Solar Bowl Session -August 15th 2009

This was my last trip to the Solar bowl before heading to Europe.
Thanks to Don for such a good time.
We even had air conditioning for the day..
Don rented a generator to power his new ac system.(it would work by solar power!)
In attendance were the crew from Jacksonville ,Justin mc Carthy and Timmy, also Tom Groholski,Don ,Andy and myself .

What an Epic day.

**apologies about the photo quality..I had major issues with reflection from the roof insulation!

The LAst sesh on my Mini Ramp before tearing it down

Pj ..Putting his "des pool coping" to the test

Im back in the US

I'm back in the US after a 5 week stay in Europe.
We will be here for a month ,possibly 6 weeks ,packing our stuff for the move back to Spain and preparing our house in Florida for rental.

If anyones available for a skate session,let me know.

Tony Alva at Orlando Skatepark-Vans tour stop

The 16streets crew hit OSP yesterday to see who the mystery pro skater would be on that leg of the Vans tour .It turned out to be Tony Alva.
Steve Van Doren the founder of Vans shoes was flipping burgers and hot dogs in the parking lot.
He was very friendly and took some time to chat with us.
We had a great day skating the bowl and sipping Grumpy Juice from our blue cups.
Ripper of the day award goes to my buddys son Isaac Crawford.Big airs everywhere.

Here's a Movie by Jason Crawford:


Here's some of my photos:





























Fionn took some notes....



A few more I snagged from Jasons collection:

Me with Steve Van Doren


Blue cup Army


The secret to fast bearings is drool



TA with the groms


Isaac rips on an old school 70's style board too.



2 young Russian kids were celebrating their 13th birthday.When Steve Van Doren found out,he went in the Vans bus and produced two very nice watches for them.They had no idea who he was even!



Isaac was blasting 5' bs airs all day

Broken Mag issue 9 -Out now

Download it here>>>

http://brokenmagazine.com/broken magazine issue 9.pdf

Thrasher Mag 1982- now available online

I subscribed to Thrasher from 1981 to about 1984 ,so finding this link and re-reading all these epic issues of Thrasher was a walk down memory lane for me..
Of course todays version of Thrasher sucks in comparison and is nothing more than a shoe catalog.
Anyway,check the link for a glimpse of what the old Thrasher was...I'd say modern day Juice is a good description of what Thrasher mag was in 1982..

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1946&Itemid=38

Bushy Park Skatepark-Dublin Ireland

My buddy Gav sent me this footage of him skating in his local park in Dublin Ireland.
I went there last summer but unfortunately it pissed rained the day Gav and I hit this park..
I walked around and checked it out,hoping it would dry, but never actually skated it.Its a great little park with endless lines..
Maybe next time.

St Valentines Day Massacre @ Cocoa Beach Skatepark.

Deep-end skate sesh:

We had a good turnout last night at Cocoa Beach Skatepark.
Pj,Brian,Rich,Wade,Roland the Great,and myself..
Buck Smith was spectating,hooting an hollering and generally
dishing out tips and inspiration.
He got there hours before us and skated his ass off alone,so he didnt skate with us.
There was another event going on in the shallow end ,I dont know what exactly..
Something to do with a girls Surf Competition.But one benefit of this was that DJ Longnecker
was there playing some sick sounds ,supposedly for the Surf crowd,but I have a feeling he was catering more to the old school crew in the Deep end.
Dead Kennnedys,Exploited,Sex Pistols,The Cramps,Pennywise etc...
Highlights included: Rich's 3 in a row eggplants,Rolands sick fs smithgrinds and stylish handplants and Wades fs handplants .
Overall it was a good night.We should do this more often guys.

Wade Ulrich from Zorlac Skates brought his camera along and took some great photos.Here is a few:



Rich-Sick Eggplant



Brian-fs air



Roland -big fs air



Rich -nosepick on Pj's board



Me- slash



Roland -fs smithgrind





Me- fs carvegrind



Roland-Handplant



Roland- fs smith



Brian-Handplant



PJ-Layback Rock n roll



Brian -Fs Boneless

Photos:Wade Ulrich

Skateboarding is a Crime ,In Milton Florida...at the skatepark!