Epicly Later’d: Eric Dressen – Part 5
I’d like to see more of these legends featured on Epicly Later’d. This last episode is pretty heartwarming. To think that some of theses skaters have been doing this for over 30 years back when decks were made out of a solid piece of wood is unbelievable. And the final clips seeing so many legends...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Dressen – Part 4
There are many types of bombing. Of course there’s the bombing that takes place in wars. There’s also the type of bombing that graffiti artists take part in while creating wonderful works of art. There’s also the type of booming that I love to take part in: PHOTOBOMBING. But there’s one kind of bombing that...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Dressen – Part 3
Some of us know it as GLEAMING THE CUBE. Some of us know it as Gleaming the Cube and we also know it as A BROTHER’S JUSTICE. I primarily knew the latter since the original had some cursing and uncontrollable STREAKS. Back then my parents also blocked Comedy Central and BET so I was lucky...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Dressn – Part 2
In part two of the Eric Dressen Epicly series, Eric makes a return to skating, and this time he hits up Venice and gets a pass into the scene that was ground zero for modern street skating. Venice has and always will be Los Angeles’ eccentric melting pot of multicultural backgrounds. When I talk about...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Dressen – Part 1
When writing for Lat34, we take a lot of references from the past to make symbolic parallels with what we see around us today. For our older readers, taking from the past helps illustrate an idea or a point we try to make. For our younger readers who probably have no idea what we’re talking...
Epicly Later’d: Elissa Steamer – Episode 4
A great writer once wrote, “All bad movies are depressing, and no good movies are.” I believe that may only apply to fictional movies. Watching this episode of Epicly Later’d made me depressed for two reasons: 1) This series seemed way too short with limited episodes and each episode itself was short in length. 2)...
Epicly Later’d: Elissa Steamer – Part 3
Any respectable photographer will take any subject and translate it to meet his or her own personal definition of art. But despite the hundreds, sometimes billions, of people photographers come across to shoot as their subjects, most PROS will have that one person who inspires and encapsulates the true aesthetic represented in their mind, body,...
Epicly Later’d: Elissa Steamer – Episode 2
This may sound pretty square but just as many film and television production companies have on-site teachers so that their underage actors can get a proper education, I’d like to propose skate companies who hire underage kids to do the same. And because a lot of these skate companies have been raking it in as...
Epicly Later’d: Elissa Steamer – Episode 1
There’s no question that it’s a lot of pressure to be the top female skateboarder in the world. That is why I can relate to Elissa Steamer’s life story because she never wanted to be the best female skateboarder in the world. She just wanted to be known as a great skateboarder in general. She...
Epicly Later’d: Elissa Steamer Trailer
It goes without saying that Elissa Steamer is the greatest female skateboarder who has ever lived. Without her paving the way for young up and comers, we may not see the quality of skating from girls today. She made it possible for young girls to say, “See, I can slam on my chest and get...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Koston – Episode 6
It’s a common misconception that the true greats in any walk of life are naturally born with their gifts. Fans often conclude that Michael Jordan got where he is via blessing from heaven and dominated NBA basketball for nearly a decade. That Kobe Bryant, despite all of his off-the-court extracurricular ACTIVITIES, can score 81-points at...
Epicly Later’d: Eric Koston – Episode 5
We’re running out of ways say that Eric Koston is one of the most impressive skaters ever. Well I guess there are more ways but you must be ultra obscure in order to say something that has never been said before about Koston. Like, “Hey Koston! You’re on fire! Just like that Tom Yum Soup...