Garbage Day!

The Kingdom guys just posted a really sick trailer for their upcoming video..

Kevin Blann teaser

Kevin just posted another short teaser edit... Be on the lookout for a full part sometime soon.
Filmed by Randy Parker.

Cincy Go Skateboarding Day

Joe made an edit from Go Skateboarding Day weekend in Cincinnati / Newport.

Dan Charlton, Gary Collins, Kendall Boyd, Seth Zwick, Chad Butler, Nathan Horn and more..

Max Palmer, Mama's boys part (2012)

I think Max has been gone for like 6 or more years now, something like that.. Moved to NYC for school and has been there since. Max is one of the best dudes to come out of this town. Fast as hell with the loosest trucks ever.  Thinking about doing a trick at the Calumet 8 stair? Max probably did it first. Crazy to think that there are kids who live here who shred that probably didn't even skate yet when he lived here much less see or ever skate with him. Max still rides for Embassy and for Coda Skateboards. I'm going to be spending quite a bit of time in NY pretty soon and I'm looking forward to get a chance to skate with him soon. Below is a link to Max's part in a video from last year.

Absorb 52

absorb 52 from Dave Ackels on Vimeo.

Thunderdome

I just found this video clip from a couple months ago on YouTube. It's the Grove City kids and Chris Higgins killing Troy's ramp in Bellefontaine. I haven't been out there in like 3 years. Glad to see people are still having sessions there.

Jordan West

Cincinnati's Jordan West just released a pretty good Instrument part today. Kind of a pre-part before the full length video that Instrument will be putting out sometime in the next year. Peep the Columbus clip...

Jordan West | Instrument Skateboards from Ian Jones on Vimeo.
via: http://instrumentskateboards.blogspot.com/

Lint

New edit by Dan. Nolan seems to be getting a lot of clips lately...

Absorb 51

Dave posted Absorb #51.
Al Krohn's parking garage line is pretty sick.

Absorb #51 from Dave Ackels on Vimeo.

Justin Henry Spring edit

Here is a brand new edit of Justin Henry. Pretty psyched on this part. His opener and ender tricks are awesome. Filmed by Phil Burton.

LOUDPACK ONLINE

Joe made his video LOUDPACK available on YouTube last night. You should definitely check it out. It's basically an unofficial Embassy video with a ton of friends and guests.. 

Featuring: Dan Charlton, Chad Butler, Gabe Peterson, Max Palmer, Ben Perkins, Drake Johnson, Nolan Rogers, Franz Lyons, Shaun Gregoire, Austin Krohn, Al Krohn, Chris Smallwood, Jeff Trasin, Roger Krebs, Al Davis, Gary Collins and more..

Long Day 1

Chad posted a new spring edit. As you might guess... it's pretty good.

Carson

Carson Silva released a quick throw away edit on Andy Helvey's blog; Principle Skateboarding. He is one of the most technical kids around. I wish he skated a little faster, but he's really good. Check it out.

Carson Silva Throw Away from Andrew Helvey on Vimeo.

via: http://principleskateboarding.blogspot.com/

DRAKE JOHNSON

Brent just posted up a quick park edit of Drake. Pretty solid as you'd expect...

ART SHOW

Robbie Turner is curating an art show next weekend (May 4th) at Skate Naked...

The list of skate artists and photographers is pretty deep. Among them is Street Canoe's Jay Croft

and Absorb Skateboards founder Dave Ackels.

Tail Devil.

Chad made another super fun Embassy edit. Pretty stoked on this one.

Street Canoe : Taylor Nawrocki interview

Stop what you're doing and head over to the Street Canoe site. Jay Croft did a really good interview with Taylor. Jay was kind enough to ask me to write the intro. The photos were taken by Adam Lowe.
Click here: http://www.streetcanoe.com/features/

Don't Litter.

Dakota has a littering problem.

Short video by Chad Butler.

Memoirs

Chad Butler remixed his part from Joe Charlton's "Loud Pack" video that was released this past fall. It's pretty awesome.

Amigos

Dan Charlton posted up a pretty good beginning of spring edit from the outdoor parks..

Cowtown 2013

This years Cowtown Showdown was held at Skate Naked this past weekend. Friday Night there was a bowl jam and Saturday throughout the the day there were multiple contests around the park. The highlight of the weekend was the advanced contest. Justin Henry took home the win with two nearly flawless runs. Cotie Robinson came in a very close second. Despite a really low attendance this year it was a pretty fun day. Main sponsors for the weekend were Old Skool, Embassy, 5Boro, Alien Workshop and Habitat.

Jeremy Wilson took some really great photos of the weekend. Two of them are posted above. Cotie with a kickflip over the bump to bar and Drake Johnson with a 180 over. You can see more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/OhioSkateboardPhotography?fref=ts

Alex DeWeese

I think Alex DeWeese is pretty rad. He's a quiet kid that lets his skating do the talking. I've been waiting for him to release footage for some time now and personally I think he's quite under rated... He decided to but his clips together from this past year. I'm pretty stoked to finally see it. Alex works and rides for Old Skool in Westerville.

Abandoned hotel

I've known about this spot for over a year now and finally just went to check it out.. Jay Croft and Patrick Walsh came down from Akron last night to hit up the skatepark and on their way they stopped by to skate it. They showed my some pictures and it finally motivated me to go hit it up. This thing is no joke.. It's awesome but terribly hard to skate. I was struggling to say the least. Here are a couple pictures of the pool. Now this place by no means a secret but I'm not going to blow it up by posting the address.... However it's on the East side... happy hunting.

Ripples 5

Chad posted "Ripples Volume 5" this morning... HOLY SHIT... it's good. It's pretty much all bangers. James Webber is blowing my mind. Imbossible fifty-fifty impossible out... so good. All filmed at Skate Naked. I can't wait for the weather to break.. I really want to be able to roll around outside.

Play Factory March Edit

Brad Hall & Pat Flaherty made a pretty long edit for the month.. the list of skaters is too long to list, footage is from a bunch of local spots and parks.... jam out to Tears for Fears as well.

Taylor on Politic

Yesterday Taylor Nawrocki made the switch from longtime sponsor Instrument Skateboards to the recently formed East Coast brand Politic. Check http://politicbrand.com/ for an official welcome to the team announcement.
(photo credit: Randy Parker)

Nude

Dan posted a new Skate Naked Winter Edit...
Ryan Saunier, Chad Butler, Bick Nutler (Nick Butler), Kendall Boyd, Thomas Moore, Dionysis Peterson, Joseph Charlton, and Brent Braden
Kind of stoked on Chad's slappy crooked grinds..

Embassy Commercial.

Head over to the Embassy Boardshop site to check out their new short commercial.

http://www.embassyboardshop.com/#/new-skatenaked-commercial-by-chad-butler-taylor-nawrocki

OJ update

Not too long after graduating from CCAD, OJ hays moved from Columbus to Chicago where he's been a pretty busy guy. Aside from being one of the most technical guys you'll see on a skateboard he's an incredible artist and animator. He recently did the animation for a video for Chicago rapper "Chance the Rapper's" song Good Ass Intro. See it below:


Also, OJ has a small part in the new short video recently released by Pennsylvania company Scumco & Sons. It's called Road to Riches and it's one of the better skate edits I've seen in a long time. VERY worth checking out....
Scumco & Sons Cinema presents Road to the Riches from Scumco & Sons on Vimeo.

Absorb #50, Announcing Absorb Skateboards!

Dayton's Dave Ackels just released #50 of this local skate video series Absorb. If you're not familiar with these videos you should really take a look. Each one is awesome and a great view of the Dayton scene. I'd love for him to spend a few weeks in Columbus and to do an episode centered here. Check out the most recent one below...
ab50rb from Dave Ackels on Vimeo.

ALSO, it's been announced that Dave is partnering up with Instrument Skateboard's Gary Collins to start a new board brand... Absorb Skateboards!! Here is the official announcement:
"We want to take a minute and thank everyone who has ever been part of ABSORB or has supported it in some way over the years. That support was what made it possible and gave us the drive to do this. None of us did this for money, we all just love skateboarding, it was the common thread. Skateboarding, shitty digital cameras, and the internet, thats about it. Fuck HD, fuck epic skate vids, fuck everything, it really was that simple, but skateboarding is bigger than that. It is about self discovery, it's about building relationships and it's about community. This is skateboarding, this is what we all know, and love. This is what ABSORB was about and will remain about, but it is time to expand. Gary Collins, owner of Instrument Skateboards and legendary skateboarder, has offered us a home in the Instrument family, we are excited to announce Absorb Skateboards!"

House of Vans Girls Night

Two of my friends, Susan Bishop and Sharon Kim; both former Columbus residents who both now live in NYC participated in the "Girls Night" at the House of Vans in Brooklyn this past Friday night.... Over 50 women participated. I've skated with Sue for a about 15 years, she hasn't been doing it very much since her move to the city last year. It's nice to see her out there shredding. 

 Here's a couple pics. (click the image to enlarge)

Hello again. updates...

I can't believe I haven't updated this in 8 months. I just looked at the stats and I can't believe that the page is still getting looked at. I'm not even going to try to give a full update on this past year.. couple notable things... Skate Naked is still going strong. Embassy opened a satellite location there. Taylor is (still) getting a ton of coverage, he put out a great edit from his trip to Italy.. James Webber had a "bro model" Instrument deck, Joe Charlton's video "Loudpack" was finally released. Dan had knee surgery and is finally back on his board... Drake, Tanner, Justin, Gage, Luke, James and Chad Butler have all been killing it and getting coverage. CJ Broke his leg in Florida last month. Blacksheep closed it's doors a couple weeks ago.... Andy Helvey started a skate blog: http://principleskateboarding.blogspot.com/





Embassy Commercial