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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #30 on: February 04, 2009, 10:39:22 PM »
story time eh?
Wilson park in Chicago, my friend breaks his board and Kalis is there and sees him. Kalis asks him, "what trick you learn lately?"
"360 flips."
"Do one first try on my board."
My friend tries it once, lands on it, but falls off. Kalis says it was close, and gives him a rebate.
"Try once more." My friend lands it. "Hold on, I'll be right back"
Kalis goes to his car and comes back with a deck and gives it to my friend.
Different type of story, still a rad guy
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #31 on: February 04, 2009, 10:48:08 PM »
gotta respect kalis..
dude skated a parking lot demo here in texas in 103degree weather
never saw him stop skating the entire time.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #32 on: February 04, 2009, 10:54:29 PM »
gotta respect kalis..
dude skated a parking lot demo here in texas in 103degree weather
never saw him stop skating the entire time.


that's the exact demo my story was set in.
No holds barred, til labias say "free us"
then its straight to your kids' school, wine coolers in the Prius

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #33 on: February 04, 2009, 10:57:51 PM »
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gotta respect kalis..
dude skated a parking lot demo here in texas in 103degree weather
never saw him stop skating the entire time.
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that's the exact demo my story was set in.

haha back in like 03-04?
I forget which year exactly

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #34 on: February 04, 2009, 11:05:40 PM »
yeah Parks mall i think it was 04. it was calloway and kalis doing most of the skating.
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #35 on: February 04, 2009, 11:06:12 PM »
Kalis was usually really cool when he lived in Dallas but did act like a dick sometimes mainly due to the influence of some of the guys he hung out with.  This was right before and a bit after he turned pro. 

Later on we got the feeling he was bummed on his crew because he would give them boards or send them boxes and they would just sell the stuff.  Basically the guys he skated with stopped skating and sold the product he was giving them thinking they were skating it.

All that aside there's plenty of stories of him like The Gipper stated.

One time I showed up at Jeff Phillips Skatepark and he was in the parking lot asking anyone for Thunders since he was headed to Houston and his package didn't arrive in time.  He comes up and asks me if I have any, which I just happened to buy a new pair of that day, so he then says he'll trade me.  He went out of his way and gives me a brand new pair of eS Accels, spitfire wheels, spitfire shirt, tons of stickers, bearings, and says he'll give me another set of wheels next time.  I of course traded him but didn't plan on or worry about getting any wheels since he already gave me a shitload of stuff.

About a 2 weeks later I see him and he comes up and says thanks for the trucks but they didn't work out cuz they were 147 Hi and he skates the 145 Lo.  However, he said he remembers saying he'd give me another set of wheels which he gives me right there.  Pretty cool since around that time he was known to be hit and miss on whether he'd be cool or a dick to people. 

He was 19 or 20 at the time so I just chalk it up to being young and having some thuggish friends.

He's in my top 5 of street skaters.  Totally raw and one of the few who can wear sweatpants and bulky shoes and still make it look good.
« Last Edit: February 04, 2009, 11:08:00 PM by SFblah »

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #36 on: February 04, 2009, 11:07:59 PM »
yeah Parks mall i think it was 04. it was calloway and kalis doing most of the skating.

yup thats the one..
weird

Acturally now that I'm thinking of it
I might have photos of kalis, and a few others
hopefully they didnt get deleted..

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #37 on: February 04, 2009, 11:10:40 PM »
hey ryan, what's the story i hear about him stealing a bunch of shit from jeff phillips? hahahah
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #38 on: February 04, 2009, 11:20:11 PM »
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gotta respect kalis..
dude skated a parking lot demo here in texas in 103degree weather
never saw him stop skating the entire time.
[close]


that's the exact demo my story was set in.
[close]

haha back in like 03-04?
I forget which year exactly

I remember that demo too.  Dyrdek did some good stuff as well but Kalis killed it.  I remember he switch b/s flipped one of those thigh high barriers like 2nd try.  AVE was there but he just stood there by the bus and didn't skate at all.  This was right after he cut his hair short, started wearing dickies, and people got the first sightings of his sleeved out arms.  He was in all black sitting by himself and I don't think anyone asked for an autograph or bothered him because the kids were probably just scared of him. 

The DC rep is one of my friends and told me later that AVE didn't really ever speak to anyone on the tour bus and he was "going through some stuff".  It was obvious by looking at him that he didn't want to be there.  Ended up being not long after that he went sober.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #39 on: February 04, 2009, 11:34:34 PM »
Haha, yea him and his friends stole all kinds of stuff.  I think he was part of the group that got that guy Dreads stoned as shit one night while he was working the midnight shift back when the park was 24 hours.  Anyways, they got Dreads stoned and drunk so he passed out and they took everything from the shop that wasn't nailed down.  He woke up and I heard he had no idea wtf happened but all the boards and other hardgoods were gone and only the old school boards were still there.  I don't know how he explained that to the kook ass owner (Not Jeff Phillips because after he died it became Rapid Revolutions but we refuse to call it that).

The new owner was a rollerblading hippy who lived inside the park above the shop in a tent where he built a loft.  He was bald with a massive beard that he had braided chimes into. Fucking chimes!!  Everyone would be skating and he would walk through the middle of the park playing a flute competely oblivious to all the people skating.  He also would let his dog shit wherever it wanted.  We showed up one day after school hyped to skate the mini and his dog shit on the flat and no one cleaned it up.

After one of our friends called the city to let them know that someone was living in a commercially zoned area he disappeared, to our delight, only to show up 2 days later and park a mobile home in front of the door and run his fucking septic line through the front door of the park.


The best was when Kalis and them would turn the bowl into a boxing ring on weekend nights when they brought the gloves up there.

This was also around the time Lenny Kirk would show up in Dallas.  He was slightly killing the miniramp one day but I guess a few guys weren't impressed for someone who was supposed to be pro for Alien.  Kalis then let them know that he was skating switch the whole time.
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #40 on: February 05, 2009, 07:47:16 AM »
been a huge fan of kalis for a long time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH5SymkTt8s

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #41 on: February 05, 2009, 08:26:51 AM »
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #42 on: February 05, 2009, 09:08:06 AM »
These stories are great, good work dudes.


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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #43 on: February 05, 2009, 10:00:33 AM »

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #44 on: February 05, 2009, 10:16:59 AM »

I have a friend who succesfully sneaked
in and replaced his name for the photographs
in our high-school-yearbook-photo-thingy.
 
Among all the regular Swedish names
is him as; Josh Kalis and it makes laugh so
fucking much every time i look at it.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #45 on: February 05, 2009, 10:42:01 AM »
kalis at the berrics =O
http://www.theberrics.com/dailyops.php

nice catch. i hope this means he'll be coming to the forefront in coverage this coming year. the mags could definitely use more kalis. always.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #46 on: February 05, 2009, 04:18:05 PM »
Kalis one-upped me at city hall one time. It was awesome.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #47 on: February 05, 2009, 05:20:09 PM »
the first video i bought back in the day was photosynthesis.  i remember buying it because it was orange and it just stood out you know?  needless to say i would watch that video over and over before everyday before i went skating.  and i remember kalis's part in that video because it had that gnarly ass freddie foxxx song.  my mom would get so bummed when i would watch his part hahahaha. 

kalis's part in mindfeild is damn serious.  its funny because i was having this converstation with my buddies earlier today
Do you want to put a saddle on the lion of Juddah and ride it back to babylon?

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #48 on: February 05, 2009, 05:35:37 PM »
kalis at the berrics =O
http://www.theberrics.com/dailyops.php

That switch hardflip attempt was very pleasing.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #49 on: February 05, 2009, 06:07:15 PM »
love kalis. i have his first shoe and the baseball card of the tre flip over a love park trashcan in the original box. i will have them til' i die !!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #50 on: February 05, 2009, 06:09:55 PM »
Kalis is amazing. His Mind Field part was just ridiculous.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #51 on: February 05, 2009, 07:49:06 PM »
He lived in MI for a while, I don't know if he is originally from here though. He used to shoot a few tricks with the grand rapids people whenever the released a video.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #52 on: February 05, 2009, 07:51:52 PM »
He lived in MI for a while, I don't know if he is originally from here though. He used to shoot a few tricks with the grand rapids people whenever the released a video.
he still lives here.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #53 on: February 05, 2009, 07:57:47 PM »
i ordered mindfield off the berrics, i'm pretty excited,  if anyone has a link to kalis' part I'd be stoked, if not, I'll wait for the video.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #54 on: February 05, 2009, 10:07:28 PM »
My friend ran into him at a shop in chicago and ask him if he still stays in GR and he said not really, theres nothing to skate there.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #55 on: February 05, 2009, 10:11:15 PM »
Just got back from the Mind Field premiere.  Kalis' last trick is so crazy.  I think it's a nbd.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #56 on: February 05, 2009, 10:17:18 PM »
He's the first one to switch backside flip over the bump to bike rack thingy in barcelona.


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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #57 on: February 06, 2009, 02:45:50 AM »
He's the first one to switch backside flip over the bump to bike rack thingy in barcelona.

Thats cool and all, but has he thrown away his board, to hit a girl in the face,
to not instinctively feeling the need to apologize, to looking awesomely
confused? Thats the coolest thing done over there as far as I am concerned.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #58 on: February 06, 2009, 09:55:58 AM »
Actually... I forgot about the sw bs flip over that rail haha

I was talking about the sw bs bigspin to sw bs tail.

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Re: Josh Kalis appreciation.
« Reply #59 on: February 06, 2009, 01:28:06 PM »