Photos/words by Brooks Fritz

I went to go shoot some skate photos the other week and ended up shooting this tree instead. I did shoot some skateboarding but it just didn’t work out. However this nature stuff always comes through.

His name is Ryan Harris. You may not know him now but you will someday. Unless he falls off like the other 98%  of kids that are coming up then get one photo in a magazine and think they made it. They party, get fat and end of just being on flow for life. Lots of talking about how they “use” to kill it is is common. But I’m pretty sure that wont happen to Ryan.

Once again mother nature coming through. Unlike those shit head, pants in a can wearing, cig smoking 17 yearolds that cant jump down 19 stairs for my camera more then a few times before they cant walk for the rest of the day. Thanks Nature.

Russel Grundy “performs” a low to high front side disaster as some boarder line retarded kids look on at the Oceanside skate park.

Oooh wow look at the pretty fish. Look at that pussy wearing thumb tape so his fingers don’t get tore up. Oh wait, that pussy is me. For the non fishing type, it’s the equivalence of wearing pads skating. what a pussy…..

I dont know about spottys but fresh water bass don’t have eyelids so when you take them out of the water they are super hyped on the sun. Picture it like turning the light on in the middle of the night to take a piss and your blinded for a few seconds until your eyes adjust to see the toilet but the blindness doesn’t go away.

I wonder if this pool is still there?

I’m so stoked. My daughter just told me she had to go poo. She actually held it and waited for me to help her up onto the toilet. So rad when she doesn’t crap her pants.

Russel Grundy again. Ollie from the hip into the bank. No, it’s not the exspensive camera equipment that makes this ollie look big. Russel actually ollies big.

I’m trying to think of  some witty caption and they all sound horrible. Like how’s this one for instance. ” I prefer my fish fresh. Ryan on the other hand prefers his fish stale. You can get them either way in Big Sky country” Told you it would be lame.

The hot pocket at St. Ignatious is a big hit. Pinnacle backside disaster by Peter Gunn.

To get back at me for some antics I did my friends decided to tape a dead mackerel inside my truck underneath the carpet kit. The one day I leave my shell unlocked they got me. It wouldn’t of been that bad if I didn’t have to work that day and if it wasn’t 95 degrees out. That fish reeked. Plus they all had me saying wholly mackerel that night they taped it in there. I guess you just had to be there. This boat reminded me of that day.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. It’s a secret. It’s in San Diego off of Sea World Drive. Don’t tell anyone!

Have a good week. - Brooks

Photo’s by: Brooks Fritz

Holidays mean hangovers. My friend had a Christmas party last night and you could say at the very least I’m a little hungover. Here’s some hard drive randoms….

Ryan Harris, hip stalefish, St. Ignatious, Montana: Ryan just moved down from Portland, Oregon to San Diego to get out of the rain. Be on the look out for this kid. He’s gonna blow up. Stalefish with ease over the hip at the Dreamland park in St. Ignatious Montana.

Peter Gunn, Backside disaster, St. Ignatious, Montana: Instead of discarding the giant boulder on the site of the skatepark the Dreamland crew incorporated it into their design. Here’s Peter properly demonstrating how to use it with a backside disaster on the tip.

Jamie Weller, Bump jump, Mt Hood, Oregon: Jamie ollie’s over his own creation in Mt. Hood Oregon. They got some rad stuff going on there thanks to this guy.

San Diego, California: My head hurts. I cant remember this kids name at the moment. So for now here’s random doing a alley oop up on to the pillar.

Tyler the trashman, Northern Washington: I call this guy the trash man because he litters everywhere. Seriously, you can practically follow a trail of trash to this guy. Karma or no karma Tyler took a stack on this crail attempt and had to take a little time out from littering.

Danny Dicola, love seat fs air, Valley Center California: Another kid thats blowing up. Danny’s all over Fuel t.v. these days. Here’s a no problem channel jump in someones backyard.

Ryan Harris backside tailslide, Mazula Montna: I have no clue why but the skies in Montana go off. Maybe that’s why it’s called big sky country or something like that. Have a good weekend. I’m going to go lay down now. -Brooks

Peter Gunn,   Portland Oregon,    August 2005
We left Burnside to go check out some street stuff around town. Pete was trying to to do a front side fifty fifty on this rail when it just stuck out of no where. The photo looks worst then the out come. Some how Peter managed to get out of this one pretty unscathed. He actually pulled it after this slam.  Oh and of course I fucked up the make….

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

I was surfing earlier this week when it was really going off bro. An hour into the killer session I decided to get slammed onto my neck in the knee deep water. When I surfaced there was a weird ringing noise going on and I couldn’t breath or move. Radical!

It was such a cool feeling. Maybe give it a try one these days. Way better then coming out of the epic green room.

Go surf by yourself when the tide is at it’s lowest point for the day. Get pitched onto your head in the sand and slowly float to the beach helplessly. Lay there for a while like a dying beached seal, then drive home and contemplate how you will get the wetsuit off.

Please excuse me for not posting the last few days.

Oh yeah. This is Peter Gunn doing a pole jam over the wall in a Riverside liquor store parking lot.