How long before this gets smashed?

Stop...

Stuck in LA.

Flight got cancelled. Can't get home til Monday. Who's the first dude I call? Andreas of course.

Cactus Town

I'll be in Phoenix tomorrow for this.  Can't wait to see Dennis destroy the Paradise Valley skatepark.

Also, there's a Coda demo in Bend this weekend, but Pat never sent me the flier.

Mackenzie and I got our nails did, yaheard.

Fuck yes!

Dennis Busenitz Tampa Pro 2011 Winning Run from Rob Meronek on Vimeo.

My camera is barfing out these photos.

These photos have been lurking on my camera for far too long.

Bacon, Jake, and Cheyne came out to Portland and stayed at my house.

Went to SF with Lem and Lucas.

We hit the under the bridge spot in Oakland.

Media zone with Joe and Wolfe.

Angle iron ledges in Portland.

Birthday fire-in-a-barrel.

We decided to do facial hair roulette.  The concept is that you write down really shitty facial hair styles, put them in a hat, and what ever you pull out of the hat you  have to shave.  Could be anything from a crappy goat tee to mutton chops to a chin strap beard.  But some of the guys backed out because they love their beards too much to cut them.

However, Brandon took it into his own hands.  He disappeared into the house for a while and came outside with this thing on his face.

I tried to bring something horrible to the table.

Group shot of the results.  More photos on Ethan's Flickr.

This birthday card from Mackenzie was the best thing I got.

We checked out this shitty DIY spot.

The Mean Jeans played one last show before hitting the road to SXSW.  Richard is filling in on bass for the tour and this was his initiation.

Waiting for the park to dry.

All up on Thrasher and shit.

Obviously we're killing it.  The RVCA dudes rolled through last summer and a couple lines from the ramp ended up in this clip on the Thrasher site.
 

Serious.

This is one way to deal with office stress.

Snow!

This means a few things...
Most of Portland is closed.
The news will not stop reporting on it.
People here are pussies.

Winter just got a lot better in Portland.

Bench modifications.

Pat on Coffee?

I like that Pat has a long history in skateboarding.  When random clips of him pop up in old 411s we all get excited and harass the shit out of him - "I can't believe you only got 3rd in that contest!"

I stumbled across this today on Vert Is Dead.  I don't remember Coffee skateboards, but apparently they sponsored Pat.

And while we're on the subject of Pat, he texted me the other night claiming a comeback.  Well, I say it's not a comeback until he enters Tampa Pro.  Only one month away Pat!

I can't get enough of this.

Sunny days in January?

Conor, Pat, and Ryan took a trek out to Woodburn.  Here's what they came back with.

woodburn jan from CODA skateboards on Vimeo.

Dizzy.

This guy makes me want to sign up for facebook so I can be friends with him.

Manuals.

This ledge...

...is perfect.

SF