Saturday, July 26, 2008

flash 'em back

I guess I'm stuck in the early oughts week. My last post was about 7 Year Glitch (Ricky Oyola's part is sick, right?) and I'd like to dedicate this post to Arto Saari. When Sorry came out Arto was pretty much the hottest shit in skateboarding, Menikmati was still in the collective consciousness and he had just won SOTY. He was the natural candidate for last part in Sorry. The skating may seem tedious by today's standards, but this part was probably the pinnacle of gnarly handrail skating.







Things to note:

- Where has Tom Penny been?

- That ambidextrous beginning shit is still pretty amazing.

- "Was that Bam? Weird."

- Arto rides for Burton now (AWS, Analog, and Gravis are all owned by Burton), which probably means the beginning of the end of his career. More info on that here.