snow princess

at the local hottub

last weekend, we met up with the trife guys, again. i know, this is becoming a regular affair. and i don't mind a bit. see memphis has these little gems, a ramp inside a shed, a backyard bowl made of skate armor, it's only a couple hours drive to little rock or various other places and the guys welcome us with smiles and hugs. it's great to see their faces as often as possible.

i finally remember to point this out to bff trip before last and we remembered to pull over and get a shot of this. this trailer has been in this spot for as long as i can remember, way back when i was a kid and we'd drive to memphis at 55mph, i forget what company was there... but they were humpin' to please.


finally get to memphis...contemplating what to skate first, we rode the ramp for a minute, then down the driveway and out in the street. ideas were tossed around by the trife crew. hammond had a gnarly sounding spot in mind, but we ended up heading to le casa de terrytopia. it's in the older part of memphis with less noticeable effects of urban development, still larger yards with landscaping and wide lanes. older looking "homes" with huge yards keeping your neighbors at bay and you can tell there's family history here.

i'd seen tons of pics and footage. it's a lot smaller in span than i thought. the pics and footage i've seen make it look more wide open and shorter in wall size.


wrex cut the session red ribbon with a huge frontside air


bambei tailslide


bambei lien to tail ON POOL COPING


wrex 5-0


tino lipslide (but this might be a fakie disaster, can't remember)


taylor kept trying fsa tailgrab, not sure he landed one but he landed this bail


then jungle and oolander showed up and things got straight outta control


wrex got a 540 over the hip, check out that back foot, i have no idea how he landed this


i like to take roll-in shots.


bambei blasts huge major air over the hip


oops


this picture turned out weird, but ulander was getting longass grinds through these corners, though he might crash into the extension, but nope, he pulled it off. fun to watch...


jungle was hard to contain


dance magic dance david bowies pants


hammond 50-50 ON POOL COPING


so that pretty much sums up the photojournaling of the day at terrytopia. i have to give this a 4.99 starts out of 5. the only thing i would change is warmer weather but hey, what can you do about mother nature? i quit taking photos about 2 hours before the session ended. a couple of kids showed up, wrex, hammond, and ulander kept ripping it up.

have to say it was a great day!! thanks memphis crew! and thanks most of all to terry and family!!

snow daze launchramp!

can't wait to hit this when i get home. snowcreation by manuel reverto

forgan

click here to see: he's only famous in his head, aaron forjan goes pro at photographical blogging over at digital skateboarding

kickturn the face of a roman

Big Fun In Little Rock!!

I can never describe in words how much fun we had in Little Rock, so I'll just post some photos. Thanx to the "Dr." for the pics.

want to go here

but when will i ever be in philly?



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3:16 bowl on focus

dark and desolate

was the relic


until wrex gave it some TLC

the dragon rides brimley

i could say i got to skate with this guy all the time every saturday at pecos back when i lived in az...but to say one skates "with" him one would mean to engage in a supreme tech skill display of skateboarding. which i lack. a super quiet guy and when he did open his mouth, he talked through a smile. nobody is like him. you rule, david smith!

make me miss you, mesa

marcus carr at the mesa arts theater

which was only a 3 minute bike ride from our old house. pretty cool building and places to skate... there's also pretty fun parking garage nearby that can be a bust by nerdy golfcart jockeys. worth a 15 minute session on a rainy sunday tho...

marcus carr has a blog, check it out here---> murdaaz

drove to egypt

saw this pyramid

jk... over the bridge and through the woods to little rock we go

breaking the ice

preserving the pma

getting out with my BFF and the memphis crew travelling to little rock are two things saving me from suck hell here in oxford. three hours away and there's so much to see and do skatewise there. not to mention, feeling at home with the locals. words can't describe the feeling i get just thinking about last sunday. everything is beautiful in little rock, except maybe the giant turds i looked down at as i squatted down by the river to release my bladder. (the bathrooms are NOT open "only on the weekend").

not battery

tino was in heaven here

this hill is super gnarly

can u dig it

LR guys took us to this spot. the little rock scene pretty much rules the south. dirtbags will always reign supreme.



sleazy steve getting grind easy on the gnarly chunked out bank to curb

everything's big in little rock

start off the year with the biggest kinked rail of your life...


wrex airwaxes the sticky rail


tino gets handgrab 50-50s


mission accomplished

No Two Are Alike....

I've been lucky to live in a place that has an abundance of backyard pools. There's an artform to finding, draining, and riding them that cannot be experienced through skateparks. You have to realize that these gems were not meant to be skated, and the thought of a perfect transition is not what was in the idea behind building them. And the feeling of accomplishment of grinding them is something that cannot be put into words. No matter how many times you take the same line, every run at it is different, and the need to take a different aproach is essential. Learning to go at the walls at an angle in hopes of drawing out a transition is the only way to make it to the tiles. Once you figure it out, a new world opens up, and a love for hearing your trucks barking on raw concrete is a reward that few can understand. Just the mission of locating these gems and draining them is an adventure all in itself. I will always have a fascination with these holes in the desert, and cannot wait to get back and leave my mark. Baker photo of me finding "Light After Death".

No Limit

Some things are so simple, but get so clouded and confusing when ego and a need for attention get thrown in the mix. Once we drop the selfish desires, we can see a bigger picture and begin to work together. Unity through a common desire and a mutual appreciation is easily attainable once we drop the curtain and use it as shelter for one another. I got this picture from my good friend Pod, from his trip to Orcas w/ local ripper and Trife Street emmisary, Binger. It really speaks to me, and I hope it does to you as well.

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goner records

more lake shots

a couple more from arkansassy

50kent lured us away and we crossed this bridge chasing sleazy steve to the dead deer ramp


misty eyed surprise - kent says "don't be bummed"

covers

i just realized i forgot to post the cover of sharkbait #41, az's good buddy, brian mcnair gets it with what i think is a pivot fakie on a gnarly wall. if ever in oklahoma, go by and say hi to him in tulsa at the board shop - voted the best skate shop in tulsa by urban people magazine! check him out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Board-Shop/136765910547?v=wall#!/pages/The-Board-Shop/136765910547?v=info