2008 (photographic) year in review.

Over the past year I have met some cool people, skated with those same people at some amazing spots, and was able to attend and photograph some sick events. I was looking at some pics that were shot over the last 12 months and thought I’d post some of them up. So, here’s my (photographic) year in review…

Brant, Chino 1/12/08

Bill, Bible Bowl 2/2/08

Ronnie, Chino 2/7/08

Dave, Glendale 2/9/08

Adrian Demain, Pala 2/16/08

CK, Redlands 3/2/08

Anthony, Old Bro 3/2/08

Brian Whitney, Chino 3/9/08 – One of my favorite shots of the year.

Tige, Pala 3/29/08

Brian, Pala 3/29/08

Johnny, Chino 4/16/08

Chris, Bible Bowl 4/17/08

Dale, Bellmar’s 4/23/08

Julie, Chicken’s 4/25/08

Michael Brookman, Basic Bowl Contest 4/26/08

Jake, Bellmar’s 5/1/08 – Who just became a father…congrats homie!

Kyle, Bellmar’s 5/1/08

Benji, Bible Bowl (Dave’s B-day Session) 5/16/08

Scott, Bellmar’s 5/29/08

Aaron Court, Chino 6/4/08

Jason, Chino 6/28/08

Steve, Punker’s 7/2/08

Mark, Joker’s 7/10/08

Pedro Barros, Punker’s 7/26/08

Cristiano, Soul Bowl Contest 7/27/08

Jerry Gurney, Washington Street 9/6/08

Mike, Headquarters 9/13/08

Colin, Solvang 9/20/08

Scott, Burger Bowl 9/25/08

Tim Johnson, GVR Bowl Contest 10/3/08

Matt, Glendale 10/12/08

Lester, Fontana II Grand Opening 10/25/08

Tristan, Fontana II 11/4/08

Russ, Burger Bowl 11/6/08

Kevin, Fontana II 11/8/08

Jeremiah, SoCal Skateparks Skatefest – Pala 11/15/08

Art, Fontana II 11/22/08

Eddie, Fontana II 11/28/08

Tim, Chicken’s 11/30/08

Chris, Bible Bowl (Julie’s B-Day Session) 12/5/08

Nick, Upland Contest 12/14/08

Alva, Oceanside MLK Grand Opening 12/20/08

Here’s to 2009!

self portrait 2009

wolf like me.

TV on the Radio.

Nikon 50mm, f/1.8

Santa brought me a bunch of new camera gear. most of which will not help me take a better photo. Here are some shots with my new Nikon 50mm, f/1.8 lens.

Scott

Tony with the snow caps.

Oceanside MLK Skatepark Opening 12/20/08.

Went down to Oceanside to check out the grand opening Saturday and to shoot some pics for SoCalSkateparks.com. Park is pretty fun, small flow section with a squarish horseshoe with tile and pool coping at the end connected to a street/bank area. Saying this park is crowded is an understatement. Not really somewhere I would recommend going out of your way to skate, but worth rolling around in if you are in the area.

Tony Alva

Turkey

This dude was killing it.

Check out more photos on the SoCal site: http://discussion.socalskateparks.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=669

hang myself from the tree.

To get in the holiday spirit I thought I’d share a little something from my favorite Christmas album, The Vandals, Oi to the World.

Upland Contest 12/14/08.

Shot a few pics at the Upland contest last weekend…

Tristan Rennie

Art Miranda warms up with a big ol’ boneless (shot late. sue me.)

Julian Scholl, tailgrab with style.

Kevin Burke, goes berserk

5-0. Give him a hand, because I just cut his off.

Julie Kindstrand, FSA into the pipe.

Nick Chism. Kind of looks like a tailtap on the pipe, it’s not…just a huge F-ing air!

Perry Starkey, mach 10 into 1st place.

blow out

(empty) pool party, day 2

On the second day, Theo and I decided to paint the thing…

(empty) pool party.

I was looking thru some old photos and founds these from April 2005. Shawn was redoing his pool, so we got few days to destroy it. Brant, Shannon and I think Kannon (it’s been a while) came over to help.