I just finished watching 14 episodes of The Fringe.  This is  a science fiction TV series co-created by J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.  The show has been described as a cross between The X-Files, Altered States, The Twilight Zone and Dark Angel.  I’m a big fan of  of J.J. Abrams & I was not disappointed with The Fringe & I watched all 14 episodes in 2 days. 

This is another TV series with a lot of mystery & references to many other things; such as this, check out this screen cap:

Notice anything familiar? When I sent this to Nigel (HK’s # 1 LOST fan), he went nuts.

There seems to be many hidden messages in the series, even in the opening credits…  I noticed this in the opening credits:

Then, in an episode called “The Arrival”, you get to know who/what  ”The Observer” is.  It turns out that there are websites & forums out there with lists of all the  ”observer sightings”, theories on who / what the observer is,  what part he plays in the series, etc.  Crazy fan shit.

The observer appears in almost all episodes of the series; &  you don’t even notice him until you specifically look for him. I did not notice his appearances until I saw this clip.  (spoiler warning!!)

Anyway, I won’t say too much, but I enjoyed the series & look forward to the next episode, which airs in April 09.
(The series starts in Hong Kong this week!)

Noticed again that my page on AlivenotDead.com clocked another 100K hits…
Thanks again to everyone for the support & its good to know people actually read my ‘blogs’
Big ups to the AnD crew & my homies, its still hella fun!

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A couple of snapshots from 13 years ago! I ‘re-discovered’ these prints a couple days ago; they were from back in ‘96-97, shot by an old friend / photographer, Leon Maurice.

The photo captures a moment when we were commuting on another regular day of skateboarding…..

As you can see JBS & myself were representing DC way back in the day… I remember the first Rick Howards, Kalis & Williams shoes back then were the best, probably they still are today.

How time just flys!

yes, its FINALLY out, will be available in HMV & your favorite HK skate shops.
Skate First, Hong Kong’s first Skateboarding instructional video featuring skaters from Hong Kong & China will show you how some tricks are done; additional footage of skate pros skating in Hong Kong.

To celebrate the launch of the DVD, we’ll be having a DVD release party on the 26th Feb at Club Zaza in TST, with a special performance by 24Herbs!!

See you there!

More info here on Alivenotdead.com

Skate First Trailer from Nigel Ong on Vimeo.

Alien Workshop’s highly anticipated video, Mind Field, is now available in Hong Kong!
Since the DVD’s just arrived at 8Five2 Shop yesterday afternoon, JBS hosted a premiere for us so we could check out this video ASAP!

A few other good friends came down to Hong Kong last night to join our premiere; even though they were on a tight schedule filming for LRG - Anthony C. Tyronne Ramone, Kelly Hart & Chico Brenes (One of my all time favorite Dai Loh’s of Skateboarding) made the trek from SZ to HK last night to watch the video with us. We were all psyched to watch this video together with these guys!

When I was watching the video I remembered & realized that Alien Workshop has one of the strongest teams in skateboarding because part after part just keeps coming at you.

It was interesting to watch such an amazing video with good friends who know skateboarding; from regular skaters like me to the guys that actually live the life of a Pro Skateboarder - its like being in a real time review of the video!!

The video stays true to Alien Workshops’s steez; there are references to the 1st Alien video & the same music from Dinosaur Jr… There is a reason why AWS has been around & been so strong for almost 2 decades!! All I can say is that this video is amazing.
Big thanks to JBS & Annie for inviting us to their home to watch this video, & thanks to all my homies, Chico, Ant, Tyronne & Kelly for the good company!