From Michael Lance,
Q: Every time I watch a Crail Couch episode, I can’t help but notice that the bottom, right corner of the window frame has a gap between the bottom and the lower edge of the right side. It’s slowly making me crazy. I think it needs to be caulked or the wood needs to be extended to cover it. Or is it intentionally like that? What’s the story?
A: That gap has confounded many a Couch viewer over the years. And believe it or not, it’s actually a design element that extends to all four corners of the window. Makes a little more sense when you can see it as a whole…but still.—The Tap
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From Andrew Lam,
Q: I always enjoyed the 40 seconds of Ricardo Carvalho‘s footage in Yeah Right. Super stylish. Where’s he at nowadays and who hardflip backlipped the rail in his part?
A: Ricardo moved back to Brazil some time ago. He was a ripper. The hardflip backlip was Rodrigo Tx.—The Tap
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From: Tim,
Q: I don’t care what anyone says, Chomp On This is the single greatest skate video ever made. No other video makes me smile, laugh, and generally happier than any random 10-minute segment from Chomp. That being said, where is the love for it? The Chomp On Disc never materialized (rumors of Pac-Man lawsuits have been floating around for years), no anniversary celebrations when it turned ten, no outtakes ever popped up online, nothing. What gives?
A: Thank you Tom for the love. Chomp on Disc got postponed due to Blu-Ray rights. We are totally bro’s with Pac-Man. Got him some Jager shot’s and he was cool with everything. We want to save the party for our 20th like a fine wine we get better with age. Carroll can we get some shirts please?—Atiba
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From: Joseph Hughes,
Q: In Pretty Sweet, during the “Dudes in Suits” skit there is one skater I don’t recognize. Is there a guest skater cruising with the dudes?
A: That is our friend and part time Girl employee Aaron Acord. We were short on camera batteries so he brought us some. We had an extra suit, just his size, so he was thrown in the mix.—Aaron
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From: Howard Broom,
Q: At the beginning of Raven’spart in Pretty Sweet he does an ollie from a curb cut to 50 another curb on an old Ron Whaley, board that looks even more haggard than Vincent’s setups. Was Raven using his first setup to break in his part, sort of like a good luck charm?
A: No it wasn’t my first board. My friend and I were ’90s skaters for Halloween one year and Ron Whaley hooked us up with old boards. We got the whole set up, huge Ben Davis pants cut into shants, duct tap half cabs, XXXL polo tees, and tiny wheels. It was so fun skating like we were in the ’90s we just ran it for a couple weeks. I still have the board and skate it all the time.—Raven
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From: Matheus Furlan,
Q: So, after me and my homies watched Pretty Sweet for the first time we felt like doing something which had the same good vibes as everything Crailtap does have. Then, Paulo Matos, a friend of mine who is a very good fingerboarder came up with the idea of doing a fingerboard video inspired by both Pretty Sweet and Fully Flared! We put a lot of effort into the making of this, and as you guys are pretty much the ones who inspired the whole thing it’d mean a lot with you watched it and gave us a shoutout.
A: Here you go boys! But don’t blame us for the comments.—Aaron
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From: Andrew Mahr,
Q: Hey you probably won’t answer this but were there any other name ideas for Pretty Sweet?
A: If you were lucky enough to nab a PS Deluxe Edition DVD, some of the alternate titles are printed on both the inside front and back covers. See the photo below. This thing was a bitch to name. —Aaron
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