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Sk8 the Planet

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


As a kid, in the seventies, I had a blue plastic skateboard that sufficed in those days. It's center sparkled with a cheesy holographic inlay and a hatch-pattern instead of grip tape. I upgraded it with a set of Road Rider 4’s, not really grasping the enormity of the activity I had stumbled onto - or it’s culture.

After that initial stumble, I devoured sk8 mags, soaking up every piece of info I could find. I’d skate to the local 7-11 with a pocket full of change and a dollar bill or two. With a slurpee in hand and a sk8 mag in my lap, I’d sit on the curb and delve into skateboarding, wondering if I’d ever be pulling any of the moves I saw in print..

My first real sk8 was a Vision: John Grigley deck with Indy trucks and Toxic wheels. Yeah, it had rails and a tail-guard. I still have it and it's gonna stay that way!

In 2003 I started my sk8 site, Skate the Planet , and decided I was finally dedicated to skating until I fall over dead.

Skate The Planet has all the sh!t ya need:

    Drop by to see What's New . Product Reviews - Videos, Books, Accessories & music. Sk8 Articles - News, Info, Opinions & Humor Sk8 Blog - Rants & raves about all sorts of random stuff and skateboarding. More... - And a bunch of other crap!

Now as a skater and a Dad, I have an awesome son to introduce to skateboarding. I hope he has as much fun with it as I have... and continue to.

In my spare time, I self-publish a sk8 zine called Grind•12.


GRIND•12 vol. 3.1 is being shoved in the face of every skater we can find!

Support Your Local Skate Shop! #sylss


Buy a Shirt!
Clean up your act with Sk8kleen Soap for skaters.

Save lives - Go shopping!

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I'm also a die-hard Tank Girl fanatic...
Drop by my site:
Tank Girl - the girl U want .


My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Independent skate shop and company owners... you guys are the ones who give back and are the life-blood of the skateboard industry! We're also down with all you Surf and Snow folks too!

and

Anyone with skateboarding written all over them...


Tank Girl

Juliette Lewis

Mikey Spitface & William Boardlord

My Blog

$800 Billion Skate Shop Bailout


Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Skeightfast Dyephun Promo Vid

You haven't lived until something creeps into your life to make you feel truly alive.I remember skating in the 80's and the amazing feeling of just having fun, skating to the 7-11 for a slurpee and a ...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:18:00 GMT

Free Shipping?

Everyone loves something for nothing - aka: FREE. On the other hand it's said that, "There's no such thing as a free lunch." Enter CCS skateboard mail order...I received an e-mail from them saying the...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:00 GMT

NY Comic Con - Skateboarding & Comics Mix Together

I don't care if the Flash can run faster than Superman flies or if Batman has better accessories than Iron Man and I wouldn't be caught dead having a heated debate over any of this. Still I love comic...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:37:00 GMT

Hating Ryan

Just when you thought you had to go to a middle school to find some really hateful brats, now all you need to do is look 5 feet behind Ryan Sheckler. The amount of shit being doled out to boy-Sheckler...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:03:00 GMT

Farewell to THE Daredevil

Evel Knievel inspired me as a kid in the 70's. His mixture of courage, charisma and insanity made him a hero to me and my numerous failed attempts to jump over garbage cans on my bicycle. With his pas...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:53:00 GMT

Extreme Sports Are Clean?

The Fuel cable channel isn't offered in my area so the sports offerings are pretty much relegated to football, golf and other time-wasting atrocities. Sometimes I can find something semi-palatable on ...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:45:00 GMT

Calling All Lizards

The Dec. '07 issue of Skateboarder magazine has a sick interview with Lizard King. This guy is insane and gave up a crazy interview - check it out. I never knew too much about him, but seeing him in s...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:25:00 GMT

Habitat Goes to Wellfleet

The East coast Habitat team came out to the Wellfleet skatepark on Cape Cod for a demo sponsored by the Boardinghouse shop. I wanted to promote my site & zine with a 4-up flyer, but that left the back...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:24:00 GMT

Deconstruction of a Complete

We've all come to accept the term "complete" to mean a pre-assembled skateboard. After purchasing one you might find yourself saying, "I was a complete moron for buying a complete." Generally, complet...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:19:00 GMT