Soulfull pipe skating.
$lave was started in 2007 by artist Ben Horton with backing from Jamie Thomas, who had quite the skateboard empire going at the time. A couple of the team riders shuffled over from Zero and Mystery. They also found a few fresh new faces. Their big video was Radio-Television from 2009, which I've never seen. I believe it had a big impact on the younger generation of skaters that year, but I missed it in the shuffle. It happens. As I've said before, I'm a fan of Ben's art and dig the $lave ads. I don't think the company is still going today, but I might be wrong about that.
Conhuir is from Belfast, Ireland. He rode for Blueprint and $lave. His footwear sponsors included Etnies, DC, and Vox. He's into cooking, guitar playing, and cycling. Conhuir had a pretty solid frontside flip and some all around street skills.
The photo is probably by Stuart Robinson.
Thrasher - January 2008 Volume 28 Number 1
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Radio-Televison is very good. Take the time to check it out.
--Rikku .Markka
I tired to get one of their "Weapons of Bass Destruction" trucker hats sent to the frozen north - it was move convoluted than a Dan Brown plot - so I ended up with an Expedition One hat from when Wu Welsh made them into a hunting and fishing themed company.
Ah, Rob's country phase.
I have started watching Radio-Television. It feels like an eternity ago.
I watched most of Radio-Television. It definitely could have been shorter. It matched the art and mood of the ads, which was cool, but it got repetitive after a while so I gave up. The music was so-so, but also very much of a video from 2009.
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