English

grimcity's Channel
Director
grimcity
Style: Variety
Joined: December 24, 2005
Last Sign In: 1 day ago
Videos Watched: 31,403
Subscribers: 1,057
Channel Views: 25,713

Name: Neal
Age: 34
My name is Neal, aka "grimcity," which has been my online handle since somewhere around 1998.

I have the best life in the world. For real. During the day, I'm a Louisiana State government computer geek, multimedia developer, and a manager of technology for the government program I work for. I love Louisiana, I love politics, and I really love being a geek so I win on all counts... my day job is what I'd be doing anyway, but I feel extremely lucky that I'm able to apply my love for technology to my work on behalf of the state that I live in. I work for fellow taxpayers, and though I'm just a lowly guy hidden in the background of government, I never forget the purpose of work, which is ultimately to support and uphold the Constitution of Louisiana, and do my part to make my my state's administration's job easier. I'm proud to serve the public, and I always feel lucky that there's a place for my nerdiness in government. I also bleed skateboarding. I started skating when I was 10 years old while living in rural Jackson, Louisiana. I never stopped skating or stepped off for any reason other than for injury recuperation. Hell, my bachelor party the night before I got married was a skate session with my friends. Over the years, I've skated for a few shops, and two different board companies (small and small-ish sized companies, respectively). I currently skate for and represent Small Time Skates skateshop in Hammond, Louisiana, where I also live. Small Time Skates is my heart, and it's owned by a dude who might as well be my brother. All of the videos we make for the shop are hosted under this account. Along with the shop, I also share a lot of videos that I've self filmed (partially and in whole) that cover different things... sometimes I get an urge to film random skating, so I do. This account is in large part a skateboarding video blog, and as you'll be seeing more and more, I also get a lot of new skateboarding products sent to me for review.

About my skateboard-related reviews:
I think skate magazine reviews are crap. I mean, I sincerely doubt a magazine would call a product "junk" and tell it like it is, especially if that company advertises in the same mag. Lucky for me, I have a day job completely unrelated to skateboarding. If a company sends me something and it's junk, it'll be obvious right in front of the camera. I'll gladly accept and review any products that any company makes, but rest assured, I won't be making a commercial for you. The only two entities in the world that I'd make a commercial for would be Small Time Skates, or for Deluxe Distribution (Indy, Real, Krooked, Anti Hero, Spitfire, etc) if they ever asked. That's mainly because I love Deluxe, and I'm friends with the guys that run the place, Jim and Mic-E. Every once in a while I get to test ride stuff that they're working on, which is always fun. Deluxe is pretty much my sole bias... you may see me giving them props on occasion. That's because they've done a lot for me, and I think they're the best thing on the industry side of skateboarding. The other videos here (comedic attempts, video experiments) are for my caffeine-addled blog at www.grimcity.com (beware, random, spastic content).

If you're interested in contacting me for a product review, or you feel compelled to talk about the weather, I can be reached at vectornerd [at] gmail [dot] com.

And to prevent further messages of this nature: yes, I was one of the "other guys" on Mike Vallely's show Drive (The South: Episode 2). The clip in question is in my stash here (Mega Epic Hambone).

Skate liberally!
-Neal

PS
I'm a geek, so say what's up!
MySpace:
www.myspace.com/vectornerd
Blog:
www.grimcity.com
Twitter:
www.twitter.com/grimcity
City: Hammond
Country: United States
Occupation: Computer Geek, Multimedia Developer
Companies: State of Louisiana (Board of Reg...
Interests and Hobbies: skateboarding, filming, photography, animation, digital image manipulation, politics, astronomy, biology, computer science, theological debates, political debates, cats, dogs, cute animal videos, comedy, getting hurt but not too hurt, beer, Flash animation, audio editing, computers, government, drawing, physics, biological evolution, Community coffee, Slap Pals, Hammond, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the south, being a good neighbor, sharing skateboarding with anyone that wants it, enjoying life even when it's tough to do
Movies and Shows: CSPAN 1 and 2 are why I have televisions in my home office. Well, that and because a proper video editing suite required that you monitor your work on the screen (imho). Colbert and The Daily Show are favorites, Heroes is sick, and Keith Olbermann is the best thing on cable news. Besides that, anything on the Discovery Science Channel is probably playing at least one television at all times.
Music: Fugazi, Janes Addiction, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest
Books: Anything by Dawkins, Stephen King (yeah, I said it, and I'm looking at you English Lit. snobs), Wavy Gravy, Rodney Mullen's autobiography, Disposable by Sean Cliver, anything written by the drug addicted, brilliantly funny, withering old crank of a man named William Burroughs.
Website: http://www.smalltimeskates.com
Connect with grimcity
Embed This Channel:
<script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/youtube.xml&amp;up_channel=grimcity&amp;container=youtube&amp;w=320&amp;h=390&amp;title=&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script>
Recent Activity  
grimcity became friends with Ijs234 (1 week ago)
 
 
grimcity became friends with sullivanyankee2 (1 week ago)
 
 
grimcity became friends with smitche (1 week ago)
 
 
grimcity became friends with skaterzane7 (1 week ago)
 
 
grimcity became friends with skatermitchell123 (1 week ago)
 
Pt.1: Prisma Skateboards and Paradox Griptape Review (Talking and Setting Up)
10:12
More info than you need (all the info I got): Filmer's Journal So, what are we ...
1 week ago 902 views grimcity
Pt.2: Prisma Skateboards and Paradox Griptape Review (Skating and Summary)
7:15
One more time, just in case... here are the company contacts: Prisma Skateboard...
1 week ago 1,165 views grimcity
Not dead yet: Another thank you, and some upcoming stuff (like a video before the video).
9:53
THERE IS NO SKATING IN THIS VIDEO! Read the info for more... info... ? Brainfart! ...
1 month ago 1,051 views grimcity
Fall Down, Take Lumps, Land Stuff, Be a Ramp Tramp Also: OXYMORON
1:23
Check the video description for more than you wanna know! Skate session from last ...
2 months ago 2,130 views grimcity
Happy Easter! Here are some tricks you can teach grandma! (Hi Def, rambling in video info)
0:59
This was filmed last night (Easter's eve) at the X-Plex Skatepark in Springfield, ...
3 months ago 1,308 views grimcity
Neal skating at X-Plex (STS Represent!) 3.28.09 Session
1:34
It's been a while since I've filmed and uploaded anything, so I packed my camera a...
3 months ago 1,237 views grimcity
A few No Comply variants from 2 Years ago, read the video info for some treats.
0:26
Ok, the tricks in order: Frontside no comply-shifty. Frontside 360 no comply. S...
4 months ago 1,758 views grimcity
Skating in 2001, when I was learning how to edit.
6:08
This is the second skate video I ever edited. That's partially why everything is i...
4 months ago 702 views grimcity
23 Seconds with "The Wall" in Baton Rouge (high def)
0:23
This thing has shown up in a few of my videos... it's been around forever... I rem...
5 months ago 2,669 views grimcity
Epicly Later'd - Ray Barbee
6:28
FOR MORE OF EPICLY LATER'D VISIT: http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bccl=NDEyNDcwMTU1X...
2 years ago 40,944 views VBSdotTV
Authors@Google: Christopher Hitchens
1:07:41
Author Christopher Hitchens discusses his book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poi...
1 year ago 331,284 views AtGoogleTalks
The Cell - inside Starghers mind
7:13
Diving into it... some of the scenes may be offensive for minors. This is not m...
1 year ago 61,526 views rololoo
Alan Moore #1 ~ Live and Uncut
1:24
The legendary Alan Moore interviewed by LJ Pindling of Street Law Productions. Par...
1 year ago 10,437 views SPRINGBOROUGHS2007
Awesometown - FOX Cut
19:52
[TRANSLATED] Awesometown - FOX Cut
[TRANSLATED] Awesometown - FOX Cut
In May 2005, The Dudes were hired to create a pilot for FOX. This cut includes liv...
3 years ago 2,465,393 views thelonelyisland
Obama Speech on Religion
5:11
I usually don't upload other videos and post them (thanks YOISM.org), but this vid...
1 year ago 177,745 views DblOSmith
Light Painting Playground
0:45
If you like this, check out the rest of my videos... This is an SFU iat-443 fil...
2 years ago 27,797 views mattdolnik
Greg Lynn: How calculus is changing architecture
18:55
http://www.ted.com Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture --...
6 months ago 14,445 views TEDtalksDirector
Greatest ever: Fighters #1 - P-51 Mustang
5:34
P-51 Mustang, North American fighter of WW2. Discovery Channel. Comments by 'Bud' ...
1 year ago 22,050 views McAuliffe1944
Channel Comments (132)
Bestmorganiz (2 days ago)
My bad that i didnt add this in my last comment, Ive been thinking you should do a review on some different skate shoes. Deffenitly if you do I would consider reviewing 'es I think you really might like the feel for the Accel skate shoe, im hooked on them and havnt been able to skate anything else.
Bestmorganiz (3 days ago)
Loved your review on the prisma bored, Although the griptape didnt turn out the way you thought it would, I think you should make a review on the effects of smoking Pardox Griptape... Lol love your vids man.
FingerTecher (5 days ago)
i love your videos because i love reviews
mrkoolsoffice (6 days ago)
Hey whats up? Big fan of your videos. i was just wondering how you like the indy stage ten foil series, cause im thinking about switching from venture, and ive always been a devoted venture owner. I tried out my friends indys, and the only word that i could use to describe them is crisp. If you could tell me what you think about them that would be great!
dfcvda (1 week ago)
what do you thing of Death skateboards and the brand itself?
Ijs234 (1 week ago)
the prisma review was sick
angrybeans (2 weeks ago)
When are you going to do the review of Prisma?
armedsalad (3 weeks ago)
I just want to say, you screwed me out of 5 tons of feta cheese and I will find you....
ablanchi (3 weeks ago)
ur a great skater neal!
guitarhero147369 (1 month ago)
hey grimcity i just wanted to know what your favorite skateboard deck is????
  1   2   3   4   5    Next
Report background graphic.