Zaturdays: Everything All The Time

Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2016 by Paul

Summing up skateboarding in 2016 is easy: It’s everything all the time. There’s the Pool Party, SLS, X games, BATB, the Kimberly Diamond Cup, Vert Attack, Tampa Am, Boardercross, Dew Tour, Bust or Bail. We get Gou Miyagi, Tony Hawk, Killian Martin, Evan Smith, Aaron Kyro, JTMR, Nyjah Huston, Trevor Colden. From overseas it’s Shane O’Neill, Pedro Barros, Lucas Puig, Blondey McCoy, Pontus Alv, Willow, Youness Amrani, Karsten Kleppan, Moses Adams, and Maxim Kruglov. What about shoes, DCs, C1RCA, Vans, adidas, Converse, Supra, and Nike Nike Nike Nike Nike Nike Nike. Slip ons, sky tops, high and low fashion, suede, leather, canvas and Teflon. Bowls, pools, street plazas, curbs, ditches, full pipes, backyard vert ramps, DIY, TFs, key-holders only, mini ramps, and public skateparks on every corner. Skateistan, the Tony Hawk Foundation, Next Up, Neal Mims Skate Academy. We’ve got King of the Road on TV, Year’s Best Am, Skater of the Year. Labor, Pacific Drive, Black Sheep, Home, 35th North, Uprise, Ambush, Solstice, Phase II. How about handplants, step offs, one foots, body varials, frontside boneless ones, body jars, bigspin back tail bigspin out. There’s Jenkem, The RIDEchannel.com, every trick on Instagram, Boil the Ocean, Burnout, live webcasts, Facebook streaming, Periscope. Free Skate, Slam, Thrasher, TWS, Juice, Tribo, and TSM. Hazard County, Skatepark of Tampa, Riot, Modern, GSZ, and Rye Airfield. We have Polar, Toy Machine, Hella Cool, Pizza, WKND, Primitive, DGK, Baker, Real, Welcome, Anti Hero, Birdhouse, Element, Plan B, Magenta and Palace. Leticia, Lizzie, Pam Rose, Alysha and Julz. Highwaters, ankle donuts, shorts, shorter shorts, cargo pants, camouflage, jammy style, and blue jeans. Knee socks, no socks, trucker hats, 5 panels, cornrows, afros, buzz cuts, long hair, don’t care. Loveletters, Skateline Free Lunch, Weekend Buzz. The 9 club. And Zaturdays.

Now I’m thinking back to the early 90s. There was like, hardly any of that stuff…it’s way better now. You should be stoked.