540 McSellout

I just saw an ad for some Mike McGill Skate shoes today. Normally when I see a child hood skate hero coming out with something new I'm pretty geeked that an ole' timmer is still getting paid. But there was something very peculiar about this advertisement that made me take special notice… This ad featured some corporate logos that I have never seen in skate mags before, it was so shocking I had to look at the cover of the rag to see if I was still flipping through the same publication. After a double take I realized this was no joke and that the father of Vert Skateboarding has joined with fellow Animal Chin Searcher Tony Hawk to push cheep ‘beginers’ product for the Evil Empire. No no you won’t see the bones brigade in pinstripes chillin with a Steinbrenner. The Evil Empire that Sam Walton built…


I am not sure whether to be embarrassed or outraged.. I mean this is worse than hearing Orlando Cepeda got caught with drugs again… Mr McGill if you needed the money why didn’t you just start another company like Gonz or Lance Mountain??? I mean Wal-Mart!.!.! WTF?!?!..

I hope they build a Sam’s Club in the scotched earth that used to be Del Mar. I guess Six Flags wasn’t wanting to pimp a 540 ride? What didn’t Ed Hardy want to put your old logo on a T-shirt? Let me guess 7-11 wasn’t buying the 540 Slurppie…

You sir Mike McGill are a 360 in my book that’s right just 1 twist landing Fakie!