The Hardbody Video, some Deep Dish, Johnny Wilson’s videoblogs of yesteryear seem to have re-animated themselves for the 2020s on the Thrasher IG, and wow, what a switch flip.
#GRASSWATCH2021
For much of skateboarding’s history, we have enjoyed a fruitful non-aggression pact with grass. Grass was something to be skated over; Carlsbad, of course, was the landmark display of our disinterest in messing up the grass. Avoiding it was the entire point — sure, a few bails on ledges over grass gaps resulted in some collateral damage, but that’s the cost of doing business. The grass did not encroach on our hard surfaces, and in turn, we watched the grass grow.
Then, the grass became a hater.
Lousy Smarch Weather
E.J. with 2018 gang by Keith Denley
Johnny Wilson chatted with Heckride about some of the backstories behind John’s Vid, and the virtues of not building public anticipation to an upcoming project.
“[Keith] saw that we had skateboards and asked if we wanted to skate his ‘run.’ This ‘run’ was a planned-out continuous route of spots he’d hit on a daily basis. You had to skate it fast and without stopping because there was traffic, open businesses, pedestrians and security guards — who knew Keith would be pushing through at some point after 3 P.M. when school was out.” Thrasher has an incredible retrospective feature that recounts stories from many of Huf’s closest friends.
The Hardbody Video
#QSTOP10 — February 26, 2021
Euro-heavy week on the countdown. Looks like we have 50-degree-plus from this point forward. Fingers crossed. Two weeks until 7 P.M. sunsets. Hang in there :)