Hello everyone in goodtimes land! after a very,very,very long hiatus, I’ve decided to start writing again. although not much has been happening in the world of professional skateboarding lately, there is some new news. The major shoe company DC is planning a new video with new additions to the team.These include, Mikey Taylor, Steve Berra, Grant Taylor, Chris Cole, Evan Smith, Matt Miller, Mike Mo Capaldi, and Nyjah Houston. Now, with that being said, Nyjah Houston has been killing it in the skateboard industry lately! After winning 3 of the 4 Street League contests( the new compitition being held by DC’s Rob Dyrdek), he has won over $300,00 in less then a summer……And, he just dropped one of the biggest, baddest pro video parts skateboarding has ever seen. I’d love to post the video for you, but it’s only available through itunes at the moment. so, I will leave you with one of my favorite video parts since my last post. This is Brandon Westgate’s B-side part from the new Emerica video, Stay Gold. This video just goes to show the amout of abuse and determination that goes into filming a video part. Enjoy!

Well, I’m not too sure how many people reading this are going to remember the “pop” war of the late 90′s. Mabye some people remember Shorty’s skateboards slogan “this shit’s got pop”. Apparently, the “pop” war has begun again.This time it’s between Flip skateboards and Alien Workshop. Flip claims to have “Spring loaded pop” and alien workshop’s new line of decks come fully equipped with “moon Pop”. I guess maybe I’ve just out-grown all the gimmicks in skateboarding. All boards are of the same basic construction. Are they really fooling anyone with the promise of “spring loaded pop”?

I don’t even think kids these days fall for that. The only way to get the attention of young skaters now is to sell the boards with “a free pair of your sister’s jeans and pink shoes”!!! Anyways, the point I’m trying to make is that skating shouldn’t be about the gimmicks it should be about the skateboarding. What ever happened to blank decks??? They’re the same shape and construction for half the price! that saves you about $40 you could spend on something better, like a pair of jeans that fit you!

Ok, so here we go…I’ve decided to compile a list of “must sees” of skate vidz. Almost like a “high fidelity top 5″ list, but instead my list will go until i feel content with it.Keep in mind that these are in no particular order, i just think everyone should watch them.

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So this is my first post on here, so bare with me. I’d like to take a few moments to  talk about how much skateboarding has changed and grown since we were all kids. With the growing popularity of the MTV stars like Rob Dyrdek, it seems that skateboarding has got it’s “second wind” in this decade. Although, it’s also taken a step back to the 80′s as well. It’s great to see the youth taking such a charge at the pro skate scene, but these skinny jeans and neon clothes have got to go! But, on a more interesting note, the new alien workshop video kicked a pile of ass with awards this including best video and best video part going to Anthony Van Engelen! Too bad Josh Kalis left after the video hit it big!

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