This weekend watch MTV’s True Life to see how a newcomer handles Skatopia…. lets see how Reality TV meets reality! You weigh in… did they get it right or not? Skatopia and ‘True Life’ RUTLAND — Skatopia is a destination with its share of myths, rumors and reality – all captured in an upcoming episode […]
Category: Skatopia The Movie
Weird Soviet (Ukranian) pop number from late 60s
via youtube.com This reminds me vaguely of The Prisoner… only less linear (!?)
Grossest Skating Injury Ever – Duane is the ultimate survivor!
Last year the Master of Disaster, Duane Peters took a normal fall, and faced a whole new disaster. His leg got infected. Click on the photo below if you have a strong stomach… it’s nasty. You can also hear him talk about it in this video. He’s also got tons of awesome stuff on his […]
Newbeats – Bread And Butter
via youtube.com There’s nothing to say… just sit back and let your jaw drop… then hit replay.
Dustin Dollin 7 Day Weekend Prt 12 ( Skatopia)
via youtube.com A really shakey vid from Dustin Dollin… he manages to catch almost nothing of interest, but I had fun ID’ing friends & legends. It was my first Bowl Bash… 2005.
Summer fun! Every surf video trope known to man!
via youtube.com
Filmmakers can use ripped DVD footage without getting busted for “piracy”
Some USC law students have won a major concession from the US Copyright Office on how documentarians (isn’t there a better word?) may use material from copyrighted works. In particular, it allows that material from DVD’s (protected by the DMCA) may be used in manners consistent with Fair Use and that filmmakers not be prosecuted […]
Jeb Corliss the flying man
I had seen some brief videos of base jumpers and their wingsuits, but today saw an editor’s reel that featured this “wingnut”. Corliss is pretty wild – his dream is to land from a free fall without a parachute. He wants to build a giant landing ramp that he would slide down stomach first (at […]
Skating – Harley’s – Customizing – The NYT needs a little Jason Jesse!
The NYT just put up an article about skaters and motorcycles… it promised something about a “cafe racer CB350”, but never delivered… stayed locked into idolizing 70’s Harley’s… boring! Problem is, if you’re going to cover Harley’s & skating you better not miss Jason, but the newspaper of record did. But still I liked this […]
Skatopia hits PBS – video clip of Brewce Martin & Laurie House
Skatopia hits PBS… Brewce & Laurie Video Interview without comments Laurie House and Brewce Martin of Skatopia are interveiwed by Thom Hallock of Mountain Lake Journal about Skatopia: 88 Acres of Anarchy. The movie will be playing June 11 at 11PM at the Lake Placid Film Forum. ShareThis Written by colin Edit June 8th, 2010 […]