Fallen Footwear Flow Riders - Mini VDO full length.

One thing I notice on a lot of message boards and forums is a lot of people mockingly wondering which skateboarders wear Fallen shoes. Well I can say that a good population of skateboarders here wear Fallen products and support the hell out of that company. I know a lot of the flow guys personally, and they're a fun bunch of kids who I've been able to witness them grow up in the last few years.

So after a couple of years of ripping shit up around here, they have now put out a video part. These flow dudes have now put out a mini video. Check it out and hope you guys enjoy it.

The FALLEN Thailand Mini VDO from Fallen Thailand on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Fallen puts on a Demo in Thailand.

Well the Fallen Team came to Thailand and put on a fucking rad demo for all of us over here. I want to thank the guys over at Fallen Footwear for making it all the way over here to this part of the world, and from what I heard you guys have put down some new hammers in the few weeks that you were here. It was awesome getting to hang with the guys and talking with them. I even showed Tony Cervantes to his first motorcycle taxi ride ever.

 As for the video, I included a lot of local rippers along with the pros. And again, thanks for the demo and giving us over here some rad skating, and putting down some NBDs at that skatepark. I definitely missed some good tricks that were thrown down, such as James Hardy's FS180 inverted 5050, Jack Curtin's nollie nosegrind on the big rail, and Jamie Thomas' Impossible 5050 on the big ledge.
 
Vimeo Version

Meet the Pros Fallen Demo from Roger O'Connell on Vimeo.

Youtube Version


I know its been a while since my last update, but I'm working on some stuff. Hopefully I get them done sooner than later. Anyways dudes, until next time....

Skater's Atlas hits up Bangkok.

Fuck Yeah, having a new online video magazine do an issue on Bangkok is fucking sick as hell.

Skater's Atlas Issue No.4 Bangkok

Go check it out. I dont want to put their content on here as Matt's got it all settled on his website, so just go check it out. I'll put a link or two here to the website.

There are good reasons to like Skaters Atlas. I mean, with the majority of the well-known skateboarders being from California and all, its refreshing to see a new media outlet that focuses on something other than just Californian skateboarders.

Go check out my buddy Shawn's new full part that he filmed in only three weeks. He's also got an interview on there also, explaining how he moved from Canada to Thailand, and his injury that put him off the board for over half a year. So keep in mind that this part was banged out in less than a month, post-surgery.

And I have to say that its pretty sick Bangkok is getting put on the skate map. But keep in mind that while China is easily skatable like southern california, Thailand is pretty rugged like the east coast and you gotta have a certain mindset to find tricks here. Theres everything from a perfect skate plaza to the most cracked up ground. Sometimes a big lump of cracks in the street counts as a legit street gap.

Anyways dont waste too much time here, Type skatersatlas dot com in your URL go check out the Bangkok Issue of Skater's Atlas!

ISSUE No. 4 BANGKOK TRAILER from SKATERS ATLAS on Vimeo.

Cheers!

New fish

 Yeah just got this bad bitch. Opteka 0.3x. Woulda opted for the Century but it was unavailible so I had to find a compensation for it.

My homie Pett helped me test by being the subject, and this kicker just came in that day also so it was a nice thing to test with. More footage soon, but I'd rather work on a full part rather than mini-clips. Soon, but not too soon. 

Anyways right now I'm working on a part for my buddy Eric. It's gonna be up soon so stay tuned homies and fools! 

SSA Barbeque Day edits

Go check out the DIY Skate Spot in Pattaya

OK So basically the dudes down in pattaya started their own DIY project. I went down there myself to skate it a few weeks ago, and I gotta say it's pretty legit. It's not burnside big or anything like that, but more like a DIY homey spot thats gonna get shredded by almost everybody thats gonna go skate there. Big props to Dan Williams of Pattaya for making this happen.

Check the video out. If you are ever down in Pattaya and want to skate, then I suggest you go down over to Kanong DIY spot by Big C Pattaya Tai a.k.a. Big C South Pattaya. The spot's located behind the Big C parking lot, so just walk to the end of the parking lot and look around. You'll definately see a nice big 5 block with a handrail, so look around because you'll be in the right vicinity. If theres a dude ripping hard over there, its probably P'Nui, the owner of Kanong.

And after this video, the man himself, Daniel Williams, has crete'd up a corner around the bend so theres even more fun to be had. 

And with style too, I wanna see somebody do something on the tree.

So yeah you can see that theres also a ledge beind the quaterpipe also to compensate. I gotta go down there again, this time with a bunch of homies to shred that spot up hard. 

And with an elevator ledge across the street from the spot also in case you come with a group of friends that want to hit something more street and less transition based. 

Well I know this is no burnside by western standards, but its a good effort by the homies to build one of the first legit DIY skatespots in Thailand (as opposed to just a ledge and a flatbar on flatground). If you're reading this and thinking that you'll be too occupied while in Thailand to skate, then sucks to be you. But if you're reading this and stoked to skate in Thailand, then go down to Pattaya to skate! Plus this place is right by a bar so you'll find yourself chilling and skating back to back with a few Leos like Shawn would do. So yeah, go down to Kanong Skateshop and hit up the DIY spot made by the dudes, say whats up to P'Nui maybe drop a legit hammer there if you can.

Guess thats what it took the boys to get it done. Now go skate.

SSA Rama 8 2013

Taken from various people's facebooks, these were some homie pictures from the SSA competition in Rama 8. Spot anybody you might know in the pictures? Well its wheres Waldo for ya!

Well thanks to the pros and ams that came here. Sean Malto, Sebo Walker, and Denny Pham put on one hell of a demo. Mark Siciu unfortunately could not make it as he left the country beforehand, but these three dudes still managed to put on one hell of a show for the dudes to see. Sean Malto, Sebo Walker, Denny Pham, hope you guys can come back again some day!

Sebo Walker busts a Treflip front grind. 

Thailand's O.G. "P'Nut" Weerayut Eksirasuwan casually gives this bank to ledge a Smith grind.

Sean Malto floats a back nose G on the outside of the A-frame ledge.

Buttshot of Sean Malto's back Overkrooks. Ladies would love this one for sure.

With a Smith Grind on the way back

P'Beer of Again Skateshop checks out the free eats! Skate Jam + Free BBQ = Fun Fun Day

Sebo Walker krooked grind on the bump to ledge

Sean Malto grinds a front krooks, and he nollie flipped out of it for the crowd too.

And he grinds a backsmith with Janchai filming. Can't wait for Janchai's edit of this.

Preduce's Ryan Sripaesatja giving the ledge a back 5-0

Sebo Walker with a huge switch Frontside flip.

And I guess thats all for today guys. Wanna thank all the photographers that posted these photos on facebook. It was a great day that I got really really wasted on and didnt end up skating much. Ah well fuck it, had good vibes, good friends, good food, good atmosphere, what more could you ask for? Check it homies, keep skating!