Again With the Post Delays!

I must say, I really need to keep blogging if I really want a fan base and followers on this site. MINDSET!

Anyways, I have several things for this post. Firstly, I will be happy to let you know I will be doing a review of my newest board, my enjoi Red Light District board very soon. It's a very good deck, I must say.

Next, I am getting another enjoi! That's right, I got money, and decided to invest it into some new product. Not only am I getting another enjoi, but I am also getting a new pair of shoes. The shoes are an Etnies x enjoi collaboration made for Jose Rojo. Look them up, they are called the Jamesons. They are an older shoe, I think they are from spring 2010. You won't be seeing this style on the etnies website. Here is the Zumiez link to the shoe. http://www.zumiez.com/catalog/product/view/id/176705 As I am posting this, there are only 5 pairs each of size 9 and 11, and only one pair each of 10 and 10.5 (EACH ARE U.S.A SIZES!) I luckily had bought the last pair of 12s. I am really looking forward to both of these.

And finally, I will be reviewing my Vans AV Era 1.5 shoes. Undoubtedly, these shoes have to be one of the best shoes I have ever bought.

Now for the story time. During last week, we had two "disasters" out here on the east coast. On Tuesday, August 23, there was a very peculiar and unexpected earthquake in Virginia. I am not sure where the exact epicenter of the "vicious" 5.9 quake was, and I am definitely too fucking lazy to look it up. Comment if you know where. I was headed to the train station in Long Island to get to Manhattan so I could get to my cousin's office so we could head out to New Jersey for our "big vacation" to Massachusetts. As I was leaving, I noticed the couch was shaking. Then I saw my piano shake. And that's when I knew this trip was gonna be interesting. Then all of a sudden there was a big hullabaloo about the earthquake all over facebook and twitter and people uploading all these pictures making fun of the quake. My first reaction was, "What the fuck? Overreaction much..." Anyway, that doesn't matter. What matters was Hurricane Irene. Stupid bitch Irene ruined my vacation. My cousin (who I shall refer to from now on as Jon) and I left New Jersey on Thursday night, August 25, a day after his 33rd birthday. We left with the hype of Hurricane Irene at its strongest. People were loud and complaining and panic buying. We went to ShopRite and called our purchase of two cases of Rockstar Zero Carb and Nature Valley Yogurt Granola panic buying. So we journeyed on, and getting lost near our destination, being as we had drunk 3 liters of water and each had 2 Rockstars, we desperately needed to pee. Jon's piss took like 3 seconds. Mine felt like it took 5 minutes. And we pissed illegally. Not only illegally, but in a ghetto. A freaking ghetto. With gangs patrolling the area. But we got through it, no scuff. Anyway, we slept in a nice cheap hotel that night and woke up too late to eat breakfast. So we drifted on and went to one of the coolest museums I have ever been to; the Higgins Armory Museum. Amazing stuff in there, I'll tell you that much. You have to go see it yourself to truly understand how breathtaking it was. After the museum, we stopped by a wildly acclaimed burger joint called Wild Willy's Worcester *let it beknown to all of you reading out there that Worcester is pronounced Wuhz-tah* and had amazing hamburguesas. Then we went on to the Cheesecake Factory in Natick, MA where I actually puked from eating too much amazing goodness in one day. But we trolled on and made it to Cambridge. From my perspective, the biggest college town in all of America. I mean REALLY, the words "institute university college tech" should be included in the name, seeing as every single building had at least one of those words imprinted and embossed on its side. Anyway, we at Foundry's On Elm, a trendy hipster bar restaurant in Somerset/Cambridge. The food was amazing, and there I found one of my newest favorite dishes called POUTINE.  Anyway, enough rambling, the night went on without a hitch and I was all fine and dandy. We slept at my godfather's house and left the next afternoon after eating at Eat at Mike's Diner in South Boston. What a wonderful vacation.

*3 things! I have received my shoes and board, and now have ordered another pair of shoes and board; Jerry Hsu 2 Fusion in black and an Almost Double Impact board. More to come!!!

Everyone Has Their Bad Day

So I was skating today, just going through my "simple trick checklist."
The list consists in ascending order of the tricks I like to do without trying. Here's the list.
1. Ollie
2. FS 180
3. Fakie ollie
4. FS Half-cab
5. BS Pop Shuvit
6. Fakie BS Pop Shuvit
7. Nollie
8. Nollie FS Pop Shuvit
9. Nollie FS 360 Pop Shuvit
10. Kickflip
11. Fakie Kickflip
12. Nollie FS Bigspin
13. BS Pop Shuvit Rewind
14. Switch BS Pop Shuvit
15. Switch BS Pop Shuvit Rewind
16. Fakie 360 BS Pop Shuvit
17. Fakie BS Bigspin
18. BS Half-cab Flip
19. BS 180 Kickflip
20. Heelflip

Yeah, I know, mediocre list, but it is just a warmup. Today, I couldn't do half of those tricks. And I felt like a dike. Bad day.

Here they are

Alright guys, here are the wheels. A nice set of Bones STF 51 mm Jake Duncombe pro models. I already started skating them, and they are doing wonders for my ride.
And just in case you were wondering, I bought them for $38.02 at my local Zumiez. Pricey sons of bitches...

Just Got New Wheels

Hey there followers and fellow bloggers, I just got a new set of Bones STF 51mm Jake Duncombe wheels. My old wheels were the Bones STF 52mm Sierra Fellers wheels. I've used Ricta wheels and Spitfire wheels before, and I am guessing my next pair of wheels will be Autobahns. Personally, I like Rictas and Bones STFs a lot. I'll keep you posted. :D

A Review of My Good Old Toy Machine

Specs:
Brand- Toy Machine
Size- 8.375x32.25
Technology- None
Pro- Ed Templeton Pro Model

REVIEW: 9/10
To be honest, I got this board used, for free, from my friend Steve. Steve is the manager of my local Zumiez. He gets a new board every other week, so he barely used this one. There was obviously a little wear on the nose and tail of the board when I obtained it, but it was in pretty good shape.
First Thoughts: At first sight, I thought it was a great board. I was getting a pretty good deal, too. I went into my Zumiez that day to get new trucks. Steve saw my dilemma, so he sold me his Tensor Magnesium Response Mid trucks with Bones Hardcore Medium bushings for $10 dollars. He also saw how shitty my Superior board was, so he gave me the Toy Machine for free!
Concave: Medium concave, which made it seem a little less wide than the size made it. It was pretty steep on the nose and a little more mellow on the tail. 9/10
Durability: Lasted me 2 months (actually just 1 month of heavy duty use due to my school schedule) 7/10
Graphic: Pretty sick looking board graphic. It was the typical sect monster you come to expect from Toy Machine. The monster was below this sick, trippy-ass rainbow blotch. It looked awesome. Paint didn't chip too easily which is a good thing, but the paint became patchy in some areas. But this is a Toy Machine x Emerica Stay Gold collaboration board, so it is awesome. 9/10

GO GET A TOY MACHINE BOARD. :D

K. Fuck this.

Man, at the moment, I am at a laundromat. I'm stuck here. And I didn't bring my skateboard or headphones, so I have been reduced to fingerboarding. Wonderful.
If only I had been smart enough to bring a laptop. Good thing I have my trusty android phone.

Shinner

Watch "Worst Shinner Ever!" on
YouTube

Man, my shin started hurting just from watching. I would be crying and freaking out.

I'm Sorry

I have left you, my "loyal follower(s)" [at the moment (2 Aug. 2011) I only have one follower... myself] without any idea of what has been going on for a few days! Well, I got a new skateboard. It is an enjoi Wieger Van Wageningen "Red Light District" pro model board. Oh how the Dutch amuse me. Expect to see a preview of this board soon. In this preview I will leave my thoughts about the board and pics of what has been occurring to it up to that moment. After the board breaks, and I hope it will last me a while, usually they last me 1 1/2 months (which is amazing) because I don't try to break the board, I will leave a review of the deck and see if I recommend it or not. I actually am already familiar with enjoi's distributor, Dwindle, because I have skated Almost, Speed Demon, and Superior decks, and use Tensor trucks, as well. I am in love with their shapes and the skaters that skate for the brands. enjoi is a terrific company and I hope you skate Dwindle products. Before this enjoi, I skated a nice Toy Machine board. The size was an 8.375. It was Ed Templeton's "Emerica: Stay Gold" pro model. I'll leave a review of that board soon. Anyway, enjoy skateboarding, keep checking in for more posts.

My Newest Baby

Yup. Just bought it. Its the enjoi Wieger Van Wageningen "Red Light District" pro model. Its a size 8.25. Its gripped with black Jessup grip. I've got my trusty Tensor Magnesium Response trucks and my favorite wheels, my size 51mm Bones STFs on Bones Reds bearings. Orgasm. Hope it skates well. I love the graphic so much, I kind of don't want to skate it!

A hard day.

Yup. Its a symbol that I did work.

Shit my bad!

Followers, if I had any at the moment, I apologize. I left you hanging. I didn't blog yesterday. I promised a picture of the little gap I found. Here it is!
Anyway, nothing really to talk about except for the death of my good friend, Toy Machine. He's dead. I will post a picture tomorrow because its raining and I don't want to go outside. I put him out of his misery today. The tail was peeling away, so on a nice heelflip, I bid him a'deux. Or however you spell it. And now it is time to bit you guys a'deux. For now. Peace!

Surprising

Uh, I didn't get kicked out of anywhere today! HOLY SHIT!


Alright, well today (27 July, 2011) was kind of a day for just me. Yesterday, I had made plans with my friends Peter and Gabe. Peter was supposedly going to film and me and Gabe were going to do our thing.
This did not turn out the way we had planned.
I woke up at 10 expecting Peter to get to my "humble abode" at around 11, but it turned out he would have to get to my house at 10:30. My first thoughts were, "CRAP. I have to get ready quick!" But as soon as I thought that, my doorbell had rung. So I answered the door and took Peter to my basement. I took a quick 15 minute shower and got dressed as fast as I could. At the moment I got out of the bathroom, down came Gabe! So after 10 minutes of joking around in my basement about how he was a Mormon, we decided to warm up in my driveway. After a good session, we were off to the mall. Five feet away from my house though, something stupid happened. Gabe lost his left truck nut. So instead of going straight to some spots, we went to Zumiez to get him another nut. Steve, the manager, saw how badly fucked up Gabe's trucks were, and decided to just buy him a whole new set with a gift card he had. Gabe got a pair of these (Gabe's new trucks) nice Royal Evolution Black/Anodized Gold trucks. We spent an hour trying to take off one (JUST ONE)of the nuts from Gabe's old Thunders. It had slipped of the thread and was just turning in circles. It pissed us off. So we switched off the trucks after it finally came off. And we were off! We skated down to Sleepy's to rewarm up, because we had spent an entire 2 hours at Zumiez. We didn't get anything good to film, so we went to BK for lunch. By the time we had left it was already 2 PM on the east coast of the U.S.ofA. We kept going down the boulevard to find more spots. Surprisingly, we went behind a Waldbaum's and found a nice do-able dirt gap. (I will upload a picture tomorrow when I go back) It took me a couple of tries, but I was able to do it, no problem at all. We didn't get any footage of that, but I'll be sure to get a couple of videos tomorrow. Promise. Other than this, there really wasn't anything special that we did today.

Got any boring stories? Leave a comment! I'll follow you if I enjoy it! Or just follow me, then I'll follow back. PEACE!

Another Good Story (and yes, it involves racism)

Alright, so the same day as the security guard incident, my homies (Robert and Gabe) and I walked on to get some lunch at Burger King™. As we were sitting there, eating our BK Stackers©, a thick bodied African-American man walked in. We truly would not have noticed him if it weren't for his full McDonald's™ uniform. Anyway, we had a laugh about the irony, and after eating, Gabe said his stomach hurt. Rob agreed and said it was because he had eaten so much. I decided to be a racist fuck and said, "Yeah, my stomach hurts. But its not from the food. It feels like I was kicked in the balls by a black guy." AND IMMEDIATELY AS I SAID BLACK GUY, the McDonald's™ guy walked past. I felt like a complete idiot. We all shared a laugh. The moment was so inappropriate that even the black guy was laughing as he was walking out. As a result, I felt like apologizing. So I did. He was still laughing and said that it was alright. A little while after, we went to the Sleepy's™ three stair to just joke around. I, still being a cock, tried to forward flip the stairs. Too bad I can't actually forward flip. So I got credit carded. Yup. Karma is my mistress

I'll end my story there. Hope you have enjoyed my karma! Keep skating guys!

‪MARKISA CHECK OUT #1 - ALEX MIDLER - 11 YEARS OLD -‬‏ - YouTube

‪MARKISA CHECK OUT #1 - ALEX MIDLER - 11 YEARS OLD -‬‏ - YouTube

First heard about this kid from New Pollution on Fuel TV. Kid was a good skater then, still sick now. I remember watching him on Fuel TV's Camp Woodward too, Wow.

‪Jimmy Carlin Flippity Flop Pit Stop (MYSTERY SKATEBOARDS)‬‏ - YouTube

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Jimmy Carlin Flippity Flop Pit Stop (MYSTERY SKATEBOARDS)‬‏ - YouTube

Definitely one of my favorite clips. The names of the tricks are so clever and Jimmy Carlin has to be one of the funniest, weirdest, and best skaters out there.

My First Blog

Alright. Here we go. Gonna make my first post now, enough stalling. I'll start off by giving you guys a little background information about me. My name is Patrick Roldan, and I am a skateboarder from New York. I get into trouble a lot with authority figures, and that is where I got the inspiration for my blog title, "Security Guards Suck." As I stated before, I am a skateboarder. Whenever I get the chance, I will post on the blog what happened during my day of skating. That portion of the blog will start on Wednesday, when I get back to skateboarding with my homies. Other things I will post on this blog include cool things I see through my journeys and weird stories. I will provide reviews of products I have used and I swear to be unbiased. I will also be posting videos that I find awesome. I might also spread some love for bands and songs and such. I personally guarantee you will find me boring at times, trust me, I bore the shit out of myself every second of a day when I am not skateboarding or just hanging out with my favorite people. So here it goes.


MY FIRST STORY(This story involves racism, so brace yourselves. I will pre-inform you that I am of Filipino descent) 


Two weeks ago, I was skateboarding with a my friends Rob (who is a very pale white person) and Gabe (who is a dark Hispanic person). We were warming up at my local mall, where they have a couple of great spots. There is a bank, a six stair, a 2 stair, a 3 stair, and a couple of very slick ledges. Now that the "Panera Bread ledge" has been capped, we have moved on to a less amusing ledge we like to call the "Macy's bench." We were skateboarding at the Macy's bench, trying to get a good couple of tricks going, when a young African-American security guard told us to get off our boards. Well, being the "law-abiding citizens" we ALL aspire to be, we did get off of our skateboards. We held them in our hands for a moment, and as soon as he walked away, we got on them again to get inside the mall and go to our local Zumiez (I am sure that most of you out there reading that I support a Zumiez will think I am stupid and that I supporting a corporate store that is killing "Mom and Pop" shops everywhere, but it is the only skate shop I have. And trust me, the employees at my Zumiez really skate. They're some of the coolest people I know. The employees there that do skate are; the manager Steve, the assistant manager Tom, and Brian. Other employees include Brittany, Sam, Chris, and Eric). So as we were walking in, the security guard comes back with two of his goons, a VERY fat white security guard and an Indian security guard with a very heavy accent. The black security guard approaches us and tells us to get off the boards again. He says that we aren't listening. He said, "Did y'all not hear me back there?! I specifically told you kids to stop skateboarding and get off the skateboards!" So Rob says, "Yeah? Well we aren't on our fucking boards. We're holding them you idiot!" The Indian security guard just stood there, nodding his head mumbling words that sounded like "yeah, uh-huh, yes" and we just laughed at him. By this point the white security guard got bored and left like nothing had even happened. The black security guard came back with, "Woah kid, hold your damn language. Do you speak to your mom that way? Listen, I will ban you from the mall for not just 6 months which is the minimum, but a whole year! You hear me?" Rob then angrily asked, "Wait, you'll ban me for skating but not them?! Freaking racist bastard! You should be fired for racial prejudice!" The black guard took a moment and realized that Rob was right and fixed his statement. He said, "Y'know what, all of y'all need to get your acts straight. I'll ban all of you for skateboarding if I ever see you guys again. Especially you white kid, you have been mouthing off to me all this time. The chink and the spic are just standing there quietly." This got me pissed. I decided to yell at him. I screamed. Loudly. I said, "DUDE! YOU RACIST! WHAT ARE YOU SAYING! YOU'D BAN ALL SKATEBOARDERS ON THE PREMISES?!" And Rob chimes in saying, "THERE'S A SKATEBOARD SHOP IN THE GOD DAMNED MALL!" I continue with, "WHAT IF A FUCKING 8-YEAR OLD WERE SKATEBOARDING AND HE WAS JUST LEARNING AND JUST GOT HIS BOARD? WOULD YOU BAN HIS ASS TOO?!" The black guard said, "Yup, it has to be done." So Rob, Gabe and I all say in unison, "FUCK IT WE DON'T CARE." So we just went off and walked inside. But the security guards were still following us. So I, being the most creative asshole in the world, threw my skateboard on the ground, landed on it with my stomach and held my face and ankles screaming, "OW! OH MY GOD! I AM SKATEBOARDING AND DYING AND ITS ALL BECAUSE OF SKATEBOARDING! I AM GOING TO SUE!!! SUE I TELL YOU! MOTHERFUCKING SUE!!!!" This caused a whole laughing fit between me and my friends, and the security guard  acted like a total douche. He said, "Oh yeah? Lets see you do it again. I dare you. Do it again." Rob had my back and said, "Oh don't tempt him. He'll do it again." So I taunted the security guard, mocking him as we walked to Zumiez. 


And thus ends my story. I hope you have enjoyed it. 


More posts to come (starting 27 July, 2011). Leave a comment on my blog and show some support (or spread some hate). Any kind of feedback will do! THANKS!