SKATEBOARDING RULES

Oh Man Oh Man Oh Man...

2008-12-01T12:40:00.000-08:00

This is so awesome!!

BUY THIS SHIT

2008-12-01T11:23:00.000-08:00

wow, the words this and shit have the same letters in them. learn somethin' new every day.

if you can't get into the store, you can paypal me: $12 and I'll ship it to you. (daykarerob@yahoo.com) or call the shop, and buy it with your credit card

Fall Down Go Boom...

2008-11-30T08:00:00.000-08:00

It takes some serious dedication to make it happen. I'll be putting up some out takes and maybe a montage of leftovers in the next few weeks. Thanx to everyone who came out for the premiere or who purchased/purchases a copy of the video.

This Is It!!!!

2008-11-29T05:19:00.000-08:00

Premiere today. Been a long year, but totally fucking worth it. Peace.

Off For Duplication...

2008-11-17T12:56:00.000-08:00

Video is done and off to be duplicated. Get hyped. There will be copies for sale @ the premiere. Which in case you forgot is November 29th (the Saturday after Thanksgiving) @ the Civic Theater in downtown Farmington. Shows @ 1:30 & 3:30 pm. Come one come all. In my opinion the guys on the team gave 150% filming for this thing and it shows in the skating. So from me to them, you guys kill it on another level and thank you for making this so fun. ~E

Skateboarding Rules

2008-11-10T15:42:00.000-08:00

I'd like to thank Eric up on here for all his hard work on the video and everything else he's been doing for PLUS. You're the best Eric! All you guys are gonna be hyped on his work.

Less than a month to the premier:

2008-11-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

Inside the editing suite...

Eric edit's so damn hard he needs a wrist towel!!

Sneak Peek

While I'm Busy Editing...

2008-10-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

Rob & Davon go off and shred this amazing bowl. Fuckers. Video is coming along very nicely if I may say so myself. Get hyped for Nov. 29th.

Davon pivot grind to fakie thu the corner.

Rob blasting an ollie.

GET HYPED!!

2008-10-15T09:56:00.000-07:00

We'll be having a holiday sale all day Saturday and Sunday to go along with the premier. Video's will be available at the premier. $6 at the show, $8 afterwards.

PREMIER DATE SET!!!

2008-10-09T13:01:00.001-07:00

Saturday, November 29th. Civic Theater, Downtown Farmington across from the shop.

Two Showings:

1:30pm and

3:30pm

The video will be done and available to buy at the store following the show. There will be some sort of Sale/Afterparty/something fun after the 3:30 show.

GET HYPED.

Skateboarding Rules fuckers.

The Mag weekend

2008-09-29T10:32:00.001-07:00

I'll be posting some pic's from this weekend's madness as soon as I get done logging all the footage that went down. Might take awhile!

Down To The Wire...

2008-09-27T05:27:00.000-07:00

Filming is coming to an end for Skateboarding Rules. But don't worry! Rob is in K-Zoo getting some last minute footage with Hendy, PG, Hebert, Harris & even Mike Mee! Plus a special guest working on something we'll all be stoked on in a few months. Now if only Cefai would send me that footage of him. Come on Justin, don't let me down bro.

Some Serious Bullshit...

2008-09-20T16:50:00.000-07:00

Is happening in Salt Lake City, Utah right now. The powers that be are trying to make it illegal to have a mini ramp in your own backyard. That's right, YOUR OWN backyard. The one behind the house you pay a house payment and taxes on. Go to this site, http://www.slcminiramp.com/ sign the petition and let 'em know skaters everywhere won't let this one slide. Could be your hometown next if we do nothing. Damn the man.

Morning Wood

2008-09-18T09:06:00.000-07:00

Morning Sesh with Eric at WB. Only ones there. I murdered it all over that place! Yeah Right. I'm too pussy to get up to the coping. Eric got a nice ollie-then focused his board. I bet he thinks since he's making Skateboarding Rules, I'm going to give him a free one. What a jerkoff.

They say a good craftsman never blames his tools, but fuck what they say. Sometimes its all the boards fault. I blame all my past boards for not allowing me to do 360 flips. Assholes.

Some Scenery From Filming...

2008-09-16T19:18:00.000-07:00

Just some randomness from being out filming around MI & metro Detroit, for Skateboarding Rules. Gotta love MI. Enjoy.

In the "D" they take it all.

Naked justice.

Can't be stopped.

Propaganda.

A Detroit landmark. And Michael Bay favorite.

People mover warning.

People mover view.

Day Off...

2008-09-11T06:09:00.000-07:00

From work but not from Skateboarding Rules. Took the day off so Rob & I can get out and get some more footage. Hopefully we'll hook up with Trevino after he gets outta school @ 6. Beautiful day so far and it's only 9am. Get hyped.

New Promo...

2008-09-10T12:48:00.000-07:00

Well, it's about a week & a half late but we've been busy. As Rob said before & like the promo says we will be premiering the video around Thanksgiving. Things have come together even better than Rob & I imagined. The team has killed it all summer. They really have been giving it their all. And we're not quite done yet. So get hyped, the video is shaping up to be SICK!

Web Clip #4...

2008-09-01T18:33:00.001-07:00

New spot, PG making it look easy.

Blog Smog

2008-08-30T19:53:00.000-07:00

Updating this blog is a pain in the ass!

Just got home from shredding downtown with Greg Trevino. So fun. Skated a spot that I always get kicked out of immediately. No one hasseled up the entire time we were there and Greg got a trick in the books.

FYI: I'm shooting for a Thanksgiving-time premier for this video.

Update...

2008-08-16T19:53:00.000-07:00

Some photos from the last month or so. Some from downtown, some from around MI and some from the Chicago trip. Been very busy. Summer is winding down but fall skating in MI rules. For some reason Flickr squished my photos into 4X3. Hmmm...

Hooking up the sign so Pat can grind the roof.

PG Wallride.

Farmington cops, unlike Troy cops, suck.

Parking garage eye view.

Eric Nowacki peacing out.

Crew from Chicago.

Leaving Chicago. Beauty shot. And Rob's hand.

No Big Deal...

2008-08-08T17:58:00.000-07:00

If you pay attention to the Plus site you may have noticed Rob say he's been skating for 20 years. Started in 1988. I started in 1986, shortly after seeing Back To The Future. So combined, we've been skating for 42 years. Damn. No big deal. Skateboarding rules. Go to the Ledge Game Of Skate/Skate Jam on Sunday. Check the Plus site for details.

Finally Found A Second...

2008-08-03T13:48:00.001-07:00

To update this thing. Sheesh. Been super busy filming (and working). Went to Chi-Town and got some footage from Nowacki, Hota & Jesse. Hendy has been out killing it, Harris too and we got some sick stuff with PG last night. Troy cops are the coolest. No joke! These are some photos from the Chicago filming trip.

15 minutes after we head out...man & camera down. Luckily both were ok.

Nowacki with some pop.

Bobby is gnarly. He scared me a few times this day. He is a skitching master.

Nowacki & Hota met us on their bikes.

Hota, Andrew Pogo & Josh Kryzwonos chilling @ the first spot.

Hot Damn!

2008-07-30T09:36:00.000-07:00

Richie Jackson's part in the new Transworld vid, And Now, is so fun. Here is one of his old parts from Youtube. Go buy And Now right NOW. It's worth every penny. Might have some stuff from our Chicago trip up soon. Might not. I'm lazy lately.

Slackers...

2008-07-25T10:35:00.001-07:00

Rob & I are off to Chicago this Sunday to hook up with Jesse, Nowacki, Nalley & Bush so we should hopefully get a lot of footage. Maybe something for here since we've both been slacking something fierce lately. Oh well. Go shred.

Making Progress...

2008-07-12T15:35:00.000-07:00

Some screen grabs from some recent footage.

Hendy, street gap ollie.

Purple Bird.

The Real Alex Harris...

2008-07-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

Does Alex care that there's not a curb on top of this bank in Southfield? Hell no. Nollie flip to tail.

We got rained out of going downtown. Mother Nature's a bitch.

Sight Unseen...

2008-07-09T07:45:00.000-07:00

That's the Transworld video Rob was talking about. And yes, Cardiel's part is the best.

Dylan Reider from Time To Shine is a pretty close second. In my opinion.

Best Show Ever

2008-07-08T19:55:00.000-07:00

I Love Money. I'm watching it right now on VH1. Shit's hilarious! It's got the best of the worst from Flavor of Love, Rock of Love, and I Love New York. I"m hoping so hard that Midget Mac doesn't get kicked out. I'm sure you can google his ass to see what he looks like. I highly suggest you start watching this show.

Been filming a bunch for Skateboarding Rules. I'm pretty hyped 'cause it seems like we're finding tons of new spots and not skating the same old stuff.

Top 5 skate parts off the top of my head.

1. John Cardiel: Transworld vid with Kirchart and Tosh, i can't remember the name right now.
2. Mark Gonzales: Video Days
3. Joey Bresinsky: Sane
4. Mike Freeland: Michiganz
5. Ray Barbee: Ban This

Perfect Switch Heel...

2008-07-03T08:33:00.000-07:00

Jordan Zuppke has these as you can see. Have fun killing it out in Cali for 30 days Jordan. Ahhhh... to be young and have no responsibilities.

Sweating Buckets...

2008-06-26T13:08:00.000-07:00

I definitely have a pretty sick job. Laid back, no dress code, cool co-workers who pass around movies and music like crazy and I get to do something I actually like. Plus vacation days are nice. I busted out @ 12:30 today and met Rob, Trevino & Hebert up @ wedgeledge®. DAMN! It was hot! Got some lines and what not and had some fun. Zuppke & Charlie showed up after a bit and Zuppke got a line as well. I climbed onto what was basically a hot tin roof to get the birds eye view. Whatever it takes to make it happen. Skateboarding rules.

Hebert, backlip.

Hebert, 5-0 revert into bank.

Hebert, Smith Grind.

From above.

Trevino, Noseslide Shuv it out from above.

I hung down to get this photo. It hurt.

Whatever it takes.

Jordan Fakie 5-0 Pop Over

Kicked out by the President

2008-06-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

Does Bush have to fuck everything up?! Well, his Secret Service henchmen busted up our session at the wedgeledge®. I guess our assface Commander and Chief had a fundraiser in Livonia today. We just pulled up to the spot and a dude rolls up in an unmarked car, dark shades, the whole bit. He says they are doing a "security check" on the property and we had to leave. Then two other sketchballs rolled through looking all CIA taking photos. They denied being the security dudes, but they def. were.

At the time, we had no idea that Bush was in town so it just seemed weird. So we rolled to the 2 stair ledge spot and the freeway was closed. It wasn't till the gas station attendant told us about the fundraiser that we put the pieces together. Crazy.

Yeah, i've been kicked out by lots of people before, cops, security guards, property owners, random do-gooders, but never Secret Service. First time for everything.

Oh yeah, we ended up sessioning the 2 stair till the rains came and Hendy, PG, Bobby, and Hebert all rolled away with some SICK stuff. We can't be stopped!!!

Go Skateboarding Day...

2008-06-22T06:14:00.000-07:00

Went out and shredded with Rob, Charlie & Geoff @ the bank to ledge spot. So fun. Hope everyone got out and shredded yesterday. Although, today is go skateboarding day and so is tomorrow and the day after that and the next day and...well, you get the idea.

Is Charlie working on a full part for Skateboarding Rules? Sure seems like it the way he keeps amassing footage.

Busted out the mini tri-pod.

"Let's light this shit up."

Charlie with a lit up tailslide into the bank.

I Lied...Web Clip #4...

2008-06-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

The Captain having some fun.

In The Interim...

2008-06-16T17:38:00.000-07:00

Plus Skate Camp is going on this week so there might not be too much posted up here so I thought I'd raid my vault for some oldies but goodies. Cuz skateboarding rules, right?

Jason Adams @ Airborne 1999 BLK LBL demo. Raise your hand if you remember this shitty park.

Justin Cefai taildrop San Diego 2004. My pseudo little brother.

Wayback in 1996 I was younger and my knees felt way better. *sigh*

Epic New Spot?

2008-06-10T06:44:00.000-07:00

Could be. Build some ledges, maybe a manual pad. Hmmm? Location...need to know basis. Sorry.

Wide open.

Somebody's been shredding here. The fridge grinds nice.

Please build some ledges on me.

You Know It's Hot When...

2008-06-06T12:07:00.000-07:00

You're driving home from the session @ 11:30pm and still sweating your ass off. With both windows down even! Met up with Rob, Hendy & Alex in Troy last night and got some clips for the video. Hendy and Alex both killed it. Peep the photos.

Here's a hint as to where we were.

Alex casually busted this BS 180 first try.

Hendy 1/2 cab kickflip into the bank.

Artsy Blurry Hendy.

Rob got artsy while Alex, Hendy & I tried wallrides. Tall boys all around.

Calling it a night.

2008-06-05T08:41:00.001-07:00

true talk.

B$M

2008-05-28T16:33:00.000-07:00

Bush got a new camera phone. Best footage out.

Couple pic's from the family.

2008-05-28T16:29:00.000-07:00

One Percenter and long time PLUS PAL Bobby Brazen get's gnarly. krook pop over

Daykare OG, living legend Jennings Harper switch krook at the worlds longest 3 stair ledge.

Mom's Birthday...

2008-05-23T07:06:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my mom's birthday. Happy birthday mom. For her b-day Joe Krok heelflipped this gap over a rail. It was sick. Go shred this weekend.

Rob & Joe size it up.

Weeds.

Epicly Silouetted.

Historical Shmorical...

2008-05-21T18:27:00.000-07:00

Went downtown like last Tuesday I think...damn I slacked on getting these photos off my camera. Feck it. Here's a tiny bit of what went down.

Steve thinks smoking makes you look cool. It does. Not. But it may have helped Steve huck a giant ass ollie that night.

We skated here.

Lurkers. Anthony, Pogo & Harris.

Trevino, tailslide transfer.

Charlie, 50-50 transfer.

Web Clip #3...

2008-05-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

Hendy @ the Wolverine banks.

PAT IS A TERMINATOR

2008-05-14T13:25:00.000-07:00

still got the trick...

Another Pic from the road to Top Shop

2008-05-08T08:27:00.000-07:00

A Few Screen Grabs...

2008-05-07T19:16:00.000-07:00

I figured why the hell not and grabbed a few shots from some recent footy. As the promo says, the video is "In Progress".

Bloody good job filming mate!

Joe Krok, ninja kick.

Hendy, magic hand.

TOP SHOP 2008

2008-05-07T11:07:00.001-07:00

Click on the link (or copy and paste) to see some random lomo photos from our weekend at Top Shop.

http://www.pluskateboarding.com/top%20shop/index.html

Web Clip #1

2008-04-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

From a session @ the 9 Mile bank. Rob disaster pop in.

TOP SHOP

2008-04-23T13:14:00.000-07:00

Me, Hendy (Captain), Pat Galloway, Joe Krok, Justin Nalley, Eric Nowacki, and Shawn Bush are heading out to Minneapolis this weekend for Top Shop. We hope to hit up some Chicago spots and film downtown Minne too. Keep posted for updates and wish us luck!!

-rob

A Beautiful Sunday...

2008-04-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

Found a sick new spot, got a few photos. Need to go back and film some shit this week. What a damn gorgeous day it was.

Artsy Angle

Josh The Photog

Feets.

Front shuv.

Skateboarding Rules Promo #1...

2008-04-19T10:02:00.001-07:00

I Don't Think So...

2008-04-18T18:02:00.001-07:00

The Canyon's of Detroit...

2008-04-18T17:50:00.000-07:00

Rob, Charlie & I ventured downtown for a little mission last night. Nice weather, cruising around the city, getting a few tricks on film. Ahhh...does it get any better?

The canyon's of Detroit.

Charlie with a nice BS 50-50 on this yellow bar he took us to.

this man

2008-04-14T10:31:00.001-07:00

kills it.

Progress...

2008-04-09T17:50:00.000-07:00

That's what we've been making lately. Aside from Rob, I'll be posting updates, behind the scenes fun, photos & the occasional video clip. Rob & I want to make this video as high quality as possible. From the skating to the filming to the final product. I will say this, it's only April, the weather is just starting to break and the tricks I've seen go down so far are ridiculous. It's going to be an amazing summer & fall, so get hyped. Oh yeah, I'm Eric (or 74Films), see you out there.

P.S.-You can click on the photos for bigger versions.

Davon feeling blue.

Parking blocks are fun. Go skate one today.

"I think I can, I think I can."

Done.

Rob doing what it takes to get the best angle.

Garrett McDevitt's back. Who said skateboarding was easy?

Hendy killing it #1.

Hendy killing it #2.

Hopefully I won't have to put this video out on Blue Ray.

2008-04-09T16:12:00.001-07:00

I don't like to say, "We're starting the new PLUS video." To me, video's should always be in a constant state of motion. Once you get enough footage that you think you can put out a product that people will be happy with, you start (or finish) editing and there you go. Once that one's out, the next one starts. It would seem more accurate to say we're finishing the next PLUS video. That's really what we're doing. From now on, let's work to get this one finished and in your DVD player. It's been nearly two years since KEEP ON PUSHIN'. I guess it's time we got this next one finished.

Oh, and I guess this one's called SKATEBOARDING RULES. It reminds me of a Daykare tee we did way back that said, Skateboarding is Fun. I enjoy wearing that tee to this day because it's the fucking truth. So is the title of this video. What says it better? Skateboarding rules. Period.

Skateboarding Rules.

2008-04-09T16:00:00.000-07:00

It's that simple.