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NEWARK, NJ – AUGUST 26: Chaz Ortiz attends Rob Dyrdek’s 2012 Street League Skateboarding championship at the Prudential Center on August 26, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images) Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images
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Chaz Ortiz

has some new action, and sports specific, earphones for you

7:00 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYk4sznW3UA

If you don’t remember skater Chaz Ortiz, let me remind you. As a kid, he burst onto the scene — a Chicago native who catapulted to relative fame after going pro, then became a street-league star and found himself cleaning up parks with model Kate Upton and skating with rapper Lil Wayne.

Now, he’s the latest face for the speaker company JBL, which has a new line of earphones out called the “Grip 100,” specifically designed for action sports. The Zoo York rider is repping his team in Barcelona, before heading out. It’s a short, albeit fun, video, but these appear to be some pretty sturdy earbuds.

No word on whether he’s rocking Lil Wayne while laying down those tricks.

Clinton Yates is a tastemaker at Andscape. He likes rap, rock, reggae, R&B and remixes — in that order.