Antwuan Dixon Wins Best Video Part Of 2008
Although he’s pro for Deathwish, wild child Antwuan Dixon has been making headlines for things outside of skateboarding, like a Deathwish tattoo on his face, craze haircuts, and a police battery/cocaine arrest. No, no, don’t be alarmed. The tats, haircut, and criminal record are still there (he actually got more tats around the Deathwish logo), but his Baker Deathwish Video part is the major headline as we close 2008, and that’s a good thing. Go-to skate blog Boil the Ocean handed Antwuan Dixon the award and we’d have to concur - homie’s style is matchless, pop bonkers, and attitude just so, so gangsta. Click “Read more” for a full image of Antwuan, a write-up from Boil the Ocean, and of course, his epic video part. Visit The Ocean to see the other videos. Congrats, Antwuan!
Info: Boil the Ocean
Much has been said about Antwuan Dixon keeping skating “dangerous,” being the new Sean Sheffey, his poor luck with the law, his alternative lifestyle choices and so on. And these are all good points, especially as we gird ourselves for a generation of freshly scrubbed Zac Efron-styled park-bred trophy hunters. Without engaging in too much vicarious skatepark brawling or face tat exploitation (though they are amazing) it’s a relief to know there are top-flight working professionals who aggressively don’t give a shit, whereas peers call their sponsors to yank magazine interviews or complain that they aren’t getting their due adoration from the skateboarding public. Antwuan Dixon is out there swinging at the cops, blowing weed, wearing taco hats and skating like pretty much nobody else at all, flicking fakie flips like Kalis, catching half-cab flips the way he does, doing a massive switch frontside flip that looks like a switch frontside flip but not shitty. If that makes sense. Of course it’s part of the Baker genius that he’s able to parlay 2.5 minutes of footage into a five-minute closer section, complete with ice cream sandwich interlude and Red Lobster-ready theme song, but to me this was hands-down my favorite video part all year.
