Ohio Skate Out - July 2008

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 printhe 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....

Wheeling, WV

Big Jim flyn high with a new fresh tee


this park was so smooth.no kinks and plenty of walls to hit.













Bob Burnquist or Ed Templton.?.. no Ray Gurz...?

Mr. Novel Idea while sitting in two hour traffic. start and finish.....and he didn't fall asleep.
I received this from Ray who was in Andy's SUV behind us......


Ye old fashion phones for ye old fashion pranksters
We thought that Ray would be forgiving a give us some trail mix?
no go. The rest of the mix got dumped right at Brett's feet..
this is what we watched for 2 hours.......

due to these asswipes







if you look closely at the huge grins/grimices on everyone's face you can see fun that they had in Andy's SUV while sitting in traffic for two hours.
a photo worth nothin'


1:42 a.m. Monday..
1,136.1 miles driven...
back seat trash..
zombie driver. and i'd do it all again next weekend

Up on the Farm

please excuse the beyound late pass.
I like some of these shoots so enjoy.
Evan and Gina's awesome Farmhouse north of Shankwilelreree's Drive-in.



They have tons of land and shit loads of field mice


Ami caught with her hand in the pickle jar






CROSS BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Picnic at the farm/Dickbag sessions

On Sunday the Pollards called with an invite to a picnic at a fellow KU almuni's farmhouse. Evan and Gina moved from south Philly to a straight up farm house complete with barn, pond and lots of acreage in the middle of nowhere. Great weather, tons of food and a reason to leave the house after being rained out of all our plans on Saturday made it an easy choice to make the drive.
sunset a coming









Wade and Ami
check out the full half hushie moon






this is where they slaughtered the chickens

that's bake oven knob just right of Brett's neck knob
Host, Guest and Mischief


plenty of these in the barn



Brett lookin for scrap wood fir the bon-fire

The Jazz June (Stormin Boston)

Remember I get at least 1 FULL year to post pix. blog. rant. throw muses. look pretty and grow my hair.......
well I stay true......

JUNE 16, 2007....The Jazz June had an amazing benefit show set up for Adam.
This time it would be a quick trip the Saturday before Father's day.
Now Justin, Dan and Gassler were required to home is less then 24 hours for their 1st of many Father day's to come (since then Justin and Dan have add a kid to each their fams).

Morning load and go in Hoboken
Before leaving Hoboken I ventured away from the van for a peanut butter smashed bagel sandwich and snacks for the ride...this would turn out to have been a wise move on my part...

Gassler was driving and in his old fashion mad man, crazy hair, kick the door down, knife in the wall, couch flip mood. No need for maps nor directions...we were off...
less then 5 min. from the Low's front door Gassler is driving down one way streets and making U-turns in a HUGE 15 passenger van in the middle of Jersey City!!!!
"If anyone sees something I don't just yell!!!" this coming from Gassler as we passed the sign for 95 North....our direction and fatefull course...

black clouds and lightning loaming ahead of us with puffs coming from the front seats = hold tight....

The Lows looking pretty....
cute that is..
yeah..grow your hair
Ralph's Famous Diner in Worchester, Massachutesesesss.
Now the title says Stormin Boston....so you'd think the show was in Boston right....wrong....look at a map.....,.,/Worchester is about an 1 1/2 hour outside Boston..Atari tour inside joke...so we were in Boston...but not really. Last time Gassler was in Boston he got left roaming the street's of Harvard Sqaure drunk, no money and lookin for himself.....not us...this homeless guy even triied to help him out because he felt bad for him.
now we were all told that Ralph's had a Famous and amazing veggie burger....I guess BOCA burger's and a small bag of lays' chips for $6 = famous in New England???


the calm after the storm


sound check...



self portrait of a man never lost but never found
still growing my hair....case of the munchies?
The Quite Life...awesome guys,good tunes and the singer's cousin is the lead singer for Dr Dog.

The Jizz Jive take the stage....

Gassler rang' loud and in your face











WHEN IN ROME!






almost home....4:30 a.m. somewhere in new england


sunrise..NYC
long nite.no sleep..step on it!!!

unloading in Hoboken Father's Day...no other Father's awake yet...
over and out./././.....

Christophorus (Ye bearded map maker)

"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”
" I'm not going to give you a map. I can give you only a great passion to discover. Yes, a map is not needed; great passion, great desire to discover is needed. Then I leave you alone. Then you go on your own."

“By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.”
“Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.”

give up..haha
late nite music..fullspeedahead
crazy brain waves.youradickbag.....
enter and then fall short of every reaching their end. ...
enter pank..enter a world never fullythere.......................................

Lord Stanley!!!!

Updates to Return Soon

I've been spending my time playing single dad, Cobras and Spitfire's ice hockey, hangin at the park, cheating at kickball and watching LOTS and LOTS of playoff hockey with the guys below..
***and drinking gallons of coffee***

The Jazz June (Court Tavern)

Last winter the Jazz June and A-sides played the Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. Parker a local KU townie set up the show which would be another benefit for Norwood (aka Adam).
We found our old Burritto place still open so we were syked.

The A-sides who are now touring the US like mad and making it big. Chuck working the axe.
old men stretching
Andrew was killing it tonite


Jim on the horse teeth.
pix of vid
the secret to the Jazz June reunion shows..Andrew's Ku notebook which had all the original lyrics and song sheets..

Keygrip..





low was soaked before the third song

I heard the needle skip...
I heard the needle skip...
When in...
ROME!!!!!!!







thank you...good nite
Jon Van Dine was there and he got pulled over on the way home for speeding but got off with a warning..

DWI (Dude Weekend) May 2007

Ron and Brian had talked about getting out and going camping last spring (07), so they set up an all dude weekend. We were going to head up to Lake Placid and hike into the deep woods of the Adironidacks like Jerimia Johnson..hunt, spit, curse,admire wildlife and grow facial hair.

as you can see from the picture below Ron did get his outdoor adventure...but it was on the other side of the US and the only thing he was doing was cursing because Gyro had sent his ass to Yosemitee National Park for a photo shoot...
deep asleep along route 87, 4:00 a.m.
nothing but blue sky and misery...sleeping for 3 hours in a car with trucks wizzing by is no way to energize for a long hike..
brian, brett and mazzy riding close behind
quick photo session along scenic drive into/out of Lake Placid.
every year/time we drive by this spot we've always want to stop a take in the views

in the fall these birch trees are bright orange and red and look like their on fire and crashing into the pond below
bbb and mazzy
cross blogging....
http://theseourwasteddays.blogspot.com/2007/05/new-inkdude-weekend-in-adirondacks.html
see if you can find the pix that Brett's taking down below..follow the link above
Lakia limited edition..perfect for ALL adventures. these shoes traveled with me across numerous states and will continue to for years to come..
lock and load


cold lake 1

Nate and Ron both couldn't make it but Mike showed up and we took him with us.
late spring..still snow in ADK



intense bridge action

Brett closed his eyes AND walked backwards over said intense bridge
Are destination was Mt. Dix. 1 of the 46 high Peaks in the ADK park. It was suppose to be a three day adventure. 1st day lite hike into the lean-to at the base of Dix. we thought it would be cool to ditch the FULL packs (40 pounds) and do a lite 1 mile hike up to _____ for a nice lunch and take in the sights of Dix...

the hike up was tuff. straight up and all snow and ice..and YES I did have my gortex Gaytors on to protect my ankles.
Mt. Dix

Dix and Pank
Brett was given the 'Monkey Pod' mega grip by Alison before the trip began. Oh how excite Brett was to getta bloggin. sad but true the MP has been laid to rest. one too many blogs.


pic of pix and a snack for the Monkey Pod
sick pic...
if you look closely you can find the lean-to that we would sleep at in the base of the valley below Mt. Dix..yes to the left of that one green tree and past the stream...you'll see

Pank in full outdoor dude mood

when your over 3,400 feet above sea level.. the air is thinner.. the clouds fuller... and the sky blueeer.

survey marker...yes i made it.





pi
base camp. the barto's and mazzy were closest to the stream. that pile of logs there...I used it to make a bear barricade around Mike's kiddy tent...if one is scarred of tight places. beware



Day 2: breakfast of champs...well i guess not... because we opted out of hiking Dix. too beat up from the 'lite' hike the other day. everyone's knees hurt and Mazzy was shot. Dix looked killer and from the notes people left in the notebook which is left in the lean-to.. I'd say some major injures occurred on the trecherous slides of Mt. Dix....
panks outdoor cafe..


hot blue..
Java Joey even made it to breakfast

in the wood you always share your meal with the one who can fight off a bear..
sights from said Mt. Dix Lean-to journel
if I had time I would have drawn Wookie on the shitter..
this is what we slept next too and washed up in, in the morning..damn cold I might say






frigid crystal clear water from atop mount Dix


shirts optional?





beaver fever..no way.

check mazzy out...so hyped to frolock in the stream


one of the many reasons we decided not to hike a high peaks..
man's best friend wiped out
things people meet in the wild!
oh my!





man's other best friend...wet wipes!

above photo take from Wasted Days..below by workmill