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Welcome to 4-1-1, issue number 43.
In this issue, we're going to start off with the Daniel Haney rookies.
We have a Stussy London road trip, Adam O'Farrill wheels of fortune, Felix Aguayas profiles.
We have Black Label Japan road trip, think industry section, a Foundation U.S. road trip.
Next, we have a Day in the Life with Keith Huffnagle.
Finally, we have a road trip to Costa Rica with the Ezekiel team.
Hope you enjoy it.
And we have a day in the life with Keith Huffnagle.
Day in the life with Keith Huffnagle.
Well folks, Daniel had a few close calls with the law, but it looks to me like he just might be skating again after all.
When I was younger, I used to love the Dukes of Hazard. It's my favorite show. So when it came time for me to go pro, we decided that it would be a good idea to have the Dukes of Hazard board graphic.
And with that, we did a Dukes of Hazard ad. And from the ad, we also filmed the skit that went with it. So that's pretty much how I started the summer, working on that.
And I went hiking a little bit. I went to Yosemite.
I went home to Arkansas, shot my big brother interview. I got to see a lot of my old friends, see my family.
Rubbed my hand and did some skateboarding.
You wanted everything! You needed everything!
You wanted everything! You wanted everything! You needed everything! You wanted everything! You needed everything! You wanted everything! You needed everything!
Let's go!
Shit!
I'm international.
Got no prob to hit you all with the plan.
L-O-N-D-D-D-O-N I'm international.
Check it, by writing tight words I incite these herbs to bite.
Complex like walking through projects at night.
May the pack of dogs uphold the law.
Don't flip, we getting rotation like buzzclips.
Why you wait to react?
I launched my attack from the ground up.
Writing exact like these tracks.
Fitting on facts, you even hold on wax.
Up late nights, scribing these rhymes with candlelight.
Sodomites, take the light.
In the words I recite, proceed to educate.
With the jam, I stimulate where I'm from.
Got potential plus grabs in the battle.
Yo, holding people down longer than the great battle.
Making moves now, so we achieve our goals.
See sights, watch dreams unfold, quench the soul.
With the words I possess, the story is told.
When I'm done creating this, I got to break the mold.
Come on.
Rap.
Coming straight from New York.
Like that.
As we take it on out.
Rap.
Coming straight from New York.
Round two.
Yo.
Avoiding stress.
Never taking life for jazz.
Considered blessed.
Moving amongst the madness.
Well protected, blessed.
I've been selected to bring.
One of these to the knees who be claiming.
It's a general thing.
My status, seven stars.
My M-16 is D-16.
Third eye open.
If you describe foolishness, using this to project words.
Sam, connect the power.
Get respectfully deceased by example.
Like a train door, I keep my roots handled.
Your mind's a corridor, darkened and full of confusion.
I come with remedies that crush all illusions.
Yo, I write my rhymes one day at a time.
Average cats bite styles, better off being my mums.
With these lines I possess, my story is told.
Fighters, they're getting bold, so I break the mold.
Here we go.
Rap, rap, mama, coming straight from New York.
Like that.
I'm hustling, you're snoring.
Rap, rap, mama, coming straight from New York.
Round, round, round, round three.
Round, round, round three.
Howling in like other cats on mics.
I mesmerize as these beats and rhymes, they take flight.
When they rhyme bites, despite my type.
I was stooped at you, breathed down the wind, placed and show, but I'm no race horse.
Forget whippin' up army, get you wolves and your meagre army.
There's no harm in me, listen, major stats for no gators and pimp hats, we don't buy it.
Deliver gems while they bitch, pull their car quick.
They're ungrateful and slick. If they wicked in their flows, then your flow ends quick.
Slice your casket, no facts, always complain. Subliminal beats won't work.
Call my name, I'm still the YSB. Crush your plot so swiftly.
Brothers won't know you as a true MC, rap me to 10 speed.
That's how my story is told. My soul was never sold, cause I broke the mold.
The first actual skateboard that I got was a Mike Carroll Plan B.
I found it at a park. It was a brand new board and it was just sitting there.
I just looked around and I picked it up. I snagged it.
I just got it in my dad's truck and we took off.
I have these two friends, Anthony and Mark.
These guys are the ones who break me off every day.
Getting hurt is only half the fun.
Land the tricks, the rest.
You feel the jitter and the farewell as you start leaving.
Sounds like an evening.
The cars spin out on empty streets, no traffic jams.
They make you wish I'd be complete.
All I see is the blue pages and the cash in these. The wind is getting round on you.
The air turns damp with the seaside dew.
But it don't lie, it turns out true. And all is well and all is new.
You feel the jitter and the farewell as you start leaving.
Sounds like an evening.
Thanks to other people who support my habit. Black Label, Destructo, Etnies, Sharp, Liberty Boy Shop.
Hi, this is David Caruso and you're watching 4-1-1.
Oh my God, what a dork.
Yeah, jump in, I dare you.
Do it, do it.
Do it again, egghead.
Monsterskate.com, the ultimate skateboard website, maybe.
Let's go.
Excuse me.
Hey, Willie. Hey, for Willie.
Is that Willie?
Yeah, that's Willie.
How you like that? Come on, Willie, get on the board.
Is that Willie?
Yeah, that's Willie.
Let's go.
You've got to get into a casual brain setting.
You've got to get up and push your board out forward so that your truck locks on.
You want to scoop your tail into it just like a backside ollie to tail.
Don't scam them, do the bad shit to no slide, that's whack.
Keep throwing it around, let it get the spin.
It's basically a lot of good timing and good eye coordination.
Let's go.
Hey, what's going on?
My name's Felix, and if you knew that and you're watching 401,
I'm supposed to go through the drill and say that kind of stuff,
but I'm on my way down there right now and there's a little bit of traffic.
I don't know if I'm going to make it in time,
so I'm going to give you a little sneak preview of my profile
in case I don't make it, so check it out.
I was born and raised in New York City, uptown Washington Heights.
I spent a lot of time skateboarding between New York and New Jersey,
and one of my friends from Jersey who I went to high school with
was one of the only people who still skateboards from back in that time period.
Aside from that, none of the buddies I grew up with really still skate.
My time in New York and New Jersey was a really fun time.
It pretty much defined the way I skateboard nowadays,
and there was a really small company in 87 called Shutt Skateboards,
and they approached me to ride for them,
and that was really cool because I was like, free skateboards,
I was like, hell yeah, I'll ride for whoever.
John's came to New York in 87, and that was a real big moment for everybody over there
because the level of skateboarding Mark Gonzalez was at was pretty incredible,
and a lot of us got to witness it in person,
so it made a really big difference for us.
In 88, 89, I made a little relationship with Mike Valli,
and he actually put me on World Industries.
He moved to California, and I came soon after to stay with him for a little bit,
and during that time, I spent a lot of time with Mark Gonzalez and Jason Lee.
I actually moved in with them and lived with them for a couple months.
That was probably the most progressive time of my skateboarding.
Being around the best people in the world, something's got to rub off.
When Michael left World Industries, I kind of didn't feel the same being there,
so I left too, and out of the blue, Chris Miller called me up,
and he asked me to ride for Planet Earth,
and I spent a couple years with him building Planet Earth,
so he gave me the opportunity to do Rhythm in 1994,
where I was able to do things a little bit more my way.
Basically, the difference culminated with Genesis.
It was a different look at video editing.
It was a different look at music for a video.
The team had a lot to do with that.
Jose Gomez, Ty Evans were crucial in the production of that video.
Over the years, the teams change, but the feeling remains the same.
My friends having a good time skateboarding, all pushing for the same thing.
With Converse, we've traveled all over the world
to some of the most exotic places you would ever believe.
Converse has provided me with the opportunity to design my own shoe,
and anyone skateboarding as long as I have can completely appreciate it.
It's a great experience.
In response to all the recent commentary about my attire,
I've been looking the same since I was a little kid,
and not much has changed.
Let's go!
Let's go to Japan!
Let's go!
Hey, what's up? It's Cut Master Kurt.
You're checking out 411.
I started skating when I was eight,
and it's not even like the same thing anymore.
Before it's gone, though.
Now I can be the exact individual I want to be
and express that in my skateboarding.
Let's go!
What's up, everybody?
This is Mark Frank Montoya.
We're bringing you the issue of 411 Snow.
Let's go!
Hey, how are you doing?
My name is Greg Carroll.
We're down here at the Hunter's Point Naval Annex,
and this is our very first Think warehouse back in 1990.
This area right here was our shipping area
where we kept all the boards, T-shirts, wheels.
We kept our ventures.
Everything got shipped out of this place.
This was our sales office, creative mind office.
This is the actual room where Think Skateboards was invented.
When we first thought about it, it was going to be called Move.
We changed the name to Think because this kid, Nick Lockman,
came up with the idea, like, yeah, it's called Think,
like Think Skateboards, Think Skateboarding.
It's a great idea.
We came through with it, and the rest is history.
In 1993, Think got too big for our little shack of a warehouse,
so we moved into a bigger and better one
where we produced our third video,
Another Day on the Range, which starred Eric Ricks,
Poncho Moller, Paul Jawanage, and the great Phil Schaue.
In 1996, Think moved into our new castle
in the Hunter's Point ghetto area where we still reside today.
After moving in, we produced our third video called Damage,
which starred Wade Spire, Phil Schaue, Tim McKenney, Matt Pales,
Australian Ripper Brett Margaritas, and showcased Dan Drahobel
destroying China banks with tricks that had never, ever been done before.
In 1998, Think produced our fourth video,
which was dedicated to Phil Schaue, who passed away earlier that year.
It also showcased the talents of Dan Drahobel, Wade Spire,
the singing ability of Tim McKenney.
And introduced Diego the Butcher Bucheri, Young Gun Jesse Paez,
and skateboarding legend Pat Duffy to our pro team.
And here's the man of the hour to introduce the Think of the new millennium.
Yo, what's up? This is Poncho Moller, aka Little Romeo.
Welcome to Think Skateboards, and I'd like to introduce you
to all my employees that I have here making it happen.
And here is Keith Cochran's office, one of the founding owners,
the founding owner of Think Skateboards, and also the guy that
puts up the checks and stuff, you know, makes it happen.
That's up with all our stuff.
Let it heat.
And here we have Don Fisher, better known as Fish,
also part owner of Think Skateboards and controller of the table.
This is Stephanie, the greatest employee here.
She does the booking, and what else do you do around here, Steph?
I screen all your phone calls.
And she screens all my phone calls.
This is Bruce Rodella, the head of the sales department.
Hi, Bruce. Bye, Bruce.
This is Mickey Darius, his buddy.
He also runs something.
Whoa, whoa.
This is Tammy, the sales lady, which is new.
And this is Brian Coons, the production manager.
And this is all my products.
This is where we store all the skateboards right here.
This is Marcel right here.
This is Lucas.
And this is Jones, our magnificent filmer and photographer.
And this is our art department.
This is Ian.
He's working on my ad right now.
Very good job.
This is Jeremy.
He's working on our Mets board series.
And this is Lee.
He's working on our industry section right now.
Good job, Lee.
At this time, on behalf of Think Skateboards and myself,
I'd like to thank all our shops, distributors, friends and family
who've supported us throughout the years.
Thanks a lot, and this one's for you.
Thanks a lot.
Come on, man.
Yo, what's up?
We went out to shoot the breeze, right?
They come to America today!
Today!
Today, today.
My country is the sweet land of liberty.
Today, of the icy.
Being skateboarders, we're definitely not world renowned.
Not everyone knows who we are, but some kids skate wherever.
And to me, what comes with that is a heavy responsibility.
And that's why I do what I do, I am who I am.
You know, I can't really speak for anybody else but myself.
I think for me it's all about just love, love for skateboarding.
That's why I'm a professional, that's why I will continue to be a professional.
Just skate for fun, self-expression, and don't be afraid to be an individual, stand strong.
Hey guys, so here is New Orleans, just in Manhole, New York.
My boys Keenan, Gino, Chris, Flushing Park, Cayman Islands.
Me and Ann went there.
Little Penny and Master P.
Let's go get a juice and then go to Tim's house and try to wake him up.
Right there, Gavin.
Can't put him off all the time because he cheats.
Gavin won, but I usually beat him so it's alright this time.
Go back to my house and then meet up with everyone and go eat.
Here's my closet, it's pretty much a mess, stock full of crap.
We got a couple of t-shirts in here, look, just a couple.
This is the shoe we've been working on for DBS, which is going to be my pro model.
These are the four colorways that will be out in March.
I don't even know if I should show you, but here, colorway that may come out.
This is the skater's diet right here.
So we're done eating, now we're going to go skate.
Scott took a little mean slam, played a game of skate, Rick won.
Then we got chased out by the cops, got robbed with my grip tape.
Now we're going to go somewhere else.
We got spy cam, look, gotta watch out, bootleg over there.
You ever see that part in the movie Swingers where we get 38 cars together and all drive to one spot?
Day one sighting, look at my bearing.
This is what happens when you skate with Keith, jinxed.
11 to my pain.
That dude bet me 17 bucks that I wouldn't make it.
I'll tell you what, that's what it took. Hit that guy's face, man, god damn. He's sweating like a mother or two.
I'll be home in like 20 minutes.
Let's go.
How about the ramp?
It's real smooth, like at the flat bottom. And then when you go over there, there's like a channel, see it? So you can do tricks over the channel.
It's really, really smooth when you go like to the channel.
Let's go.
That's it for this issue of 4-in-1. I hope you enjoyed it. Out now in stores is Europe 2000. Go get that. And coming really soon is the best of Volume 7. Until next time, I'll see you.
Stop right there. Stop right there. You're doing vandalism. Call the police. You're vandalizing our building. I saw him vandalizing. He's a vandal. Look what he did to the building.
Let go of the candle.
Let's go.