Photography/words by:

Brooks Fritz

I sure love this skateboarding stuff. It’s really a good time. Pretty much the best time. And with that said there’s nothing better then riding some round walls. I dont even need to do tricks or “maneuvers” to have a good time. I can just ride the skateboard these days and be content. I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing but, it is what it is.  Anyways, here are some more front side grinds and front side airs for your viewing pleasure or viewing hatred. Oh yeah, and some bodacious tubular action. Remember, this skateboarding stuff is supposed to be fun. Not something to stress about. Why did you start in the first place?

Wake up Davey! Open your eyes. You are grinding a backyard pool for Christ’s sake….

No it’s not a fun box. It’s a death box. Hang up there and you might be taking a nap on the drain.

Sorry to break this news to you.  If you don’t ride a skateboard your not grinding.

Dude. Your pants aren’t even close to being tight enough. Where is all your flare? And why are you grabbing in between your legs?  Don’t you know you have to tuck your back knee in to get on Fuel TV?

Right in the neighborhood I grew up in…

Dave’s Ramp. I have fun here.

DJ Dickfoot. Aka DJ Mongo. Go to the Royal Dive on Monday nights to enter Richard lips World of Music….

Not really a round wall but close enough. Anytime you dont have to put your feet down is a good time in my book.

Oside surf team in between heats.

LOCALS ONLY!

Damn foam ball was trying to push me out the back…

Richard Lips doesn’t feel safe pulling in with out his helmet.

It goes on for quite a while……

Shaka Gnar! I put some illustration on this one to show you what’s going through Pat’s mind. This place is always glassy and about head high. The tide is always good too. Here’s Pat backdooring a deep section after pumping down the line for days!  GO GET SOME! - Brooks

PHOTOS BY: BROOKS FRITZ

Rick had a ramp. It used to be great. Then the neighbors bitched about it so much that he had to tear it down. The neighbors probably thought that was the end of that, but it wasn’t. Rick, being a smart guy went down to city hall and figured out what he had to do to have a ramp in his yard legally. (yeah, you can do that) So he got his permit and built a smaller ramp. That was that and the ramp was pretty fun. Just your standard 12 ft wide mini ramp. Then a few weeks ago I was informed by the infamous Beer Beagle that he was going to put corners on it. You wouldn’t believe how much of a difference a couple corners can make. Or maybe you can. I don’t know. I don’t know if you like to turn on your skateboard or not. Maybe your trucks are so tight you never even thought about turning. I’m just trying to make a point on how much better rounds walls are compared to just going back and forth. That actually gets me thinking. You ever watch those “soul bowl” competitions? I would always get so frustrated watching those things because they would have this huge bowl yet almost everyone would skate it back and fourth pretty much never even touching the corners. Talk about jocking out… Well enough of that. Here’s some photos from yesterdays afternoon session at Rick’s ramp with Kyle Galahger, David Presley and Bart Steed.

I bet the neighbors are hyped on Kyle’s hurricane.

The neighbors also love to blast the worst music when anyone tries to skate.

It’s such a laid back lifestyle down here in San Diego brah…

Bart lives up on the central coast where they are pretty laid back too.

Texas plant.

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Davey with a few different variations of the tailblock.  here’s a frontside two hander.

Ever hear a Japanese person say front side tail block? If not you are really missing out.

Or even backside tail block by a Japanese person is great. Like our friend Gyo. He would say hella gnarly frontside tail block and for some reason it would just make everyone’s day.

Bart, front side rock slide

Crail slide

Lein to tail

Davey’s  so good he does them with his eyes closed.

uhh. what are you doing? Holding down that sheet of masonite? Kyle was trying to learn inverts. But I prefer to call them hand plants.

We ended the session with the 18 pack being polished off right when Davey launched out to this smith on the the Chet Childress Nike money making device.

Have a good week. Enjoy tick tacking around.

Tags: backyard ramp skating, Bart Steed, David Presley, kyle gallahger, Ricks ramp

Photo and words by: Brooks Fritz

Here it is. The conclusion to my trip out to Arizona.

After the alcohol only store we ended up all with vision like this at a place called Toy land.

This place is crazy. Made out of wood, foam and concrete.

Ever had a Gunslinger before? Its when you drop a shot of whiskey (preferably crown royal) into a pint of Pabst Blue Ribbon with root beer schnapps  and slam it. A few of those fueled Cobra long enough to get a few Plexiglas wall rides.

Toy Land’s skate Museum.

Seen a couple wooden wheels in there.

Vaster’s school work earned him a A+

A better view of Toy Land  the next day.

Finally. The journey to the center of the earth begins…

“Where the hell are we going?” ” See those peaks on the Horizon? ”

” I bet this is what it feels like to be a Mexican! ” Run to the hills! ”

Sticker bush madness. No way around it. Your going to have to walk through it for a long long time. Glad I was wearing pants.

Mud tromping. Another thing that cant be avoided. Are we seriously going skateboarding or just torturing ourselves?

” No one told me you had to wear fucking pants!” I couldn’t stop laughing. The whole time I could hear Kyle pissed because he wore shorts. Picture walking miles in this shit. All for some kick turns.

We made it. Welcome to the best thing in the world.

I thought I was going to rag doll to my death getting down there.

Whats up Danny Way? Bob Burnquist?  That mega ramp shit you guys do is nuts. Much respect to you, but lets see you tackle this one. Roll into this thing and carve the outer edge of the pit of death. Get a hold of me if your into it.

it’s pretty surreal being in here…

Kind of gives you a size reference. Jump off from there and your going to the flats…

Kyle, mach 5 frontside. Should of seen the ones I didn’t get a photo of.

Sizar

Bart Steed

” Great, now we gotta get out of this thing. ” It’s way steeper then you think. Pretty much the scariest place you can skate. If you break yourself off in this thing you are doomed. Even if you dont break yourself off it’s hard as hell to get out of. Some of the crew had to take their shoes off to get out. I was tripping for a few minutes there. With my big stupid heavy camera bag I thought I might not be able to get out. It took a good five or six attempts to make it. The wind rushes through and you have to wait for a window of opportunity of no wind for you to get a good run at it.

Then even if you were to get out of the pipe which wouldn’t happen unless you have a 100ft of rope which of course you wouldn’t have with you you still have a long hike back to civilization.

Busted.

After the hell hike being moments away from being back to the truck I spotted a Fish & Game officer all camoed out in the bushes with binos. Who knows how long he was looking for us but I knew right then and there we were done for. Luckily no one ran and luckily when we did get popped it wasn’t on federal land where the hole is. If that had happened we would of been screwed. Huge fine, pretty much banned from Canada, put on the terror alert list and pretty much cut from all big natural pipe missions again….

Have a good weekend. -Brooks

ps. I know, we geeked it leaving a a car on the road….

The funnest and scariest time on the four wheel wooden toy…