Spent the day shootin’ and hangin’ out with some pretty rad ladies on Sunday. Ozzie set up an all girls session over at Lance’s and finished it up with a BBQ shred at Ridiculous.
Dirty work.
Eyes on the prize.
Amy, Skatopia Skatepark local in the 70s, still ripping 30 years later.
Patricia, always fun to skate with.
Sonja lays down a double trucker.
Cheryl, racking up style points.
Ozzie snuck in a run.
Ji, high speed frontsider.
Tuling took about 3 runs to everybody’s one, she was charging hard.
As the year comes to a close, I like to look back at some of the photos I shot over the past 12 months. I do it mostly for myself but also in hopes that this will hype some people up to go skate, shoot photos or just get outside and live. I have skated more backyard pools this year than most people will get to skate in their lifetime…Ozzie Ausband and the Badlands crew are 100% responsible for that. Getting to skate and shoot with some of the greatest dudes around is truly an honor. Each year my board and camera take me to amazing places and introduces me to people that I know I can call friends for life. Here is just a small sample of the things that went down this year.
Tristan Rennie, New Years Day, 1/1/10
Art Miranda, Moorpark 1/10/10
Yamo, Aaron’s 1/23/10
Andrew Miller, 1/23/10
Lance Mountain, SoCal Skateshop 1/23/10
Johnny Abernathy, Jurupa 2/7/10
Scott Cooper, Ridiculous 2/28/10
Wyatt Reid, Brea 3/25/10
Tony Hawk, Clash at Clairmont 3/27/10
Josh Borden, Clash at Clairmont 3/27/10
Tristan Rennie, Chino 4/10/10
Doug Kinkade, 4/11/10
Kevin Burke, 4/11/10
Ozzie Ausband, 4/11/10
Jon Jon Bryan, Solvang 5/10/10
Chris Tietz, The Old Bro 6/5/10
Ozzie Ausband, Michael Serna, Chris Williams, Kevin Burke 6/6/10
Eddie Lara, Chino 6/9/10
Sam Haines, Ridiculous 6/12/10
Ozzie Ausband, 6/13/10
Mighty, Slam Contest, Costa Mesa 6/27/10
Tristan Rennie, 7/3/10
Kevin Burke, ASE/Broken Magazine Mini Ramp Jam 7/10/10
Kevin Burke, Black Box 7/14/10
Julie Kindstrand, Butler’s 7/18/10
Toby Burger, 7/24/10
Salba, 7/24/10
Peter King, 7/24/10
Ozzie Ausband, 7/24/10
Michelle Riddle, The Old Bro 7/25/10
Michael Brookman, Upland 7/31/10
Ray Barbee, Love and Guts Art Opening, Costa Mesa 8/5/10
Brant Austin, 8/14/10
Aaron Astorga, 8/21/10
Kevin Burke, 8/23/10
Kevin Burke, Butler’s 8/29/10
Tristan Rennie, Punker’s 9/12/10
Lance Araiza, 9/12/10
Glenn Ballard, 9/26/10
Brant Austin, 10/2/10
Jake Jeffery, 10/10/10
Mike Cottrell, The Pink Motel 10/23/10
Amy Bradshaw, Bible Bowl 10/29/10
Greyson Fletcher, Bible Bowl 11/12/10
Kevin Burke, SoCal Skateshop 11/13/10
Kevin Burke, 11/28/10
Brant Austin, 12/4/10
Cam Dowse, Butler’s 12/4/10
Eric Salazar, Upland Contest 12/5/10
Ozzie Ausband, Lance’s 12/12/10
Huge thanks to everyone for the photo opps, taking me to your spots, letting me in your backyard and for just inspiring me to skate. See you next year.
I met Robert Guy (skate photo) through my really good buddy Rob Murow (DJ photo) last month, and man.. let me tell you- most buttery, stylish, locked-in, back smiths you’ll ever see (even though the photo below, is of him coming out of a frontside rock). Two of the most down to earth dudes you could ever have the chance of meeting; Glad to call you both my homies.
If you have any interest in the skateboard world, chances are you’ve seen a MRZ photo. Ray Zimmerman has been at it since the 80’s, been everywhere and shot everyone from young grom to seasoned pro. The dude puts countless hours into his photography and has definitely been an inspiration to me. Next month will be Ray’s very first solo show at Dark Matter Gallery in Long Beach. Opening reception on January 8, 2011, 6-10pm.
Ben Butler had a little gathering Saturday night to celebrate his birthday. He seemed to be doing more work than relaxing and skating but he did get a few runs in. Some new additions to his backyard fun zone were some hitech LED lighting and also a trim back of the 4-finger Anthony coping that opening the pool up to a whole new level of ripping. DJ Don Ceaser, Skatanic Rednecks and beers-o-plenty all made for a great night. Here are a few photos.
