Ninety percent of pro skateboarding does not happen in a controlled environment. Sure, there are the large-scale park contests that you see on TV—like X Games and Dew Tour—but the reality is most skateboarders make their livings dodging security guards, zagging pedestrians, and zigging traffic, all in attempt to film their next video part for sponsor A or a new ad for magazine B. This is where we pick up Palace skateboards pro Blondey McCoy, who in the process of filming for the Palace’s upcoming video, PALASONIC, took the bare-knuckled fist of street skateboarding straight to the nose and somehow lived to tell about it. Brace for this one. You can practically feel it.
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TYPICALLY, when attempting a trick into a busy street, skaters will set up “spotters” for traffic, making their attempts at red lights or lulls in the flow. But obviously Blondey was freelancing a bit here, and nearly paid the ultimate price: Death by purple taxi. Thankfully, however, you can see..
