Photo’s/story: Brooks Fritz

Friends, Jamie Weller and Xander Dunlap flew down from the Northwest to get out of the rain a while back and stayed here in San Diego with me. Aren’t you jealous? So for a few days we skated stuff around here in Oceanside but quickly became bored. I wonder why? Maybe it’s because I’ve been skating the same crusty spots since I was 9 years old? Well, Jamie isn’t one to sit around o’side and take bongers all day. You could say he is definitely not part of the couch crew if you know what I mean? With nothing new to skate around here idea’s were being had to what we should do with the weekend approaching us. I’m not sure who mentioned it, maybe it was Kyle? but someone came up with the idea to head east. Where you might be wondering? I’ll just say it’s the desert. If you know then you know. If not, then keep Searching…

EXTREME STREET WALKING BACK SMITH!

Jamie Weller, blunt slide attempt, Oceanside, California

The first day in town Xander and Jamie were ready to skate. I’m speaking for these guys and myself, just because we skate tranny more than anything else doesn’t mean we don’t like street. I cant stand narrow minded one track mind tools who only do one thing. I grew up skating steet and now most of the time I’d rather just not push when I skate. But then again at the same time if I just flow around for too long it feels damn good to go back to pushing down the street. I’m not a pool skater. I’m not a ditch skater, I’m not a ramp skater or a street skater. I just skate. And so do these doosh bags….. Enough of the sentimental jibber jabber. Jamie had these blunt slides on lock but just couldn’t land then on the pop out. I swore the next try or so he would ride away. Well I guess I thought wrong. Jamie jamed his upper leg right into the side the ledge. It wasn’t cool.

You gotta pay to play.

Pep Talk

Xander with a sinus Infection

Jamie Weller about to drop some pole

Before we left town I took Jamie and Xander to this retarded pole jam. Just for the record, come to Oceanside. If you want to try to jam this thing I will take you to it…. Shit I’ll pay you 50 bucks if you got it. No one wants any part of this thing. It hasn’t been attempted. Pretty gnarly charlie. Come on. Show me what’s up?

Xander Dunlapp riding some pole

Kyle Gallahger- layback grind- Orange Grove Pool

This was our first stop out of Oceanside. The Orange grove pool is too good. Stairs are a go both ways. Good tranny’s and pretty much hassle free. What else do you want you little complaining bitch!

Brian Jarosh, Backside disaster, Orange grove pool

When you hang up on a disaster it can be very disastrous. Especially in a back yard pool. Luckily Brian had no difficulties with doing these back d’s all session. How lame is that caption?

Jamie Weller, Lien to tail, Orange Grove pill

” oh my god we cant run this photo in the magazine because his foot is not on the tail “

Blunt to fakie in a pool?

More to come. Desert gone wild part 2 tomorrow…..

Tags: brian jarosh, desert skateboarding, I hate Ben Buttlicker, Jamie Weller, kyle gallahger. xander dunlapp

Dorfus and a few of his mates ( I can say that since they are Australian ) flew over from their island and bought this car in Canada for 300 bucks. With no insurance, licenses or anything they proceeded to drive this car from Canada to Mexico with no hassles. The only problem they had was the Cunt Smasher would take random “naps” when ever it felt like it. These naps would last around 10 minutes or so, so they would just have to pull over and wait for it to wake up. The Aussie’s didn’t seem to mind, it was a good excuse to stretch the legs and have a cold one… Well Dorfus and his crew drove the Cunt Smasher to Oside and wanted to skate some back yard holes. Luckily Wu Weller was in town at the same time and that’s always a good thing because he gets people motivated and people in Oceanside need serious motivation. Something about the couches here, no one can get off of them. But that’s another story for another day.

Back to the story at hand. Jamie hyped up taking the Cunt Smashers up to the fire pools and with a little mota vation or a lot ( how ever you want to look at it) we were on our way. An hour into the drive on the 215 freeway the car felt like taking a nap. Mostly not a big deal but the city was doing construction on the freeway and there was no emergency lane for the car to nap in. So what do they do? Just parked it in the slow lane…..Not on the shoulder, not in the dirt, but directly in the slow lane. Shit was hectic. Car’s flying by inches away from us, how we didn’t get hit or hassled I will never know. But sure enough 10 minutes and one cold one later we we’re back on the road and on our way to do some extreme soul bowl shred the gnar pool rip riding. Shaka gnar!

Here’s some photo’s from that day….

Prince Forskin left the Dickville fortress long enough to show the Mates how to slash grind…..

“Hey girl! Spread your legs and let me take a picture!” Not really but you get the picture. Ha ha get it? Get the picture. derrrrrrrrrrrrrf. I should be a comedian.

Sketchy Goat Keller.

The artist formally known as Davey Rockit.

Luke Girling: slashes for life…

. “Can everyone move off the stairs? It’s stair time!”

Dorfus didn’t even try to carve over them. First try frontside grind over the shallows.

Boneless in a back yarder? Why not?

After the hilltop kidney we went down the street to this other one. Scotty Keller f.s.g ( I’ve been told abbreviations are cool)

concrete jungle….. Oh shit what am I doing? that could be the new mag. Wu Weller first appearance in Concrete Jungle.

T.A.F.N.A.D.R with a concrete jungle f.s.g

Noah. Noah what? Noah who? I dunno. But this Poofda is cool as hell and rip rides….. f.s.g

Way before this crail slide went down in San Bernandino Dorfus grinded every single pool block at Orcas Island. Every single god damn last one of them. Even the little half block ones on the edges and shit. Why? Why not? He also got a bottle of whiskey for it. - THE END.

Blunt to fakie photo #13 by Jamie Weller in the Burnside parking lot. Summer 2006

-yeah it’s a make. I’ve shot a couple of these blunts that Jamie does and he always does them this way. And of course the rock and paper is always mandatory.

People think this things in Portland. But it’s not. Or is it? Maybe it’s not down the street from my house. Maybe it’s down the street from Jamie’s house. Maybe it’s in Portland. Maybe not. Who knows….. Jamie Weller back tails over the hip right before the rain starts to fill the little ditch.