On this very day, twenty three years ago, one very special human burst through a thin layer of placenta and hasn't looked back since! Now, as a grown ass man, John Carmine Labella, we get to the chance to celebrate his gloriousness and reflect on some moments of days past. Happy Michael Jordan Buddy!
Hot off the press! Copies of WESTmetro & Double.U Productions BLAMMO are now available. Yah yeah, I know, it only took like 3 years to get this one finaly out, and its not like i really had to even do anything. Its been done for a while! Sure some of the DVD menu navigation might be a little wonky, but the bonus features make up for that (except for the one that freezes. pardon?) Thats why, for an unlimited time offer, you can get your very own copy of BLAMMO for Free! ... or Best Offer! Hit me up if you wanna grab a copy.
With Adam jetting off to BC I figured it was a perfect time to start the blog back up. WESTmetroPRODUCTIONS had a very short lived home on FaceBook, but that proved to be quite difficult and annoying. Stay tunned for weekly updates and new-old footage drops.
New for 2008. Log Footage. Because raw, unedited footage is just as good as the edit itself.
Its amazing what you can find lying around on harddrives. I was digging through some of the Archive footage for BLAMMO. Its crazy how young we look in it, and how old some of the stuff was. Theres some true gems in here, and expect them to surface very shortly!
The other night, I was just doing a little spring time cleaning on my hard drives and coming across some aweeeesome shit! Tonnes of old MSN recived files, and photos of just stupid shit. Nothing tops the videos though, just a whole mess of quicktimes and wmv's from a not so distant past!
Once upon a time, I used to be good at skateboarding.
Phil still rules. This was before LaBella and I rode for King Boardshop, and we were actually riding for Full Tilt's B-Team for this competition, which was totally a bust, cause they ened up winning the contest, and we never got PAID! hahaha, whatever, Shit was still fun, plus the King Boardshop scouts were out in full effect, and were quick to scoop us up after our one day contracts with FT were up.
These past few weekends have been a Blast! Milton has been reppin hard, and skating even harder... and I guess, Drinking, even harder? Ohhhhhhhhhhh Yeah. Well, back to the skating, and this time, to the rail park. It was my first time out, and I was amazed to see how we got the place to ourselves. We got down to business and ripped hard. Who didnt come away with hella flat spots? Needles to say, the flat bar got a solid beating from one Jonathan Condren, and no quarter pipe was safe from Jays wrath of gnar. Cseff was out in full force and looks like hes been sleeping under a bridge for the past 3 months! There can never be enough power-slides when the Labellas are around, and this night was noooooooooo exception. Thanks to everyone for such a rad sesh, and a super huge awesome shout out to Kev for the hot rides. Pizza's on me next time!
With the recent "Limited Edition" release of Krooked's new video Gnar Gnar, shot entirely on VHS-C Cameras and available only on VHS Format, everyone is jumpin on the bandwagon to bring back this almost dead format. Its only a matter of time before they bring out the VHS-C iPod! What better time that now to dig into some of my old VHS tapes and post up some clips from sessions past. God only knows how many hours of footage there are of shell park sessions with Appleyard, Sauga night missions with Cseff and Capper, all day Milton street spot sesh's, Shortys gear from head to toe was a must.
In this post ive dug up an old sponsor tape I probably made in grade 8 or 9. Peep the heavy flossing of DC shoes, and "Gold" watches I used to rock. Oh mannnn! Amazing! Theres probably a few tricks in there I would be hard pressed to do now!
The second clip I posted was just a log of old footage from the same tape featuring vintage Volpe, LaBella, Big Willy J, and way to much crappy footage of myself. So fire up those VHS tapes and search for gold!
Its been a while since I have posted anything, but rest assured, the Blog is back in full force. Be sure to check back for a recent "428 Field Trip" Starring Carmine LaBella. But for now, I have come classic 35mm shots from the depths of my harddrives.
Carm Gets Down on a Switch Flip in the Harsh Oakville Winter.
Condren with a familiar 180 nosegrind. I remember Mccourt giving me some lighting pointers on this shot.
Growing up in Milton, there was really nothing to skate, so anytime we got to "travel" to missisauga, it was always a good sesh. Me an Marc Madersbacher used to cruise around and skate all day, hittin up all the sauga spots.
LaBella throws down a FS nosegrind in the Milton ghetto. We put coping on this ledge, and hit it hard almost everyday. You may reconize this hot ledge from John LaBellas STNS part, where he serves up a fresh FS willy. Speaking of which...
This Ramp has been in the scene for many years. It started off as a hella steep, hella vert, pretty much unskateable ramp, but we fixed it up, recut the tranny, and it was golden. Volpe obviously killed it, this FS flip is a lofty example.
T-Cab and I were talking the other day about google searches, and what comes up when you look up certain things. T-Cabs blog and site get the top hits when you search em in google:
My name doesnt quite bring up the same thing. It seems someone else has already claimed top cheese as "Kris King Photography". Wierd thing is, the guy is from Toronto. Thats fine with me, cause I like to play it from all angles, im not gonna limit myself to just photography like he does:
So, Carm was down for the week, and it was much fun. Comming off his recent liver hacking, Carm is back on the mean streets, and rocking vans harder than Salman Agah. It was obvious that a 428 Morning Moss sesh was in order, and getting three drunk bastards up at 10:30 am was nothing short of a miracle .... or maybe it was just Andrews home-made banana pan cakes. Deee lish. This is a video summary of what happens when Moss gets attacked, by 428 and a Half.
The combined forces of 428 Media, ie T-Cab and King, have been taking advantage of this unseasonably warm weather to "get stoked". I know ive been lacking a bit on the postings, but its only because I have been to busy skating! T-Cab and I have been rolling with many-a-crew around toronto, and hitting up some well known spots. Here is a little taste of summer, right in the middle of winter!
I poached this clip of poached footage from a morning moss sesh like 3 or 4 weeks ago. Mike Maines was on fire landing every trick possible. Props to T-Cab with the Smith Seq. Holla!
The Dream is now a reality, well, almost. Last weekend, John and I traveled North up to Bolton for an early sesh at the brand new Bolton Park. We got in a decent session with some of the local skate rats, the park wasnt 100% finished, but it was close enough. There were still large sections of concrete that still needed to dry, and they were tarped off. But the parts that we could skate were amazing. Its pretty cool when you get to see, and SKATE a park that you helped design from the ground up.
Recently, I recieved an email from Gordons people, requesting some footage for Andrew's MySpace page. I thought it was a little wierd, but whatever, some people like to pimp thier page.
"Hey Kris King. This is Andrew's friend.. we need the footage for him personally. We're editing his myspace and want some footage. We'll give you thanks. Email it to cxxxxxxxxxxn@hotmail.com Thanks man!"
Hopefully this footy will help Gordo mack hot internet bitches!
Ed Templeton and Toy Machine have come out with another gem of a video, Suffer the Joy. Toy Machine videos are instant classics. I still watch Good and Evil on a daily basis. Cant wait to see the new B-Marks and J-Lay footy!
This spot was recently blown up when the 5Boro team came and put the hurt down in Toronto. Its a really fun spot, and is tucked away from most anyone who would care, or kick you out. T-Cab and I decided to mission to find this spot, and came up succesful. We also found some other dope spots, such as a gnarly 11 stair with perfect run. Heres some of the footy from the day.
A real YouTube Gem. Amazing skating from the whole team. I think Ryan Galant gets the VIP on this one. PJ Ladd has to much control to be human. Classic Wenning footy aswell.
Its nice to have some half decent weather these past few days and be able to skate with the crew of 428! Just a stones throw from our apartment is this curb spot. Its super rad cause they re-paved it, and left the parking blocks in during the process. The end result is a perfectly skatable, slappy-able, painted block. We wax the hell outta the bitch and grind for days. Heres what went down Sunday night!
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