MJ Theory

Marc Johnson footage is always gold and this is no exception.

Dredge the Lethe - Laguna Ledge

Taking a look back at the chunkiest ledges in Slo.

Sadly enough, the first time I ever heard of a pro skating a spot in slo was this Brian Sumner ad for hair products. Despite the product placement and the choppy sequence, I was pretty excited to see Laguna in print. From Skateboarder Magazine, November 2003

For years I waited for the footage to turn up in a video but it never made it. That was until, classic clips made a Brian Sumner part.

With the help of Michael Mull, I saw the Sumner clips and some amazing Mark Appleyard footage that never made it to video. How did a tre flip noseslide not get a proper showing?

Nick Walters grind up Laguna was absolutely ridiculous, but he was not the first person to go up it. A now forgotten Stacy Lowry had a fs noseslide up it back in 2005.

The now defunct 411 put out a Stereo issue in 2004 which covered a tour from LA to SF. The Stereo guys made a stop in Slo to shoot a commercial and skate some spots. Keep an eye out for the Benny Fairfax nollie at Madonna center and the Clint Peterson fs board at Denny's.

Girl Warehouse

The best company ever and the best local shop in town. I'm looking forward to more videos from Warehouse. Is it just me, or does Rick Howard look a little like his character in the beginning of Goldfish?

Nerd Out - FTC Edition

When mentioning Brendan Leddy and tricks in videos, I began to think of another SLO skater...

In Daniel Parks recent part for The Jazzpush Video, we threw in some old SF footage for the intro. One trick that stood out was his backside five-0 to frontside 180 out at Brown Marble.

I recently watched "Finally" by FTC, and noticed Scott Johnston had the same trick in his part.

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So does Greg Hunt in "A Visual Sound" by Stereo.

Daniel does a nollie inward heel at Miley in the beginning of "Dig This".

Chico Brenes gets the same trick in "Finally".

That's it for today. If you haven't seen "Finally" or "A Visual Sound" I recommend you look them up. I'm planning on covering some rarely seen Laguna Ledge clips for next week.

Bonus DP clip from "Finally"

City Shit

Eli Stein and James Fuchs getting some East Coast clips.

Way Out East

Someone just uploaded Brendan Leddy's sponsor me footage from when he was trying to get on Chapman in 2002. The footage is insane, and the kickflip noseslide is unbelievable! Heath Kirchart did a 50-50 on that ledge in 2001 for Sight Unseen. Did Brendan trick wise, one up Heath Kirchart? He already took out Pappalardo, so why not?

It's Always Sunnyside

...In Los Osos. Cody Ages cruising another classic Osos school.

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