SKATE EVERYDAY

2012

2012-01-05T18:06:00.000-08:00

hey assholes.
we made it.
2012.
giggity.

i've been working a hell of alot, so actually havent been able to skate. Now that the holidays are gone and passed i'm in the process of moving into another apt. So if anyone needs a couch or etc that i may give up; get at me.
@ProphetsSk8shop got me a hook up with DATO SKATEBOARDS. They will be putting out a video in the near spring, so I'll be busy filming with @tyler_woodward here and there. Thanks to DATO SKATEBOARDS for hooking me up with boards. Stoked to see what their wheel look like.
Tyler took a trip to OLLIES for the winter. I was'nt able to go, but he filmed a little bit and came up with this clip.

Ollies from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

THE BLANK GALLERY will be holding a show on Jan 6th (this friday). If I return soon enough from this work trip im on, I will have some art up for sale as well. Deadlines are never met on time. So who knows.

Thanks for stopping by the website. Hopefully I'll post more or just steal others posts and put it up.

GETBENT

EURO SHAM

2011-11-16T17:58:00.000-08:00

The Sham has been across the ocean, back to the states, and over the ocean again. Filming his buddies and skating around Europe. Heres a teaser he sent me.

BOWL BASH XVI

2011-11-16T17:20:00.000-08:00

BURLEY BURROWS

2011-11-02T17:44:00.000-07:00

PARKERSBURG

2011-10-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

Mick & Nick went to Parkersburg to shred the new park.

I'm sure there will be some more footage to come from this duo.

FRUITPUNCH!

Parkersburg from William Posey on Vimeo.

ARTSY

2011-09-21T18:02:00.001-07:00

Lately here in Huntington WV we've been having these sweet art shows. All thanks to my good friend Chris Lusher. His boss put a a front for a gallery to happen every now and then. So far we've done three different shows and they've all been a success.

Check out Jason Lucas' Photography for some photos of the most recent show CLOWN CAR

Thanks to Lusher for giving me a space on the wall and to everyone else for the good times. See you soon.

Tri-State Wheelbillys Skatepark aka THRASHLAND is throwin a shindig for their last day. Yup, last day. Shit sucks. Come support your local rippers.

Pretty excited for this one. I urge everyone to go to this. Come support your favorite local artis DON and skate for a good cause.
DON PENDLETON - "I designed another shirt for this year's 'Push to End Alzheimer's' skateboard event that takes place on Saturday, Oct. 29th from 9:30-12:00 pm at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, WV. Get involved. It's a great cause and something close to my heart. "

2011-09-21T16:17:00.001-07:00

ITS NOT THE SIZE THAT MATTERS

2011-09-15T06:41:00.000-07:00

FIRE FIGHT

2011-09-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

RITTAH PARK FUN

2011-09-09T13:21:00.000-07:00

I remember talking to Tyler about doing a day in the life. But it was so cold at the time that there was'nt really much to do. Also, my day to day life is'nt exactly reality TV persayyy.

We ended up just skating the flatbar and meeting up with Jeeter at the park. I'm surprised there was enough horrible footage to make an edit. Tylers magic like that. I'm stoked that my cat Leroy got some face time. I dont think I wore that shirt on purpose either. Or maybe I'm lying. Enjoy this little clip. It was hella cold that day.

SUMMER REVIEW

2011-09-02T05:40:00.000-07:00

Everythings been going by so fast this summer. Lushers been doing art shows like crazy, everyones been skating alot more, and I've officially got a full time job. Which is why i havent had alot of time to post jack shit.

I'm awaiting a new computer as well, so as soon as that happens the content should keep coming. Most of what I'm posting you probably already have seen on facebook. But fuck it.

Heres some tasty clips/photos from wheelbillies/wheeling,wv/racine,oh/athens,oh.

ps. my face is fine. also tyler has been skating alot lately so look out for new footage.

what else......what else......

prophets has been selling shit left n right....go buy something now.

i guess just look at these photos.

oh yea.

parkersburg, wv skatepark opened up on the 1st of sept. which was yesterday.

ill be up there this weekend.

get at me

enjoy.

Blair Burns-TOP5 from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

THROWAWAY

2011-07-12T23:40:00.000-07:00

Blair Burns-Trashed Lines from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

TYLER KILLIN IT

Tyler-Trashed from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

INSTA-BLOGGIN

2011-07-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

BOOTY SHORTS

2011-07-03T07:36:00.000-07:00

Hello hello. It has been awhile. With my computer still down it's hard to post random nonsense when you want to.
As of late i've been busy working & filming with T. Woody alot. Bowl Bash 16 just happened last weekend. Durham, Setliff, Archie, Paul, & J-Man all came out to support beer drinking. I got some drunk clips so i'll be sure to splice those together as bad as i can.
I've been asked to help judge the Fayettville, WV contest on Aug. 13th. I'll be sure to post a flyer soon.
J Burrows has built a backyard ramp. I'm sure we all will be falling to flat very soon. Put some pool coping on that bitch dawg!

I see a camping bowl skat trip part II coming up. Anyone is welcome to follow us as we will be tearing through KY towards Bowling Green. The date has'nt been set but it will most likely be in the middle of July.

To keep your skate porn afloat, here is some random clips and montages from Mr. Burrows and Archie.

WV LIFE

WEST VIRGINIA UP N COMIN'

2011-04-15T16:29:00.000-07:00

PIPE DREAMS

2011-04-13T21:03:00.000-07:00

Tyler blog'd em so i'm blog'n em

Untitled from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

NEW SPOT

2011-04-08T08:40:00.000-07:00

PARK FOOTY

2011-04-06T09:25:00.000-07:00

Video Intro from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

FILMING IN PROGRESS . . . ? . . .? . . .

PICTURE ME BLOGGIN

2011-04-03T20:46:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that this on and off again climate the east coast has been going thru is garbage. So if its raining and you dont have a ride to the indoor park or your x-box is broken and or you're outta beer. Here are some suggestions to occupy your time on the internet with some daily dose of "skate porn"/photography.

stole the title from these fools. they be bloggin like all day. KANSAS CITY SHUFFLE

. . KY . .

From the good people in Louisville KY that bring you THE PROGRAM ZINE; Andy Collins has started bloggin again.

It's always good to see some fresh photos of up n comers and pros. Check out ANYTHINGFINITE

Matt Ballard also has some good clips rushing in over @ his blog. Louisville always got swag son. TIMESWETRY

FREELANCERADIOLOGY is created by Travis Stutler who frequently can be seen at wheelbillies skating as well as shooting photos.

. . OH . .

Good buddy of mine Jason Lucas has a nice portfolio running. Most of his skateboarding photos can be found on facebook.

Veteren Pro skateboarder John Drake is on tumblr. You can check out his site here. Good shit.

. . WV . .

Chris lusher always posts funny shit that happens to his friends when their drunk @ HILLBILLY

That pretty much sums it up for my morning lurking updates.

Hopefully I'll get a clip sent to me soon. Waiting on the editors/filmers. Tyler.....Mick.....Archie.....Trace....i hope you all are reading this.

My computer is still on the fritz, so editing anything soon is not happening. Although I've got some good clips on the flip lately.

Did I mention we built a qtr?

MARMET GLOBE TROTTERS

2011-03-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

TOP 5 BARS IN HUNTINGTON

2011-03-21T21:36:00.001-07:00

A LIL' SUMTIN SUMTIN

2011-03-12T01:18:00.000-08:00

SKATOPIA SUNDAY.

WORK PARTY FOOLS DAY.

BACK IT UP LIKE THE TWERK TEAM.

UPDATE SOON.

2 HOURS IN WVU

2011-02-28T10:52:00.000-08:00

AA and myself went up to Pittsburgh to do a job, so on our way back we stopped in Morgantown to grab a burrito and sesh the ramp. Called up Scott and he met us there. The ramp is in need of some repairs for sure, but we made the best of it.

Shout out to Grayson for the burrito's and directions. See you guys soon.

MIC SESH 1

2011-01-22T19:17:00.000-08:00

PAWN STARS

2011-01-06T20:02:00.000-08:00

Photos courtesy of Aarons Facebook

END OF 2010

2010-12-31T10:43:00.000-08:00

This will be the last post of 2010. The year has brought alot as well as taken. Tyler has been filming alot over the course of cold weather. So heres a clip of what you might expect. Is it really already January? 2011? Fuck. Well enjoy the clip.

STAY LAME

2010-12-26T08:16:00.000-08:00

SNOW JINX

2010-12-18T11:45:00.000-08:00

William Lewis I get hurt more when Im off my skateboard.
December 9 at 10:28pm ·
Aaron Anderson Lead with your chin! Hey lets take next friday off an roll up to Ollies.
December 9 at 11:41pm · · 2 people
William Lewis you got it, best idea ive heard in a while.
December 10 at 6:10am ·

PHOTO FEATURE

2010-12-01T18:11:00.001-08:00

Photo courtesy of T Durhams flickr

Cuong likes the pole

CLIPPAR PARK

2010-11-21T14:25:00.000-08:00

Photos by AA

No comply pole jammin

Paul pole jammin

Pool tile'n

Ollie out

Cruisin

Frontside

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

2010-11-04T11:43:00.000-07:00

DAMN
So alot has been goin on lately. We took the ramp down at travis' and moved it to its new location and owner. Dont worry it should be up and shredding in spring.
Also i got to take a journey to the south for the CHATHAM COUNTY SHOWDOWN in PITTSBORO, NC. It was a great weekend and i wanna thank all the great people of pittsboro for having WV Boys. Well be back next year. Im workn on the edit now.
Ashlands on the blog tip. Cruise over to see what there brewin.
Took a trip to FAYETTVILE for beers, bowls, and pizza. Ill post photos soon.
And last but not least my computer is not in best health. To much porn. Hope i can get it runnin soon. For now im usin the wii. Typin on this is a bitch. Im out!

HUNTINGTON NEEDS A SKATEPARK

2010-10-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

THANK YOUS GO OUT TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. MORE EVENTS TO COME.

WIZARDS OF WHEELBILLIES

2010-10-13T17:55:00.001-07:00

WIZARDS OF WHEELBILLIES from blair on Vimeo.

BORDERLINE BILLIES from blair on Vimeo.

CANNONSBURG II

2010-10-05T11:36:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Tyler for the edit.

CANNONSBURG

2010-10-03T17:50:00.001-07:00

HILLBILLIES from blair on Vimeo.

BOH CONTEST WINNER COLE

2010-10-02T19:54:00.000-07:00

Crailtap.com had a contest that allowed you to put your skateboarding with a Band Of Horses song. The best gets you to Cali and skate the Girl camp.

Cole Wilson and Matt Ballard from Louisville, KY put together a great edit and won.

If you did'nt know, now you know.

Here's the edit from their trip. I'm sure theres plenty of footy left.

Girl Park from Matt Ballard on Vimeo.

BOXING MATCH ROUND FOUR

2010-09-23T07:58:00.000-07:00

BOXING MATCH ROUND FOUR from blair on Vimeo.

LITTLE BROTHER

2010-09-21T07:45:00.001-07:00

MANIC MONDAY from blair on Vimeo.

TRAMP

2010-09-19T21:03:00.001-07:00

TRAMP from blair on Vimeo.

IRONTON

2010-09-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Bengineer & I took a trip across the river to OH. Heres the footy.

IRONTON from blair on Vimeo.

In other related OH news, Dave Ackels posted up the new ABSORB 17!

DOUBLE FEATURE SHOWDOWN

2010-09-15T20:10:00.000-07:00

Due to all the long boarding going on around downtown/campus, I will be making a documentary about this new craze and how whack it really is. So while you wait, put your shirt back on and quit mall-grabbin. Here's some real street skating.

HOT SPOTS from blair on Vimeo.

Damn that was some ill shit. Onto the next one.

I still havent gathered enough mini-ramp skating lately, but i promise to get some more clips of some tranny. This lil' diddy features A-Ron Anderson rippin a lil' bit then continues with some epic still photos as well as some sequences. Skateboarding is good these days.

YO YO YEA YEA from blair on Vimeo.

FUNERAL WALLRIDES

2010-09-13T10:59:00.000-07:00

FUNERAL WALLRIDES from blair on Vimeo.

WHY MY TRUCKS ARE SHINY'ER

2010-09-10T11:03:00.000-07:00

video by lusher

MINI RAMP SURGERY

2010-08-30T18:15:00.000-07:00

MINI RAMP SURGERY from blair on Vimeo.

ST. CLOUDS

2010-08-28T20:28:00.001-07:00

ST. CLOUDS from blair on Vimeo.

NEW SHIT

2010-08-26T19:04:00.000-07:00

Trace Corley gots some ideas.

TRAVIS' X-RAY

2010-08-26T09:34:00.000-07:00

Good news. No surgery needed.

Bad news. Won't be healing anytime soon. 6-9 months.

Hang in there bud.

HAMLIN HEAT II

2010-08-24T05:56:00.000-07:00

HAMLIN HEAT II from blair on Vimeo.

BLUEGRASS BOYS

2010-08-19T06:04:00.000-07:00

As of lately, it gets pretty obvious we like going to KY to skate their precious waves of concrete. While we wait for our own to be built, we like to think these are close to home. Even though the 3 hr drive is boring as all hell. Once you get past the cows and bails of hay, you start to appreciate how nicer it really is.

Last weekend; Aaron Anderson, Tim Cline and myself wanted to get outta dodge and hit up some transition. We went West to Georgetown, onto Dry Ridge, and Florence. After getting back we also checked out Ironton, OH's new pre-made park. Which ofcourse was infested with tweens even at night. I've been back there since, but that park needs some more additions as well as some smoother concrete.

Came up with some clips and met some local homies who were reppin there brand FICKLE pretty hard. Wish them luck.

KENTUCKY II from blair on Vimeo.

A couple days later, Jayson had his birthday and got off work for the next couple of days. Since he missed out on the weekend trip, we decided to go back to Ironton, OH during the day to see what we could come up with. I did'nt bring the camera because I was pretty hungover and just wanted to be lazy. We ended up getting some free gas and talks of going out of town was in the mix. Later that Monday night I got a hold of Travis and he was working the bar at Giovanni's so we met up to get lit. He said he was off for the next couple of days so we decided to leave immedietly skate all night and get back before I had to work at 5. Seemed simple.

Welcome back to the Bluegrass State. I've only been gone a little over 24 hrs but it felt like I never left. We arrive at Louisville around 2 a.m. and sessioned the beast till the sun came up. We skated around the downtown area in the morning to find out by a local flower shop down the street that the skatepark would be under maintanance to cover up all the penis art for a couple days. During which time the park would be closed. We decided we had enough of traffic and left before the concrete washing begun.

Onto Georgetown for the second park of our trip. It started off with shotguns and ended with broken bones. Travis got into a freak accident that involved firecrackin. We ended up at the hospital to find out he broke his collar bone in three places.

x-ray to come.

After that, it was pretty plain to say we needed to get him home. Aswell as the rest of the sleep deprived crew. Hit THE VOID up, Jayson bought a stick and we bounced. Late for work again. Oh well. Got some footage tho.

KENTUCKY III from blair on Vimeo.

Thanks to THE VOID for having thoughs low low prices and to the great Dr.'s and Nurses of Georgetown for prescribing Travis with medication that does'nt exist. See you soon Ky.

VOIDOIDS

2010-08-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

What up children, heres a slice of whats cookin in Lexington over at THE VOID

Yulp. New video drops real soon. If you are around the area come check the premiere out at the Kentucky Theatre.

CAMP ILLEGAL

2010-08-03T17:47:00.001-07:00

This past weekend Ben, Lush, Aaron, Paul and I went on a camping/skate trip in southern West Virginia next to the New River.

Once we got there we found a good camping spot but did'nt know how illegal it was to set up shop.

Once saturday night came along the park patrol ended up at our camp asking us questions and we thought we we're doomed.

Luckily the guys did'nt make us leave that night, considering how drunk we already were.

They told us to leave as early in the morning.

We got to skate Beckleys park and Fayetvilles park, where Adam Ozzy met up with us.

The next day Paul and Lush left early to get home, and the rest of us stayed to fish and go rafting.

We also got to hit up Pies & Pints to have some bomb ass pizza.

Thanks to Bob Anderson (Aarons Dad) for giving us an oppurtunity to catch some fish and cruise down the river.

Here are some photos taken by Aaron Anderson

Lusher also took some great photos, check them out over @ HILLBILLY

I put a couple of them in the video I edited. It's pretty long, so be patient and let it load.

P.S.

I have no idea what happened during Pauls line at Beckley. My editing system decided to mess up during his shuv-it line.

Sorry Paul.

Haha.

CAMP ILLEGAL from blair on Vimeo.

HAMLIN HEAT SESH

2010-07-28T22:20:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Hamlins skatepark. No one is ever there, and it has some stuff to skate.
Also wanted to get my hands onto some SUPER DONUTS, but they were sold out. Lame.

HAMLIN HEAT from blair on Vimeo.

SUNDAYTAGE II

2010-07-26T00:15:00.000-07:00

Edit up already? Yea, I have nothing else to do with my life.

The weather turned pretty ugly by the time we were getting comfortable with the new roof gap spot. So we headed back to town and waited for the rain to settle.

Moments later, rain stopped, and everything started to dry up. Some homies came in town from Marmet and Hurricane to see what Huntington had to offer. I can see them coming down alot more before summer is over. Thanks for coming out to skate everyone.

For photos and another edit check out Chris' Site

SUNDAYTAGE II from blair on Vimeo.

GATED COMMUNITY

2010-07-25T09:16:00.001-07:00

CRAPURDAY from blair on Vimeo.

EARLY MORNING TONY

2010-07-15T09:48:00.000-07:00

Left after work one night and decided to take a road trip with Jayson to get outta Huntington.

We ended up West bound to Lexington, where the parks lights were still on until 1 am. Then left to get beers and head to the next park in Dry Ridge. No lights but we still skated until the beer ran out. Decided to crash in the bowl at the park instead of the car, woke up the next morning to the garbage guys turning the place upside down. 6 am sesh at Dry Ridge, then about 8 am headed out to McD's for coffee and breakfast. Finally afterwards we got to Florence Outdoor park which we had all to ourselves. Saw some rollerblader get messed up first go, bunch of kiddies on the scooters and mountain bikes. Stayed at the park until about noon. Then headed back home. No speeding tickets, no heat exaustion, no bum ankles, no park troopers and not many people at the parks. & I got back home just in time to go to work. All in all a great road trip.

KENTUCKY from blair on Vimeo.

R.A.D.

2010-07-13T12:33:00.001-07:00

R.A.D. from blair on Vimeo.

BOXING MATCH ROUND THREE

2010-07-13T09:48:00.000-07:00

Paul brought his box down to a parking lot for us to mess around on.

Ben and Lusher were already there shooting fotos and skating.

Then Mr. Posey came through to get some real filming done.

BOXING MATCH ROUND THREE from blair on Vimeo.

ON THE MOVE

2010-06-28T09:53:00.000-07:00

Shit is so hot outside, it feels like AFRICA.

Here's a little clip of the day.

SILLY SKATE from blair on Vimeo.

SKATE DAILIES

2010-06-23T10:36:00.000-07:00

J Lucas and the boys in Ohio have a nice set up they film and skate at.

Check out the new site.

SKATE DAILIES

Lightnin Bolts

2010-06-22T08:38:00.000-07:00

Usually GO SKATEBOARDING DAY I take a nice day off, being that it's 95 degrees outside and no one really wants to skate. I spent most of the day swimming and driving.
When I got off work and it eventually cooled down at night we sessioned the usually downtown parking garage. We did'nt film much, just messin around mostly. Havin fun.
Cheers to summer!

DIMENSION from blair on Vimeo.

IM FRUM SOUTHSIDE MOTHER FUCKAHS

2010-06-08T21:03:00.000-07:00

WOOPTY DOO

2010-05-23T05:29:00.000-07:00

New Archie edit. Peep game of whats to come . . .

It's Spring from Archibald Johnson on Vimeo.

I USED TO SKATE

2010-05-17T10:12:00.000-07:00

Hesson told me the other day, "I think I'm going to get back into skateboarding." I believe he never really left skateboarding, he just left Huntington for a couple months.

I hear it alot these days; " I used to skateboard.", "I only skate when I can...", "There is no where to skate, these spots are lame."

I'm not pointing any fingers, I just know that it's easy to be negative when there is'nt any outlet to take. Whatevs. I've skated Huntington for about over a decade now and I still end up going to "Bank One" to skate a curb. I'm always down to skate a lame spot.

BOXING MATCH ROUND TWO

2010-05-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

Hesson is back. So I spent the day skating with him and Nate.

More photos to come.

BOXING MATCH

2010-05-08T14:28:00.000-07:00

Took the box out for a spin to a local parking lot.

I was surprised how it fit nicely between, slanted, and on these parking curbs.

Video and photos were takin by a HILL BILLY

afternoon delight from Chris Lusher on Vimeo.

PAWN SHOP UPDATE

2010-04-29T12:25:00.000-07:00

Pawnshop Skateboards HQ (March-April) from Ryan McKowen on Vimeo.

Thanks RrrMack.

RAMP MAINTENANCE

2010-04-22T08:25:00.001-07:00

Travis got a new pup.She can skate . . .We took the roll-in out, and replaced it with a 4ft qtr.Heated sessionDogs were in attendance againPaul with a frontside thrasherJay Man stuntinNam rockinAA not only stands for Alcoholics Anonymous

Aaron Anderson with a frontside melonAA with a one foot blaster

IT'S NICE OUT, SO IM GONNA MAKE THIS POST SHORT

2010-04-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

Sometimes what we do . . . iz secret.

More to come . . .

Headed to Louisville to visit Belch this past sunday.

Skated in the Thunder Trucks Wheelie Show.

Blew it.

Check THEPROGRAM ZINE for future reference about the show.

BBQ BRO DOWN part two . . .

2010-04-14T08:32:00.000-07:00

The BBQ BRO DOWN turn out was RAD. The TRIAD of West Virginia were out in full force to come to Travis' and pay respect. We were lucky enough to have a beautiful weekend of sun with no rain in sight. Even the dogs showed up to keep the session heated.

Alot of the tricks that went down happened mostly towards the end of the night. I.E. RRMACK blunt flippin out the extension, RAY RAY's big flip on the bank, etc etc. I missed them both. With my own eyes and the camera, if you were watching back and forth it was hard to see everything go down.

Luckily I did get some good stills some of which were accidental and timed.

Thanks to Travis for letting us all attend and enjoy another good time.

Props to the BECK TOWN CREW for coming through with the rippers.

MICK POSEY filmed a little and is sure to have some proof of the night that I dont remember much of.

Enjoy the photos I took.

See you guys soon.

LACES OUT

RAY RAY 3 FLIP INROOMIESOSBOURNE BLUNT FAKIERRMACK'S NEW JOBAIRMACKKPAUL ROCK N ROLLINADAM CHRISTIAN FRONTSIDE OLLIE THE BANK ALL DAYRRMACK RECOVERINGOSBOURNE FRONTSIDE OLLIE INTO THE ROLL INME OLLIE TO FAKIE foto by OD

RRMACK WITH THE STEEZNESS

BBQ BRO DOWN part one . . .

2010-04-11T16:08:00.000-07:00

BEER CHICKEN

JAIL TIME

MAGGZ WAS THERE

RUCKUS WAS THERE

WILLY WAS THERE

CUONG FAMILY

GINGERIFFIC

GROUP FOTO

WEEKEND IN WOODLAND

2010-04-07T09:03:00.000-07:00

CHARGE

2010-04-07T08:59:00.001-07:00

. . . sooner or later they'll get out of the way.

WV MONTAGE

2010-03-24T20:56:00.001-07:00

A Montage from Archibald Johnson on Vimeo.

BACK IT UP AND DUMP IT

2010-03-17T10:10:00.000-07:00

RAIN OR SHINE

2010-03-15T13:07:00.000-07:00

It's Days like these that keep skateboarding fun.
Jay Man, J-Low, myself all hop into Cuongs truck and head out to go skate.

Even though is was cloudy, it was early enough to beat the rain.

We headed towards the West End of Huntington to visit an old drained out fountain in St. Clouds Park.

We've been here plenty of times so it seemed like a good warm up spot.

Afterwards we went towards Camden Park for some pole jammin action.

After some Doritos and pole jams we had to leave since it started to rain. Once we got back to the Apt. J-Low realized he forgot his phone at the spot. We went back and sure enough it was sitting right where he left it.

Even though J-Low lost his phone and broke his board, we all still got out to skate before the rain came.

YO-YO-5IVE-OH

2010-03-12T10:05:00.000-08:00

WEEKEND ROUNDUP

2010-03-09T13:09:00.000-08:00

Beckley Wrecking Crew came to Huntington to party and skate.
I took some flicks.

More to come.

RAGE CITY

2010-02-23T18:48:00.000-08:00

This past weekend Mr. Salih turned 12 and had a contest for everyone.
As well as pizza, free t-shirts, and cupcakes.
Shout Outs to everyone at PAWNSHOP holdin it down and Cary helpin out with the legits.
Everyone came out and definantly killed the spot.
In the end here are the finalists.

From Left to Right
Chris 3rd, Salih the Birthday Boy, Zack D 1st, and J Washburn

Chris' bag of tricks was really heavy - Late shuv, steazy kickflips, k-grind down the rail, back 3, etc....
Washburn came in with the clutchness - Ollie up the set, double backside kickflip and kickflip front board at the last seconds....
In the end ZD took the show (i'll try to name these...its hard) - Nollie Heel, tre flip, double tre flip, switch big heel, aka this kid is on it.
Honorable mentions should be noted.....
Archie - Fakie frontside flip, switch frontside flip, tre, k-grind on the rail, early grab nose n tail back 80, steeeeezy
Adam Ozzy - Back lip the rail, front board, and first one to draw blood.
Brennan - Fakie flipppinnns and almost suck a nice double flip.

Anyone i forgot
Muh bad, everyone ripped shit.

RrrrMack and Salih held down the judging for the event.
As well for MCin, RrrrMack pretty much just hated on Trace for goin to Disney on Ice than ragin in BlueFIELD with the rest of us.

Thanks for everyone that came to Marmet, WV.
We are the center of RAGE.

After the party was mos def the word goin around.
BlueFIELD, WV the destination and we hoarded together.

2 hrs later, a gallon of piss, and 4 cars deep we headed towards the south.
Morgantown
Charleston
Pitt/NY
Huntington

And we met up with some Beckley Heads soon enough once we got thur.
So to say the least....
We all took shots once we got thur...
And every other 5 minutes...
Got sketched.
Ate Shrimp.
Sketchy cold basements.
Air couches.
Dancin with the Birthday Girl.
Got blammed for stealin shit.
Bloody noses.
Did Keg stands at 5 am.

Basically the plan was to RAGE.
And what we did.
Was just that.

Shout Out to Handlebar!
Cary for settin off the site!
Elliot for bein MVP of the crew!
Morgantown for showin up the other side of skreweed!
RrrMack for DJ'n the best part of the era!
J-Man for gettin me thur!
And ofcourse the Birthday Girl and Boy

See you guys soon.

theKYprogram

2010-02-12T07:13:00.000-08:00

Andy Collins and the other good people at thePROGRAM have just released their new issue. Worth the wait.

Turn up the Lil Wayne and read on.

thePROGRAM issue #11

click it and get wit it

YOUNITED NATIONS PART DEUCE

2010-02-10T20:04:00.000-08:00

Here's the YOUNITED NATIONS that ginger from Beck town filmed. Woo hoo.

Younited Nations from Archibald Johnson on Vimeo.

SUPPORT WV SKATEBOARDING

2010-02-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

COME AND LURK, I MEAN WHO DOES'NT LIKE FREE PIZZA?

LITTLE RIPPAGE

2010-02-05T09:24:00.000-08:00

FYI Huntingtons got some kids on the come up.
Alot of these little homies live down the block from me.
They have been workin on a video that'll drop soon enough.
TEAM GRAPE on the come up.

FAREWELL HESSON

2010-02-03T10:07:00.000-08:00

Jonathan Hesson has retired and moved to Florida.

Well not exactly retired...that's just what old people like to do.

No Im pretty sure he brought his board with him and went south to help out misbehaving kids.

We wish him all the best of luck.

Here's a clip Mick filmed back in the early FRUITPUNCH bunch days.

As well as his part in the SKATE EVERYDAY VIDEO.

We'll all miss the ridiculous antics that are HESSON.

Hessons Part in "Still Filming" RE-EDIT from blair on Vimeo.

BRIDGE SESH

2010-01-17T10:40:00.000-08:00

LUSHER shot some shit for a day

Pualy and I got to skate

we got poop on our shoes

these spots are east coast

deal

ABDC

2010-01-16T09:58:00.000-08:00

Not America's worst Dance Crews...
EVEN BETTER
the cold streak is over for the day
out to skate
photos to come

OUR BIASED NATIONS

2010-01-11T06:16:00.000-08:00

Out of all the 12 billion 14 million 456 thousand 666 hundred and 21 millimetered entries thare are only 2 in WEST VIRGINIA.
Here is one.
Hope you all enjoy this video as much as we did making it.
Archie...gimme the link to yours so i can post the other one.
Woop woop.
DONT VOTE!

SNOWBLAIR'd

2010-01-07T16:56:00.001-08:00

MORE OLD'9

2010-01-04T08:14:00.000-08:00

JINKIES

2009-12-31T09:11:00.000-08:00

Mick finally got a nice camera this past summer and started to come to Huntington alot to skate.
We decided to enter a contest that THE BERRICS was having.
YOUNITED NATIONS was then on our main focus considering we did'nt know what to do with all the footage anyway.
Id post our YOUNITED NATIONS but that would get us kicked outta the contest.
So until January ish you'll have to wait.
In the mean time, check out Micks new cliptastic montage of shinanigans that were held during the duration of filming this past summer.
Happy New Year Bitches.

END OF THE YEAR

2009-12-29T11:09:00.000-08:00

Alex Davis has been sweepin the Ohio/Kentucky area by storm. Recently he's been upstate living and skating as well as traveling the world. I've only had the pleasure to skate with him a couple times, but i wish him all the best of luck becoming the next big thing in skateboarding. Habitat sure thinks so. He also recently filmed a am part for the HABITAT FIELD LOG. You can also see AL in the new Feb issue of THE SKATEBOARD MAG.
CONGRATS!
_______________________________________________________________________

Dave Ackels has the latest absorb out. Here it is . . .

Flight Attendant from Dave Ackels on Vimeo.

Click his name to check out all the past issues. Rad.
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Got to go skate with some good friends after christmas. Most of it was'nt documented, just becuase we all were skating. Here's just a few shots of the day . . .

Travis, Jason, Chuck, Blair, Ben, Paul, Nate, and Lusher
For more fotos check HILLBILLY MAG
____________________________________________________

2010 is closing in on us and 2009 is pretty much a thing in the passed.
I'd like to thank everyone that recognizes what the East Coast has to offer and I look foreward to posting more as the months go on.
The crew of Huntington/Charleston/Beckley will be making an annual trip to Ollies Skatepark in the near future.
Hopefully we can get an edit up as well as some flicks.
Late.

ROAD TRIPPEN

2009-12-09T18:54:00.000-08:00

Got artsy on the AVE cover . . .

Guess who's back on the East Coast . . .Ryan got sick of all the hipsters on the West Coast and is back in the mountain state.He is currently up in Morgantown blowin it and most likely stuntin it up with the likes of Elliot, Posey, and Richardson.Would've of hit that trip up with him but I've been busy workin again at Rocco's Little Italy.

Word.

Travis and I recently made a 2 day trip. Left Huntington for Beckley to see this kid . . .

The night we showed up he was kinda busy, so Travis and I went to the next best desination . . . THE BAR
After the bar we ended up with the munchies and hit up the local Kroger and bought some biscuits and sausage.
Went straight to the park and gilled out/skated.
We did'nt really know how to get back to Sarah's to crash so we just ended up sleeping in the Tamarak parking lot.

We wake up and recruited Archie and Adam Christian to head to North Carolina.
Why you ask?
This is why.

YDG stands for Your Daily Grind, and it's pretty badass . . .
No one was even there so we pretty much had it too ourself.
A case of beer and 6 hours later we we're beat.
We drove back to Beckley and dropped off our homies and made the 2 hour trip drive back home.

All in all the trip went good. Travis and I usually just do things and ask questions later . . .
So far so good.

Keep posted for more fun filled photos and video if Ginger and T-Dog get there shit together.

Stay up!

BILL HILL

2009-11-24T18:46:00.000-08:00

Things are a cookin over here.

November 16th

2009-11-17T10:02:00.000-08:00

I used to play golf here when I was younger.

The place looks alot more different since it closed a couple years ago.

All there is now is abandoned swimming pools (not skateable), country club, knee high grass, and deer tracks. Travis and I really had no reason to cross into this terrain, other than we might find something to skate/shoot a foto of.

Still no luck, we left the golf course back towards town.

We drove by an old spot, one that I havent seen in awhile. Just to check on the current status of the old St. Cloud's Fountain. I see from the car someone had made a small cement launch ramp/qtr.
I got to skate finally and have some fall fun.

There were leaves everywhere.

I got a chance to do plently of powerslides along with other things I usually would'nt be able to get away with.

Travis was siked that the day was'nt complete trash, and he got to use his camera again.

Even though he's probably still feeling some brain damage due to a car wreck last week....

But, as you can see Travis is well, and shooting skateboard fotos once again.

I would like to thank Travis for coming out to shoot some skateboard foliage.
Thanks also to Dollar General for the wonderful broom purchased.
No thanks to Auto Zone in the west end, you need to pave your side street near your loading dock.
Shout out to all the tweens we saw along the way, especially the one beating up 2 boys on the basketball court in S.V.
Remember, parents always keep an eye out on your kids when they are scootering along the sidewalk near a busy intersection.
That is all.

Programming

2009-11-04T19:37:00.000-08:00

Check THE PROGRAM for updates soon

JOHN DRAKE INTERVIEW

2009-10-29T14:34:00.000-07:00

"I've been wanting to get a legit interview on the site for awhile now. Since John Drake has moved back into the area, I've been able to contact him more easier. For skateboarding in Huntington 20 years ago, was different than it is today. IGUANA SKATESHOP was holding it down and FALCON PIPE was still available.
Chris Lusher and John Drake have known eachother for awhile, so I figured it would only be best to let them catch up on the good ole days, and in the process get a little history of John from where he's been to where he is now."
- Blair Burns

Lusher : How old were you when you started skating and what was the initial push that made you want to start in the first place?

John Drake : Well that is so long ago it is hard to remember. I think I was in 7th or 8th grade so maybe 13 years old? I used to be into BMX and would always read this magazine BMX Plus and they used to have a editorial series in the magazine called Who's Radder? In one of these series it was skateboarding v. bmx and skating just looked so much cooler and "Radder" to me. So from that point I just did everything I could to get a skateboard to ride. I would borrow a friends skateboard and just go missing with it for days until he tracked me down and could get it back from me. After that it was just begging my dad to buy me a cheap one because money was short and he wasn't about to buy me the one I actually wanted. Eventually he saw how into it I was and bought me a decent one and from there it was on.

Skateboarding was that escape from the dreariness that is Ohio and the more people hated on me for doing it the more I wanted to do it. I had always been an individual since I was a little kid, and having my own unique thing to do was attractive to me. I never wanted to be a clone of everyone else and I think skateboarding offered a great avenue out of the monotony Ohio has to offer.

Lusher : Do you remember in those early days any pros that you started looking up to or anyone you perhaps wanted to emulate?

John Drake : Neil Blender, Mark Gonzales, & Natas Kaupas was who I looked up to when I first started skating. Then it was Matt Hensley and a bunch of others, Ray Barbee, Rudy Johnson, Guy Mariano, Jason Lee. Early on I guess I tried to emulate Gonz and Natas but as you get older, you may look to certain guys for tricks to learn but you don't "copy" them, you try to develop your own thing.

Lusher : Your parents seemed so supportive of what you were doing. I remember your shop in Ohio and thinking it was the best thing that could have happened to that area. How long into skating were you at that time and what role did your parents play in launching the shop?

John Drake : Yeah they were for sure. Well, they had a retail business there and an extra side building, which was tiny, but my dad was cool enough to ask me if I wanted to put some skateboards in there. I was so young and I didn't know what I was doing, but that was really cool of them to always be so supportive. I think that lasted only several months because I never wanted to be in there, I just always wanted to be out skating which is natural for a young kid. I had only been skating for probably over a year or something when that happened. My parents looked after it and sold some stuff for me and I think they were bummed that I didn't really care and was out skating, but they also understood. Thanks mom and dad for everything!

Lusher : It was apparent early on that you were probably the best in the area. Did skating come as easy to you as it seemed to?

John Drake : I was always very athletic and active as a kid. I was into playing pretty much every sport but baseball and it all felt natural and came easy to me. When I was really young I used to just be hellbent on jumping off of the highest things I could find. Skateboarding also felt natural but it was hard work. I skated all day every day to get to the level I wanted to get at. I did realize that amongst my friends that I was able to learn things quicker but there is always something someone can do that you can't, or a trick that comes easier to someone else than it does to you. Certain things you just have to work on harder until you find the right foot placement or whatever it may be. Skateboarding always felt better than other sports because it was all on you whether you learned something or not, there was always a new trick to learn or something new to skate. It gives you a sense of accomplishment when you learn something, but also it allows you to bring your own unique style into each trick.

Spanks & Drake

Lusher : Looking at you from the outside, though we spent alot of time together, there seems to be a pretty definitive timeline with you as far as skating is concerned. Were did Iguana fit into that and how do view that period? Would you call those your formative years? You had really become something of legend during that time to people in a pretty large geographic area.

John Drake : One day I was skating in Huntington and I just happened to skate by Iguana when Ron was in there painting and getting it ready. He wasn't even open yet but I guess after that when it opened I just started going over there all the time and hanging out. I was pretty stoked there was a skateshop that was close to some skatespots and I could hang out at and skate all around town.

I would say it was part of my formative years along with what happened before Iguana opened. It was a great time with great friends and I enjoyed it. You can't go back and re-do your youth again so I'm glad I lived mine the way I wanted and did what I wanted. Ron was a great dude especially to someone like me who didn't grow up with money to spend on skate stuff. He supported me before I had any sponsors, and was cool enough to drive me around to different contests and demos all over Ohio. Big up to Ron for that. I got to meet alot of people in skateboarding because of that right there.

When I was young I was a cocky asshole probably. Whenever I went to other towns or cities I felt I had something to prove with my skating, that no matter where I was from I wanted to skate better than everyone else in Ohio and the whole mid-west or mid-atlantic whatever you want to call it. I don't know about being any kind of legend, but I do know that I could hold it down skateboarding wise. When I entered my first pro contest I got 2nd place and from that point on I felt like I belonged and I could lose that chip on my shoulder. As I grew up I became alot more humble and nice to other people, and it wasn't about proving myself anymore because I did that already.

Lusher : For that time and to alot of the little skate kids I felt you were achieving at least local legend status and not James Dean icon type shit but more like due to what skating used to be as opposed to what it is now you were at least this hero to the up and comers even though you always only ate plain hamburgers from Hardees. What about your first sponsorships and how did they come about? Were you doing the 'sponsor me' VHS tape thing?

John Drake : How much have you had to drink tonight Lusher? Yeah I did the VHS sponsor me tape thing, I think most kids did back then especially if you didn't live in California. I had so many different sponsors as a kid. Some of them actually did come from VHS sponsor me tapes.

I was sponsored by this clothing company owned by Kevin Staab and Joe Johnson called Electric Ocean, Kryptonics Wheels, XXX Skateboards which used to be Brand-X in the 80's, Etnies shoes, and Gouge Clothing, I think all of those came from sponsor me tapes. I forgot how I got on G&S trucks, but when I got on Venture trucks Greg Carroll saw me at a demo in Dayton and he saw that I was riding the G&S trucks, walked up to me during the demo and asked me why in the hell was I riding those wack things, gave me his card and told me I was on Venture now. I got on Assault skateboards because I was at a demo skating with Matt Hensley and Matt's friend Ned was there traveling with him and he asked me to skate for his company, I was unsure but he made Matt convince me to skate for him so I said ok. I was about to skate for Life Skateboards but then Sheffey quit so Dyrdek just asked me to skate for Alien and I was stoked on them so I said ok. I had other sponsors during all of this and after, but I always stuck with Alien and Venture. I skated for Etnies for a long time too until I felt they were getting wack. At that point I had been skating for Droors for a long time and they were starting DC shoes so I just decided to skate for them instead.

Once I found sponsors I liked I tried to stick with them until they became wack basically. But, when I was a kid I didn't care really, all I cared about was getting free product so I didn't have to pay for anything.

Lusher : Sober to the bone. Alien was such an awesome company and still is. They had such an original and new approach that was exciting though I'm not sure the boner brigade lovers really got it which made it even better. You and Dyrdek were pretty tight in those early days. What was it like hanging with that crew? There has also been a request for a Bo Turner anecdote.

John Drake : Well back then Alien was different, originally it was not as money and business driven but more art, creative, and skateboard driven. When Neil Blender left the company I was really bummed because he was a great inspiration and a friend. Things always change, sometimes not for the better. After me and Rob moved to California and blew Alien up, the business side of the company grew bigger and bigger, and it just wasn't the same as the early days. Alien is still different from most of the companies which is a good thing, and I still love the skateboarding aspect of the company, and some of the people involved, but it's definately different and now Burton snowboards owns it. It happens to anything once it gets big, whether that be an artist, a band, or any cool company. Money changes everything.

All the Alien dudes are great friends, it was like a gang back in the day, a brotherhood. I have love for all of those dudes, Dyrdek, Conklin, Turner, Morgan, Kirk, Kalis, and Gall. We did some crazy stuff, partied like maniacs, it was good times for sure. Early on Dyrdek and I skated our ass off and did everything we could to blow Alien up. We tried to get as much coverage as possible, do all the contests, make all the connections, whatever we could to make Alien the shit. It's crazy everyone knows him from the TV show now, I trip on that but whatever, he's pretty much the same dude you see on TV. He has always been very business driven, and I'm just not that way. Although the term is cliche, I've always tried to keep it underground and not mainstream because the underground is what i've always liked since I was a kid. You may not make any money that way, but as the saying goes "I'd rather be broke and have a whole lotta respect." Big ups to Rob for doing his thing though.

I don't know what kind of Bo Turner story I can give you, I have so many. I don't even know where to begin. Let's just say that most of the stories have never and will never be told, but not only with Bo, the whole debauchery and craziness of the things the whole Alien team did. Honestly just to repeat them makes the stories sound fake, like it's made up. I'll leave it all to the people's imagination.

Lusher : What happened with you after Workshop?

John Drake : I ended up moving to Charlotte, NC and going to college for graphic design. Studied some photography too. Got my little degree and started working in the design field, have been doing that since 2002. I did an internship at The Mint Museums in Charlotte and they hired me after my internship was up, went on from there to get alot of different clients. It's something I enjoy doing and it's always a good feeling to see something you designed in print or being produced. I also had a skateshop in Charlotte for 3 years but I won't really go into what happened, let's just say I bounced and left it to my business partners.

Drake & Spanky

Lusher : Have you always been into photography? What was the catalyst for the photos you've been doing?

John Drake : I have always been into photographs. It is always interesting to look at that one frozen moment in time, and also the way the camera can capture something that you will never see with your own eye, or something that will never happen again. When I was skating and shooting with alot of the different magazine's photographers I was kind of interested in what they were doing but it wasn't until college that I bought my first 35mm SLR all manual camera and really started studying it and figuring out how things worked. Before that it was just a snapshot camera and I didn't really care about the photos I took. I took some photo classes in college and really started to love it. I do miss film and having a darkroom to really work on my black and white prints to get them to the point where i'm proud of my work, but digital is just so much easier and if you don't have a darkroom around it's the only way to go.

The catalyst for getting back into photography is just right now I have more time on my hands and I love shooting photos. I'm trying to save up some money to buy a legit digital SLR and get more into it. Also you (Lusher) have motivated me some to get back on the photo horse and get out and shoot. It's always good to have a friend that shares your interests, and I have known you since you were a little dude pretty much. When you go back that far with someone it's not like much even has to be said. There's just so much history there and the photo thing is just a plus......nuff respect to Lush.

Lusher : It all seems to be full circle in the most unintentional ways. Here we are after all this time. I'm interviewing you half a life later for someone half our age. I want to thank you for the honesty and the golden oldies.

John Drake : No problem, big ups to Blair for keeping skating alive in the tri-steezy. Shouts to all my homies wherever you may be. Thanks to anyone who ever helped a brotha out, especially the parents. Peace.

Thanks to John Drake and Chris Lusher for their time and dedication.

John Portraits & Interview by Chris Lusher
Skate photos courtesy of John Drake

THIS WEEKEND . . .

2009-10-27T14:51:00.001-07:00

John Drake Interview
by Christopher Lusher

NEW DICE

2009-10-26T13:38:00.000-07:00

Should have these in my mailbox soon, come lose some money.

Where The Wild Things Ought To Be

2009-10-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

When is rains. It Pours.

In such events, sometimes you get creative.

Old deck. New grip job.

With a little help from my friend Lusher

Made Vice Magazine

Its about that time of year again.

Falls over.

Everyone bitches about it being cold.

People quit skating.

People in school have Mid Terms.

Trips to Ollies are'nt too far from happening.

Girls are getting hyphy for Halloween....

Blah Blah Blah

I'll try to post more. Im lurkin on possibly doing an interview on John Drake.

Get at me

4 PARKS 1 DAY

2009-10-12T13:24:00.000-07:00

My friend J-Man and I headed towards Cincinnati early Wednesday morning around 6:30 in the a.m.

Once we arrived in Cincinatti traffic was pretty much hell. We go to Florence, KY outdoor park around 11 a.m.

This park is big and has about everything you look for in a park. Bowls, ledges, rails, stairs, gaps, manny pads, euro....etc.

No one was there so early on a school day, so we just cruised around and stretched the car legs.

It's been awhile since I've been in Florence, and usually we go to Ollies on those extra cold days. Or if one of the homies from Beckley, WV rent the spot out and we pull a all nighter.

After being at Florence for about an hour, we headed south to go to Dry Ridge, Ky. This park is fairly new and has been a hot spot for awhile.

I found out about this park while skating in Lexington awhile back. They told me there was a sweet snake run at the park. They were'nt lyin. This park is very flow and theirs lines to be had everywhere. Awhile back Travis, Ray, and myself came here and actually camped next to the park and just skated all night and morning. No one ever said anything, so it was pretty chill. On this particular day, I was informed that the skate shop next door to the park has recently been closed. THE RIDGE was owned by a guy I met in Dayton at the DNA warehouse. It's always sad to see shops go, but with a skatepark so badass right next to it? Seems like that would be pretty hard to do.

Hopefully they'll be someone to re-open or somehow get the scene back.

While we were there i saw a couple younger kids rippin, gangs of tweens, and old ladies talkin shit to all the punk kids yellin at her kids who were playin foursquare in the middle of the skatepark. Dammit.

Another park 15 miles south is Georgetown Skate Park in Ky. Has one of the best boxes i've ever skated. I'd say its atleast 20 ft long. Perfect for back tails. Once we arrived to the park their were a group of rippers playin skate on all kinds of different obstacles. All the guys we're hella chill and everyone got along. The vibe at the park is always a big deal, cause if theirs a bunch of deuche bags who are braggin about themselves the whole time....shit gets old. Everyone was nice, given props and just laughin and having fun. Which is what skateboarding is all about. I've skated this park about 7 times already, and you can see it off the interstate. Located right next to the Georgetown water tower, it's pretty hard to miss it. Right outside Lexington.

The spot in the picture behind the park is called The Pavilion. Which is kinda like a YMCA but even more private. Inside they've got a pool while high dives and all kinds of other activities. This park is free, so you don't have to be associated with The Pavilion whatsoever.

Last stop....Woodland in Lexington, Ky. I've been coming to this park since i was a freshman at highschool. I've knocked myself out trying to k grind the box back in the day, and I've seen rippers come n go. There's a great scene that resides here, and is kept by THE VOID SKATESHOP owned by Reid Small. They always have contest and other events to keep the locals at bay.
The park has always been smooth....although small, it can get hectic when crowded and with some bikers lurkin it gets scary. Just be on the look out for the lil kids who dont know where their going. Or the skate mom walking around the box.

All in all it was a good day for sure. I havent been able to skate that many parks in one day in awhile. Even tho we only spend about an hour to 2 hours at each park. We def made a mark. It ended up being a beautiful day and actually did something fun for a change. Maybe next time we can convince some others to go with us.

Easy sessioning.

Alcoholic

2009-09-23T23:38:00.000-07:00

I have recently acquired a box from a friend. Painted it and now it slides better than ever. Most sessions have been goin down in the street right in front of my apartment. Lose tricks...gain tricks...it's all a part of skateboarding.

Spent some time in Lexington, KY with some good friends and pretty hosts. Session'd up Woodland Skatepark as well as Georgetown Skatepark. It was pretty hot but all in all drinking helps ease the heat...sometimes. Thanks to everyone who made that weekend the shit. Shout out to Abby and her lovely ladies for giving us a place to crash and party! See you soon!

Where is Archie? Who knows...probably still in Beckley. If you are reading this Ginger get a hold of me and make some plans to come shred. Vice Versa.

Mick Posey has been busy away at WVU slayin ladies and kicken back some well awarded brews. He is finished with his UNYTED film for THE BERRICS and is well on his well to directing another film. Which he tells me won't have much skateboarding but hopefully alot of debacle.

Hesson is still boardless. I think...so if you know the fella tell him he should still skateboard for the sake of his dignity. Because I can see him being in his mid 30's soon sayin, "Hey kid let me try out that skateboard...you know I once could manual...".

Fall is definatly here now. I am awaiting for the leaves to cover the brick streets so much needed powersliding can go down.

It's pretty late, and I'm already fiending some coffee. I have some film I need to develop so I'll keep you posted on random stuff.

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MINI RAMP SURGERY

ST. CLOUDS

NEW SHIT

TRAVIS' X-RAY

HAMLIN HEAT II

BLUEGRASS BOYS

VOIDOIDS

CAMP ILLEGAL

HAMLIN HEAT SESH

SUNDAYTAGE II

GATED COMMUNITY

EARLY MORNING TONY

R.A.D.

BOXING MATCH ROUND THREE

ON THE MOVE

SKATE DAILIES

Lightnin Bolts

IM FRUM SOUTHSIDE MOTHER FUCKAHS

WOOPTY DOO

I USED TO SKATE

BOXING MATCH ROUND TWO

BOXING MATCH

PAWN SHOP UPDATE

RAMP MAINTENANCE

IT'S NICE OUT, SO IM GONNA MAKE THIS POST SHORT

BBQ BRO DOWN part two . . .

BBQ BRO DOWN part one . . .

WEEKEND IN WOODLAND

CHARGE

WV MONTAGE

BACK IT UP AND DUMP IT

RAIN OR SHINE

YO-YO-5IVE-OH

WEEKEND ROUNDUP

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