I get to see a little bit of the theory at work in what I do. That was more of a study on theory and this is more on the application side. Yeah, I’m super stoked that I did it, just to have it and to learn about what is really out there.Īn engineer’s gotta know his angles and degrees, ollie-oop over the channel Photo: Rhinoĭoes any of that apply to your glass blowing?Ī little bit. You gotta get the degree in when you’re young. Yeah, I have a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Sac State. I was born in Encinitas but grew up in Auburn, California. We’re currently on good terms.įrom deep to steep, backside tail Photo: Zaslavsky I just had a string of bad luck related to green glass, but I’ve been overcoming that obstacle. I’ve heard something about not trusting green glass. It’s satisfying to finish it off and look at it and see a truck with grind marks or a spinning wheel. I really like making the wheels and trucks ’cause once it comes together it just looks really true to form. But yeah, the imagery and subject matter I’m most interested in is definitely related to skating. I’m just always thinking about skating, even when I’m not skating, so it was just a matter of time before I made something skateboard themed out of glass. Your glass pieces are skate themed and they’re really cool.
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It’s been a cool progression learning how to sculpt and form glass. My friend Blaine blows glass every day so it’s easy to learn from him, figure out some new techniques. They opened up their shop to me and let me come practice. Some wheels, miniature pool sculptures, some of this, some of that.Ī couple of my friends blow glass in Midtown Sacto and they were bugging me, trying to get me to learn. I’m just getting warmed up for the day, but yeah, more glass. What’s up, John? What are you working on today, any new glass-blowing projects? *Here’s one of several text chains included in the article.Eight minutes of pure backyard carnage, you can’t miss John’s Dystopia part Check out some of the most recent skateboarding articles here. This is just the latest in a long line of quality NYT skate coverage. Why do we care so much about trick naming? Is it really that important? The OGs of our culture seem to think it is, so it goes… on and on. Now, allow yourself to step outside of your skater head for just a few minutes after you read this and just try to see our territorial culture from an outsider’s perspective. The trick in question, landed in May by Albee Layer, is ostensibly an “alley-oop 540.” Ruby’s research follows a trail of breadcrumbs* all the way back to 1978: Chris Strople’s alley-oop sequence, the first recorded, was published in the January 1979 Skateboarder. The article, "When a Surfer Lands a Skateboard Trick, Who Gets To Name It?," by Matt Ruby, is fascinating… and a little cringey.
It might appear at first that this is going to be some academic egghead shit, but when the author, Matt Ruby, includes text chains with luminaries such as Mike McGill, Kelly Slater, and Tony Hawk (ever heard of him?), you realize you’re in good hands. A couple of weeks ago, the paper posted an intensive dissection of what really happens when a surfer lands a skate trick (in the water), then attempts to name it. The world is lucky to have an institution like The New York Times cranking out deeply researched articles.
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