A short message from John McGuire:


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This weekend was Pizzy's birthday fun time.


Tim started the celebration with an Airwalk Power Edge style off a curb cut. It reminded Pizzy of his youth.


Pizz got excited and continued to party with a nosebonk on heavy machinery.


This is somehow birthday related.


"Get the Jalopeno Pizzy Poppers".



Then the fun went to the bar. Tim has much better pictures of these adventures but don't expect to see them anytime soon.





Happy b-day Pizz!

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This is how it goes down on EZEE street!!!



Thanks Jon and Heather for the good times!

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I know I wax nostalgic quite a bit, but honestly those were the best times for me within my years of skateboarding. In my earlier years there was a company that hooked me up that was based out of Minneapolis called Molotov. They flowed a few other Milwaukee skaters and had a relatively large following here. The company was run by a fellow by the name of Andy, and he brought originality and creativeness to everything he did. At the time, he was one of my biggest influences regarding art and design. He kept it simple and it worked. The other rad thing about Molotov was the fake pro models. He would take a phone book, randomly pick a name and put it on a board. Andy was way beyond his time and unfortunately in the early 90's his company went away due to skateboarding taking a huge shit.



These were the decks produced by Molotov.

Fortunately, for the world, Andy is still making art and producing some limited run decks from time to time. He still loves skateboarding and hopefully will re-release some of the old Molotov stuff so I can buy it and keep it forever.

If anyone out there has any Molotov stuff laying around, shoot me an email. I would love to look at it or maybe even buy it from you.

Later nerds.

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So what's worse to wear in public: sweatpants or basketball shorts?



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How could you possibly say goodbye to one of your best friends without a trip to TGI Fridays? Impossible!




This is where the partying stared in earnest. Ben was ready to go before anyone else. He even invented a new dance craze that he was calling "the waft". Simply amazing.




Like TGI Friday's, you cannot possibly say farewell without a solid round of karaoke. We walked in to the most insane rendition of "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" by some local heshers. Their skill may have psyched us out a bit, but we soon found our karaoke sealegs and some shit went down. Sarah, Danny and I: "How Soon as Now". Vance: An extremely memorable rendition of "Get Back". Gabe: a beautiful recreation of "Private Eyes". Ultimate bar sing along: "Bohemian Rhapsody". And of course, an ender to end them all: "More Than A Feeling" belted out like it was our last moment on Earth and nothing would save the planet except for ten people giving the best Brad Delp that their honest hearts could muster. Needless to say, Earth is still here.






Afterwards the only obvious thing to do was to go upstairs to Danny brother's house and listen to the same Morrissey cd six times in a row and make sure Danny knows how much we love him.









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Go to this thing. Support skateboarding in Milwaukee and dudes that make websites. Eat hot dogs and burgers, but watch out for weird things happening in the bathrooms.

Later nerds.

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Danny's first going away party.



















Many tears to come.

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Starting last Monday we had pretty much a daily celebration/mourning to commemorate Danny Stemper's moving away to California. This first fun time here that I'm posting pictures from wasn't exactly for him, but that didn't stop us from making it special and exciting so he knows how much love we got for that little guy. Morrissey Monday/Goodbye Danny Stemper Day 1:










As I type Danny is on his way to California and a lot of people are dealing with their weekend overdoses of beer. We love that guy. More pictures soon.

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Top Shop day 2 and 3. I didn't take too many photos during the day for some reason. It was the worst outside, snowing and whatnot. Danny and TJ skated that day and they both did pretty good. Anyway, these pictures start at night after the contest was over and party night was beginning.


Bill is not a flying fetus, but he still got some moves in the bowl. Smith Grind the deep end.


Random line up of Nesser, Norris, Munz, Bill, and a mystery dude.


Creature sponsored one of the best ideas. Beer bong and launch ramp contest. The whole deal was you had to beer bong and then hit the launch ramp within 30 seconds. Whoever had the sickest launch without barfing won something. I'm not sure what. Even flying babies were taking beer bongs. So sick. Above, check out the differences in Chase's and Stemper's bonging styles. Chase is so animalistic...eye of the tiger. Stemper is cool as can be, just enjoying the brew.



I don't remember who won, or whatever, but there were some definite best rides of the day in there.


Munz and the Mint Tingler, TLC style.


I think Troy and Sean were yelling at the Flying Fetus here. No one likes the Flying Fetus.


Munz actually kind of gives me a vibe of the Troy of Minneapolis. I know it's a huge claim, but I think the dude might have what it takes. I think he was just telling us a beautiful unprintable story at this juncture in time.


This is obviously the next day. Troy with a melon over the hip in the outside bowl. I think he ate shit on this go. He did it next try very careful and unstemper like.


Pizz getting tizz.


All in all, a great trip. A big thanks to Third Lair, Sam McGuire, and The Plat for all the Minneapolis great times. Cho ass!!

I think Cream City got 18th or so. Not bad figuring a team member got wasted and nude the night before his run and had his hog photographed.

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