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coverage to come out. I was filmed with a UK pro skater for Disney XD. It comes out in about 2 more weeks on a programme called "Skate Britain" Stoked ++
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My Blogs are all now at my Blogger account. Follow http://matthewcarlisle.blogspot.com/
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It's all kicking off again! I just landed my truck sponsors Grind King
(and myself) some excellent media coverage!
I've been featured in one of the biggest online skate sites
in the UK. It's a site owned by Rampworx Liverpool and
it gets 1 MILLION hits PER MONTH!
I'm so excited about what this could mean for me and
people who i don't even know have been coming up to
me and just asking me about Grind King
It's like they know me, but i don't know them!
To see the article you visit the link below and then click
on their BLOG link on the page you end up on.
The link!
Let's hope this is just the start of media coverage because
coverage gets improved support from sponsors!
Matt
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I just couldn't land one though. I had tried for over six months but never really got close. I had set myself a goal to learn one by the time i was 11 or i knew i was going to fall behind in my quest to "go pro".
After lots of tears and tantrums (sorry dad) i finally got a bit of luck . A skater on sponsorhouse told me of a guy on You Tube called Aron Lawrence who did trick tips. He said the kick flip one was really good.
I sat down at my dad's computer to watch on the evening of Oct 20th 2008. It was awesome and i could see just where i had been going wrong.
After school on Oct 21st (the next day) I tried about 10 times and on the last one I landed the kick flip above. Within a day i was landing them 2 out of 3 attempts on the flat.
A week later i'm landing them off kerbs and onto the coping in a mini-ramp. I love doing them and i think now that i'm just all of a sudden going to have a surge of new kick flip related clips.
Hopefully i'll edit these into a video for OSIRIS shoes.
Peace
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It's been a hectic week and i'm made up to be sponsored by OSIRIS shoes. I really love their range and I need a new pair of shoes anyway.
I'm just waiting to see what they have in my size (US size 2) then i'll be ordering some. I like these ones a lot but there's a huge range to choose from at OSIRIS and they're all great value for money.
I hear the quality is excellent too which is great because my Ryan Shcecker 2 Etnies shoes fell apart way too fast for my liking. All the white rubber round the edges came away from the shoe, the glue just came unstuck after only a couple of months.
I wouldn't care but I never ever got them wet and only ever wore them when i was skating (mainly indoors). I love Ryan Sheckler but I felt very let down by the build quality i experienced in his Etnies shoes.
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Here we go again!
Things at the moment just keep getting better. I've finally learnt how to grab air and Fuel clothing have offered me a fantastic sponsorship deal.
While my family are stoked because I can also get my family and friends 50% off most of the Fuel clothing range!
This has gone down very well because we all love the Fuel Clothing range.
I can't wait for the Fuel products i've selected to come so I can start wearing and promoting them properly.
I've got a few more sponsorship possibilites that i'm still waiting to hear about. One is for skate shoes and I'll be stoked if that one comes off.
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