5.23.2011

chrome ball incident #641: piece by piece











"This is Tim Upson. I lived with him for about a year. He loved to sit at home all day long, then he would suddenly disappear and show up a couple days later without even saying a word. I liked that about him. He had his own thing going. Missing tooth, beer, porn mags and gnarly skating is how I remember him." -Diego the Butcher
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17 comments:

  1. flannelflannelMay 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    that last air, whew!

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  2. iSapien1956672May 23, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    I agree with 420 Flannel Spudsy Teej pic... don't remember this dewd, but that last air is pretty bio.

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  3. AnonymousMay 23, 2011 at 10:08 PM

    I like what you did here with the Greco/Upson connection. Sick post. Upson rips.

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  4. PaulMay 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM

    Hint: Look at Pic 9...

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  5. AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Any idea whatever happened to him? Shredder!

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  6. poopy pantsMay 24, 2011 at 9:38 AM

    Upson was super good, better than Drehobl, but had a super bad attitude which got him into some trouble. He may have gotten run out of SF, he's back east lurking I heard, maybe running a small board company and-or helping Sloppy Sam build harsh tranny skateparks.

    ps - pretty sure that last air is photo-chopped.

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  7. AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    ofcourse im better than drehobl

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  8. totally into it!May 24, 2011 at 1:14 PM

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  9. Chip Van HamMay 24, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    I agree with the Upson/Greco connection, now you gotta get some Gaberman or Mat O'Brien in there to complete the connection...

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  10. the marshall islandsMay 24, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    nope, now you need on shark -- grecs, updawg, and shark.

    killer post -- to me, more than anyone, he really layed the blueprint for the entire existence of guys like peabody, raney, tom remillard, elijah berle, raven tershy, pat mcclain...shit, even grant taylor.

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  11. KeithMay 25, 2011 at 10:07 AM

    What's the Greco/Upson connection?

    This guys seems pretty gnarly. Never really paid very much attention to him though. Lack of footage? I looked on skim the fat and I didn't see any of those videos when they were released.

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  12. OaklandPeteMay 25, 2011 at 12:36 PM

    Conneticut!

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  13. Huckleberry HartMay 25, 2011 at 10:51 PM

    Heavy.

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  14. AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    they grew up skating together,a lot of kids out there probably never knew that

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  15. AnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    HARDTIMES!

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  16. AnonymousMay 30, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    he still rips!...and....got ran out of sf? more like ran sf! he left cause the industry takes the fun away from skating...look at skateboarding its turning into bullshit. its all the internets fault.

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  17. Justin RiceMarch 15, 2013 at 5:26 PM

    a rad skater and a rad guy in general. I used to see him at Cutting Edge in Bennington, VT. He used to destroy that place. He kickflipped to back disaster on the tombstone of the mini and there wasn't even room to do it without crunching his body under the ceiling. Gnar factor of 10.

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