The Other Mapmaker

Ohio Skate Out - July 2008

2008-08-01T11:02:00.000-07:00

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

2008-06-07T08:43:00.000-07:00

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)

2008-06-06T19:13:00.000-07:00

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)

2008-04-23T19:31:00.000-07:00

"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!!!!

2008-04-21T17:06:00.001-07:00

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)

2008-03-01T06:15:00.000-08:00

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

2008-02-23T08:46:00.000-08:00

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

Who is John Galt?

2008-02-16T07:14:00.000-08:00

I SWEAR BY MY LIFE AND MY LOVE
OF IT THAT I WILL NEVER LIVE
FOR THE SAKE OF ANOTHER MAN,

NOR ASK ANOTHER MAN TO LIVE FOR MINE

union league, philly, 2006

Cross BLOG!...Bowl,Blackmail,Banter,Bday Bash

2008-02-15T19:22:00.000-08:00

this is a complete B-sides to Wasted Days. Cross Blog action for two nites in early Feb. 2008

JMax gettin everyone ready for an intense bowl bash at North Bowl the next nite by practicing with Wii!! Bowl.

pizza, coke slurrpees, Doritos and killer brownies

Nigro was keep it cool with the sippy cup I told him he had to drink from
maxin and relaxin at the Max Household. Jon wanted to save all his strikes for NB.
Wii Bowl...Rowan (the youngest max boy who also shares a birthday with me) decided that he wanted to be like Nirvana and smashed the Guitar Hero guitar so that we couldn't rock out.
Nate with a good grip
Stacey doing her thing
cross blog
cock cam cross blog action
pic of pix
Dan with a mean virtual strike
SPARE!
Andrew had Jet lag fever so he had many gutter balls
Nigro wanting to get back on the links
serach Youtube for Bjorny...I played the famous russian Bear...
The antics moved to the basement. Jmax has another virtual play item.
Nate rockin the steel drums
big!
cross blog....KIDS!
cross blog....KIDS!

since the brits are known to be full-mouthed we couldn't let the Lows down..
british humor
british humor II
american humor
american humor II

we made sure to asked the toy GODS for forgivness. Elmo was helping me out on this one

Luke showed up the next nite at NB but he only had one thing on his mind..
The Star Wars exibit at the Franklin Institute
Ron only had three things on his mind: Corn Dogs,Tater Tots, the new Indiana Jones movie
cross blog action
cross blog....check out Ron's form which Brett was totally missing
ten pin alley and the Wii practice really helped Jmax bowl a good game
Brian with the horns..he was actually using a 25 pound ball....
brett completely wasn't paying attention to his game. Christine killed it in 2nd place.
Dan with the same form as the nite before. He even brought the Wii controller in his pocket
Coach Heim...pure skill
fun loving at the lanes
Ray had the most wickedest curve...pure english
Ron hopein to do better his second game. Tiff creamed him in round one.
The bashed moved up stairs for some pool and blood shed...

skate.destroy.vomit...

2007-12-22T18:00:00.000-08:00

Carpender Ant's Final show!!!!Having known Ray since high school I've seen him progress thru all his bands prior to CA (Grow, Glory Torch, and his Navy band)to name a few. CA went thru many band members and helped bring back the punk/hardcore scene to the LV (along with the pirates cove). Roy Carnage was a perfect front man for this skate/punk influenced band. Antics and lyrics to make anyone laugh their asses off. CA was no joke band, they put out plenty of 7"'s and 2 full albums. I suck at writing but I had some good thoughts but lost them when I had to change someone's diaper 10 minutes ago. enjoy the pix and we'll miss you ants with Hammers...I always love Ray lyrics and song titles. And for the record...Jaime....Dairy Queen is a meal!!!

a little skating before the show at the Homebase whorehouse

Ray getting some on the extension..Crouching tiger

gang way!!
Snotrag grinding the pool couping

Dentally Insane opened up at Jan's room
fast...
loud..
rippin...
screamin..
done..
Exit reflex..Jordon killin it on vocals. Great band. lots of energy and got the kids moving.
I think one kid found his way to the ER after their set.
Ray thanking the kids for putting up with all his antics over the years

Hallway got pretty used to Ray giving him the finger during a lot of their sets.
Brotherly love..
Big Frost never one to care about gettin caught in the mosh to get the perfect shoot.
Oh and always gettin in the way of most of mine

ray reachin for a few boards to toss...his first board nailed some kid in the back of the room.

Bradtfk fucking love every second of the final CA show...

Arthur and Roy blastin..
Kutztown's finest Townie Chuck (aka Charlie) found his way upfront.

Ray smashed a record over this kids head...can you find the shattered piece fallin?

BTFK never to shy to want more of the mic and ray

BTFK making his way over to Arthur..
Ray eggin on Hallway to vomit one more time for the kids

BF looking sharp

Ray wanted a few pasted CA members to play a few songs....Charlie grabin the axe to rock out.

super amped and ready to rip

technical mic problem that Ray's skate key couldn't fix
but a little duct tape and its fine

Into the wild's Dave straped on his weapon of choice and rocked out..

Jordon helpin Dave with with strapp. must be all the heavy riffs..

The famous CA circle pit...watch out

Let's Go!!!!!!!

punk rock Po!!!

Chaos flying high...

Po getting caught in the mosh

"I hope you get hit...
... by a truck sometime later today!"

patented ray CA breakdown move...no one never told him the his little blue bannanaana board couldn't be used as a guitar.

Coach Heim...what can I say.. The backbone to some of the greatest CA songs ever written...'Addiction' enough said...

nothing but pure skill

Hardcore pride...go!!!

I'm the dick again...let's go...get over it..hoagies in a headlock...and I will always have the drive.

A few 'Dangerous Minds'...

2007-11-07T15:16:00.000-08:00

last winter the Jazz June played live at the famous Princenton Radio station.here are the pix.
Jim was pissed because he drove in circles tryying to find parking and he was starving and all I had was a peanut butter granola bar (Jim's allergic to peanuts)
Jim trying to get his headset to work...
if he pressed harder and Andrew talked louder it still didn't help

fish mood

b&w keys

Jmax playing with passion and mad mad skills

before the Jazz June went to tour in College I would rip out tons of porn from magazines and load everyone's equipment cases with torn porn. Andrew seems to have gotten rid of my nice gift i use to leave them.
but he still has this gem of him and will

andrew's whole music career is written in this notebook.

The Radio station had hundreds of tapes and recording from over the ye
some of the bands i saw listed: Ride, Bloc Party, can't remember the rest...tuff love

Ray (Carnage) and Michele (with one L)'s Weddding, Sunday Frobase, AJP

2007-10-19T16:30:00.000-07:00

captions to come..a certain baby seems to be taking up all my spare time..

I give you...Sunday Frobase

"GGGRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!"

you know who was sure havin' a blast with 'Scarry Skull'
The fire was way to hot for Jaime

The Gleason Family (Jim, Kylie, and Jamie)
nothin but gettin into trouble for these two

father and daughter
Dudes.

shaukkaaa!
AJP (she's getting her own website/blog, so keep an eye out)....

OHS2

2007-10-17T06:42:00.000-07:00

Ye Old Homestead Golf Course (October 2006). The Players:
Old Indian (Bob Pollard)
Straight Laced Shooter (Nate "Pitfall" Clemens)and myself (C. Combat)...that's my ball closest to the pin!
Not letting the shadow's effect his game

ye old chicken feather stripper
ye old water slide

chippin for par

here's my ball mark on the 10th hole. I had a glorious shoot from 180 yards out

swing away

strike a pose
Nate hammered this one about 300 yards..up hill
Son and Father

Old Indian taking in the difficulties of the 17th hole

God I Love anything Pumpkin!!

Fall Fun 2006!!!!

2007-10-02T18:47:00.000-07:00

playing catch up before it's too late. enjoy the pix and get ready for some outdoor fall fun in 2007.

here's a pix of what we were hoping to see migrating south for the winter
We took a little outdoor adventure to Hawk Mountain for Becky's B-day.

Daughter and Birthday Mother...if you look real close that's the Pinnacle in the background where I would hike to the next day (pictures to come below).
this owl was just asking for a migrating raptor to take his head off

sharpshin hawk

watch out or it'll take you hat off

stopped by to see Mr. T, his broken arm and his haunted Gingerbread house.

fun with fire!

Nate taking advantage of nite mood.

I think I see Jesus in the fire?do you?
this is what happens when you piss on the fire
with a hose
Brian's lost project. I'm not sure if he has progressed since this photo was taken!
taking in our bearings before hiking to Pulpit rock and Pinnacle.
Ami sucks...she's looking over my shoulder right now a laughing at me and my spelling. let alone telling what to write!

poisonious rattler!
We made sure that those following us knew which way to go
area 71
werewolf paw print

Andy took the hard way up the rock face

blue rocks river
Mazzy and Harley were down for the hike
Andy adjusting his balence

ancient barrial grounds atop Pinnacal Peak
free flown stream
vicious vultures

Pierre looking for Golden Eagles
I think there's one over there

strike a pose

gettin loopy from the high altitude and lack of oxygen

Mazzy was still amped even after the 5 mile hike

a cold dip in the river

playing catch up before it's too late. enjoy the pix and get ready for some outdoor fall fun in 2007.