Well right now there is this flat gap that should be destroyed ASAP because it wont be there for ever.. heres a line we got.. i did it the try after we got the boot.. this spot is also well lit up at night too, so if you do get the boot during the day.. hit it up at night.
The spots on Lasalle at the new Good Life building.. brand new pavement and the gaps basically the same size as foundation.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
120 fps Skateboarding
I was on msn the other day chattin' it up when my brother found this video and told me to check it out.. I found it amazing so I decided I'd let everyone else give'r a peek.
http://www.vimeo.com/1340684
http://www.vimeo.com/1340684
"The worst best trip ever" Part Two
Jeff Bona and Potter had went to Toronto a few weeks later after the "The worst best trip ever" and also had ran into some problems while they were down there, so Bona decided this would be the second Worst best trip ever and came over to my crib and edited himself.
enjoy!
enjoy!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Missed Connections
Upon coming home from San Francisco (photos soon, I need to get them developed and scanned) I got a call from Andrew, who told me that Potter and Jeff had come to Toronto for a few days. Excited as ever to shoot with them, I met up downtown that evening. Nothing especially exciting happened that day, and we all agreed to meet up early the next day and shoot some more. Immediately following that, I get a call from Isaac telling me to meet him and some other Kitchener dudes about, so I do for the rest of the evening. They had in tow, two yanks with planks, a spanking duo named Justin and Ben, from Detroit (if you're reading this, let me know). You can find some photos from their journey up here on Will's blog. All around, they were a great couple dudes who will hopefully come around in the near future.
Anyway, next morning, we meet up and start getting busy downtown. Everyone seems to have ideas of what they want to get for the day, so we get busy.
Wingardium Leviosa - Potter's secret to floating big gaps to lipslides.
After day two finished with a sudden outburst of torrential rain, we headed back to Andrew's place to rest for the night and our planned final day of skating.
The next morning we wake up, go downtown and then take the train to Oshawa to skate the newly erected Courtis Park, aka, Robbie Pointek park. It's right down the street from Randy's house and in his little time in Oshawa he's gotten pretty good at ripping the shit out of it.
Randy looks like he's going to shit on a dick - Lein to tail in the deep end of the penis bowl.
After we were done with the park (and the residents of Oshawa) we hopped on a bus to catch the final Go Train home, only to find out that it went by before we could get there. Incredibly hyped, we head back to Randy's house with plans to wake up early and catch the train the next day.
Ever shinned yourself on coping? It sucks. Kyle knows.
The crew, hyped for one more day in the 'shwa.
As luck would have it, none of us woke up early enough and Jeff and Potter ended up missing their bus home, again. I haven't seen them since and can only assume that they have been decapitated on a Greyhound somewhere along the line. Hopefully their footage makes it home, at least.
Anyway, next morning, we meet up and start getting busy downtown. Everyone seems to have ideas of what they want to get for the day, so we get busy.
Wingardium Leviosa - Potter's secret to floating big gaps to lipslides.
After day two finished with a sudden outburst of torrential rain, we headed back to Andrew's place to rest for the night and our planned final day of skating.
The next morning we wake up, go downtown and then take the train to Oshawa to skate the newly erected Courtis Park, aka, Robbie Pointek park. It's right down the street from Randy's house and in his little time in Oshawa he's gotten pretty good at ripping the shit out of it.
Randy looks like he's going to shit on a dick - Lein to tail in the deep end of the penis bowl.
After we were done with the park (and the residents of Oshawa) we hopped on a bus to catch the final Go Train home, only to find out that it went by before we could get there. Incredibly hyped, we head back to Randy's house with plans to wake up early and catch the train the next day.
Ever shinned yourself on coping? It sucks. Kyle knows.
The crew, hyped for one more day in the 'shwa.
As luck would have it, none of us woke up early enough and Jeff and Potter ended up missing their bus home, again. I haven't seen them since and can only assume that they have been decapitated on a Greyhound somewhere along the line. Hopefully their footage makes it home, at least.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
capreol montage
went there yesterday. i skated so loose so i filmed this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiej1A8KEeg
watch it in high quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiej1A8KEeg
watch it in high quality.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Toronto Trip "The worst best trip ever"
Shawn decided that for the long weekend we should plan a skate trip to Toronto, which I was so down for because this summer has been so dull and it's sort of a tradition for me to go to the big T-dot at least once a summer. Shawn ended up gathering Me, Jamey, Wayne Porter, and Westley. Luckily we had Andrew Campbell who let us stay at his house for what was suppose to be 3 nights but ended up being 4...
You're probably wondering why I have "The worst best trip ever", well a lot went wrong while we were in Toronto, for me, I had a staff meeting and I missed it so now I am going to be jobless at the end of the summer but that's pretty minor compared to what happened to Shawn and his car. First thing is we park the car near the CN tower and went and hit up a bunch of spots all day, and after like 5 hours of skating we go to the car to get some dranks and what not and then we realize we don't have Shawn's car keys anymore which was really shitty, we checked every skate spot we went to and did not find them either, so we had to train it everywhere for the rest of the weekend, which is probably what we should have down from the beginning, but yes, we we're suppose to leave monday to go home but stop in Brampton to skate the new park but we couldn't due to the fact we were key less and Honda was closed, being the long weekend, so thank god Andrew let us crash at his house again even though he had to work early the next morning. So then early tuesday morning Shawn, Westley and Jamey took off to get the car towed to Honda to make there special key needed, which wasn't cheep. Thats not all though.. on our way home in Barrie we we're cutting through a parking lot to hit up McDonald's, as we were pulling out we ended up driving in which seemed like a sidewalk but ended up being a deep hole where sidewalk was suppose to be, so that did some damage to the bumper of Shawn's car.. slacking construction people had no signs up or anything and it was also pissing down rain at this time. One thing I have to admit though, is Shawn is a champ, for everything that happened he still laughed in the end which is sweet.
Good news though, is we all had a blast in Toronto.. word up thanks Shawn!
p.s. in like a month, you should expect some north bay footy to be thrown up on hurrr
You're probably wondering why I have "The worst best trip ever", well a lot went wrong while we were in Toronto, for me, I had a staff meeting and I missed it so now I am going to be jobless at the end of the summer but that's pretty minor compared to what happened to Shawn and his car. First thing is we park the car near the CN tower and went and hit up a bunch of spots all day, and after like 5 hours of skating we go to the car to get some dranks and what not and then we realize we don't have Shawn's car keys anymore which was really shitty, we checked every skate spot we went to and did not find them either, so we had to train it everywhere for the rest of the weekend, which is probably what we should have down from the beginning, but yes, we we're suppose to leave monday to go home but stop in Brampton to skate the new park but we couldn't due to the fact we were key less and Honda was closed, being the long weekend, so thank god Andrew let us crash at his house again even though he had to work early the next morning. So then early tuesday morning Shawn, Westley and Jamey took off to get the car towed to Honda to make there special key needed, which wasn't cheep. Thats not all though.. on our way home in Barrie we we're cutting through a parking lot to hit up McDonald's, as we were pulling out we ended up driving in which seemed like a sidewalk but ended up being a deep hole where sidewalk was suppose to be, so that did some damage to the bumper of Shawn's car.. slacking construction people had no signs up or anything and it was also pissing down rain at this time. One thing I have to admit though, is Shawn is a champ, for everything that happened he still laughed in the end which is sweet.
Good news though, is we all had a blast in Toronto.. word up thanks Shawn!
p.s. in like a month, you should expect some north bay footy to be thrown up on hurrr
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Do The History
This past weekend, Devin and I were in MTL for the KNOW?SHOW, a skate & lifestyle trade show where we got to see and do a lot of cool shit. Friday night we went to a party in the back of a parking garage which opened up into a room full of collectible vehicles. I'm talking old police motorcycles, and a straight up race car... the kind with the wings on them, not that Ricky Bobbie shit.
Anyway, that night, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a guy with super thick glasses on. Influenced by an open bar and big city mystery, I crept over and said "Hey man, do you always skate the Big O?" He said, "Yeah man," pretty enthusiastically. The conversation went on about skating, and it turns out thick glasses man, a.k.a. Barry Walsh, knew where Sudbury was. I knew this because when I told him I was from there, he said, "Oh yeah, the dime or something?" I said, "Nickel, but close enough."
Enough random dumb talk, check him out skating the Big O, think to yourself how good he is, and then when you actually skate it someday, realize how good he is.
Anyway, that night, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a guy with super thick glasses on. Influenced by an open bar and big city mystery, I crept over and said "Hey man, do you always skate the Big O?" He said, "Yeah man," pretty enthusiastically. The conversation went on about skating, and it turns out thick glasses man, a.k.a. Barry Walsh, knew where Sudbury was. I knew this because when I told him I was from there, he said, "Oh yeah, the dime or something?" I said, "Nickel, but close enough."
Enough random dumb talk, check him out skating the Big O, think to yourself how good he is, and then when you actually skate it someday, realize how good he is.
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