Rick McCrank. QUOTE: “Imagine all the Bob Marley ‘Legend’ CDs that are being bought today.”—Brad Staba CURRENT ENTRY 4/19/12 I was going to post a video today. Not the video, but a video. El Chocolate Tour. Mañana. CURRENT ENTRY 4/18/12 Guess Whose Tat! We’re working on it. Mini Top 5 (trad.) Brad Staba’s Top 5 reasons why he hasn’t been on The Tap lately: 1. I’ve been busy unfollowing Gav on Instagram 2. Baseball Season started 3. I’ve been busy thinking why I deliver The Tap content but can’t update my own website 4. Somebody there is obviously blowing it 5. Sometimes you just gotta move on Roommates and Royal riders, Austyn and Daryl go gridless. CURRENT ENTRY 4/17/12 No Skating Today with Alex Olson Pros skaters skate everyday. True of False? False, they don’t. How come you’re not skating today? Because I’m doing errands. What kind of errands? Getting some stuff framed and getting a haircut. When was the last time you skated? Last weekend. What’s the best day of the week for skating? I don’t know, the day you get a trick. What would make you drop everything you’re doing right now and go skating? If I was guaranteed to get a trick on film. What are you getting framed? Some Gonz art. That’s reason enough to not skate today. Our boy Cairo deems Rickk’s Questionable part a Classic. We’d have to agree. CURRENT ENTRY 4/16/12 Calling something the “Girl’s One-Offs #2” has a certain The New Originals ring to it. But take our word. These things are one of kind. This week’s Guest Front Page Poster is Federico Vitetta, and he’s just some guy. That’s all. Actually he’s the kind of guy that if you asked him for the time of day he’d tell you something that would make you excited to be alive at that time of the day. And we love him for it. Chris Roberts is here! CURRENT ENTRY 4/13/12 Clip of the Day. The park’s Royal script finally gets its crown. If you missed The Art Dump’s Clocked In show last weekend you can check out this Saturday from 1-6 at the THIS Gallery, 5906 N. Figueroa St., LA, 90042. CURRENT ENTRY 4/12/12 DQM takes the Shop Survey. CCS and Biebel show you around his place. Forgot to mention that this Week’s Guest Front Page poster, Matt Price, also has a website showing his work. Man, the demands of these business savy, younger, media types. QUOTE: “Dude, I fully rip in my dreams. I actually learn tricks.”—Ty CURRENT ENTRY 4/11/12 Elijah and Raven rip. And Raven takes a barefoot ride at Pedro’s. Mini Top 5 (trad.) Top 5 people Rudy Johnson wants to write a song with before he dies : 1. Tony Iommi 2. King Crimson 3. Danny Way 4. Roger Waters 5. Sal Barbier so I can finally see these arpeggios CURRENT ENTRY 4/10/12 Mini Top 5 (trad.) Mike Carroll’s Top 5 reasons to stretch in the morning: 1. Fools people into thinking I lead a healthy lifestyle 2. Chicks dig it 3. If I don’t it’s guaranteed a blown back on the fist flatground trick of the day (I’ve proven this twice) 4. I can almost suck my own 5. Works for Salba By the way, have you ever heard of Executive Producer Carroll? Fuck… Day two of CCS’ Lakai Week and our guy Jeff Mikut discuss and tests the Linden. QUOTE: “I don’t read books, I read movies.”—Hershel CURRENT ENTRY 4/09/12 Some photos from The Art Dump’s Clocked In show. We almost lost Matt Price forever over one of our scathing Crail Polls. With him being this week’s Guest Front Page Poster consider us once again on good terms. Lakai up in the Crail Shop! Biebel, B-ball, pizza, the Berrics. CCS launches their Lakai Week with some Ben There All Stars. Q&A From: David Newbrough, Q: If Jenkins and Spike went one-on-one at Helltrack, who would end up being crowned BMX bandit? A: Spike and Jenkins are cosmically bound by a non-compete clause with one another, which was cast down by a wizard from the ’80s. I think when you bring these guys together you’d see a fluid creative collaboration. More like this: —Mark Lewman Send your questions here. QUOTE: “If you thought Thrashin’ and Gleaming the Cube were cornball, imagine it on bikes.”—Mark Lewman about Rad CURRENT ENTRY 4/06/12 Don’t be fooled by Circle Skateshop‘s clean type. There’s plenty of dirt in this Survey. The Dumpers have been slaving on this one for weeks, but tonight’s the night. CURRENT ENTRY 4/05/12 Our work is done here. Thanks Florida. CURRENT ENTRY 4/04/12 Aaron‘s out in Florida with Fourstar and The Art Dump has hijacked the Randoms! Unfortunately we’re all busy putting the finishing touches on the show that opens this Friday. Details below. CURRENT ENTRY 4/03/12 You can take the boy out of Vancouver but you can’t take the Vanitude out of the boy. Come check out some Art Dump awesomeness (and free beer) Friday April 6th at THIS Gallery in Highland Park. New works from your favorite Dumpers: Eric Anthony Hershel Baltrotsky Michael Coleman Andy Jenkins Christian Morin Andy Mueller Chris Waycott CURRENT ENTRY 4/02/12 Van full of SOTYs. See past Randoms NEW ARCHIVES	ENTRY #2082 5/23/12 THE SONG: You Should Be Dancing, The Bee Gees THE PLACE: hmmm..here I guess THE WORD: do it So bandwagoning this win! And Canuck’s fans aren’t afraid to either….right Meg Bird, Kelly Bird and Rickk Howard? Remember when common sense was not a super power? That was a long time ago! Don’t worry about it, Rickk. I will train him to only love me. You know, like I did with Mikey. ENTRY #2081 5/22/12 THE SONG: All About You, Tupac THE PLACE: here THE WORD: FOH! Have fun in the new city you play in and thanks for making me feel like if I ever needed to sub in for the Turnovers, I could play at least look tougher and more toned then you. Slaussage, I know you’re big on “eye contact” and you’ve really made some power moves with it but utilize your deep voice in this situation should we run into a bear in Yosemite. And don’t wear cargo shorts, so creepy. ENTRY #2080 5/16/12 THE SONG: Last Dance, Donna Summer THE PLACE: universe THE WORD: R.I.P. ENTRY #2079 5/16/12 THE SONG: Torch, Pinback THE PLACE: Crail East THE WORD: Carry it! Seriously, improve your argument. Kook. Is this real? Doesn’t it look like the water is two horses? Wizard Ben, I just want to let you know that you may be relinquishing the title of “Wizard” to Scott. Rickk told me that before Scott moved from beloved pro Chocolate skater to radical Lakai footwear designer, he would read Harry Potter books on tour. I’m still doing some investigation (and also need to get his wife a little drunk and see if he’s into the Hunger Games) but as it stands, your playing D and D in a friends garage in hiding can not hold a candle to this guy in a full van reading about casting spells and conquering immortals. Stay tuned. ENTRY #2078 5/15/12 THE SONG: Controller, Blouse THE PLACE: who cares THE WORD: controller In the 4th quarter when we cut our deficit to 18, I totally felt like we had it. Dammit. Bird is wearing sort of a streetwear/urban vibe today. I just feel like I am hyper aware of his wardrobe lately. Speaking of wardrobes, remember right before Rickk got on Fourstar and he rode for Tommy Bahama? That was sick. ENTRY #2077 5/14/12 THE SONG: Zero, Yeah Yeah Yeahs THE PLACE: Denver THE WORD: Games left in your season! Bird has all pastel’s on today. He’s so “resort” when it’s that weird season between spring and summer. I love it. That would suck to try to fit into a gang that the sun is already a part of when you’re one of three icy objects. I would just not be a planet so you don’t seem so sucky. This must have been for a photo shoot because he never would run this fast on the court. Gav, look how small your head was? It grew like 12% a year since this photo was shot! ENTRY #2076 5/11/12 THE SONG: Take it LIke A Man, Dragonette THE PLACE: this universe THE WORD: WAAAAAA! Despite a Turnover victory, the team got a little heated during last nights contest. Mueller pushed a guy, Bird got ejected and Rickk did some time on the bench for two quick fouls. I like this. If Rickk and Bird can rub some of their incredibly poor sportsmanship and short tempers off on Mueller, we just may be on the road to another trophy. Go Turnovers!! Eldrddige, he is officially “YOUR BOY”. The guy has about as much fire in him as that other dude….um…oh yeah, Pau! Jonze, seriously. So ahead of the plaid curve, dude. ENTRY #2075 5/10/12 THE SONG: Tired, Adele THE PLACE: right here THE WORD: yep Dog on the top of the car for almost a full day, cutting the hair of class mates because they’re gay, he’s just a funny lovable ASSHOLE. Ouch my knee hurts…ouch my hip hurts. WAAAAAAAAA! Want more MIKE CARROLL? Follow furrycalamari on Instagram…..He’s PRETTY SWEET. ENTRY #2074 5/9/12 THE SONG: Thousand Miles from Nowhere, Dwight Yoakam THE PLACE: whatever THE WORD: forever. Whip your hair back and forth. Focus, focus, now blow it. Nice. ENTRY #2073 5/8/12 THE SONG: Rumpus, Karen O and The Kids THE PLACE: heaven and earth THE WORD: Wild Thing! You were the best at what you did. That’s a life. R.I.P. Maurice. It’s cool when your parents love a TV show so much, they have no judgement for their kids. That’s good stuff. Go America! YAY! ENTRY #2072 5/7/12 THE SONG: In Control, The Controllers THE PLACE: Control Panel THE WORD: Control Mason and Tim Gavin beat Rickk and Deets Evans at a little game of two on two at Frosty’s. That Turnover jinx is truly going nowhere. If I was undefeated at anything, there’s just a few people I would keep out of my posse. Just a few. ENTRY #2071 5/4/12 THE SONG: Smoke and Mirrors, Gotye THE PLACE: near the harbor THE WORD: always We’re in the process of opening Crailtap East. When I say “we”, I mean a bunch of dudes that aren’t afraid to chip their gel nails. Here’s a Turnover’s update: There is no championship anywhere in site. A combination of not practicing, no chemistry, and not showing up for games is making them the Bobcats of Glendale. You guys had a good run. Here’s a reminder of what you look like when you’re winning. Slaussage, I think considering the streak you’re on, don’t use the phrase “full court press” in meetings. Thanks, bud. R.I.P. Sad day, too young. ENTRY #2070 5/2/12 THE SONG: Smoke and Mirrors, Gotye THE PLACE: near the harbor THE WORD: I said, smoke and mirrors Criagers, now known as Snippy is BANNED. FULL BAN. I forgot to give a Turnover’s update last week. They lost. They play again this Thursday. Come on guys, Chemistry, movement, be aware of your team mates…just kidding. Just stick to your current plan, it’s what you seem comfortable with. Carnahan will NOT be kite boarding any time soon. He feels like he has enough problems just trying to surf and as he put it, “I don’t know anything about the wind”. No one really does, Jeremy. No one. I know you can’t bring your “A game” but what about your “D- game” for shipping our freight? No? Ok, well, your pie chart looked like you might bring at least your “C game” 40% of the time. R.I.P. Junior ENTRY #2069 5/1/12 THE SONG: Don’t Rush, Tegan and Sara THE PLACE: nearby THE WORD: “we’ve known each other for a year…” Craigers is going to the Laker game tonight and said he’s bringing his “girlfriend”. That could easily be code for Slaussage. Don’t curse the seats, Craig. You will be bummed at the color scheme of your office if you do that. Landed it for sure. ENTRY #2068 4/30/12 THE SONG: Me and You, Slow Club THE PLACE: the desert THE WORD:PERFECT This is Mother Nature’s way of saying LAKERS! Even doing what you say you will do 40% of the time sucks. Write that in your journal. Goats do so much good. Stop acting like they don’t. ENTRY #2067 4/27/12 THE SONG: Happy Birthday, Stevie Wonder THE PLACE: universe THE WORD: Love you, River! How is that “urgent” means so many different things to so many different people? So interesting. You guys should get this set up for your next “idea”. More parking, larger overhead, faster ride from start to BLOW IT. Have an awesome weekend. Seriously. ENTRY #2068 4/25/12 THE SONG: Lately, Memory House THE PLACE: here THE WORD: shit show, the good kind that leaves you with all sorts of fucking awesome memories. I’ve never had to fly this banner. EVER! I’m just glad that Artest elbowed someone on the Thunder because at lest Malto’s dealable. Imagine if it was a Clipper? I’d have to listen to Mikey pronounce the players name wrong and those other Clipper fans talk about how hot Griffin looked while it all went down. Metta knows how to choose his battles, not much more. Parking spaces with our names on them are obviously the next natural step. You can almost smell the success leaking off of this thing, can’t you? ENTRY #2067 4/23/12 THE SONG: It’s a Dream, Neil Young THE PLACE: ya know THE WORD: yeah Metta, you can’t stretch like that after a dunk, you might give someone a concussion. ENTRY #2066 4/18/12 THE SONG: Baby, War Paint THE PLACE: right at this very desk THE WORD: sorry There is no “Q” in team. Turns out. This is how I imagine tour. With some beer. Just kidding. Are you into REO Speedwagon? We are. I mean, Craig is. ENTRY #2065 4/17/12 THE SONG: Overboard, Ingrid Michaelson THE PLACE: over board THE WORD: over board Remember that ol’ thing your dad or shop teacher use to say about if you want something done right, do it yourself? That’s a great saying, super into that one today. I think when your business partners CC you on an email with a fairly serious tone that includes the words “anal fisting”, you pretty much ended up in the career you mom wanted you in. I’m sure this is why she emphasized my education. Perfect, just need a bag of skittles. ENTRY #2064 4/16/12 THE SONG: Surprise, Gnarls Barkley THE PLACE: San Pedro THE WORD: I said, “Surprise” I forgot Spike had a “There Will Be Blood” mustache at one time. Hmmm…. ENTRY #2063 4/13/12 THE SONG: Something to Talk About, Bonnie Raitt THE PLACE: here THE WORD: yep We’re all getting our classic rock on tonight. Hard. ENTRY #2062 4/12/12 THE SONG: Beating Heart, La Sera THE PLACE: downtown THE WORD:let’s do this! I don’t like to pull rank but knowing that you can, makes some situations pretty sweet. Callaway and I are going to be part of a spin marathon together on Sunday. The company that acts gay together, stays together. Let’s get a FRIENDLY wager going with our friends in the North on this Kings vs. Canuck’s battle. Pete? Marco? Don’t be skeered. I know what you’re thinking but if they didn’t any upper body work out then how would they all fit in hot tub together? ENTRY #2061 4/10/12 THE SONG: This Time, Waylon Jennings THE PLACE: here THE WORD:Now Bird’s back and pretty much sporting the most Floridian shade of bronze skin we’ve seen in these parts. We got to watch a skate video that Feds made FOUR times on Easter. I think that is what made Easter so special for us. FOUR TIMES. Blessed. Wait….what? Then who is going to be the hateful venomous hypocrite? OH! DUH, Romney is still in it. We got your back, Charles. Don’t let them take your goat. I guarantee at least three of your neighbors are more disgusting then that little angel you have as a pet. ENTRY #2060 4/9/12 THE SONG: I Want Candy, Bow Wow Wow THE PLACE: here THE WORD:FUCK OUTTA HERE Tell JC Penney’s to let us live. Santorum, get on this. Gay penguins! Seriously, you gotta handle this before anything. Or get that robot wife of yours on it. It’ll ruin everything. Chick decided to indulge in the chocolate foil eggs during the Easter festivities and then barfed it up all night. Chick, how many times do I have to tell you? You’re a three pound dog, stop acting like you’re not. ENTRY #2059 4/6/12 THE SONG: I Want Candy, Bow Wow Wow THE PLACE: here THE WORD: melted Reese’s CHUCK! If these two hunks were on Match.com (which they aren’t because when you’re this hot, you don’t stay on the market long) their profiles would be “Work in Skateboarding, Love Heavy Metal, Not afraid of complex carbs, up for a good argument”. The Wizard and The Mez. Have a good holiday weekend. ENTRY #2058 4/4/12 THE SONG: Moving On, The Used THE PLACE: ya’ know THE WORD: Thank the Lord Team Fourstar and the best Talent Manager this side of the Poconos. They look pissed, probably got kicked out of a spot? Just kidding, I was just trying to act like I was cool. Sorry. Bri Bri is going to a “5th button” hot look. I mean, they’re in Miami, it’s going to get hot. I don’t know what to tell you other then he’s part of the people activating on behalf of defending “the hoodie”? ENTRY #2057 4/3/12 THE SONG: If It Were Up To Me, Rooney THE PLACE: here THE WORD: yep The Art Dump is having a party and you’re invited! You know who “you” are so don’t get crazy. I know you’re at a comic book convention but what about your parents that have to answer the question of what you’re up to? Sorry, uncool. ENTRY #2056 4/2/12 THE SONG: Baby, Justin Bieber THE PLACE: right here THE WORD: which one? Bird, Murphy cleaned his desk out. Just wanted to help chill that knot out that is growing in your back. Someday I want to be at a techno rave and have Rickk need an answer to a question from me. I’ll get as close as I can to a speaker and take his call. Someone from here wore a tie to a meeting. Holy Craigers. Really? You wouldn’t be annoyed if someone was poking you with sticks and throwing rocks at your head? Fuck Outta Here, humans. ENTRY #2055 3/30/12 THE SONG: Another One Bites The Dust, Queen THE PLACE: universe THE WORD: Stop it, Adam Lambert The only thing scarier then an earthquake? A sunquake, for sure. I guarantee if your face is peeling off from heat, getting tossed around while it happens will be over the top. I guess you did listen to me, God. I’ll keep praying then. Rickk took a break from skating to throw up an original piece. You’re welcome, Florida. ENTRY #2054 3/28/12 THE SONG: You Might Think, The Cars THE PLACE: here THE WORD: Rickk The Turnover’s are not three-peating. What I’ve found out is that you can’t be the manager at Denny’s and also own the bread truck that drops off that shitty bread for the white toast that comes with your Grand Slam breakfast. That’s what I’ve found out. A lot of painful lessons go down around here. But as my mom use to say, “any lesson is a good lesson unless you have a bong in one hand”. Spike is adamant that you enjoy this photo knowing full well “this is not the best tabletop” he can do. You know I didn’t make that up because I don’t even know what a table top is. And usually I only make stuff up about Thiebaud. Who, by the way, for some reason, hates Spike. ENTRY #2053 3/27/12 THE SONG: The Day That Never Comes, Metallica THE PLACE: Torrance THE WORD: let’s go! Callaway was trying to pin the “snitches” tag on me for Mikey getting punished on Instagram. I only call the cops when my life is at stake, people. When Carroll posts a fist up someone’s butt, I just agree with Rickk that he’s such a freaky pervert. Baby Craig doesn’t have to go to Korea alone, he’s taking Jeff. Craig, here’s a little game to play in your MIDDLE SEAT: Which items on this table should you not eat? Murphy, if I get you in the holiday pick, you are so stoked! ENTRY #2052 3/26/12 THE SONG: Lessons Learned, Matt and Kim THE PLACE: don’t worry about it THE WORD: don’t worry about that either Bird needs to get Mike Tyson over to his place to punch the knotted muscle in his back so it can break down and he can get it rubbed out. (Sometimes there are real facts in this column). The Spy AKA Slausage AKA Murphy is going on a trip with possibly the worst luggage I’ve ever seen. If you cross his path, try to focus on his new haircut and not on the bag that looks like he’s slinging replica fragrances. Jesus, Mark. One of the best parts of my job is when Rickk is trying to come up with a caption for a photo he is posting on Instagram and keeps running several different ideas by me. I mean, I do have an amazing amount of free time so I should really relish it more but for some reason it just makes me want to stab him with my letter opener. Go figure. Oh, cool, you got a tattoo of Kenny Anderson, Sean Malto, Rick McCrank and………. John Lennon? ENTRY #2051 3/23/12 THE SONG: Pink Eye, Ween THE PLACE: here THE WORD: Housel! Smyth stocked the snack machine, raised the price of Pop Tarts and left for tour. Productive, profitable and ahead of the curve. Way to be an outcast, Sam. Derek who? I don’t want to say which guy in particular, but one of the Turnovers went full salute to Luke Walton in the game last night. One for eight and then missed the last basket to bring the game to overtime. It wasn’t Bird, Mueller, Callaway, Murphy or EA’s brother. Might have been Rickk. I feel like it very well could have been Rickk but I am not saying for sure. Strong chance, though. Baby Craigers can’t go to Korea alone. WAHHHH! How come I’m the only one that gets cry baby status, Bird? I’m an open crybaby, he’s totally in the closet. ENTRY #2050 3/22/12 THE SONG: I Know the Feeling, Marie Osmond THE PLACE: um, here THE WORD: right now, only no headset ENTRY #2049 3/21/12 THE SONG: Better than Sunday, Ladyhawke THE PLACE: earth THE WORD: Not Wednesday Bird, you freaking out on today’s date? Three and then two plus one is three and then one plus two is three….and then times two is 666? No? Reaching? Someone asked me why I yanked the “SIGN HERE” feature. I kept telling people not to draw on the piece of paper and no one listened so I canned it. Yeah, total power trip, felt great afterwards. What happened to an art show every weekend? Just kidding. You know how you know you’ve spoiled someone with home cooking? You don’t? Want Rickk to come stay with you for six months? Because if you do, he doesn’t really enjoy a pasta dinner without garlic bread so don’t fuck that up. Really dude? You have one of the coolest animals on the face of the earth and you subject him to cargo pants, man sandals and a leash from PET CO? Good look, asshole. ENTRY #2048 3/20/12 THE SONG: If You’re Cool, The Out Crowd THE PLACE: Torrance THE WORD: you’re not Craig, seriously, poor etiquette to eat a hard boiled egg in a co-workers office. I know you’re having a bad day, I’m trying to help you for the future. Yesterday before a conference call, Mikey told me how bad of diarrhea he had. That was pretty cool. African Pygmy goat. Yes, please. ENTRY #2047 3/19/12 THE SONG: Rich Girls, The Virgins THE PLACE: your butt THE WORD: whatever Never too scared to fan out! RI-HO and AC! Photo credit: JUSTIN ELDRIDGE The Gav is starting to look like a professional poker player. The combo of the baby Mercedes and the blue tooth ear piece are so Bicycle Casino. I had to recover from the sheer joy of this before I commented. Get ready Cleveland, Walton does this amazing thing where no matter how much of a lead your team has, he’ll reverse it in less then four minutes play time. This isn’t how Yorkies are supposed to look. Sorry Yorkie nation. ENTRY #2046 3/15/12 THE SONG: Loved By The Sun, Daysleepers THE PLACE: earth THE WORD: recognize Rickk is in China with really bad food poisoning. So weird, I would never guess that would happen there. I’m just hit with one surprise after another these days. Feel better, RI-HO! Mikey, any suggestions for this guy since all the cool kids are on Instagram? And Smyth, I think this guy just gave your Yosemite lettering a run for its money. Wait….I don’t get to see him hit 2% of his shots anymore? Dammit! Yeah Santorum, I see your point. They’ve only been speaking Spanish since 1493. I mean, switch it up, stop lagging. You just took Newt out of the #1 Douche seat, you uptight dipshit. ENTRY #2045 3/14/12 THE SONG: Calling Me, The Rapture THE PLACE: another land THE WORD: yep… Finally, proper rain boots. So difficult to find in LA. Mikey, if the pool is like this when we get to Vegas, you can totally stick an apple in someone’s butt without them even knowing! Apple Bandit! Rickk’s got nothing on Eldy. He’s the very most talented escalator slider in the entire universe. ENTRY #2044 3/13/12 THE SONG: Fantasies, Rogue Wave THE PLACE: you know THE WORD: let’s do it our way, freaks I guess Rickk is used to a less gummy elevator when he slides down on his stomach to save time. ENTRY #2043 3/12/12 THE SONG: Ego, The Sounds THE PLACE: Your mind THE WORD: That’s a big one, buddy! Rickk said there’s a dog buffet…I mean desert buffet in his hotel in China. Want to say yummy but have to go with sketchy. Bird, I just wanted to let you know that I made Spike cry twice on Saturday. So it’s not just that I’m a baby but I’m such a baby that it’s contagious. Very powerful. (Sorry Spike, let me know if you don’t want me to blog about you crying). Oh, and I only use the word “BLOG” to make The Mez feel as though he’s very important. I was going to stimulate the economy by forming a team and drinking at least 36 margaritas every Sunday but I think I’m just going to keep this job and um…I can’t even finish this idea though, I’m so foggy. “There’s no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate,” Oh, it was all in the name of being an incredible patriot? Oh, you’re good then dude. Totally clears the hate spew and way you treat women. FUCK OUTTA HERE. ENTRY #2042 3/9/12 THE SONG: Soft Revolution, Stars THE PLACE: right here THE WORD: leading it What’s your deal, Callaway? Didn’t you get the text from Rickk that said, “Wear Flannel xoxoxo”?. Oh cool, now I feel totally fine about the taxes I pay. Fuck Outta Here. I know this may end poorly but I am going to kidnap him and put him somewhere safe. Next time you see him, probably Storage Wars? Sick hat, Jimbo. ENTRY #2041 3/8/12 THE SONG: Living in America, The Sounds THE PLACE: USA THE WORD: Land of “Opportunity”. If you’re interviewing for a job and haven’t worked in like a year, here’s a list of things you shouldn’t say you took the year off for: 1. I really just needed to clear my mind. Empty promises from the sun? This week is so fucked. Weird, turns out you weren’t crazy enough to come in first or second. That wife shit was good but you need to talk more wizards and warlocks and how much you like gay people but just need to “fix them.” Fuck Outta Here, freak. ENTRY #2040 3/7/12 THE SONG: Too Dramatic, Ra Ra Riot THE PLACE: Hermosa THE WORD: oh, no names It’s a close up of the suns surface. Trip out on that. Or just be annoyed that I’m still even talking about the sun. Bird and Craig are pretty dressed up today. I hope they didn’t interview with the blanket company across the street. This guy being “that guy”. ENTRY #2039 3/6/12 THE SONG: Turnin’ Off A Memory, Merle Haggard THE PLACE: my mind THE WORD: don’t worry about it We got a way better Rick Howard than you did, New Hampshire. Jenny Miller doesn’t work here but I wonder if she spends time starting needless shit. Hmmm….. I bet there was so much bickering before this photo was shot. Rickk and Mikey go through a sort of “bitch” routine before they tackle the project at hand. Rickk said they have been eating at the place on the right a lot. Cafe Xperience. Yukky. I mean yummy. ENTRY #2038 3/5/12 THE SONG: Ziggy Marley, Friend THE PLACE: here THE WORD: come home I hope this worked out. When it’s his fat ass paying his maid to get him Hillbilly Heroin, then he doesn’t want anyone involved. When it’s birth control pills, he wants everyone involved. Vancouver and goats? That’s front page news. ENTRY #2037 3/2/12 THE SONG: Set Up, The Dayton Family THE PLACE: across the street THE WORD: American Dream I’m not an engineer but isn’t there some sort of more secure reinforcement to keep a drunk idiot off the runway? Last night Spike used the phrase, “cut bait”. He said someone just needed to “cut bait”. I had never heard it before so Spike explained it to me. First he claimed to be so familiar with it because it’s a fishing term and he is such an outdoors men. Then he said he really was just an all around intellect. He’s humility is precious. Maybe if you are afraid of being alone and your main source of protection is a three pound dog and a pocket knife, don’t watch Cape Fear at bed time. Nice ink, though. ENTRY #2036 3/1/12 THE SONG: Temporary, Rogue Wave THE PLACE: your desk THE WORD: I’ll get back to you I had a little conversation with Thiebaud today. I think he still hates Spike. Weird. I might just start a section called HUMANS BLOW. Rickk is going to be bummed on this. Someone he hangs out with loves these shows. Bummer, dude. 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NEW ARCHIVES HERE	ENTRY #1036, 2:12pm 5/10/12 You can actually buy this for $100 on Craig’s List. Bend, Oregon. SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1035, 3:50pm 5/2/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1034, 11:54am 5/1/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1033, 3:07pm 4/23/12 This is the best thing I’ve seen in a month… ENTRY #1032, 9:14am 3/23/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1031, 3:28pm 3/20/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1030, 11:43pm 3/12/12 Long live The Curb. Thank you Red Curb Bloggers and Jeff Grosso. ENTRY #1029, 9:44pm 3/4/12 SKATED THAT! ENTRY #1028, 11:23am 2/22/12 SKATED THAT! Check out more shots over at Monster Children. ENTRY #1027, 12:44pm 2/20/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1026, 10:36am 2/17/12 Cool Chris Roberts interview over on ESPN. Nice job Joel. And a hilarious one with Tim Gavin and Pudwill over on the Weekend Buzz. ENTRY #1025, 8:57am 2/7/12 SKATE THIS! From Tapper Benny Davidson and his friend Tamara. ENTRY #1024, 2:04pm 2/5/12 How did we ever survive this era? Back to the BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST tomorrow. Promise. ENTRY #1023, 1:04pm 1/26/12 SKATE THIS! Tapper Joel Grassi sends this one from Osaka, Japan. Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore talks skateboarding for Hand In Hand. ENTRY #1022, 12:35pm 1/25/12 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1021, 1:42pm 1/23/12 Feeling a little like that on this Monday afternoon. ENTRY #1020, 12:12pm 1/21/12 This is Bad Ass; ENTRY #1019, 11:07am 1/20/12 Sorry for the non communications, I was sick for a couple of days. But I’m back. I’ll post a photo of The BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST prize this afternoon. Thanks for sending in the great ideas. Keep them coming; Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST. ENTRY #1018, 11:57am 1/16/12 The BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST is in full swing. From the 20 or so entries that have been submitted, about 5 are in the running to win. The rest? Let me suggest; > Nothing Illegal > Nothing involving nudity > No long boards > Hold off on the cross-dressing ideas I still haven’t come up with a prize, but you can be assured it’ll be good. Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST. Stay tuned. ENTRY #1017, 1:59pm 1/15/12 This is Bad Ass; ENTRY #1016, 3:03pm 1/13/12 It’s a brand new 2012 and I’ve managed to start it off with… nothing special. Hell, almost nothing at all. I tried thinking of something neat to do but the only thing I came up with was to write the column in Japanese characters. But I don’t know Japanese. Then I thought, a contest! But I’m so uninspired I can’t even think of a contest. That’s it! Have a contest where the winner is the person who comes up with the best contest idea! Two in one, sorta. So that’s what I’m doing to start of the 2012. Email me with your BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST and we’ll go ahead and start this BEST IDEA FOR A CONTEST CONTEST. I’ll announce the deadline and prize tomorrow. ENTRY #1015, 11:49am 1/3/12 Put together some of skateboardings best photographers with framed prints and you get “Still Life With Wood,” opening this weekend in Laguna Beach. ENTRY #1014, 9:48am 1/2/12 Welcome 2012, we’ve been waiting for you. ENTRY #1013, 2:13pm 12/19/11 Own very own EMB alum, Sam Smyth, is quoted in Joel Rice‘s new article for ESPN, “History Lesson — the Gonz Gap.” Ringer, please let Marco know my present was also stolen out of the Supra Holiday box. ENTRY #1012, 1:42pm 12/16/11 Man, my column sucks. I promise to light it up for the 2012. In the meantime , here’s a rad short film that has nothing to do with skateboarding — except maybe the spirit of it. Enjoy The Wall of Death. ENTRY #1011, 4:43pm 12/12/11 BOOM goes the dynamite. ENTRY #1010, 10:54am 12/1/11 Today is World AIDS Day. Remember; The beginning of the #endofAIDS starts with you. ENTRY #1009, 2:56pm 11/30/11 Don’t forget, tomorrow is World AIDS Day. Support your (RED) partners. ENTRY #1008, 4:22pm 11/28/11 SKATE THIS! In case you live in or near Frosinone, Italy, this is real. Contributed by Tapper, James Bonney ENTRY #1007, 4:56pm 11/8/11 SKATE THIS! From Tapper, Edgar Ignacio. ENTRY #1006, 4:01pm 10/27/11 Remember Ruby? Well, she’s back from vacation. Visit the Ruby Republic Facebook page and click “like.” Good things will happen. ENTRY #1005, 9:53am 10/24/11 SKATE THIS! Philly International Airport, from Brian Seber. ENTRY #1004, 3:10pm 10/18/11 Joel Rice has updated his column “Flip” over at McSweeneys. This time it’s a sort of anthropological notation of a skate demo, which he promises is, mercifully short, fun and… easy to understand. He’s telling the truth, check it out. If you want to rummage through his past columns, go here. ENTRY #1003, 9:17am 10/17/11 SKATE THIS! Contributed by Tapper, James Bonney. ENTRY #1002, 9:15am 10/11/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1001, 9:45am 10/10/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #1000, 4:07pm 10/7/11 SKATED IT! ENTRY #999, 11:31am 10/4/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #998, 2:27pm 9/28/11 Aaron’s been posting his entries from the future. Cool. ENTRY #997, 2:56pm 9/27/11 Don’t worry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are on top of it. Hey, the 1,000th Sanger Sings post is right around the corner. Stay tuned for hoopla, I’m going to be giving something away. ENTRY #996, 1:32pm 9/27/11 ENTRY #995, 12:01pm 9/21/11 We’re INSPI(RED). Today is Social Good Day & we’re using social media for social good with our partner (RED). Check our Facebook pages and the team Tweeters. Meetup. Talk. ENTRY #994, 10:56am 9/19/11 I guess everyone already knows that Lakai won the Thrasher King of the Road. And Leo ranked them last… come on man. ENTRY #993, 1:41pm 9/16/11 Already Been Done. ENTRY #992, 10:41am 8/29/11 Sean “The Replacement” Malto takes the whole cake… Congratulations Sean! ENTRY #991, 11:15am 8/18/11 Check this custom groom’s cake from Joel Rice‘s fairly formal Southern wedding… ENTRY #990, 1:08pm 8/12/11 ENTRY #989, 11:38am 8/11/11 The best of the Godfather of skate zines is now available under one cover. Skate Fate was published for 10 years by Garry S. Davis and it was always filled with good material — it was a truly authentic window into skateboarding from ’81 to ’91. I can’t recommend this book highly enough. Go get it. ENTRY #988, 11:49am 8/8/11 A little slo mo Primo Punishment for you. ENTRY #987, 10:04am 8/3/11 ENTRY #986, 1:06pm 8/2/11 ENTRY #985, 2:39pm 8/1/11 ENTRY #984, 2:43pm 7/28/11 Locking down those new Royals back in the day. ENTRY #983, 2:30pm 7/25/11 ENTRY #982, 10:17am 7/20/11 Happy birthday Emmet! SKATE THIS! From Cam at Monster Children. ENTRY #981, 11:33am 7/19/11 This one’s from Art Dumper & Desert Twin, Jeremy Carnahan; “These guys (RE-SKATE) take old skateboard decks and reshape and refurbish them, then paint them with custom graphics. It’s in Spanish, so I can’t really read it, but it’s such a good idea.” ENTRY #980, 2:42pm 7/15/11 ENTRY #979, 10:43am 7/14/11 ENTRY #978, 11:40am 7/6/11 SKATE THIS! From Tap Alumn, Tony Larson. ENTRY #977, 10:49am 7/1/11 SKATE THIS! Someone teach the Art Dump how to make a half-pipe… ENTRY #976, 1:41pm 6/29/11 SKATE THIS! Submitted by Tapper, Jules Mattaliano. ENTRY #975, 1:43pm 6/23/11 Another shot from the “Public Domaine” exhibition in Paris… ENTRY #974, 11:16am 6/17/11 The Girl Art Dump is part of a giant skateboard exhibition “Public Domaine” at La Gaite in Paris this month. If you happen to be in France, drop by and check out the mega-skateable OGs. ENTRY #973, 11:07am 6/1/11 Free Lunch with Rob Brink over at Shred or Die. ENTRY #972, 10:36am 5/26/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #971, 1:pm 5/25/11 ENTRY #970, 11:26am 5/20/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #969, 10:19am 5/19/11 Congrats to Vincent Alvarez, your new TWS Rookie of the Year. ENTRY #968, 1:28pm 5/12/11 Blast from the past. Spidey De Montrond on a Homeboy magazine postcard. ENTRY #967, 11:01am 5/11/11 I thought the Art Dump might appreciate that one. ENTRY #966, 9:25am 5/10/11 ENTRY #965, 3:59pm 5/9/11 Yikes. Please be sure to consult a typographer before going this far… ENTRY #964, 11:40am 5/5/11 Tommy Guerrero tocar la guitara en Arktip. ENTRY #963, 10:00am 5/4/11 ENTRY #962, 3:02pm 5/3/11 Straight Trippin‘ with Chet Childress and Al Partanen over at Skate Daily… ENTRY #961, 1:41pm 4/29/11 ENTRY #960, 9:07am 4/28/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #959, 1:05pm 4/27/11 ENTRY #958, 2:07pm 4/26/11 ENTRY #957, 10:18am 4/25/11 GAY STYLE! ENTRY #956, 3:09pm 4/22/11 ENTRY #955, 11:37am 4/19/11 Look at this photo by MRZ. That man is a 50 year-old. Dave Hackett ripping the lip like he did at 20. ENTRY #954, 9:27am 4/18/11 ENTRY #953, 12:04am 4/15/11 ENTRY #952, 3:18pm 4/14/11 ENTRY #951, 2:20pm 4/13/11 ENTRY #950, 1:30pm 4/5/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #949, 10:45am 4/4/11 SKATE THIS! ENTRY #948, 2:24pm 3/24/11 Check this interview with Girl Skate Co Alumn, Michael Blabac. Good stuff, as is this classic Blabac shot… ENTRY #947, 12:09pm 3/23/11 The Art Dump will be showing “Double Feature” at The Family Room Gallery in Chicago this month and it opens THIS Friday. If you spot a Dumper there, give them a punch in the arm from me. ENTRY #946, 2:09pm 3/8/11 Don’t know where to begin on this one… should I be mad at Mo, official (Skate) Lab Rat, for not letting us know about this? Should I be worried about the repercussions of posting this? Or, should I just enjoy it? Get back to work, num-nuts. ENTRY #945, 10:14am 2/24/11 SKATE THIS! From Tapper, Matthew Berry. The 7th most expensive thing/project in the world… somewhere in Switzerland. ENTRY #944, 3:31pm 2/16/11 Salman Agah and Todd Giordanella have opened a pizza joint, Toddy G’s, in downtown LA. Dave Carnie writes them up. Good luck fellas. ENTRY #943, 11:49am 2/9/11 Tony Alva reveals his 5 most inspiring songs to Liza Richardson of KCRW fame. ENTRY #942, 9:50am 2/8/11 SKATE THIS! 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(click on the image above to see the quicktime “Clips of the Year 2005″ 26.6megs) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime “Crailtap’s Year in Pictures, 2005″. 11.5megs) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime trailer for, Fourstar’s “Super Champion Funzone” DVD. 20.7megs) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime slideshow, “Dude Looks Like Dude” it’s 7.7megs) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime, “What Tour?” it’s 57megs. click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime slideshow, “Fourstar in Japan” 8.1megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime slideshow, “Spike and Mark.” 6.4megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime movie “USC Bench Buddies.” 10.3megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime movie “A Nice Little Wednesday.” 9.3megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the quicktime slideshow “Crailtap; The Year In Pictures”. 7.7megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see footage from the Chocolate “Se Habla Canuck” tour DVD. 14.3megs.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see the Fourstar’s photoshoot which was issued on DVD w/ the most recent catalog. 18.2meg.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to see Lakai’s “Canada, Eh…” vid, a 19.2meg. It covers the long, arduous process of touring Eastern Canada. It’s quite nice. Meet your new favorite guy, Dan Bohart.) click here for iPhone (click on the image above to read Mike Carroll’s interview about his 10 year-old Thrasher S.O.T.Y. award) (click on the image above to check out Ty’s Oi Meets Girl mini-vid. 15meg.) click here for iPhone	FIVES with Stevie Perez FIVES with Daniel Espinoza FIVES with Raven Tershy FIVES with Andrew Brophy FIVES with The Chrome Ball Incident FIVES with Austyn Gillette FIVES with Vincent Alvarez FIVES with Julien Stranger FIVES with Alex Olson FIVES with Mike Carroll FIVES with Sam Smyth FIVES with John Motta FIVES with Sean Malto FIVES with Neck Face FIVES with Rob Welsh FIVES with Tim O’Connor FIVES with Eric Dressen FIVES with Jake Phelps FIVES with Evan Hecox FIVES with Jerry Hsu FIVES with Richard Mulder FIVES with Mike Mo FIVES with Dan Drehobl FIVES with Lance Mountain FIVES with Anthony Pappalardo FIVES with Chris Roberts FIVES with Michael Burnett FIVES with Rudy Johnson FIVES with Max Schaaaaaf FIVES with James Kelch FIVES with Chico Brenes FIVES with Sean Cliver FIVES with Dave Chappelle FIVES with Castillo FIVES with Buscemi FIVES with Reda FIVES with The Hime FIVES with Keith Hufnagel FIVES with Lucas Puig FIVES with Devine Calloway FIVES with Mike York FIVES with Cairo Foster FIVES with Brandon Biebel FIVES with Gino Iannucci FIVES with John Rattray FIVES with Eric Koston FIVES with David Cross FIVES with Dimitry FIVES with Tim Gavin

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