My days at SkateboardRevoultion have ended. That means my cute little blog days are over. Stick around for more extreme Mtn Dew coverage of your two favorite skateboarders: P rod and big sheckler dog. Oh and of course Good ol Bucky……. It’s been fun.

Questions or concerns feel free.

Brooks Fritz

brooksfritz@yahoo.com

In the distance….  You will see a pool.

First trick? HILL BOMB

Last trick? SCORPION

Tunes? WOODY GUTHRIE

Birthplace? BATHTUB

Soft drink? BUDWIESER

Future?WHEELCHAIR

Top 5: SHITTING, CONCUSSIONS, BLOW JOBS, BAMMER JOINTS, WALL RIDES

Early hero? JASON JESSE

Night job? CONCRETE

Supporters: M&M SKATEBOARDS, JAH, TERROR, JIVARO WHEELS, YOUR MOM…

No big deal, just an eggplant on the big wall at a skate park in San Diego.

Some people might not even consider this as a “maneuver”. I mean Peter isn’t really doing anything. He’s simply just rolling into the empty swimming pool. He didn’t even have to ollie. Judges at the X games might have a hard time scoring this one.

No big deal. Just a weak frontside grind on the hip.

This things been skated by a few people. I guess you could say it’s played out. You think Pete cares? He just wanted to ollie into it. Camera or not. Blown out or not. ” It looks fun”.

Here’s one of the many versions of this pole jam photo. Just shows Pete could do this retarded thing as many times as he wanted to. And all we were really doing was trying to stop at the liquor store.

No big deal. Light death first try in a fire pool.

Why drop in when you can roll in. Another pool another roll in. woopie doo.

Do I really have to say it? This backside air was no big deal.

Praise Jahr

Photos & interview by Brooks Fritz

Name: Ryan Williams

Age: 27

Resides: Bellingham, Wa

Occupation: Teacher

boob tube

Wait a minute? Your occupation isn’t skateboarding? This isn’t a job for you?

Are you kidding? I’d have to get better real quick. I wouldn’t be eating much because nobody wants to pay a 27 dude from Washington to skate. Every one has already seen most of the stuff I like to skate in the beer bong series.

What have you been up to?

I’ve been hanging out inside, eating, having some beers, making breakfast burritos, BBQing, and working on some artwork.

What kind of art work we talking about?

We are talking a variety of stuff like painting, colored pencil, wire, ceramics, and some mixed media crap.

fs grind

You kinda seem more low profile then most people. Is that a conscious decision?

Most of the time I don’t have much to say about the situation at hand. Sometimes it’s funner to listen to people and wonder what the fuck they’re talking about.

What you dont like to flap your mouth aimlessly for hours on end?

I talk all day at work. If I don’t like to listen to myself talk, why would anybody else? The more time I spend talking the less time I get to spend skating or doing something fun.

fs air transfer

When was there a time when you were not psyched on skateboarding?

Today, I had to encourage a fifteen year old smoking a cigarette on a bmx bike to get out of the bowl. I was not so much bummed on skating, but rather the kind of crap that takes while your trying to skate. People think they can go and hang out where people skate and be accepted for acting like an idiot. I see that kind of crap all the time. Like the guy with the ROB and big bulldog on a leash skating in the middle of everyone under the bridge. Stupid.

backside air

Why dont you do all the barney bowl contests? You know the contests that I am talking about…..Why not get on the tour?

I don’t have the get on the board and give ‘er all you got mentality. I tried to do it on several occasions and it never worked or felt right. A few times I skated with friends during contests and that was kind of fun. Skating with a bunch of randoms who are trying to kill it sucks. I do not enjoy being on display for a bunch of people to watch. I skate because I like it and it’s fun. I’m trying to skate for a long time. Blowing up my body at some competition is not in the plan.

backside ollie

Gnarliest thing you have seen done skating?

Dorfus

low to high truck bash

Who and what gets you stoked on skating?

Joe the Jewler, Kyle Gallahger, Peter Gunn, Jamie Weller, Derek Plourd, Mike, and Cam all make me want to skate more and better. I’m always hyped on skating with friends. Kids that are hyped on skating rather than bullshit skate fashion are rad too.

hip grind

lipslide transfer

What has skateboarding taught you over the years?

Skateboarding has taught me to look at things differently.

Boring……Ryan, you can answer it better then that. Explain.

I’m talking about driving around your home town and seeing a ledge you skated years ago and remembering when your friend was smoking his mom’s filterless menthol cigarettes. Being out at night over the holidays and running into a bunch of dudes who “used to skate” now look like their 40 with no interests and wondering, “what happened to those guys?” I’m talking about the tranny shaped brick lamp ledges in my parents neighbors yard that I want to skate while they’re at work. Skating keeps my mind working and reminds to stay young. Even if I’m old as crap I’ll still look at a full pool and wonder what the tranny is like?

rock N roll

If you didnt skate what would you do?

I guess I would fish and make art in place of skateboarding. I wouldn’t be much fun to be around if I didn’t skate. How do you feel when you don’t get to skate for a few weeks? I’d probably learn how to fix the oil leak in my truck and figure out what’s missing from the front of my license plate.

So what’s the story with being called “chairman of the board”?

I was skating in one of those killer contests we were just talking about and had my picture taken by the local newspaper. They put the picture in the newspaper and wrote Chairman of the Board across the top. That was the end of me. A terrible photo with an even worse nickname.

Any Regrets?

Smoking and Chewing for a long time.

pipe ride

Best advice anyone has ever given you?

Check your knot after every fish.

stalefish

Thanks Ryan…. Any last words or thanks or no thanks to be given?
Thank You Concrete

What? you cant do front feebles when a marching band in playing next to the handrail? After this day I thought for sure Nolan would be moving back home to Potato Land.

WORST LUCK EVER : The Nolan Helmstetter Interview

Name:    Nolan Helmstetter

Age:    Zombie

Hometown:   Potato Land, Idaho

Resides:    Carlsbad, California

Drink of choice:    Whiskey

Music:    Come on dude, that’s a generic interview question. you must be stoned. i’ll tell you what, every now and then i’m going to throw in a question that i think a none inebriated brooks would ask. okay?

Sponsors:    Split, Destructo, and um…….

50/50

Hello Nollan. How have you been? There’s only one L. never been better. i don’t even have to buy cigarettes right now with these fires, i just step outside for 10 minutes every hour or so and breathe deeply.

What have you been up to? Fuck…skateboarding? just trying not to fall off my skateboard mostly, that alone consumes a good amount of my time.

tailslide to fakie

Hows this quest to be the next extreme pro skateboarder going? A quest? Me and Bilbo are on are way to the fire mountain of doom to toss in our shred sticks and defeat the evil overlords of anti-skateboarding.

Whats your take on Southern California compared to Northern Idaho? Well shit. you can’t really compare. i like the skateboarding and weather of california. but i miss the mountains and trees of idaho. you can’t get away from anything in california. you know, every now and then it’s nice to hike out into the wild and fight some grizzlys or cougars.

How long do you think you’ll be able to jump down handrails? One time i was at a party, and this girl, that i’ve never met, walked up to me and told me i was going to die at 27. she seemed pretty confident so i imagine that is when i’ll stop doing anything.

kickflip

When will you realize that trucks are made to turn?    As soon as they make tranny into stairs with handrails down them you asshole. no way, i’m getting better. i just try to go out with adrian (mallory) and get my tranny down. he rips and it helps to push me. it’s not my fault i grew up in a town without a washington street. then again, i wouldn’t want to turn into a potato on tooth picks like you.

What would you do first? Get the Sheckler tattoo across your back or try the mega ramp?    Mega ramp switch, blind folded, and completely shit faced before i got a sheckler tattoo. but i just played that new skateboarding video game and jumped the mega ramp on that…so i guess i’m in the clear.

What’s good/bad about skateboarding?    I’m waiting for a better question still. nothing’s bad about skateboarding. it’s just gotten to a point where it’s really popular which means sometimes there is a lot of drama. but as long as you just skate and don’t get caught up in it…then i can’t really imagine anything wrong with it.

front lip

Why does your god hate you so much? I’m sorry, what i mean is why is your luck so bad when it comes to spots?    It’s got nothing to do with luck. it’s just a series of unfortunate events that has happened my whole life. bad luck would be just never being able to skate and getting kicked out. but it goes so far past that…whether it’s a police shoot out at the rail i want to skate, a highschool band playing a soundtrack to my skating right next to the spot, or me being the only person in the world to ever get kicked out of a spot…i don’t know. that kind of stuff just happens to me. not just with skating. but everything. i’ve been out hiking and dropped my bag off this cliff on accident and all my water bottles broke. or sliding my car into a ditch when i’m the only person around for miles. or this one time i was in portland skating and my friends and i got attacked by this crazy kid with a baseball bat. i think if it were bad luck then i wouldn’t keep doing it. but i seem to turn out fine…it just pisses me (and you) off. but it makes really good stories. and it rubs off on other people. like you locking your keys in your car TWICE. or trying to take a back road from fallbrook to oceanside and ending up in hell…or maybe it was temecula. it’s fantastic.

Seriously have you always had such problems with trying to go skate. I’ve been trying to tell you to give up and you wont. What keeps you going?    I guess it comes down to the fact that skateboarding is so much fun and all the people that are involved are awesome to hang out with. and i could have the worst day skating but it’d be better than doing anything else.

Last words?    um….no. i can’t think of anything noble or philosophical to say. have fun and try not to worry. don’t litter. and uh…carpool.

Anyone you would like to thank or give no thanks to?    oh i gotta thank too many people. brian young, lisa whitaker, my family, my friends, big brooks dog for making me use a computer to answer terrible questions, and all the people that helped me, which is a lot.

One of these days my friend. It will happen. We will shoot another photo….