A couple of cool posts on the Chrome Ball Incident featuring first some really cool iconic ads.

The first is when World started up and the shit they gave the other established companies, and the shit they got back.
chrome ball incident #418: pigs and pitchforks

The second is when all the riders up and left World to form their new company; Girl.
chrome ball incident #113: paradigm shift

I remember the ads, but had forgotten how brutal it all was. I also remember how sudden it was, and how skateboarding fashion changed virtually overnight. I guess Rocco got in turn what he gave the established companies, once he became one of them.

Tags: Girl, nostalgia, Powell, Rocco, World Industries