Go Skateboarding Day - Vancouver Footage

Some good skating went down. I noticed that one guy in the gray with the earbuds on totally killed it throughout the clips but I've never seen him before. I ended up at color mags website and found this flickr set and it turns out he's some dude named Cameo Wilson. I googled him and found out he's from Vegas. It seems kinda random for a dude from Vegas to be at GSD in Vancouver. Then I ended up at the Neff site and in his profile, it says he was born in Richmond, which makes more sense why he would be up here.

Golf Ball Compressing

This video seems exaggerated. Here's the explanation that I took from
here.

Can golf balls deform that dramatically? What you see in this clip is happening in less than 1/1000 th of a second. That's too fast for the human eye to perceive in detail, but a super-slow motion camera can capture it. Editor's note: The footage comes from the BBC and was shown during golf coverage. We were unable to establish whether a regulation golf ball or a 'practice ball' (with higher elasticity) was used for this experiment.

Go Skateboarding Day

Happy Solstice and Go Skateboarding Day to all F&F visitors. For info on the Vancouver GSD schedule, click here.

On a separate note, we are down to our last L and two XL chrome baller shirts. Thanks to all for supporting and representing Chrome Ball Incident.

Go Skateboarding Day Sales

For those of you that are inclined to stock up gear when it goes on sale...

Active ($34.99 decks, free shipping code FS075)

Skate Warehouse (25% off coupon code SKATEWEEK25)

Daewon Song x Love Child

So sick. Daewon does some of his lines from Love Child eighteen years after he originally did them. Dude is one of the best. The Love Child graphic is awesome as well. There's also another 3 minutes of footage.

The DVS Shoes come with a free Almost Daewon Love Child handboard?

RIP Josh Evin

Unfortunate news from the interior of BC this week. I had the opportunity to meet him many moon ago through my old roommate Ben. RIP.

Demolition Fail

I walk by this building every weekday on my way to and from work. I watched them smash down the corner on the alley side but didn't stick around to see this craziness.

Random videos

I stumbled on this clip when I was looking at Dave Duren footage after reading this. Jake Stewart a Canadian I know very little about other than he rode for Platinum, RDS and Media. One thing I do know is the monster ollie he does at 0:46, located at David Lam Park around the corner from F&F HQ, is freaking huge and the footage does not do it justice! It's a good size gap of plants, then there's a fairly high rail going across and then a good size drop. Seriously big! McCrank skates the hubba next to in this clip. The spot is totally overgrown with plants now and is pretty much unskateable.

Independent Tree

Always been psyched on these Indy baseplates fresh out of a casting.

Skate Stoppers

Only in Canada would they have a patriotic skate stopper.

Chrome Baller Shirts, Part 2

Edit July 11, 2010: Shirts are available in all sizes in various shirt styles here.

Edit July 1, 2010: All stock sold out.
Edit June 24, 2010: Only one XL left.
Edit June 22, 2010: Only two shirts left. Down to our last L and XL.
Edit June 14, 2010: Mediums are all soldout.

The last batch was a just a few samples. This time around, we have a limited two dozen of the chrome ballers shirts in M, L and XL. 5.5oz 100% ring spun cotton. Click for sizing here. CAN$19 in Canada. USD$22 in Continental USA. Shipping included in price. If you live outside of these areas or want more than one shirt, shoot me an email for a quote. This is all about showing your support for chops and his amazing Chrome Ball Incident. Also, go and buy a pair of the Chrome Ball SB's when they are released.

Luan de Oliveira

A nice write-up about Luan de Oliveira by Rob Brink. Stoked on his wind up.

Classics

My friend Karoumy re-discovered these in his Dad's garage. Thanks Mr. D for not throwing out your sons old decks.