Hey everyone!

Since copying and pasting press releases, old news, and the continual lowering of standards as they relate to quality and original content seems to be all the rage on skateboarding websites these days, I figured I'd hop on the bandwagon. Here's all the important news!

Alex Olson is on Girl!

Elissa Steamer is on Zero!

Muska and Baptista left shortys!

Rob Welsh is on Santa Cruz...how long till he's not sponsored at all? How about less than a year?

Check out the SkateCritic impostor on the Sacklunch boards...

This wasn't me. Don't be fooled by lame-ass imitators.

But then again don't they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery? Maybe, but some people need to try just a little bit harder in the originality department. I mean, try to copy my style all you want, but at least come up with a different name pal.

Plain and simple, Consolidated has always been legit.

Does anyone remember about two years ago when Motley Crue sued Vans over the Tony Trujillo Vans/Skater of the Year ads? Well the band must be trying to do some damage control in the skateboarding world. Unfortunately, or maybe even, not surprisingly, TransWorld has already forgotten about the TNT/Crue debacle--well, or just plain decided not to have Tony's back. Dissapointing huh?

From Clint Peterson's interview in The Skateboard Mag, September 2005:

Dave Carnie: ...but what about hate in skateboarding? Everyone always says they skate for fun, and I do too, but there's this order part of me that just likes to go to the park and dis people. Like, "You fucking kooks." I really hate skateboarding sometimes.

Clint Peterson: The dark side. Yeah, that's human nature. We need that. Those kooks make it easier for people that try and actually think outside the tight pants, "die-trying" bubble. There is the hate involved with punishing yourself to learn something new. I can kickturn on a quarterpipe all day and still be happy, but I want to push myself for some reason. I want to do something that I haven't done. Maybe because that's what feels best for me. Fuck following the herd. It's not okay.