John Holland ( aka J Holla)'s Blog (11)

This week on freaked our Fridays…..IS BAM MARGERA A SELL OUT? How many of you remember CKY?(Camp Kill Yourself) the old landspeed wheels videos. These videos were really funny. I thought Bam and his boys were creative and put a twist on your normal skate videos. A twist mimicked by a lot of other companies since then. Did you know Bam put up his own money to finance the making,editing and mass producing of the first CKY videos? This is the incarnation of what turned into Jackass on MTV. When thi… Continue

This week on freaked our Fridays…..IS BAM MARGERA A SELL OUT? How many of you remember CKY?(Camp Kill Yourself) the old landspeed wheels videos. These videos were really funny. I thought Bam and his boys were creative and put a twist on your normal skate videos. A twist mimicked by a lot of other companies since then. Did you know Bam put up his own money to finance the making,editing and mass producing of the first CKY videos? This is the incarnation of what turned into Jackass on MTV. When thi… Continue

this week i'm going to talk about sponsorship. The wonderful thing that helps you not work and skate all the time. First and foremost , DO NOT SKATE TO GET SPONSORED. if you are skateboarding just to get sponsored just quit now, because you have no clue what skating is all about and that is unfortunate. This is commonly said in the skateboarding community. Do a lot of kids aspire to get sponsored...sure. but it can't be your ultimate goal. Don't get me wrong we all want free stuff and want to re… Continue

I have returned to do more freaked out fridays..... A while back I was reading a certian hip hop publication, to remain unamed as to not thow dirt on anyone, and saw an article on skateboarding. Naturally I gravitated to the story about my passion, only to find that they only interviewed black Skateboarders. Hold on junior Klansmen. I AM NOT, IN ANYWAY SHAPE OR FORM A RACIST. I have respect for all. To qoute Dr. King: " I judge men on the content of their character rather than the color of their… Continue

wow it has been a while...ok this weeks topic is kids at the park that dont skate (aka Posers).this reporter has come to a few conclusions over the last few weeks of obsevation. I have noticed kids at the park who have boards but don't skate...first and foremost how could have a board and not skate? wow that really gets me. So these kids have boards but cant do a single trick. no offense to the kiddies just getting into skateboarding who can't do any tricks(you guys and girls are trying)yet.I'm… Continue

i asked the question: Is Skateboarding a sport?......Needless to say i got a bunch of responses..some yes some no. First, How I feel: Skateboarding is NOT a sport. Basketball,baseball,golf,football and soccer are sports. ESPN has trained people to group skateboarbing in with other sports. the X-games and Mountian dew tours has done the same thing. It's disgusting to me. Don't get it twisted I'm stoked for the guys who do those circut contests, they are making money and surviving by being on thei… Continue

the topic on everybody's mind....koston's new sponsor...yes it is nike SB. this reporter has mixed feelings about Nike in being in skateboarding in the first place. let's weigh the pros and cons shall we? cons first: 1 nike is a blood sucking corparation that is riding the jock of whatever happens to be popular at the time.2 nike didn't want anything to do with skateboarding in the late 80's and early to middle-late 90's when the bottom fell out and we had to build back up again. where were they… Continue

RAIN.....it's sucks (but is needed for grass and trees to grow). so this weeks topic of discussion is:what to do when it rains? you can go to an indoor park. this can go a couple of ways....first you can know the dudes and get in for free and not wear pads(right on) second you can pay out your ass to get in for a limited time and have to wear full pads(sucks). This raises some questions: why are there sessions? why do they charge seperatly for each one? who owns a full set of pads?(sans for all… Continue

I decided to put off goofy vs. regular so I can bring this to your attention.....Fresh vs. Hesh. Before I get into this. Let me make this clear..... WE are all skateboarders. Striving for the same common goals.(i.e. better parks, no cops at street spots,people that want to film and take photos, landing tricks with style, etc..). This kind of division is happening among us. If you like Corey duffel you can't like Stevie Williams (this has nothing to do with the completly blown out of proportion b… Continue

hello again from the muddy banks of the Chesapeake...this week we will tackle the topic of MONGO pushing. Mongo pushig is becoming more and more prevelant among the younger kids who are picking up boards. For those of you that don't skateboard ( which raises another question ...what the hell are you doing on the berrics in the first place?? but that is niether here nor there) mongo pushing is when an someone uses their front foot to push them on the board while leaving the back foot on the board… Continue

so i have devised a system for labling fat girls(a little cruel i know). You may have heard some of this before. Starting with the first adjective: FUPA ( Foo Pa) this is actullay an acronym for Fat Upper Pussy Area. it has also been refered to as a front butt and a Kangaroo pouch. This occurs when a girl has what appears to be an a second butt on the front. this can be shown off by spandex and strech pants(which in this reporters opinion should have a weight limit to buy and wear) This happens… Continue