Buena Park

As a part of the surge, we've been consistently having official Tuesday missions each week. No more of the Whittier creeping we are usually confined to. JJ, in a matter of 15 minutes, landed a line on the benches: lipslide - smith kickflip out. I also got a sketchy boardslide front bigspin out as the sun was going down. Uncle Mike was the photographer for the day.

Long Beach

You probably don't like the commentary portion of this blog, so ill try to keep them short from now on. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you looked at the photos, watched the video, and exited the webpage or clicked back to MySpace (in which case you've reached this web page via bulletins). Either way I'll continue to give you the inside scoop of the day... Today, we were much luckier with the fuzz. We skated the best spot in Long Beach, which can be seen in the Berry video. It has gaps, pole jams, and an interesting manual pad. Scott Kane 360 shuv manuals it in the Berry video if you'd like to get a visual, since i forgot to take a picture of it. We got 2 tricks on the manual pad (ill leave it up to you to figure out who it was). On the 3 block at the next spot, Kevin stuck switch varial heel, Sammy stuck switch pop shuvit, JJ landed front pop twice in a row, and Mike had no luck with nollie heel. The End.

The Bust of El Segundo

Meaning "the second," the city of El Segundo lives up to its name in being "the second" biggest bust. Just below Brea, CA, almost every notable spot in El Segundo has a high bust factor. The city is home to the most perfect 4 flat 4 we've ever seen (this spot has been nollie inward heelfipped by Nick Trapasso in Toy Machine's, "Suffer the Joy"). But before we had the chance to film, a cop rolled up... The next spot we went to was the greatest high school we've ever skated. It's eccentricity of architecture gives existence to some very enticing spots, allowing the imagination to run rapid with tricks; you can't figure out what to skate first. But again, a cop rolled up within minutes and we had to book it. In search for the third spot we were pulled over by cops that had been following us for a few miles, waiting for me to technically break a law. The officer cited the reason of "driving past the white line" at a stop sign in order to interrogate us, or me as the driver, about skating. He even asked if we were skating the high school, hoping we'd say yes so he can interrogate further. We were told to go home and that was it, the day was a complete failure. Thank you El Segundo authorities, as well as the authorities of every city, for "protecting and serving" us. We really owe you one...

First Breath After Coma

This is the first of a line of entries to come from the previously discontinued 'Quest for Footage' blog... Ive decided now to continue posting because this is the most crucial part of filming. The last months of filming before a video deadline are the most intense and nerve-wracking; the soft comfortable cushion of time no longer exists. With that, we've implemented, as our president has, a surge. However, our surge doesn't involve an onslaught of troops, but rather an influx of footage. Thus far, we've been fairly consistent with the surge efforts. I regret that in the preceding 8 months of the surge our filming efforts were extremely low, sometimes nonexistent. These next few months of missions are the most dire of times, marked by renewed dedication, and is the ending to this epic quest. They are the first breaths after coma.