Neil Blender

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And…

here is this

Ban This - Lance "O" Neil skateboard madness

“If I’d known you were coming, I’d have baked an aphid.”

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Classics: Neil Blender "Destroy Everything Now"

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@secretcurbclub

this is great, reactions etc to his Footage part :https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2011/11/mark-and-erics-pack-of-lies_6638.html

Resurrecting this because:
a) I’m drunk
b) I’ve just broken up for Easter holidays
c) Neil Blender is the most influential pro skateboarder ever - this is a fact - you can argue with that statement but it doesn’t make it any less true.

Re his G&S Footage section.
Some years ago during the Vans Downtown Showdown event in Amsterdam (the one with the Palace ashtray/spliff obstacle) I, along with Rowley, Churchill and a couple of other people were asked to go on stage and talk about our favourite video parts.
I chose this one.
I walked on stage and said, “My name’s … and I’m an alcoholic. Neil Blender’s G&S Footage section is the most important video part of all time”
I rambled on uncomfortably throughout in a similar vein to the chrome blog post above.
The audience applauded at the end.

Later that night I made the mistake (?) of getting hammered with TP after eating a steak.
I threw a whitey during a screening of the Bones Brigade doc whilst sitting next to Steve van Doren. “Are you not enjoying the film?”
“No mate, I’m struggling”
Moments later I was in a broom cupboard puking up what I thought was blood (it was undigested steak).
Manhead found me and escorted me back to the hotel.

“That’s what we call gearing up for getting down.”

Incredible

[Mike]

Haha, crazy.

“It’s 1990 boys…let’s get rid of the skeletons” makes me laugh every time

[Joxa]

EGGGGGGGGS!

[navitronic]

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Later that night I made the mistake (?) of getting hammered with TP after eating a steak.

I feel like this is the most interesting part of the story.

What’s it like hanging out with Tom Penny. Is he the king of small talk. Can you be in the presence of such ethereal legend without fanning out just a little?

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@navitronic

Neil Blender is rad. Always a fan. Have a coffee break tattoo

Dope! I’ve got a blender tattoo also, the rocking dog and little face from the same graphic, I know @buildafire has one too (can’t remember which graphic tho)! Anyone else on here got a Blender tat?

[buildafire]

Got a Pow Pow gun one which you can kind of see in the book photo I posted, and the praying woman.

Did the intro for the book that drawing above came from too.

[garthvader]

I’ve got a few Blender stickers in the collection if anyones into stickers @skateboardstickeraddict Trying to track down a few of the elusive earlier ones to complete the set.

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Lance on Blender

Lance Mountain Talking About Neil Blender "The Fakie Everybody"

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Grosso on Blender

Loveletters Season 10: Aggro Zone | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding | VANS

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@navitronic

What’s it like hanging out with Tom Penny.

I struggled to know how to/whether I should answer this as I’ve known him for a long time kind of so it feels uncomfortable answering.

I’m going to defer to my Mrs’ comment when she met him for the first time.

“I feel like I just met Gandalf”

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Going to throw this in here too, mainly because I can’t believe it only has 81 views.
Blender’s part from this video gets posted often but the entire video is brilliant.
When this came out it was completely different from ANYTHING else that predated it.
It was also the first time Dinosaur Jr was used with skateboarding.
Watch it all - it’s fantastic.

- YouTube

[buildafire]

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It was also the first time Dinosaur Jr was used with skateboarding.

Savannah Slamma 3, the year before.

[navitronic]

Totally understandable.

The two times I’ve briefly met him/been in his presence (once randomly in an airport and once at a demo), I had a similar reaction to your wife.

[Frontside]

Superb, especially as Steve Claar has a section.

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@buildafire

Savannah Slamma 3, the year before.

Fair but nobody outside of the States saw that.
I was desperate to buy it but it proved impossible.
First use of Dinosaur in a widely available/desired company video then.

[vital]

i just randomly watched speed freaks last week and really enjoyed his part. this also sounds like dinosuar jr and was also 89 (maybe it isnt though i didnt check the credits). how he skated that moonlands place (sadlands?) was so sweet, his mini ramp looks so ridiculously tight.

skeletons quote is all time classic and that artwork above is brilliant

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@Frontside

Superb, especially as Steve Claar has a section.

He had one of the best frontside ollies on vert