I have no idea who these dudes are, but somewhere in Australia they have a hidden waterpark all to themselves. Looks like a blast:
Making Waves on the Waimea River
Balaram Stack, Fisher Heverly, Stephan Figueiredo, Dennis Tihara, Gabriel Pastori, Diego Silva, Felipe Cesarano e Rafael Paiva (in memorian) surfam no rio de Waimea, Hawaii. By Ader Oliveira (ader@waves.com.br)
I Need to get to Waimea asap.
William Spencer
Found this bit online and it brought a big smile to my face, gotta love people that are trying to push the sport in different directions.
Check out William Spencer for The Denver Shop:
John Cardiel Retrospective
John Cardiel is without a doubt one of the greatest and most influential skateboarders of all time. Unfortunately his skating career was ended early by a car accident. He injured his spinal cord and wasn’t given any chance to ever walk again, but after five months of rehabilitation in the hospital and a few months in a wheel chair he was able to regain the use of his legs.
After a hiatus, he later emerged on two wheels instead of four being featured in the 2008 street fixed gear cycling film “Macaframa” directed by Colin Arlen and Colby Elrick. He attributes his recovery to his cycling, and continues to be an advocate of street fixed gear cycling.(Wikipedia)
Here’s a great compilation from Hobgoblin over at vimeo.
John Cardiel RETROSPECTIVE from HOBGOBLIN on Vimeo.
Relaxed in the Sun
Justin Morgan keepin it steezy at Breckenridge.
Common & Drake, First Rap Battle of 2012
I recently picked up The Dreamer, The Believer by Common, and after listening to the track Sweet, I did a little research, it turns out that Common’s verses are aimed at Young Money‘s own Drake
Common confirms this in an interview with #swayinthemorning from Shade 45:
Drake responds during his verse in Rick Ross‘ Stay Schemin
According to MTV(which has an impressive timeline of the feud), Drake Responded after his December show in Las Vegas: “I might sing, but I ain’t no bitch. If Common got something to say, say it to my face.”
I’ve Long been a Common fan, but as an avid fan of Drake I’m torn. I really can’t pick a side to this battle, but I can say I respect Drake for telling Common to “say it to [his] face.”
Now I wanna know, where do you stand?
Steezy Classics, GZA – Fame
Another one for the playlists.
Pretty Lights – We Must Go On
Another hot one from Pretty Lights.
Black Star’s Respiration, Common’s verse revisted
Respiration, by Black Star:
Common breaks down his verse for us:
