A lot of controversy has been stirred up over a recent event. Vincent Swope, a freshman at University of Kentucky, rightfully earned a prize of 10 grand during a Kroger half-time promotion during a basketball game. Kroger didn't expect him to make the shot so they wouldn't back up their word, some also say Vincent was over the line when he took his shot. However, fellow students of Vincent had a protest for his cause and Kroger finally agreed to pay up. A video replay of the shot can be seen below.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
2012 Resolutions
2011 was a good year, but it flew by fast. It had its ups and downs but overall I'm happy with how it all turned out and ready to do it all again. In 2012 I plan to get better connected with people I've lost contact with and get out to more skating events and help bring the East Coast scene back to where it was just a few years ago. Skating on the east coast has gone to the pits, us east-coasters are barely connected and have almost zero sources of media to get us out there. I plan to help out with this aspect by taking my Youtube channel "EastCoastWonderboys" to the next level.
The East Coast Wonderboys are going to grow huge connect with people from all over the east coast, such as Comet Skateboards rider Anthony Flis. I plan for 2012 to be a big year, I'm going to make some good decisions and bad ones and before it's over some big things will happen, good and bad. I'm ready for them though and going to take them as they come and live with no regrets as always. Happy New Year.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Pete Eubank Pro Model
Madrid Skateboards has announced the release of their new board ,The Peter "Slippery Pete" Eubank Model.
Pete is owner and founder of "Yeehaw!" Apparel and a NorCal local who has a style that is all his own. This dude has been up and coming for awhile and I am stoked to see his first real debut to Madrid. The board is set to release in January 2012. Congrats Pete, mad respect man.
Holiday Traditions
This post is an assignment for a class at school, it's about holiday traditions.
Christmas:
Every year on Christmas Eve we drive to my Grandfather's house in a little town called Rosewood, close to Goldsboro. We have a BIG lunch and all my family are great cooks so it's always a good time. After we finish eating we usually open presents, but if it's not too cold we'll go play football out in my grandpa's pasture where he keeps his horses. I usually just get a bunch of junk from my family except for from my dad, and my uncle Andy usually gets me like a savings bond or something. Then I go home to my moms and sleep to wait for Christmas the next morning.
New Years:
My family is really redneck so we have some interesting traditions for New Years. Usually my Grandpa will catch an opossum a while before New Years Eve. On 12/31 he has a big party, everyone in the town comes because he is sort of a "hometown hero". What they do is hoist the opussum up on a flagpole and party until midnight and at midnight they set off fireworks and drop the opussum from the flagpole like how they drop the ball in time square. They usually get published in the Goldsboro newspaper and call it "The Possum Drop".
Christmas:
Every year on Christmas Eve we drive to my Grandfather's house in a little town called Rosewood, close to Goldsboro. We have a BIG lunch and all my family are great cooks so it's always a good time. After we finish eating we usually open presents, but if it's not too cold we'll go play football out in my grandpa's pasture where he keeps his horses. I usually just get a bunch of junk from my family except for from my dad, and my uncle Andy usually gets me like a savings bond or something. Then I go home to my moms and sleep to wait for Christmas the next morning.
New Years:
My family is really redneck so we have some interesting traditions for New Years. Usually my Grandpa will catch an opossum a while before New Years Eve. On 12/31 he has a big party, everyone in the town comes because he is sort of a "hometown hero". What they do is hoist the opussum up on a flagpole and party until midnight and at midnight they set off fireworks and drop the opussum from the flagpole like how they drop the ball in time square. They usually get published in the Goldsboro newspaper and call it "The Possum Drop".
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