True Love x Waterloo

After much thought and consideration we have made the very difficult decision to close up shop.

Thank you for everyone’s love and support.

HUF...

Is on the way, and to celebrate that a bit, here is a must see interview and his part in "real to reel" soooo much balls. I dont know how he does half the stuff without thinking to himself first " hey am I going to die doing this?" This just gets me more and more stoked to rep this stuff!

... A LITTLE DOCUMETARY I STUMBLED UPON

7 Little interviews with OG Toronto writers and street artists. Its crazy people like scam is still doing graffiti. No wonder they paint like its noting, they have been doing it for years.

Writing Toronto's (Hi)Story (24 minutes) from Well and Good on Vimeo.

CANUCK IF YOU BUCK

last year when 10 Deep did their Canadian tour, I think they stopped in Brampton and Toronto. This is a dope little montage of the lot of it. ( obviously has the Air Canada Center bank in there )

...JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SAFE

I've been getting into politics alot more than ever lately, really I wasn't into them at all before. Then I started to get interested in the Illuminati "theory" I've been watching a bunch of video's and reading a few articles, and talking with other people I know about the whole situation to try and understand it a bit better. I'm still lost in the whole situation, as these people are obviously trying to hide their identity. Alot of people were stoked on Obama's victory, but you just never know...

this documentary has confused me. Though even if Obama is as crooked as he is made out to be, there are still other side's to what he is trying to do.

CURREN$Y

Talk about the importance of mix-tapes, his disputes with Weezy, and his new album
Dropping April 21st. This interview is definitely worth watching, Its a little hard to follow but that's whats good about it.

DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER...

Especially with this sweetheart, she has the confidence I need. Everyone had their doubts when she walked out and even during the introduction. All of a sudden the second she started singing, people lost their minds. She deserves to be blogged, cause now a'days you need sex appeal to win American Idol type contests. Notice her actions after she gets the "yes" from Simon. Then try looking her in the eyes and not calling her a cutie pie.
I can't get an embedded video but here is the link to YOUTUBE

BIG SCEN

Big Scen just released two new tracks on myspace. He is playing tomorrow night at the kathedral. He has been working hard and it show's, updates on him later. For now... just the new tracks

www.myspace.com/bigscen

get into it!

Mark Gonzales

Born in 1969 Mark Gonzales or "Gonz" is know for being one of the pioneers of modern street skating. Gonz came on the scene at age 15 with a new more modern take on skating. He made the cover of Thrasher Magazine in November 1984, where at the time he was sponsored by Alva. He was soon scooped up by Vision skateboards who were a new company with big ideas. Mark made Embarcadero in SF a popular spot to skate by doing the first major gap there in 1986 and was featured in the September 86 issue of Thrasher. This gap was soon after nicknamed the "Gonz Gap" because of mark. Not to long after this gap was done Mark and Natas Kaupas were the first two skaters to skate handrails in 86 and Mark was the first to ride in switch stance in 87. In 1989 Mark created Blind skateboards, influencing skateboarding even more with Blind's 1991 video "Video Days. In 93 Gonzales made a trip back to his self title gap and was the first ever to kickflip the Gonz Gap. Mark then left Blind and started two new companies, the first being ATM Click and then 60/40 Skateboards which are now out of business. After this Mark skated for Real Skateboards and then launched Krooked Skateboards. Although Gonz is a skater he also took on a career in Art. His art has been shown at many galleries worldwide, including Alleged Gallery in New York. He also had a collaborative exhibit with fellow skater Christian Hosoi at The Journal gallery in New York. Some of Mark's fans/collectors include people like Donald Trump and Sean "P-diddy" Combs. These two careers aren't the only things Gonz has done. He has had lead parts in short films like "How They Get There" in 1997 and published a book called "Broken Poems" in 2006. He was awarded the "Legend Award" by Transworld Skateboarding and in 2007 he published a skate film named "Gnar Gnar" and was released with only 1000 VHS copies made and was shot with an old VHS camcorder. And you think he stopped there, Mark has been featured in Skate, Skate 2 and Skate it, just so you can be as good as him(in a video game of course). Mark is truly one busy skateboarder.

Now for the videos

Gonz when he was with Real


More of Gonz


Mark in "Krooked Kronichles" 2006

We will be closed

We will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, so if you want some goods either come in on Thursday, Saturday, or wait until next Wednesday.

Lance Mountain

Born in 1964 Lance was one of the more popular skaters in the 80's. He also was one of the five most legendary members of the Bones Brigade. When contests were the main factor in a skaters status, Lance was on top of the competition during the first phases of street skating, but he specialized in vert skating where he regularly placed in the top five. In 81 Mountain was got his first sponsorship with Variflex, but then signed with Powell Peralta a year later. In 1983 Lance won the Upland Turkey Shoot which upped his skate status. He was up against some tough competition including fellow team riders Steve Cabellaro, Mike McGill, and Tony Hawk. Winning this contest made Mountain the perfect candidate for "The Bones Brigade Video Show" which was skateboarding's first full length video in 1984. In the early 90's street skating started to take over and vert fell into second place, the Bones Brigade went through the change and fell behind as well because of its heavy vert dominance. As this was happening Lance left Powell Peralta and started his own skateboard company call "The Firm" in 1991 and signed noteable skaters such as Bob Burnquist, Ray Barbee, and Rodrigo Teixeira. "The Firm" was ended in 2006, and Lance has been riding for Flip ever since. Lance was also one of the creators of fingerboards back in the late 70's and assembled them out of cardboard, pencil erasers, and a disassembled Hot Wheels toy.

A couple vids of Lance Mountain shredding


Lance in 85


Now look how far people have taken fingerboards

NATAS KAUPAS!!!

Natas Kaupas born in 1969, was referred to as one of the first true professional street skaters. He just preferred not to ride ramps and parks, when it didn't even really phase other skateboarders at the time. Kaupas is also the father of the all so popular wall-ride. When thrasher magazine saw that, they were so impressed he made the cover. After that happened he began to get more and more. In 1984 he got his first pro model with SMA(Santa Monica Airlines) skateboards. At this time he started skating with people like: Mark Gonzales, Julien Stranger and Tim Thiebaud, strarting the street skating movement.
At a skate demo in Oceanside California Kaupas stunned the crowd just for attempting a handrail, at this time it was unsuccessful. In 1987 he was in the Santa Cruz video "wheels of fire" and began to be noticed by even more. With that people started questioning him about his name. Natas spelt backwards is satan, really it was just the male version of Natalia in Lithuanian. He thought it was funny and started wearing public enemy shirts to get to them. In 1988 etnies saw him growing and growing and decided to offer him a pro model shoe ( which was a new concept at the time.) Then in 1989 he was in the video streets of fire, where Kaupas had a huge role.
In 1991 Natas was approached by Steve Rocco, who started World Industries skateboards. He suggested that he started his own line of skateboards. He then dropped SMA and started 101 skateboards. In 1992 101 skateboards grew very popular with Kaupas doing his thing and skating. He lost interest in the companies after they had put together a team of pros and ams. Kaupas worked for a bunch of different companies, some pretty short lived. In 1998 he found alot of graphic/ art work with element and quicksilver, also releasing a pro model on element. He is still active and doing his thing as a "semi-retired professional skateboarder" that must be the life.

How awesome is the intro to this part? AMAZING! Same with the skate part! some of these tricks need to be done more these days!

wheels of fire part.

MTL REPRESENT

If you follow the MTL(montreal) graffiti scene, you know these guys, atleast loes, that guy killlllllllllllllllllllz. This is a pretty dope track, about the harsh montreal winters. If you haven't expierienced one you can't say anything. They are terrible hands down.

STEVE OLSON

Don't get it twisted, we are talking about the OG Steve Olson(Alex Olson's dad), not the one who used to ride for shorty's. Don't get me wrong, that guy roolz too especially his part in fulfill the dream. I always wondered what happened to this guy. I forget what video it is off the top of my head but I remember him having a 3-4 trick part. It's really too bad, for the time the video was released we was on some next tip. dropping off roofs into handrails etc... but now for the Steve Olson who helped make skateboarding what it is today.

( amazing song choices )

Steve Olson started skating in 1966, getting a new deck every year at christmas. He kept skating and skating and was claimed king of vertical skating in the late 70's. He rode for Santa Cruz and was part of the Independent truck company's test team when they first came out.
In 1978 in the magazine "wide world of skateboarding" they wrote: "I believe that Steve is the number 1 bowl rider in the world today. He has so many strengths: He's physically sound, well coordinated and has a great sense of spontaneity. He can walk into an unfamiliar bowl and begin to rip it right away."
Aside from skateboarding he had a love for punk rock music and art.These days art is very serious for him and he takes it pretty seriously, and it shows in his work. He has meaning and purpose in his art which really stands out. This man is inspiration for many.

Now for a couple video interviews:

HUF team rider - Tommy Guerrero

Here is a video of Tommy from 1985 to comemorate his new HUF deck dropping at True Love in limited quantities. This video came out around the same time that Gary "Green River Killer" Ridgeway was killing prostitutes. Ridgeway was convicted of killing 48 prostitues between 1982-1986 in major cities in California like San Fran and LA, and many more in Seattle. Though he confessed to killing 71. Gary was finally arrested in 2001 after DNA evidence linked him to the murders. Ridgeway was sentenced to serve 48 life sentences and an additional 480 years for tampering with evidence for each murder.

Tommy was 19 when he filmed this video and was a member of the Bones Brigade skate team that dominated in the 80's. He was well know for his "effortless" skating in his hometown of San Francisco, which was featured in most of the Brigade's videos. After sakting for Powell Peralta and the Bones Brigade Guerrero and Jim Thiebaud started the skate company Real which is still around to this day.

Now to the video of Tommy Gurrero shreddin in 85.

STARLIGHT TONIGHT!

Tonight our homie Mantis returns to Starlight Lounge. He among many other local artists are going to be showcasing their talent.

Starting tonight at 9pm and will be featuring artists like...
Mystic & Miranda
Rufus John
Justis
Esjay
Klue and Scarz
Iman
Fresh
and Q

$5 entry fee

APRIL FOOLS

NAWT

All decks are now on sale until the end of April for $60. Where else can you get decks from Acapulco Gold and Shut etc... let alone being the cheapest pro decks in town.

ALSO

Trucks and wheels on the low-low. They are not on sale but still cheaper than anywhere else.

Trucks $60
Wheels $40

Warm weather is here to stay and there is no need to worry about your gear getting thrashed in the shiesty winter conditions. So come grab a complete at True Love for a nice fresh start to spring.

WHAT DID JAY AND TAY DO TODAY

We at True Love truely love our sweets so today it was only necisary that we make a sweetie bag. "What is a sweetie bag?" you ask. A sweetie bag is a brown bag filled with your favourite candies. There are a few rules though to this bag of treats.

1. Must be in a brown paper bag
2. No looking in the bag
3. Must shake after every withdrawl

Thanks to Carvasie Williams from DQM for the idea. Here we will show you how to make a sweetie bag.

The ingrediants. We choose a few of our favourites. Mike n Ikes, gummy worms, sour watermelons, sour patch kids, and the best candy out there TWERPS. They are unlike any other candy out the



The insertion of the ingrediants







We kind of broke rule 2, but it was only for the greater good.



And there you have it a Monster energy and sweetie to give you quite the suger kick for a long day at work



All you kids and adults out there get your sweetie bag made and indulge.

JASON DILL

Epicly Later'd, with the one and only Jason Dill that matters. Dill is definitely a bit different, but fucking awesome (no pun intended;). These video's are good to watch if you haven't seen them before.


"I dont believe what I just saw":

REPPIN' ONTARIO!

Mark Appleyard has been rippin' for quite some time. Born in Oakville, went to school in burlington and skated the GTA. This guy has been skating since he was 9 years old. Appleyard has won the title for "skater of the year" for magazines like transworld( a few times)and thrasher, and has footage in enough video's.
new footage from the berrics (unreal):

on the nollie flip tip!

and from sorry:
good part in my opinion!

ITS THAT TIME AGAIN

I wanna find someone who has a mini-ramp and is down for some mini ramp parties. This guy obviously knows whats up, givin it 100% , that drop in was going to fail from the second he had 2 feet on the board.
good for a "lol"

RIP MARTIN TARBACK A.K.A. "DREADLOCKS"

Many of you who have skated the streets of Kitchener-Waterloo have come across Dreadlocks at one point or another whether you realize it or not. I heard alot of different stories about this guy, you never really know whats true and whats not. The article below taken from The Record, must be somewhat correct to be released to the general public, but then again you never really know. He seemed to be pretty nice, and would rarely not return a hello or smile and nod. It sucks he had to go right after that brutal winter, just as it was getting nice.


Taken from The Record:
Few men can make a room full of street-hardened police officers tear up.
But Martin Tarback could, such was the pull of his story -- of an adult life often spent with no place to call home, lost in the black hole of mental illness. He was an imposing, gentle giant, nicknamed "Dreadlocks," who shuffled around Kitchener's streets, where he lived for almost 20 years.
Tarback died Tuesday at Freeport Health Centre after a long struggle with cancer. He was 41.
Many who moved through downtown -- outreach workers, business owners, residents -- knew the man with the long beard and dreadlocks who often dressed in layers of tattered, dark clothing.
But Tarback also left an impact on the group of men and women who have walked the streets as officers of the Waterloo Regional Police.
For the beat cops of the Frederick Street police station, he was just Martin -- the guy they'd give a pair of boots, gloves, long johns, a bit of money or the occasional cigarette.
"There wasn't a foot patrol officer in our division who didn't know him," said Supt. Bryan Larkin, who has known Tarback since he was a rookie constable in his early 20s.
"Our streetscape has changed forever, because he was such a friendly, familiar face."
News of Tarback's death made for a sad day the police station yesterday, he said. Many remembered him from sensitivity training sessions where Tarback would be brought in to tell his story to a room full of 30 or 40 officers.
"On many occasions, he brought the room to tears," Larkin said. "He moved many officers who had worked with him for years."
Despite his rough appearance, Tarback earned a soft spot in the hearts of people who met him.
Strangers would buy him coffee. Little old ladies gave him chocolates. Downtown store owners bought him clothes and once put him up in a Victoria Street motel.
"A lot of people tried to help him," said Mark Garner, executive director of the Kitchener Downtown Business Association. "But he wanted to do things on his own terms, and he did it his own way."
By all accounts, Tarback had a normal childhood. In his teen years, he was a good-looking young man, with a steady hand on a pool cue and piercing eyes. He went to Eastwood Collegiate Institute and had a loving family.
But mental illness was slowly clouding his reality. By his 20s, he was living on the streets, sleeping in ATM lobbies, and turning away from the medication and doctors who could have offered him a more normal life.
Tarback had his good periods, when he'd accept help for his alcoholism and mental illness from the city's social agencies. And he had his bad periods, when he was unreachable.
Many people quietly looked out for him. He had an account at the King Street TD Bank branch, and could access a daily allotment there.
Many who came to really know him, saw him as more than just a man on the street, holding out his hand.
For many in downtown, he was a reminder that everyone has a story to tell, and everyone has hidden scars, Larkin said.
And for other people living on the street, Tarback's legacy just might be a kinder, more understanding police force.
"If we see somebody with their arm in a sling, we go 'oh, they must be hurt" Larkin said. "But it's much harder to see the signs of someone suffering from mental illness."
A memorial service is planned for Friday, March 27 at 3 p.m. at St. John's Community Kitchen, 97 Victoria St. N.

KRINK IS IN!

AND 100% BUTTER, Such nice colours, Some colours are already sold out. Get in and check them out. Upped on 4 oz mops, 5 colours of k-66 ballpoints, 9 colours of 60ml squeeze mops (black and white sold out already)4 colours in the K-71 markers, and introducing the k-42 to the shop, these thin little guys are real talk. We got the new gold krink too, get stoked, get grimey.

"I TESTIFY THE BEST IS I"

SEAN P!!!!
and bootcamp, but P is the best, kills it every time, this video is all around amazing though.

MR.CHI CITY

this guys video's are always good for a chuckle, these are a good way to pass some time on a cold windy afternoon. The joy's of being a youtube star, I think Im going to try and make it, then go to youtube parties and brag about my views.

but check these out:
Mr Chi City talks about his fridge:

Mr Chi City give money away for christmas:

Mr Chi City goes to McDonalds:

KRINK!

GOLD! and the colours of the rainbow! black and white and silver to go! All shapes and sizes aswell! We will announce the drop as soon as the order is in. Just in time for the nice weather, next week is looking like it will be a nice time to be outside.

EAST BOUND AND DOWN

This is one series I really hope they continue making. Danny McBride plays a washed up major league baseball player, who teaches gym at a middle school. This Show always had me laughing, def worth checking out. The show features stars like: John Hawkes, Jennifer Irwin and Will Ferrel.
Here's a little preview:

GUARDIAN ANGELS...UHHHH

You may have seen this on bombing science, but this got me pretty fired up. Volunteer's who are on call 24/7, go out of their way to help police do their jobs. If you ask me they seem like a bunch of police foundation drop outs. A DJ who likes graffiti also helped arrest a couple of graffiti writers in chi-city. Check his flickr and send him hate mail or, fan mail if that's your thing.
Check how brutal they're treated,I would Love to see these guys out-numbered at one time.

flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59286373@N00/

brutality:

WASSUP ROCKERS!

If you liked the classic movie "kids" from Larry Clark, you should enjoy this one. Its about a group of skaters out of South Central who travel to Hollywood and Beverly Hills. They cant help getting in trouble with the police, and deal with rich girls on their ass and their jealous boyfriends to follow. enjoy

WHY I DONT GO OUT IN PUBLIC TOO MUCH...

I often dance when I get really happy and things are going my way. this guy was on the jumbo-tron and had no clue hahaha. This seems like it would be a dance out of a musical. Anyways, I hope you enjoy as much as I did. (props to Arty Farty for the link)

Jumbotron Dance - watch more funny videos

DENNIS BUSENITZ

The beginning reminds me of today, nice and warm but still some snow on the ground. Summer couldn't come any sooner.

Dennis Busenitz
Hometown: Munich,Germany.
Sponsors: Huf, Real, Adidas, Volcom, Utility, Spitfire and Thunder.

enjoy the shred-age.

SPRING CLEANING SALE!

This week only...

ALL JB'S & CLARKS ONLY $25!!!
with the purchase of any regular priced item, or $50 by themselves.
All decks only $60. Cash only.

words from the wally champ!

MORE LOL'S

The previous video I saw from these guys "jizz in my pants" was semi- cheezy, but they're back with t-pain...on a boat!

GNAR FALL MONTAGE

I just have to say LOL, and its not even a word. My favourite two being in a row starting at 0:14 where the kid slams into the back of the bike and then homie who falls in the shed. I don't care though, I'd take a few falls like this for the snow to melt early. I'm tired of being teased by nice weather followed by snowy weekends. Oh well it's more than half over so that's a plus.( Complaining about weather helps speed the melting process up!)

SHUT NYC

yeahhhhhh, I was just lurkin the net and found this video, its pretty awesome. I don't quite know why its called a product test cause he just rips. But this is for anyone who thought the beef stick was crazy.

Product Test - Shut Skate Deck @ The Red Alert Laboratory from Red Alert on Vimeo.

KRINK PRE-ORDER!!!

Alot of people have come in and asked when more krink is coming in. The last order we placed got messed up, I thought of the Idea to take a pre-order, so once everyone comes in and fixes their need we have some good stock left until we re-up again. Unfortunately we cannot pre-order the gold but come pre-order the colours you want and don't pay tax. If you just cant wait, we will even send you an email right after we recieve them. The weather hasn't been deadly lately, so it's easy to handle and I'm thinking it will stay this way till spring. The order will be placed in 2 weeks which gives most with jobs time to get paid, get into true love to pre-order now!

05.01.09

Antwuan Dixon is hard.



Antwuan Dixons shoe is hard.



For only $80 on May 1st you can skate hard. True Love Waterloo, no more no less.

GOLD KRINK

LONG AWAITED - MUCH ANTICIPATED - COMING SOON TO TRUE LOVE.

AGAIN WITH THE COLD...

We had a nice streak going for a bit, even though it was wet it was warm. I've had it with this weather though, Spring needs to come sooner. I couldn't find the exact video I was looking for, but this one has a clip at the 20 second mark. Rick McCrank skating on snow built kickers. He knows how to make the best of a situation.

FLOSSTRADAMUS @ ELEMENTS TONIGHT

REDBULL THRE3 STYLE, Its a competition to see who is the most versatile DJ in the 519 area. Come show love, Dana D will be there!

ALSO CHECK THE FACEBOOK EVENT FOR MORE INFO
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?sid=748f9aefa93495abddf046e939a3c4ee&eid=45430063291

HUF SF

Here is a little taste of what you may see alot more of in the future. Huf, founded late 2002 by OG skater Keith Hufnagel. Huf started out as a skateshop, and has now expanded into more shops, and an established clothing company. Check out whats good at www.hufsf.com and stay tuned for some updates.

Interview With Keith Hufnagel


some 99' footage! (mans been pro since 92')


enjoy

DIRT MCGURT!

ODB died about 5 years ago now, I was thinking about it last night, he was the best, straight off the top, and always fun to listen to. Russell Tyrone Jones (Ol' Dirty) known for his half rap half singing style. After trying to do his own thing after breaking away from wu-tang, but ran into legal issues and ended up in jail. He died of a drug overdose while in jail 2 days before he turned 26.

Check out all the parts of this documentary called: dirty minded


this was always good too


and a banger track to go



I think he was god in someones body on earth.

MONTANA 94

I thought it was about time to blog about the new montana 94, I haven't heard too too much about it yet. I posted a Video as well as a review underneath. I haven't found too much info on it at this point but check it out! Hopefully there will be some in the shop in the next while.



33third FIRST Look - Spanish Montana 94 Can…

Graffiti Supplies

Well… with our latest shipment of Spanish Montana supplies came an unexpected surprise. Included in our order were 9 cans of the NEW Spanish Montana 94 cans… Yes ya’ll from the orginators of the Montana Hardcore brand comes the newest in their paint line… Whats the difference you ask… well first off the can design is pretty sick. really simple and clean design so yes it looks pretty. The paint is a Matte paint so no glossiness to it and the valve is a variable pressure (mainly low pressure) style which like Goldline, Belton, and Beat offers you the artist MUCH more control over your can and really makes the paint flow like butta.

We have included some pictures of the newness below for you to check out since as far as we know we are the only store that gots em! We’ll have a much more in-depth review by some artists here in LA so you get a better idea of what these cans can REALLY do.

props to 33third.com for the info check it out if you wanna see more

AUGOR INTERVIEW + MANTIS REMINDER!!!

This interview is awesome cause its done with the guys from AD busters, and anyone who knows augor knows he has the most unreal billboard hits.



AND MANTIS TONIGHT @ STARLIGHT 46 KING, 10$ ADMISSION+ FREE CD!

EARSNOT INTERVIEW

different than the one from infamy this one is taken from vimeo, this guy rules straight up. His points are always the best too, Sorry if this makes you wanna go out and paint, because it is -20 and it isn't that fun bombing in such weather.


earsnot from THE FEAR on Vimeo.

MANTIS: Still Life Release

For a while we were giving away still life samplers, If you like what you heard it would be crazy not to come out and support. The show is only $10 at the door and includes a copy of the CD. This will be a solid jam, details are on the flyer below and be sure to check out his website and or myspace too!

www.mantishiphop.com
www.myspace.com/mantishiphop

enjoy!

NOTORIOUS, THE MOVIE

Wow, I heard about this movie and after that trailer, I'm sold. The story of Christopher Wallace's life starting from when he wasn't all that big... I used to think this was going to look bad on biggie, but now I'm not too sure.

enjoy, and go see it!

Boy, I hope I get to be that old...

hahaha well maybe not that old. Congrats though, she just eats the occasional strip of bacon and she's all good!

Bic pens, accessorise

check it out!

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/reinventingbicpen.html