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Thursday, December 11, 2008
12.13.08 Upland Skatepark Contest & Screening
Saturday December 13, 2008

The City of Upland is holding its annual skateboard contest hosted by none other than Mike Serna of SSC. The video will screen in the bowl after the contest wraps, just after dusk. Salba will serenade the audience with a live musical performance. Bring your BBQs, lawn chairs and sweaters. See you there!

badass boardslide

dixon's rail that nobody hit but wrex! and landed a badass boardslide!! that's my man!! hotness activate!!!

photo ripped from aaron forjan's blog

friendship activate!

diy skatepark project in rwanda

please check out this site!

radness in rwanda

the tell-tale signs of manhood

happy call-in gay day!!

JUICY!!! today is the day you can call in and come out!

zombies alive

tyson sent a link to the blog of what seems to be a very normal lady who randomly encountered the zombies out filming for the az crew battle, read it here:
pinhole photographer

bad egg zine

if you haven't checked this out, do so asap. diy skate zine from colorado. there's a new issue out. go here for more info:
bad egg blog

kind of a blah morning, thought i'd go through some old emails with more forwarded cell phone pictures. sometimes, they actually work out.

mike rains head popping out of places romance oozes - jonesboro, arkansas


wrex and jayzpx were in tennessee building the franklin bowl, i think it's called the "general", and i was up visiting from oxford. here's wrex with a breakdancing interlude, poppin' n lockin' fool as they skated the hotel parking lot...


he sent this one night when he was building the skatepark out in alburquerque. it's a rad ditch called the bear. apparently the walls are about 30 feet tall. i might be accidentally exaggerating.


i spotted this on mill avenue in tempe. we were walking back from just seeing american hardcore in the old movie theater. it was a cool place with comfy lovebird seating and an antique feel to it.

bedazzler still alive

this is what happens when you leave your jacket behind, wrex is sick and stuck at home, and the keyser-rusen clan unveil their bedazzler.....

sorry chuckles...


look for this custom made wrex old man army jacket on ebay

would you could you?

from toby burger blog - featuring simonetti living room

little blurry things

another green salad, another ice tea
there's a tunic in the closet waiting just for me
I feel like I'm disappearing - getting smaller every day
but I look in your eyes - and I'm bigger in every way

this weekend started off with a mission to get hanson brothers tickets for saturday night's show so we opted to have lunch at hollywood alley instead of skating (that was a toughie). i learned a good lesson that day - "there are two things you never order at a bar - that's salads & wraps" - wish wrex had given me that advice before i ordered the skimpy salad in a tortilla. the french fries were really good but i was totally jealous of his pattymelt. mmmmmmmm
we found this cowboy passed out on his horse (there's a ton of old western photos inlayed in the table tops)


we ate and then found out (despite what the flyer said), you could only buy tickets at eastside. great, more opportunity to spend more money that i need to save! i love eastside records. i noticed they had the new midnight on cd... lucky bastard, if you see this, we highly recommend you get it!!!


sorry, this version does not come with the gremlin! here is the eastside business card for those that don't know... mike is very knowledgeable and you can find a ton of stuff if you are into punk, hardcore, metal on vinyl. he's also got a few highly collectibles hung on his wall.



next we went home and hung out for the rest of the night since we had an exciting weekend ahead of skating and friends. pod was also in town for the new sauce release party at bob's ramp.

saturday morning we got up and skated pecos, hung out, laughed then headed home for a chicken ramp session.

here's albsure, morowski, and dave taking notes as wrex takes a slam


al & morowski taking notes as pringle rocks the dr. seuss quarter pipe


the session went on until around 4ish (for me - i went and hid in the bedroom to attempt to take a nap, but it didn't work. too much excitement outside i guess...)
old man brian showed up with tamales and brett later on as we got ready for our night with the hanson brothers!

i wish i had gotten pictures of the show. i'm really bad about leaving my phone in the car. the first band that opened up for them sucked!! i guess the easiest way to describe their style is "trying too hard". the next band that played, the revenge, was really good. that guy's voice is so familiar and so is their sound. i will have to find out more about them. hanson brothers were the best. it's amazing that these old men still rock as hard as they do. in case you don't know, the hanson brothers are mr. wrong and mr. right from nomeansno with tom holliston on guitar and mike branum (i think) on the drums. if you know anything about nomeansno, you know how tight they are. hanson brothers is no different. one thing i really admire about them is their lack of fear to write emotional love songs that will rock your face off. wrex got their cd and the "my life has bottles in it" tshirt and i got the "puck rock" one. it's my new favorite shirt.

the next day we met up at chandler and skated for a little bit before heading out to bob's ramp. everyone met up at our house first and we watched boss ballin' 3 that dave smith it was a "premier of sorts" since most hadn't seen it the finished edition. wrex got a spot in the random skatepark section. if you haven't seen it, check it out, it's definitely one of the better street skating videos i've seen. you can get it cowtown or freedom. you can watch the teaser here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGmcHW7zIVI

we finally get everyone rounded up and head out to awesome bob's house. troy got a call on the way there from dixon talking about this handrail he built off the side of the ramp. i think we were all envisioning something from the flat to the dirt. when we got there we saw that it went from the deck, down the stairs, into a plywood flat. guess who hit that biotch first? after 3 tries, wrex landed a board slide! woot.. like he said, east side bitches represent! haha... everyone was stoked for him. i'm going to try to brainwash someone into sharing pictures with me, because like i said, i suck at taking my phone with me (my professional photo gear!)...

here is a sauce sticker. logo by wrex:


after many laughs, hugs, and beers and weiners.. we headed back to the east side. got home and got out our fuzzy posters to work on... what a way to end the night.

you left your board at our house

doin' it right - skatepark design

last night we were looking at this photo and noticing all the cool features that you don't see in other parks. one of the first things i noticed about the colorado springs was the brick trannies they had. i love the sound of skateboard wheels going fast over bricks. wrex pointed out the "benches" and how they are placed before deeper trannies. whoever designed this gets major props.

issues with photos

the new skateboard mag has a new photo issue out, here are some of the noteworthy things i saw.

cutest most wanna make you go awwwww ad - look his nipple puts the oh in enjoi



these are perhaps the ugghliest shoes ever - muska supras


best graphic i want on a tshirt - poop boobs (u should have gotten these instead mama)


and raddest photo goes to lee bender by matt price - local niceguys!

coosbay

i'm constantly annoyed by persistantly annoying people who have no concept on successful and respectful human interaction in various situations. one of the few things that keep me from exploding is my very level-headed bff and the ever surfacing concrete bowls that i constantly get to drool over... like this one.... oh coosbay....this picture was posted on the oma site by larry martin... thank you...

wowzers, can't wait for dessert

username skinner posted these on the oma site... updated desert west grindline bowl... looks extremely fast and hecka fun. at first we thought you could transfer over into the street area from the corner where the stairs are located but from these shots you can tell that there will be a deck there. yay, let flyouts die already!!

blowing kisses to wsvt

i was daydreaming about love affairs of the concrete persuasion and went back to look at wsvt pictures. i miss that place. well, i miss the bowl... i wrote this on the oma blog and thought i'd paste it over here... farewell mi amore...until next time... oh and i also wrote an article in the latest az steez about that trip. i'll post a link to the online version if it becomes available. ok toot toot...

"on the verge of too much gnar" by dr. gay panda

if there is such a thing, it's called washington street. washington street is a "diy" skatepark project comparable to burnside (by idea).

we went to san diego with brian and mike of old man army for ASR. i had never been to one but my main excitement was getting out of town and going to some new skateparks. we got into SD on thursday, made our way up to encinitas to stay with mike's brother. the next day we took the train back down to SD and i got one picture from the train.

asr was kind of boring, the food was expensive and rather disgusting, no beer to keep me alive (unless i wanted to spend a ridiculous amount on shitty beer - no thanks). the coolest things i saw: index ink booth, the skateboard art show, and a crazy looking guy from tapout. seriously i stepped into another world when i saw this guy coming through and people stopping to gawk at him and kiss his hand.

the guy in the camo on the right (photo by mrz):

http://www.concretedisciples.com/skate_photos/details.php?image_id=7582

i met some super rad people at asr as well.... we left after about 6 hours and went back to our hotel... the next day (saturday) it was ON though..... going to washington street in the morning and then asr later that day?

so we grab our boards, a bagel, and a cab and head to washington street. when we got there, i was thoroughly intimidated. first of all, i was lucky to be there. this place was built by locals and it's their "territory", i don't RIP like them but i know i'm privileged because of my company. my boyfriend helped do some work on the early stages of construction AND HE RIPS. so i'm the lucky one.

after being there for an almost an hour, he could tell i was feeling timid. so he comes over and says "come on, you're going to skate!". phew!! i was just sitting there thinking that i wish he would come over and make me get off my ass. so he takes me over to the bowl in the back, OMG. i crawl in and my legs are already shaking. he says "it's like tempe" (referring to the bowl at tempe - the tight little one) and i think "oh no it's not" just looking at it. here we are in the pink heart going over strategy :) (photo by oldmanbrian)

i knew i had to approach it like he said though. i fully trust him. so i get about halfway on the waterfall and slowly roll into a toilet bowl carve. coming out of it, i felt the ripples in the concrete and i was so stoked i jumped off my board and was like "wooHOO!". i did the same thing probably another ten times, feeling more and more comfortable each time. eventually more rippers started showing up so i took my spot by the grill and the secret beer stash and chit-chatted to anyone that stopped long enough. needless to say we never made it back to asr.

that night i went back to the hotel dreaming of the bowl. and i woke up thinking about it. the next day which was sunday, we go back to washington street. the gate was locked so we waited for the locals to show up. within 15 minutes we were in the gate. i headed straight for the bowl. i probably carved it 50 - 60 times through the few hours we were there before we had to leave for the airport. i'd take 10 runs, take a break, get back up and do it again. each time i felt like starting over and after the 4th or 5th time, i was back into it. my bf gave me pointers on how to get up higher in the bowl and turn more. scary at first but i have to say that it was one of (if not THE) best time i ever had skateboarding. my legs were exhausted for the next week but it was totally worth it!!!!!

oh and here is a rad griptape sticker a guy named frank that we met was giving out....

more pictures from old man brian (i really need to get a camera!!!)

my boyfriend in the bowl...

places i want to go (click on the pic to see the fullsize)

today is a poopy day. here are some places i'd rather be... (and i got all these photos from googling them so i'm not sure who photos credits go to - although the one myrtle creek, oregon photo was swiped from oregonparkskater's post)

why do today what u can do tomorrow or the next day

because you don't know what you might get to do the next day or the day after that? oh well, i'm making today a slow day. i don't feel like doing any actual work right now, i get off in 34 minutes. and there should be plenty of time tomorrow. i found some funny pictures...

men in garbage bags - photo from negative ion.com


squeezing al into the kiddie car made sadie laugh


this was at the old man army bbq pool party in 2007. carl knocked over the chair accidentally just as jimmy moore was about to sit down. it was pretty damn hilarious. photo by brian bullis (oma)


the yucca killer - this guy camped with us in oak creek. then we skated all day with him at sedona. it only took him 6 hours to dig up this beautiful plant that he later lied about and said it was thriving. dickman ratted on you, arkansas... photo by bakerface or pod, i think it's pod.

lack of myspacing = behind the times

i feel like it sometimes. i rarely get to check it now that it's blocked at work but that's ok... i guess i feel like i miss out on some rad news, like the new sauce due out on dec. 7!!! we got to see a preview of it since our friend, frog, is printing it up for bakerface & pod.

follow pink crack around... arkinsanians show you some nifty leveling tools, rad ramps in az, etc...

oh and thanks a forjan guy for the heads up!!

sk8, h8, can't rel8

it's monday after a 4-day weekend, my neck is jacked, and out of all the skating we did this weekend, this is the only picture i got. i'm grumpy.

saturday skating for 5 hours, in 'n out, high maintenance high heels on a bicycle, angry koreans, and a chocolate milkshake