Dog Pull Skateboarding

When you have a dog that is really strong and has a lot of energy you have to come up with ways of tiring it out so that they don't start destroying things every chance they get. My dog Cash is exactly that type of dog. The best methods of tiring him out so far have been: chasing a laser pointer (every dog owner should have a laser pointer), using a horse whip with a ball on the end (also known as a "flirt pole") and getting him together with another dog. While those are all excellent activities, they don't allow any real companionship between dog and owner. My good friend Evan recently built up a skateboard with some risers and big soft wheels for his dog to pull him around on and has been enjoying his dog pulling him around for the last couple weeks. I had Cash pull me before on my skateboard, but the speed he can run and my small hard wheels don't mix. This weekend I decided to go out and get a wider deck, some risers and some softer wheels and set up a deck specifically to have Cash pull me around, combining excellent exercise for him and my love of skateboarding.

Here we go.

I almost lost it on the speed wobbles.

Jason Adams "Miller High Life" Enjoi deck, Bones "filming" wheels and Independent Trucks.

Happy dog.

Trevor testing out the ride.

Tired dog.

Classic Skate Video Parts: Fulfill the Dream - Chad Muska

This video killed it when it came out, I watched it a lot and was always impressed by how young most of the team was. But there's no way anyone could ever dispute Muska being the star of this video. This shit came out and EVERY kid had the white/red Muska board and the Muska track pants. The best product I think he had out at the time were his shoes, Trevor used to claim that they were the reason he learned to kickflip. Now, years later, his Supra Skytops are one of the most hyped and sought after shoe in skateboarding. Watching this part right now just makes me want to go skateboarding. Maybe I will this weekend.

Nike SB: Debacle

Looks awesome.

Alien Workshop Mind Field

Alien Workshop has been a fantastic skateboard company for a very long time, so when I heard about there new video Mind Field, obviously I got excited, also the fact that there was a few guys who rented a little hall to do the premiere was awesome. Alien Workshops other video, Photosynthesis was amazing, one of my favorites.
Last night Kent and I went to the premiere, and to say the least we were not disappointed, it was very good! The whole layout of the video, the editing...everything except the music, which was kinda wierd, maybe I am just saying that because its not the style of music I listen to at all, I dont know, but I dont watch skateboard videos for the music, I watch them obviously for the Skateboarding. The actual skateboarding in this video was awesome! The parts in my mind were just a little to shirt. Like Mr. Rob Dyrdek, I very much enjoy watching him skateboard, everything about his skateboarding I like, I just would have liked to see his part be like 2-3 time longer, but it wasnt, and i still liked it.

Go buy this video, watch and enjoy!

Saskatoon Blog Heavyweights

Being bored at work today I stumbled upon an interview with Owen Woytowich. He's a professional photographer from Saskatoon who now works full time for SBC. A few of us actually ran into him on a random occasion at the skatepark this summer and had a game of "old guy "skate"". You can read the interview here

In that interview I also made my way over to YouWillSoon Which is a very entertaining blog from a few more local Saskatoon skateboarders. Although I don't actually "know" these guys, I've been around skateboarding in Saskatoon long enough to know who they are. I'd also like to point out that, for the record, people who A) Love Danzig. B) Are funny and C) Obviously enjoyed Girl/Chocolate's "golden years" as much as I did are generally pretty awesome and for no other reason should have their blog checked out because of it.

Come on now.

I can understand getting angry while skateboarding. Anyone who has ever skateboarded with me can attest to that. The problem with this guy is that he's getting angry, but it appears as if he can't even do a noseslide. I always hated when people would try harder tricks than they can do and either get mad or say some shit like "Oh man I was nailing that trick yesterday". There's no shame in learning, everyone does it.