All these photos are from 2003 or around then. Enjoy. Shoot black and white film. Don’t let it die like Poloroid.

My Skateboard 2004: I cant believe the tank of a skateboard I used to ride. 9 inch decks, risers, and 62’s………

Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California: I enroll or more like used to enroll at this college just to use their darkroom. This rock sculpture is right by the photo room. Pretty cool.

Pat Duffy, backside smith, Donald Oregon, 2003: After skating Burnside for a few hours my friend Luke and I drove to Donald. The plan was to sleep in the bowl that night and then drive back to California the next day. I’ve slept in the bowl a few times so it was a no brain-er to go back. We figured we would grab some 6 packs of tall cans and have a mellow night. Guess again, when we rolled up there was a giant RV and a crowd of people. What the hell is this? A Kronick Energy drink bowl barney party? Nope, it was a Transworld blowout photo shoot.

I was pissed people were at Donald, but hyped at the same time since I had a chance to take some pictures. I saw my friend Jon Holland ( ooh name dropping ) and asked if he wouldn’t mind if I took some photos. He could care less but said I should go ask Dave Swift. (more name dropping) I had never met Dave before so I was a little intimidated approaching him about permission poaching. But to my luck, Dave was cool and didn’t give a fuck. I was stoked, I went and grabbed my camera and started taking some pictures trying not to get in the way.

People are funny sometimes… Some photo/film monkeys weren’t to happy about me being a non Transworld dude/bro and started trying to purposely get in front of my lens so I couldn’t get photos. Quite pathetic if you ask me but whatever, I ignored it and managed to get a couple of shots. The T world circus bailed and me and Luke were left by ourselves to laugh about it and pass out in the bowl……Thanks Jon and Dave for being cool. To the others…… as the beer beagle would say “two double x thumbs down”!

Pala Pipes, North County San Diego, 2003: yup they are still there….

Davey Rockit, fs grind, Pala Pool, 2003: When it wasn’t blown out, when it still had good coping over the light, when there was still a light, when there still was the slide, when there was still dirt on the deck, before the parties ruined it, and most of all before we all lost complete interest in skating this pool.

J-Rad Smith, Kendal Washington, 2003: This a photo of Jared using a Pabst Blue Ribbon smoking device. You haven’t lived until you smoked out of a aluminum can……

Zalba Wells, backside smith, Cactus Flat Square pool, California desert, 2003: Zach becomes Zalba when he skates pools. We convinced this RV park owner to skate his empty square. The whole family came out to watch but lost interest quickly when they realized we weren’t going to do any of the tricks they had seen on the X games.

Chairman of the board, Ryan Williams, boohyah stalefish, Borrego Springs California: Out in the middle of nowhere in the Borrego desert is this skatepark. They wanted 10 bucks or something to skate it. I conned the skatepark staff into letting us skate for free since we were “professionals” and were out there to do a skatepark review.

Rays Pool, Clairemont California: Heard it might be done soon. Or maybe it is done?

Lance Mtn: Layback grind, Donald Oregon: Same night as the TWS blow out. Lance was cool…..

Grind Master Matt Gasby, Negro pool, North County San Diego: Permission pool ruined by high school shit heads…. still empty, still off limits… Way to go…

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