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Auto Erotic Asphyxiation vs. Micheal and David
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jul 02 2009
Weekend update.

We usually had just wedged this piece of rebar behind a little sapling by the wall. It was a dangerous mouse trap like obstacle on the way to the ledge, ready to spring at any moment as you skated past. Death was imminent and certain. I brought the Ryobi out of retirement and we spent some quality time together cutting it down. The world sighs in relief.

Little People, Big World.

Tim Olson - Frontside Salad Grind.

Matt Nordness - Switch Backside Tailslide

Max Murphy - Backside Nosegrind Pop In

Aggressive mosquito attack vs Max's frontside smith grind.

Ruff Hewn group shot.

Max Murphy riding the coaster.

Fake downtown.

Backpack culture.

This Katamari consisting of 70% skateboards came out of my trunk. Everything in there is related to fun skateboarding times. The fun would be less fun if we didn't have all this crap.

32 inch in the ride! True Big Tymer.

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Sky, MJ, Farrah, Ed, Billy. In that order.
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 30 2009
This is the digital version of Risser's Polaroid MJ post.


Tribute on wheels.

I forgot to somehow incorporate MJ into the beautiful sunset.

Frontside tribute.


Bean plant to fakie tribute.

Hero Majestic, Tomos, Honda.

After a successful scoot skate we were on our way to view the Trollfest fireworks. The Hero Majestic suffered a critical failure, and that was it. Tim and I rode home with tears in our eyes, we had already lost so much that fateful day.

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Oh, Daniel-san! You all wet behind ear!
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 29 2009

Wiskate buddy David is coming in hot on this one. Summertime San Diego adventures. Cruel. Starring: Peter Watkins, West Miller, Tyler Brick, Joe Pease, Pete Piazza, Chad Bartie, Micah Mattson, Mario Rubalcaba, James Campbell, John McGuire, David McSween, Ryan Watson, Noah Charnow, Brandon Moore, Andy Beaumarchis, Austin Lycuns, and Danny Stemper. If you only watch one Whale's Vagina today, make it this one.

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Sky, MJ, Farrah, Ed. In that order.
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 26 2009
I'm quite certain the real question is: is the Tiger from inside the gatefold cover of Thriller still alive? I asked Google and it didn't know. I asked ebay and all I found out is people are paying $50-$100 for copies of the Thriller LP. It is highest selling record of all time. Over 100 million copies were sold worldwide. People are not very smart.

Anyway, even though we didn't know if the tiger is in mourning or not, we soldiered on and spent our night of doing skating paying tribute to MJ. You can view this as captured by Eric's Polaroid in the post below.

Otherwise here's some from last Sunday:


This rail has high danger ankle smasher curb on the landing. Tj wasn't scary and gave 'er a few frontside boardslides.


I suppose spikey faux medieval fence is even more scary than a little curb you might step on on accident. Matt Nordness - Backside 180.


Max Murphy - Frontside 180.


Matt earned a very special fan while trying this kickflip. "We're not leaving until you land it!!", tiara included.


His board sustained much damage during the kickflip crisis. Many HP lost.


Raptor!


Farrah was regular. Micheal was goofy.

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Why did Michael Jackson go to K-Mart?
Posted by: Risser On: Jun 26 2009

The day started out tight. A perfect balance of grilling and hanging out with some dogs, but things quickly turned somber.


Needless to say, we were ready for a tribute ride as soon as we got wind of the news: The King of Pop had retired to the big Neverland in the sky.


Off the wall.


The homage continues...


Tim paying dues frontside.


On the wall.

R.I.P.

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Robo G.A.R.Y.
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 23 2009
Saturday fun times doing skating.

Max Murphy - Lipslide to fakie.

Max Murphy - Lipslide to fakie part 2.

Tj Bohach - Nosegrind 180. You'll have to imagine the 180 part.

Tj Bohach - Lipslide.

Max Murphy - Backside nosepick with a little pop in.

Pat Forster - Backside disaster.

Haven't had enough critter pictures on here lately. Good thing I also had zoo fun times on Saturday.










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How Much That Coogi?!
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 19 2009

It's summer finally! Somehow nature has been insistent on it raining every Saturday still, but no bother.


A couple of angles on a Tj noseblunt slide. I remember thinking "Man, this spot would've been the best ever if it was 1989!" when we first found this spot a few years ago. Good thing the fickle nature of skateboarding trends have brought 1989 style spots back into vogue and this spot can have its deserved time in the spotlight. I also feel like I've probably already used this dumb joke under a different picture taken here.

This reminds me of that god awful tv show "Time Warp". A solid kick in the balls when you're expecting a brand new Myth Busters and you have to endure 45 minutes of balloons being popped by yo-yos in super slow motion. Which in turn reminds me of the Lakai video.

I don't even know how long we were claiming we were going to fix this spot to make it skateable. Many moon, that's for sure. Some mystery humans took the initiative and it's truly as fun as I always thought it would be. Thanks anonymous fun bringers! Pat Forster - Frontside Crooked Grind to Fakie.

Potential Kohls catalog Sonoma ad.

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Geodesic Dome
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 08 2009
Watch this new thing.

Mini Video 56 - I Don't Care

Wear your Dolly Parton sweater.

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Kitty Litter on the Luggage Rack
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: Jun 03 2009
I should really start taking more photos.


Pizz was "doing work". As they say. He got his move after some spills.

After a few scary switch nosegrind tries, Tj kickflip boardslid the stress away.





Group photos and midnight cookouts. Summer's almost here. Or trying to be, at least.

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Anti Pre-fast Explosion
Posted by: Josh Ellis On: May 27 2009
Where has the time gone? I'm not quite sure, but I did just acquire two old D&D monster manuals and reading about the lifestyles of Displacer Beasts and the various types of Beholders is quite time consuming. Did you know most Beholders have eleven eyes and each eye has a different magical power? Now you do. I did also just recently strap a burrito to the luggage rack of a moped with bungee cords, but that didn't take that much time. I also learned carb cleaner will dissolve the frost liner inside a can of CL. That concludes what I have been up to.

What I haven't been up to is taking photos. These following are from not last weekend, but the one before. We've been out skating a lot, but mostly concentrating on filming, I suppose. Sometimes it's a pain to try to do both. Or I'm just lazy.


Max Murphy - Nosegrind 180

Tj Bohach - Frontside Bluntslide

Max Murphy - Lipslide a Log

Beautiful love.

Brats in the vicinity makes a happy wonk.

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