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Back In The Day…
Photos of Mike V demo’ing at the Skate Shack in Lisle, IL way back in 1987. Photos taken by Jason DeFillippo.
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Photos From Yesterday’s Fedorin Cup Charity Hockey Game.
Yesterday, Mike V competed in the Fedorin Cup charity hockey game. Put on by the Athletic Sports Fund of America and held at the Anaheim Ice in Anaheim, CA, many professional hockey players and celebrities gathered to play a fun game of hockey to help raise money for this great cause.
The ASFA was established in 1998 when Eric Fedorin, a 36 year-old local California hockey player was diagnosed with brain cancer. In is his memory, Athletic Sports Fund of America (ASFA) donates event proceeds to worthy causes such as: NHL Hockey Fights Cancer, the American Cancer Society, USC Norris Cancer Center and offer grants to young athletes in need.
Here are a few photos from the afternoon…
Mike V loading up is hockey gear at the homefront in Long Beach.
Arriving on the scene at the Anaheim Ice.
Gearing up for getting down in the locker room.
Mike V, #94, playing for team USA, hits the ice and warms up with the other players.
Sold out crowd!
Ready for the faceoff.
Mike V in the mix.
He’s open! Pass it to Mike!
Mike charging for the puck.
In the end, Team Canada edged out Team USA by one goal.
Group photo with all the players.
All in all is was a great and fun filled afternoon and lots of money was raised for the ASFA!
Glory Bound Tour: Day 32 & 33.
Ladies and gentlemen… The Glory Bound Tour is in the history books! We’ve arrived back in California and no worse for the wear. Mike has pushed on to Malmo, Sweden to compete in the Ultra Bowl II contest, as for the rest of us… A little rest and relaxation perhaps. Whatever everyone ends up doing over the next few days, here are some photos from the last two days of the tour at Skate City in Las Vegas and Skatelab in Simi Valley, California…
Day 32… Skate City in Las Vegas, NV.
Mike skates there so much he has his own reserved parking spot out front.
Mike V is everywhere… Autographed Vallely Skateboards deck hanging in the lobby of Skate City.
All thumbs up from Mike and two of the day’s VIPs.
Robby making a phone call during the quiet before the merch storm.
Autograph sesh after the demo in Vegas.
We woke up on day 33 to find ourselves at Skatelab in Simi Valley. Here, Kristian wasted no time searching out his signed Black Label deck in the extensive Skatelab museum.
The final group of VIPs with Mike in the back of the bus.
Final hangouts on the bus.
JRF handing out DIY or DIE t-shirts after the demo.
This lucky guy walked away the a free ESP guitar after the demo. Hand delivered by Mike V.
OG. No reissue.
Lucy V modeling her new DIY or DIE ghetto gown.
Mike signing the final autographs of the tour and before you knew it, it was over. The end.
Thank you Mike.
See you all next summer.
Glory Bound Tour: Day 28, 29, 30 & 31.
The Glory Bound Tour rolls on! We’re currently westward bound with just two more demos left to go in Las Vegas, NV and Simi Valley, CA and this tour will be in the history books. Here are some photos from the last few days from St Louis, Merriam, KS, Lakewood, CO and a day off in Richfield, UT.
Bus repair blues… This damn bus keeps breaking down!
CJ has had enough and opens up a window after suffering it out on a bus with no AC.
After suffering it out in the worst heat conditions of any demo of the entire tour, the autograph session spilled out to the parking lot below Ramp Riders in St Louis. The lady in red had Duane Peters autograph her ankle to get tattoo’d on her the next day.
The DIY spirit lives on with the homemade DIY or DIE t-shirt.
Another homemade shirt from the Ramp Riders demo, this time featuring the roster of skaters on the tour, sans Adams.
The debut of the “Nomad Shower.” The Louder Than Hell guys soaping up and hosing down Danforth for his first shower of the entire tour.
Overview of the KC Indoor Skatepark in Merriam, KS.
Mike hanging with some of the days VIPs in the front lounge of tour bus #2.
Mike V is everywhere… including inside the pro shop at KC Indoor.
Danforth is everywhere as well.
Mike with the 2nd place Expression Session Jam winner, Reid Watson and his father, Michael in Lakewood, CO.
Mike V with Jacqueline Pearce.
Jacqueline showing of her Mike V inspired tattoo.
Parking lot life… CJ and Bill hanging out into the wee hours on the morning in Lakewood, CO.
Day off today in Richfield, UT. Rest, relaxation, eats, and uploaded today’s episode of Mondays With Mike V.
Only two tour stops left. Be there or be square…
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August 17, 2010
Skate City Skatepark
4915 Steptoe Street
Las Vegas, NV 89122-1925
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August 18, 2010
Skatelab
4226 Valley Fair Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Glory Bound Tour: Day 23, 24, 25, 26 & 27.
We’re still alive! Apologies to everyone who has been following the tours progress from home… it’s been hard to get a photo update online these last few days. Mechanical issues with our bus, lack of any kind of internet connection at some skateparks has set me back a few days and my mind is just about fried. But here we go.. without further delay, here are a few photos from days 23 through 27 of The Glory Bound Tour.
Day 23 kicked off with being woken up in a rain storm and discovering the front lounge of our bus had been flooded out. Here are Colin Sick and Duane Peters doing their part, hanging 10 Teen Wolf style and checking for leaks.
Mark Choiniere down in the lobby of our hotel editing this weeks episode of Mondays With Mike V.
Later in the afternoon I tagged along to a bbq in the Suburbs of Milwaukee. Here is our host, Tim, ready to bbq it up with his Screaming Hand gear.
Duane, Mike, Bill and Kristian ready to get their grub on.
Landshark Wheels cake!
Couldn’t head out till this one had Mike’s signature on it.
Left to right: Duane, Tim, Kristian, Mike and Mike Beer.
Day 24… Demo at 4 Seasons.. Mike V knocking down the vert wall with a tailblock.
Duane signing for a local skater after the demo.
Mike caught these two bad asses at the Good Humor truck getting an ice cream cone.
We finally come face to face with Glennzig at the Killer Skatepark. Here is Glenn showing off autographed Mike V 8×10.
Awesome window painting at The Killer Skatepark.
Bill and Duane got their glory biscuits too.
This is what we’re dealing with here folks.
On day 27 we found ourselves at The Warp Skatepark in Lake In The Hills, IL.
Duane experimented with a dirtboard out in the parking lot before the demo.
Good stock of Mike V guest boards on 1031 Skateboards!
CJ caught in a critical demo moment.
Mike V shuts it down in IL with this wall footplant over the gap. One wrong calculation and his foot would be stuck in those beams.
The proshop at Warp turning into an autograph frenzy post demo.
Mike V and young up and coming ripper. DIY or DIE!
Glory Bound Tour: Day 19, 20, 21 & 22.
The Glory Bound Tour rolls on! After a much needed day off in Edison, NJ we were back on the road and headed to Skate Time 209 in Accord, NY to put on the first ever skate demo there.
Upon arrival, Mat was putting the finishing touches on re-sheeting some of the ramps.
The other half of Skate Time 209 was a roller rink and Duane Peters, CJ and myself took full advantage of the situation.
CJ and Duane taking the action over to the skatepark. Fred Blood eat your heart out.
Svitak going over the rules to the Expression Session best trick contest with the local skaters.
Post demo photo opportunity with Mike V.
End of the night pizza party. Skate Time 209 wins as my personal favorite stop of the tour so far.
The next day ended up being a day off due to a cancellation in Canton, OH. Our bus has been having some electrical issues and we woke up in the early hours of the morning at a bus mechanic.
Left to right: Duane, Bill, our driver Al, Kristian, Mark and CJ.
Day 21: The Flow Skatepark in Columbus, OH.
Behind the scenes of a Mike V photo shoot for a local newspaper.
There’s just too much excitement going on in this photo.
Kristian, Kelley Deal and Mike in the back lounge of the bus after recording some new hit songs.
Our new tour bus arriving in Florence, KY and backing up to the old one.. The source of the electric problems could not be found so we had to call in a new bus.
Next stop:
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August 9, 2010
4 Seasons Skatepark
200 North 25th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233-2559
Glory Bound Tour: Day 16, 17 & 18.
Here we go with the next installment of photos from the road out on the Glory Bound Tour. I’m starting to lose track of time and have no idea what day it is anymore…
I woke up, got off the bus and found myself in the parking lot of the Vertigo Skatepark in Brookfield, CT.
Mike spending time and signing autographs with today’s group of VIPs.
This lucky group scored a fresh batch of DIY or DIE t-shirts.
The Vertigo Skatepark was very small but the guys made the best of it and some of the best skating went down at this demo.
Lucy Vallely signing her second autograph ever!
Mike signing one of his Danbury Whalers’ shirts after the demo.
CJ working the drive thru.
Mike’s first autograph in which he included his upcoming Danbury Whalers jersey number. #22!
Here we are the next day in Mike’s hometown of Edison, NJ with some VIPs on the bus.
When you’re in Mike’s hometown, you never know what artifacts you might come across. Al Battagliotti dug up one of the actual boards that Mike rode back in ’88. Check out the Morrissey lyrics written on the grip tape.
Louder Than Hell Live crankin’ the tunes at the Edison Skatepark.
The early stages of a pre-demo highest ollie contest.
Back on the bus, Lucy Vallely kept us all entertained with some Tom Petty songs on guitar.
Someone painted Mike’s first deck graphics ever and gave it to him as a gift. Timeless.
The day after the demo in Edison, we had our first day off after a string of 10 demos in a row. Most of our group went into New York City for the day. I stayed behind to handle a bit of business and get caught up with some work online. I did manage to break out of the hotel for a couple of hours and hit the streets of Edison. First stop… Tastee Subs.
Next stop was CJS Skates to visit with Al at his shop for awhile. Check out the tip of the iceburg on his Mike V deck collection on display in his shop.
After CJS it was time to see the sights. And by sights I mean go nerd out on some of the local spots that Mike has skated in videos. Here is the infamous graveyard from Public Domain.
Here is the golf banks. As seen skated by Mike V in Public Domain and Rubbish Heap.
Boulevard Of The Eagles. You’ll know one day.
Next stop:
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August 4, 2010
Skate Time 209
5164 Route 209
Accord, NY 12404
Glory Bound Tour: Day 13, 14 & 15.
The Glory Bound Tour continues to roll! We’re right in the middle of a “10 demos in a row” situation with the latest stops being in Rye, NH; Pine Brook, NJ and Shrewsbury, MA. On with the show…
After breaking out of Philadelphia we arrived at the Rye Airfield in the very early hours of the morning.
Some folks decorated their car for the road trip to Rye. Mike V!
Glory Bound!
All the bases covered. Revolution Mother!
One of the people from the pre-demo VIP meet and greets painted the Landshark Wheels logo and brought it to Mike as a gift. Awesome!
The autograph line spills down the hallway as Mike poses for a photo with a fan. Check out that DIY or DIE deck up next in line.
Kristian is in zombie mode after a 90 minute demo and what seems like a never ending autograph line.
Mike and some young fans posing for a photo.
Mark Constance, the second assistant director from Paul Blart: Mall Cop was on the scene.
The Master Of Disaster, Duane Peters over coming his fears of reptiles at GardenSk8.
The classics never die.
This stoked out fellow was given a free ESP guitar after the demo in NJ.
Mark filming an interview with Mike for this coming Monday’s episode of Mondays With Mike V.
It’s not the best photo (probably due to just pointing my camera without looking as I was yelling into a microphone as this was happening) but this is one of Mike’s crazy tricks from the demo in Shrewsbury, MA at Subliminal Skatepark.
Pat is heading home from Subliminal with a brand new DIY or DIE deck from By The Sword Skateboards. Autographed no less.
Next stop:
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August 1, 2010
Vertigo Skatepark
105 Grays Bridge Road
Brookfield, CT 06804-2612
Glory Bound Tour: Day 9, 10, 11 & 12.
Okay, the emails have been coming in asking where the tour updates are so today I’m gonna try to post a few photos real quick. It’s been four days since the last update and we’ve made our way out of the south and up the east coast, stopping at Greenville, SC; Newport News, VA; Baltimore, MD and Philadelphia PA.
The limited Mike V guest deck on 1031 Skateboards on display at the No Name Skatepark in Greenville.
Mike V signing his classic 1988 Elephant deck.
Mike and fellow skater posing for a picture in Greenville.
I woke up in the morning to find this note from Mark. It was time to upload Mondays With Mike V Episode #15.
“Learn it, know it, live it.” – Brad Hamilton.
Parking lot living in Newport News, VA. Mark, Duane and CJ criddlin’ around.
Mike V’s demo closer at Anti Gravity Skatepark… Huge blindside Japan Air. Doesn’t even look real. This Monday’s Mondays With Mike V will have the footage.
Mike V and the Tomesch family. After demo parking lot hang out session.
Bill and Kristian hanging with the kids after the demo.
This guy showed up way too late and missed the entire demo. But he got a photo with Mike V out of it.
Mike and Jason Oliva from House Of Steam.
After demo pizza party. Left to right: Mark, Kristian, CJ, Robbie and Mike.
Too hot inside? Take the autograph signing to the parking lot. Charm City Skatepark.
Don’t see these pop up too often. May 1989 issue of Poweredge. Mike V on the cover from his final days at Powell Peralta.
After demo video interview in Baltimore.
Tour shirt from the first Man Vs Skatepark Tour in 2003.
As we were driving to our hotel we passed by this place… Worlds colliding here… Johnny Rad, Black Flack and pizza. I must eat there next time I am in Baltimore.
Signing a custom poster after the demo at Woodward in Philadelphia.
Johnny Hollywood from Louder Than Hell (DJs on the tour) went out for a late night Philly Cheesesteak and returned looking like this.
Next stop:
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July 29, 2010
Rye Airfield
170 Lafayette Road
Rye, NH 03870
Glory Bound Tour: Day 8.
Here we go… Day 8 of the Glory Bound Tour is in the history books. After having two days off it was great to get back to the skating. Here are a few photos from our day at the Woodward Skatepark in Lawrenceville, GA…
I’ve failed to introduce you to him so far but this is Al, our bus driver. He gets us where we need to go… on time and safely. He’s driving while we’re sleeping.
When we arrived at the park we saw this sign posted on the door. Inconvenience? Uhhh… How about “Sorry kids, your mind will be blown once you walk through these doors due to viewing ripping skating.”
VIPs for the day, the Jernigan family. Membership has it’s privileges.
Just a few of the items available from our daily garage sale.
Almost demo time. The Master Of Disaster, Duane Peters, gearing up for getting down.
Post demo, Bill Danforth photo bombs these two skate fans.
Thumbs up, all across the board.
If you’re a loyal visitor to mikevallely.com then you definitely know the name Shane Sims as he leaves comments on most blog postings. Here is Shane, Mike and friend.
Cyril and Bill chowing down on some Buffalo Wings after the demo. Arrrrgh!!!!
Duane catching up on some reading before lights out.
The bus rolls at 3am. So long Georgia.
Next stop:
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July 25, 2010
No Name Skatepark
1524 Roper Mountain Road
Greenville, SC 29615
A hundred years from now, Mike Vallely (also known as Mike V) will be viewed as one of skateboarding's pioneers. He'll be remembered as a burly, glue-footed, hella-pop artist. An ATV ruler, a poet, and a fighter's fighter. An iconoclast among icons.
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