I've been going down the rabbit hole of vintage athletic typography this week.
At Abercrombie we had a whole basement full of this stuff that we bought at flea markets, estate sales, etc over the years and I spent 100s of hours going through it... now I just do it on Pinterest.
If you ever get a chance to visit a high-end vintage store, I highly recommend it.
Seeing it in person lets you see all the little details of how the ink and appliqué fade and distress over the years - photos don't really do it justice.
In 2013, a doctor looked at Bam Margera's legs and told him they were "dry-rotted rubber bands" from alcohol abuse. He said good luck ever skating again.
At his peak, Bam was pulling $300,000 a week from MTV's budget for Viva La Bam alone. Right Guard paid him $1 million for a single day of work. He wrecked Lamborghinis and bought replacements without thinking twice. Net worth touched $45 million.
Then the spiral. Ryan Dunn died in 2011. The TV projects dried up. He got fired from Jackass Forever in 2020 for failing drug and alcohol requirements. Rehab put him on 18 different medications that left him unable to cry, unable to feel anything. Net worth cratered to $1 million.
The comeback started when he quit everything and picked up a skateboard. His own words: "Skateboarding is my medication, and it's my therapy too. A trick a day keeps the doctor away."
He's now hosting Fishtank Season 5, confirmed for GRIND 2 alongside Paul Rodriguez and Ryan Sheckler, appearing as a secret character in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, and collaborating with Slappy Trucks on a signature collection.
46 years old. Standing in a skatepark. On legs a doctor said would never work again. The CKY kid from West Chester figured out that the thing that saved him was the same thing that started everything.
VAPES ARE A DEEP STATE PSYOP DESIGNED TO CONDITION US TO ENJOY SUCKING ROBOT DICKS.
ONCE AI TAKES AWAY ALL OUR JOBS AND THE ONLY THING LEFT FOR HUMANITY IS TO BE SEX SLAVES FOR ROBOTS!!
REAL EYES REALIZE CLANKER LIES!!!!
DON’T FALL FOR IT!!!
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!
LA Knight on driving an ambulance on WWE Raw in the same arena he drove the Slim Jim car:
"So my brother is actually a firefighter and EMT, so I immediately get the text from him 'oh you're finally living out your dream driving an ambulance'.
"It was cool, learning how to turn the sirens and lights on, I'm telling you as soon as I got that thing moving, the gas pedal was to the floor.
"But yeah it was pretty cool just getting to take that thing and whip it up, and so coincidental, because I have now driven two vehicles prominently in that exact same arena because that's where I drove the Slim Jim car down and slid it in sideways, and that got me hot because a couple days later everyone was like 'he had a stunt driver'. There was no room to switch seats even without someone else in the car let alone a stunt driver, that was a million percent just me driving down there, turning the wheel and pulling that handbrake.
"So to kinda get to do that again except now in the ambulance, this time going out instead of coming in, it was pretty cool."
(The Coach's Corner)