AG + RS + VE + ML

Ahhh, can you smell it? It’s that oh so familiar smell of Monday. Coffee left over from Friday, Possibly some old half eaten sandwich in my garbage can, a weekends worth of dust pluming into the air out of my computers over-sized fan from downloading all those wild e-mails, and the smell of wet blacktop because it’s raining here AGAIN. Well if anyone can turn my Monday around it’s gotta be Krans… RIGHT KRANS? LIFT MY SPIRITS WILLN’T YOU? 

BLADE DIGEST #4: Who Flung Poo?

Did I miss something?:

Really though. C’mon now. We’re bladers. We’re supposed to crank out edits and such for nothing but the glory that it is of being s#!t-talked on the Internet.

So who the hell are these people at Scumpire and A Chosen Few telling us that if you make an edit—where you and your friends are risking life, limb and ability to pee standing up—and you might have something to show for it? This isn’t the Olympics. But since people are willing to give away crap for people’s dedication to blading, it might as well be mentioned.

And one…

Scumpire MIXTAPE Volume 1… from Luke Bender on Vimeo.

Advertisement for Scumpire.com’s first MIXTAPE contest…filmed in denver…starring IAN Walker as the SCUM…FWHAT

And two…

CHOSEN FEW Challenge #1 from ACHOSEN-FEW.COM on Vimeo.

Seriously though, anyone putting money into people’s pockets or blades on feet, recognizing people who do things for what they love, deserve a standing ovation. Since we don’t have one of those handy, I’ll settle for a slow clap.

People have done crazier things for attention, I suppose. So is illustrated this week at IRollNY.com:

I’m not hearing any clapping…

Something we all know:

Duh.

And then…

Hmmm. That kid is from Eden Prairie, MN. Good work, gentlemen.

…and then…

Wow. Those are some exact figures. You’re probably on a damned fixie anyway. Steer your little handlebars around us because you’re cooler because you bike, right? Or are you suffering the pains of being caught up in something because it’s popular?

…and then…

NO AND THEN!

And in Japan:

Home ramps rule. There’s something about an obstacle your friend built while coming down off of something, off of the radar and on point with something that can get you killed. We’ve all dealt with bad coping, rusty edges and protruding screws all in the name of having a spot to skate without hesitation.

And that’s the way we American’s seen it. As usual, as with all things, the Japanese have us all beat. More specifically, the cats in Shimane have everyone everywhere else trumped.

Let’s all have a look-see:

Riiiiiight. So, there might be a few people out there man enough to tackle something like that. However, I am not one of them. Me and my girly little self will be sticking to things where I don’t have to bomb the equivalent of a nasty San Francisco hill just to get enough speed to clear something into a quarter pipe taller than most high schools.

I choose life. To the rest of you, be bold, be brave and above all, bring a camera with you so the rest of us can see you’re depraved acts. We love you for what you’re doing…you sick freaks.

Your weekly serving of Juuuuuice!:

Watch these, if you haven’t already. VX + Haffey = I’m calling in sick to work to shred the hell out of anything.

Act now. Quantities are limited:

There’s embarrassing things about having big feet, and, no, the ladies normally don’t mind. The thing that sucks most about having feet larger than a size 9 are all the prime deals that you miss out when people clean out their garages, such as the above pictured skates.

What else went up for sale this week on Ebay? I’m glad you asked.

A boatload of history, that’s what.

Just thought you’d like to know.

Sincerely,
— Brian Krans

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