Daniel Espinoza on lakai

[yetiii]

www.lakai.com

Proudly announcing the newest addition to the team, Daniel Espinoza. An amazing kid, and the skateboarding speaks for itself. Welcome to the fam Daniel, you did Fontana proud. Check back soon for the complete Spring 2010 product line.

[Tobias Funke]

I was just going to post this. The Spike Jonze line is good too.

Daniel- http://www.lakai.com/news/?p=985

Spike- http://www.lakai.com/news/?p=980

[Nic]

didn't expect this

[Pete]

damn i just watched this kids shit from the berrics, crazy shit. all the crailtap companies need new ams.

[zipzinger666]

Fuck yeah! Chocolate next hopefully...

that intro clip was awesome too...

[krookedskate]

this kid might have the best style i have ever seen. The kickflip back lip and smith hardflip were perfection.

[Pabst]

www.lakai.com

Proudly announcing the newest addition to the team, Daniel Espinoza. An amazing kid, and the skateboarding speaks for itself. Welcome to the fam Daniel, you did Fontana proud. Check back soon for the complete Spring 2010 product line.

I've known this kid for a few years now and I'm damn hyped he got hooked up, congrats boy.

Fuck yeah! Chocolate next hopefully...

forreals,
last time i talked to him he was living with C.Roberts so it's bound to be in the works.

[MFS]

this kid might have the best style i have ever seen. The kickflip back lip and smith hardflip were perfection.

Your joking right?

Skates like a little kid still.

[Dark Knight]

Dope!  This kid is the shit and deserves a proper hook up.  I can't wait to see some new coverage.

[eyodu]

He'll probably have a full part in the Chocolate video
the HD shit bothers me though

[mandibleclaw]

i feel like i really must be missing something here.  because he is one of those kids who's sprung up lately who always try to keep their arms below their shoulders.  am i really the only one who notices this?  his style seems really, really forced because he's always concentrating on keeping his arms down; it's just not natural.  i noticed it in those berrics vids and still notice it.  and sure, he's another california tech kid who's not too sketchy, but who cares?  there are thousands of these kids.  meanwhile, dudes like jimmy lannon are still being slept on by companies by lakai; he's been on the flow program for years, has put in the work, and still is with no recognition like this.

sorry.  perhaps i'm ranting.  maybe it's that i'm so desensitized by the great amount of insanely tech skating recently that kids like this just don't do it for me.

[rawbertson.]

ooohh fuck i was hoping it was danny fuenzalida on lakai... that would have been proper.

[mikapepe]

i feel like i really must be missing something here.  because he is one of those kids who's sprung up lately who always try to keep their arms below their shoulders.  am i really the only one who notices this?  his style seems really, really forced because he's always concentrating on keeping his arms down; it's just not natural.  i noticed it in those berrics vids and still notice it.  and sure, he's another california tech kid who's not too sketchy, but who cares?  there are thousands of these kids.  meanwhile, dudes like jimmy lannon are still being slept on by companies by lakai; he's been on the flow program for years, has put in the work, and still is with no recognition like this.

sorry.  perhaps i'm ranting.  maybe it's that i'm so desensitized by the great amount of insanely tech skating recently that kids like this just don't do it for me.

I agree.

[yep yep]

this kid is sick, i like the way he skates

[mikapepe]

can he even jerk off yet? even if he can i bet his load is like whatever.

[waskO]

Dope!  This kid is the shit and deserves a proper hook up.  I can't wait to see some new coverage.

[everypennyfedcar]

Lakai, preparing for the future; Daniel Espinoza is pretty good.

[Baby Rabies]

Nice! That clip was sick.

[bluebark]

fuck this shit lakai is wack

[rawbertson.]

can he even jerk off yet? even if he can i bet his load is like whatever.

i think when you are younger your loads are bigger... i forget. maybe i just jerk off more now.

[manu]

fuck this shit lakai is wack

i think you'll find you are the one who is the wack attack

[SleepyPeePee]

hell yeah, Daniel comin up!

[skatebort]

his style seems really, really forced because he's always concentrating on keeping his arms down; it's just not natural. 

how do you know what he is concentrating on? doesn't that happen inside your head?

[flatspotter]

hell yeah, Daniel comin up!

[Acrid Avid Jam Shred]

I liked the 5-0 360 flip out and the smith hard flip.
those are both go-to fingerboard tricks

[just_peysa]

its rad, and that "nihaoma" music is very funny

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

can he even jerk off yet? even if he can i bet his load is like whatever.

Nice.

As far as the whole "putting in work" thing. That's not really how it works. Talent and marketability are what matters. With an am, age also matters. Jimmy Lannon is pretty old, and is not likely to turn into the next Koston. Younger kids have the potential to do that, and because of that potential, they'll get the am spot 9/10 over the guy who has put in work.
Fuck, I've "put in work" skating, but I shouldn't be am. Talent and marketability are what matters, not how much time you spend on the board, how long you have been skating, or even how much you love skating.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Sorry for the double post, just saw the video. It's pretty decent, and I trust the scouting abilities of the crailtap dudes. Also, the way they show the chocolate emblem on the top of the board before he grips it makes me think his welcome to chocolate video will probably be in like a week.

[Sidewayslurkzine]

im pissed how the chocolate and girl dudes who are flowed by lakai get on first, id rather see coakley get on full

[Edward Sebastian]

can he even jerk off yet? even if he can i bet his load is like whatever.

i lol'd