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Converse Contest Carnage – the resurgence of transition

July 30th, 2011 by william | No Comments | Filed in bowl, miniramp, nostalgia, skatepark

Over at VBS.TV they have a doco about the resurgence of transition skating and bowl comps. This is something I’ve noticed over time, from when transition sucked and it was all about street, to now when some skaters are making transition their primary skateboarding experience. Some cool footage from some cool videos.

I have to agree with Lance about “connecting to the next generation”. The beauty about skateboarding is that each generation remakes skateboarding into how they see it. Different things are cool and skateboarding always has a fresh take.

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SK8 VID

June 6th, 2011 by william | No Comments | Filed in Dunedin, Nationals, New Zealand, clip, nostalgia, video

A video that was made by Sam Robertson from some old footage and tapes that I had lying around. Features footage from the indoor parks Wheelcool – Dunedin, Skate Pit – Christchurch and Skate Pit – Wellington.

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Randy 720s

March 13th, 2011 by william | No Comments | Filed in industry, nostalgia, shoes

I was reading this article about the 50 Greatest Skate Shoes. While some of it I can agree with, I don’t think I saw the Reynolds 3 in the list. However at #3 is Randy 720. Here are some posters of the advertising for the shoe.

Randy 720 Skate Shoe
Randy 720 Skateboarding Shoe

I have to agree with the author of The 50 Greatest Skate Shoes, despite being canvas they look a lot like today’s modern shoes like the Reynolds Cruisers,
Emerica Reynolds Cruisers Black White
Emerica Reynolds Cruisers Red White
or the Vans Vans AVEra.
Vans Era

While looking for some actual pictures of the Randy, to examine them a little more closely, I found this article on Sneaker Freaker about the history of Vans. It mentions “Paul worked his way up the ranks and became the Executive Vice President of Randy’s, a Boston based shoe manufacturer.”

While the modern skate shoes is blessed with better materials, it seems to have taken a while to get to where we stated from.

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