It's that time of the year.

Rocking out with the Mean Jeans at Burgerville.

Some superhero or megaman came to the show.

Checked out a Blazers game.

Happy Birthday Verg!

Doug was on fire.

In case you didn't know, Ethan likes METAL!

Got this done on Sunday. Andreas has been talking about this tattoo for what seems like years. So to motivate him to get it done, I went and did it first.

Snowflake party at Ben and Kat's.

Lots of snacks there including a plate of bacon.

So, so, SOTY

Off to SF for the big Thrasher party. We only had a couple days to see everyone. The rain was pouring while were there which wasn't much different than home. First on the list was hanging with my hetero-life-mate, Conor Kelly.

Saw Parker and Doug at the Uptown.

Made a stop by 6 Newell and saw John Alden in some Jenga Action.

Oh yeah, it's real.

Amy and Andreas.

Dennis and Julia.

This handsome devil bought this shirt at the best store on Earth in Polson, MT. He paid 12.5 cents.

Schmidty came up on the best PBR gear of the night. Damn him and sorry Verg, I tried to get you one for your birthday.

Conor and Greg.

Josh, Conor, Greg, and myself.

Tom and Andy spent time at the Dudebarn during the summer of tent city.

A rare shot of Nails.

This bartender was hilarious.

Greg went with his go to karaoke song but Kalisha ended singing most of it.
First you gotta put your neck into it
Don't stop, just do, do it

Drank some beers next to the gunsmith to end the trip.

Don't let the sun set on you in Ybor.

Off to Tampa Am. That means days at the skatepark and nights at The Reservoir bar. Our first night there were some awesome Thunderstorms. I wish I would have gotten shots of the lightening. Oh well. After a session at the park we went for some beers and pool.

The lady working here was so excited about serving us breakfast.

These next 2 shots are by no means good skate shots. I just sat in one spot at the park and these guys flew by.
First, Gilbert catching a nollie frontside heelflip on the bank to wall.

And Marius blasting these frontside ollies.

We got pizza on the way to the Del show and this piano was outside the pizza place. Just waiting to get played.

Vince keeping it classy.

Lem and Vince at Czar Bar. Just a little earlier I smashed an ice shotglass glass against that wall.

Ripping bowl session on Saturday.

Sunday was Jake Donnelly's birthday but we started partying on Saturday.

Me and the birthday boy.

Brad, Dave's girlfriend, Momma the bartender, and Jake.

Danny, Freddie, Jake, and Dave.

Freddie and Lem look like brothers. They told a lot of people they are related.

This night looks almost over.

Sunday was hungover and the finals of the contest. If you care about who won and seeing tricks you should visit one of the skateboard news sites or something.

and finally....episode two.

Well it took a bit longer than anticipated (part apathy, part too many fun times [note posts below]), but episode two is finally done (part boredom in my new home, part george making me feel lazy and...mediocre).

So yes, yes indeed it is complete, but as hinted upon, I am in a new home after having moved to LA for the winter, so episode three may not arrive until spring. Until then you can guarantee plenty of winter adventures and the photos to prove it from the dudes up north. oh, and pat.

...see you in spring.

DUDE BARN EPISODE TWO. from Dude Barn. on Vimeo.

A very dudebarn Thanksgiving.

I hate to admit it, but I failed as a blogger this long weekend. On Friday we found ourselves out on a skate adventure when I ran into fellow blogger, the Extreme Journalist, at one of my least favorite parks - West Linn. We had a long talk about the internets and I felt I should document our meeting for the sake of the blogs. That's when I realized that I had left my digital camera at home. I did however bring my camera bag with several film cameras in it. But by the time any of those shots turned into prints they would be ancient history by the standards set by the internets.
Here is a brief summary of that day - Had to iChat Hegarty because he wouldn't answer his phone only for him to tell me he was going to cut down a Christmas tree. Road bikes to Healy's with Derek. Went with those 2 and Lovejoy to Mini West Linn which was soaking wet. Which took us to the West Linn park. After getting our fill of that park we carried on southward to Canby where a vicious game of ledge skate went down. I swear I could skate those 2 ledges for the rest of my life and be happy. Hope that helps you imagine the missing day from the blog.

Here are the other happenings from the Tofurkey Day weekend.

I turned this dough into...

...this bread called Povitica. My Grandma used to make it every Thanksgiving. Just trying to carry on with tradition and deliciousness.

Thanksgiving Eve we had beers at our house while rolling some dice.

We're up everywhere!

Getting comfy at the Florida Room.

The big feast!

Some artsy skateboard shots.

And this little ripper who was hunting in the backyard.

Face it.

A $5 show to see an amazing band? Count me in. The Old Canes played at Mississippi Pizza. The only reason any of us know about this band is because their song was used for Busenitz's part in Roll Forever. They were awesome live.

This jerk up and moved to LA for 3 months.

Here are some shots from Friday night hanging out with the Hound of Love. This is what he surrounds himself with in his room.
Lot of Morrissey.

Instruments.

Chip bag collection.

Milk flavored chips? Dr. Taco pizza flavored chips?

This is more like it.

OG NES.

It could only belong to this guy.

All my Xes live in Texas.

Jonny's birthday. Guess where we went?
Jonny came up huge with the dice.

En route to Texas. Airport breakfast.

Traffic is rad.

An Ian Anderson original. Let's get him an art show in Portland!

The Houston park looks sick but it was closed when we went by.

Nice hotel, Derek.

This is my favorite bar in Texas, the Roll N.

Off to SouthSide for some shredding.

Dennis and Tim getting caffeinated while taking in some of the skating at the Johnny Romano Skate Jam.

Lot's of spectating to be done.

Josh, Tim, and Rob share a LOL.

As mentioned in a post down the page somewhere The Mean Jeans had their record release show.

Def Leppard style drum solo.

Probably the last dry day we'll see this year and we went to this spot again.

Open studios at Towne Storage.

We hung out and drank Mark's beer.