Michael Jordan once said “Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”  We put that uninspiring and empty quote there to highlight why MJ will be remembered as a basketball player and not as a philosopher.  But since we are on the subject of obstacles, Field Agent Curtis Rapp has had his fair share.   At the age of eighteen, Curtis' first obstacle was a speeding car.  It wasn't pretty.  It was a grueling and extensive rehab, but once he was unhooked from the breathing tubes and resuscitators it was back to the grind.  Obstacle one...climbed. 

 Not so pretty

His next obstacle came almost a year later, while on a skate trip through New Jersey.  A blatantly underage Rapp found himself immersed in a place called The Sidehatch Bar in Asbury Park. An evening or so of beers and shots rendered him in a semi-conscious state. He awoke a few days later to the news that he had won Slap Magazine's One In A Million video contest.  Obstacle two...went though it.  

After winning that prestigious award, Curtis felt a change of scenery was in order. He headed to New York City, Brooklyn to be exact, with no plan but to skate and gather his thoughts.  Once he finished skating, his thoughts told him he had nowhere to live.  So he crashed on the first couch that was offered to him.  He's still there to this day.  Obstacle 3...worked around it.  

C Rapp @ The Vice Anniversary Halloween Bash

So maybe Michael Jordan won't be remembered for being such a wordsmith but his words did somehow find some purpose in the story of Field Agent Curtis Rapp..

All that preamble has lead us to the announcement that Curtis will appear in a new film from Chris Mulhern, entitled 'This Time Tomorrow'. Joining Curtis, in the video are Devon Connell, Jimmy McDonald, Dave Caddo, Brendan Granstrand, Will Harmon and a host of other East Coast heavies. Filmed over the span of three years, TTT, was shot iaround the world and themed around the transition from day to night skating.  If you're in the Philadelphia area, you can check it out at the Trocadero on February 5th.  The Philadelphia premiere will also feature a photo exhibit by Focus Magazine's Zander Taketomo entitled ‘The Making of This Time Tomorrow’. Skaters in the Washington D.C. area will get to see the film on February 12 at GVC Skatepark with two showings, 9pm and 10 pm.

Report Filed By Derek Rinaldi