Barefoot in Baltimore

Mag Love 2 - C. Teta

2010-04-22T15:44:00.000-07:00

Tena's got a new Sevenfold ad. Photo by David Stuck. Chegggiit.

On a different note, those of you who are in town, go see the Axion team as they all mob up to Vu Skateshop tomorrow (Friday). This might be the illest deathsquad out! Peep all their shit...

What the Fuck is Throw-away?

2010-04-13T16:17:00.000-07:00

a message from rob

2010-04-13T12:01:00.000-07:00

Ketchin' up with Spencer B.

2010-04-11T18:42:00.000-07:00

Other than Gary Smith, when I think of Baltimore skateboarding the name Spencer Brown comes to mind. Spencer's held it down hard here and has recently moved to Cali, so I got to catch up with him and did this little interview. He's been crushin' it out there.

So you recently made the mission out west... let the readers know where you’ve been kickin’ it.

I’ve been staying at my homies house in Vista, which is just north of San Diego... I'm about 5 minutes away from the fkd/ silver trucks warehouse, so I usually just go down there and chill, skate, and ect...

So what’s a day in the life like for you out there?

It's been kind of random lately. I've been back and forth from SD to LA lately on film missions. I have been trying to take advantage of my time out here and just put in as much work as possible.

Have u been able to hit up Super Bronco yet?

Haha, no I haven’t.

Have you been taking advantage out of any of the burrito or taco spots out there? I seem to remember you’re not much of a taco bell dude though, hah.

Yea man a bunch of the homies put me on to some real authentic Mexican food. That real good shit that you can't find anywhere on the east coast. There's this spot down the street called Alberto’s. I try and hit that up a couple times a week. And yea I can't stand taco bell.

Hahah well, Alberto's sounds legit... So to switch gears here... I think everyone in the right mind around here knows why you decided to go out west, but what are some things that you miss about Baltimore?

Wow there's a lot but of course I miss skating with all the people I grew up with, the lyric and just the vibe you get. Baltimore is a grimy ass place but I just am so used too it that it feels weird not being their.

That east coast rugged struggle style...

Yea that east coast shit!

Yeah you’ve got east coast in your blood and skateboarding and it shows through. Who are some east coast skaters that you’ve always been hyped on?

PJ Ladd, Ryan Gallant, and Stevie Williams.

All who made the same move you did too... the treck out west. So you been reppin’ mad Bmore fitteds out there?

Yea you already know. I went to Lids and picked up three fresh ones before I left. I don't care where I'm at I will always be reppin Bmore. Yea man I want to get my shine but really, I just want people to know about Baltimore and what we got going on over there.

Do fools out there even know where Baltimore is on the map? I’m not being entirely literal, but I know when I was out there a lot of people knew jack shit about the east coast except where NYC was.

Haha, yea it’s kind of funny to me because I will always see little kids out here at the parks, and they’re rockin’ an O's cap. I asked one of them why and he just said, " I like the orange.” But I think the wire put us on the map cause’ people always ask me if it's as bad as they make it look on the show.

Yeah? It’s a true ass show, man.

Yea man it definitely is. Shit is no joke in the streets.

All right man, I guess that’ll conclude this “interview”...

All right, Cool man

Is there anything else you want to add or touch up on? Or even some shit you want to shout out?

I just want to shout out to all the real Baltimore heads that are doing everything they can to make a better scene. Shout out to all my homies and fuck you to all the whack dudes that make Baltimore look bad.

the ridge is hot

2010-04-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

Chris skates only the best obstacles the ridge has to offer

Sam BONK

Rob switch ollie from flat

Gnarly video for a Gnarly premiere

2010-04-04T15:17:00.000-07:00

3 Ride shop's video DAYUM is out. Plenty of copies to go around I hear. Lot of these dudes will be seen in the Barefoot video as well. This video has good skateboarding and a lot of flavor and needs to be added to the skate video shelf... or the unorganized dvd collection pile beneath your broken dvd player.

West Coast Shit Crib

2010-04-03T15:19:00.000-07:00

The Shit Crib is the current Baltimore skatehouse. Not Baltimore at all, but if you haven't heard about this video, heres the trailer. I had the pleasure to meet and skate with most of these dudes when I went out to San Diego to visit Austin, while staying at the former SHUFFL skatehouse. These guys SHRED and the video is going to be nuts. Check out their website and blog. They update it more than I update this.

You guys know where any parties at?

2010-03-08T11:48:00.000-08:00

This street musician felt very strongly that the ledge we were skating was the best possible place to play, so we had to skate with some music.

Rob Starr street flips in the Baltimore sunset

"Let's go huck ourselves and get broke off" -Sam Heird nollie shuv

First Try - Dome Shots

2010-03-08T11:41:00.000-08:00

Back in January, before all of the storms, Kandal was fiend-ing for some hammers. This was the first and only shot at this front-board, for now. Had he been wearing a Santonio Holmes jersey, he might've landed it.

D.I.T.C. - Diggin' in the Cuts

2010-03-03T11:12:00.000-08:00

While the rest of the snow continues to melt away, we've been on the hunt for new spots. There are endless amounts, in which many are still undiscovered.

In this video: Zach Dykes

Snow Dayze

2010-03-02T18:20:00.000-08:00

OK, so it's been very slow around here. As the whole East Coast already knows, records were broken in snow coverage within the last 30 days. Yup, Baltimore's record for snow accumulation was shattered by several inches. Hopefully the few people who kept up with us for a while will start to return back again. More updates are on the way... Promise.

essential sequential

2010-02-05T14:08:00.000-08:00

Getbusier now on Barefoot Blog

2010-01-26T18:57:00.000-08:00

From now on I'll be throwin some photos up over here as well.

Behind the Barefoot

2009-12-24T17:54:00.000-08:00

It's always a pleasure to see Corn (Chris McDonald). Recently he's been making trips to Baltimore and has been shooting some good looking flicks, like always. If you haven't taken notice of the link to his photo blog on the right, please do so. Also, merry X-mas to all yinz and hons, or happy holidays as we now say it.

Gettin Bizzy

2009-12-19T12:30:00.000-08:00

Alar's been gettin busier over at his photo blog. He's got some ill Baltimore flicks. Chegg em' out.

Attention Dykes Disorder

2009-12-14T18:38:00.000-08:00

Madness, a.d.d., or whatever it is makes for a sick skater. This is typical and is always fun for me to watch. Sometimes you just gotta laugh at these things. Does any of that make sense?

Sam And Tena

2009-12-06T18:13:00.000-08:00

This day Sam did some of the gnarliest shit I've seen. Unfortunately, I'm only showing the aftermath of what he landed. Also, Tena got busy with his line. More footage posts are on the way.

Mag Love - C. Teta

2009-11-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

Big month for the boys in the magazines. Here's a SevenFold ad of Tena in the new Low Card issue. The photos by good buddy, Alar (Alex Larsen). Check out his skate photo blog Get Busier. Some footy updates are on the way.

Mag Love - D.Windon

2009-11-16T18:36:00.000-08:00

My good homies from Pittsburgh, Drew Windon and Chris Stadler came together with this sick double spread in the same Focus issue, fuck yeah Yinz.

Mag Love -Z. Dykes

2009-11-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

Dykes has a sequence courtesy of David Stuck in the new Focus of the sickest trick at one of the gnarliest spots in Baltimore. If you own an actual copy, I should note M. Mazur may have mistaken the info of the brawl, but none the less he did not mistake for the 30 ft drop on the other side of the run-up ledge into the dirtiest canal water. Just Google Earth the Baltimore Inner Harbor, its either black or green.

3 Ride

2009-11-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

Check out the promo for the new 3 Ride shop video. It features many

of the same skaters. Due to be out Thanksgiving so look out

for premeire dates!

Promo

2009-11-08T18:28:00.000-08:00

An independent Baltimore video preview for "Barefoot in Baltimore."