SEQUENCE OF THE MONTH
Eric switch ollie
INTRO
This month is a gnarly one. Awesome sh#t has been landed on the Museo rail. And thanks to ou friends from Manila, perceptions of speed and tech was forever changed. This post will be one of the two epic posts for this month. Heads up guys and gals, you're on for one big ride...
HOW TO SKATE "RESTRICTED" SPOTS IN ILOILO
- The best way to start this list is to skate on Sundays. Its the day of rest and guards usually have their day-off. When the guards are away, its the time to play...
- Don't speak Ilonggo. Some people are suckers when the person speaks in Tagalog, this is how Erik got to skate the stairs in PNB. The guards were even kind enough to put the chains aside for us. haha. Suckers. Just be sure that your prominent Ilonggo accent is not obvious, be as fluent as possible.
- Try skating late at night. When the guard is busy shooting bad guys in their dreams, hit the spot like there's no tomorrow, and when a flashlight turns darkness into light, then its time to scram.
- Tell the guard that your and alumni of the school. CPU, WVSU and UP has nice spots that you can skate.
- If you're too polite not to trespass, just ask the guard if he will let you skate. Just swear to all the gods that you wont sue him if you get injured and you wont break anything. Also promise that it'll just take a sec. And if he says "maybe my boss will scold me", it means he needs some shut-up money, Php20-50 is usually enough, but if you're really desperate, then jack-up the rate to an "ube" (Php100). If he still doesn't let you skate, then go to the next step.
- If you can't do the night raids, prep yourself and the camera dude to hit the spot, and when the guard comes, just run for your lives or hide for a bit, and when the coast is clear, try it again. But be sure that your trick is dialed-up, you just might have 2-3 tries before he gets cross and he shows some loaded gun complex on you guys.
- If all else fails, then the right thing to do is do a kamikaze attack. Be sure that you didn't bring any identification cards with you. As one of your homies distracts the guard by talking sh#t, do your thing. Don't go do a hail-mary trick though, you might get only one try. After that run as fast as you can. And as for your homie? No sweat, he's got nothing to do with it. And if the guard asks for a name? Well, George Mamon will do just fine.
BAIL BORD
Megs erased mall the other images with his new trick, the nut cracker. Too bad he did'nt land it though... bwahahaSKATERS OF THE PAST
No pads, no helmets, just ball... Yep, that's no typo dude, ball.... This word can be associated only to ONE individual who used to rip. Yes sir, its Michael "One Egg".
First time that I saw this guy, I thought he was just some dude who wanted to get back on the board. Although his form was a bit squirelly and he was not that smooth, I can see that he used to be a high flier and flips the board really well. He also had a thing for gaps. And after breaking the ice, we started some small talk and of course I was surprised to know that he was the famous "One Egg".
And of course my first question was how did the de-balling accident happen? He answered smiling that one night, they went to the rail in Museo and he tried some boardslides. And after nailing one, he wanted to do it again. So, the "accident" happened and he started to urinate blood, and so he was de-balled because it was crushed.
My next stupid question was I heard you were married, do you have a kid? Surprisingly he has a daughter. Good thing God gave us set of balls... Amen to that.
And how about the question that "Did he rip in the past?" You bet...
When I asked Marlo on "One Egg's" previous haunts, he told me that he nailed a varial double flip down the set in Museo and the icing on the cake is that he landed his famous pop shove underflip down the set. Man that was something huh?... And by the way, he was the third guy to do a boardslide on the Museo rail.
Mike used to caveman boardslide the rail all the time, and he's still got it up to now...
LOCAL SKATE NEWS
Erik again pioneered the first switch ollie in the Museo stack while Jober smalls proved that he had balls when he set out to do a front board in the rail. Apa of Jackass project skate shop landed outrageous stuff down the rail. Spanky peed his way to Smallville. Skate Panay has a new photographer, Potpot. Tarquin and Megs are rumored to be the new recruits of the Dope Boys, watch out for their vids in Youtube. And Marlo sets an Ilonggo record of 48 kickflips. Damn... Lastly, Apa is the first dude to break the sound barrier in a skateboard.
SIGHTINGS
Erik Homena, ollie
Erik, salad
Marlou, boardslide
Paul gamay, boardslide
Marlou, kickflip
Aa, ollie
Marlou, ollie
Josh, boardslide
Jober Smalls, frontboard
Marlou, blunt
Bornok, smith
the future of Bombskwad Skateboarding
Paul gamay, oldschool
Josh, nose blunt
Bulate, high five 5-0
Aa puts the capital p in the pop, pop shuv
Aa, 50-50
Mikey, the champ, flip frontboard
Marlou, kickflip
youngblood JR, ollie
Tarquin, ollie
Japsey, nosegrind
Bulate, manual
Paolo P., crux
Erik, switch ollieFALLOUT
New spot, new sponsors, new tricks, new faces, new champions. Some bad sh#t was cookin in BBQ Park. At the demo, Apa terrorized the spot with devastating speed, Spanky was reaching in his deep bag of tech tricks and Jack was skating transition like there's no tomorrow. If you were'nt there, you missed 1/2 of your f#cked-up life.
Winners
Class A
1. Mikey E.
2. Erik
3. Dave
Class B
1. Tarquin
2. Megs
3. Kenski
Class C
1. Bulate
2. Louie
3. Dex
Kickflip Challenge
Class A: Marlou
Class B: Nathaniel
Highest Ollie
Class A: Caloy
Class B: Aa
After the competition, bands rocked out everybody inside BBQ Park. Jack hustled everyone with skate dice and the gap challenge was done. After the awarding and some impromptu Spanky stand-up comedy, some went to party in Smallville.
Rapoy won the game of skate challenge in Museo 2 days later. And after a big bail down the handrail, Apa was out for the count. He was advised by a doctor be he preferred to weld his knee instead.
all lined up
I'm gonna win, I'm broke
left to right: One egg, Spanky, Apa
unknown dude, Darkslide
Bulate, BS 50-50
Bulate, 5-0
B.S. 50-50
high-5 ollie
I'm the man
Kenski, ollie
Megs the Lizard king, 5-0
Japsey, ollie
JR, melon
surprise, old dog Ryan BS 50-50
Josh, frontside flip
Apa, blinding BS 180
Erik, FS salad
Dave, FS bigspin
Smalls, BS feeble
Tarquin, front board
Megs, 5-0
JR, crux
Dave, crux
Eric, smith
Mikey, kickflip BS 50-50
Aa, speed run
more pics to come......
