The Other Mapmaker

Like Brett and Matt have already stated/ranted/blogged.
http://morewasteddays.blogspot.com/
and
http://www.xcrament.com/
and coming soon...
http://brokenamerican.blogspot.com/

Ghostriders (know your history) headed West for a quick weekend trip to skate a handful of concrete parks around Columbus Ohio...

Friday 10:47 P.m. full tank of gas, a Pank, and Father Brian already wasting $$$ before we left...he left behind his Life!... Water bottle that is...on the roof on my car right as we pulled out from Exton....

Tunnel vision

ready.aim, fire...not sure why he was there but this bee's nick name was pee....

AC sticker's are littered throught out the LV..now there's one in a middle america rest stop in Pennsyltukey

CROSS-BLOG
JVD's Pad. 5:30 A.M. (http://morewasteddays.blogspot.com/2008/07/ohio-skate-out-with-bros-ghostrider.html)

Brett snapped a shot of me taking Ray's photo outside Jon Van Dine's Pad

Jon didn't have a phone book for Ray to use as a pillow but he enjoyed the corner slot

while Missle and Big Jim were out cold .

early rise,to quickly eat at Rise and Dine after a long 3 hour nap. we hit this place up 2 days in a row.

they have a sick crunchy french toast...Still can't get Brett to drink coffee but we tired

Westerville Skate Park. 10 min ride from Rise and Dine.
Brett with a manuel up..

Ray with a fast 5-0

Ollie nose grab transfer to tail....ride away

ollie/heelflip master Andy

kick flip king Big Jim

shred dog movin to the music.

gang'way

antic # 33...Attiba showed me this one on tour with Zero back in 1999

Father Tackleberry with a rock and roll in the kiddie pool

JVD rollin in the background on flatground

Big Air early grab....check

wacky red rope tower.....check

I'm sure if there weren't 4 little kids and a grandma taking our pic that someone would have gotten an early morning shower from above by Andy or Matt

Ray getting waffle wrist on this one

worthless.ton.. skate park.

Z-boy showin up as well as Max with his patented arms behind the back....

Ray's with a slick sweeper...check

Z-boy with a quick lick shred along the bank..check

Powell Skate and killer swimming pool.
(Make sure to look out for the amazing shoots of Andy off the high dive on Broken America)
This is why I don't skate in SouthEastern PA (unless its a jank bank or ditch).
We have no skate parks nor cool public ools

Pank's playland in background

plently of wacky bumps and humps.

the gap to slant saw a lot of snaps

if there was a light in the deep end. up and over.

fast snap

to 5-0

to wall ride..check

blue sky...bright sun...sure was and plenty of it

kick flip...andy froase

Matt and Jim with a double wall

check the shadows...
Ray's shadow with a stylish 5-0

(not everything can be a make)

MINGO Park! perfect for Pank

1 footer up and down the slant

Matt borrowed Jim's key for tail to fakie

50-50 down the ridge

full extension for full equilibrium balance

ray had the 5-0 key buried deep in his soul

nike

check the storm clouds rollin in on Mingo

board slide time at Mingo for Jim

and Matt........

even the rain drops couldn't stop him

we forgot to read the mingo moonsoon report

quick power nap and a bit of laughs at JVD's pad

Brian was out after 5 minutes in the car ride home from dinner... he still sleeps with his eyes open after all those antics played on him during his youth.

fresh blue sky for sunday's sessions

Bob Burnquist would find a seat in the car for sunday

Grove City. plently of walls for everyone to hit.
and plenty for the shadows to play on as well

set up for 1st runs in the crusher

The crusher!damn thing is fun as hell

Z-boy's shadow came to win

hit play and drop in.

I think Andy's shadow had the most fun at Grove City.

up and over the love seat. check

under and around

Andy making sure Luke and family saw his text of him shreding the crusher

focus? not this trip

Max!!!!!!!!!!

My turn for a few runs..

Z-boy

in full session mood

doin' the Max in and out of the coner

if you watched the clip above you saw how Brett got his shin print

he did make it up and over the love seat...

Texas gap

farm,blue sky, tail slide, misfits..

Athens..totally reminds me of all the parks in the Northwest.

pyryrmid corner ollie

early grad for a BK griller at DQ

pay close attention to each photo. notice how no one's has a full body shoot.
why? too much java

So we pulled into a Dairy Queen after driving past 3 before I was forced to pull over.
Anyway Ray and I opted for peanut butter, trail mix, bananna sandwichs in the DQ parking lot.....so damn tasty.
After we were done we made our way into DQ and Ray had a deep thirst for a tall cold soda.
Well.............he stepped into the bathroom right after ordering his Coke and hadn't even had a single sip yet.
WRoNG MOVE>>>>>>>.................

Brett had Brian hand him a Ketchup packet and proceded to pull the old 'hide the condiment packet' in the soda trick....

After coming back he sat down and started to "SIP" his soda. I watched as he triied 2 or 3 times untill the red flow came up the straw..........
Ray then throw off the lid and then tossed the whole soda at Jim....HAHAHA
Jim had no say in this prank but pay back is a bitch....

Brett bought a new soda for Ray which he refused....advantage Me, Brain and Brett....

thanks Ray....