Almost Famous: Rodney Mullen, Chris Haslam, Daewon Song
Published 1/1/2014 by Rob Meronek
Almost Skateboards has a show on Ride Channel called Almost Famous. It's got a healthy dose of footage from Chris Haslam in this second episode here. There are two references to really old OG skateboarding. Did you get them? One is the Natas Kaupas fire hydrant spin and the other is the Jeff Kendal early grab method air off the stairs.CJ Tambornino follows up with some park footage, Willow's got a king sized laser flip, and Rodney Mullen's got a magic flip. Who are the bank robbers at the skate spot? Finally, wrap it up with the best of Daewon Song's Instas for the year.
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