Yeah Coakley!

Coakley has been looking for a home since the demise of Blueprint (has anyone seen this yet? Ugh, it’s embarrassing). He’s been living in San Francisco for a few months now so it’s only fitting that he ride for SF based Think skateboards. Congrats Kevin! Kevin’s one of the best crusty Boston shredders and I’m sure the SF terrain will suite him quite well!

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Dana won the Battle at the Barrics on Sunday (which means I lost to him in the first round). At least I lost to the guy who won, haha. To determine who went first in the finals Dana and Dasaro had to shotgun a tallboy. Dana won the race, snapped his nose, and still managed to beat Dasaro. And to finish it all off he donated the $500 to the Shawn Clark fund. What a G. Thanks to Orchard, the Northstar Bar, and Cons for sponsoring the event. Stay tuned for a video of all of the matches.

In the meantime, watch this clip of Leeper for The Predatory Bird. Leeper crushing it on the board and Pease crushing the edit.

On Life Support

Turns out you can’t pull the plug on a loved one. Who knows, the blog could make a miraculous comeback. We’re thinking about it.

This weekend I’m in a big game of skate in a bar for a cash prize of 500 bucks. Fortunately, the luck of the draw has me playing New England’s number one bad-boy and Emerson College alum Dana Ericson so I’m pretty much fucked. Wish me luck, I will need it.

Ripped Laces

Still crushing it. Unlike us. We’ve always liked these guys, hope you do too.

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Bum Rushing

Hopps came down to 7th street for a little summer jam. Scope all of the homeys killing it. Mark is really good.

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I hate to send people to The Berrics because it frequently is a waste of time but it still has its moments, namely this moment with Austyn Gillette who is just really talented on a skateboard.

Mark Suciu is another one of those dudes that’s just really really good. Watch.

A REAL Part

Anthony’s part from Fully Flaccid just went live on the tube today. Anthony has always amazed me on his skateboard. When we would go to spots Anthony was the dude that started skating the spot in the most creative or most interesting way and you would find yourself thinking, “how come I didn’t think of that?” He was always one step ahead of everyone else and I think this part shows it.

I always find it crazy that we can’t get anyone to buy Gravis in our shop. With dudes like this on the team I always think there should be more hype around the brand. Jake and Sammy ripping with style.

A Part of Sorts

So Ive been filming for Suede Peach with Tin now for a couple of months. Before that I was filming for…nothing. As such, I’ve been sitting on a bunch of footage filmed over the past few years. There’s some awful HD shots, head chops, shaky bro cam, a wide angle lens (meaning, not actually a fisheye), some SD lens scratches, and one really stretched out tank top. I gave Tin the daunting task of taking all of this footage and somehow making it watchable. I think he did alright.

Filmed by: Cuong Ngo, Matt Figler, Dan Muchnik, Tuna, Tommy Zhao, Chris Baldwin, and Tin Tran.

Stay tuned for a real part coming in Suede Peach!