Monday, May 30, 2011

10 Questions - Paul Hart

First off – tell me your name and age.
Paul Hart, and I am 17 years old.

Who are your sponsors?
8103clothing, Bones, Circa, Cliché, Vestal, Usko Collective, Kona, and Monavie

Where exactly are you from?
I’m from Ponte Vedra, FL.

Is it hard living in an area that's far away from your usual crew of homies?
It's not hard at all I just hate when my mom makes me drive the smart car. Haha.

What's your favorite type of obstacle to skate and why?
I would have to say ledges just because it's a good simple thing to skate with your friends.

Name your favorite city.
Boston




What video part hypes you up the most to go skate?
Andrew Reynolds’ Stay Gold Part for sure!!!

If you could have any sponsor (non-skateboarding brands included), who would it be?
Definitely Dove for men!

What's the coolest thing that's ever happened to you while skateboarding? 
I would have to say getting the January cover and interview of FORTHEKREW Mag. 

What are you going to do after this?
I'm out to school, haha!







Photo Cred: Skateparkoftampa.com, Trevor Stevens, respectively.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Snaps - Dorien & Ralph


Dorien and Ralph, OG J-Ville All-Stars.



Not exactly sure of the year on this one. Back in the early 2000s, there were a few contests held at what is now the night club called Plush. Primarily a miniramp jam which took place inside the club, in the later years a game of skate was added to the mix. What’s funny is that to the skaters, the game of skate was way more popular than what was going on inside the club – A mix of random rock-rap performers and skateboarding going down on a huge miniramp that filled the entire floor area of the club.

Another funny thing about this contest is that one of the bands was to play as the jam session on the ramp started. Good in theory, but for some reason the person running the lights thought that the only lighting in the place should be directed at the band. It happened so fast, so startlingly, that people skating at the time pretty much ate shit.
I’m not positive the name of the contest, but I believe it was something like ‘Skate Wars’. And that is pretty much all I remember about it.