Randozzi's Blog — June 2012 Archive Blogger Profile

Coming from the rough streets of Boston, Suede Peach will be here soon. A video by Tin Tran.

Magenta Skateboards just added the 98 pound wonder from DC, Zach Lyons to the team. You'll be seeing more footage of Zach in the upcoming SF Hill St. Blues pt. 2 and Japan Tour videos that are coming out later this year. Check out what Zach has to say about it all over on Live.

Since the Zinger was introduced there has been a rebirth of fun shapes solely meant for goof time rolling. It has inspired countless others to make their own versions and helped to remind us that the simple pleasure of rolling around is a wonderfully fun gift. Krooked's new batch of the Zinger family hails from Hawaii, bringing the mindset of Aloha to the mainland and points beyond.

Alien and Vans rookie pro Gilbert Crockett's raw footage from his Life Splicing edit from a couple months back. Happy Friday!

Oh the life of a skate wife, endless boo-boos to bandage, beer cans to pick up, decks, wheels, greasy bearings and the various ephemera of skating littering the house. But after military life and dealing with a serious back injury, anything is better than a drill sergeant yelling at you. The photography bug entered her system early and after her service she took the good that came from it and went to school. Today, she is a graduate of the New England School of Photography and is having a show at Orchard’s gallery. The work being featured in that show is a new series of her versions of the Roman Catholic saints cards and some of the semi-tacky renderings that have been mass produced over the years, “drawing inspiration from tchotchke style religious art such as hologram last suppers and light-up Virgin Marys.” A talented photographer with a humorous eye as well as skilled and insightful in the larger scope of the world, there is wisdom beyond her years in her work.

Who are you and what do you do?
I am a Boston transplant from Albany, NY. I am a photographer, U.S. Veteran, loving wife of a grown ass skate rat, and mother of two rad cats.

Have you ever been to Canada?
I haven’t ventured over that border yet. But I might be into heading over to look for a few good saints.

The whole country is fairly saint-ish. When you were in the Army, did you hear any good Canadian jokes?

Sadly I did not hear any Canadian jokes in the Army. But maybe I will go in search of some sinners, that's the next project. Did you hear about that gay Canadian porn star that went walking dead on his boyfriend? I mean Canadian sinners have got to exist.

Weapons of choice?

Religion, dirty martinis, grenades, and gummy bears.

How did you get into shooting photos as something more than a pastime?

I think going back to school really pushed me to do it more than a past time.  I guess really getting trained and gaining confidence that I could actually make money doing this.

You just graduated from school for photography, what is your degree in and what sort of work would you like to do with it? Aside from working at Starbucks.

I graduated from New England School of Photography with a concentration in Creative Imaging and Editorial Photography. I hope to get work with magazines and continue to exhibit my work, and not work at Starbucks!

Iron Claw Skates out of NYC recently put up this clip of recent footage of their team. Straight from the streets, no bullshit skating by Lurker Lou, Phil Rodriguez, Tyler Mate, and Kennedy Cantrell.

The High 5 is now Send Help. In what appears to be a "legal thing" they had to change their name. Same great art and talented crew of skaters, different name.