Rick Howard

All right, younglings, if you are getting tired of hearing the old ones pontificating on "having it", well, here is all this talk is based on… With a little luck, this should speak to you… Well, let's hope so!

A little look back, to the blessed (?) era of the Year 2000, when pants were baggier and with horrible cuts, and the shoes… Ah, the shoes… But let's stay focused on what matters: a time when Girl and Chocolate were at the top of the food chain, and for one reason –and the best of all– a team unduplicable (if that's even a word) for its talent pool of course, but also its styles. And, no, that post is not addressing only to those of us that are trying to hide a burgeoning belly under a hat from the latest drop. No, and this is the true beauty of skateboarding: it can be timeless, like a flatland switch pop shove-it by Stevie Williams. Yes, you read right. Why don't you check for yourself? You could get inspired…

It''s Sunday, let's take our time, and here the time to look back at a times where things were simpler… Then again, if you truly analyze Mike Carroll or Gabriel Rodriguez skating, you will spot nothing "easy". One can also just sit down and enjoy the vast array of flows displayed here!

Yes, you will be able to see Rick Howard skate, and if this wouldn't be enough for you, Marc Johnson noseslides a mountain, and Rick McCrank murders it all…

A little look back at a time where things might not have been more simple, but they sure looked like it… And, yes, Chocolate is about to turn 20! And no, Paulo Diaz hasn't changed one bit since, since… Forever? You can not buy style: you got it or you don't.