An Interview With Lurker Lou

May 3rd, 2012 | 10:51 am | Features & Interviews | 26 Comments

Lurker Lou ruined skateboarding. When he snapped Matt Militano’s board during Slap’s One in a Million show (not even first try!), he singlehandedly took away all the fun there was to be had in riding a skateboard. We sat down with Lou to discuss why he is so hell-bent on destroying skateboarding, and why he hates America’s children.

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Where are you from, and how did you get into skating?

I’m from Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The actual town is Dennisport, which is a small town, kinda white trash, dead all year, crazy in the summertime. My dad used to own a liquor store, and it had a drive-thru, and all these kids used to skate in there. My older brother had two friends who skated, and they sold me a used board for super cheap, so I started going out with them. I was turning 11, and they were 16.

How’d you end up moving to New York?

That was all Zered.

When did you originally meet him?

I met him when I was in 8th grade, he was the talk of Cape Cod. I never got out of my town to skate much, but as I got older, I’d go to other towns and link up with different dudes to skate. I met Zered at a contest. He won, and I think I got 3rd place. He lived two towns away, and after that, I just started going to his skatepark. He got on Zoo, and they got him an apartment here with Billy [Rohan] and Brian Brown. I’d just crash on an air bed, then Billy got kicked off and I took over his room. As soon as I moved here, we started filming Vicious Cycle.

You Know They Love the Snowman in the White House

April 30th, 2012 | 8:21 am | Daily News | 2 Comments

Ty only skates transition now. Photo by Emilio Cuilan.

The first column on the 100th floor of 1 World Trade Center goes up today, which for the second time in history, makes it the tallest building in New York City, surpassing the Empire State Building by 21 feet.

E.J. made a lifestyle-y Super 8 clip for all the video art students. Part one of four.

10 Questions with the Black Ninja. If we’re trying to convince kids that the skateboard industry is abundant with jobs, what sort of example are we setting if the Black Ninja doesn’t have a six-figure salary and a head marketing position at a major skateboard conglomerate? The guy writes rap songs just to sell t-shirts.

Zered Bassett video interview on Fred Gall heating up a frozen pizza with a clothing iron, getting held at gunpoint by undercovers for riding mini bikes with Vinnie Ponte, and a variety of other subjects.

Lost Kevin Tierney Flushing footage that was found on a laserdisc and ripped to YouTube. Noseslides, lipslides, etc.

The Hells Angels have beef with Rob Dyrdek. Tell him to stay off East 3rd Street.

Rob Gonyon doing noseblunts in camo pants (a Josh Kalis classic), and Bill Pierce doing melon grabs in this Skateboarder magazine Photo File.

Some guy took a $2,700 set of skateboards and made fancy ultra post-modern shelves out of them.

Happy 10th birthday to Nelly’s “Hot in Here.”

Shawn Powers is the only American you put on your skateboard company, and Torey Goodall is the only Canadian? Sounds good.

Quote of the Week:

Skateboarding websites, Olympic swimmers, ESPN commentators, and the Commander-in-Chief are just a few who have been inspired by the Snowman’s brilliant body of work.


Don’t mention anything about sports if you see me.

Party Like It’s 1999…

April 27th, 2012 | 2:18 pm | Daily News | 10 Comments

Now would be a good time to post Allan Houston’s game 5 shot, but we did that last year.

1. HEY PHILLY FANS — What happened to the whole “Lou Williams is more of a factor in Philly than Melo is in New York and he comes off the bench!” and “We’re leading the Atlantic and we don’t even have a star player!” thing you were running with earlier in the season? Your team just openly admitted to being afraid of the Heat, and tanked in Detroit yesterday to ensure an 8th seed.

2. New Jersey Nets R.I.P. Not sure if they ever actually had fans (well, if the Charlotte Bobcats have fans, the Nets probably have a few, right?), but shout out to 1991-1995 New Jersey Net, Kenny Anderson. He has the same name as a prominent nose manualling skateboarder, and he’s from Lefrak City, Queens. Good luck with the whole Brooklyn thing. (How awful are those Brooklyn Nets logos? A basketball with a backwards hat? Are you kidding?)

3. As far as realistic expectations for the series go, the Quartersnacks Sports Desk regrettably falls in line with the most popular prediction going around now, which is Heat in five (Knicks take game 3 at MSG.) Hopefully, that’s completely wrong. Weirder things have happened…

“Damn…Jeff Van Gundy is on my leg.” — Alonzo Mourning

Saturday, April 28th, 3:30 P.M. on ABC

(Oh, and don’t call anyone assigned to the QS Sports Desk to skate this weekend.)

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WorldStar on Skateboarding, Race, & Lil’ Wayne

April 26th, 2012 | 2:48 pm | Daily News | 31 Comments

Yesterday, WorldStar posted a video of Willy Akers doing a drop-in off an ascended portion of Lil’ Wayne’s Miami patio for $5,000. While this event is notable in that it is the only skateboard-related video to appear on WorldStar that didn’t include the phrase “VS THUGS & GUNSHOTS WENT OFF” in the title (and it didn’t feature Terry Kennedy, who makes occasional WSHH appearances, or Black Dave), the insanity of the ensuing comments stole the show. As much as we like to think we’re living in a post-”Y’all filming for Scarred?” society, and hope everyone figured out that plenty of non-white people skateboard, WorldStar offers a glimpse into a world where these dreams couldn’t be further from true. Like 99% of comment areas on the internet, race became the main issue about three comments in. Gangs, money, the illuminati, and fashion were other big topics.

Here they are — The 25 Most Insane Comments on the “Lil Wayne Pays Skater To Drop In Off Roof At His Miami Mansion!” WorldStar Video Page:

1. “For that stack, I’ll do the same shit.. that shit gonna keep me comfy in the hospital, but when I get out BALLIN!! (Jim Jones voice)…. plus im show all the girls how they pussy wwwooorrrkkk!!!”

2. “trust me when im rich .. fuck . im gonna hire a massage therapist that will massage my back by just walking all over me . she has to be 95lbs .. if she gains even an ounce .. YOU’RE FIRED .”

3. “wayne gon b on espn in 2 years competing in real competitions watch”

4. “wayne has tear drop tattoos, that means he has killed someone, google it. he is a real blood.”

5. “ive watched gang land before, if you wear red flags then you are a blood. of course Wayne cannot be an active blood becos he’s a celebrity, why would a celebrity sell drugs when they already have money?”

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When Was The Decline of The Basket?

April 23rd, 2012 | 3:50 pm | Daily News | 2 Comments

We were having this debate the other day…when exactly did the decline of downtown’s premier outdoor drinking spot for people too poor to go to a bar occur? Most insisted that the summer of 2009 was the beginning of the end — when the Basket’s culture shifted from trios of Mexican laborers individually downing six-packs in under 20 minutes, skateboarders and the occasional overgrown Union Square lurker, to a full-blown NYU college bar and pitstop for shitheads on expensive bikes to debate microbrewery flavors.

Truthfully, it’s 4 Loko’s fault. Put a place where people could drink 4 Lokos outside and meet up with their white dreadlocked weed dealers two blocks from the nearest NYU dorm, and it’s bound to be hell before 8 P.M.

That’s not to say we haven’t kept clinging on to hope for a once-great establishment. Rob Harris makes the case for The Basket’s continued relevancy in this new night session video for DQM. The clip throws a curveball by portraying the Basket as a springboard for a night session, as opposed to its more common role as a deterrent for one. You’re almost positive they won’t make it north of Washington Square Park (the nearest actual skate spot), but miraculously, they make it all the way up to midtown. Features Lee Smith, Keith Denley, and Brian Delatorre.

Loosely Related: There’s also a new DQM / Vans commercial out by Marcus Manoogian, who did those two great Hopps commercials.