chrome ball incident #301: the freed pig

"He's my hero... but he's rotten." -Rodney Mullen

One of the most influential figures in skateboarding's history (although not exactly for his skating), Steve Rocco dominated the industry in the early nineties... not only making or breaking the careers of skaters as he saw fit, million-dollar companies could also be reduced to rubble if he felt like doing so.

For good or bad, he did everything his own way with his trademark razor-ship wit that made his rise to power such a spectacle to watch... and his inevitable downfall all the more dramatic.

So many things that I love in skateboarding (and a few things that I absolutely hate) can be traced back directly to Rocco... needless to say, his presence looms large on this site.

chrome ball incident #300: big time

Since blowing up virtually overnight with that classic tre down Oceanside, Geoff Rowley has gone on to become the gnar standard that has crushed many a soul in its wake.

I've held Geoff in pocket for a minute now as I really thought someone so willing to break himself on the regular deserved a more epic post than usual.

Thanks to everyone out there that has supported chrome ball over the course of its 300 incidents...

300.... I never thought this would've even lasted to 50.

Special thanks to Neil Blender, Andy Jenkins, Epicly Later'd, the Skateboard Mag, Stereo, Given, Rob Sissi, Police Informer and Bobshirt.

And big up to all my regulars, you're what keeps this thing going.

chrome ball incident #299: club fade

"There are 8 million stories in the Naked City..."

A by-no-means-complete assortment of classic late 80's/early 90's NYC shit.

Consider this volume one.

Celebrating Chrome Ball Incident #300 next week.... can't believe it myself.

chrome ball incident #298: white light/white heat

holmes always comes off as such a super mellow, classy type of cat....

another one that was supposed to be the subject of my 300th post until I got impatient again, Rick McCrank. straight ripper.

chrome ball incident #297: beads on a string

pretty much the opposite of yesterday's post... some really great flicks showcasing the drifter steez of one tony cox.

always liked this dude for just doing his own thing...

even if some of it was a little kooky, nollie hardflipping the brooklyn banks wall allows one some leeway in this area.