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On the Crail Couch with Toy Machine. As participants on this year's King of the Road, one of Toy Machine's LA City Challenges was to get on the Crail Couch. Who are we to say no. Top to bottom, left to right: Leo Romero, flow rider Jeremy Leabres, Daniel Lutheran, Collin Provost, team manager Mike Sinclair, filmer Josh Martinez, flow rider Blake Carpenter, photographer Dan Z and mystery guest Austyn Gillette.

When did the internet run off and get all serious?

Mini Top 5. Elijah Berle discuss the 5 most painful parts of his body this week.

This new teaser celebrates the history of Girl Films and Chocolate Cinema, and gives a little peak as to what's to come

Mike Carroll is up next for We Shred It, You Said It, We Read It. Reading your YouTube comments from the following videos: Modus Operandi, Fully Flared, and his Crail Couches. Topics discussed? Street League after parties, snorkeling, Mikemo, and more.

Carroll iPhone cam's a quick hit of Berle in Barcelona.

Crailtap's Clip of the Day. Andrew Brophy at Biebel's

Chris Roberts is up next for We Shred It, You Said It, We Read It. Reading your YouTube comments from the following videos: Hot Chocolate, Slice of Life, Time to Shine and Shit Pro Skaters Say. Topics discussed? Too many manuals, Garvy, his boring life and more.

Featured Feature. 4 Live Crew, Off the Panhandle. Fourstar's tour of Florida, featuring Sean Malto, Eric Koston, Shane O'Neill, Ishod Wair, Rick Howard, Andrew Brophy, Mike Carroll and Tony Trujillo.

Justin Eldridge is up next for We Shred It, You Said It, We Read It. Topics discussed? Too many handrails, Atiba "beating his faggot ass", sweaty hats and more.

Clip of the Day. Carroll. 1993. Embarco. Riding a Rudy Johnson from the first ever Girl Series. Might have been the first flip in flip out on a nose manual. Crucial Kelch sighting. All kind of seems historically significant to me.

Malto's email read "Clip of the Day. Sebo Walker is good at skating." and it takes one to know one.

Introducing the Royal Icon Series. Featuring Mike Mo Capaldi, Wes Kremer, and Daryl Angel.

Andrew Brophy returns to the Crail Couch to discuss dingoes, his celebrity chauffeurs and the C-word.

Rip is back in the States and back on the Couch.

We tried this about a year ago with Crank but we thought we'd give it another shot. Here Daniel Espinoza reads the YouTube comments from his Lakai video parts and his Cliche; part for our latest installment of We Shred It, You Said It, We Read It.

Big Couch on the Crail Couch.

Daniel Castillo's umpteenth return to the Crail Couch.

Clip of the Day. (RED) Rush Demo. In support of (RED) Rush Week we did some a couple of instores and a demo in the SoCal area. Thanks to all the shops who participated around the globe and to learn more about (RED) go to joinred.com. Song "Saxony" by Joshua Lanes

Mo and Malto's first Girl trip (we even spelled Malto's name wrong), Sherm pre Blastoff, and some Koston and Crankers ripping. This is one helped solidify the tour video straight to the Internet model that we've been running with every since. Make sure to watch it to the end for Mo and Malto's intro to the team section. Circa '06.

Featuring Keith Culver. Special Thanks to Team BK. This was an internal video for a sales meeting that we thought we'd share with y'all.

Crail Couch with Ishod Wair

El Chocolate Tour of Central America, featuring Chico Brenes, Stevie Perez, Elijah Berle, Raven Tershy, Vincent Alvarez, Kenny Anderson, Brian Anderson, Cory Kennedy and Rick McCrank.

Clip of the Day. The park's Royal script finally gets its crown. Mural by Michael Coleman. Skating by Justin Eldridge

The Royal Truck Company Welcomes Miles Silvas. Filmed by Matt Mullen and Massimo Legittimo.

Shit Skateboard Photographers Say. Featuring Michael Burnett.

Clip of the Day. The boys film a sweet one in China.

Mini Top 5. Kenny Anderson's top 5 things about being in The Doors' "LA Woman" video.

Mini Top 5. Kenny Anderson picks his 5 favorite tricks at LA High.

Clip of the Day. Out in China, some of the boys win some while some of the boys lose some. Featuring Sean Malto, Justin Eldridge, Mike Carroll, Brandon Biebel, Chris Roberts and Jeron Wilson.

Clip of (Back in) the Day. The other day I was looking thru some old tapes (Chocolate Tour era) and came across some footage of Guy Mariano all filmed in a single afternoon. That was Guy's MO back then. Call me up out of the blue. Say he had some things he wanted to do. Go film 'em all in a relatively short amount of time, often doing the trick multiple times and back to back. Sometimes the footage would make it into the video and sometimes, inexplicably, they wouldn't. Always his call. And then he'd disappear for a few months. That's how he did it.

Mini Top 5. Eric Koston gives it up to the 5 best things to go down at Lockwood.

Crail Couch with Jerry Hsu

Fourstar's Hawaii Four-O. Featuring Brian Anderson, Tyler Bledsoe, Andrew Brophy, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Max Schaaf and Tony Trujillo

On the Crail Couch with Marc Johnson.

Clip of the Day. What's up Fat Bill? or What You Do When You Know You're Not Going to Film Any Tricks that Day.

Mini Top 5 with Theotis Beasley and his five new songs to lip sync to

Crailtap's Shit Pro Skaters Say. Featuring: Chris Roberts. Written by: Alex Olson, Ben Colen, Sam Smyth, Rick Howard, Aaron Meza, Chris Roberts. Filmed and edited by: Aaron Meza

Crailtap's Mini Top 5, Rick McCrank's things to do when you don't have a trick

Clip of the Day. Daniel Castillo's iPhone clips, featuring Daewon Song, Manny Santiago, Lil Shmatty, Ronnie Sandoval, Chris Roberts, Mike Maldonado, Jeremy Adams, Chico Brenes, Cooper Wilt, Daniel, Yoon Sul, Jon Fitisemanu, Paul Shier and Vincent Alvarez.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5, Rick McCrank on Leeside. Special thanks to Alex Craig for filming.

Mikemo's top 5 shittiest things about David Loy and Matt Price living with him.

Matt Price and David Loy's top 5 things about living with Mikemo.

Crailtap's Clip of the Day. Biebel and his iPhone get the goods. Featuring, in order of appearance, Justin Eldridge, Sean Malto, Raven Tershy, Cory Kennedy, Omar Salazar, Alex Olson, Andrew Reynolds, Chico Brenes, Guy Mariano and Chris Roberts

Mini Top 5. Justin Brock and his Top 5 things about being from the Dirty South.

Ishod's Top 5 things about going pro.

Mini Top 5 with Reda. It's one of the oldest tricks in his book.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Chris Casey and his Top 5 things about not having a car in LA

Chris Casey's Top 5 ways to get kicked off the mic. He should know.

Fourstar's Leisure Till You Seizure, the movie! A demo in Palm Springs. Featuring Ishod Wair, Max Schaaf, Shane O'Neill, Tyler Bledsoe, Eric Koston and more.

JB Gillet on the Crail Couch. Turn on your French.

Clip of the Day. A quick on of Raven, with a little help from Grant.

We did a Fourstar demo in Palm Springs, Ca couple of weekends ago. Here's some outtakes of Ishod Wair cruising around.

Sebo talks his Top 5 things about living in his van.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Ewan Bowman on why he thinks America is best

Clip of the Day. Today's clip harkens back to a simpler time for the internet, when mpegs ruled the (Ebaums)world and something like a Dylan Rieder part was way far off.

Crankers up on that Couch, again.

It was Spike's berfday on Saturday. Why not a little surprise?

Clip of the Day. Elijah goes up and over the rainbow.

Hershel and his Top 5 pole jams to hit on his lunch break.

Mini Top 5 with Chris Roberts and the bad influence he's been too many.

Brian Lotti on Crail Couch with some old war stories.

Chunk of Chocolate. Raven, Elijah and The Cheeks hit up Baldy.

Clip of the Day. When the Pedro kids come up, let the air show commence. Riley and Ronnie go Mega.

Crail Couch With Daniel Espinoza.

Neckface taking umbrage with our Top 5s.

On the Crail Couch with Jason Dill and Bill Strobeck

Thanks, Val surf!

Elijah Berle is good at skating

(iPhone) Clip of the Day. Scooch, Hersh, Dill, Biebel, Guy, Carroll and some heavy coordinating.

On the Crail Couch with The Illusion, part 2. As you might guess, this guy had plenty more amazing things to say. I think skateboarding has just found its new spiritual leader.

Stevie, Robbie, Ronnie and Mighty, not the boy band, but the Clip of the Day. This was filmed after they were done skating and I made them go back and do it all again. Kids these days.

Fourstar Welcomes Ishod Wair to the Team

Crailtap Clip of the Day: Elijah

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Alex Olson...kinda

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Carroll hits up the Couch again. I made him.

Clip of the Day. Mike Mo gets a few at Simi post Friday's Mini Top 5. Filmed by Roger Bagley and Eric Longden.

Mini Top 5. Mikemo's Top 5 tricks he learned at Skatelab when he was a little kid.

Chocolate's own, Elijah Berle on the Crail Couch.

Our friend Goods sent us some Gonz footage from a few years back. It never gets old.

We dug a little deeper (as in the drawer below the Mini DV Drawer). We found two Yeah Right! tapes. One filmed by Tim Dowling. And that's how these things are going to go, if they're going to go at all. Short and weird. Featuring Mike Carroll, Scott Johnston, Tony Ferguson, Robbie McKinely, Stevie William and Richard Mulder.

When you take an extended vacation around here don't expect your office to look the same when you get back. Hersh, you remember what you did to Ben, right?

Highlights from We're with Malto, a Girl and Chocolate exclusive engagement for one night only, on behalf of Escapist in Kansas City, Mo. Featuring Sean Malto, Guy Mariano, Stevie Perez, Jeron Wilson, Cory Kennedy and Vincent Alvarez.

Lucas' Top 5 worst fast food in the U.S.

Mini DV Drawer. The End. This is basically the last of the tapes from the Fully Flared days. Not that they aren't other tapes out there, but the drawer her at Crail HQ is a tapped. Hope you enjoyed them. If any of you out there are up for it feel free to make and edit. If it cuts the mustard we'd surely post it.

Elijah Berle's Top 5 things that suck about being the youngest guy on the trip. And Elijah, here's a tip for #2, your being the last picked has more to do with you referring to them as "the ladies" than it has to do with being 16. Believe me.

Clip of the Day. The aftermath of Malto's switch nose manny brings new meaning to Yanks on Planks. Shot by Carroll.

Mini Top 5. Top five reasons why Guy Mariano is going to stay on the trip even though he's hurt.

Cory Kennedy shows up to the North Hollywood Park for a little surprise. Congrats Cory! You more than deserve it.

Clip of the Day. Supreme released two special colorways for the Carroll 5 so Mike and his friends sparked a bowl sesh to celebrate the release. Featuring Mike Carroll, Guy Mariano, Scott Johnston, Scott Oster, Kevin Long, Tino Razo and Dylan Rieder. Thanks to everyone at Supreme.

On the Crail Couch with Theotis Beasley.

The Mini DV Drawer, Fully Flared Tapes 62-63. These were from our last filming trip for the video. As you can see in the trick quality on just these two tapes the heat was on. Featuring Rocky Norton, Guy Mariano, Rob Welsh, Marc Johnson, Eric Koston, Lucas Puig, Mike Carroll, Jeff Lenoce, and Brandon Biebel.

Our Mini Series Finale of Fabian Alomar on the Crail Couch, part 3. Thanks Fabes!

On the Crail Couch with Fabian Alomar, part 2. Shit gets heavy.

OGs rejoice as we present to Fabian Alomar on The Crail Couch, part one of at least three. This covers the Menace years. We still got jail and what he's up to today coming.

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The Mini DV Drawer. Fully Flared years, tapes #52-53. Mostly up in Sac. We wouldn't always get a ton of stuff. Featuring Rickk Howard, Guy Mariano, Mikemo, Stefan Janoski, Jeff Landi, Austyn Gillette, and Alex Olson.

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Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Brian Anderson and his favorite tre flips

Kenny, Elijah and BA get blunted on the Jr. Executive Quarter Pipe.

More banks, more benches, more tables. Featuring Rickk Howard, Gino Iannucci, Javier Nunez, Mike Carroll, Pat Channita, Eric Koston (still on eS) and Anthony Van Engelen.

Crailtap's Mini DV, the Fully Flared Years, Tapes #5-7. We spent a lot of time at that bump to table. Some old Girl park too. Featuring Gino Iannucci, Reda, Jeron Wilson, Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson, Javier Nunez, The Butcher, Rickk Howard and Ty Evans

You may have seen the montage of the Greatest Movie Sandwiches, but we couldn't help but think that they may have missed one. Thanks Mathieu. Here's the original.

The Top 5 reasons why Daniel Castillo, Chris Roberts, Guy Mariano, Daniel Espinoza, and Jeremy Wray are not at Street League

Happy Cinco de Mayo from Crailtap...and Rudy Johnson When there's a taco truck, Rudy singing with a Mariachi band, a pinata, and a little bit of 'boarding, I guess you gotta make a post.

Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer's my first three Fully Flared tapes. It was a long journey. Featuring Rickk Howard, Mike Carroll, Jeff Lenoce, Gino Ianuccii, Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, Scott Johnston, Marc Johnson, and Kenny Anderson.

Ed Templeton's Top 5 reasons to bring his wife on tour

Crailtap's Clip of the Day with Eric Koston

A Slice of Life with Alex Olson

Clip of the Day. A Self Defense Lesson with Brandon Biebel.

We Shred It, You Said It, We Read It. To be honest, this thing is still in the development phase (and hopefully it makes it past that). Anyway, we thought it would be funny if the skaters just read the comments people left on videos featuring them. McCrank was down. He's referring to this video.

Mini DV, The Chocolate Tour #5. Some long gone LA spots, a little trip to Fresno, and makeup. Featuring Rudy Johnson, Mike Carroll, Eric Koston, Rickk Howard, Tim Gavin, Chico Brenes, Mark Gonzales, and Guy Mariano.

Crail Couch with OG Girl Pro, Jovontae Turner. Tae, I talked to Ando and he said no need to show you first. So punch him in the face if you don't like it, not me.

Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer. The Chocolate Tour years, though I think the bulk of this ended up in 411. Man that fisheye back then was shit. Featuring Mike York, Mike Carroll, Chico Brenes, Eric Koston, Nick Diamond, Shelblack, Jonny Fonseca, Rickk Howard, Gino Iannucci, and Jeron Wilson.

Shit Clip of the Day. Rickk and Carroll sent in a few things from their phones. The Step Brothers in AZ and Daniel Espinoza's backside 360 on flat, but in socks. Not all web clips can be Dylan Rieder video parts.

Crail Couch with legendary skater, Lavar McBride

The Mini DV Drawer. Tapes 25 and 26. The bank to bench trick of Guy Mariano at the end was the first "good enough for the video" clip that he got after getting back into skating. He'd been going out filming for a few weeks before hand to so it was a nice moment for Guy. I'd say shit pretty much worked out all right after that. Also featured Scott Johnston, Chico Brenes, Alex Olson, Mike Carroll, Sal Barbier, Eric Koston, and Gino Iannucci.

Crailtap's Clip of the Day. More B-Ball at Biebel's. This time Dill and Kelly Hart get in on it

Clip of the Day. Biebel combines his two loves into one lovely move. Bet you could nollie flip out next time Brandon!

The Mini DV Drawer. More Lakai in AZ with Marc Johnson, Alex Olson, Brandon Biebel, Eric Koston, Jeff Lenoce, Guy Mariano, and Scott Johnston.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5. The Top 5 Stoners at Stoner Park.

Clip of the Day. A short one of Rick McCrank and Mike Anderson in the park out back. Looks like Crank found a new manual pad.

The Mini Dv Drawer, Fully Flared tapes 27 and 28. More of that Southwest mission in the dead of winter, featuring Eric Koston, Alex Olson, Marc Johnson, Brandon Biebel, Ty Evans, Scott Johnston, Guy Mariano, and Rick Howard.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Ernie Torres and his 5 favorite Mexican Skaters

All the "Dudes," "Likes," and "Fuckin's" from yesterday's Top 5 all rolled into one.

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 Rudy Johnson on why skaters are different

Crailtap's Mini Top 5 with Ernie Torres and his favorite Malto moments.

Biebel with a fantastic shot and the internet's new favorite pup, Panda.

Thrasher shirt? NWA? Oaktown hat? Fisheyes? Cube's verse? I guess Alex Olson has just always been cool. But um, Al, you're from Malibu, not Compton.

Clip of the Day. Rainy Day Session #2. When the Los Angeles area gets some rain, the Girl Park gets some visitors, such as, Sebo Walker, Daniel Espinoza, Enrique Lorenzo, Yaje Popson and even Hershel.

Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Erik Ellington, Alex Olson, Sam Smyth, Sean Malto, Ernie Torres, Jeff Lenoce, and Rickk Howard.

A heavy cast of favorites in this one. In order of disappearance: Kenny Anderson, Guy Mariano, Eric Koston, Mike Carroll, Marc Johnson, Rick Howard, Pat Duffy, Scott Johnston, Chico Brenes, Jerson Wilson, Gino Iannucci, and Alex Olson.

The Mini DV Drawer. The Hollywood High 16, an elusive switch flip, Mikemo, and a birthday cake. All covered on tapes 41-42.

It is called the Daily Randoms.

Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer, Fully Flared Tapes. Brandon Biebel, Marc Johnson, Guy, and Kenny.

Mini Top 5 with Lakai rider, Raven Tershy. When one cousin owns Diamond and the other owns Ace Trucks you know you're going to have some hookups when you're coming up

The Mini DV Drawer. Again, back to the early days of Fully Flared. Probably '05. Carroll downtown. MJ, Brad, BA, and Biebel up in Sac. Olson and Howard in the schoolyard. Guy on the quarter. Shit, even got a Brezinski clip in here. Additional filming by Cory Weincheque.

Carroll said as long as we got it out before February we're good. Clip of the Days, shit out back, tours, international jet setting, if it happened in 2010 it's in here.

Guy, Koston, Mo, MJ, Smyth, and Carroll, back in the year of our Lord 2007.

Carroll is pretty hyped on his new 8mm App, and Sean Malto is his muse.

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Cory Kennedy takes the new Crailboard for a spin.

Maybe you were there and maybe you weren't. But if you were and you took a photo with the Girl/Alva posse then you're in here.

Justin, Guy, Koston, and Roger Bagley's new roommate, Kelly Hart tickle a ledge.

Girl Skateboards' Open House 2011. Cocks were pet, skin was inked, burgers were grubbed, and the kids went nuts!

Mikemo Capaldi on The Crail Couch

Featuring Justin Eldridge, Daniel Castillo, Kenny Anderson, Yaje Popson, Raven Tershy, Danny Montoya, David Loy, and Vincent Alvarez in the Girl Skatepark on a very rainy day.

Girl Skateboard's Big Head Series featuring Rick Howard, Eric Koston, Mikemo, Seam Malto, Jeron, Wilson, Brandon Biebel, and Guy Mariano. Filmed and edited by Roger Bagley.

The Mouse years, featuring Rick Howard, Eric Koston, Mike York, Guy Mariano, Chico Brenes, Ben Sanchez, and Sketch.

We got a few new things in the outback. Big bank, double sided marble hubba, and a new rail and bowled China bank corner just off camera.

Crailtap's Mini DV Drawer. The Mouse Years Part 2, featuring Chico Brenes, Mike York, Eric Koston, Tony Ferguson, and Rick Howard.

Crail Couch with Lurker Vision's Animal Chan, where we ask him the questions he asks on Lurker Vision.

Last week it was The Chocolate Tour. This time it's Mouse. Sheffey, Mulder, Rickk, York, Keenan, Gino, and Koston.

Top 5 things that suck about having head lice.

The Mini DV Drawer goes way back to the late '90s for some "Chocolate Tour" era boardin' from Mike Carroll, Eric Koston, Mike York, Stevie Williams, Chico Brenes, Richard Mulder, Guy Mariano, and Scott Johnston.

Mike Carroll and Giovanni Reda talk life on the Couch. Audio is kind of jacked on this one and Mike mumbles, so turn it up.

Justin Eldridge hits two in the Tech. Section.

Mine is money.

Feds sings!

Some classic skateboarding from Marc Johnson, Mike Carroll, and Eric Koston. Circa '07.

Theotis Beasley's Top 5 songs to lip sync to. D-D-D-D-D-D-Damn!

A short interview with Atiba Jefferson concerning his years of shooting Eric Koston.

Some classic skateboarding from Eric Koston, Alex Olson, Rick Howard, Jeron Wilson, Mike Carroll, Anthony Pappalardo and Guy Mariano. Circa '06.

Devine Calloway on the Crail Couch

Some classic skateboarding from Marc Johnson, Mike Carroll, Rick Howard, Alex Olson, Scott Johnston, Brandon Biebel, and Rob Welsh.

Mikemo doing some kid shit.

Double rail attacks with Mike Carroll and Scott Johnston

Some dude from 'Peg stopped by Girl Skateboards in search of a killer quarter

Top 5 tricks Justin Eldridge does at Girl to start his day

A few leftover clips from up North. Malto, Mo, and Guy

Norcal Clip of the Day 4.

Clip of the Day. Where there's a bank, there's bonelesses.

Clip of the Day. Here's what we did yesterday up here in Sacramento. We're saving the best for later.

Clip of the Day. Biebel brings us up to speed on our first stop in Sac, while Vincent and Mo cruise around.

Clip of the Day. Foundation rider Elijah Berle skates the Girl Park.

Beauty and the Beast 3 Unused Footage.

On the Crail Couch. We evaluate the much talked about friendship between Chris Roberts and Justin Eldridge as mentioned in Chocolate's 2004 release "Hot Chocolate."

Clip of the Day. We know you've always admired Sean Malto's 'stache from afar. But now you can enjoy it up close, and in HD.

Beauty and the Beast 3. Beauty Edit.

Clip of the Day. I truly believe that you couldn't have a Beauty and the Beast without Tony Miorana. Here're a couple of quick outtakes of T-Mo's from BATB3 European Vacation. Full videos go up on Monday.

Here's Bagley's angle of Vincent Alvarez' Double Rock session. Or as we refer to it, Double Rog. Got some BA and Smyth in there too.

Clip of the Day. Staba and Koston get an ISX score of 7.2 in the Creative Section at the St. League.

Clip of the Day. Rudy, Fabian, Rickk, Hershel and, Band of Horses contest winner, Cole Wilson go five ways on the flatbar. See if you can guess by the voice who filmed it.

We set Vincent up for a Crail Couch. He didn't know we were going to surprise him with the actual planks.

If you got your hands on the Girl Outbackwards DVD then you got to check out the Outbackwards Outtakes. If you didn't now you can.

It is our privilege to announce that Vincent Alvarez is now Pro for Chocolate Skateboards.

We're working on it. Until then enjoy this Daniel manual.

Chunk of Chocolate. Vincent Alvarez heads up to SF for a few days.

Clip of the Day. Vincent's homie James Valdez goes to work on this bump. Vincent got his too, but we have to hold that.

The Best Use of the Biebel Soundboad Contest. Diego's email for his entry was simply titled, "Beebs scares away an escort." There's only one signed Biebel board left to give away. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Limited to the continental U.S. Send your entries here.

Shane O'Neill came by last Friday to grab some Fourstar clothes so we sat him down for a quick Crail Couch.

Mini Top 5 with The Gav. We'll give him the back three, but that's about it.

Chunk of Chocolate. Kenny, Justin, and Chris find themselves at Marc's mountain home.

The Best Use of the Biebel Soundboad Contest. Tim Savas knows Biebel is R&B smooth. There are still three of these singed Biebel boards to give away. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Limited to the continental U.S. Send your entries here.

How come on the Mayan Calendar, on today's date, 9.02.10 or 90210, there ain't shit about Brandon and Dylan both boning Kelly?

Smyth goes Top 5 on his hometown.

The Best Use of the Biebel Soundboad Contest. Endo Rosales pairs up Biebel and Dynamite. They don't have to all be soundboard mash ups. We'll take some good ol' fashion prank calls too. There are still four of these singed Biebel boards to give away. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Limited to the continental U.S. Send your entries here.

Daniel Castillo's Top 5 reasons to shoot with Reda, because there're easily Top 5 reasons not too.

The Best Use of the Biebel Soundboad Contest. We put the word out for some quality entries and Evan Rissi answered it. Big time. Biebel fields a call from a certain disgruntled celebrity. We like it so much we're sending you three of these boards, Evan! That means only five more to go. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Limited to the continental U.S.

Joe Brook's got hella cameras. Here's his Top 5.

The Best Use of the Biebel Soundboad Contest. Tom Swift couples the Biebel Soundboard with a Fat Joe beat. You got a board coming your way, Tom. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Remember you could win one of these boards. Limited to the continental U.S. Send your entries here.

Steelee Faltis calls the local Salon for a funny call and gets himself a signed board. Nine more to go. Read the post from 8/23 for the details. Remember you could win one of these boards. Limited to the continental U.S. Send your entries here.

Mini Top 5. Paul Zitzer gets to tell jokes about vert skaters because he's a vert skater. Kind of how Jerry Seinfeld gets to tell Jewish jokes or how Kramer gets to say the N-word...wait, that's not right.

Mini Top 5, or not, with Rick McCrank.

A Very Special Crail Couch with Alex Olson and his lil' bro.

Mini Top 5. It's a shitty job, but Scuba's gotta do it.

Clip of the Day. After the NBA finals some of Ben Colen's co-workers decided to upgrade his office for the occasion. Since his true office is the mean streets, it wasn't until yesterday that Ben had actually, finally seen the thing. Here's how he reacted.

Andrew Allen on the Crail Couch.

Clip of the Day. Chico gets his at the newly erected Stoner Park.

Clip of the Day. Platform Skate Shop, located in beautiful Pomona, CA, came by for a skate night out back.

Mini Top 5. Damn, another ankle roll for Devine Calloway, get well soon bud.

Mini Top 5 with a ripping but reluctant Shane O'Neill.

Mini Top 5 with Chris Roberts and those pressure flips.

Clip of the Day. It might not be the Europe Element Team, but it is our Team Manager in Europe, Sam Smyth getting his during practice at CPH.

Clip of the Day. Beauty and the Beast 3 teaser 2.

Clip of the Day. Rickk's Beauty and the Beast 3 mpeg edit.

Mini Top 5 with Joey Brezinski and things that are so rad.

Clip of the Day. Now it's Justin's turn to session the NoHo park.

Clip of the Day. Gerwer brings it up to speed from Beauty and the Beast 3.

Mini Top 5. Sam Smyth's Top 5 ways to manage talent.

Clip of the Day. Joey Brezinski captures the Smooth Operator in video game form and in real life.

Chris Roberts on a return visit to the Crail Couch.

Sometimes when your friends are far away the only thing that can connect you is a video chat. At least that's what Carroll and Biebel do to stay close and connected.

Clip of the Day. Kenny showed up to a spot with a local kids film session already in progress and hooked up the lil' homie Kiefer with a line, with Bagley in hot pursuit.

Carroll doctors up a Mikemo graphic to his specifications.

Clip of the Day. Bagley bags a few ditch tricks with Kenny and Espinoza.

Crail Couch with Band of Horses drummer Creighton Barrett.

Q & A Section

From Justin Worthing,

Q: Who is the smoking man in the Keenan short film in Mouse? What is he up to now and did his acting career continue?

Mini Top 5 with Vincent Alvarez and his stolen car.

Clip of the Day. A recent visit to the Malibu gas station.

Clip of the Day. Vincent's homie James Valdez goes to work on this bump. Vincent got his too, but we have to hold that.

Girl's Outbackwards Tour episode 3, Melbourne and Tasmania.

Girl's Outbackwards Tour episode three is going live tomorrow. Until then here's teaser #8.

Clip of the Day. A return to an old South Bay favorite, the Beryl Banks. Featuring Justin Eldridge, Austyn Gillette, Rick Howard, Marc Johnson, and Eric Koston, but I bet a lot of you could have figured that out by just watching the clip.

Here's a teaser for our last leg of Girl's Outbackwards Tour.

Clip of the Day. Daniel Espinoza is not believing in himself, working hard, or getting smart.

Clip of the Day. If you're going to land a trick and you're going to have anyone scream for ya, have Marc scream for ya. That's what Koston and BA do.

Clip of the Day. These Justin Eldridge "warm ups" would have been near enders back in '97.

Mini Top 5 with Cory Kennedy concerning his big move to California.

Clip of the Day. Cory Kennedy goes convex. And that's not J. Mascis...I don't think.

Mini Top 5. Koston demonstrates the difficulties every pro skater deals with when it comes Blue Steal time. Happy Birthday Koston!

Outbackwards Tour Part Two

Tim Tam with Sean.

Rudy's son Diego had a birthday party in the Girl park where Rickk flipped cam some Guy and Rudy doubles.

Clip of the Day. The other day Brian and Tony came down and skated the park with Mike and Rickk.

Tony Trujillo is on the Crail Couch.

Mic's Top 5 SF skaters.

Girl's Outbackwards Tour teaser #5.

Our good pal Keith Hufnagel huffs and puffs thru a Crail Couch sesh

Mini Top 5. Atiba picks five dudes he'd like to shoot.

Mini Top 5. Now Mic give his side of the story of being in shotgun while The Gonz is behind the wheel.

Mini Top 5. Mark Gonzales' Top 5 things about having Mic-E Reyes in shotgun.

Clip of the Day. Daniel Espinoza vs. The Sprinkler.

Mini Top 5. Mic's Top 5 ex Deluxe riders he misses the most.

Here's Part One of Girl's Outbackwards Tour. First stop Auckland, New Zealand.

Outbackwards Teaser #4

Outbackwards Teaser #3.

Our pal Yaje Popson pays homage to the fabulous Rubber Boys with this clip below, filmed yesterday with Roger Bagley. Also, here's how Yaje rides the East Coast from his Rich Mahogany part. Oh, and happy birthday Yaj.

Mini Top 5 with Daniel Castillo, who is quite possibly becoming the most prolific Top 5er around here. This time with the Top 5 OG Venice Street Plants.

Girl's Outbackwards Tour video teaser #2. Shot by Rick Howard.

Daniel Espinoza's Top 5 rail warm ups. You need to warm up on that speaking voice though, Daniel.

Mini Top 5, nay a Mini Behind the Music with Ty Evans and his Top 5 memories of making Chomp On This

Mini Top 5, because it's Friday and Daniel's got shit to do.

Here's a little teaser of Cory Kennedy from the upcoming Girl Outbackwards Tour video.

Mini Top 5. Daniel Castillo's Top 5 favorite aisles in the warehouse.

In celebration of Girl and Chocolate's Skatepark Round Up here's a yard sale from Jake's couch session. There's always more.

It's time to go home. Biebel, send us off.

Quad Switch Flips, the film. Starring Mikemo, Malto, Cory, and Nugget.

Brandon brings us back up to speed, it's more bus time.

Biebel from the back of the bus, part two.

Who better than Biebel to let you all know how Girl's Outbackwards tour is going.

Chris Roberts Top 5 skaters he follows.

Jake Phelps on the Crail Couch, part 3.

Jake Phelps on the Crail Couch, part 2.

Jake Phelps on the Crail Couch, part 1.

Girl's Open House Contest Number 8. 2010

Beauty and the Beast 2 is now available on iTunes and iTunes Canada.

Featured Feature. Here's some park footage we've accumulated over the last few months from various lunchtime sessions, rainy days rides, and coffee breaks backsiders.

Crail Couch with Richard Mulder.

BA's Mini Top 5 places to go and people to see in LA.

Daniel Castillo with a return visit to The Crail Couch where he answers this very important question, "Do you still get carded?"

Mini Top 5 about something or other with Carroll.

Clip of the Day. We skated this the first night of Beauty and the Beast in Las Vegas.

Gang of Bledsoe. Roger Bagley put together a compilation of Tyler's footage from the Gang of Fourstar trip.

Malto has the uncanny ability to get a gang of footage on any given trip. Well, Gang of Fourstar was no exception. So, here's Gang of Malto, some of the highlights and never before seen clips of Sean.

Mini Top 5 with the Nuge.

A return visit to The Crail Couch, Mr. Sean Malto.

Alex Olson with a warm up session at the Venice park.

Clip of the Day. Guy with a cheering section in the LBC clip.

On the Crail Couch with Ako, or is that Atiba?

The Girl Park goes (RED)

Anthony Pappalardo and (RED)

Clip of the Day. Robbie Russo and McCrank at Channel St.

Crail Couch with Rick McCrank.

Clip of the Day. Here are two clips of Devine Calloway that, at the time, were deemed too good for their respective tour videos that they were filmed for, 2004's What Tour? and 2007's We'reOk EurOk, but never found a proper home, unless you consider The Daily Randoms a proper home. We certainly do.

Mini Top 5 with Gino Iannucci and his donut.

Mini Top 5 Tempster moments with Kerry Getz. press release.

The Cheeks on the Crail Couch, finally

Mini Top 5 with Guy Mariano and his favorite schoolyards.

Mini Top 5. Oliver Barton's Top 5 things about living with Feds.

Mini Top 5 with a fresh out of the sleeping bag John Cardiel.

On the Crail Couch with renown graphic artist, collector, archiver, writer, and Jackass, Sean Cliver.

Mo, Jeron, and Biebel move if they wanna on this ledge sesh.

Mini Top 5 of Justin's favorite high fives.

Mini Top 5. Daewon and Daniel. Twenty years of BFF.

A very special Birthday Couch for Mr Jonze.

Mini Top 5 with Brooke Hickland, one of the few girls down with the EMB.

Mini Top 5 con Jesus Fernandez

Looks like one of our riders may have a career in voice over work. Watch to the end to see who dubbed the Dubbs

Mini Top 5 with Brophy and why he thinks you should watch Gang of Fourstar.

Mini Top 5 of why Kenny Anderson skates beaters.

The Capaldi Brothers on the Crail Couch. Topics discussed; skid marks, saying "I love you," and the gays.

Mini Top 5 with Vincent Alvarez and the velocity at which he travels.

Mini Top 5. Malto shows his vulnerable side.

We have a winner for the Where the Wild Things Ought to Be Contest. This one got a major turnout, but we deemed Darryl Collins entry the wildest. Alexander back flipping at Wallenberg. How he didn't beat Chris Cole we'll never know. Thanks to all who entered. We'll try to post a slideshow of the standouts later this week.

Top 5 Trippiest Things he's ever seen...so far.

Mini Top 5. Well, Mike, with that hurt shoulder of yours you shouldn't be throwing anything.

Mini 5. The Top 5 laughs on the Crail Couch.

Crail Couch With Kenny Anderson #2

Mini Top 5 with Guy Mariano and his favorite team riders of years past.

Mini Top 5 with Steve Nesser and that famous brother-in-law of his.

Mini Top 5. Well, it is Wednesday. (Note: This video was made by Roger Bagley).

Mini Top 5. Kenny Anderson's best 5 reasons to drive a car that runs on vegetable oil.

Mini Top 5. Top 5 pro skaters whose names Jesus Fernandez has trouble saying with.

Hop into the world of Justin Eldridge, via Roger Bagely's video.

Tom, BA, Alex, Vincent, Tony, and Robbie at the Hailey Park in Idaho.

Mini Top 5. Malto's Top 5 things about leaving the Chocolate film trip to go on Beauty and the Beast. Keep in mind that this was filmed before he dislocated his elbow the other day on the Beast.

Mini Top 5. Ernie Torres' Top 5 overheard quotes.

Mini Top 5. Mike Mo's Top 5 things he hates about growing up. He's nineteen.

Top 5 reasons why Ty's probably amping right now.

Lucas on The Crail Couch? Oui. Oui.

Mini Top 5. Another one with Karl.

Lenoce's back with the Top 5 people not to room with on a Baker tour.

Back in the Embarco days, Karl Watson just about annoyed/impressed everyone with his spitball prowess. Here he recounts his Top 5 targets.

Mini Top 5 With Kabul Foster

Mini Top 5. Top 5 ways that people miss pronounce Jeff Lenoce's last name.

Mini Top 5 with Justin Eldridge and just his luck.

Top 5 reasons why Joey Brezinski would rather wheelie across something than grind down it.

Mini Top 5 with the Tony Robbins of skateboarding, Ben Colen.

Enjoy your life with this Crail Couch featuring Rip.

Jeremy Wray recounts the Top 5 things that were going through his head when he ollied the waters towers years ago. That was some ill shit.

Biebel's second visit to the Crail Couch.

A little Biebel Couch time preview.

Mini Top 5 with the very busy Mark Gonzales.

The Crail Couch. You've heard 20/20's, NBC's, and TMZ's take on it, now here Rudy Johnson's thouhgts on the passing of Michael Jackson. This shit is not really hitting a filter. It's just coming. R.I.P. MJ.

Here's Ben Colen's return to his newly decorated office.

Justin puts a hurting on a mosaic-tiled bench.

We're back home, and back to normal. Shit, what's more back to normal than having The Gav on the Crail Couch?

Joey Suriel with on of the most expressive hands, to date, on the Crail Couch. Thanks Joe!

Mini Top 5. Brophy and the Bumpy Bus ride.

Clip of the Day. Roger Bagely's 2 Demos and a Big 4 follows the Girl and Chocolate team on their way to skate a couple of demos and some Wallenberg action.

We welcome the first female to take a seat on the Crail Couch, Lu Blando. If you ever called Girl from two 2006 to 2008 she was the lovely voice on the other end of the line. She left us for a bit, but like so many before her, has recently come back into the fold. Thanks to The Ringer for doing the questions.

Today on the Crail Couch, Alex and Mike. Two dudes. One brain.

It's good to know that Europe's finest skate company has America's finest ambassador.

Roger captured a little ledge session over the weekend. Cory Kennedy is a beast!

Koston and his 5 favorite photos shot from his TV screens.

His image has been in the background of every Crail Couch thus far, but today Daniel Castillo is ready for his close up.

Eric Koston remembers his fuller face from the early '90s and how Liu Kang helped it get there.

First there was Chris and Garvey, now there's Daniel and Frankie. A little slice of life with Mr Castillo.

Nick Tershay on the Crail Couch part two, Diamond days

Royal's Joso Rojo enjoys the good life.

On the Crail Couch with Nick Tershay aka Nick Diamond, part one, the skate years

Five things that stress Daniel the F out.

As promised, Gino on the Crail Couch.

Mini Top 5

We're on Twitter. Biebel sold us on it.

Crail Couch With Tony Vitello

Mini Top 5

The Jer is back with his five ironic purchases.

Chris Casey of Fuel fame on the Crail Couch.

Mini Top 5

Top 5 people Chico got in a fight with. Carroll was number six!

Mini Top 5

Sure yesterday's Top 5 is gonna be a hard act to follow, but if anybody can pull it off it's Jer Hsu and his Top 5 favorite things in his house.

Mini Top 5

The Top 5 things Mike Carroll says when he's drunk, by Brad Pitt.

The pride of Channel St., Robbie Russo, is the youngest guy to plant it on the Crail Couch. It's a little short though because I started feeling like Larry Clark half way through the interview.

Brad Staba's triumphant return to the Crail Couch.

Mini Top 5

Top 5 reasons Mikey Taylor rolls deep

Wanna know how to properly pronounce Jeron's name? Then watch his Crail Couch

Mini Top 5

Top 5 reason Mike Mo choose to still live with the parentals.

Finally a proper Englishman on the Crail Couch, Paul Shier.

Daryl Angel's Top 5 taildrops to handrail maneuvers.

Jose Rojo on that damn broken neck.

Patrick O'dell parks it on the Crail Couch.

Top 5 ways to get your photo taken by Jerry Hsu

Beauty And The Beast Now Available On iTunes

Mini Top 5

Daniel Castillo tries to break the habit.

The Aussie giant, Andrew Brophy on the Crail Couch.

Mini Top 5

Top 5 reasons to watch Wednesdays with Reda.

A bronzed Justin Eldridge on the Crail Couch.

Carroll's got his own thoughts on why he wasn't on the session the other day.

Mini Top 5 Reasons Why Carroll Is Not On The Session

On the Crail Couch with young Klein.

Mini Top 5

Danny Brady's Top 5 things about coming to America.

Mini Top 5

Daniel Castillo's Top 5 step hop tricks.

The Top 5 reasons Jeron always skates with a little white towel.

On the Crail Couch with Frank Gerwer.

Every wonder what Roberts' crib be lookin' like? Wonder no mo'.

Pulling on your heartstrings is one of the finest pursuits of The Crail Couch. That, and questions about hot tubbing. Brandon Biebel, folks.

I've been slipping on the wheat grass, but when The Ringer asks for Burnett, the Couch delivers.

Crail Couch With Ben Colen Part 1

Crail Couch With Ben Colen Part 2

From Termite to Habitat, Austyn Gillette does some Crail Couch time. And he's a better man for it.

Q & A Section/On the Crail Couch

From Ben Weiler,

Q: Rudy, how do you feel about what Stacy Peralta said about you in the first Guy episode of Epicly Later'd?

A:

Carroll up On the Crail Couch.

Alex Olson On The Crail Couch.

Vincent Alvarez talking about firing a friend On The Crail Couch.

Group therapy On The Crail Couch.

Ah, to be Mike Mo's brother. The trials and tribs of Vince Capaldi get fleshed out On The Crail Couch..

He never even heard of it, but we got Kenny Anderson On The Crail Couch.

C-Rob on The Crail Couch.

It used to be Max and Aaron Chilean's couch that Sean Malto used to spend an enormous amount of time on, now he's on The Crail Couch.

MJ back On The Crail Couch.

Staba dirt, thoughts on Kenny, traveling with Rickk, and ones to grow on. All in Brian Anderson's On the Crail Couch.

The Crail Couch, the last stop on Spike's current press tour.

I think Brad Staba was born for The Crail Couch, probably has done a decent amount of couch time as it is, but yesterday was just not the day. But we did come up with a decent Mini Episode. The Couch eagerly awaits Brad's triumphant return.

Crail Couch With Rudy Johnson Part 2

Rudy Johnson takes a load off on The Crail Couch. Topic discussed? His wife's first drop in, of course.

On the Crail Couch. First up is Lee Smith. Charlie Rose watch out.

Clip of the Day. Some more of that Old Shit. Gino, Carroll, Reda, and Jeron.

Clip of the Day. Some more of that Old Shit. The writing on the tape cases said Lakai 1, Lakai 2, and Lakai 3. So here's what was on them.

Clip of the Day. Is some of that old shit from the early Lakai filming days. Maybe 2005 or 2006. Some Carroll, Koston, AVE, a P-A-T sighting, and a Gino outtake that now looks more like a trick that should have been in a video. Oh, and a baby faced Olson of course.

Clip of the Day. This time it's the "Ber" and the "Rics" of the Berrics. Koston and Steve about this weekend's battles.

Clip of the Day MJ Battle Interview

Clip of the Day. A little pre interview before the big fight. Mo and Carroll talk strategy before their Battle at the Berrics this weekend.

Allow us to allow you to take a peak into Girl Skateboards, via The Girl Skateboard Company's Open House Number 7 that took place last Tuesday.

Kenny Anderson Open House Flier Shoot 2008

Koston is playing Donovan Strain later today for the semi finals of The Battle at the Berrics. To properly warm him up we set up game fro him this morning at Crail HQ with one of our fiercest flatgrounders, Sam Smyth.

A Tribe Called Mapquest Tour 2008.

Fourstar Pink Motel Outtakes.

Crailtap Clip of the day.

Clip of the Day. Rickk's view of the Rumble in Ramona. Starring Rudy and The Gav.

Girl and Chocolate at the Culver City Park stop of Active's Hotdogs and Hessians tour. Video by Roger Bagley

Crailtap Clips of the Day 2005

Crailtap Clips of the day 2006

Year In Pictures 2006

Year In Pictures 2005

Year In Pictures 2004

A slo mo ledge sesh at USC.

A photo of Carroll takes the brunt of Spike's BB gun.

Girl Skateboards Open House Video #6. Every wanted to have lunch with The Gav, pet a goat, or see the shop kids kill the park?

Welcome to Girl Skateboard's Annual Open House. Beats wearing a badge down at ASR.

A nice little Wednesday afternoon in downtown Los Angeles with Carroll, Howard, Scott, Rudy, Ty, and Alex.

Sometimes your favorite skater looks like your favorite celebrity

Year In Pictures 2007

Crailtap Clips of the day 2007

Art Director Andy Jenkins and professional skater Eric Koston talk about Girl Skateboards' Partnership with(PRODUCT) RED