Healthy, Fashionable Criminals
September 9th, 2008 by Kilwag
Wrapping up some longboard-centric items. First up is fashion designer Adam Kimmel’s promo film Claremont consisting of a couple of beardos screaming downhill in suits we can only assume were designed by Adam Kimmel. I’m not exactly sure how the tie in works, but it seems to be getting people talking. The right people? I can’t make that call. I thought it was a hoax at first, as far as Adam Kimmel being in the fashion industry, but it would have to be an elaborate one. The downhill action looks insanely fast. These guys even pass a car as well as passing the camera between themselves and shooting backwards. I don’t know how they do it, but my helmet is off to them. They make a certain German downhiller look like a wuss in comparison. Supposedly, German police are on the lookout for a man assumed to be “a professional stuntman” in full leathers who reached 62 MPH on a two mile stretch of the Autobahn after getting a tow in by a motorcycle. Pfffft! Talk to me when you do it in light blue polyester. Lastly, there’s the L.A. Times article titled More skaters switching to longboards, from the Health section no less. Because it’s the internet, you can watch both videos in the same place.
- Thanks to sk8norcal, Jake, Colin and Micheal for the tips.
Adam Kimmel presents Claremont
He designs clothes. People take pictures of them and put them in magazines.
German Police Hunt Skateboarder After 62 MPH Autobahn Stunt.
From Live Leak.
‘Substantial fine’
The German magazine Stern said the mystery man is known in skateboarding circles as a professional stuntman and takes part in international downhill skateboarding competitions.
Stoeckle said the man faces charges for interfering with traffic safety and endangering motorists, and would lose his driver’s license and face a “substantial fine.” He denied media reports the skateboarder would face a one-year jail sentence.
There are no speed limits on German highways but there are restrictions on many sections, especially steep and dangerous stretches. The section the skateboarder was using has an 50 mph speed limit.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
those blue suit wearing dudes are nuts….and passing the camera, wow!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Yeah Patrick and Noah! These dudes rip on any type of skateboard you put them on, and they’re fucking kamikaze about it! That hill is in Berkley right above their neighborhood, it’s a pretty gnarly road and really fun.
And that German dude is barely breaking 50, I don’t know where they got the 62mph from, doesn’t look like it. Here’s 60 in the Portland area. So far we’ve only found 2 hills you can break 60 on around here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7PebhFKCdM
September 9th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
rizzo and noah are two very gnarly skaters and two very nice guys. can’t wait to go back to berkley!
September 9th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
epic footage
September 9th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
Thats sick as hell. I love when the guy in the suit passed the car like it was standing still.!!
September 10th, 2008 at 12:03 am
[...] So I know I’m usually quick to dismiss longboarding, but holy fucking fuck. Pretty much if you’re going to longboard, this is the way to do it, none of this college campus lazy pushing, PASSING CARS is where it’s at. Taxed from SnA. [...]
September 10th, 2008 at 4:45 am
“And that German dude is barely breaking 50, I don’t know where they got the 62mph from”
62mph is 100kph, making it the speed to aim for for longboarders and bullshitters alike.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Dragon’s tail is out in Gaston!!! Close to three miles down from the top…It’s the baddest!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 10:37 am
the new speed longboarders are shooting for is 125 kph. 100 kph is old news.
September 10th, 2008 at 11:17 am
What’s next?
**Motorcyclist dies in Utah speed record attempt Sep 5, 12:41 am EDT
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AFP) – A motorcyclist was killed after losing control of his bike at 385 kilometers (239 miles) per hour and crashing on Utah’s famous Bonneville Salt Flats, authorities and reports said Thursday.
The American Motorcyclist Association said in a statement on its website that 49-year-old Cliff Gullett of Montana was killed in an accident during a time trial at the location, around 185 kilometers (115 miles) west of Salt Lake City.
The AMA said Gullett was competing in the 500cc class during a time trial speed racing event when his bike crashed. Reports said Gullett was aiming to set a record for the fastest two-stroke, two-cylinder motorcycle.
The Salt Lake Tribune cited police investigators as saying Gullett was travelling at 239 miles per hour before the crash.
The Bonneville Salt Flats have been used as a speed testing ground since 1896 and became famous in 1935 when British motorsport legend Malcolm Campbell broke the world land speed record at the site.**
September 11th, 2008 at 2:54 am
“the new speed longboarders are shooting for is 125 kph. 100 kph is old news.”
Yeah I know. I was just making the point that the (presumably German) journalist who put the original “the police are looking for…” story together will have rounded up to 100KPH and another journo translated it into MPH
Frankly i’m surprised they didn’t just change the K to an M…
September 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
what the H kilwag? longboarding? we got to talk
September 12th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Fashionable? Is the Dumb and Dumber suit look in now?Did I miss something?