12.20.2009

chrome ball incident #400: love child























"get me in the background before you edit."

i've been saving daewon a while now for something epic but after he was passed up for posts #200 and #300, many of you were starting to wonder if this was an oversight or that maybe i just didn't care for south bay's finest. not at all.

mini ramp god, manual master, picnic table architect, water fountain fisherman... the list can go on and on for rocco's golden child. one of those type dudes that seems to ignore virtually all boundaries of logic and physics with such impossibly-smooth style that makes it look way too easy. the sho kosugi of skateboarding, daewon song.

and how come nobody ever talks about this part? (cue de la's "eye know")

alright fellas... i'd like to thank you for all the support chrome ball has gotten over the course of these 400 incidents. to everyone that has sent emails, posted links, left comments, or hooked me up with whatever... muchos gracias. And big up to my regulars, you're the lifeblood of cbi.

special thanks to deluxe, stereo, kayo, epicly later'd, nike sb (7/10), rob sissi, david ashley, police informer, the skateboard mag, transworld and all the other mags out there that either don't know or don't care about me pillaging through and reposting their pages.

the chrome ball incident will return on monday, january 4th. there's some crazy shit in store for 2010.

thank you andy jenkins for the lightpost logo i took from an old wrench pilot comic and thank you neil blender for everything else.

bye.

12.18.2009

chrome ball incident #399: guttenberg-approved







some classic aws-era pops to get you hyped for the weekend... although its looking like my weekend is gonna be more like that top photo up there.

chrome ball #400(!) on monday and its been a long time coming for this legendary ripper. any guesses?

many of your requests are in the works. thanks for stopping by.

12.16.2009

chrome ball incident #398: wolf hands










for the older heads out there.

i'll be honest with you... besides knowing that the term "frontside indy" could maybe get you punched in the face, I really don't know shit about vert skating.

but seeing photos of chris miller taking out whole sides of tiny 80's halfpipes with those huge airs of his will always get me stoked. throw in some upland pipeline flicks along with some choice miller artwork... forget about it. timeless.

and he still kills it.

regardless, i highly doubt chris remembers the exact moment when this happened... but we do and i don't think we'll ever let him forget about it. poor guy.

12.15.2009

chrome ball incident #397: confetti










didn't really know how to follow yesterday's superhero-steez so I took the selfish route and just threw up some guy goodies.

its been a minute since I watched this one...

but as soon as those first few opening notes hit, all is right with the world.