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Christiana Means was a guest at Nine Club a few days ago where she spoke about her experience training the Chinese Olympic team for 3 months.
From her experience the Chinese Olympic skate team, “was a totally different approach then what I’d seen skateboarding evolve to.” Christiana says that the Chinese government had pulled 200 kids from all over the province of China from various sports that they thought would translate into “good” skaters. Sports like gymnastics and martial arts or soccer and then ran tests to see which kids were the most adaptable to skateboarding. That number of 200 kids was brought down to 30-50 kids and the remaining 30-50 kids were then put under contract to train for the upcoming Olympic games.
“This is crazy” utter Chris Roberts as he stumbles over his word in disbelief, “Because the parents are getting paid, the kids now… I just su.. because I discovered skateboarding, you discovered skateboarding, we did it because we loved it and we fell in love with it. Now listen, some of these kids may fall in love with it because they’re in that position… they may not.”
Jeron Wilson, to the left of Chris Roberts, put an emphasis on, “may”.
And just a moment later says, “We found skateboarding and it hit us, in a natural way”
Kelly Hart then asks, “So how do you teach them how to skate?” Christiana opens up about the discomfort in having to push or rather force kids to skate. She would have to half-heartedly encourage these kids to try an obstacle and watch a kid get hurt trying something that the new skaters weren’t ready for. As Christiana and the cast of the Nine Club say repeatedly, it was insane. It’s definitely an emotional rollercoaster.
Check out the video for the full story!
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Came across this anime on pinterest, BECK Mongolian Chop Squad, about this young kid falling in love with Rock music and trying to make it as a guitarist. I haven’t finished the series yet, I’m only half way through, but it’s a touching real story watching Yukio come to age, struggling between his love for his guitar and graduating high school. In the process he’s exiled and made to be an outcast at his school. He’s extorted, his guitar is smashed, and as you can imagine high school romance isn’t easy for anyone. But through out all the turmoil of high school life, Yukio and his band make a demo tape “KEITH”. a three track ep. which is actually pretty cool.
Check it Out!
I’ll fill you in with more detailed once I finish the series but from what I’ve seen so far, I definitely recommend it to anime and music lovers.
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Watching Al with his son by his side, jumping up and down and dancing, is some beautiful shit . In “Rap Music” where vulnerability can be seen as a weakness in a façade of gangster, Al leads by example as a father, as a beat maker and as a producer pushing the underground sound to the forefront and into the commercial space. A testament to being proud of the work and the art he creates. Creating a canvas for artist to dance over. The Alchemist & Friends brand is personified here with special guest: Evidence, Domo Genesis, Action Bronson, Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, Navy Blue (aka Sage), Vince Staples and Boldy James. Showing that it’s more than just making music but a brotherhood.
00:00 – intro
01:24 – mobb deep / the realest
01:47 – alc & mobb deep / it’s a craze
02:26 – kendrick lamar / meet the grahams
03:16 – prodigy / keep it thoro
04:07 – freddie gibbs / god is perfect
05:05 – westside gunn & conway / ray mysterio
05:59 – westside gunn /$500 ounces
06:31 – larry june / 89 earthquake EVIDENCE
07:41 – throw it all away
10:34 – dilated peoples / worst comes to worst (inst) DOMO GENESIS
10:59 – f*ck everybody else
12:50 – action bronson / big league chew (inst) ACTION BRONSON
13:19 – terry
16:14 – mac miller red dot music EARL SWEATSHIRT
18:20 – e. coli
21:00 – sentry (mike comes out)
23:16 – nobles (navy blue comes out)
25:07 – the caliphate (vince staples comes out) BOLDY JAMES
28:44 – hot water tank
30:40 – turpentine
31:52 – steel wool
33:44 – alchemist / hold you down
35:24 – diamond dallasShow less
My personal favorite performance would have Boldy James, his breathe control is second to none. Sounding no different, if not better, than what you get on DSP. Favorite moment, hearing Mac Miller’s verse on Red Dot Music. Long Live Mac
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Primitive videos never let you down. Paul has assemble a SOLID group of skaters and keeps adding to the roster with phenomenal young talent that keeps pushing the team to greater and greater heights. Wildfire introduces Aimu Yamazuki, a young talent that I came across on IG a few weeks ago. Hella steezy, chucky Es shoes, baggy clothes and the type grace on the board that one can only be born with. Another W for Paul and Primitive. Kyonosuke Yamashita comes back with more footage proving, if he hasn’t already, why Paul choose him. And Trent Mcclung still as sharp as ever. Check it out!
Burning in paradise 