Last Post of 2009!

So here we go folks... this is officially the last post of the decade!

The old trusty Nikon D2H is back in action - fully refurbished and snapping away!
I saved some bangers for this one and had a very productive day yesterday to make it a legit post. Get ready for a good one ya'll- see everyone in 2010!

This one was from back in March and never made it onto the site.

Evan Boardsliding a 17 the day before he turned 18!

So this one was shot seconds before my camera bit the dust... like September maybe?

J. Cefai - Sw. Heel Nose Manny FS Half Cab out


Austin- Smith @ his very own PCH skate park!

You may recognize this shot from the Alec Beck interview in PowerEdge Mag!

Alec- Wallride to Frontboard

So here is what went down yesterday...



J. Cefai- Crooks Up the rail pop out to regs


Tyler- Lipslide to Noseblunt


J. Cefai- Backside flip to switch manual 180 out

Moments after this trick went down we were thrown in the back of cop cars and got our licenses checked to see if there were warrants out for any of us...

Nice way to end off the year! Happy New Year - See ya in 2010!

75th Post - Hopefully the last one with just videos...

The Nikon D2h is at the camera repair shop and will unfortunately take a nice chunk of change to fix it...

Here are some video clips I got from the Manny Mania AM Series, the Downtown Showdown last weekend, and today's Venice Skate Park Grand Opening - ENJOY!









Next post should have shots from the Damn AM in Costa Mesa-- Now Go Skate!

Nikon Still broken.. more videos

So I still haven't gotten around to getting my camera fixed - quite a bummer I must say.

Pretty shitty timing considering I missed all the action from X-Games and Manny Mania.

Oh well- here are my point-and-shoot filming skills displayed for ya'll - Lates!







That's all I got for now - You should probably see this Day in the Life w/ Tislam too-
Not my footage, but pretty classic!

Nikon Camera Busted...Videos?

So I have to cough up some $$$ to get my photo camera back in working order...

Its gonna be a few weeks.. bummer - here are some epic videos to hold you fools over..

The Homies Montage


-- Hopefully will have a working camera by the time Manny Mania comes around...
Going to Element Skate Camp in Visalia tomorrow, will get some major footage out there for sure.

See ya'll next time!

Maloof Money Cup - Part 3

Tommy Sandoval- Gap to Tailslide


T-Guns- Kickflip into the bank


Lizard King- Ollie North Back Lip


Torey Pudwill- Frontside flip over the bar

Maloof Money Cup - Part 2

These were some of my favorite sequences from that day - I shot about 3,000 photos in total so I might animate a few more...


Chris Cole- Full Cab Bluntslide


Nose Blunt


David Gonzales- Kickflip front blunt


Sean Malto- Nollie front feeble


Ryan Sheckler- Nollie Back Heel

Maloof Money Cup - Part 1

I only got out there for the semi-finals on Saturday, but I am sure glad I did.
Snoop Dog ended up playing a 3-Song set ... glad I snagged a photo pass for that front row view.





Then Kobe shows up with his entourage...



...I guess it makes sense that these dudes are homies...

P-Rod Park in Pacoima

Holy crap people! I must say that I am really into these super-pro skaters building skate plaza's in public parks. This one is insanely epic - replicas of sick spots, rails, manny pads, ledges, tranny, a pole jam, a pyramid hip... I only shot a few sequences as it was 90 degrees out and I got food poisoned the night before- Jack-in-the-Box, never again!

When I got there the Sylmar rail/stairs session was already underway. I only skated for a few minutes when I realized I would be missing some proper tricks going down if I didn't start shooting photos. One of our ZJ Team Riders, Brendan was putting it down for the crowd!


Brendan Hayward- Noseblunt

Minutes later he fired this one off..


Brendan- Nollie Backside Flip

9 Star team rider Matt "Ziggy" Lemont was killing it for sure... ended up giving him a ride home from the park, but only cuz he landed these tricks.


Ziggy - Hardflip


Ziggy - Back bigspin

Little "E" was on the scene as well after coming off of 2 days being sick..
He did a crooks too, but I didn't shoot it... ooops- sorry E


Evan Edwards- Backside 50-50

Hammer time on the ledge!

Evan Edwards- Tailslide 270 out


Thanks for scoping out post #69 - barely got that one in there for June... stay tuned for more gnarliness in post #70 - Peace out ya'll!

A Day in May at UCLA

Went on a mission last Thursday with some friends... you might have seen them once or twice before. Enjoy!

We started the sesh off at the metal coping ledge and got kicked out pretty quick.

Skated around the corner and found a stair set that isn't skated very often...
Tislam ollied it once and the long brick 8 stair destruction began.


Tislam Smith- Back 180



J Cefai- Kickflip


Tislam- Backside Flip


Colin Cook- Nollie Flip into the bank

The double bike rack gap was starting to get warmed up...


Huck- Switch Heel


Alec Beck - Frontside 360 ollie

Stepped it up to a third bike rack...!


J Cefai- Backside Flip


Decided to merge some photos here so you can see how long the gap is... kinda rad


J Cefai- Switch Back 180


Tislam- Backside bigspin


Tislam- Nollie backside bigspin

....and that's a wrap my fellow internet web surfing skate crazed maniacs...

----Tune in next time for another exciting post .... right here at.....

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What is the deez...?

April showers bring May bangers... Mother May I... May Day May Day!

Those post titles all sounded stupid so I went with- "What is the deez?"

Well my friends... this is the deez.

Tata is back and is ready for action...here he is at a warm-up spot throwing down a hefty trick for the homie Daniel Castillo who was cheering him on.


Tata- Front Noseslide

This sequence was shot on Volcom Park night...

By the way, if you haven't already gone to www.volcom.com/filmbattles you need to get over there and vote for ZJ... Thank you


McNulty- Kickflip Front Noseslide

Moving on... here we are at a ditch in the Palisades with an old friend from Utah


Ryan Coleman - Nollie Back Bigspin (photo cred: Jake Eames)


Nollie Heel

...then we went to the famous PCH manny pad..


Nollie Heel Nose Manny (photo cred: Jake Eames)

Hartzel just happened to get into town that day too...


Matt Hartzel- Front Shuvit Manual (photo cred: Jake Eames)


Matt Hartzel- Shuvit Noe Manual (photo cred: Jake Eames)

Somehow we took a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of Topanga. Found a secret spot under a bridge and tried to get artsy - Check out Evan on the top left of the wall!


I have always looked at this mural on Main St. and thought...that mural is rad and it makes me happy... so I took a few photos and stitched them.. swizzeeeet!!

Went to the Costco ledge... Austin handled a frontside 50-50 with no filmer... nice!


Yesterday went down to Channel Street Park in San Pedro...


Huckleberry - Taildrop


Alec Beck - Back Disaster


Sorry for the long post... hope it didn't take too long to load.

Might be able to squeeze out another May post if ya'll are lucky... until next time..
Keep it easy and super steezy.