the mind of a 14 year old...

...with a body of a 60 year old .

Normally, when we're lacking updates it's because we simply just aren't documenting our radical adventures. Unfortunately, that's not the case. Rather, the body has been breaking down a lot lately, either from injuries or just plain old winter sickness resulting in little, if any skating. But we did manage to get a sesh in with a newbie to the gayrage... Benj. Not only does he have a nice camera and lense, he also knows how to use it. I took a couple to document his smoothness, but he then took over and got all artsy on me. Benj kills it with effortless grace, something I really enjoy watching.

Qua




Benj


Me


And finally, as is often the case, most of this dudes are not only skilled on the stunt wood but also in the artistic world. John Marshall (EG) is one of these guys. He's got a site, you should check it out... www.defleotard.com. Click thru the animated gif's. Fun stuff.

MLK, gonna find a way

So we made the MLK holiday weekend even longer. We took off Friday and headed down to Connecticut to hit the new bowl at Haven Skatepark. This thing is sick, probably the best wooden bowl in the North East. Once me and pdubbsz did an upgrade to our wheels, things went faster and better!

Lance

Me (photo/creature)



The BMFC

The General Idea

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If people wanted to get an idea of what it's like to skate this thing, hopeful this gives you an idea

The most fun you can have with two and a half feet

What can be said? Things are going well. We're stoked. We're glad we did it. We're happy the way it came out (for the most part). We're having fun.

Lance, BS Five-O around the corner.


I went and took a stab at the new and improved Delaware Water Gap Vert Ramp during the holiday's. It now has 12' corners to close off the deep end.

The amount of speed needed to huck yourself around these corners was just insane. And that's just to get to the top of the damn thing. And if you are really skating it, you're on a level that few can touch. I'm not sure who came up with the term "vert jock", but who ever did never stood on a deck 12 feet up and had someone kick a backside air in their face. Do that and then talk shit. Until then, vert is tops in my book - and should be in yours.


Brian


Mark


Allen (the lucky owner)


Irene (watching her skate might be one of the most amazing things ever)


During that same time, there were rumblings in the gayrage as well, but no evidence to prove such a thing. Not that it matters.

the pen is mightier than the saw

Blessing came over and did some work, thankfully it wasn't with a saw.

More of this to come and hopefully it'll make it look really done.

He skated too


Pdubbsz feeble attempt to get around the corner.


He mini-ramped this hurricane to fakie, but we'll let it go... this time!

(just to be clear, these are legit tricks, I'm just a wise ass)

Lance showing off how his LA Kick Boxing classes are paying off

It's Official... Almost

I think it's safe to say that this puppy is done. We still have a few pieces to tack down to complete the decks, but we're not gonna worry too much about it. Right now it's fully skateable and that's what we plan on doing. We might get to finishing the decks, but after the session we had last night, it's really not a big deal. Furthermore, based on how much fun this thing is, the skating might distract us from ever getting to the decks.







This thing might be one of the craziest things I ever skated, and there are lines to be had, it might take a bit to find em', but they are there! It took awhile to actually get to this point, but it's well worth it. A regular back-n-forth ramp would have been fine, but would've gotten dull pretty quick. On this thing, every time you drop in, you're in for a surprise - and a challenge.

hustle and flow

If you never wanted to skate like Ray Barbee, then i suggest you get the fuck off my blog.

Saugerties, NY

Finally got some concrete within "I'll be home by lunch" range...

...more to come
(skater:zilla/photo:qua)

the bowl is back

Well, we took the summer off from the bowl. Not because we don't like it, but rather we like outdoor 'crete for the summer. I may have mentioned it before, but whatever. The point of all this drivel is not random skate documentation (there's plenty of that on the interweb) but documentation of this crazy idea we had and what we did about it. But it doesn't matter, so I'll just get into it.

We had holes


We patched the holes



We covered the holes



We skated the hole



Lucky for some of us, there's a little more 'crete left to be had. You'll see.

a small, bright light.

This happened 2 weekends ago... we thought it was pretty sweet, but then we saw this (we'll report back on that soon).

Whatever the case, this is still pretty sweet. Considering it's a ghetto land fill, we're hopeful that it'll be bust-free for a little bit. Plus, E.G. John Marshall helps a lot too.

now you can hear it....

was messin' around a little bit and did this....

wall to wall

this is going on too...

The Creature's 2009 Fall Classic

updates on the bowl soon... well, hopefully.

"and just rushed it"

I had to post this.

Thrasher Skateboard Magazine

Oh, Canada!

Another good reason to not be in the garage... Canadians! Met up with some fellow old dudes who shredded Bunnyside to bits.



Kevin is a kindred spirit... he's got this in his garage.

Lewiston, ME

Being the old man that I am, road trips that I once took with the bro's are now designated to road trips with the family. So, my entire family (moms, pops, sisters, nephew's, etc) headed up to Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Not too far north there is an old mill town called Lewiston. Some how, way up there, the kids were able to organize and get a skatepark. It's a pretty damn sick Sloppy Sam creation. If you ever have the chance, you should check it out. Here are some shots that my 10 year old nephew took with my DSLR... and some live action.







a little footage for the family to see... G Rated

Lance's Bachelor Bowl Bash Party

Lance is making it official this weekend and gonna make an honest woman out of his girlfriend. Sucks for her. But good for us. We got to party in Northampton, MA to celebrate such a fine occasion.

We rolled in 8 deep with coolers full of red and whites... erh, coffees for the entire day. it was wicked hot but I think we had 3 or 4 different sessions. skate, drink, skate, drink, and so on. We were there pretty much all afternoon. Great times.

I'm also trying something new. It's a called a slideshow. Let's say it all together now... slideshow. I thought it would lake less time to upload. whatever.

All work is put on hold

Well, not really, but we just haven't done a whole lot in the garage lately. It's summer here so we're trying to get outdoors. But to all those visiting from all over the globe, sorry. You probably get pretty bummed when you see it's just a bunch of old turds. But rest assured, the bowl is getting shredded, literally. The plan is to finish the decks at some point this summer, and then come fall, focus what we're gonna do about the surface. Probably gonna go with plywood as the masonite is just not holding up.

Anyways, we're heading over to Northampton, MA for Lance's bachelor party bowl bash, so hopefully I'll have some documentation of that trip up shortly. In the mean time, here's some older footage.

footage

As you can tell, we're still try to figure out this little monster. Rest assured, ish is going down, just not documented... yet.

Damn right it was a good day

Qua's





then a quick stop for one more beer and one more bowl.

Standing room only

well, we finally got going on the decks, and we also got another hand involved - Qua. I feel kind bad for him though... my, keef and lance have been working on this thing for a long time and we created our own little world in the gayrage. And it ain't pretty. But he has handled it well and his extra set of hands and know-how helps... and he also shreds this thing!

working in small spaces makes new friends!!






A short video to get the taste buds wet....