Thursday, April 30, 2009

DAY TRIPPER, ARCHIVER

JACOB, SCOTT, RICK, NATE.
"HEY, I KNOW ABOUT THIS FULL PIPE...."

LARRY GIBSON, LOS ANGELES 1998?
DREW HUTCH, EASTSIDE SHOP.

RICK, TONY, DREW, RYAN, BRETT, TOM
LOUISVILLE PARK APRIL 2002

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

I WROTE IT, HE RAPPED IT, I PRODUCED IT. MILLIONAIRESKA


YOU CAN PAY ME LATER

ONE MORE MILE

BUDDY BEST, LEE BENDER. I FORGET HOW WE TIMED THIS, I OLLIED FIRST THEN HE CAME UP INFRONT OF ME, STILL IN THE AIR AND OLLIED? CRU WARREN PHOTO. GRASS VALLEY CALIFONIA. TWO THOUSAND SOMETHING.
CACTUS DITCH PHOENX ARIZONA. SMOOTHEST DITCH EVER.

BILLY KAHN TIME DIETERLE EMB SF TWO THOUSAND THREE? THE CONCRETE SPOTS BEHIND WHERE THEY ARE STANDING IS FROM CRU AND BILLY GOING THERE ONE NIGHT WITH A LONG THICK SCREW DRIVER AND BREAKING OFF PIECES OF BRICKS FOR KEEP SAKES. WHERE THE NEWER DARKER BRICKS ARE IS WHERE THE LEDGES USED TO BE THAT EVERYONE SKATED IN THE EARLY TO LATE 90S. LEE BENDER PUSHING AT WALLENBERG. DID I DO IT? TIM DIETERLE PHOTO.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

WET PAINT

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I GUESS WE TRIED TO PAINT LOVE BOWLS WITH A BROOM.

DIY VT

IN 2005 BENNY ROUCH AND RYAN SMITH MADE THIS LITTLE SPOT IN BLOOMINGTON. IT LASTED 4 DAYS. ITS A BUMMER WHEN A GOOD SPOT GETS SHUT DOWN.

Monday, April 27, 2009

FRIENDSHIP

SOME PEOPLE MAKE WAVES... LIFE FOREVER, UNDENIABLY CHANGED.

ME WITH HAIR, BILLY KAHN, TIM DIETERLE SANTA CRUZ CA. 2001.
BUDDY BEST CRU WARREN, BROOKINGS OREGON 2002. RENTAL CARS 100 MILES AN HOUR THRU THE REDWOODS. BUDS INSANE. WHERE DID GHETTO ZINE GO?

RICK OVER LEE UNDER. 1ST TRY FS GRIND OVER FS OLLIE. PARADISE VALLEY PARK ARIZONA. 2003 PHOTOG ANDREW HUTCHISON.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

ARIZONA GREEN TEA WITH GINSENG AND HONEY

CARROT SOUP PITA AND HUMMUS. DINNER IS SERVED.

RIGHT AFTER I MOVED TO ARIZONA, I FOUND DREAD LOCKS, RICK EUSEY AND URBAN FULL PIPES. RICK EUSEY FLIPPING OUT AFTER NOT LANDING SOME FLIPPIN IN.

I FORGET THE CATS NAME, RICK PUT THE BANDANA ON IT LIKE ITS A DOG. BUT THE DAMN THING SLEPT ON MY SKATEBOARD AND DID WALL RIDES BETTER THAN ANYONE I KNOW. BROKEN TOE FROM KICKING TWELVE O'CLOCK IN THE ABOVE FULL PIPES.

SURFS UP.. ANYONE REMEMBER SIXGUN SKATEBOARDS. HOW WEIRD IS IT WHEN YOU DRIVE AN HOUR INTO THE DESERT TO SKATE A SPOT AND YOU SHOW UP AND A. THERES PEOPLE ALREADY THERE AND BETTER YET, B. THEY ARE FRIENDS FROM A FEW YEARS BACK. TOP PIC, JASON ADAMS BOTTOM PIC ADAM ALFARO. 2003

Friday, April 24, 2009

CIRCA FOREVER

TALK=NOTHING

RICK EUSEY, BUDDY BEST, LEE BENDER, BILLY KAHN, TODD BRATRUD CONSOLIDATED VERT RAMP. 4 FOOT TALL 6 INCHES OF VERT.
BILLY KAHN, WHITE HELMET, MIKE PAYTON GREEN HELMET FORT WAYNE SOMEWHERE

BLOOMINGTON WAREHOUSE RAMP SKELETON
SCOTT TREDEAU COMING OR GOING FROM ATLANTA AND EASTSIDE RISE.

FOR RYAN DAVIS, THIS IS FOR YOU.. DIVISION STREET. I GREW UP WHERE THAT GRAVEL ROAD ENDS, THIS CLOSE TO...DIVISION ST. YELLOW SHIRT, MIGHT AS WELL BE FAMILY. RICK AND I CARRIED HIM AROUND FOR YEARS AND MADE HIM DO TRICKS FOR CANDY. RYAN LAY. THE FIRST DAY I MOVED TO ARIZONA, I SKATED WITH HIM, RICK, PETER RAMONDETTA, MORF AND JOHN CARDIEL. JOHN WAS FREAKING OUT HOW GOOD RYAN WAS AND STILL IS. THIS IS WHEN RYAN STILL RODE FOR NIKE AND KROOKED. AGE 13. SAGUARO FLIP POR VIDA!

POWAY PARK

MATT ZWIESLER (Z-MAN!) COMING TO YOU BY WAY OF NOT-SO-SUNNY CALIFORNIA

Thursday, April 23, 2009

DAYS GONE PAST

SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ALL OF THIS SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT. RISE SKATEBOARD SHOP HAS BEEN LIVING AND BREATHING FOR TEN YEARS NOW AND I WANT TO START MY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SITE WITH A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. YOUVE ALL HELPED SHAPE THE INDIANA SKATEBOARD SCENE FOR THE BETTER, 100% RIP RIDERS.

RICK EUSEY FRONT BOARD CINCY OH. CIRCA 2001?
SKIN TIGHT CAMO LOCUST SHIRT, PIERCINGS, CELL PHONES, SUNSETS AND PALM TREES

WHOS CAR? HOW MANY MILES? PASSED YOU GUYS ON MY WAY TO AUSTIN TX 100 MPH ON THE WAY TO THE SKATEPARK.
MIKE MCG CAUSE I DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL YOUR NAME FOOL. ZERO VIDEO PREMIER HALOWEEN 02?

RICK EUSEY FRONT BLUNTS EVERYTHING..CHANDLER GAPS 02 OR 03
BILLY KAHN, JEDIDIAH SMITH REDWOODS FOREST STOUT GROVE. AFTER WORK, LETS DRIVE TO OREGON. DONE. BILLY WE ALL MISS YOU, WE ALWAYS HAVE. HOPE YOURE ALL WELL UP THERE IN PDX...

A NEW DAY...

OUR LAST ATTEMPT AT DOING THIS SITE
WAS A FEEBLE ONE.

ALTHOUGH MOST OF US PREFER
TO BE OUT IN THE REAL WORLD
ACTUALLY RIDING OUR SKATEBOARDS,
WE DO REALIZE THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE.

SO, THIS SITE IS FOR THE RAINY DAYS.
THIS SITE IS FOR THE DAYS
WHEN YOUR GROUNDED.
THIS SITE IS FOR THE DAYS
WHEN YOUR TOO HURT TO SKATEBOARD
OR EVEN FOR THE DAYS
WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T SKATEBOARD ANYMORE.

IT WILL BE A WAY FOR US
TO KEEP EACH OTHER POSTED ON WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS OUR SCENE.
THIS SITE WILL BE USED AS A TOOL
TO BRING US ALL TOGETHER...
A TOOL THAT WILL HELP KEEP SKATEBOARDING CORE...

SO, WE ARE CHANGING THINGS UP AROUND HERE.
WE HAVE A WHOLE CREW NOW...

HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE POSTING SOMETHING NEW
JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY...

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD...
LET ALL YOUR FRIENDS KNOW...

RISE!!!