mid-day construction
manic mormons with house-cleaning fairies swinger tour 2009
the flat
wrex rocknroll
chucky d fakie rock
distrubing table art
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
if you wanted....
to donate a camera, i'd probably take it. otherwise, enjoy my cellphone shots.
wrex does various airs over the hip at chandler on oldmanbrian's birthday
wrex does various airs over the hip at chandler on oldmanbrian's birthday
steez plz
the new az steez is out. here are some of the highlights
lee bender got the spotlight - interview by the matt price
ahole loves his board
apache skateboards update by douglas miles
luckily i only know the nice guy side of mr. pants
hot new oma ad
lee bender got the spotlight - interview by the matt price
ahole loves his board
apache skateboards update by douglas miles
luckily i only know the nice guy side of mr. pants
hot new oma ad
Monday, January 12, 2009
midget skater seen ripping pecos ledge
wrex cook ollie nose manual; image by brian bullis of old man army
Sunday, January 11, 2009
the weekend guessing game
guess, who guess, where win nothing
guess who, guess where win, nothing
guess who, guess where, win, nothing
guess, who, guess, where win nothing
guess who, guess where win, nothing
guess who, guess where, win, nothing
guess, who, guess, where win nothing
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
the other love
You gotta skate this pit! Its so close to xxxxxxxxxxx xxx.... you could ride a unicycle there! Killer shallow,tile coping, 6ft deep. Just got to get used to the jets we filled with beer cans and covered in duct tape. - bakerface
i wanted to make this mine until i saw pussyface petting it
i wanted to make this mine until i saw pussyface petting it
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
randomizzes
here's more random pictures from the trip...and when i returned.
turns out that antique store had a multitude of interesting items along with the amazing animal art. saw this book there...
name this animal and win nothing
and when i got home, i found this!
turns out that antique store had a multitude of interesting items along with the amazing animal art. saw this book there...
name this animal and win nothing
and when i got home, i found this!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
em eye ess ess eye ess ess eye pee pee eye
i've been in mississippi a few days now, here's some chronicling of my trip so far...
here's some creepy woods i'd like to explore
this explains everything
mmmmmmm....
a creek full of water
my mom has these
the drive home from town
here's some creepy woods i'd like to explore
this explains everything
mmmmmmm....
a creek full of water
my mom has these
the drive home from town
the daily report
i'm in mississippi right now and it's kind of sad in regards to skateboarding obstacles, fixtures, and features. i feel spoiled!! nobody builds backyard ramps around here and there are no empty pools for you to skate. i know there are some fullpipes about an hour or so away. and there are various modular parks in bad shape also. i guess that's all you're gonna get if you swing by this town. mentors for the yunguns are also sparse.
some folks are trying to get things changed though! i've been sort of helping out the batesville skatepark project for awhile now. not so much since i moved out to az. i guess i feel a little detached from the project. not sure... anyway... the committee is slowly dwindling as time goes on with this project. the same thing happened to the oxford skatepark committee. it's a frustrating thing for the president of a project. it's disheartening and it's not very motivating.
batesville is about 20 minutes from oxford. oxford has an amazing grindline park which was finished in 2006. it's been rad to watch the progression of the skaters there. going from squeamish feelings when looking down into the bowl and thinking "do i drop in and eat shit or not??". the bowl has no roll-ins and no mellow spot to try that first drop in. you pretty much have to suck it up and just do it. i've seen several eat it. and i've seen several eat it and get up and do it over and over again and finally get it and scream FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! so loud you could hear it miles away. (maybe) anyway... emily griste and i talked about getting a project started for batesville a couple of years ago where she is a teacher for the gifted kids and she thought it would be a great project for the year. they did some scientific reports on skateboarding and it's been a very educational thing for them. but as time goes by, interest dwindles and the weight of this project rests on her shoulders. i know what it feels like. it sucks. oxford went through the same thing. but with perserverance and new people that come in to help the project, things finally come together if the project can withstand the lack of support of the general community. it gets frustrating when you see money and/or land given to the soccer, baseball, and other mainstream groups and it leaves you wondering, where will our skateboarders go?
one of the big fundraisers she is working on is an art auction. some pieces have already been collected and she plans to hold it in the spring. any kind of art will be auctioned off in hopes of raising a lot of money to go towards the project. unlike a lot of cities where you see skateparks popping up, this is not funded at all so far by the city. there have been promises from the mayor but there is yet to be anything written in concrete. the plans are to build another concrete park hopefully by dreamland or grindline or a comparable skatepark design/build company. but this will only happen with the help of the people that will be skating it and those that just want to see something rad happen in little ol' batesville mississippi.
ANYONE can help out. but we look to the skateboarding community obviously for the most support.
if you are interested in helping out, you can paypal a dollar or whatever you can to batesvilleskatepark@yahoo.com. you can check out the myspace at http://www.myspace.com/batesvilleskatepark or at http://www.batesvilleskatepark.com. you can contact emily at batesvilleskatepark@yahoo.com or you can write me.
here's some pictures of famous people who have been to oxford ONLY to skate the skatepark... (famous people who are not shown here: tony hawk and his secrete skatepark tour; mike vallely; and others i can't remember right now)
tuma britton (santa monica airlines - photo by lucky tucker) he is so famous he was in a movie!
local ripper mike rains watches stephen bailey rip the rightous bowl in neon sunglasses! stephen and his friends didn't believe that mississippi had a gnarly bowl so they drove there while in the area to see it..photo by bryan cage (owner of local skateshop - suite ten skateboards located behind the skatepark)
my personal hotness... wrex cook. he and tuma came out for the opening. he's been returning to oxford ever since. he loves the rightous bowl and even though i'm obviously partial to him, he rips it like no one else can!!!
some folks are trying to get things changed though! i've been sort of helping out the batesville skatepark project for awhile now. not so much since i moved out to az. i guess i feel a little detached from the project. not sure... anyway... the committee is slowly dwindling as time goes on with this project. the same thing happened to the oxford skatepark committee. it's a frustrating thing for the president of a project. it's disheartening and it's not very motivating.
batesville is about 20 minutes from oxford. oxford has an amazing grindline park which was finished in 2006. it's been rad to watch the progression of the skaters there. going from squeamish feelings when looking down into the bowl and thinking "do i drop in and eat shit or not??". the bowl has no roll-ins and no mellow spot to try that first drop in. you pretty much have to suck it up and just do it. i've seen several eat it. and i've seen several eat it and get up and do it over and over again and finally get it and scream FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!! so loud you could hear it miles away. (maybe) anyway... emily griste and i talked about getting a project started for batesville a couple of years ago where she is a teacher for the gifted kids and she thought it would be a great project for the year. they did some scientific reports on skateboarding and it's been a very educational thing for them. but as time goes by, interest dwindles and the weight of this project rests on her shoulders. i know what it feels like. it sucks. oxford went through the same thing. but with perserverance and new people that come in to help the project, things finally come together if the project can withstand the lack of support of the general community. it gets frustrating when you see money and/or land given to the soccer, baseball, and other mainstream groups and it leaves you wondering, where will our skateboarders go?
one of the big fundraisers she is working on is an art auction. some pieces have already been collected and she plans to hold it in the spring. any kind of art will be auctioned off in hopes of raising a lot of money to go towards the project. unlike a lot of cities where you see skateparks popping up, this is not funded at all so far by the city. there have been promises from the mayor but there is yet to be anything written in concrete. the plans are to build another concrete park hopefully by dreamland or grindline or a comparable skatepark design/build company. but this will only happen with the help of the people that will be skating it and those that just want to see something rad happen in little ol' batesville mississippi.
ANYONE can help out. but we look to the skateboarding community obviously for the most support.
if you are interested in helping out, you can paypal a dollar or whatever you can to batesvilleskatepark@yahoo.com. you can check out the myspace at http://www.myspace.com/batesvilleskatepark or at http://www.batesvilleskatepark.com. you can contact emily at batesvilleskatepark@yahoo.com or you can write me.
here's some pictures of famous people who have been to oxford ONLY to skate the skatepark... (famous people who are not shown here: tony hawk and his secrete skatepark tour; mike vallely; and others i can't remember right now)
tuma britton (santa monica airlines - photo by lucky tucker) he is so famous he was in a movie!
local ripper mike rains watches stephen bailey rip the rightous bowl in neon sunglasses! stephen and his friends didn't believe that mississippi had a gnarly bowl so they drove there while in the area to see it..photo by bryan cage (owner of local skateshop - suite ten skateboards located behind the skatepark)
my personal hotness... wrex cook. he and tuma came out for the opening. he's been returning to oxford ever since. he loves the rightous bowl and even though i'm obviously partial to him, he rips it like no one else can!!!
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