There’s been tons of drama lately over Spike Jonze’s upcoming live action movie based on one of the amazingly creative children’s story books written of all time, “Where The Wild Things Are.” I’m personally siked because Spike has directed some of the dopest skate videos of all time. There has been word though that this project was a failure to the studio’s target audience. In a test screening, it was rumored that families were walking out of the movie theater, because their children were terrified of the monsters… Sounds rad to me. Anyway, Warner Bros. is thinking about reshooting the entire 75 million dollar movie to make it more “kid-friendly.” Hopefully whatever happens with the final cut, we will get to see the original. Here’s a clip of some test footage from the movie.
This is my good friend Bill Tocco. Those of you in the Skateboard world may remember him as “Taco” he won the Am National vert championships at the Pride Pavilion in AZ in the late 80’s. He was pro for G&S, and had models on Brand X and G&S. Also sponsored by Gullwing, Airwalk, and Town and Country i think…anyhow we used to live together and skate together back in the late 80’s /early 90’s. He is a really interesting artist and will be featured in the Ludwig Holiday-09 collection. As you can see he still rips hard, and still skates at speed. Stay tuned for more info. Photos by Greg Fadell who is another friend from D-town, he is also a Slalom champion
Cool Magazine was one of my favorite magazines growing up. I would skate to Mitsuwa to the magazine stand every month to check out the latest issue. Peep out LUDWIG in COOL Magazine.
It’s open and waiting with limited edition Digital Gravel gear, Harverys bags, and Ludwig clothing. Rivi, Huffer, C-PAS to be added soon. Hours are 11a to 8p every day. We close for good in mid-January so come on down. 722 North Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Entrance on Alpine in the Kim Sing Theatre.
LUDWIG and XLARGE Collabo has finally been shipped to a few selected LUDWIG retailers. and will also be available this Wed in Downtown LA at DG Pop Up Shop.
Tacos trucks are one one of the best things that ever happened to LA. Cheap, delicious, and convenient. Perfect way to end a night. I bet Ben that he couldn’t eat 20 tacos. He tried… and succeeded.
This is a video of a R2-D2 Projector made byNikko. This thing is amazing it is controlled by a remote control that looks like the Millennium falcon, plays HD Movies, Video Games and grabs you beer.
Recently I participated in a group art show put on by the folks at Jailbreak Toys. It was an event that benefited the Obama campaign with all the proceeds going to help get him elected. They sent all of us these blank white Obama action figures to paint any way we wanted. I just found this ebay link to the 3 that i did…i called them, “Running Red, White, and Blue….pretty cool that someone purchased it for $152.50. Now i want to buy it back~! I think these things are going to be collectables. Damn!
This Wed Nov 12th, we would like to introduce the Digital Gravel x LUDWIG Pop up store in Downtown Los Angeles. It’s a perfect place to pick up some exclusive LUDWIG product and select Digital Gravel accessories for the holiday season. We are offering the first 20 people that visit the store a free Palin ‘Nope’ tee along w/ a discount on LUDWIG clothing. Stop by to shop and have a drink. There will be Asahi on deck. Don’t Sleep! -See you there!
