Landry's Colum

"Heatwaves and Jeans"

After seeing people wear jeans throughout the heat wave this week, I was reminded of an older transvestite I saw in Montreal quite a few years ago. Despite this man’s apparent poverty, he always wore a woman’s outfit. Even though you could tell much of his garb was picked up second hand and his make up was definitely applied with reckless abandon, he remained dedicated to his look. I think this is the same type of dedication which is necessary to wear slim fitting jeans while skating around town during the summer months.

I think this may be one of the ultimate forms of rebellion in the face of adversity. While Leonard Cohen once stated that staying up at night (despite a person’s need for rest) as one of the simplest forms of rebellion, I think a much more difficult form of rebellion is against the weather itself. In Canada, we do not have it easy. We freeze in the winter and are cooked in the summer. We do whatever we can to get around these difficulties because deep down we know that life must go on. However, to skate in jeans during 30+ humid temperatures is to really stick to one’s guns despite any discomfort which may arise.

I’m not dissing those who choose to wear jeans during the summer months. In fact, I applaud them. If I were half the man I was a decade ago, I would be wearing them myself. Unfortunately, I truly cannot skate in jeans in the heat anymore. I even have trouble wearing jeans just walking around in the heat. I only mention this because I really would like to be wearing pants but I just don’t have the strength to fight the heat.

It’s nice to see that there are those out there who will remain dedicated to not only a look but to skateboarding in general. They will continue on despite the weather, trials and tribulations of life and the pain of falling down. The act of wearing an outfit is one thing but the dedication to an outfit is a true reflection of the character which is necessary to get through life and to continue on with an individual’s passion. Stay gold Pony Boy, stay gold….

-Marc Landry

Retro

Well it's not Monday but better late than never. This week it's Willy Santos' Birdhouse The End video part which the whole video was shot all on 16mm. I can't imagine how many rolls they burned through to film that and I think I read a long time ago they spent close to a million dollars to make the film.

Saint John Plaza Montage

Here's the montage I put together with all the plaza footage I got the last few days. Featuring in order of appearance Greg Brewer, Brandon Meehan, Kurtis Shea, 2 Saint John locals don't know their name(comment if you do), Kevin Murray, Brian Gautreau and Justin Allain.

Delong photos

I've been skating in Saint John the last 2 days and I got quite a bit of plaza footage to make a montage which I'll be posting later. For now here are some photos that Jeff Delong took.

Tyson Preshyon - ollie. Recognize anyone lurking in the background?.

Kurtis Shea - Drop in.

Cap

Check out this footage of Kyle "Cap" Macdonald from Halifax.

From the same

Here's some additional footage I got the other day after filming the tricktip at the same session.

Tricktip

Here's a tricktip with Mark Feero, It's been a while since the last tricktip but they get old pretty quick so don't expect to see much more of them.

F/S Flip

Jeff Delong sent in this sequence of Brandon Meehan doing a f/s flip.

Triple

Here's two photos I took sometime last year that I was never really stoked on how they turned out but figured I should post them anyway.

B/S 180 by a dude from Cape Breton? forgot his name.

Justin ollie

Timeline Merchandise

The new Timeline Skateboarding merchandise has finally arrived and you can get T-shirts and 5-panel caps online via the online store using paypal and shipping is included, or if you live in Fredericton or Saint John visit East Side Board Supply to pick up some Timeline gear.

T-shirts are limited right now so if you miss out on the gear this time around you might have to wait a bit until their restocked. Also there is blue t-shirts with white lettering available at East Side right now and will be online in the near future.