Gav's currently on tour with the Ipath team as a part of the Big Push
and it looks like he's getting on JUST FINE with the rest of the team!!
For more Ipath Big Push endeavors---click here
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
New Ipath position for Gav!!
Gav's currently on tour with the Ipath team as a part of the Big Push
and it looks like he's getting on JUST FINE with the rest of the team!!
For more Ipath Big Push endeavors---click here
Friday, August 20, 2010
SHISOTY!
Just about a week ago Denis Lynn was awarded the Irish Skater of the Year 2010. Now, first of all lets get this straight, I am definitely not trying to take anything away from Denis' skating or from the man himelf with this post. Denis is a great skater with just as great an attitude and congrats to him on ISOTY.
What I wanted to cover in this post is the whole thing of the ISOTY award itself. Thrasher's SOTY is the most respected and prestigious award in pro skating and no matter how much of a loser Jake Phelps is this will always be the case. Everybody who has won SOTY pushed themselves and even skating itself to the upper limits in order to earn the award..
The ISOTY on the other hand just seems to be given out every year to the person who skates the best on some day every summer in Belfast, by Jay Dords. Shouldn't the whole thing be a bit more meaningful than that? The ISOTY should be decided on who skated the best in the past year and thats that. Who won the most contests? Who had the most/best photos? Best footage/video part? Its Irish Skater of Year not Irish Skater of the Day in Belfast.
This is a good example of when the whole "by skaters, for skaters" thing takes a bit of a wobble. Things start to become about homie status rather than who actually deserves the award.
Now again, nothing against Denis here but if anybody deserved to win Irish Skater of the Year 2010 it was Cian Eades.
After stealing the show at DCs King of Dublin last Summer, Cian continued ripping all year with loads of coverage for Jart and showing off plenty of new tricks in the regular MountKennet edits, including shit like this.
Cian topped off the year by being awarded full am status on the Jart team. Hopefully this will lead on to bigger things for him cause he definitely deserves it.
So even though I know you're probly not reading this but congratulations Cian! You won the Skengineers Honourable Irish Skater of the Year 2010! (SHISOTY)
Notable Contenders
Keith Walsh
Keith had a lot of good coverage this past year. Starting with a win at DC King of Dublin he went on to have a lot of coverage for all of his sponsors: DC, Reell, Red Bull and Assets Models. He even put out a part with his footage from the states and some stuff he was sitting on from back home and topped off the year with the cover of Sidewalk. Say what you want about Keith but his skating speaks for itself. The only thing that made me pick Cian over Keith was Cians upgrade to am last month, maybe next year Keith...
Gav Coughlan
Never one to be counted out, Gav Coughlan delivered over the past year as always. Receiving a full Haunts in Sidewalk, putting out a full part in Ciaran Hughes' latest video and putting down ten tricks like this Gav definitely put out some sick stuff this past year. Gavs recent move to I-Path and his upcoming part in the next Sidewalk video make me think this is going to be a big year for him. I can't wait to see some more stuff like this.
So there you have it, if this blog has the legs to last we'll be awarding the SHISOTY again this time next year. Hell, maybe we'll make a cool trophy or something...
What I wanted to cover in this post is the whole thing of the ISOTY award itself. Thrasher's SOTY is the most respected and prestigious award in pro skating and no matter how much of a loser Jake Phelps is this will always be the case. Everybody who has won SOTY pushed themselves and even skating itself to the upper limits in order to earn the award..
The ISOTY on the other hand just seems to be given out every year to the person who skates the best on some day every summer in Belfast, by Jay Dords. Shouldn't the whole thing be a bit more meaningful than that? The ISOTY should be decided on who skated the best in the past year and thats that. Who won the most contests? Who had the most/best photos? Best footage/video part? Its Irish Skater of Year not Irish Skater of the Day in Belfast.
This is a good example of when the whole "by skaters, for skaters" thing takes a bit of a wobble. Things start to become about homie status rather than who actually deserves the award.
Now again, nothing against Denis here but if anybody deserved to win Irish Skater of the Year 2010 it was Cian Eades.
After stealing the show at DCs King of Dublin last Summer, Cian continued ripping all year with loads of coverage for Jart and showing off plenty of new tricks in the regular MountKennet edits, including shit like this.
Cian topped off the year by being awarded full am status on the Jart team. Hopefully this will lead on to bigger things for him cause he definitely deserves it.
So even though I know you're probly not reading this but congratulations Cian! You won the Skengineers Honourable Irish Skater of the Year 2010! (SHISOTY)
Notable Contenders
Keith Walsh
Keith had a lot of good coverage this past year. Starting with a win at DC King of Dublin he went on to have a lot of coverage for all of his sponsors: DC, Reell, Red Bull and Assets Models. He even put out a part with his footage from the states and some stuff he was sitting on from back home and topped off the year with the cover of Sidewalk. Say what you want about Keith but his skating speaks for itself. The only thing that made me pick Cian over Keith was Cians upgrade to am last month, maybe next year Keith...
Gav Coughlan
Never one to be counted out, Gav Coughlan delivered over the past year as always. Receiving a full Haunts in Sidewalk, putting out a full part in Ciaran Hughes' latest video and putting down ten tricks like this Gav definitely put out some sick stuff this past year. Gavs recent move to I-Path and his upcoming part in the next Sidewalk video make me think this is going to be a big year for him. I can't wait to see some more stuff like this.
So there you have it, if this blog has the legs to last we'll be awarding the SHISOTY again this time next year. Hell, maybe we'll make a cool trophy or something...
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Sunday, August 08, 2010
A White piece a Shite!!!
And now presenting....
.....Shaun White!
Probably one of the most UN-cool people ever to step on a skateboard....EVER!
But the oakley ad above is just the latest in a long run of pure bollox to come out of this little prick:
As you can see his image is classic, class-A queer, with just a hint of biker fag.
Sure he says himself "I don't know what my image is....but I know what it's not"
And now for the icing on the cake---he's bringing out his own game :o
"Shaun White Skateboarding"
If you don't believe me check the (link)
Yes another brilliant game ad with no actual gameplay shown!
Q: What's the difference between a ginger(shaun white) and a brick??
A: A brick might get laid.
I rest my case
.....Shaun White!Probably one of the most UN-cool people ever to step on a skateboard....EVER!
But the oakley ad above is just the latest in a long run of pure bollox to come out of this little prick:
As you can see his image is classic, class-A queer, with just a hint of biker fag.
Sure he says himself "I don't know what my image is....but I know what it's not"
And now for the icing on the cake---he's bringing out his own game :o
"Shaun White Skateboarding"
If you don't believe me check the (link)
Yes another brilliant game ad with no actual gameplay shown!
Q: What's the difference between a ginger(shaun white) and a brick??
A: A brick might get laid.
I rest my case
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