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I think the most common question I hear these days is, where's Riley?
Because people see me with my son skating all the time and obviously they recognize his talent, so they always want to see what he's up to.
And he's usually up to skating somewhere else when I'm skating.
But also he's in school, so it's really hard when I travel. I can't take him all the time.
I think my favorite obstacle was the loop because I'd seen it in a magazine when I was really young.
I saw Duane Peters trying it and breaking his collarbone.
And that vision always stuck with me, you know, actually going around a loop.
And then we just decided to do it around 94, 95.
So Tim Payne came out and built it and I got to try it. I wasn't as successful the first time.
Finally built it a couple more times and figured it out.
So for me it was just a childhood dream to finally go all the way around.
And then I think my worst obstacle would be the loop again because every time I do it I get hurt pretty badly.
I've never made it out without walking away with a limp.
I've signed some questionable autographs just with people, you know, body parts and whatever.
I actually signed a guy's ankle recently and he sent me photos of him getting it tattooed.
I never thought people would actually keep it permanently if I signed their body, which is a little scary.
But it was cool.
I think the best tour overall was recently when we went to Europe for a gigantic skate park tour.
We were only there a week and we hit London, Paris, Frankfurt, did some of the biggest demos.
And we went to PlayStation Skate Park and that's like the best park around London area.
And we had a super good crew and it was all like first class.
Paris, we did a demo during this big motocross thing and I pulled a nine during the demo.
I just felt like overall we just hit some really good spots and had great crowds.
And then we did all these extra things like we went paintballing in England and then we did all the sightseeing in France.
And then we rented a Ferrari and drove on the Autobahn in Frankfurt.
We hit 300 kilometers an hour, about 187 miles an hour.
Pretty sick.
This is Wesley Williams. You are now watching 411.
And what happens next?
You can't believe it.
I mean who the hell would believe that the FBI had a wire in the place looking for some information about some old homicide,
about some guy who was whacked out God knows when over God knows what.
We bet them with the suitcases that he could take what he wants.
And he brings us back two suitcases from the TNGs.
And what about three or four?
We've got nobody in the room to watch.
That's the law.
You know we can't even go into the cabin to watch on one.
Do you believe this cowboy bulls**t?
And sure he's got his people in there.
But how do you know?
They could all be in on it together those miserable f**ks.
They make a fool out of me.
I write it all down in this book.
Every f**king nickel goes down right here.
Hey, oh wow.
Receipts and bills and everything's here.
Since when do you talk like that?
I'm sorry.
There's a lot of people here.
And that gives me trouble not telling him screw around with those suitcases and I'll take the eyes out of his freaking head.
Again.
I think Chris that's a freaking head.
That's enough.
I'm sorry.
Beanie Seagull.
Jay-Z.
Damon Dash.
Memphis Bleak.
This is the story of a hustler named Beans.
That's the business.
Right here.
Enjoying the fruits of our labor.
Just when he thought no one could touch him, somebody did.
Featuring music from Rockefeller artist Jay-Z.
Beanie Seagull.
Memphis Bleak.
And introducing state property in the hot new film.
Game ain't over.
State property.
You gonna get down or you gonna lay down?
Rated R. Now playing.
In Europe, despite the wheel work of magazines, the European skateboarding scene remained mostly
unknown.
Various cultures, monies and languages made things slower to happen.
Between European countries, the connection had to be formed.
In 1997, Puzzle, the first European skateboarding video magazine filled in the lack.
Featuring European skateboarders, contests, spots and everything that makes the European
skateboarding scene, Puzzle has quickly become the one and only European skateboarding media.
In the issue 13, you'll discover the lords and square teams on tour.
JB Gillette.
Stephane Laurence.
Frank Baratiero.
Thibaut Ferdinand.
Louis Passin.
And the focus on Florentine morphine, this year's European revelation, introduced by
Bastian Salabenzzi, now available in skate shops.
This is tomorrow's your lucky day, well here's your lucky day, it really, really, really
makes the summer easier.
This is crazy!
Peace France, we love you!
Street skateboarding exists as it does now because of Rodney Mullen.
He paved the way for everything.
We watch him and just be like he's doing stuff that no one has even thought of or could do
if they put their mind to it.
He's the godfather of all that's current.
I think a lot of people didn't want him to skate street because they were just afraid of what he would do.
Not a lot of people have ventured into his little corner of skateboarding.
Over the years, some of our best openers have been filmed at contests.
A great example is Jeff Raleigh's Kickflip backside glip slide in Vancouver.
The guy did it and said, Cool video!
The Love Park fountain remains one of the toughest gaps in skateboarding to this day.
Number 14, Vinny Panisale set it all up.
What's up, what's up, this is Chad Muska getting ready to roll on a mission, 401 style, yeah.
First thing, first, utmost importance to handle everything, you need the bag.
This is the custom version of the backpack though, we got all the ill, crazy compartments.
Always got the, always got the headphones for skating, MP3 player, little mix tune ready
to roll.
Can't leave home without this baby right here, voila, voila, the lap tizzy, lap tizzy, Ferizzi.
On this I got all my music applications like the Reason, Cubase, Peak, Spark, Recycle and
then plus all my design stuff, Illustrator, Photoshop, internet access, all wired up, ready
to go.
I have this keyboard, the PC300 rolling, which plugs into the laptop and you have a complete
virtual recording studio on the road.
This is my baby and this is the custom camo joint, just throw this guy in here, I carry
this guy on, I don't trust checking this one in, fragile, very fragile, two way, every
mission, got to have the two way, instant email, must, you know my ass got to bring some bandanas,
I always got some bandanas, some funky bandanas, that's a necessity and I don't roll with very
many clothes but when I roll, I roll with socks and boxers, see we got the scarf just in case
you know we rolling somewhere cold, got to keep it flossy, you know what I'm saying,
deodorant, Old Spice, you know that works sometimes, sweatshirt in case things get a
little nippy, this is about as much of the jacket my ass is wearing because I'm allergic
to sleeves, I don't like jackets and sleeves like that, that sort of stuff, you know.
You got to have the lounge pool shorts for the hotel, in case you want to take a swim,
got to have the comfy ghetto childs, mandatory road trip item right here, ghetto child tank,
do not leave home without this one, back up joints, C1s, official, got to have the skate
kicks to keep it official right here, these are joints, these are the 503s and 802s and
103, you know, if we happen to be chilling, you got to have the chillers, you know you
got to come through smooth, the Circa chillers, just in case you know, things get a little
crazy, got to rock the, got to rock the Dior's, you know, this is the Cadillac baby, Cadillac,
what's up.
Then we got the OG Christian, I usually grab only like two skateboards or so, couple sets
of wheels, ghetto child joints, Black Panthers, the new red ones, fast, yeah, I don't know
about how light I roll, but I roll, this is pretty much my road trip mission right here,
this is what it consists of, and a plane or train or automobile, and then you're good
to go.
Yo, what's up, I'm Jim from Jim Eat World and this is my homie Rama, he agrees, you're
watching 411.
Yo, what's up, I'm Jim from Jim Eat World and this is my homie Rama, he agrees, you're
watching 411.
Quinn didn't want to have his own commercial, but he's not the one that has to sell his
stupid boards, so I guess it ain't up to him.
Rockstar Games presents Max Payne, the intense story of a fugitive undercover cop who is
framed for murder, a man with nothing to lose, revolutionary bullet time game play slows
down the action, showing bullets in flight, giving Max the edge against impossible odds.
Prepare for pain, Max Payne, get it now on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC, rated M for Mature.
This is Rockstar Games, and I'm Jim from Jim Eat World and this is my homie Rama, he
agrees, you're watching 411.
What's up, I'm Jim from Jim Eat World and this is my homie Rama, he agrees, you're
watching 411.
What's up, I'm Jim from Jim Eat World and this is my homie Rama, he agrees, you're
watching 411.
At number 5, Heath Kurchard's kickflip frontside rail slide forever changed the way people
thought about skating handbags.
Setting the standard in style and tech almost a decade ago, number 4 Mike Carroll, kickflip
nose manual and ollie heel flip out.
Many have tried and failed, 11 years after John's first ollie, the Wallenberg 4, Frank
Gerler kickflips his way into the history books in our number 3 position.
Tony Hawk comes in at number 2 with the 900, the most widely covered trick in skateboarding
ever.
And
in 2001, Brian Schaefer built a loop in Tampa with hopes of something monumental going down.
After two people including Schaefer were seriously injured, Bob Burnquist, one of the most progressive
skateboarders of all time, stepped up.
Once he completed the loop regular, Bob did the unthinkable, our number 1 greatest opener,
Bob Burnquist switch stance loop.
Barcelona is kind of like a dream, you know what I mean, that's how people think about
it.
The streets are super smooth, there's so much good stuff to skate, Barcelona is seriously
amazing, it's beautiful, it's a beautiful city.
Oh, right.
In 1992 there was the Olympic Games in Barcelona, they built a bunch of buildings and a bunch
of plazas to kind of beautify the city. You know their effort was to turn Barcelona into
some kind of showcase for Spain and ended up making it this amazing city for skateboarding.
Barcelona is just one of those random places where the architecture is just custom for
skateboarding. Every spot we skated was perfect. Perfect metal edges, blocks. You go skate every
day and not even worry about nothing. Nobody hassles you, kicks you out anyway. The whole
atmosphere is great. In Barcelona there's a really good subway system. Taking a subway to a spot is
so easy. If you can get the subway system dial, you don't have to tell anyone directions. All
you have to say is go to this station and go left or right and there's literally spots everywhere.
You know we found these bend metal trannies just wide enough for your wheels like there was no
room for error. We had like a crowd around us. Pedestrians would stop and be entertained and
they'd root you on and clap and stuff and you're not getting that in the states.
There's a subway stop called University. There's these perfect black marble ledges.
There's three of them. If you get on them you can grind the whole thing. It's crazy. They're so fun.
For me like one of the funnest spots was that one skate park where you just pump the hump
and then you just hit the kicker at the end and you're just flying over the bar
because it would throw you up and you just you had so much hang time you know.
That was just a feeling thing you know but to me that was fun.
You cruise down the street and you look through the corridor and you see it you know that's just
like in the middle of some apartment complex. This amazing almost perfect half pipe with this
like little spine in it. It's just this weird thing and it's totally skateable.
You got to wonder why would anyone build this thing you know and what is it for?
You hear about a spot and then you go to that spot but on the way to that spot you find three more
spots and it's just such a good mix. I mean this is yellow block by Parallel. It's like this perfect
yellow block. You could do manual tricks on it or you could grind it. It's got metal edges.
Just do crazy lines there. It's perfect. It's seriously like a skate park.
I think my favorite thing to skate in Barcelona was that back to rail
over the steps. That was probably the best thing.
Yeah I would love to go back. I mean that was seriously for me that was like one of the best
times I've had on a road trip in years. I would definitely go back to all the places
I had. I don't know what I could say about the place but go play some rips. Barcelona is one of the best
kept secrets and now everyone knows how good it is. I mean obviously words got out it's amazing
and it definitely is. You go there and you have a feeling that someone built the city with skateboarding
in mind for sure.
I had a great time hosting these last 50 issues. It's been almost nine years now and this will be my last time.
I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have and hope to see you guys out there one day. Keep skating.
For the past nine years Lance Mountain has hosted 411. This issue is dedicated to Lance for all his hard work.
He'll be greatly missed at 411 and we wish him the very best.
Coming up my tribute. Please eject the date. It seems like it would have got easy after 50 issues.
Hello welcome to 411 issue number 45. We're here Barcelona Spain with the firm team
filming the firm video. None of it's going to go in 411. Hello welcome to 45 days of torture.
World report again. Oh my hideous world report. That's it for this issue of 2001. Welcome to
411 issue number 37. In this issue we have a day in the life with John Grigley, a look back with
Brad Dorfman and a welcome to are you filming me? What's that thing? Oh my god catch up to it.
Hope you enjoy this issue.
Oh in this issue we have Fairman's shop industry section of our McBride.
Issue number 10 will be out in about two weeks. Two months actually.
I can't think. Chris Markovich and a bunch of guys.
You have to say this guy right here. Can you say this guy's name?
What is it? What is it? We have Bam Margera.
Chris Swanson wheeled Washington D.C. wheels retrospective metro spectrum.
I'm the one that has to take the leak.
I can't work under these circumstances. Welcome to 401 issue number 24.
In this issue we have Michael Maddison wheel of the fortune.
Enjoy it.
There's going to be another.
I feel like an old man.
So I want to say thanks and hope you enjoy this section.
Oh yeah.
You're the king.
I'm the king.
This thing makes my nose look even bigger.
What?
It's cold here dude.
It's cold.
This sucks man.
You're gonna do suck if you quit your squirming over there.