People Watching on Venice Beach
Been lurking on Venice Beach this morning. I spent five minutes in front of that trail that goes by the skatepark to snap some random people watching...
Thread the Needle at the Ignored Spots of Hollywood
This spot somewhere in the vicinity of Hollywood is so shitty compared to the skate gold around here that I'm sure Porpe's ollie is the first time anyone's ever even glanced at it. It's weird shooting skate photos with the XPro-1.
Million Dollar Clothing Company Ideas
Clothing companies come and go, especially in the fickle skateboard industry. Here are a few ideas I offer to make a quick buck, or even a quick million bucks, before your clothing company takes the next shit. You're welcome.
- Tank Bottoms - tank tops are hot again. Imagine a shirt with the bottom portion fashioned into an upside down tank top almost looking like a pro wrassler's outfit. Yep, tank bottoms could easily be the new shit. I expect a tank bottom would look pretty sick with a pair of jongs. Jongs? Yeah, see #2 here:
- Jongs - take jean shorts, aka Jorts, one step over the pond to Euroland and you got a denim banana hammock with ass cheeks on the dangle. It's going to take someone like Jason Dill to bring these over to totally core grassroots skateboarding, which we all know is the springboard to mainstream. Don't count your millions before they hatch, though.
- Cargo Sacks - I don't think anyone has the power to make hip sacks cool, but you can still sell them to that weird cut of society that backs cargo pants and shorts. Yep, take an extra pocket and slap it on the outside of a plain old hip sack and goddamn you got yourself a bonafide clothing gimmick: Cargo sacks! The tourist shops will thank you.
- Convertible T-Shirt - you never know when tank tops are cool or not, so how about taking a cue from your traveling dad's closet. Those convertible pants he has that unzip at the knee to form instant shorts are one step away from sinking to the lows of wearing sweatpants in public. Imagine a t-shirt you could unzip the sleeves off for Superman-like transformation into tank top guy, just like those dad pants, but like, kewl. Straight to the flex with that, too.
First Blood: Revenge of the Camo Cargos
Skateboarding is the Fountain of Youth: Physically and Mentally
Saw this on PetaPixel. So this mom takes a photo of her kid on the first day of school every day for 12 years. Can you tell when the kid started "skating"? That being in quotes because you can't really tell who skates by the feets anymore these days. Looks like a pair of Half Cabs came in at year seven and by year 10 he must have been pretty confused with wearing Fallens and being a bowl troll as evidenced by those rabbit ear laces dragging the ground like caveman knuckles. Anyway, this kid not only needs some damn pants, but if you look at the end, you can use the feets to make the fair judgement call that he quit skating by that time. Or started longboarding. Same difference. It's a sad pattern that I'm afraid too many kids go through. Oh well, in 10 years he'll be telling glory days stories about how he used to skate then going modern day mid-life crisis. Don't ever stop, kids. Skateboarding is the fountain of youth physically and mentally. This kid in 12th grade is already older than your dad.
The Great Case of the Poo Poo Bandit at Skatepark of Tampa
Today HiDefJoe and I had some time on our hands so we set out to make a silly video about investigating a series of literally crazy shit going down at SPoT. Some kid is taking a dump in the urinals on a regular basis. Wow. I could not stop laughing about that so we put this video together today:
Turtle Ditch in Downtown Tampa
A few photos from my favorite little spot down the street from where I live.
Fuji X-Pro1 Unboxing Today!
My new Fuji X-Pro1 just arrived today and I'm ready to nerd out. Here's some unboxing on yet another one of those iMovie for iPhone trailers that I'm using way too much. The joke has not gotten old for me yet.
Unplugged: NWA's Straight Outta Compton
Quite possibly the most annoying video you've ever seen, unless you're me. I love this shit. Plus, I'm trying to learn to properly use Premiere by doing dumb crap like this, so I can take dumb crap to the next level. Maybe I should read a book instead of fumbling around in it.
Comedy?
I like trying to be the joker and make my friends laugh. Many times it's just me that's laughing. Oh, well. Technically, having the only laugh means I have the last laugh. Here's some comdey as I see it.
- Animated Christmas GIF
- Dirtbag Gets Facebook Account Deleted, Film at 11
- Landshark Attack
- Unplugged: NWA's Straight Outta Compton
- Hot of the Press: Frontside Grind Magazine
- Eat Your Vegetables
- First Blood: Revenge of the Camo Cargos
- Top Pros Sign Exclusive Tampa Pro Contract
- Skateboarding Tickets in Downtown Tampa and Disrespecting the Court
- The Great Case of the Poo Poo Bandit at Skatepark of Tampa
Who Dat?
Rob Meronek: Software Developer, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Sorta Photographer, Sorta Writer, Nerd, Part Time Idiot, Filthy Skateboarder, 99% Sarcasm, 100% Comedy, Animated GIFs, Fuck Yeah. This site is a mix of all that. I work at a crusty skateboard hut called Skatepark of Tampa. I do computer stuff, some general bid'niss crap, a little bit of marketing in my own way, and help out with anything I can.
