Johnny Clarke skateboard

[Nik Ason]

Never heard about this before. Skateboards with Johnny Clarke and Sizzla.
http://www.routeone.co.uk/palace-clarke ... k-8-1.html
http://www.routeone.co.uk/palace-cannon ... 8-2-1.html

[johnnyB]

Cool! I wish I could skate

[SolarHighPower]

yea those skater boyz just love reggae music terribly, have to big dem up for that

[Turna]

yeah a lot of skaters love the ol reggae vibes for sure

the guy with the sizzla deck used a YT tune on a recent video
http://skateboarding.transworld.net/100 ... wy-cannon/

also there is this guy john cardiel who used a sizzla tune on one of the best video parts ever filmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5HizxelXc

[yms]

37 and can still land a decent kick flip. The JC is nice.

[seb_carayol]

Liking this topic ! For those who care, here are a few reggae-skateboarding related posts off this other blog I do about my other obsession (skateboarding) :

http://avisualsound.wordpress.com/2011/ ... interview/

http://avisualsound.wordpress.com/2010/ ... -and-puff/

http://avisualsound.wordpress.com/2008/ ... n-cardiel/
(see comments on this one for a list of reggae tunes that were used in skateboard flicks)

[Turna]

hehe i am 38 and been into skating since i was 10, should be much better considering how long i been doing it but probably took about 5 - 10 years off over that time and getting back into it now but confidence is shook... got my ollies back and next step is flips!

look forward to checkign out that cardiel interview about reggae - never seen that before.. i might repost that on to a different skating forum (sidewalk) as i have a reggae thread in that..

whether you skate or not i would recommend checking out this series about him http://www.vice.com/en_uk/epicly-later- ... iel-1-of-4
its quite long but he is a pretty unique individual. one of the best skaters ever, had a really bad accident , doctors said he would never walk again but he was skating again pretty quickly.. a true case of mind over matter and power of positive attitude.

[Nik Ason]

John Cardiel was mentioned. He was involved in the Vans/VP Records shoe. 120 pairs only. Can´t buy them unfortunately.
https://www.vprecords.com/vans-teams-up ... n-cardiel/

[Ringo]

I slowed down with skating in my 30s when it started hurting more and did a lot more snowboarding but now I'm back on it again teaching my eldest daughter. 44 next week

[alastair]

Great thread!
Reggae and skating were a big part of my formative years, having got into both at pretty much the same time. For a long time I really wanted to be this guy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O718bjrZwA4

I was wondering what had happened to him and I found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TarmEN4XDY

Made me think that a part of me still wants to be him!

I haven't skated for quite a few years now, but it's still in the back of my mind whenever I see a nice, shiny curb or a marble bench. We didn't have too many of those in South Africa when I was growing up, but I live in the US now and it's just how I always imagined it would be from the videos. I'll be 40 soon (gulp!), but I'm still tempted to get a board again, even if it's just to cruise around on. That Johnny Clarke deck might just tip me over the edge!

At the risk of sending this too off-topic for the moderator, here's and interesting skating-related story from my home country:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGL5XzSRSvs

Alastair