Blade Digest #3: More Nonsense
Ah, yes… The inevitable Monday. Well it’s a good thing Krans is still with us and at Week 3 his scriptures are still going strong. Read the following and then go skate or something…
BLADE DIGEST #3: More nonsense
’I don’t understand the whole skating thing’
Ah, journalism. As usual, Rollernews had the scoop about a rail surfer or some crap.
God knows what the point of the show ‘The Young Turks’ is—maybe somewhat similar to this column—but the banter makes me want to shove wax worms into my ears and let them do their merry business in my gray matter.
For nearly EIGHT MINUTES, they hop on the verbal diarrhea train, spewing their self-professed ignorance of skating. That and it doesn’t help they start off the show with a clip of a blader, calling him a skateboarder.
There’s the guy in the blazer stating he doesn’t understand the whole skating thing because “shouldn’t they have broken their ankles by now?” The girl has a sob story of her favorite benches at school being abused by skaters. Then the bitching about skaters on the sidewalks, where we “belong,” etc. To continue with the Seinfeld-esque bitching, the girl even complains about bikes in her way when she’s driving.
God forbid anyone choose transportation outside of a car.
The voices of reason are the men in the booth. Why the voices of reason are not the people on camera is beyond me. One of them puts it best: “Maybe you’re just too sensitive, too fragile.”
Let’s just put it this way: The planet was lush and green when humans first inhabited it. Then we decided to pave a good chunk of it. Skating is a direct response to it. It’s called evolution.
Oh, and f@#% your bench! The Kelso brothers taught us long ago that benches were not meant to be sat on.
Your weekly serving of Juuuuuice!:
Soichiro Valo Pro 2010.. from Themgoods on Vimeo.
Soichiro Kanashima is pro, just in time for his new skate to drop. Love the hell out of the kid. Funny, happy, stylish as cucumber wearing sunglasses. That’s pretty cool.
Then, on the other side of blading, former Valo rider who’s now rocking some Nimhs, Gabriel Hyden has a completely different and feverish style for an interview with CO.Efficient.
COE Gabriel Hyden from gregory preston on Vimeo.
Wanna know what I like best of blading? No, you don’t care? Well, I can’t blame you but I’ll tell you anyway: It attracts all types of styles. Love the hell out of that. Diversity is cool. We could all be the same, but that would be dumb.
Tidbits here and there:
If you haven’t heard—which I really, really 
hope you have—Erik Bailey won Barn Burner. With his $1,000 check came a set of trust fire-fighting equipment and a set of K2 skis. Kinda sends a message doesn’t it? “I see you have skills. Here are some skis. You’ll be better off with these.” Then again, giving Bailey a set of K2 skates—or any other brand or a pair of skates to any other pros—would have been severely pointless. It’d be like giving Jesus a cross as an Easter present—one is enough, thanks.
But don’t worry. Kilgore would take those skates. That’s a different type of Jock Blading all together.
Adam Killgore - K2 Varsity from Adam Killgore on Vimeo.
Oh, and before we go get your daily full serving of tiny, prepubescent children in oversized pants doing all sorts of shenanigans to flight attendants, random girls in hallways and even a bird. Oh, the poor bird.
TB-TV: My Daily Routine Pt. 1 from ONE magazine on Vimeo.
Speaking of people who make clothes…
Rough week:
AJ of Vibralux and Street Artist has been going through some tough times. Not wanting to air his laundry here, let’s just say it’s been painful. But, as life goes, the most tough times are when some of the best wisdom comes to light:
Hells yeah. Now everyone buy some of his stuff to support that kind of mentality!
A little something else:
While the blading world waits for Mushroom Blading 2 to drop, those kids in Canada are having lots of fun playing with their balls. And here’s Todd:
Don’t drink the Kool-Late,
— Brian Krans
April 5th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Good stuff there Krans, I like your style mang.
April 5th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
“It’d be like giving Jesus a cross as an Easter present—one is enough, thanks.”
classic krans.
April 6th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
id have to agree. the jesus comment made me spill my coffee.
April 7th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
YO FUCK YOU! YOU PEGAN BASTARD!
April 8th, 2010 at 12:58 am
You meant Pagan, right?
Well, Pagans are merely people who worship polytheistic and nature gods. Yes, the general culture thinks of it as witchcraft, but that was only after eons of the Christian churches casting them as devil-worshipers, when they are far from it.
I think what you were going for was either “agnostic” or “godless son of a bitch.” Don’t feel bad. My mom can never remember which one she’s dubbed for me.