Eric Ruwadi

Someone once said that death was the one appointment we all must keep and for which no time is set... This could not have rang more true as we mourn our fallen brother Eric Ruwadi who has since passed on. For those who knew and loved him, he was a man of few words who lived a hard life and skated even harder.

Eric, we were all proud to ride beside you and we will never forget you.

Rest in peace.

Metal

Eric's wake will be held this Thurs June 18th 2-4 and 7-9 Condon Funeral Home
804 Route 36
Leonardo NJ
If you can't make it out you can also go HERE and pay your respects

This Is The Alien Workshop!!!!

If you couldn't make it to NYC cause you were afraid of the snow or just couldn't get in come out to DE on friday and check out Mind Field. This is the way skate vids should be and I gotta say it took me back to the first time I saw Memory Screen, if you even know what that is.....

Hell-A-Daze, Hangovers & BJL

I'm still a little dazed out from this shitty time of year, I mean what else is there to do but party, ya figure everyone else seems happy so I might as well act it. It's strange how a fat fuck in a red suit makes people smile, what kinda shit is that. Lets get me and Puffy in a red suit and see if people smile...... Anyways
We had a full week with the Thrasher party in Hoboken on Tuesday. I had this whole story ready to write about this girl in a black hat that came outta the alley and blew her way to victory, all true of course but then i said fuck it, I'll let you decide who Blow Job Lisa really is and the mess she left on toast.......

The Town Were It All Began

Get down to Asbury on Oct 18th and see if Bob Loseedo Really Wears A Speedo.

Psycho 78, 12 O'Clock, Don't Be Late

What else can I say, the death match was sick and we got to skate all weekend outside. Can't ask for much more then that.

Thrasher Video And Roller Derby In Brick City!!!!

Come Out Sat Night To Division East II & Garden Sk8 To See The Thrasher Vid And Then In 2 Weeks To See Out Favorite Two Roller Girls Play In Good Old Newark NJ

5 Minutes Alone!

Lou Metal

Photos By Magaziner & Mehring, Interview By Binaco

Is there any difference between the character "Lou Metal" and the real Louis Cuccaro?
One will live, one will die, not sure witch one yet.

What are your 5 favorite metal albums of all time?
Off the top of my head in no order I'd say Megadeth "Peace Sells", Slayer "Reign In Blood", King Diamond "Fatal Portrait", Testament "The Gathering", and last but not least Black Sabbath "Black Sabbath" These are just the albums that you can put in and listen to front to back and they just fit.

We've been skating since we were kids. Paths cross and only a few of us made it this far. You're now in your 30's still riding on the regular. What part of your anatomy bothers you the most?
Pretty much everything hurts at some point but I'd say my knees are the worst followed up by back, neck and i get some wicked shin splints from time to time. I got a pulled rotator cuff witch should be the worse but for some reason it's pretty mellow right now.

I pop a lot of pain killers to keep my body numb.What's your relief method?
I guess i kinda suck it up, take a day or two off and use a lot of ice and balms. i rarely ever take pills anymore for pain, its gotta be real bad for that. I try to keep in better shape, I feel if I just stay active I have a easier time with the pain and getting hurt.

Early 90's METAL Philly night missions. What was it like skating on acid?
Well I guess it was fun at the time, we were on some sick shit back then, it was straight sleep all day and skate all night till dawn, true vampires. Those days are long gone and even though they were good times I'm glad I'm not on that schedule any more that's for sure.

I remember your cameo in the Sub Zero video during that era. I also remember going to LOVE during that era and seeing a lot of fights and board-jacking. Do you remember that period?
I remember it all, most of that shit was just stupid. One time were all sitting there and one of those ghetto kids came up asking to ride our boards, i was like fuck this and skated away but Ruwadi said sure cause it was one of Steve's boys, well the mother fucker skated off and right outta the park. The fights happened all the time, bums, skaters, you'd see it all at some point. It came down to it were we'd skate love at 2 in the morning spun out, those right there were the best sessions ever then we'd creep into the subways and things really got interesting.

What's harder to break out of... bad relationship or a drug habit?
I could say drugs are way easier to kick that's for sure, relationships not so easy.

Skateboarding wasn't cool when we were kids. We were outcasts. Only a certain type of person would skate. Now that shit is prime time entertainment. What happen?
Yea it is what it is that's for sure but I think were still outcasts, none of the people I skate with fit that image there portraying on TV. I just can't get over the kids that come in the shop sweating those clowns, I never took skateboarding for that, its just weird, back in the day all we had were mags and vids now its everywhere on TV and they even got there own channel i think, fool TV....

What do you think made the first METAL video "D.O.D." stand out so much in the endless sea of typical skate videos?
I guess cause we've been around so long but kept it underground, it was like the first major video we did, after that came out some people were saying they been waiting a long time for that. It was good to do, I wasn't really into it at the time now wishing I was but it's all good.

That shit is almost 3 years old now but I think more people are getting interested after seeing that piece in Transworld and now that Steve Durante is finally getting his name out there and of course Freddys' part and Bill Danforth.
Whose going to have full parts in "LAST CALL"?
Its hard to say, i think its gonna be a pretty short vid but that's what i thought about the last one and it was like 40 minutes. For parts Me, Fred, Steve for sure, hopefully you, there will be a pretty big friends section cause a lot of the guys that had parts in the last one ain't up to it now, Times change and a lot of the guys have moved on, got married, got jobs, totally went insane or just had other normal life changes. Aside from Last Call there might be a Metal documentary also in the works.

What's your take on the current New Jersey skate scene, including shops?
Well I don't really follow cliques or crews, you see them here and there, some are cool some are fool, i guess it just depends on who were talking about. It's always nice when you get these clowns that come outta the blue with some cheesy skate company or shop and start running there bizz around being from Jersey, I mean we've been doing this for 13 years, longer than anyone here and when we started focusing on Jersey as a company people were getting down on it and saying it wont go anywhere outside of here. Now it's like cool to do that, its played out big time. Just look how many people are trying to claim Asbury Park, when i see that shit i laugh, I mean were all OG Casino heads here, and the ones that ran the up keep on that pool, unless you can say that ya might as well fuck off.
As far as shops, the ones sell our shit are real supportive and always keep shit stocked, Barewires, NJ, DE, Domestics, Standard, those are the only shops that matter and are true to our cause.

Skate politics is a shady bitch but I think it's necessary to keep the blood flowing. Sometimes people need to get dealt with. Have you run into any shady dealings running METAL all these years?
Of course, In the begging like 95-96 this whole company was based on shady, I mean half the guys not with us anymore is cause they did or were doing shady shit, got caught, got banned, whatever, its just not my deal, i don't have time for that shit anymore.

Are there any new METAL/HABITAT collaborations in the works?
We'll see, Freddy might do another Metal guest board for the fall/winter, theres a Habitat/Metal deck out now and I got some other shit in the works but it has nothing to do with skating so we'll see.

Give thanks and praise?
The people that give us and myself support and have been down since day one, they all know who they are and they all know who they aren't.

Fucktarts On 4th St

Where to start.......
Our good friends at Nine Lives Skateshop had us out to Jersey City Saturday afternoon to do a demo at an arts festival were they close off the street and have a block party. At first I figured it was gonna be all art fags which there were but I was surprised to find a decent amount or normal people there, and about 100 skaters showed up which I was really surprised about. When we got there it was pretty mellow, we skated, some a lot less then others but hell when the beer started showing up how can you focus on skating anyways, it was one big party. Over the next hour our crew grew and grew, ya had our Local 666 Metal crew which was about 8 deep and then Jersey Dave and his crew rolled up and as I turn the other way I see our NYC crew which was pretty tight cause Jad & Johnny brought some fine FIT ladies with them and that's always a treat and just when i though it was over here comes the Wolfpack. At this point were holding it down with over 20 heads on the side line and pretty much just hanging with all the kids that came down to see us skate. As I look around I keep seeing more and more 30 packs showing up, about 90 beers in all and this is were things went down hill..... But Not For Us!
If you know this crew you know after a few beers were like a fined tuned machine, at this point it was time to lurk. I had my eyes on a tight pair of leather pants, Dave was all about the FIT-ites, the Wolfpack was all over each other, not that theres anything wrong with that, and everyone else was on camera duties or just doing there own thing. This went on for about a hour and people weren't really feeling our crew except for the kids that skated and knew what was up and that was a perfect time for the product to be tossed, off a roof that is. Freddy jumps up on this roof and onto the fire escape at this point the fire marshals are tripping yelling for him to get down but all these kids are waiting for the product to fly so in true Metal fashion he just starts chucking shit off and the kids go nuts.This homo in a V-neck comes running over screaming at Josh from 9-Lives telling him to stop all this right away, now if you ever been in or near a product toss ya damn well know it just don't stop. After all the smoke cleared we were told to take our party around the block and we were told we couldn't drink our beer and had to pay for beers, I guess these guys didn't realize us coming there brought in all these skaters that were eating and buying shit but whatever it was time to wait for night to fall.....
Once this happened it was all down hill, everyone was getting sick, Fred lost his keys which put my car at 11 passengers, we were all wet from skating and it was getting cold out and we tried to go skate a "private" ramp, now that's a whole nother story but guys ya think i never picked a lock like that before, can't wait to see ya around some of our "private" spots. I dropped 4 off at the train and the rest just drove home and that's about all i could take for the day. I'm glad were done for the winter,maybe we'll be back doing this stuff next spring.... maybe not.

Jersey City Oct 4th

Habitat/Metal Demo For Nine Lives Skateshop

Metal Fall/Winter

DECKS:
Danforth 8.75
Asbury 8.25
Casino 8
Asbury 7.75
DOD Logo 7.5
Sea Horse 7.5

Hell Is Real

Vlad III

Asbury Park White

Asbury Park Black

All Shirts Come In S,M,L,XL

Vote For Fred!!!

Vote for the next Hubba ad for Freds guest wheel called The Toxic Avenger
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Fred Gall Is New Jersey's Toxic Avenger

Check out Freds new wheel from Hubba called the "Toxic Avenger", Limitied to 300 set's so get em wile you can, Cause you never knows whats next.......

A Whore Named Hanna

The Calm Before The Storm
Photos By Magaziner & Metal

Friday afternoon we headed up to Connecticut for the 4th annual American Nomad BBQ. The weekend started out nice but i knew what was to follow in the coming days. On arrival we got there early enough to skate the ramp for a bit and cook some steaks before setting up the camp site. That night I woke up to some rain but by morning it was over and it started to dry up, or so I thought. We got out early and went right to Weathersfield skate park and dried it up enough to skate but that only lasted about 2 hours. Everyone was still in skate mode and I was out voted so we ended up driving down to Academy Skatepark. They built some ghetto concrete in the lot so i ended up skating that for a bit and most of the other guys just walked in and skated the mini. Once I cracked a beer and sat on the bumper to relax the next thing you know, one by one everyone starts coming out, funny how things work. We pretty much drove down there to have a party in the lot, that was till the rain started to pick up, the bitch had finally arrived!!! We figured it be a good time to head back witch was away from the storm. On the way back there was a Cabela's near the camp site so we hit it up for awhile, about 3 hours, I mean this place is big and it was a nice stop to clean up, shit and piss and anything else we had to do like pick up a few toys, yup right to the gun department. After talking to the sales man he made it clear we would not be able to buy any guns that day but pointed us to the automatic BB Guns and said there just as good but all you need is to be 18 and we were sold. Now it was about 5 o'clock and I wanted to get back to make sure all our gear was dry before the full storm hit, well that was just a dream cause on the way it hit. The rain was so bad we were doing about 35mph on the highway and the wind was insane. When we got back everything was bone dry, well almost everything. Will Beaver forgot to drag his tent under our big tarped out area and there was a full on lake in there. No worries for me or any of the other guys so we went right to what we do best, food and drinks. BBQing in a hurricane is not the easiest thing, its dark and windy and you cant tell if the food cooked or not although we found out the next morning it really wasn't.

























The Day After

The next day we woke to sunshine and it dried up quick so we broke down camp and started the day off, dumps in the woods and McDonald's breakfast never felt so good. I guess we woke everyone up from the guys who were skating and the rest of us shooting guns and then people started showing up and the food started to cook. We hung out there all day, watched Bill have his front rock contest, stared at a pair of boobs, ate some raw food and even got to see Hippie Dave shoot Will Beaver in the leg with the BB gun witch was my highlight of the day. After all this it was time to head home, we got back to the city around 8 o'clock and hung out on my favorite block for a bit before heading back to Jersey. Thanks to Jay Kelly and Bill Danforth for having us out again, like i told them this is the one trip I really look forward to each year so we'll sure as hell see you again in a year.

Habitat/Metal Collab

Fred Gall/Lou Metal Hellbird Collab
8.25/32.25
Available Now

Pocket Lint

The things people hand out in NYC, by the end of the day i had a pocket full of shit.

New Shirts In Stock

Available In S,M,L,XL
Asury Park Chapter


Vlad III The Impaler

Why Lie, I Need A Beer

It's been awhile since I went out and skated with the OG crew so Sat afternoon I decided to head out to the Bronx with them and try to get some shit filmed for the Metal video. Long story short we ended up hitting all 5 boro's some how, got to skate a spot right in the middle of a sick chop top car show and ate some good Mexican food. Will someone tell Andrew to steer clear of the hot sauce next time, he even shed a tear, and then later probably shad in his pants.

5 Minutes Alone!

Andrew Mclaughlin

Interview by Dave Dowd, Photos by Brad Wescott


What's your favorite and least favorite tattoo?
They all bother me sometimes, the boner bolts tattoo isn't the same consistent idea that the rest are i guess and the porgies bird least probably its the blacked out one on my side.

So why no Metal tattoo, you don't love Metal?
I'll do it

Do it today, I'll get one too, Lou deserves it.
OK.



So what's the deal with this new skate park you've been working on?
Jerseys finally going to have something worth while to skate again, it'll finally have a ramp with vert on it

Yeah I'm psyched...are you going to learn 540s?
Padless



Wow... that's really something... so you'll be working there too?.. in case any of your fans want to know where to find you come the fall?
Yeah ill be there, to all my fans

I read somewhere on the internet that you are filming for a new video part... is that true?
Kinda, we bring the camera on trips and sometimes there's footage afterwards



Cool... well i know everyone is really looking forward to it, so should we wrap this thing up?
Sure

Sponsors and thank yous?
You and Lou, and Todd for getting the ball rolling on the new park and brad for the photos

Go Mets?
Go Mets!

Nuke Gay Whales For Jesus

Well right from the start this whole story more then likely won't make a damn bit of sense but its the truth and I just want the right answer.
It's always a good time on the road, more lately then in the past, not sure why but it is, I mean its an easy run anywhere on the east coast, I just go to escape the bullshit and keep my mind off shit and well these guys they just want to skate. Friday night i rallied the local crew and convinced them to go on a camping skate trip for the weekend, kinda like a pre American Nomad BBQ warm up and Connecticut was the destination. When we got up there we really had no were to go so we skated a few parks and tried to find a camp site and as always on nice weekends there is no sites or hotels vacant. At this point we've been in the car for 4 plus hours and needed find a place to stay. We decided to head over to Norwich witch worked out cause Jeff from Worship said he'd put us up and we could camp in his yard so we went right to the store, picked up a big ass bag of hot dogs to grill and a case or King Cobra 40's, this was the point I realized the night was gonna hurt. By the time we got there ate and drank everyone was so fucked up we had quite a hard time setting up camp, so much that only half the guy could get up there tents, I mean common guys, when you turn around and you got the local girls whipping up these tent in a matter of minutes it kinda puts you to shame. After that we got to skate the ramp and see Jad front flip over a fence, hippie Dave pull a Lougains off the deck and Charlie win a game of skate in flip flops. After all this and my usual 2 beers it was time for bed.
The next day we woke up rather early, popped as many Advil's as we could and hit the road, I mean we did come up here to skate, well maybe not. Once we got to the park warmed up and got ready to shoot photos we realized we forgot half the gear, like flash stands, tapes for the camera, oh and the most important thing, Connecticut does not sell beer on Sundays!!!!! Well we shared our last King Cobra, shot photos using zip ties and Dave as our light stands and got some major sunburn. Come 4o'clock it was time to hit the road and with a quick nap stop at Jad's parents so he could shower and then a coffee break we were on our way. Funny how one night could feel like a month, but it always does. Out of all this, whatever this weekend was to each of these guys, the one thing I really want to know is what the hell is "Nuke Gay Whales For Jesus"????? Can someone answer this!

JSRG Sept 20th

Asbury Park Sept 20th, Maybe I'll See Ya, Then Again Maybe I Won't
Good Luck!

GRAY'S

NYC has Good Hot Dogs And Some Nice Ass

5 Minutes Alone!

DONNY BINACO

Interview by Zappo, Photos by Magaziner & Malpass


Where have you been riding lately?
Besides hitting up Trenton & NYC for skate purposes, I try to avoid the cities, they're shitholes jam packed with douchebags. Lately I've been mentoring some young guns from my hood. Showing them there's no rules to skateboarding, how anything goes. I got stoked watching them learn wallrides the other day. There's too many Sheckler clones running around skating for the wrong reasons. These are the clowns that inhabit the skateparks. I try to stay away from the skatepark situation. Skateparks are like a retirement home. Everything is laid out for you perfect. You get spoiled. You forget how sick bombing a hill is or skating through traffic.

What are your thoughts on the current skate scene?
It's nice to be able to really say what I think because I don't depend on skateboarding for anything. I have nothing to sell you. Most people in the industry have tape over their mouth. This year appears to be the year of the do it yourself joke skate company & do it yourself wanna-be Transworld videos. They're coming out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Swamp Ass Skateboards represent. If your one of these guys doing these art fag skate videos, cut it out. All these wacky motherfuckers are pro now. Being "pro" don't mean shit no more. It's a freakshow out there. It's also funny when new videos come out from big companies and nobody buys it because it's already on You Tube.

Why did you take your name off the Asbury Metal board?
Because I wasn't skating on that level anymore and I didn't wanna front. I'm 34 years old. I didn't want to kill myself anymore. I got married. Spending more time with my children. There's alot of reasons. I'm stoked the Asbury graphic is the top selling single board in Jersey for like 3 years straight. Casino!

So what's it like skating at 34?
I look at the Gonz whose like 40 and he keeps me from being a complete pile. Pain killer abuse and avoiding stairs helps. Bottom line is I'm a skateboarder, an outsider, and I'll be riding until my body quits taking orders.

Do kids still recognize you from your Love Park trick?
Yeah. I still get the "You're the guy that airwalked Love!" from kids all the time. That was 10 years ago but I don't think I'll ever live that shit down. I thought about going back to land the pop-shuvit Japan but never got the balls up.

Who gets the nod?
My wife Stephanie who works at Slut Hut for killing Celebrity Biank. Lou for holding Metal down through all the bullshit. We own Jersey. Anyone else that hooks it up, Darin at Nike and Jad at Agent Orange Photos.

BBQ Nights

We used to live off chicken & whiskey!

Pon-Time

You know the saying, if ya got nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all, well that's just a saying. Charlie won hands down, we know it and even a judge or two knew it, they were just out voted by the drunk ones that were more worried about seeing titties then watching the guys skate, i guess it also pays to lick balls when you get there, and some fat balls they were. Warp tour always been pretty shitty, I miss the times when it was in Asbury at the skate park, It was just the local kids in these things, but I guess the past is the past and now all the local kids gotta step up to the sponsored Pre Madonna's, just remember guys, your getting beat by a 17 year old that skates for the sake of skating, those are the true pro's in my mind.

Dusty Tapes

I Took Time Yesterday To Dig Out Some Old Shit And This Is What I Came Up With, Lou Metal 1989-1990 And Casino Skate Park 1998.

Greetings From Asbury Park

Between the Skaters, Pitch & Putters, and the Kick Baller's I seen enough.

Let's Put a Smile on that Face

Well what can I say, Trenton Makes, The World Takes. Last night we headed out there to try and get some skating in. It worked out for some, I manged to score pills, the Vets out there sell them on the street 4 for 10$ witch is a damn good deal if ya ask me, I mean my scrips are cheaper but hell, this ain't no pharmacist were dealing with. After that we decided to try and hit the last showing of the Dark Knight. Over all I'd say it was a good night..... For me at least

Grandma Got My Stash!!!!

NYC, Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Loose, And Sometimes You See A Suit Walking Down 42nd St With A Surfboard Under His Arm?

RIGHT COAST

Right Coast Rollers Are Four 4 Four, Who's Next? I Smell Murder!!!!!

I Hate Monday's!!!!

The annual Amateur Athlete demo was yesterday and what can i say, we spent more time harassing the skanks selling raffle tickets then skating that's for sure, in fact I didn't even touch a skateboard except to skate to the pizza shop for a slice. Steve and Bobby Worest had some harsh 20$ games of skate. Not much more to say, these pictures speak for themselves.

Cat Fight!!!!!

Come See The Roller Girls Box It Out June 27th


And Then Come Out To Asbury On The 12th To See Them Do What They Do Best

HELL IS REAL OHIO, BELIEVE IT

This month has been one busy one for most us with a lot of road time and miles put in. Fred went on the first leg of the Indy 30 year tour, came home then decided to get us to go on part of the second leg but first jump onto the Habitat cross country tour. Two days after he got home we packed the car with all the gear and drove out to Cincinnati OH to meet up with Joe Brook to finish there tour with them. The first day we met Brook who had just picked up Peabody from the Greyhound station. Straight off the bat we start driving around looking for spots and take a wrong turn ending up in the pit of shit ditch, this is a giant skinny concrete vert ramp. Peabody jumped right in, rolled in and broke his wrist. This kid spend almost 40 hours on a bus and now first hit outta the van and splat. Like the trooper he is he got right up and killed the shit ditch. After that we headed up to Dayton to a private back yard pool were Silas, Stephan and Peabody initiated this thing. From this night on the tour just went like any other normal tour but then it was time to go out to Skatetopia to meet the Indy crew............ now things got interesting!








SKATETOPIA
Well if you been there you know, if you haven't you herd the stories. This place is hands down the craziest skate spot on the face of the earth, anything goes and trust me it did. This weekend consisted of thousands of freaks, mud and more fireworks then the Macy's forth of July spectacular. There was little or no sleeping had and if we were lucky we ate. the first night all the freaks were out, topless scags were creeping all over. I finally went to bed at dawn yet to be woken up by Fred a little over an hour later telling me they trashed some car up on the hill so i walked up there to see a destroyed car and when i asked someone what happened they said some drunk girl tried to leave but hit 3 cars on the way out, witch was not good for her. After that I pretty much slept all day and then about 6o'clock the Indy guys rolled up a full 24 hours late. Seems like the Indy hot rod was no more, it broke down somewhere outside of Pittsburgh PA so they left it. Half the crew spent the night and the others headed out to louisville witch was the next stop. I stayed up till about 4am to watch Nylist play then it was off to bed, if you can call it that, a full 4 hours. The next morning we said goodbye to skatetopia and headed out to Louisville KY for a little all night skate shesh.




















LOUISVILLE
Everyone was burned out by this point, half the people stayed at the hotel and caught up on sleep and the rest went to the park to skate. We were there till about 4am before we went back to the hotel. The next day we went to the park for a few hours and then tried to skate all the local spot but it seemed like the cops were following us everywhere. It was a never ending battle so at that time the Indy crew was out and we were heading home, a 14 hour drive home, But it didn't end there.....







HOMEWARD BOUND
We made it far that night, a full 2 hours to Cincinnati were we crashed out at Tony Hietz house. The next day we left at 10am. After about 5 hours we were driving through Wheeling WV and I hear Fred scream out "theres a skate park". Wheeling built a huge Grindline park so we spent a few hours there of course, it was a good break from the road but it seems Fred, Steve, and Andrew had a different idea for a good break. They new of a little tin roof shack strip club right outside of town. I refused, we still had a good 6 or 7 hour drive and all i wanted was to get home. Fred made a bet if he backside noseblunted the bank to curb I'd take them there but if he didn't we'd make a quick stop for pizza instead, a fair bet, they get strippers or I get food. Well lets just say i didn't eat that day but I did get a good hour sleep in the parking lot that's for sure. We got in around 2am and that night was the best sleep I got this whole trip.

24 Hours And Then Some

Last weekend we took a little 2day trip to Connecticut to skate some parks, as always it was some interesting times. I'm gonna just sum it up with a few words and leave it at that:
Academy park is killer, but after hours is for there "team" only to skate in the dark under construction lights, hope that went well guys.....

To much McScronalds makes you sick.

Starbucks breakfast smokes Dunkin any day.

Sketchy went to church to pray that he got a photo this trip.

Sunday was a flip flop kinda day and we met Lord Vader at Groten skate park.

The second park of the day was all about weird kids and fat asses.

The last stop before home was Clinton skate park and Sketchy got his photo, A real career ender from what he says. (he sprained his ankle and screamed like a bitch)

All in all i couldn't ask for anything less

Back In Black

The Girls In Black Are Back, I Got 100$ On Right Coast, Anyone, Anyone......

Indy 30 Years

As Freddy's Arm Now Says "Fuck The Rest" Thats Some First Tattoo
The Jersey Indy Chapter Is On There Way To Meet These Guys Now, See Ya At Skatetopia.....If We Make It That Far

Hot-Rob & Hot Dogs

Yesterday we headed up to our favorite city, the city were crack rules, Newark NJ. We ended up meeting up with Rob Pluhowski, kids still got a wicked dogsled, then headed out to JJ's for a little hot dog eating contest, Andrew 6, Fred 6, Lou 4, Steve 2, Tim 1 and Frank 1/2, thats all he could afford .

Dome-Es-Tics

We been laggin on the updates so here's a little skate shesh at Domestics and a little stop at KFC, Finger Lickin Good Yall!!!!

Dir-ty

Dirty food, dirty kids, dirty woman, dirty NYC!!!!!

April 12th

There're Back!!!! Get down to Asbury April 12th,

The Nature Boy

Last night wrestling legend Ric Flair retired from sports entertainment. For 36 years Ric has been styling and profiling his way around the world and is one of the greatest legends ever to step into the ring. It's no secrete we're big fans of these guys and a bigger fan of Flair.

So Ric Flair, this WOOOOOOOOOO'S for you!!!!!!

Nike SB AP-CSO

Samples of these showed up today and it looks fucking bad ass so check for them in a few months and pick up a pair! Limited Metal Asbury Park shirts and decks will be out for the release of the shoe.

Fred Gall

Fred just called in from a I-Path tour in vegas, he called in from the ER just to say he lost some skin and broke a few ribs skateing a ditch but like the trooper he is it was all jokes & laugh's.
I figure I'd throw this up just to show he's been kicking ass for a long time and has no thoughts of slowing down anytime soon.
Fred's Thrasher Interview From 1995

METAL On YouTube

Here's everything you need, the METAL you tube page!!!!!! its got everything from lost metal footy to lost habitat field logs. enjoy fuckers
METAL YOU TUBE

Matt Reason

Takeing it back to 96 Matt Reason interview

METAL 93-97

Here's the deal,
This company has been around for a long time, longer than I have ever imagined, as a group around 93 and as an army 95. We filmed for years when it started in hopes to release our first video in 97-98. In 97 the army split and most of us (Lou Metal & Fred Gall) revamped the company fully based out of New Jersey. In the split all of the footage was in the hands of the other party's involved there for lost, up in till now that is. Here is all of the lost tapes from the 93 to 97 Metal Era, it stars Fred Gall, Jerry Fisher, Lou Metal and a few other that aren't with us anymore. We personally did not edit this, we do not condone this edit but it showed up on the net so i figured I'd share it with all the true fans out there, the ones that know what and were we came from. This comes as we are working on our final video project called "Last Call", this will be the last Metal video and will revolve around the past 13 years of this company's history. So far it will have full parts from Fred Gall, Lou Metal and Steve Durante. Look for it's release in mid 2009.

Without further adue:

METAL SKATEBOARDS 93-97

Dog Day Sunrise!!!!

Sunday we headed up to CT for a little skate park action. We got a good crew together got our mascot GD the half human dog and jumped in the car. Of course when all these people are together the joke cracking begins and you can tell who can take it and who can't when you see the car doors open and people try to jump out at 80 mph. G-Dog is one of those guys who can dish it but can't take it, and he knows it's always gonna happen so who the fuck knows why he even goes on these trips with us, but like the saying goes "Ya can't teach a old dog new tricks". Anyways we finally get up there to Haven Skatepark which to tell ya the truth is built as a biker park but we had our tranny fanny's so it was pretty much on. Frank hit his head due to some pudgy midget roller blader waxing the fucking quaterpipe. When we tried to ask him nicely "please don't wax over here" his excuse was "dude its a skatepark", WTF that's has to do with it is beyond me. You'd think the park would have a little more control over gays waxing but i guess they could care less. Over all the park ain't that bad if you ride big tranny but if you hate bikes, blades, wax and want more street like stuff ya might just want to stay away. They also got a nice looking bowl going up with a full pipe but it has no flat bottom what so ever (for bikes) but seems like a very slow building proses.
After that we headed in NYC to drop one of our friends off. He's goes to school at FIT and we lurked around there for a bit until i mistaken a guy in a wig for a hot chick, at that point I decided it was time to leave......
Thanks to Jad and Derek for shooting the flicks cause i totaly lagged on this one.

#5 With Cream & Sugar

Who Says I Eat To Much Dunkin Donuts? Not Me

AX Thrower Part VI

So we skate all day saturday even at night, and the news guy says 90% chance of rain in the valley (phoinex) so tim and I are like yeah fuckn finally some guilt free hangover time, long story short we wake up its beautiful, not too hot, just perfect and we get to skate this permission pool that is rarely going. Steven killed it, Tim filmed, Brad killed it and I left early to watch the super bowl which I was so siked on. The lesson is if I had gone to sleep early and let that last 40 go I woulda missed the best superbowl of my life, thanks Cobra

Ash Wednesday

Just cause the weather is unusually warm (68% today) doesn't mean we can beat the rain. We headed out to Philly trying to get some dry skating in but every spot we went was wet, so whats next, tacos, indoor bowl and cheese steaks. Some things never change.

Game Day

GO GIANTS
Fuck, I wish I was in Phoenix

Groundhog Day

Last night most of the Metal crew headed out to Asbury Park for some roller derby action. The Jersey Shore Roller Girls held there bout to a sold out crowd, and for there first bout I'd say that's pretty fucking good. The bout was held in Convention Hall and I give it to these girls, this spot was a place we used to skate in the rain after Casino Skatepark closed in the late 90's, the floor in there is solid concrete and unforgiving as Hell. We'd like to congratulate our own Angry Beaver for leading her team The Right Coast Rollers to crushing victory.
LM

Provy Wit.....

So last night around 9pm we get this great idea to drive out to Philly and get some cheese steaks. On the way out we end up getting a call from Mr Nix, he says theres this bowl we could cruz around if we want so of course we head right over. The thing was pretty sick and all the locals pretty much kill it. After takeing a serious beating we finally got over to get some steaks and it was damn worth it. No steak eating contest went down this time but i know one day I'm gonna have to defend my title, Puffy Soles is gonna have to beat my 3 1/2 and i know he ain't got shit on that.....
LM

Ax Thrower Part V

Back in Tempe, San Diego was rad even though it rained and we almost got arrrested as soon as we got out of the van, I got a free battery thanks to my friend Bryan, we started dumpster diving, we been bucketing pools right before it rains, and we brought these dudes back with us

Spring-Summer 2008 Shirts

All shirts available in S, M, L, and XL








And last but not least the one and ONLY "Bob Loseedo Wears A Speedo©" shirt, beware of fakes and imitations. If you don't see METAL in the copeing it ain't REAL!!!!!
You've seen the tag in all the mags, now go out and get one so you can let the world know.

Ax Thrower Part IV

I got a email from the Ax Throwers today and all it said was "I dont know what we're doing" with these photos, I guess thats there update for this week.

Creep Into The VA Area Part III

Day three was something else and I'll try to keep it short and sweet. We drove out to Johnathan's parents house witch was out in the sticks to hang out for a couple of hours. In that time we had some scrumshis apple crisp, listened to John play the banjo witch prompted Fred to cannon ball into the pond and I must say was damn frozen, about a inch if not more thick. We filmed it so you'll have to wait till the Metal Vid to see it. After that it was time to head home. We made our usual stops for grub and managed to get a flat in Allentown Pa at Yucco's of course, were becoming regulars there now and to think the place is over 100 miles from our home, WTF!

Creep Into The VA Area Part II

Day two was pretty mellow, maybe cause most of us took a beating at the gateway to hell. It was very cold but we still managed to skate some spots.
All in all if you go to a park to skate brick banks in the VA area you might not want to back in the parking spot or you might get backed up the ass in your parking spot. Got it? Good.

Creep Into The VA Area Part I

Sat night we got all call from Johnathan telling us he had a spot to skate in Richmond, the spot was called Hell and was in the basement of an apartment. When me & Fred herd that we were in. I mean could this be it, A gateway to Hell, something we searched an eternity for? We packed our bags and headed down, on the way kidnapping Pete Milanko, Tim O' and Jack Sabbath.
On arrival the house looked normal as could be on the outside but as we entered the feeling of Satan himself was upon us. The basement was dark as night even the lights that were on had a ghoulish tint to them. This ramp we drove 5 hours for was Hell for sure and it was surrounded by all sorts of spray paintings and hangings on the walls. At the far end of the ramp there was a pump hump into a very dark corridor that no one dared to enter, the sign said detour to hell. We skated the ramp for a good hour or two and then when we were about to leave Fred says I'm going into HELL! He dropped in and took the detour to hell, it was quite loud and you could hear the screams of the demon's and burning virgins as he came flying out onto his back. When he stood up you could see his shirt was torn off and there was blood dripping from his knuckles. I'm not sure what happened in there but he refused to talk about it and was quite shook. At that point we got out of there and went to our hotel. in the morning we all woke up saying the sleep was good and everyone was quite refreshed but not Fred, he said he slept for two hours if that and had nightmares all night. I guess he really did go to HELL!!!!!

Ax Thrower Part III

Vegas was great, didnt skate once, think we're going to Salton Sea and San Diego to try and skate those forest fire pools soon, wish Willy some good luck at Tampa.

Spring-Summer 2008 Decks

Asbury Park 7.75"

D.O.D. Logo 7.5"

Sea Horse 7.5"

Metal SB 8" ( For Release With The Nike Dunk Mid 8/1/08)



Bill Danforth 8.75"

Lou Metal 8.25"

TXT Round II Update III

600$ fines all around, not bad.
The guys got 2 more days then its back to cold ass Jersey.
We'll have full picture updates when they get home.

Nice Ice

Were can you see skateboarding in the snow, Jersey of course.
Don't these guys know Burton makes a snow-skate?

Ax Thrower Part II

The AX Crue is still on the road in AZ, they sent some new flicks over.
Habitat/Metal Crue are still in Texas and got a court date tomorrow, i guess I'll be expecting a collect call around noon from the penitentiary. Good luck boys



we are still in AZ, I'm gonna go to vegas I think, I just got an oil change for 20 bucks but the guy said my batterys gonna die in a few days, we'll see i guess. I havent eaten out of dumpster once on this trip yet, I can't grind gila bend pool still I get thrown forward everytime I don't know, go nets, I hear Jason kidd has a mustach but I havent seen it yet.

TXT Round II

Texas Tour 2 starts today. Everyone is on there way back to the Lone Star state for court. hopefully they make it home!

AX Thrower Part I

The AX Throwers are on the road and sent over a little something for everyone to see:

THe trip beens real good so far, me and willy are in tempe now staying with friends skatin the parks pools ditches and 20 stair rails. the drive out we met up with the friends in nashville, littlerock, and albaakerkky ,, the water slide was the scarest thing ive ever skated

It Is Now N-Time

Taking advantage of the nice weather we headed up north today. We met up with Fred and Tim in good old Brick City. Its always a treat up there, first spot some crack head bitch tried to sell us a fire extinguisher, so she could eat of course. Next spot there were dead birds hanging around, so we could eat of course. After that we went to some projects were we found a concrete wave but we spent most of the time hanging with the local rats. Night fell and we got some Cuban sandwiches then headed home. A full day of N-Time never lets us down, N is for????? Newark of course...... Yeah Right

Winter Training

Today we took a ride up to Staten for a change of scenery. It ain't no mountain cliff but its pretty fun sweating in the cold.

You'll Shoot Your Eye Out Kid!

Woke up bright & early looking for Saint Nicker and then saw that fat fuck on a fire truck. The Christmas story is on a 24 hour marathon, that's always a fucking treat, met up with the hippies in the skate park to realize there not hippies anymore, they cut there dreads, god whats next.....

Is This The North Pole?

Can I speek with jelly roll?
Sorry He's Dead!!!

LAST DAYS HERE

Well this is gonna be, My last day here















See Ya' Texas....... For Now.

Judge, Jury And Executioner

Today Andrew, Steve and John went to court, they were rescheduled for next month, looks like Texas II Tour will be going down mid January. After that we tried to motivate with a few games of skate then headed out. Wile following Guru we got lost and ended up in a strange little vato/voodoo kinda part of town were there was a church bus with skulls all over it and the gate to the church was all prehistoric. After that we found our way to some trife industrial spots, most of us just sat there trying to hit bottles off the tracks with rocks wile Guru and Steve got there shred on. As night fell we had to say goodbye to Johnathan, he had to drive up to Dallas were this tour was suppose to go and end yesterday, maybe next time well have better luck with that law. 1 down 4 to go, 2 days left.

FOOD III

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, & Then Some

Some Common Meth Ingredients

Alcohol
Ether (starting fluid)
Benzene
Paint thinner
Freon
Acetone
Chloroform
Phenylacetone
Phenylpropanolamine
Epsom salt
Red Phosphorous
Toluene (found in brake cleaner)
Red Devil Lye
Drain cleaner
Battery acid
Lithium from batteries
Ephedrine
Cold tablets


We left Austin early afternoon and headed to a small town on the way back to Houston. In this town there's a old community pool that local skater built up in to a mini skate park. The whole ride there everyone we talked to had crazy stories of this town, how it was known for its meth labs and everyone there was tweaked, well when we got there i realized everything they said was true. The smell of ether was in the air, there were zombies walking the street, and every single house looked like a crack shack, it kinda made us feel kinda safe. Its pretty bad when you feel safer and more comfortable in a town like that then you would in a rich community were everyone has money and big houses. We stayed there till sunset then headed out. On the way back to H-town we got pulled over and speeding/open container tickets were handed out to all, gotta love Texas. Were 5 for 5, every single person that flew in for this tour got tickets and or spent a night in jail, what are the odds of that.

FOOD II

This one pretty much speeks for itself.......

Cage The Animal

Fred shit in the house so we had give him a time out!!!!

Tonight, Is The Night Of The Vampire

IF IT'S RAINING AND YOU ARE RUNNING DON'T SLIP IN MUD
BECAUSE IF YOU DO YOU WILL SLIP IN BLOOD......

AUSTIN 3:16

We drove to Austin early Wednesday morning. The drive consisted of nothing more that dodging road rubble, tires, caucuses, sunroofs flying off other cars landing about 10 feet in front of us, weird and strange billboards, and your occasional "YERP". We even saw this full pipe on the back of a truck and followed it 50 miles out of the way just to skate it. When we arrived the weather was questionable but managed to get a few hours before it rained. Looks like its gonna be a full moon tonight.....

Shit On Me

This is how it went down, Went to Galvaston TX to skate around the beach, Guru and Correa thought it be funny to feed the dirty birds, I got shit on, Then we ate waffle house, Then I got my shit on.

ReHabitat

Every year we end up taking these tours in the dead of winter, Jersey gets cold and we start fighting demons, so we round the troops, half Habitat and half Metal, there called the ReHabitat tours!!!!

FOOD

A1 Burgers, Cocaine, Scattered Smother Covered, Yea Were Fucked

High 'N' Dry (Saturday Night)

After days of flight delays in Jersey due to snow and half the crew in jail for skating in Texas, Sat night we finally got back on track, got to texas late afternoon and sprung the boys. Tomorrow its time to kill......

Division East

Last night me and Freddy went to check out the Division East promo vid premier up in North Jersey. The shop was packed, the DJ was a spinning and beers were a flowing, plus Jersey Dave was in rare form wicth was a treat. After we stoped off at QC for some tastey deli sandwiches.
Look for the Division East full length vid to premier sometime in spring 08.
LM

The Best 10 Video Parts You've Never Seen

Check the January 08 TWS for the top 10 video parts you've never seen, Freddy made it in at #7 for his 2005 Metal DOD video part.
But now you can say you've seen it cause it's posted below.
Thanks Stricker

The Question At Hand Is!!!!!!

Woke up Thursday morning to sunny weather in hopes of a skate but just cause there was sun don't mean it was warm. I had enough, I hadn't skating in over 3 weeks and needed to release some anger. Come 4 o'clock I drove to the Hippies house and said were going skating. Sketchy G said he'd drive so we jumped in his car and headed up north to the park. On the way, the car was very cloudy and we found a special treat in Sketch's glove box. We got to the park and skated for a few hours, Nig Nose pretty much killed it every were he grind, carve, or slash. Then we drove home to Sketchy making threats about kicking all of us out of the car every 5 minutes, but the one question at hand was who's panties were in Sketch's glove box!!!!!! I guess we'll never know. LM

Cold And I Knew What The Message Said

What a day, hooked up a new deck and then it snowed. On top of everything else could it get any worse? Well yes it can. LM

The Armpit Of America

This is the domestics special edition board titled "The Armpit of America" available now in size 7.75

D.O.D. Out takes

These are clips that never made it to the 2005 release of D.O.D. Expect more vid clips from us and our friends in the near future.

Snow Blind

I took an early morning ride up the the hook, Its pretty much an abandon army base at the northern end of the jersey shore. It has old army bunkers, guns, missiles, and even a nude beach. In the winter its nice and quiet up there, I can go creep around and no one ever really bothers me. LM

Evil Knievel 1938-2007

The other day we lost a true hero, Evil Knievel. He was someone most of us looked up to since we were kids.

Inhabitants Tour Oct 20th - Oct 31st

Here Are Some Out Take Photos From The Inhabitants Tour, Freddy, Steve, Lou, Kerry, Guru, Ed, and Andrew with special guest One Arm Push Up Man And Easy E......... Cheers

Fred Gall IPath Shoe

Fred Galls IPath Shoe Out Now, Getcha Pull On