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Trippin’ Out in AZ.

It’s been a few months since we took a quick trip to AZ. I was waiting to post until I went through the video I shot, but that’s not going to happen any time soon. So here are some images and the short version of the trip to Arizona back in March.

KB and I left Thursday afternoon and met up with everyone at Goodyear. This park was big and rad. After driving for over 5 hours, I was too lazy to shoot any photos…or do anything for that matter.

Michael Serna Jr. over the channel

Danny Sandoval nosepickin’

Went back to Gobber’s to crash out. Before we called it a night, Zach Abrams had to take a plastic banana board to Eggplant on the extension.

FRIDAY
Woke up early Friday morning and headed out to a glorious ditch.

J.r. Lasater, Boneless

Dudes

Sam Keeley, Crail blockage

Kevin Burke, Wall ride

Stopped by Peoria on the way back. This park was super fun and we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.

Gobber, guns blazin’

Papa Serna, FSG

Back to camp for refreshments
Joe wastes no time

Night fell and things started to get heated. Gobber’s Friday night ramp sesh was going off in full force and some heavy dudes showed up to rip. I fired off a few shots before it got too crazy.

KB, lien on the extention

J.r., layback grind to revert over the loveseat

SATURDAY
Raged most of the night and woke up early Saturday to hit the road to Tuscon.
Stopped by Frog pool.
Lurkville USA

Serna Jr, side wall attack

Stopped in Coolidge. Fun park in the middle of nowhere.

One of many reasons that AZ rules.

Got to Tucson. This happened.

We then went to check out the Santa Rita park. Huge keyhole bowl and some rad little bowl and flow areas.

Checked out this crappy thing, but surprisingly some heavy shredding went down.

Pyrotechnics

pa-pa-Papaya. You had to be there

SUNDAY
KB and I split off from the group Sunday morning to meet up with Chris Livingston and skate some pools. I knew who Chris was, but this was my first time meeting him. One of the nicest dudes ever. Randy Muller from New Orleans was set to meet up with us, too.

Randy Muller, air the box

Livi, lien to tail

KB, 5-0 over the box

Randy, back smith over the box

Livi, front smith over the box

I think KB would agree with me when I say that these were two of the funnest pools we have ever skated. We didn’t want to stop, but it was getting late and we had to head back to CA. We got a few more grinds in and hit the road.

This trip was, by far, one of the best I have ever been a part of. Thanks to Serna and everyone that made it possible. Huge thanks to Gobber for the hospitality and the rest of the AZPX/WSO crew for showing us around. Thanks to Chris Livingston for taking us to some amazing gems. Finally, thanks to KB for co-piloting. Until next time.

Additional photos by Sam Haines and Serna Sr.

Randy Muller.

I met Randy a few months back in Arizona (pictures coming soon from that trip). KB and I linked up with him and Chris Livingston to skate a few pools. Randy is part of a rad pool scene in New Orleans and is also an amazing tattoo artist. He was in CA recently so we hung out, took him out to a few pools and laughed about the Louisiana Purchase Card.

He brought us some rad stickers.

Check out some of his tattoo work here: http://www.eyecandytattoo.com/randy.html

Doing some hole searching.

Looked at a handful of pools this weekend, skated six of them. Nothing but love from neighbors and real estate agents this time out. The pool gods were shining down on us.

It can only get better from here.

Not by much.

Cancer Bust.

Tony’s Medallion.

KB has been working out.

Brant tends to the dirty hole.

Ed and Lopez, smiles all around.

Burkeside floater.

Montclair Contest 6/4/11.

Serna and the city of Monclair held their annual skate contest at Montclair Skatepark this past Saturday. I have to say this was the largest turn out of all the years I’ve been and these groms have really stepped up their game. Didn’t take a lot of photos, but here’s what I got.

The people that make it happen

Riley Fryer

Tristan, going for best trick with a nose bonk on the table.

Eggplant

Alan Lapointe

Logan Catt

Andrew Miller was ripping, but took a heavy slam at the beginning of his heat. He shook it off, but called it a day.

In between heats, some heavy shredding was going on throughout the park.
Josh Rodriguez

Kyle was going off as usual. Table annihilation

Brian Wilkinson

KB

Results

10 and under boys

1st Julian Torres
2nd Kiko Francisco
3rd David Branom

Girls

1st Sarah Thompson
2nd Pauline Branom
3rd Jordan Abraham

11-14 Boys

1st Tristan Rennie
2nd Logan Catt
3rd Dontae Overton

15-18 Boys

1st Riley Fryer
2nd Alan Lapointe
3rd Gage Boan

Best trick (a table was involved at one point until someone got hurt)

tie-Tristan Rennie and Alan Lapointe