Classic Coke

Keeping it retro this Monday, I came across this 20 year old ad the other day. Sort of inspired by another bloggers love for classic biker photos. Got to blog about what your passions are, true? Can't beat the feeling!

History Channel

Did some archeology last week... uncovered these bushings I purchased from the original FTC (We're talking early 1994) which was located off Van Ness. It was a huge sporting goods store specializing in Golf, Tennis, Watersports and of course one of the hugest skate selections of any shop in that era. They had so many racks of big pants, every brand from that time (like R.E.N., T-Bags, Edward Sebastian) all kinds of smaller companies I never got to see in person on the east coast because of how dead skateboarding was at the time. It was probably the first shop I ever went to that carried 200+ decks at one time. Even though they did all the traditional sports it was still one of the greatest skate shops.

Second Best Contest Ever

I found the original flyers for the second and last illegal underground street contest that Sevenfold put on way back in 02. We tried to repeat the majic of the first, but you should never try that. It rained I had a blast doing powerslides on the banks, and then we took it to the old set up at Hechingers. I believe that day was the last time I really skated with Kyle Jensen, he ruled it that day.

NBA Draft Tonight

That's what I'll be watching, finally got rid of Isiah, I know there are no 33's in this year's draft, but I have a good feeling for the first time since he left the team.

Remember Zip Disks?

Doing a little cleaning today and I found the blueprints for our very first website along with the two disks holding the entire content of it. Speaking of we are currently working on what will be the 3rd incarnation of sevenfoldskateboards.com

Time to Boycott Mid East Oil

These 3 photos are taken of the same street in Dubai. The first photo is from 1993, the second 2003 and the last was taken with in this past year. The point is that all of this rapid development has been made possible by our consumption.








Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it.
It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American
goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS.

Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money
into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just buy from gas companies that
don't import their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I
fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to
kill me, my family, and my friends.

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil
companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies
import Middle Eastern oil.

These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

Shell..................... ...... 205,7 42,000 barrels

Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels

Exxon/Mobil...... . 130,082,000 barrels

Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels

Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

Citgo gas is from South America , from a Dictator who hates
Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to
over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel).

Here are so me large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Sunoco..................0 barrels

Conoco..................0 barrels

Sinclair..................0 barrels

BP/Phillips.............0 barrels

Hess................ ..0 barrels

ARC0.....................0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy
and each is required to state where t hey get their oil and how much
they are importing.

Red Bull Mini Mania (hesh edit)

More footage from the Redbull ramp at the Gentei party last Friday in Sonar. Skaters include Ed Fickert, Andy Coons, Some Ripper from Casual, Ethan Berg, Jordan Puett, Scott Archer, and Rodney Jones.