That Shaqueefa Mixtape Volume 2 premiere tonight made me straight up proud of my local skate scene and was the most live one I've ever been at. I'm a full generation older than all these dudes and I'm hyped to see they're keeping skateboarding raw like I knew it when I grew up in it. I know skateboarding's in a good place when I see something like that come together. All that corpo and commercial stuff that's such the norm with things today hasn't touched the basics of what I know skateboarding to be, especially the entrepreneurial spirit of it. Nice work, Buggica and crew. I snapped a few photos in there before my Houdini act out.
Shaqueefa Mixtape Volume 2 Premiere in Tampa
Published 12/29/2013 by Rob Meronek
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Just as I rolled up, I found the executive producer cattle herding with the bullhorn out front. Steve Buggica, thanks for getting this video done. That's Justin Myers aka Baby Drew with him.
Frank Branca is the kind of top quality skateboard gadget nerd we need in this industry to pass the culture torch along. Keep pointing that camera, Frank.
Scotty's on it with the personal service to keep the Mixtape talent looking sharp. That's Dave Cruz, who came through with some ripping footage in there.
Another thing skateboarding needs is people taking care of their higher learning while still staying on the wheels. Ternell is doing just that.
I don't know if the white girl ass is enough to fill the trunk.
Two grease back horse mullets, camo, beards, beanies, cheap beer, pool tables, and no girls. It's a legit ass skateboard party.
Yonnie and his lady are down from their NYC Tampa transplant life. Maybe I'll do that one day.
Don't nobody tell Fire Marshall Bill about this. There had to be two showings due to the over capacity crowd for this theater.
The Red Room is about to get live.
And that's how it ends after Yonis shut it down.
Piro Sierra is another Florida to NYC transplant. It seems that more common these days than the California move.
This was just a small sample of the scene. Check a few seconds of video here.
And there's my Houdini quick escape back home on the cruiser. Thanks again ya'll for a great premiere.
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