Harold Hunter Day II

Hard to believe our beloved friend passed over 2 years ago? We miss you dearly but think of you every day!

Please come and join us in celebrating the life of Harold Hunter on May 17th. Click image to view full flier.

WE LOVE YOU MAN!

Deathbowl to Downtown NYC Premiere

Finally, what every NYC skater from O.G. to Sk8 rat was waiting
to see! The documentary on the History of NYC Skateboarding.
There were so many old and new faces at the premiere.
Just a reminder that skateboarding brought all of these people
together. Here's photos from that night of the premiere and
the after-party at The Tunnel and they had a mini-ramp too!

Jeremy Henderson,Joey Tershay and Buddy

Uptown, Bronx and Queens re-union with
Chris Keeffe, Hamiltion Harris, Mike Hernandez and Bici

Keith Hufnagel, Bici and Joey T.

The after party at the Tunnel was fun!
Hey, what about "A-Ron" having a little too much fun?

Luis was rocking the frontside rocks.

Zered was there

Eli "Big" Reed, Luis "Ollie Champ" Tolentino

Slick Rick doing the security move on a loose Aaron.

Washington Heights Chi-Bone and L.I. Legend Matt Bell

The illest Sk8 thugs in the game.
N.a., Louie, Rick and Javier Nunez.

Javier and I wishing Harold was there.

Rememer, skate Betty's?

Friday, they had the Photo Exhibiton and we all reminisced
again on the good oles days of shredding.

Aaron,Dante,Mike,Chris and The Tershay's

Todd Jordan Mr and Mrs Pang and son Kingsley.
He found the party boring.

The Godfather Jeremy Hendeson with Dante Ross.
Wish you kids were there.It was a memorable night.
SK8 NYC!!!!

Jeremy Henderson in New York

Ok, so how should I begin…?

On Thursday the 8th, the screening of “The New York City Skateboarding Evolution” brought faces I have not seen for many years. Jeremy and Joey Tershay were a few of those in town and most definitely DTS (down to skate). So, what better than to meeting them at the local bowl to get in some slashes, good ol’ brotherhood bonds and laughs. It was also a good time to see Jeremy’s transition back into skateboarding after his near death accident, which limited his balance and his physical movements (his Mojo). Good thing I snuck out my wife’s camera that captured this universal love that initially bought us together. After so many years, you can see in Jeremy, Joey, Kessler, Rick, the dude that put the film together and a photo of Jamal Williams BS/LS at KCDC’s outtakes jam?.
Enjoy the photos and be shurrrrr to check out the insider’s follow up article by Peter Bici, which will cover the night of the screening and much, much more!!

-Peter Huynh

Bici's Zoo York Park

Bici's 48Blocks interview has raised some discusion on the Slap Message board.

Click the image to read up.

That's where we found this Bici Zoo York part.

Baby On Board

Supplies

Old cruiser board
Caster
2 hose clamps
Ratchet strap

What do old skateboarders do with new babies? They try to figure out how to get them on a skateboard as soon as possible.

Remove front truck and the wheel off of the caster and mount it to the top of the deck. Screw the hose clamps 1.5 inches apart on to the rear axle of the strollers so the board won't slide up & down the axle. Strap the skateboard to the rear axle with the ratchet straps and proceed with extreme caution!

Bici on 48Blocks.com

"Skateboarding was so good to me, it opened up my mind to explore the streets and to the road of life." Bici's heart stopping interview is on 48blocks.com. Learn about the look of the century and his skate times in the game of life.

Click the image to read more about UXA's own, Peter Bici!

Skate Lair Video

Our good friends at Skate Lair have posted there video on there site, so peep it or die!

Spike Jones

These photographs were shot back in the day when Spike Jones came to the city on a photography mission. This was way before the days of his popularity as a motion picture director.

Spike started out shooting skateboard and BMX photographs and I was lucky enough to have him shoot my first ever published photo. These were some candid shots during the trip that a friend of mine sent to me because he is working on a photography book with Spike. I hope I am not ruining anything by exposing this stuff on the Internet.


Thanks Spike!





Starring characters from back in 80's
Chris Pastras "Dune"
Qulong Douglas
Jamal Symons
Bruno Musso
Michael Hernandez
Justin Pierce RIP
Jefferson Pang

Back in the NYUXA

This is how we did it in the 80's

UXA's Press: Only In New York

“Only In New York” 

APRIL 25th, 2008 

The A/W 2008 collection from UXA entitled ‘Only In New York’ is a clear and concise concept encapsulating what we call ‘street fundamentalism.’  We took this opportunity to not only showcase our New York skateboarding history and roots, but also to continue our visual advancement and leadership in the skateboarding culture and lifestyle. 

We are proud to introduce our range starting from ‘I Skate NY’ & Lex Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ to ‘UXA x Huf  GIANTS’ – a tribute to the New York and San Francisco Giants championship teams.  A Raekwon piece was in order by way of ‘Lex Diamond’ with Diamond supply co. And this was only the beginning. We also focused on the development of our heavyweight sweatshirt and denim categories that will surely command a presence.  The ’X- Rider’ jeans are cut from vintage Lee 101B’s with modified ’X’ embroidery on the back pockets and the heavyweight hooded zip is engineered to move and keep you super cozy. 

The second release of UXA’s limited board features a photographic collage of New York’s beloved Jeff Pang, Peter Bici, Jeremy Henderson, Rick Ibaseta, Loki, Gio Estevez and Peter Huynh, to name a few. 

The UXA ’Only In New York’ A/W 2008 range will definitely be a heavy hit to the street skateboarding arena. 

Please take a peep and represent. 

Huynh vs Pollock

Can you see what I see?

Peter Huynh sent this to me months ago and I came across it cleaning out my inbox. You would have to pay big bucks to commission a famous artist to do this and here I have them done without request.

Thanks Pete!

King Of Spring

Saturday April 19th 2008 was the King of Spring Contest (no relationship to the King of New York contest held by DC in 2006).

Jefferson Pang was one of the judges. The founder of Vans was actually making free Belgium waffles for the attendees.

This contest was somewhat reminiscent of the infamous Skate NYC contest in Tomkins Square Park during the late 80s.

Thanks to Billy for representing the UXA/DC megaphone throughout the day's events.

Way Back In The UXDay!

Thanks to Eli Gesner for this blast from the past!

From left to right. Dude 1, Eli Gesner (hair farmer), Harold Hunter RIP, Justin Pierce RIP, Ari Marcopoulos , Frank Natielo, Harmony Korine, Giovani Esteves, Jefferson Pang, Rubin Orkin RIP.

Bici In Marie Claire

Hello guys,

I don't know if your mother or girlfriend told you but Bici is in a recent issue of the Marie Claire magazine.

Click on the image to read the suspenseful and informative article.

Bici Rips!

Go UXA!!!