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On 6/14/2004
Leo
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Nice...
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Chicago's sidewalk surfin' haven!!!
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On 6/14/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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Here are a couple pictures of the place we've been riding lately...
...and here's a map of the layout so you can see what its like.
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wall o' crete
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On 6/14/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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one of these days when all the planets are in alignment i'll post a picture of cf riding the wall by the shedd aquarium. this thing has a steep transition and goes ov (over vert) but makin' it is tough because of the danger of losing it into the drink. now that i know that my board floats i won't be so afeared when i heal up enough to take the plunge.
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chi-town
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On 6/14/2004
cfavero
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friday was way cool.met up with the sidlos,hit skated columbus,which was closed for blues fest,lots of people slalom,then,to say the night watchmen rock is an understatement.all ending up with a steamin bowl of menudo.set me straight the next a.m..the sprogs had too much goin on the rest of the weekend,but this week will rock as i turn 40 tommorow(30 years ,4 decades of skating and still stoked as ever).i love the skateparks,love the banks and curbs,but speed,at night thru crowds and traffic and weather is unbelievable.might morph into some sort of urban g/s racing.cf
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i wake...
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On 6/13/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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...up every morning but all i wanna do is skate.
its all good.
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SWEEET!
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On 6/13/2004 angi
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THANKS Lloyd!! that rules.
I just sent ya an email..thanks so much! :)
This is the latest video I just finished. This vid is very special to me and I hope that everyone enjoys it.
The little guy in this video is my friend Tracys son. Brett is nine years old and had never wakeboarded or been on an Indo board. He came to wakefest and I took him over to the Indo board and showed him how to do it and off he went. Guess what he wants to do next..? yep! skateboard...gettin' him on my longboard this weekend!!
The video footage is from his second time wakeboarding, he was on the boat with Jeff Herr (driving us) and Chad Sharpe (hanging out) seven of our guy friends and myself! Brett stepped up and went (on a HUGE wake for the little guy) and tore it up! He gets out toeside and heelside and even gets some air off of 1 wake!! He was chargin it.
Brett has watched all the 420Empire videos and asked me to make one for him…(I had to comply cuz he tells everyone that I am his ‘girlfriend’) LOL I guess its kool to be someones first ‘crush’. Specially a kool kid like Brett!
Anyway, maybe this will inspire some other little guys and gals to get out there and wake…and have fun doing it!
Enjoy!
Direct link:
http://www.420production.com/videos/Two%20Timer%20featuring%20Chad%20Sharpe%20=420EMPIRE.com=.wmv
angi
www.420EMPIRE.com
Two Timer
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nobody looses here...
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On 6/13/2004
psYch0Lloyd
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hey angi, drop me a shipping address and i'll send you some loose coin that i've got layin' around. i'll do one even better and send you some chocolate from belgium if you have a hankering for some.
i keep reinjuring this left (push) leg of mine and now its 'bout useless. think a little ice and rest is all that is gonna help it now. damn shame because summer is just starting to settle in for a spell.
sooooooo.... i was ona mission today. figured that i'm tired of loosin' skin on my knees and palms so i'm thinking about goin out on a limb and trying something contraversial. more on that later.
skated joke st. (oak st. beach) alone but not for long. she was there, a gymnast, a wonder to behold. the moment past and i was alone again, naturally. i rode away past the harley rider and passenger amazed at someone pumping uphill. took the "l" to taboo tabou for to get a second skin a toy for my honey...
...hmmmmm, what kinda trouble are we getting into tonite?
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awww shux!
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On 6/13/2004 angi
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and here I was hoping I would win some of the 'loot' to add to my foriegn paper/coin collection I started back when I was 10!!! :( oh well.
Hugh..congrats and enjoy!
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back atcha!!!
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On 6/13/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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very resourceful hugh! i understand angi's plight because i also googled the phrase and got a bunch of gibberish not relating to it at all but maybe that's because i can't read or write in five different languages (quite the common skill here in the us).
and here i figgered it was because you were havin' yer son send you cigarette care packages from a broad. lucky you, i'm also gonna pack one o' my groovethangs so you can give it a twirl. just throw a set of trucks 'n wheels from one o' them starter pkg's you have layin' around or mix and max to your hearts desire.
what else can i say...
...oh yeah, kicked off the day on the "l" to the heartland cafe for some coffee ana smoke after muchin' on a turkey benedict (my idea of bein' on a health kick). too early for a shot of to-kill-ya in my caffine guess that doesn't happen till 'bout 11. skated home to the sounds of verve2 remix on my digisette which i had hyped up to 500 meg. not being able to walk so well but getting around very nicely on a skateboard reminds me of the condition i was in after one of my tours w/pepsi back in the day. oh well, got to get around somehow i guess.
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smoke is dodelijk
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On 6/12/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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good one hugh, you probably seen the sign. guess i was just trying to say that the smoke from the boat wasn't too healthy. but i got that dutch treat off of the warning on the sack of rolling tobacco that i purchased in holland (so who am i to talk). so as i promised you, hugh r, are the proud owner of one $20 and one $5 euro bills worth about $30 in usd. piddly amount wouldn't go far with tobacco so might as well spend it on somethin' else...
spent the afternoon skating w/smarsa at joke st. beach, nice 'n easy afternoon of carving and some cone. at one point in the conversation we came to the realization that i've been skating there for 30 years almost to the day.
all banged up from recent mishaps, pushing mongo, cause i strained my calf, getting chased out of millenium plaza last weak. rode the f#@! out of columbus ave. with sidlo1.0 (my older brother james) and cfavero as the soulful sounds of the blues fest set the tone for the ride. best part was how quick the dash out was when the monsoon hit right at the close. then back into "l" but not without hitting the lakeside lounge on the way home. big storms gathered as the night watchmen tore into some licks that quenched that craving for that surf guitar sound. she was there asking a freak brother why he didn't call, good cop bad cop she wasn't buyin' it. a quick home between the rain just made it much more special. a quick stop at the south of the border grill for menudo all the way around capped off the night as they skated to our separate modes of transportation. chris to the dragon wagon mcoupe and james to the blackmobile...
...and the weekend isn't half over yet!
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or in modern terms
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On 6/12/2004 hugh r
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killer smoke
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roken is dodelijk
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On 6/12/2004
hugh r
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smoke is deadly or possibly smoke is killer
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????
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On 6/12/2004 angi
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yes Lloyd...I spent an hour last nite trying to figure it out...went at it from the angle of 'anagram'..so please do tell...!
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a storied life
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On 6/12/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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gots lots to talk about but no time to do it. skating beckons and we must heed the call...
future subjects:
skating the blues
wall o crete
skatin' in da rain
if anybody can extrapolate the meaning of my obscure statement of the previous post i will give them $25 (euro of course). hey, i gotta get rid of this money somehow?
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more stories to come.......
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On 6/11/2004
cfavero
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psycholloyd and i are getting together for a friday nite skate in the city of big shoulders.lots going on too.first,its blues fest,next to one of our new fave spots,then ,our fave surf band is playing up at the lakeview lounge and you can guarantee plenty of rollin in between.look for the complete story this weekend.cf
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I so sorry :(
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On 6/11/2004 angi
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silver!! I know! I am so sorry!! its the height of wakeboard season and I am doing the competitions for the first time..and so ALL of my free time I am on the water!! (or working...BLAHHH) I have taken out my Skateboard..but its ussually when the hubby isnt around to film me...but I can guarantee you this...when fall comes around andthat water gets chilly..I am allover it.
we had a little mishap with our small digi cam (jake fell overboard with it in his hand!) so I cant use the big Cannon XL1..no way..not his baby ;) plus I wouldnt know how anyway..but I promise..I will try try try to get some new footage and make a short vid!
until then bare with me and watch water angi PRETEND like she is carvin' on the pavement!!!
check out the newest video ...on 420EMPIRE.com just did it last week..its called Stone Water Crew and I am finishing 'Grasshopper' tonite!!!
BIG AIR wakeboard and really AWESOME wakeskating and wakesurfing by the World Champion and one of my best friends...Drew Danielo!! the kid is a RIPPER!
(little bonus scene at the end of Angi doing some wakesurfing!!)
enjoy!
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angy...
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On 6/10/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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...roken is dodelijk.
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Anji's Vid
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On 6/10/2004
silversurfer
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Anji - great video, nice moves!
But where is your new skateboarding video?
That's what I want to see next!
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Side walk Surfing
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On 6/9/2004
Drew Ripper
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evey time i step on the longboard i pretend im shreading on a wave. Its a close second to surfing
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true dat monson...
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On 6/6/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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...that guy who worships waves is a true inspiration. he really gives dedication a new meaning. today cfavero, cnova and i experienced the brotherly sess while scoping out some possible race sites. started of by taking the subway down town at about 8:00 AM in the morning. then having a spot of joe at a streetside cafe. weird sight was a replica of the paris metro stop on michigan avenue really put a twist on the new day that was baking up so nicely.
skating around the newly renovated museum campus offered many opportunities for soul sessions on various grades some matching the steepness of the trocadero. long clean concrete paths intersecting and diverging offering numerous possibilities of attack. miles and miles of riding with the occasional interation with pedestrians. we definitely will be doing this again.
when i got back home around noon julicat wanted to take a walk to the heartland cafe so i switched out decks and accompanied her on the roll. while there we met a group of six women who didn't care too much about men. great conversation and they knew all about eating. skated back home and ticky, ticky, ticky, on the computer again...
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DIRECT LINK
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On 6/5/2004 ANGI
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oops! forgot the direct link...
skate on skaters! (I have been out on my long board..it has made a huge impact on my wake skills!!) I love carving around and tyring my slides!
http://www.angisimpson.com/420/420EMPIRE.com%20Videos/Grab-A-Licious%20Volume%203%20=420EMPIRE.com=.wmv
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daily sessions!
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On 6/5/2004
wacky
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hey skatecats...
kinda rollin' on the sidlo tip ~ make the skate happen! i recently bought the dvd "step into liquid" which is pretty killa it basically chronicles the various aspects of surf culture and how you should just get your stoke on in any form of surfing available to you. the main message was if you surf you're a surfer and are tied into the surf culture. i'm a summer surfer and get my surf stoke with a yearly pilgrimage to santa cruz to visit some great friends and of course surf! i also plan to try wake surfing this summer on some local lakes so that should help keep the surf stoke going.
the real point i want to make is the inspiration i received from a story in the movie featuring dave webster he is dedicated surfcat up in nocal who surfed 10,407 consecutive days! (that's 28 1/2 yrs) so i figured i could at least make the daily dedication to session everyday this summer ...even it is just a quick 15 min. 3 run session down the 6 story parking garage 2 blocks away. i have been going since june 1st and thought it was a fun goal to keep the daily stoke going. some of you have access to a backyard pool and the daily stoke is probably a foregone conclusion.
the point is make a daily session ~ carve up a hill/wiggle a course/rip up a ditch/rule a pool ~ do whatever you can to keep the stoke alive! we are all skaters and that is translated on so many levels ...if you love to skate you are part of the skate culture no matter what you skate or how you skate it ~ if the passion burns ride the concrete wave! we all contribute to the overall universal stoke when we get out and session so hit a session today and stoke it up!
peace ...monson
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skate everywhere
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On 6/5/2004 psYch0Lloyd
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while taking a moment to reminisce about our recent adventures cfavero came to the conclusion that we haven't been skating nearly enough and with this i had to reluctantly concur. seems that we get all caught up with the day to day business of living or just expect perfect skatepark or race conditions in order to drop in. too many excuses over time and before you know it riding may seem a little strange.
throwing down while in a strange land was such an inspiration. i definitely plan too extend that vacation and discover new rides here at home. riding everywhere taking us back to the moment.
see ya swerve.
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this weeks progression video
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On 6/4/2004
angi
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Here is this weeks 'progression video' -- riding from Friday/June 4th
it has been one week since I posted 'Hang Time' -- riding from Friday May 28th
and I went out two times in the past week.
I promised some grabs...and here they are!
I am so happy and had a blast today.
also tried a HS 180 w2w for the first time. got up and around.landed...but didnt sSTICK the landing. slid out.
trying again tomorrow and hopefully my next video will have that and my TS w2w that I am now working on!
Very happy with my grabs..Indy and tail and did one roast beef!!
also did a 180 surface off the wake (something new I had never tried before)
let me know what ya think. I am trying to learn something new each time I go out!
I think the song is fitting! Enjoy
click here to see video:
www.420EMPIRE.com
'Grab-A-Licious' volume 3 of my progression videos.
Angi
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