New Looks

One thing I have absolutely loved about being here in SC is the amazingly talented people I've been surrounded by, from badass Video Producers, to Illustrators, the people I rollerblade with are truely genuine/talented people.

Recently, I hit up friend Nicholas Pecararo about maybe creating a new lion for my the blog, and boy did he come thru, I did the layout and added the text but this lion Nick drew is perfect:

Nick has an amazing talent and I wish he had a link to his work so I could show you guys, his sketches/illustrations are just out of this world...like literally. I'm sure we'll be working together/skating again in the near future so be on the lookout!

Thanks Mr. P, you are the doo doo.

Weekend Blade Jams

Soooo what up internets? We had a chill weekend with all the homies and got a couple good flicks of Mcmanus:

Nick also laced this TTS about a million times and I just could not get it right, but here it is anyways, sorry Mr. Donovan:


Oh and I'm getting married to this beautiful woman right here:



Shreds on the reg and is the purdiest thing this side of the Mississippi!

After our inability to choose a spot this weekend, I've come to realize that we are going to have to migrate a little more so we can skate some new things, so if you have any ideas, definitely leave some comments or email me.

Anywho, more shredderblading to come, still working on the online video...sorry.

Nick Bates Lovefest '10

Well I only managed to shoot like one pic this weekend and it was of good friend Nick Bates.

As a preface, Nick has been skating better than everyone here since I've known him. Nick has got the most unusual/unique style that you'll immediately fall in love with. He can do any number of strange body contorting spins, and lace switch ups so smooth and so clean you'll wonder why you haven't seen him in the latest Xsjado Advert, the dude is just damn good. One of the coolest parts about his skating, is that Nick is a thinker and can break down his movements into straight up science. But beyond Nick and his uncanny blade ability, he is literally one of the nicest/funniest dudes you will ever meet and has been a good friend for a really long time. If you've met Nick you're probably his friend already and if you haven't met him, you're probably his friend and just don't know it yet, he's just one of those awesome people and I love getting to shred with this dude.

Nick has popped up in the blog a couple times and you may remember Nick from these pics below:

Hopefully, now that our schedules coincide a litter better, Nick being on here will be a normal thing.

Every since I saw this spot I always wanted to shoot a pic of someone doing this, so without hesitation Nick steps up and not only does this once, but 2, 3, 4 times until we got it right, the dude is just awesome, and the bank to this thing is horrible:

There isn't near enough video of Nick out there but that's something I'm really hoping to change this year. And with the right gusto and finances, its going to happen.
But until my sudden million dollar inheritance, come blade, we'll be shreddin' this weekend.
P

Alot of fun

Well well well, where to start? Over the past couple of weeks, alot of awesome shit has gone down.

On the 7th, a whole crew of us went up down to columbia to skate their new concrete park Owens Field Skatepark and I decided to bring out my old ghetto fisheye and shoot some pictures for old times sake, and here's what I came up with...once again, this fisheye is so bad...haha

A couple of Favs:

So nothing crazy there but a ton of fun and we will definitely be tripping back there and sometime soon.

A couple weeks prior, I ordered a new flash for my camera and luckily it came in just before the weekend, so natrually I was itchin' to shoot some new photos and what better way to test them out them for the sunglasses party!

And the Sunday after a 3 hours of sleep and a really early morning the lady and I mustered up the energy to go skate with the homies for a hot minute and it actually turned out to be quite productive.

Tucker laced this pretty clean Sweaty on the drop rail that was very high, I didn't do a very good job of shooting it, but it was pretty cool so...:

A week later, my lady, Lauren, Adam and Ollie, constructed a plan to take a barrier from twin towers before they fenced it off. Well, they suceded and we took full advantage and set this barrier up at a bank spot, and Mcmanus came through with the footy:

And that about wraps up what I've been up to for the last couple weeks. I remembered a ghetto MiniDV camera I was given so Mcmanus and I decided to shoot a 3 day edit over the next couple of days, so I'm thinking that should be up.

Also, almost all of the Online Video Pt. 2 is edited I just need to finish some titles and finish up the post, and booom, done. Other than that, skating this weekend and probably some beers too, holler.