I've always really liked Gabe's videos. He's finally joined web2.0 and made a vimeo account, so now the love can be spread. Behold: SPACE.

MozBC from Gabe Chan on Vimeo.

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Some photos from the beginning of summer.












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Mini Video 69 - Shake - Wiskate.com from Josh Ellis on Vimeo.

Skating in Milwaukee, summer 2010. Starring some dudes on skateboards including Eric Risser, Matt Nordness, Max Murphy, Tim Olson, Gabe Chan, Scott Gall, John Rockafellow, and Chase Hopper. Filmed on a Canon 7d, edited while going 70mph on the freeway in a car that smelled like farts.

I'm just gonna use vimeo for the HD clips from now on since I think we'd have a meltdown if I tried to host them on the wiskate.com mainframe. I'm still hosting smaller versions for the ever exciting archives.

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Matt and Max Outro Video plus Gorf Life + Friends from Roger Skateboards on Vimeo.

We worked on this one all summer. Matt and Max's Outro video for Roger Skateboard's Roger of the Month help a buddy program. Filmed in HD, for your pleasure.

There's quite a few fellas in this skateboarding adventure: Eric Risser, Pat Forster, Gabe Chan, Tj Bohach, Scott Gall, Chase Hopper, Tim Olson, John Rockafellow, Danny Stemper, Mike Roebke, Nick Mistele, Bill Kaschner, Drew Rickaby, Mikey Al-Wathiqui, and of course, Max Murphy and Matt Nordness.

If you don't like HD for some reason, or like fluorescent pink triangles a lot, I uploaded a smaller flash version here too.

Thanks again to Roger, dudes are the best.

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It sure has been hot out. I know you are all sitting in your air conditioned house bored so I made you a new video. Actually, I was bored so I made this to keep myself busy. Go watch vroman's new mini video after this. I liked it alot.

taste the floor from pizzy on Vimeo.

Random photo fun!!!
















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Josh and I get emails on a regular basis asking to do promotions or somehow have the site involved with giveaways or events that have very little to do with what we like. Josh pretty much sends all stuff like that straight to the trash, whereas I sometimes read them for a good laugh.

When I received a email with the words "Mountain" and "Dew" in the subject, I have to admit I got kind of excited. I love Mountain Dew, and my belly can attest to that.




They are having a contest, where select skate shops are invited to design a Dew label with their logo on it and have the chance to win 5000 dollars for the shop and an additional 5000 dollars for the artist. Not only that, but the label gets printed and used on the can and seen worldwide. I really like the fact that it's not up to some suit in marketing to decide who wins this thing, but put on skateboarders and other civilians to vote for the label they like or shop they support to see who wins this thing. You can and should go to greenlabelart.com to cast your vote and help out your favorite local shop.

Now with all that being said, the nice people at Mountain Dew, Plan B and Markisa were kind enough to send me a bunch of stuff to give to you, just for being you (and hopefully voting). I have a bunch of boards, shirts and wallets (real nice wallets) to give away and I will be doing so over the next week or so.

But here's the deal; I'm not going to just give them away, you have to go get them yourselves. I will be leaving stuff at certain places around Milwaukee. You need to go there and hope you're not too late.

Right now, there is a Plan B deck, a shirt and a wallet at a certain place where you can buy certain things involving skateboarding. When you get there just say to the person working; "dew me" and if anything is left, you will be rewarded. But don't be phased if you're too late. I have many more boards to give away. Just keep your internet browser tuned to the wis-kate and you will have a chance.

Later nerds.

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This summer I got over fifty rolls of 120 and 220 film at a flea market. Most of the film has been expired for 10-20 years, so there was nothing to do but to bust out the dusty 'ol Holga and go for it.
















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I got a few more of the videos in the archives converted over to flash video. As before, these used to only be available in 1992 resolution quicktime files. You may now also embed them on your Pokemon site hosted on Fortunecity.

Doing it cool, Mini Videos: 58, 57, 56, 55.

This one is my favorite from this batch:


I actually have a new video essentially done, I'm just waiting on some crap from Tim for it. So, soon? So soon.

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This post has nothing to do with the Turf.

I'm seriously lagging on photos. Also, barely taking any. These are from about two months ago.


Max Murphy pivots on some crap.

Spit strings.

Pizzy snack break.

Matt Nordness does a wallie to boardslide to fakie. Actually it was a wallie to boardslide frontside bigspin, but it's weird to claim that on a still. So, wallie boardslide fakie.

Max Murphy with an uphill backside 5-0 grind.

Max Murphy - Tailslide bank to bank.

Scott Gall - Bluntslide to fakie.

See yah!

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Friends, things are coming together quickly. Lots of exciting news that is too new and unconfirmed to report. But its a start.

Now I bring you photos of the last few moments of Lipslide Gully's second (third?) rebirth. Photos by Eric Risser, one of the lucky few that got to skate it.


She gleams beautifully in the daylight.


The beginning of the end.

Here's another article on the subject. This time in the Onion's Av Club.

I will keep posting confirmed news, stay tuned.

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