Lat34.com - Action Sports News and Video: Skateboarding , Snowboarding, BMX and Moto » Koston http://www.lat34.org/quick_hits Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:27:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 A Few Clips From The X-Games http://www.lat34.org/quick_hits/2008/08/04/a-few-clips-from-the-x-games/ http://www.lat34.org/quick_hits/2008/08/04/a-few-clips-from-the-x-games/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:41:39 +0000 Mike http://www.lat34.org/quick_hits/2008/08/04/a-few-clips-from-the-x-games/ Vital Skate is always good at putting together a nice montage.  I was hoping they had some Rollerblade footage since I’m a fan and all but I guess this will do.  Check out Eric Koston, Terry Kennedy, Leo Romero, Ryan Sheckler, Paul Rodriguez, Jereme Rogers, Nyjah Huston, Darrell Stanton, Corey Duffel, Greg Lutzka, Sean Malto, Billy Marks and more as they kill this X-Games course.  And I know that Sheckler gets treated like a punching bag by parts of the skate world, but honestly, he did pretty damn good.  360 Flip over the subway gap was out of control.

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Do you remember back in 2004 I think it was when George Lucas re-released episodes four, five and six of the Star Wars trilogy?  It marked the very first time the world would see the “Star Wars” trilogy the way it was meant to be seen.  First of all the films went through an extensive digital clean up in high definition so that meant the blue screen scenes were flawless.  The sound effects were digitally re-mastered with updated sound effects and design.  And of course my favorite, the replacing of Sebastian Shaw with Hayden Christiansen at the end of “Revenge Of The Jedi”.  How respectful that was. 

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Well nearly on the same level as “Star Wars”, The Lakai team will be re-releasing “Fully Flared” Deluxe Edition; this was the way it was meant to be seen.  The massive 3-DVD box set includes 1 HD-Blu-Ray disc, 2 SD DVD discs, photo gallery, unused footage, alternate edits, a top secret film, and best of all, a 60 minute behind the scenes documentary.  Hopefully this will go through the steps of shooting the most insane opening to any skate film in the history of skating. 

This will definitely be something special and I’m sure will raise the bar for skate movies.  Check out the teaser over at Skate Fairy. 

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Check out the flyer below for all the times of locations. 

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I swear, do Iowans have all the fun just because geographically they are centrally located to everything cool? For instance, Adventureland: probably the most enjoyable theme park of any theme park. With such attractions as Dragon Island, Bavaria, and Outlaw Gulch, which is complete with a Ghost Town, how could any Iowan by not always live a life of joy? Then of course you have the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site where you can see the 31st president’s site of his birthplace and blacksmith shop similar to the one owned by his father. And trust me, anyone who’s anyone knows about these points of interest (and I certainly did not look these up on wikipedia.org).

Well, in addition to the endless list of attractions over saturated into the state of Iowa, the Lakai and Girl teams have decided to spoil them even more with a team demo and signing on May 3rd. The demos will take place in Urbandale and Des Moines at the Subsect and Skate South Skateshops with 15% off all Girl, Lakai, 4 Star, and Spitfire products.

Because of the popularity of the state, of course you will have all the top names attend the event. Guy Mariano, Rick Howard, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson and Eric Koston will all be there. I wouldn’t be surprised if they decide to move there. I will be leading a caravan from Los Angeles so anyone who wants to join me, you will need to provide me with an $800 check for gasoline and expenses and you are welcome to ride with me in my Pinto.

Check out the flyer for more details.

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