Butcher

Brooklyn Banks Update

Here is the latest update on the situation with the Brooklyn Banks. By the sounds of it, the future of the banks isn’t so bleak after all. Read below to see what local New York skateboarder Steve Rodriguez has to say about the situation.

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Jeff Z.

December 03 2009 | 40 comments

Skapegoat 4

The riding in Skapegoat 4 is ridiculous, even though it’s the out take footage for the new Animal video which will be dropping sometime early 2010. With over 12 minutes of street riding from the Animal team from all over the world, plus loads of other East Coast shredders, and an Animal warehouse session, Skapegoat 4 should be it’s own damn DVD!

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Jeff Z.

November 25 2009 | 15 comments

Buried Treasure: Joe “Butcher” Kowalski Archives

A true street riding legend, Joe Kowalski, better known as “Butcher,” has inspired countless riders who are influential in their own right, including Will Taubin, Vic Ayala, Lino Gonzalez, and Ralph Sinisi to name a few. He’s pushed the limits of tricks, invented grind variations, and generally opened up a lot of unexplored avenues of street riding. So this installment of Buried Treasure is both a little history lesson and a tribute to Butcher.

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Jeff Z.

January 01 2009 | 24 comments

And The Headless Cancan is…

Last week I did a post with some photos from my personal archives called Buried Treasure. There was a shot of an unidentified rider doing a cancan with his head out of the frame.

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