11.16.2010

chrome ball incident #560: speaking with intellect












"keep on skating."

classic yorkatron pro spotlight from TWS '98.

...didn't realize until just now that is was my man justin throwing out the questions. super good.

and i love that backside flip over the rail photo. blabac.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cool guy... Decent skater... But why kick off gurus like Paulo Diaz in the late 90s and keep a mediocre skater like Mike (no offense... You are dope). I just cant understand GIRL anymore. "family"... Whatever

Anonymous said...

At the end of his "Mouse" part, as he rolls away from that front crooks to fakie, the dude rapping says something like: "dedication to Mike York". Is this some obvious piece of trivia that everyone knows about but me? If not then, well, it is cool anyway. Pants fit just right during the Mouse era. Anyone else not really feeling the sarcastic, jokie, self-deprecating thing girl is running with at the moment? It was better when they weren't self-conscious about how they were and were just straight up cool. Chocolate is still rad though.

Tully

Anonymous said...

Yea tully.. Those were york's homies rapping.. Hence the shout out.

Anonymous said...

Classic Yorkatron!!!! Check out his company TURF! http://www.TURFglobal.com/ New TURF video coming soon!

Anonymous said...

The "hyphy movement" derailed Mike York's career.

Old School Sammy said...

Lots of anonymous comments today it seems...

regardless, that Thrasher cover is awesome...

SKM said...

Yorkatron the Don!

nuff said!

this guy is sooooooooooo ill!!!!!

i wish him the best.

Keith said...

Never seen that interview before. Thanks!

What the heck is a "hyphy movement"?

There was a Turf interview with him in the past year and he lives in some random city in CA and he's a family man. Can't front on that.

justin said...

All those photos make me miss the original Koston Ones.

Anonymous said...

Rather see a Trainwreck post

Anonymous said...

Keith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLvlGVNInw4

Anonymous said...

i loved york back in the day. mostly because all i can skate are ledges and flat, and that was his deal.

but also because he seemed like he was way funny and easy to get along with. as far as i knew, he was down for a good time, and he didn't lay a lot of hate.

that, to me, was someone i wanted to hang around.

Anonymous said...

wasn't that ron allen rapping

JayCee said...

Backhanded compliments and snide remarks aside, I love this guy. Mike's a homie and always will be. Awesome skater and amazing father. People are entitled to their opinions, but really shouldn't speak on things they know nothing about. One thing I can guarantee is that Mike loves skateboarding and it shows.

This is dedicated to Mike York...