Thanks to our friend Sevag we have been able to skate the Volcom facility in Costa Mesa. This park has probably the nicest street set up of all (except for the Berrics), we have had many productive sessions at this place and the last session we had we received a visit of one talented photographer from Mexico, “Renol”. He happend to be in Orange County for that day and decided to take a few shots at us. We appreciate his time and we look forward to see him in the near future.
Please make sure to check his site at www.renolphoto.com
Gunther, Rock and Roll Frontside.
Sevag, Rock and Roll on the wall.
Teddy Kelly, Wallride Maniaco.
Teddy, Gunther, Hali, Hovin and Renol, good times ...
Hace 2 semanas me encontraba preparando maletas para un viaje de regreso a Casa, fue muy extraño decidir que poner en ellas asi que opte por hacerlo “a la skater”; zapatillas, polos y ropa interior. La decision fue dificil por que andaba un poco nervioso de volar de regreso a mi pais que deje fisicamente hace mucho tiempo. Este viaje anticipado hasta el cansancio por mis amigos y pospuesto por mi rutina y la necesaria chamba lo andaba materializando desde el 2004. (disculpas necesarias a mis amigos y familiares).
Con muchas ganas de re-encontarme con mi pasado deje Califas y despues de 8 horas me encontraba en Lima-Peru. poco despues de los abrazos y besos con mi Papa y Mama comenze a rodar por las calles en mi ex-auto, ya irreconocible debido a muchas noches de juerga de mi hermana “La Rata”, me parecio increible que todavia andara el pobre Daewoo Dorado. El caos organizado no se dejo esperar y casi matamos a 3 cristianos que cruzaban la calle (mirando hacia el suelo) antes de llegar a casa.
Debo admitir que mi pais es mucho mas interesante y divertido que cualquier metropolis “desarrollada” del mundo; despues de recordar, admitir y aceptar mi Peruanidad, orgulloso me puse a andar en mi elemento, “La Calle”, con una previa llamada a mi amigo el Saito que casualmente estaba de cumpleaños feliz, termine tomandome unas chelas en su casa y con la ayuda “networksistica” de Riki y Delianne salimos a las 3am a el Oso Bar (un hueco maestro en Miraflores) nunca vi al Oso pero la musica, los chifles escueleados y la compañia de mis amigos me hicieron sentir que verdaderamente estaba en casa.
Ivan Osorio, Rainer Binek, Peter Chlebowski, Freddy Wong, Gunther Estrada, Bruno Vega y Luchito con las Rubias.
La noche de juerga termino de dia, como solia ser antes de mudarme a las tierras de Jason Lee. Tomamos Taxi y parada en la tiendita mas cercana a comprar el Juguito para el Vodka de desayuno. ( un pequeño paso para el hombre pero un gran paso para la medicina Internacional “como mierda hacemos para no morirnos los Peruanos?”).
El proposito de el viaje fue de negocios mas que de placer, por supuesto en Lima el placer y el negocio son la misma cosa. ( pero “ojo” no se vayan a “confundir” jajajaja!! )
Camara en mano sali a encontrarme con muchos de mis amigos de el pasado a recopilar informacion acerca de las antiguas epocas de Street Skateboarding en Lima, Cuando solo teniamos eso “La Calle”; naturalmente las filmaciones de las entrevistas de esta historia (Historia de el Street Skateboarding en Peru) Iban acompañadas de su espumante y rica rubia (La gente se cagaba de risa de mi jerga ochentera, la que me acompaño por el resto de mi viaje). Tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar a Rainer Binek, Giovanni Bermudez, Jorge Rebolledo, Riki Noriega, Julio “Chuyo” Hernandez, Bruno Vega, “Luchito”, Ivan Osorio y Peter Chlebowski (Me colaboraron bien en todo sentido) sumando asi mas entrevistas a las ya hechas por Guillermo “Pajarito” Rendon. Espero tambien poder re-encontrarme en Marzo con mis amigos Cayo Navarro, Rafael Pereyra, Cheese, Alberto Montes, Juan carlos “ñaño” Vidal entre muchos mas que por motivos de mi corta estadia no pude entrevistar; Tengo su info y apenas toque calle en Marzo nos encontraremos.
No estoy autorizado por mi intuicion de contarlo todo, pero si hay algo que debo decir acerca de las conversaciones que tuve con los pioneros de el Skate Peruano, es que si existio algun momento de nuestra historia en la que deberiamos estar unidos, ese momento a llegado.
El Skateboarding es y sera siempre una corriente de arte y cultura autentica que solo deberia pertenecer a las personas envueltas de corazon en el mismo.
” The old appeals to racial sexual religious chauvinism and to rabid nationalist fervor are beginning not to work. A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed.”– Carl Sagan.
Believing in and worshiping a superhuman controlling power or powers is probably the most popular thing since we evolved into humans; Organized religious institutions on the other hand are pretty new compared to what our primitive ancestors believed in, considering their lack of Technology. Institutionalized religious belief has caused more conflict than any other ideology in the history of the world so Im sure this new Tshirt will be a good ice breaker anywhere you go, if you are deeply religious; well, then….. forgive us ; ).
The "TRUTH" Tshirt in White Black and Flourescent Orange.
This last Friday 23th thru the 26th of November the Volcom facility in Costa Mesa congregated themost talented Amateurs in the planet when the Damn Am competition took place. We were there to check the unfuckingbelievable tricks this guys were bringing from different parts of the US and abroad. Of course at the Damn Am we are never disappointed and the event went like we expected, starting from the qualifiers to the ollie contest to the final and a few weirdos this event is always a great time to hang out with your friends and see the future of the industry pushing their limits to secure their place in it.
We have taken a few photos of the high ollie competition and the finals. I will not talk to much about it because I think we have enough visual material for you to enjoy without having me telling you a story. (also because i am tired an is almost midnight and my sleepy time is long past due).
Here you go, enjoy!
Tommy Fynn, The Best Style of the contest for sure. Backside Smith.
Tommy again. Noseblunt Backside.
Hali Estrada, Dave Duncan and Girlfriend watching the Comp.
The finals for the ollie competition were really disturbing, I had the chance to be filming and taking photos of this guys jumping over 3 feet like I would over a vereda (side walk). (sorry no photos of the winner here)
We are very proud to announce the new “BOTTLED IN PERU” Board made for The 20 Year Anniversary of The Team Choncordia; it’s been 20 years already and even 21 for some since we started Skateboarding and this board commemorates all the fun we had and still have riding our “Useless Wooden Toy”; As Mr. Salman Agah would say: ” Time flies when you ride a Skateboard ” and he is 100% right. I would like to thank all the members of the Team, now spread all over the world after all this years, thanks for all your support and thanks for sharing with us the best part of our lifes; email me for your board wherever you are :). The 20th Anniversary Reunion will be held in Los Angeles starting on the 10th of October asi que si pueden hacerla mandenme un email a hali@choncordia.com que esto promete ser la MEGADEATH. Boards will be available by the end of October, only 40 will be made and only 6 will be available for sale at the website. The Board will come in 3 sizes( 7.5, 7.75, 8.0 ), and it will come in three color combos; Limited commemorative Tshirts are coming in October also so make sure to check back for the updates.
It will sound a little weird for me to say this because I am still the same boy that used to get excited seeing random Sk8 footage on TV; while in my home city Lima Limon. Since we didn’t have (Back in the 80’s) Fuel TV or ESPN to feed us the latest events and upcoming Sk8 contest and/or parties, we had to get hyped with recording on our VHS little parts of commercials or movies that had some skating in it. That might sound corny for some of you, but that is how much we love Skateboarding. I remember my brother Hali getting excited with the Police Academy #4 movie where they hadthis part with Guerrero, Caballero, McGill, Mountain and Hawk skating, grinding and ollieing Shit…that was sick!!!
Anyways, what I am trying to say is that all that excitement was gone at the X-Games. The magic of something unpredictable and the same tricks from the same people, made me think that we are getting “Not Possessed by Skateboarding” anymore but by a Corporate Monster instead, that will bring you the same fucking massive “Feria” with cotton candy and mutant hot dogs on a stick, for people that are not really into Skateboarding but that are looking forward to see somebody fucking himself up trying a crazy trick or to get their 20 dollar chinese board signed by a pro they dont even know.
