SOTW 4-13-09: Neil Blender, Vancouver 1985
April 13th, 2009 by kilwag

SOTW 4-13-09: Neil Blender, Vancouver 1985

This week’s Shot of the Week comes from Greg Baller, who was actually in a Shot of the Week last year. Greg was a partner in Burly Caps, a company that made… burly recaps for knee pads during the late 80’s and early 90’s. Burly Caps are back again, and the web site has a lot of pictures of vert riding in the Great White North from the same era. Burly Caps are made from UHMW plastic. What? Glad you asked: Ultra High Molecular Weight, much denser than you garden variety caps. Burly Caps, Right? This is Neil Blender in Vancouver BC, as shot by Greg. Neil Blender used to have a web site selling his art online, but he’s since moved his operation to an eBay store. There is still a few hours left to bid on his original painting (alternate version) for cover of the Best of Dinosaur Jr. See the full frame Shot of the Week.

April 13th, 2009 by: kilwag
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File under Artsy Fartsy, Back In The Day, Canada, Shot of the Week, Skate, eBay Watch

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7 Responses to “SOTW 4-13-09: Neil Blender, Vancouver 1985”

  1. sea cliff vert ramp Says:
    April 13th, 2009 at 3:21 pm

    here’s video of neil shot at the same contest where the photo was taken. neil takes the time to yell at don hoffman in the middle of his run!

    From YouTube.

  2. freezine Says:
    April 13th, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Thanks Kilwag!
    what kind of pads you wearing these days? Maybe I can bake you up a new set of caps….

  3. Kilwag Says:
    April 13th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Sea Cliff…. “You better shut up Don!” Classic. Thanks for that link.

    Greg… I don’t wear out my caps anymore. I’ll ask GVK or MC and see who is closest to needing recaps.

  4. kvon Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 7:48 am

    Is that Michael Anthony from Van Halen in the vision shirt.. last frame of the vid? ha!

    Blender is Awesome! Cool shot Greg!

    I love videos like this.

  5. Tony D. Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 8:46 am

    I was at that contest. Border Wars in Stanley Park. An epic trip with six people in my Dad’s impala. Checks at the border, sleeping in the snake run in North Vancouver, Knadler sleeping in the trunk of the car… Good times!

  6. sea cliff vert ramp Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    I think the dude in the Vision shirt is actually Brad Dorfman, the guy who ran Vision.

  7. ticorico Says:
    April 14th, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    http://theskateboardmag.com/blogs/kevin-wilkins/2009/04/14/tomorrows-fish-and-chip-paper/

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