epicly later'd: 20 years of chocolate!

part one!

chocolate has always been an elite skateboarding brand, so we jumped at the opportunity to do a "20 years of chocolate" episode. it gave us a chance to tap a lot of skaters that have never been featured on the show before and its an honor just to ride in chocolate's wake.

we filmed more interviews than we have for any episode before—and this is still a fraction of the stories we could have told. the brand has gone through many different incarnations and endured its fair share of hardships. enjoy!

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part two!

in this part we talk about keenan milton, who got on the team a year or so after it formed. he was one of the best before his tragic death by drowning in 2001. the legendary 2003 skate video "yeah right!", features a short prologue paying tribute to keenan. every story we heard about keenan is what a great guy and friend he was and how much he is missed.

later on, we catch up with stevie williams to hear how chocolate inspired him to start his own brand, dgk.

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part three!

after last week's heavy episode, it's time to relax and watch part three, where we cover kenny anderson's rise from a reluctantly sponsored vegas local to "your favorite skater's favorite skater."

we talked with kenny about learning under brian lotti and chris miller, riding for planet earth until the very end and how artist marc johnson made his mark on girl and chocolate. enjoy!

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part four!

it's always interesting to see what skaters do after their time is up in professional skating and the difficulties they face entering the real world. we tracked down chocolate alumni everywhere from weed dispensaries to auto body shops to real estate firms. in the final chocolate episode, we tried to tie up all the loose ends and take a look at the future of the team. we also caught up with some of the trunk boyz and went to east la with vincent.

 

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20 years of chocolate!

congratulations to two decades of chocolate skateboarding, since '94!

the magnificent manolo with another mixtape masterpiece spanning the first 20 years of chocolate skateboards. featuring the entire chocolate team and pulling from goldfish, paco, mouse, the chocolate tour, hot chocolate, fully flared, pretty sweet as well as other rare and unseen footages.

- crailtap.

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enjoy!

pretty sweet us tour.

fukkin' holy hell!

you saw the webisodes now watch the whole video!

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enjoy!

5&5 with scott johnston.

five questions and five tricks!

lakai shoe designer and chocolate skateboard alumni, scott johnston, talks about his favorite shoes and retiring from professional skateboarding in this 5&5 for independent trucks and strange notes.

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lost & filmed, pretty sweet unseen clips with justin eldridge!

justin eldridge is hammerin' it! bangin' one after another, in this super short and unseen footage from the girl and chocolate skateboards' film pretty sweet! chekkit, yo!

justin loves himself some china.

for past pretty sweet's unseen footages of the other riders, you can visit crailtap's site to check 'em out. =)

more unseen footages from the film pretty sweet to come. snooze and you lose, hommie!

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pretty sweet deluxe edition dvd & blu-ray!

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pretty sweet deluxe edition dvd & blu-ray is out now! git'sum, 'cause imma order me a copy as well!

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peace.

girl and chocolate presents pretty sweet deluxe dvd package!

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girl and chocolate skateboards presents one of the most anticipated skateboard films of all time! pretty sweet is now available to pre-order for a limited time only, so don't miss out!

the incredible line-up of skaters includes: alex olson, vincent alvarez, brandon biebel, mike mo, brian anderson, chico brenes, sean malto, cory kennedy, elijah berle, mike carroll, eric koston, guy mariano, jeron wilson, jesus fernandez, justin eldridge, kenny anderson, chris roberts, marc johnson, daniel castillo, steve perez, rick howard, rick mcckrank and gino iannucci.

deluxe box set includes:

• standard disc
• hd blue ray disc
• bonus features and footage exclusive to this pack
• 48 page book
• free digital download

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check out the trailer below:

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enjoy!

pretty sweet teaser one.

this new teaser celebrates the history of girl films & chocolate cinema and gives a little peak as to what’s to come.


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hard times but good times.

this guy skates phat! check this footy out!

i met vince thru my homie justin guillen in 2007. we would all go skate and at first i had no idea how i was gonna film vince 'cause he skated so fast! i kept thinking that i wasn't going to be able to keep up or i was gonna break my fish eye trying to film the vincanity! regardless we made it work! we filmed just to get footy since he was broke, sponsorless, working a 9-5 and ripping hard! then he entered that dc king of la contest and killed it! everything changed for the better after that. we sent some footy to chocolate and the rest is history! that footage is in this part along with whatever we could film over the years. hard times but good times.

cheers vince!

vincent alvarez skates for chocolate skateboards, lakai shoes, spitfire wheels, diamond hardware, skate sauce wax, dickies clothing & footprint insoles.

filmed and edited by amrit jain, using sony vx2000 cameras, mk1 fisheye and final cut pro.

bon appetite!

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enjoy, yo!

good luck.

"good luck" is a film by derek heydle, premiered in october 2011, featuring lamare hemmings, cyril jackson, lalo trejo, graham harrington, val arkenstone, casey morrissey, tislam smith, tony karr and stevie perez.

a special thanks goes out to val surf, chocolate skateboards, altamont apparel, huf footwear and apparel, adidas skateboarding, skullcandy headphones and independent trucks for sponsoring the video.

enjoy the film!

girl & chocolate trailer.

check this one! waaaaaaaaahhh!

the first intention of the movie was just for the chocolate team, but eventually transitioned into both teams filming for one video. supposedly to have a release date of 2012 the video will feature from girl; eric koston, rick howard, mike carroll, brian anderson, rick mccrank, cory kennedy, sean malto, mikemo capaldi, brandon biebel, jeron wilson, guy mariano, and alex olson. from the chocolate team; marc johnson, chris roberts, kenny anderson, anthony pappalardo, chico brenes, raven tershy, stevie perez, devine calloway, vincent alvarez, justin eldridge, daniel castillo, gino iannucci, jesus fernandez and elijah berle!

due in mid twenty-twelve.


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enjoy!

der bratwurst tour ever.

ty evans put together a siq edit from girl and chocolate's trip to germany. chekkit and enjoy! i'm out!


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