STIX “Grip Like A Vice” (RECAP)

Nov 25th, 2008 / 0 Comments /

Ohman, I don’t even know where the fuck to begin with this savage night that went down over at the STIX premiere in the Rialto Theatre. Let’s see, where should I begin? Well the night started off with some pre-partying, then as we got to the parking lot we did some more pre-partying aka “Parking Lot Pimpin” by finishing off the rest of the beers. One of the funniest parts (Oh there’s more to this.) of the night was having about 20+ people deep drinking beers in the parking lot (not paying attention) and having the cops creeping up on us shining their spotlights! Needless to say everybody’s beer went flying everywhere on the ground. Close call. While walking into the premiere already drunk and waiting in line, some of the crew got lost and parted ways. Unbeknownst to me the other guys, (We won’t mention any names *cough* Steve.) decided to go grab a $8 bottle of gin to sneak inside the theatre. Do you know where this is leading to? By the end of the night, one of us was completely GONE.

STIX “Grip Like A Vice” @ The Rialto Theatre

The Line

1 Block Long

I’ve never seen so much support and hype that went behind a skateboarding video before, besides LAKAI’s “Fully Flared” so it was good to see people coming out and supporting the skaters. Especially some of our very own crew members that were featured in the film, Randy Chew & Damian Trammell. Props to the heads over at STIX for throwing a dope venue.

Cops already setting up and the venue hasn’t even started.

If you have never been to a skateboarding video premiere before then go ahead and mark that on your “To-Do” list before you die. (Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Raging hormonal teens mixed with alcohol and weed all gathered together in one spot can result in extremely hilarious (and sometimes violent) times. To start off the premiere this random dude just jumped up on stage and started dancing for everyone. After 2 minutes of this, the security guard decided to end it but couldn’t because they couldn’t catch him. He was too fast running around the theatre up and down the aisles. Hahaha, props to the dude for making everyone laugh. Don’t know if he ever made it to watch the movie premiere though.

Drunk Dude

I’m not going to spoil the movie by telling you who dropped what and what went down on your favorite skatespots but all I have to say is that future recruit Tony Karr got 2nd to last part and David Vargas (I think.) had last. To my surprise I was impressed with the tricks and video editing. Go support the skate scene and purchase their DVD and see what went down or you can view the trailer HERE.

Closing Credits

Thank you for coming…

“Excuse Me”

“Pardon Me”

As the night ended, it got better. As I was lost and trying to meet up with the crew, a fight persued. Don’t know who or for what reason, but I found out later that Steve was so drunk out of his mind that he was in the middle of it all! If you check out the clip below you can see the early stages of the fight and as the crowd started pushing each other back and forth poor Steve lost his balance and hit his head in the back of the glass mirror behind him, shattering the glass into a gazillion pieces. (That’s what that $8 bottle of gin will do to you son!) Don’t worry though, good ol’ Steve came out unscathed and free from injuries besides alcohol poisoning. (Just check out the 6 second mark in the clip.)

Fight, Fight, Fight!