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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: buttchin on December 27, 2012, 02:06:35 AM
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another underrated ripper
Ted DeGros - Mosaic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqL-3-WwClE#)
ted degros new (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlkG5W6l5o#)
Ted DeGros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KW26I41BbA#ws)
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yup
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santa cruz makes you sign a 40 year contract.
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Damn, I wonder where this guy is. How does someone go from getting awesome footage all the way in China to dropping completely off the radar? I seriously hope he does comeback. It'll probably happen before 48 blocks releases the Pappalardo interview.
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Holy shit. I hadn't seen those last two clips before. Seriously proper shit. Flick is incredible.
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Super smooth!
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not to sound like an idiot comparing the two, but he's pretty much the canadian lucas puig who isn't around anymore
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Super good skater, amazing actually.
Always wondered what happened to him. After his Santa Cruz gig he just vanished.
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ted degros North (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCnG3PncZU#)
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When North came out I was amazed by this guy. Never had bad footage but seemed stuck on companies that never did much.
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not to sound like an idiot comparing the two, but he's pretty much the canadian lucas puig who isn't around anymore
so you're saying he is the best.
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Does he still post here?
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What about Chase Homely?
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Skating isn't really the most stable career path. He's probably back in Canada. If he doesn't have a major sponsor backing his work visa renewals, it would be hard for him to continue to live in the states/CA getting industry coverage.
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Super good skater, amazing actually.
Always wondered what happened to him. After his Santa Cruz gig he just vanished.
this is what happens to 90% of the dudes that get on Santa Cruz
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Last i heard he was doing landscaping in SF. Still see his brother from time to time randomly here on the island. Plus theres no coming back from skating to Coldplay.
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His pop was impeccable, to this day I still can't comprehend how you switch backside flip a jersey barrier from flat. He was always a super quiet dude that did his own thing I think he just didn't wanna skate anymore... it happens to some people believe it or not, I'd imagine he's at home playing video games as I type this.
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Damn i could easily see this guy on Habitat replacing the milking it master Tim O Connor.... I could see him on Think too.
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Last i heard he was doing landscaping in SF. Still see his brother from time to time randomly here on the island. Plus theres no coming back from skating to Coldplay.
I'm just glad to hear that he has a job. It could always be worse...cough*popsinterview*cough
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Plus theres no coming back from skating to Coldplay.
I would have thought the same thing and even back when I first saw this part I was thinking this wasn't going to work at all but fuck that shit to me it totally works and Coldplay is terrible.
There are tons of great video parts edited to wack songs but this is one of the best of those ever.
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i love this guys skating. his old sponsors are all fucktards because if any of them would have made them pro i would have bought his board a lot probably. it's a waste that a guy like this who's so productive and talented just disappears. imagine this dude and danny renaud back on habitat and i'm already masturbating thinking about a video like that.
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fuck santa cruz
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Ted lives outside of San Francisco with his girlfriend/wife and plays guitar.
He's living his life, there won't be a comeback.
He should have been on Girl after his North part came out, but when he flew to California to skate with them he rubbed them the wrong way or something. A similar thing happened with Alien Workshop. He openly talked in a Transworld interview about how his Mosiac footage was garbage and he didn't want it to be put out.
To be pro you need to be a pro level skateboarder but you also need to 'play the game', and Ted is no one's bitch.
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Dude could inward heelflip when he was 8 years old... he lived and breathed skateboarding most of his life then... stopped. A few years ago he apparently ran into Russ Milligan and asked about getting on Think! then confessed he hadn't been skating in 6 months. Can't say for sure what happened but I suspect getting married had much to do with it.
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dude skated to a sea and cake song. Nuff said.
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amazing skater
for what I know his attitude wasn't the best, but dunno more
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i love this guys skating. his old sponsors are all fucktards because if any of them would have made them pro i would have bought his board a lot probably. it's a waste that a guy like this who's so productive and talented just disappears. imagine this dude and danny renaud back on habitat and i'm already masturbating thinking about a video like that.
I think he only put out one board
(http://news.nhs-info.com/scskate/data/upimages/TOYBOX_TED.jpg)
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ted degros North (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcCnG3PncZU#)
Amongst many other insane moves, that nollie front kick over the yellow tape is fucked up.
Who does nollie frontside 360 heels over shit?
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this clip of him was nice.
Checkin' In with Ted DeGros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ookWdno4Y#)
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He doesn't skate for anyone anymore and he Studys rocks and plants for a living in Canada
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i dunno how old this really is, looks pretty old. but its from lowcards instagram (via another slap thread thx), posted a month ago.
http://instagram.com/p/ShaqhGIqTD/
(http://instagram.com/p/ShaqhGIqTD/)
also i dunno how to post the image direct
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this clip of him was nice.
Checkin' In with Ted DeGros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ookWdno4Y#)
There's another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-oV4BwQlY4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-oV4BwQlY4)
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After years of Facebook friendship he suddenly deleted me recently so I'll assume this thread has something to do with that. Perhaps he peaced out the industry because he didn't like being talked about.
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Terry Kennedy must love dick then.
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Last i heard he was doing landscaping in SF. Still see his brother from time to time randomly here on the island.
I thought this was the truth....dude did what he wanted more or less the whole way through.....im stoked he got off the island....
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need more footage!
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Damn i could easily see this guy on Habitat replacing the milking it master Tim O Connor.... I could see him on Think too.
tim o'connor says he is a weird guy in the mosaic commentary. if he was weird enough for tim to call him out on it on record and dude was off alien shortly after, he must just be a kook
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After years of Facebook friendship he suddenly deleted me recently so I'll assume this thread has something to do with that. Perhaps he peaced out the industry because he didn't like being talked about.
You should use your skills of persuasion to hypnotize him into being your friend again Dallas.
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Damn i could easily see this guy on Habitat replacing the milking it master Tim O Connor.... I could see him on Think too.
tim o'connor says he is a weird guy in the mosaic commentary. if he was weird enough for tim to call him out on it on record and dude was off alien shortly after, he must just be a kook
Uh.....or maybe Tim is a kook? Crazy right?
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Damn i could easily see this guy on Habitat replacing the milking it master Tim O Connor.... I could see him on Think too.
tim o'connor says he is a weird guy in the mosaic commentary. if he was weird enough for tim to call him out on it on record and dude was off alien shortly after, he must just be a kook
Uh.....or maybe Tim is a kook? Crazy right?
nah, tim has too much clout in the industry. there's no way he's a kook.
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Let me help clear this up. this is my de-virginizing post, so if you think you've seen me on here before , you haven't, and hi Dallas, don't ask me what facebook does, it's buggy and deletes who it wants, you're always cool in my book. anyways.....
I "disappeared" because I didn't want to do the whole slow painful death spiral that most people do. You know how you see someone going from riding for DC, then to say......Osiris (no offense, but a step down in my book) then Recs (if you remember them) and eventually everybody starts their own company, and they're like "hey guys!!!! this is going to be great!!!!. It's going to be me and 5 other washed up dudes (no offense to some of my old friends who are still in denial) acting like we're still on the upswing!!, it's gonna be huge!!". but it never is. I've seen dozens of these last ditch efforts come and go and it's not for me. If I'm going to bust my ass for something, I'm going to get rewarded for it.
okay...let's clear up some stuff. I think I asked Zasflasky, not Russ to look into City, not Think for me. I've always liked City, they're not in the big leagues like the other guys, but they're a cool company full of young energetic underdogs.
listen to the mosaic commentary again. Tim calls me weird at first, then corrects himself, and says I'm not weird, I'm just so normal that its weird. I don't think any of the Alien/Habitat guys from the Mosaic tour (where I first met Tim) were used to someone who just wanted to live quietly and had a kind of "serious" attitude. like a "normie", not your typical skate misfit type. most people who knew me know that I've gotten into plenty of bad things in my life, but I kept it separate from skating.
That tour was horrible. I was so excited to be on tour with my idols and all the guys I wanted to be on a team with and build something great. I had no idea everyone there would be so jaded, negative and catty. it was weird. totally soul crushing for a bright eyed young kid from canada. I cannot tell you how many times the guys would storm into the hotel room with hookers and whatever drugs.booze they could get their hands on. fuck those guys. Danny Renaud is a great skater with excellent style and a lot of flair, but what a jerk. Tim O is sweet and sour, not just the sweet he puts out there all the time. Heath Kirchart was cool.
Coldplay was Kurt fillipone's Idea. I wanted "the lights go down" by ELO, but he was pushy and I got what his vision was. I like Kurt. still do. I can live with that on my record.
Earl the Pearl guessed the closest. Borderlands 2 is awesome. I'm not over skating though, Its more of a social thing for me though, and all the skate homies are in vancouver/vic and phoenix.
don't know what happened with any girl/lakai stuff. I probably came off overeager and presumptuous. I could see that, I just loved those guys though. oh well. I should have just gone over to some teams I could have gone on trips with. anyways......
that pretty much covers it. I live in the Richmond hills in the Bay Area. I can hear cows from my house. I start work at 630 most days. Iam a "tree climber". I have an embarrassing link I'll post.
http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
comeback is doubtful, but I still like to skate.
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Let me help clear this up. this is my de-virginizing post, so if you think you've seen me on here before , you haven't, and hi Dallas, don't ask me what facebook does, it's buggy and deletes who it wants, you're always cool in my book. anyways.....
I "disappeared" because I didn't want to do the whole slow painful death spiral that most people do. You know how you see someone going from riding for DC, then to say......Osiris (no offense, but a step down in my book) then Recs (if you remember them) and eventually everybody starts their own company, and they're like "hey guys!!!! this is going to be great!!!!. It's going to be me and 5 other washed up dudes (no offense to some of my old friends who are still in denial) acting like we're still on the upswing!!, it's gonna be huge!!". but it never is. I've seen dozens of these last ditch efforts come and go and it's not for me. If I'm going to bust my ass for something, I'm going to get rewarded for it.
okay...let's clear up some stuff. I think I asked Zasflasky, not Russ to look into City, not Think for me. I've always liked City, they're not in the big leagues like the other guys, but they're a cool company full of young energetic underdogs.
listen to the mosaic commentary again. Tim calls me weird at first, then corrects himself, and says I'm not weird, I'm just so normal that its weird. I don't think any of the Alien/Habitat guys from the Mosaic tour (where I first met Tim) were used to someone who just wanted to live quietly and had a kind of "serious" attitude. like a "normie", not your typical skate misfit type. most people who knew me know that I've gotten into plenty of bad things in my life, but I kept it separate from skating.
That tour was horrible. I was so excited to be on tour with my idols and all the guys I wanted to be on a team with and build something great. I had no idea everyone there would be so jaded, negative and catty. it was weird. totally soul crushing for a bright eyed young kid from canada. I cannot tell you how many times the guys would storm into the hotel room with hookers and whatever drugs.booze they could get their hands on. fuck those guys. Danny Renaud is a great skater with excellent style and a lot of flair, but what a jerk. Tim O is sweet and sour, not just the sweet he puts out there all the time. Heath Kirchart was cool.
Coldplay was Kurt fillipone's Idea. I wanted "the lights go down" by ELO, but he was pushy and I got what his vision was. I like Kurt. still do. I can live with that on my record.
Earl the Pearl guessed the closest. Borderlands 2 is awesome. I'm not over skating though, Its more of a social thing for me though, and all the skate homies are in vancouver/vic and phoenix.
don't know what happened with any girl/lakai stuff. I probably came off overeager and presumptuous. I could see that, I just loved those guys though. oh well. I should have just gone over to some teams I could have gone on trips with. anyways......
that pretty much covers it. I live in the Richmond hills in the Bay Area. I can hear cows from my house. I start work at 630 most days. Iam a "tree climber". I have an embarrassing link I'll post.
http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
comeback is doubtful, but I still like to skate.
This in contrast with all the other Daewon/Popps things going on...
Interesting.
Always thought you were due more. Still, good to hear you're enjoying skating and happy.
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Let me help clear this up. this is my de-virginizing post, so if you think you've seen me on here before , you haven't, and hi Dallas, don't ask me what facebook does, it's buggy and deletes who it wants, you're always cool in my book. anyways.....
I "disappeared" because I didn't want to do the whole slow painful death spiral that most people do. You know how you see someone going from riding for DC, then to say......Osiris (no offense, but a step down in my book) then Recs (if you remember them) and eventually everybody starts their own company, and they're like "hey guys!!!! this is going to be great!!!!. It's going to be me and 5 other washed up dudes (no offense to some of my old friends who are still in denial) acting like we're still on the upswing!!, it's gonna be huge!!". but it never is. I've seen dozens of these last ditch efforts come and go and it's not for me. If I'm going to bust my ass for something, I'm going to get rewarded for it.
okay...let's clear up some stuff. I think I asked Zasflasky, not Russ to look into City, not Think for me. I've always liked City, they're not in the big leagues like the other guys, but they're a cool company full of young energetic underdogs.
listen to the mosaic commentary again. Tim calls me weird at first, then corrects himself, and says I'm not weird, I'm just so normal that its weird. I don't think any of the Alien/Habitat guys from the Mosaic tour (where I first met Tim) were used to someone who just wanted to live quietly and had a kind of "serious" attitude. like a "normie", not your typical skate misfit type. most people who knew me know that I've gotten into plenty of bad things in my life, but I kept it separate from skating.
That tour was horrible. I was so excited to be on tour with my idols and all the guys I wanted to be on a team with and build something great. I had no idea everyone there would be so jaded, negative and catty. it was weird. totally soul crushing for a bright eyed young kid from canada. I cannot tell you how many times the guys would storm into the hotel room with hookers and whatever drugs.booze they could get their hands on. fuck those guys. Danny Renaud is a great skater with excellent style and a lot of flair, but what a jerk. Tim O is sweet and sour, not just the sweet he puts out there all the time. Heath Kirchart was cool.
Coldplay was Kurt fillipone's Idea. I wanted "the lights go down" by ELO, but he was pushy and I got what his vision was. I like Kurt. still do. I can live with that on my record.
Earl the Pearl guessed the closest. Borderlands 2 is awesome. I'm not over skating though, Its more of a social thing for me though, and all the skate homies are in vancouver/vic and phoenix.
don't know what happened with any girl/lakai stuff. I probably came off overeager and presumptuous. I could see that, I just loved those guys though. oh well. I should have just gone over to some teams I could have gone on trips with. anyways......
that pretty much covers it. I live in the Richmond hills in the Bay Area. I can hear cows from my house. I start work at 630 most days. Iam a "tree climber". I have an embarrassing link I'll post.
http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
comeback is doubtful, but I still like to skate.
Respect Ted...respect.
Your Strange Brew Part is one of my all time favorites
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Let me help clear this up. this is my de-virginizing post, so if you think you've seen me on here before , you haven't, and hi Dallas, don't ask me what facebook does, it's buggy and deletes who it wants, you're always cool in my book. anyways.....
I "disappeared" because I didn't want to do the whole slow painful death spiral that most people do. You know how you see someone going from riding for DC, then to say......Osiris (no offense, but a step down in my book) then Recs (if you remember them) and eventually everybody starts their own company, and they're like "hey guys!!!! this is going to be great!!!!. It's going to be me and 5 other washed up dudes (no offense to some of my old friends who are still in denial) acting like we're still on the upswing!!, it's gonna be huge!!". but it never is. I've seen dozens of these last ditch efforts come and go and it's not for me. If I'm going to bust my ass for something, I'm going to get rewarded for it.
okay...let's clear up some stuff. I think I asked Zasflasky, not Russ to look into City, not Think for me. I've always liked City, they're not in the big leagues like the other guys, but they're a cool company full of young energetic underdogs.
listen to the mosaic commentary again. Tim calls me weird at first, then corrects himself, and says I'm not weird, I'm just so normal that its weird. I don't think any of the Alien/Habitat guys from the Mosaic tour (where I first met Tim) were used to someone who just wanted to live quietly and had a kind of "serious" attitude. like a "normie", not your typical skate misfit type. most people who knew me know that I've gotten into plenty of bad things in my life, but I kept it separate from skating.
That tour was horrible. I was so excited to be on tour with my idols and all the guys I wanted to be on a team with and build something great. I had no idea everyone there would be so jaded, negative and catty. it was weird. totally soul crushing for a bright eyed young kid from canada. I cannot tell you how many times the guys would storm into the hotel room with hookers and whatever drugs.booze they could get their hands on. fuck those guys. Danny Renaud is a great skater with excellent style and a lot of flair, but what a jerk. Tim O is sweet and sour, not just the sweet he puts out there all the time. Heath Kirchart was cool.
Coldplay was Kurt fillipone's Idea. I wanted "the lights go down" by ELO, but he was pushy and I got what his vision was. I like Kurt. still do. I can live with that on my record.
Earl the Pearl guessed the closest. Borderlands 2 is awesome. I'm not over skating though, Its more of a social thing for me though, and all the skate homies are in vancouver/vic and phoenix.
don't know what happened with any girl/lakai stuff. I probably came off overeager and presumptuous. I could see that, I just loved those guys though. oh well. I should have just gone over to some teams I could have gone on trips with. anyways......
that pretty much covers it. I live in the Richmond hills in the Bay Area. I can hear cows from my house. I start work at 630 most days. Iam a "tree climber". I have an embarrassing link I'll post.
http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
comeback is doubtful, but I still like to skate.
Word.
Shout out to the Ogopogo too.
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wow, wasnt expecting that. thanks for posting, and glad to hear youre still rippping.
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Ogopogo what up! I feel you on the normal life. Psyched to hear from you, and to know you're agile as always. And jussayin', I bet if you threw some time at it you could add a heavy-duty HD part to your impressive list of video achievements and stoke many more people than the mere posters in this thread. ;-)
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Slap is a wonderful and mysterious place.
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Slap never ceases to surprise me. Glad to hear you've got your shit together, especially with all these horror stories about the industry coming to light, that being said a part from you would be absolutely awesome. If anything I know that if I ever need a tree cut down I'm gonna call the A Plus Team. I pity the fool who wouldn't.
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Awesome. You are missed, but your decision is very respectable. Get some iPhone clips with your friends on the weekends and post em!
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I recall some heated discussion at the dorm as to who was better....Ted or Poppalardo.....looks like you're the happier of the two.....
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I recall some heated discussion at the dorm as to who was better....Ted or Poppalardo.....looks like you're the happier of the two.....
Although, inspite of all the shit , i think following pappalardos career has always been more fun.
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Hey Manolo...remix that Coldplay part to "The Lights Go Down" by ELO?
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http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
ty and his slowmos. he did it again.
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Hey Manolo...remix that tree climbing video to "The Lights Go Down" by ELO?
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Let me help clear this up. this is my de-virginizing post, so if you think you've seen me on here before , you haven't, and hi Dallas, don't ask me what facebook does, it's buggy and deletes who it wants, you're always cool in my book. anyways.....
I "disappeared" because I didn't want to do the whole slow painful death spiral that most people do. You know how you see someone going from riding for DC, then to say......Osiris (no offense, but a step down in my book) then Recs (if you remember them) and eventually everybody starts their own company, and they're like "hey guys!!!! this is going to be great!!!!. It's going to be me and 5 other washed up dudes (no offense to some of my old friends who are still in denial) acting like we're still on the upswing!!, it's gonna be huge!!". but it never is. I've seen dozens of these last ditch efforts come and go and it's not for me. If I'm going to bust my ass for something, I'm going to get rewarded for it.
okay...let's clear up some stuff. I think I asked Zasflasky, not Russ to look into City, not Think for me. I've always liked City, they're not in the big leagues like the other guys, but they're a cool company full of young energetic underdogs.
listen to the mosaic commentary again. Tim calls me weird at first, then corrects himself, and says I'm not weird, I'm just so normal that its weird. I don't think any of the Alien/Habitat guys from the Mosaic tour (where I first met Tim) were used to someone who just wanted to live quietly and had a kind of "serious" attitude. like a "normie", not your typical skate misfit type. most people who knew me know that I've gotten into plenty of bad things in my life, but I kept it separate from skating.
That tour was horrible. I was so excited to be on tour with my idols and all the guys I wanted to be on a team with and build something great. I had no idea everyone there would be so jaded, negative and catty. it was weird. totally soul crushing for a bright eyed young kid from canada. I cannot tell you how many times the guys would storm into the hotel room with hookers and whatever drugs.booze they could get their hands on. fuck those guys. Danny Renaud is a great skater with excellent style and a lot of flair, but what a jerk. Tim O is sweet and sour, not just the sweet he puts out there all the time. Heath Kirchart was cool.
Coldplay was Kurt fillipone's Idea. I wanted "the lights go down" by ELO, but he was pushy and I got what his vision was. I like Kurt. still do. I can live with that on my record.
Earl the Pearl guessed the closest. Borderlands 2 is awesome. I'm not over skating though, Its more of a social thing for me though, and all the skate homies are in vancouver/vic and phoenix.
don't know what happened with any girl/lakai stuff. I probably came off overeager and presumptuous. I could see that, I just loved those guys though. oh well. I should have just gone over to some teams I could have gone on trips with. anyways......
that pretty much covers it. I live in the Richmond hills in the Bay Area. I can hear cows from my house. I start work at 630 most days. Iam a "tree climber". I have an embarrassing link I'll post.
http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/ (http://aplustree.com/blog/a-plus-team-official-movie-trailer/)
comeback is doubtful, but I still like to skate.
Word.
Shout out to the Ogopogo too.
Always thought you had a fresh and interesting approach to skating.
Glad to hear you've got your shit together.
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fuck that, im sure ur still good enough to be pro. why not just film some mess around stuff for ur fans? what happened at santa cruz? u went pro and disappeared?
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How is Danny Renaud a jerk? I never heard of such things.
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Props to you, Ted. Sounds like you're happy out of the rat race. Hope it produces some homie-cam footage one day that everyone here would be happy to see.
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How is Danny Renaud a jerk? I never heard of such things.
He was notorious in his day. Smashing hotel rooms and fucking around with bottles of piss in the tour van.
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How is Danny Renaud a jerk? I never heard of such things.
He was notorious in his day. Smashing hotel rooms and fucking around with bottles of piss in the tour van.
Haha, I was kidding. I just thought maybe Teddy would give us a good story.
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Yes Ted!!!
Hyped to see you set the record straight on your career. I do think as far as the industry thing goes you were robbed of quite a potential career, but I also believe that if you wanted to you could put together one amazing video part......I am sure there are a million tricks you have built in your mind was hyped on watching you get into manuals! Personally I think the girl thing was bad timing, I mean there was a moment where no new kids got on the team from like Mckinnley to Paul Rodriguez, seems to me you were attempting to get on during that period, right? As for the dimming out of others in the industry, not sure if there is anything wrong with wanting to continue what you love to do and attempt to adjust to life's obstacles accordingly, such as some of the old timers starting companies.
City would of looked a lot sicker with you on the team!
Good Luck Ted