HEYDAY
SKATEBOARDING

I was going to post a clip today, then I saw what you posted yesterday on Mostly Skateboarding. I thought people might rather view that clip than anything I’d post, so I’m going to skip another day.

P.S. - Did you know that Mostly Skateboarding was a direct inspiration for posting clips on Heyday? It’s also where I found out about so many of the websites I used to find clips on. It even got to the point where I felt like it was a competition to find the good clips and post them before you! I use the word competition lightly though, cause I knew it was just leading to more clips being posted which is what I thought people wanted at the time… lots of good skateboarding clips.

I’m glad that you kept posting even while I was taking a break!

Happy New Year! This one is worth it for John Rattray alone. Via Wiskate.

The music and pacing do an awesome job of giving this clip a modest “hi, here’s some skateboarding” vibe.

I don’t know if this video is new. I figured the best way to get me posting again was to post any good video I find, no matter when it came out.

When you can watch instead? (Maybe I’m the only one who reads Wiskate as Why Skate instead of Wisconsin Skate).

Oh Vic Park, how I miss you. New clip by Jordan Guzyk from Skateboard London (Ontario).

I’m addicted to drugs and can’t afford to update this website anymore… except when Wiskate puts up a new montage.

Josh Jones skates Seattle.

Via Innerspace skatepark.

A quick one from One Up Skate Shop.

Video from Wiskate.

Great short hosted by The Skate Kitchen. Don’t skip this one!

A few months ago some members of Heyday rallied together to make a montage. They sent me the clips, I edited them together, and this is the result. The footage deadline for Heyday Collective Two is May 9th, 2008, and you’re invited to participate! More details here.

So apparently people enjoy drama more than skateboarding clips. The number of RSS feed subscribers has risen over the past few days. Well, this is the end of the drama for now. Heyday is not for sale. In my previous post I asked “What personal values have I compromised?”. The rest of the post seemed to sway most readers to accept the sale as my right (which it is). There was only one good answer to my question:

“youre a sellout because youre handing it over to skateboard noob city.”

It’s true. That would be compromising my integrity. I would never sell to Skateboard City. It’s a horrible site. I won’t go as far as to say I’ll never sell the site, but currently I have no plans to do so. I’ll get back to posting clips soon enough.

After my previous post I was called a sellout by various commenters. Does this actually have any meaning? What am I selling out? What personal values have I compromised?

I do not understand what is wrong with profiting from my work. I’ve spent countless hours building and maintaining this site. If I no longer wish to maintain it, is it not my right to sell it? Should I be expected to let it sit and grow stagnant? Should I be expected to give it away to the visitors? Worst of all, should I be expected to continue working on it even though I no longer enjoy the work? Suppose we were talking, not of a website, but of a house. Heyday is a house I’ve planned out and constructed. I’ve thrown a lot of parties in this house. I no longer wish to keep the house. Do I owe you something for having given you the privilege of partying here?

I’m still the same person. If you view me differently, perhaps you were only using me for my house.

I received a ton of offers from the joke post I made on April Fools Day. At first it was funny, but as I got more, it turned out the joke was on me. There were some really solid offers in there. As I read through them I started actually considering selling the site. Then I received an offer I couldn’t refuse.

I’ve worked out a great deal with the owner of Skateboard City. Once my advertising contract expires they’ll be taking control of the site. I’m not 100% sure what they plan to do with it, but it will likely be merged into their current site. Thank to everyone who has supported the site through the years. It’s been great!