chrome ball incident #805: fast as you can

...like a fucking wrecking ball.

One of the Godfathers of Street (though he kills just about everything), Mr. Eric Dressen.

Classic Transworld interview from '89 among other goodies.

Notice the Bulldog Cafe shirt... that's the same joint that would inspire Frankie Hill's graphics a year or so later. Nerd-out!

CBI will be back on Thursday. Everybody be safe out there.

chrome ball incident #565: faster gun

dogtown speed merchant who kills it on all terrain. eric d.

one of street skating's most important early innovators, echos of dressen's style are easily seen.

and in other news:

cheers Lance.

chrome ball x heel bruise collabo coming spring 2011... unless sooner.

details and photos soon enough. (hint: the photo above isn't it.)

thanks everyone.

...and happy birthday murray!

chrome ball incident #425: another form of game

o.g. venice ripper that straight-clobbers any terrain with speed.

dressen's speed freaks opener still gets me hyped to this day. total devastation.

and honestly, i never knew eric invented the salad grind until about a half hour ago. never got the play on words... i just thought he did them real well. (shrugs)

i do miss nonsensical 80's trick names though... granted you had no idea what half of the tricks actually were at the time, but that just added to it. (to this day, i'm still not exactly sure what trick a "sex change" involves.... or a "jellymambo" for that matter.)

now everything's so precise and serious... kinda takes the fun out of it.

i knew the day when "wheelies" became "manual rolls" that we were in trouble.

chrome ball incident #156: cannonball

Watched 1st and Hope again last night and this dude's cameo almost stole the show. A true lifer, Eric Dressen always conjures up images of a backwards hat at warp speed. No nonsense.

And yeah, I couldn't resist throwin' in that everslick ad. Executive privilege.