Chicago Blow-Out Contest, 1986...

Chicago Blow-Out Contest 1986 from MaSskateboarding.com on Vimeo.
Chicago Blow-Out Contest 1986, although I didn't go to this contest, I had the shirt for it, which I bought at, the long since closed, Sundance Cyclery in Bloomingdale, IL.

(not mine, mine was blue)

It's so rad to see an amateur Jeff Hedges rip on this ramp with a finger flip invert.

Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, Mike McGill, Monty Nolder
Mark Rogowski, Ken Park, Micke Alba, Kevin Staab, Cab etc.

Jesse Neuhaus: Bluetown Skateboards...

Wilson Mallgrab...

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"#wilsonskatepark #mallgrab #mallgrablife"

Hey You Should: Slappy Sundays #40...

Sundays Episode 40 - Oh, This Spot. from peter w. on Vimeo.

Lonely Skateboards @ Best Secret Taco Stand...

Threadless HQ...

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Alex Soto: Frontside Bluntslide...

So, here's Alex Soto with a Front Blunt at the 2nd annual Stoopid contest in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago. The contest is so named because it's held on the "Stoop" of the house of the people who put on the contest. 

There were prizes from Character Skateboards, the Beerics, and Prosper Skateshop to name a few.

Real DIY skateboarding for fun only.

[boards, beers, bbq, and bands]

Spaz: Go Skateboarding Day...

Nike, Spaz, Uprise.

Neen Williams Kill Tapes...

Element Tour Chicago...

So, if you wanna attend something skateboard related this weekend maybe you should check this out.

Come See:
Julian Davidson
Nick Garcia
Boo Johnson
Nick Trapasso
Sinner (Pat Pasquale)
Jamie Tancowny
Tony Tave
Jake Duncombe

Goethe Fest: A School Fundraiser...

(first half of page 1 of the pdf)

So, I just got asked to participate in the Goethe Fest-Media Kit-Final.pdf as a skateboard instructor at the event which is being held [I'm told] at the Logan Square skatepark.
I may have to decline because my Dad is wiring his basement and I told him I would help him out soon.

(second half of page 1 of the pdf)

Michael Piwowar: Ground Control...

So, I've seen this kid, Mike Piwowar, around Chicago for years, never talked to him or hung out with him, but we know each other as skaters with some mutual friends.
Mostly know him from the Wilson park in Chicago.

Free Lunch: Neen Williams...

So, here's a kid I first met around 2000 at the LaGrange YMCA in LaGrange, Illinois, Neen Williams.
One memory I have of hanging with him was back in like 2002-'03, we were at this skate house and the only two up at like 8 in the morning, everyone else was sleeping, so we cruz'd to IHOP and had breakfast.
He would call me to go skate sometimes during weekday afternoons, but I had a 9-5 and could never meet up, now look at him.

"Spencer's a superstar" - Neen Williams

Death Skateboards: Ordinary Madness, Patrick Melcher...

So, here's a video part from an old friend, Patrick Melcher, from the Rockford, Illinois area who I officially met back in 1996, and it turned out, after talking during our initial introduction, that I'd been skating with his mentor since 1988.

Odd Machine...

OM Screening Reel from Odd Machine on Vimeo.

So, this company Odd Machine is located right under me in the new building I moved into. I had the pleasure of meeting one of their photographers the day I moved in.
Real great guy, gave me a short tour and said to stop in any time if I wanted to see what they do or just hang out.

Vannin' - A Documentary...

SYNOPSIS

Often thought of as the outcasts of the automotive world, Vanner's and their vans provide an extraordinary glimpse into a subculture that saw it's rise and high-water mark in the late 70's. Vans were everywhere back then. They [vans] became affordable rolling rooms filled with shag carpet, bubble windows, moon roofs, wet bars, and full size beds.
The customized van was representative of a parent's worst nightmare and a young person's dream. But, just as fast as they rose in popularity, they faded; leaving a pronounced echo on American culture. So what was and is vannin’ all about?
In July of 2012, we set out to answer that question.

This film is comprised of footage taken over the course of 6 days at the country’s largest van show and party, the 40th National Truck-In (known as the Van Nationals). They lived out of their own vans and filmed the many colorful characters that inhabit the world of Vannin'.
In the process, They learned about the history, the parties, the vans and, ultimately, the family that vanning has become.
www.vanninmovie.com
www.facebook.com/vanninmovie
Character Skateboards also made a deck promoting the documentary.

2013 Skateboard Calendar...

Skateboarding For Fun Calendars by iSapien1956672
Make your own calendar online at zazzle.com

Lurk Hard...

So, Lurk Hard Chicago, Lurk Hard.

Reggie Destin R.I.P....

(Reggie pictured center)

So, local skateboarder Reggie Destin (one time owner of Push skateshop) was hit by a drunk driver early Friday (19th) morning at 2am.
He [WAS] in the hospital in critical condition and police caught the driver a few blocks away after he fled the scene.
You can read more about the story at these links:
WGN
Dudegot
The Skateboard Mag

UPDATE:
REGGIE PASSED AWAY IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SATURDAY OCTOBER 27TH, he will be missed by all in Chicago and in the skateboard industry.
You can still help his family by donating toward his hospital bills, funeral costs and legal fees here:
100% of all funds donated here will be donated to Reggie's family.

Reggie Destin, skateboarder, hit by drunk driver. Reggie Destin, skateboarder, hit by drunk driver. Reggie Destin, skateboarder, hit by drunk driver. Reggie Destin, skateboarder, hit by drunk driver.

Chicago Open Streets 2012...

So, here's some footage of a little thing Chicago has been doing for the last couple of years called Open Streets on State Street. They shut down State street for like 5-6 blocks, each block having soemthing cool to do.
I was part of the Chicago Youth Skateboard Project teaching kids to skateboard.