“The tax man’s taken all my dough… and all I’ve got’s this sunny afternoon.” — The Kinks
Even when Kevin Coakley, Mr. Shier-Shier, and Gareth Stehr aren’t skateboarding and filming… they are out skateboarding and filming. This time, The Shierness was operating the camera in order to document the good times.
This certainly isn’t new or anything, but the skate department over at ESPN recently interviewed the intergalactic Gareth Stehr. Over the many years of his prolific career, he has been down, and he has been out: But he has never been down & out. He is living proof that if you skate like a pillaging pirate, things always fall into place. After reading the full interview, you should also check out Scary Gary’s own blog, Dirt Squid. Photos by Joe Hammeke.
Gareth Stehr was interviewed in the latest issue of Acclaim Magazine. If you can locate a copy, Edition #22 is worth picking up because Gareth shares pages with other inspiring features about Michael Lau, CLOT, Lizard King, Adrian Lopez, and DPM. Speaking of doll faces, we are slowly migrating our Old Facebook Profile to an actual FB Company Page, so be sure to click the thumb with your index finger to participate in the party.
Dies ist Gareth Stehr und Patrick Melcher im deutschen Fernsehen genießen Sie bitte. Die Freakskater Von LA, Part 2 of 2!
Hung out with Gareth Stehr the other day and talked about art, motorcycles, and good places to eat in Los Angeles. He’s been working on his bike for a while and soon it will be ready to hit the road, the ultimate motorized vehicle for seeking retribution and good times. There will be some exciting things coming from Mr. Stehr soon. You might want to know that Gary skates the 53mm Hipster Killers.
Photo by Kelly Williams
Scary Gary photo courtesy of Comune Clothing
Photo courtesy of Shad Lambert for The Skateboard Mag
Steve Olson recently interviewed Gareth Stehr for the latest issue of JUICE Magazine. We suggest that you pick up a copy and check it out because Steve has a bitchin way of interviewing skaters that really reveals how much they love skating. There are some rad never-before-seen photos of Gareth, too. He also talks about his art, what it was like growing up skating in New Zealand, and how he paid his own way to the United States to embark on his journey to skate every day.
While the government has been preparing to launch the X-37B top secret space craft, Broadcast has been preparing to launch its own form of secret weapon: Billy Davenport. Zoom back to last weekend: the First Annual Make-A-Wish Skate Jam at Hollenbeck Skate Park. Some of the attendees were Eric Koston, Lance Mountain, Darrel Stanton, Mark Appleyard, Steve Berra, Chris Pastras, Jeremy Wray, Gareth Stehr, Danny Supa, Johnny Layton, Malcom Watson, Theotis Beasley, Andrew Pott, Levi Brown, and many others. Even P-Rod and Sheckler showed up for some interviews, but I ain’t gonna talk about those cats. The one really worth mentioning is Broadcast Am Billy Davenport. Before the contest, friends of Billy already knew that he ripped; but after the contest, he has become a household name amongst not only those who were in attendance, but also anyone who has received word of his refrigerator-high frontslide flips off the wedge, bigspin boardslides down the rail, nollie heelflips, long-arse front crooks, quick and smooth back blunts, yada yada. He was gobbling it all up like some kind of hungry cereal box mascot, and despite the aforementioned VIP list, all eyes were on Billy Davenport for most of the day. Photos are courtesy of whatever website we pulled them from (can’t remember). Thanks guys, and congrats to Billy for receiving the unprompted but well deserved Overall Ripper Award. Watch the video here.
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The fine folks over at 2HeadedHorse present to you this visual delight starring Broadcaster Patrick Melcher. Can you find Waldo Gareth? And if you roll like Melcher, you get interviewed for GQ and shiz. Check his Gentleman Quarterly interview here.
Next Thursday, April 22nd, Gareth Stehr and several of our other friends will be participating in Modern Primitives, a group exhibit to benefit Earth Day. A few days after that, Blueprint Skateboards will be hosting the Los Angeles premiere of Make Friends With The Color Blue. You know that Kevin Coakley’s part is going to amaze, and of course Paul Shier has been working hard on making sure this is one of the best videos you’ll ever watch.
This Friday, April 2nd is the opening party for a new art show featuring the work of Gareth Stehr. Behold The Black Light will be somewhat of an antiexhibit backed by the zounds of Green & Wood and others. Regardless of your affinity for stoner doom rock, you’ll want to attend.
