memphis

since moving, we haven't hung out anywhere nor with anyone really besides a little bit of family here and there. hard to find a crew in such a small town... so we trekked up to memphis to hang out with taylor, bambei and hammond and any other memphis crew that wanted to come by. their house is awesome. it was good hanging out and skating and meeting a new face, mike. the vibe here is totally chill. it was good to see everyone that came by... there was some sick shit that went down but i forgot my other camera so no skate shots came through. cellphone shots are blurred without sunlight so i took shots of other stuff...

memphis usually only takes a little over an hour to get to, but this time it took over two... we encountered this traffic jam right past coldwater. everyone in the state was headed to the annual singing christmas tree in memphis. we found out the next day, a fedex truck (empty) flipped causing this commuter meltdown.


this is why we came to memphis, to hang out in this hangar style shed with a rad little ramp in it


a tree fell on it at some point


here's what's stored inside...this used to be at a local office, previously named the "office ramp"... we met the previous owner, mike. pretty nice guy!


it's got brick coping on the taller side, wrex called it firecracker coping because of the sound it makes when you grind it


jungle jeff came by and blew out all the water


we had a few sessions with breaks indoors between


hammond was making wings as we headed back home. maybe next time we'll stay long enough to taste test those bad boys...



until next time! thanks for the hospitality taylor, hammond, and bambei!!

Heavy Metal Satan Fingers.....

Ha ha ha!!! Get a mirror and practice!

ode to the crew

from tim jones

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sweet tats

We Still Have More fun Than You....

Funny how some people get into skateboarding, and immediately try to run things in hopes of some kind of recognition or notoriety, whether they understand the reason for doing it or not. Guess what? This started as an outlawed activity, and the outlaws will always be on top. We were doing it before you came along with your need for attention and energy drink endorsements, and we will be here long after the spotlight burns out. We are skateboarders, and we always will be. "Keep Rolling", is not a 60's soul song, but a reason for living.. If you think you can fade something that has been going since before you were born, you must be as gullible as Senator Palin..

Tough As Nails

Sometimes when you move on to a new venture, you leave a little security behind. Missing the true movers and shakers becomes part of it. But the friendship that we shared, and the times we had will always keep me optomistic. Hopefully the scene in this dead town will blossom like a flower pushing through the manuer, and the fellow skaters will have opporitunity to enjoy the real reason we do it.

look up to d. boone

vagina-like fashion

if i was rich...

while shopping for a car, i found this bad boy. lee bender called it perfect, his first car ever..

first car i had. 78 cougar xr-7 mine had wire wheels and a black landau top as well as perfect black paint. 400 modified with a 4 barrel carb. 8 miles per gallon. set up to run premium grade gas that was expensive at 1.30 a gallon at the time.

the clencher for me was the white plate on the front, written in sharpie was "the cat"... meow!

i love this place

cowtown rules the foundry

i borrowed this from the only blog better than aforjan.blgospot.com

lol in translation

it's funny when people say they just want you to leave them alone, and then they can't seem to leave you alone.

two fifty

forjan

forjan is ok i guess, his wife is way cooler tho, i guess he can skate, his camera was really really expensive and i heard that's why his photos are so good but i'm not sure, either way, he should blog more and he definitely should send his wife out to visit, i dunno. i guess you can click here if you want to see more what i'm talking about, he can find funny stuff on the internet once in awhile, when he should probably be working but you didn't hear that from me...

just around the corner

by the cemetery up the street... i know some people who could make this all the way down, noseslide or tailslide, you pick.

skateboarding goes beyond the skatepark. in these photos you find a skatetrack, ollie gaps, mannie gaps, wiggle ways, and much more. expand your mind, skate the crap around you. get out of the park.

issue #79

got my first check for this... booyah!

lol

neato tombstone action

it's great to skate with mike again... he rips!!

nice hips

wrex and our new skate bud, austin, were dropping in next to the cradle, there's no flat...so you have a split second to decide what you're going to do...


austin went for the tight backside carve


wrex went for the frontside air

leveled

this is what the backyard looked like when we left. can't tell the good times that went on back there unless you were there... miss you!

pecos locos finale

our last day at pecos. our friends are awesome. thanks for being true, we miss you guys!!!

i think this was in east arizona. it took five hours to get out.

texas is awesome becuase it has the world's largest cross EVER?

i think this was in texas or oklahoma, they kinda blend together in a long boring drive kind of way

rebate jam

this was a pretty fun day, here's the few pics i got

dust storm