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| Q&A: Michael Brooke - Publisher, Concrete Wave Magazine (7141 Posts)
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please spread the word to shop owners...
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On 8/28/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
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I know a lot of folks who read this forum either manage/own shops or are quite friendly with those who manage or own skate shops...please let them know about this new program.
Over the past number of years, I have heard from a number of skateshops about what's on their minds...the good, the bad and the ugly. Since Concrete Wave is NOT a retailer and we are NOT a manufacturer, we are in a unique position to communicate with both groups.
Constructive criticism and feedback is VITAL - it keeps customers happy and it keeps things moving forward. But there are times when people are somewhat worried about speaking their minds.
I believe I have come up with a way that ensures shops have the freedom to say what's on their minds without fearing retribution.
And so, I bring you a new Monthly Newsletter called Voice of the Shops.
There are only 4 things you need to know about this newsletter:
1. it's free to shops and those who make/market skate products
2. it's going to be written by folks who run/own/manage shops
3. it's 100% confidential - we will keep your name/email off the actual articles (unless you want it there)
4. the newsletter will be sent to shops if they ask for it and it will be sent to skate companies.
It is my hope that by airing some of the issues, shops will see an improvment in things like:
1.shipping (ie how fast orders are turned around)
2. distribution
3. advertising
4. promotion
5. quality of product
We want to hear from you on what works, what is not working and what is moving things backward...feel free to email me your thoughts at mbrooke@interlog.com. Look for the first digital newsletter to hit sometime in October.
Best wishes,
Michael
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Denver Post Article on the US Nationals
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On 8/26/2006 Pauliwog
wrote in from
United States
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Good article for the newspaper reading masses. Sure, as an insider I could pick at it for details but all in all, I'm very glad to see coverage in a REALLY big newspaper like the Denver Post. Especially glad to see coverage of SLALOM, since after all, SLALOM is pretty much the bestest of the best of skateboarding.
OK, so that statement was slightly over-done but it's basically the truth. Slalom, it's the best! OK, so I'm rambling. If I think of anything real to say, I'll bring it right here, to the Concrete Wave forum. Really. I promise. You guys and gals will be the first to know. OK, so I think that's about all I have for now. Adios, Paul
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Re: Magic Rolling Board "Dingleberry"
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On 8/25/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
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Easy now, Rex... no need for name-calling. I stand corrected and you're right about the movie title. I typed that reply on very little sleep, so my brain wasn't fully awake, yet. Saw those in the theatres & I own both movies... got 'em mixed up. Please... oh, PLEASE forgive me. BTW, that's MISTER Dingleberry, dig?
=)
Rex posted:
"Magic Rolling Board was in 5 Summer Stories, not Super Session. There is skating in Super Session at the end of the movie, but it isn't as good as Magic Rolling Board."
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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Get your facts straight, dingleberry
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On 8/24/2006 rex
wrote in from
United States
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Magic Rolling Board was in 5 Summer Stories, not Super Session. There is skating in Super Session at the end of the movie, but it isn't as good as Magic Rolling Board.
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super session dvd
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On 8/23/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.beachhouseclassic.com/products.asp?cat=40
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super session
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On 8/23/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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sumdum, thx for the info
i believe surfart.com was carrying it.
should have bought a copy.
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Re: Pool Rules
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On 8/23/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
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Michael,
I'm attending the show and already planned on taking care of the writing/images. Looking very forward to going.
H.C. a surf movie, called Super Session, featured Magic Rolling Board. It was made/released in the mid '70s (1975, I think). I waited for years to get it on VHS. I finally scored it when it came out, several years back. I'm not sure if a DVD version is available.
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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Skateboarding to Safety (1976)
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On 8/22/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3458499866181217191&q=skate+safety
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Skateboard Safety (1976)
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On 8/22/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3680437246710672279&q=skate+safety
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Magic Rolling Board
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On 8/22/2006
hc
wrote in from
United States
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Magic Rolling Board (1976) on YouTube (thx Cat for the link)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3560383223996267766&q=skate+safety&pr=goog-sl
uploaded by avgeeks.com (dvd available?)
hc
http://www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose/video.html
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I heard about this show...
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On 8/22/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
United States
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I'd love to get to see this show..however, I am not going to make it...
however, if you are (or anyone else reading this) is going to be there
SEND ME A PHOTO and a 75 word write up!
we'll get it in the next issue
cheers
michael
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ASR
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On 8/22/2006 Shreddoggy
wrote in from
United States
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Michael,
Look forward to seeing you at ASR, will you have a booth?.
If you get into town early maybe you can make it to this art show.
(I just pillaged this from another site)
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nice article from Denver Post
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On 8/22/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(65.94.nnn.nnn)
thought this was a pretty damn good piece..
Old-school skaters
Slalom skateboarding, with its 1970s legacy, making a comeback
By Jason Blevins
Denver Post Staff Writer
DenverPost.com
Windsor - Wesley Tucker felt pretty sure he was alone.
After his last slalom race in 1981, the South Carolina native spent nearly a quarter-century carving his skateboard between cones on an empty parcel of pavement near his home. He eschewed the vertical antics of the modern riders who today dominate and define skateboarding. He always rode alone.
"Nobody, not one person, in the Southeast was slalom skateboarding for all those years," said the 45-year-old, who only recently has come around to switch his stance from a skier's to a surfer's on his beloved slalom board. "All I ever wanted was to go fast down a hill. I don't understand wanting to stand around in the same place all day like those 'kickflippers."'
Tucker's lonely persistence finally paid off when he raced again in 2002. Friday, he gleefully stretched out in a camp chair after joining some 80 of his fellow slalom skateboarders as they breathed new life into his sport at the U.S. Nationals of Slalom Skateboarding on a smoothly paved hill outside rural Windsor.
"We're back," he said.
Call it a resurrection.
Sometime in the early 1980s, slalom skateboarding disappeared. The incipient acrobatics of SoCal's legendary Stacy Peralta and the Lords of Dogtown had stolen the public's eye. The pavement carvers who had coddled skateboarding from its infancy in the 1960s - the same cone-weaving freestyle skaters vilified in Peralta's wildly popular Dogtown documentary a few years ago - were abandoned.
Slalom skateboarding, with its hang-tenning, front-facing disciples, didn't just go underground. It died. And in its stead rose a regime of aerialists, ripping through and over empty swimming pools, vertical ramps and urban landscapes.
"It used to be hard to get four guys together," said veteran slalom skater Gary Fluitt, a 42-year-old from Golden who sold his skateboard in the mid-1980s after slalom racing competitively as a teen in the 1970s. "I really thought it was dead and gone."
But like so many of the sporting world's fringiest endeavors, the Internet united the outcasts and about five years ago, slalom skaters e-banded to conjure a new life for the carvers.
Companies like Boulder's Seismic Skate Systems, which sponsored this year's Nationals near Windsor and Longmont, started making almost forgotten slalom skating equipment. Associations formed. Contests were held.
Reborn in Europe in 2000, slalom skateboarding is gaining speed. There are eager whispers of inclusion in the 2012 Olympics. A new school style has emerged, replacing slalom's traditional side-by-side, ski-centric stance with something closer to that of a carving snowboarder.
The gyrating skater revolution continued this weekend as more than 80 slalom aficionados gathered for a series of contests, each one passionately pumping and carving to feed the renaissance. They rode short boards with wide wheels, reaching speeds of 35 mph or faster as they raced side-by-side through a downhill course of cones. The experts wiggled and pumped between the cones, waving their arms like orchestral conductors to maximize their speed and taping shoelaces to increase aerodynamics. Some of the top racers were separated by thousandths of a second.
"Maybe it's time for slalom to come full circle. Doesn't everything eventually come full circle?" said Jason Mitchell, a 39-year-old Boulder County slalom pioneer who ranks as a two-time all-round world champion and earned his fourth national giant slalom title Friday in Windsor. "It doesn't seem to be gaining the interest of the street-riding crowd as fast as we'd like, but it's steady. The key is to get as many kids as possible into the sport."
Many of the 30-something and 40-something slalom skaters who learned in the 1970s and are fresh from a two-decade sabbatical know their sport will perish again if left solely in their hands. A new lease requires some young blood. The couple dozen slalom pros on hand for the nationals worked as vehement cheerleaders for the weekend's growing ranks of open-class and junior racers.
"Not everyone can do some of those crazy aerial tricks. Not everybody wants to," said 13-year-old Max McMurray, who started slalom skating a couple years ago with his 45-year-old father. "Plus, I didn't like the vibe at my local skatepark. This scene is much cooler. More relaxed."
Learn more
Slalom skateboarding websites:
www.slalomskateboarding.com
www.concretewavemagazine.com
www.skateboardracing.com
www.coloradoslalom.org
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Re: Troy Chason
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On 8/18/2006
Sumdumsurfer
wrote in from
United States
(71.107.nnn.nnn)
Troy Chason at this year's Soul Bowl event in Huntington Beach, So Cal. Nice guy and great skater... still rippin' it up.
SK8/SURF 4 LIFE!
Sumdumsurfer
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another skategeezer makes the news!
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On 8/18/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(65.95.nnn.nnn)
Veteran skater finds age is no obstacle
By Joey Richards
The Daily News
Published August 18, 2006
GALVESTON — Skateboarding on a U-shaped, 12-foot tall vertical ramp is not for the faint of heart. Skateboarders often soar another 3 to 8 feet above the lip of the ramp, pushing each other to fly even higher.
It’s the kind of thrill that keeps 41-year-old Troy Chason coming back for more.
“It’s just the adrenaline,” the Galveston resident said.
Most people think of skateboarding as a sport for youngsters. But Chason, who started skateboarding at age 15, hangs out with a group where the youngest skateboarder is 35.
“I’m just blessed that I’m still able to skate,” he said.
Chason turned pro in the late ’80s, after a good showing at an event in Dallas landed him some sponsorships. But he’s never really been able to make a living at the sport. By the time skateboarding hit the big time with the likes of the X Games and Mountain Dew Series in the early ’90s, Chason’s heyday had already come and gone.
It’s even tougher now against youngsters who are paid to do nothing but skate.
“I can maybe qualify,” Chason said. “It depends on what day it is. A lot of the younger guys know a lot more tricks. The mid-80s was when I was pretty much kicking butt.”
That’s OK with him.
“It’s all for fun,” he said. “I’m still skating. I’ve been blessed.”
Chason, though, can still hang with others his age. He finished fourth at the Grand Masters Bowl Jam on July 27-30 at Huntington Beach, Calif.
Forty-year-old Micke Alba, of Montclair, Calif. won the event with a score of 89.33 points. Steve Alba, 43, of Badlands, Calif., was second (89 points), followed by 45-year-old Duane Peters of Costa Mesa, Calif. (88.33). Chason, who won $700, had 86.67 points to beat out 11 others.
“I was pretty cool,” Chason said. “It was a great time to see a lot of people I’ve gotten to see in a year.”
The event was part of the Bank of the West Beach Games, which included beach volleyball, surfing, BMX and motorcycle free-style.
“It’s a really cool event,” Chason said.
Chason rarely competes these days. He mainly does demos, big air contests and park openings.
He could be doing an opening on the island. Chason said a new park is expected to be opened at Menard Park, perhaps as early as this fall.
“There’s lot of kids that need something to skate,” he said. “They need a public park they can go to and learn something. The kids in G Rock, that’s what I call Galveston, mostly skate street and rail. That’s all they have. There’s no mini ramps or vert ramps in Galveston.”
Chason, who prefers vert, or vertical ramps, hopes the new park has at least a small vert ramp.
A big vert would be even better. That way he can remain on the island to get some big air.
Of course, he realizes that he can’t skateboard forever.
“I’m going to try to retire when I’m 55,” he said. “I think I’ll buy some golf clubs, maybe.”
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CNC vs Handcraft
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On 8/18/2006
Bud
wrote in from
United States
(68.57.nnn.nnn)
I'd say it depends on the specific product in question, and the tolerances allowed.
Example: Bearings. I could only imagine how horrid hand-turned ball bearings would skate, since bearings are held to tolerances of a couple of microns or so. I'd also assume that truck axles are cnc'd, as would kingpins, wheels, et al.
However, decks have far greater allowable tolerances- minus those mounting holes, of course. And, unless you're making a bunch of one particular shape, cnc'ing something like custom-shaped decks would be cost prohibitive.
Basically, cnc machining lends itself to mass production of critical parts, while hand-shaping lends itself to individuality and creativity.
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command and control, baby
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On 8/17/2006
sc
wrote in from
United States
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I don't care how it's made, just how it works. Bad geometry C&C'd is still bad geometry.
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Hello M
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On 8/17/2006 F
wrote in from
Canada
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Hello from Chicoutimi Michael!
-F
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c&c vs handcraft
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On 8/17/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
(65.93.nnn.nnn)
ah, a good question...
do you thrive in the world of digits or you more of an analog kinda person...?
the reality is that we are SPOILED for CHOICE here in 2006
seriously...the product is getting so flippin good, it's scary
having failed shop, I'd like to say whatever works...and not get too technical.
: )
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C&C vs Handcraft?
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On 8/17/2006
caddy
wrote in from
United States
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input?
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Good Vibes
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On 8/17/2006
Bud
wrote in from
United States
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Here's a few of my faves, in no particular order:
- Long slides down a steep hill on a hot day, on 60mm 95a Bullets.
- Nosesliding a long, waxed curb.
- Nu Wave Sports' old mini ramp.
- Landing backside nodegrind reverts.
- Traveling anywhere with friends in a really fast sports car.
- Grinding curbs on G&S Chromoly trucks.
- Smith grinds on rough coping.
- Cold Cokes.
- Steve Claar's frontside ollies.
- Backside ollie tailgrabs.
- Skating my old Sims Taperkick.
- Wondering what Steve O'hara's next trivia question's gonna be.
- Enjoying a good Clove.
- PJ Ladd.
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Good Vibrations...
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On 8/16/2006 David V.
wrote in from
United States
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How about...
Endless carving of a newly discovered swimming pool!
Or...
Bombing your favorite hill under a full moon!
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Bruno
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On 8/16/2006
Michael Brooke
wrote in from
Canada
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I didn't know this...sad news...
Kirby was born into a Hollywood family; his father is actor Bruce Kirby (born Bruno Giovanni Quidaciolu, Sr.), who most recently appeared in the movie Crash, and his brother John Kirby is a notable acting coach.
Career
Kirby's early appearances included his film debut in the little-seen The Young Graduates (1971) and on the television programs Room 222 and The Super, in which he portrayed Richard Castellano's son. In a bit of irony, Castellano appeared in The Godfather (1972) as hefty Pete Clemenza, a prominent member of the Corleone crime family; Kirby subsequently played a younger version of Clemenza in the sequel, The Godfather Part II. He was listed in the credits as 'B. Kirby, Jr.', and the role raised the actor's profile in Hollywood.
Described by film critic Leonard Maltin as "the quintessential New Yorker or cranky straight man", Kirby displayed his talents in a series of comedies, typically playing fast-talking, belligerent, yet strangely lovable characters. The most well-known of these are Modern Romance (as Albert Brooks' fellow film editor), This Is Spinal Tap (as a talkative limo driver), Good Morning, Vietnam (as jealous U.S. Army officer Lt. Hauk, obsessed with polka music and unaware of his own mediocre comedic skills) and The Freshman (as a shifty assistant to Marlon Brando, spoofing his own Godfather role). Kirby balanced these comedies with dramatic roles in Donnie Brasco and Sleepers.
Kirby and comedian Billy Crystal made a popular screen team in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) and City Slickers (1991), in which Kirby played the sidekick of Crystal's character.
Kirby was a popular character actor through the late 1980s and early '90s, although the frequency of his film appearances waned. In the last decade of his life, he was increasingly working on television. He played a paroled convict out for revenge in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. More recently, he played Phil Rubenstein in the HBO series Entourage.
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Bruno...
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On 8/16/2006
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
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====================
R.I.P. BRUNO KIRBY
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good vibrations on boards
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On 8/15/2006
buddy rawls
wrote in from
United States
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What about some good vibrations on riding boards. My list is sort of old schoolish, but it can be a start.
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An insanely sharp turn in which no wheel rub-out occurs and body positioning puts the board on the ragged edge of traction.
Any double axle carves done at high speed. The rougher the coping, the better it is. Bonus points if the board flops over the coping.
Cutting a sharp turn while board walking, going backwards.
The swoosh of red Krytonics be ridden in a ditch.
A perfectly executed bert or layback that results in a minimal speed loss.
A frontside air performed with enough height and control that you can watch the coping pass by on re-entry.
Glancing at upcoming slalom cones and knowing you are going to fast to make the cuts, but you make it through.
Performing a ballz-out speed run while retaining excellent control.
Spinning multiple 360’s without setting the board down too early.
Riding well tuned and set-up boards from yesteryear.
Completing that first “defining” maneuver on a newly built board.
Warm wheels after a fast slalom run.
Elevator drop on deep terrain.
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