PHOTOS: BROOKS FRITZ

No fairy tale story this week. Just some more random photos to complain about. Like I said last week I have way too many negatives to scan. And I have kinda been procrastinating after last week when I scanned in 9 rolls or so and forgot to save them because my friend Scotty came over and was distracting me about going to the store to get beers. Next thing I know I forget to save the scans to a folder. Ooops. He didn’t realize when I have the purple gloves on and blasting my Insane Corn Biscuit mix tape I mean business.

Oh how cute! look at the pretty flowers. Maybe I should go put on the Morrissey and cry for a while.

Ryan Harris back tailed over the door way at Killer Whale Island skate park right before the rain started so  could leave and go fishing with my Boohyah double bladed buzz. Whoo weee!

Brandon Frontside invert on the big wall at that one park where the locals are mean and scary.

The dogs couldn’t even stop him.

The road trip essential.

Vato loco David Rockito

What’s your name again? Backside smith grind.

crazy footed backside ollie over  the seat.

You never know what might happened down there under the bridge. Have a good week. A road trip is much needed. For everyone.

Tags: 120 film, ass, brandon, Davey Rockit, randoms, Ryan Harris, wsvt, wu weller

PHOTO GOON: BROOKS FRITZ

I literally have +40 rolls of medium format film that needs to be scanned. Let alone the 30+ rolls of 35mm. Pretty much I’m a dumb ass. I love shooting film, especially 120 but it gets exspensive and I don’t own a scanner. So I have just been building up this stock pile of film. Pretty stupid right? It is. But at the same time it’s not. So the other day I figured it out and borrowed my dad’s flatbed scanner that has a mount for scanning film. And now what? I’m finding photo’s I completely forgot about. And that for me was one of the main reason to start taking photos. Photos only get better with age. And sometimes what you think might be garbage actually becomes a priceless possession. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m not putting down digital. I’m just saying there is something really special about being able to hold and feel film.. And if you don’t know what that’s  like because you only know compact flash cards then I recommend a disposable camera. Or a Holga. You cant imagine how much fun the basics are. Or maybe you do and all I am doing is flapping.

Ryan Harris, Stale fish over the love seat. Not off of it. Where? At Washington Street. San Diego, California. Oh my god! Am I blowing out the scene?

David Presley, Wall ride to yanker, Valley Center. San Diego, California.

Angle two. Im so rich I have cameras set up everywhere!

Stupid animals. Why cant they all go extinct all ready. I mean they are totally like taking up room and stuff.

G-Rat, wall ride to fakie, Valley Center. San Diego, California

Hey Joto! Your popsicle’s melting! Jamie Weller tail slides in a pool at the Salton Sea. Rumors are this thing will be buried at the end of the year. Go get it….

My dog Ollie. Way cooler then Meaty. All that dog has done is bring me a crowd of lame kids. Guess what? No she doesn’t skateboard.

You cant try to make this shit up. It just happens.

King of the Jungle

The New Dudes of Concussion Magazine.

Willis Kimmel, Crail slides in a blown out permission pool on Mt. Helix, San Diego California.

This is me and my daughter Brooklyn. Yup, I jumped on the bandwagon and made a wizard stick. It’s actually quite fun. Look how proud she is of her pile of a father and his drinking.

Have a good week. Make a wizard stick. Shoot film. Go skate. Go fish. Go to bed.

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

Photography by Brooks Fritz

So my daughter has been sick. It was my wife’s birthday last week and she has been sick too. My dog had a tumor in her mouth and had to have surgery this past Monday. Luckily it wasn’t cancerous and just expensive as hell. I’m pretty sure I cracked a rib trying to do a  dumb stand up backside 50/50 grind around the boomerang at the new Oceanside park with Burnout Burnett last week. I also got broke off farming a good fish the other day as well…  Sorry no story time this week. Instead enjoy some randoms and  rejects. Keep it real even if it’s real shitty.

R.I.P Lux Interior. You will be missed.

David Presley, rock N roll, North County San Diego: Another pool you will never skate. Not like you would really want to. Thing was all tile and slippery as hell. Pretty cool looking though.

David Presley, frontside grind, Buttlicker bowl, Riverside, California: We showed up only to find goons having a “pool party.” We drank their keg beer. Pretended to like socializing with the goobers and watched some gay emo punk band play a few hurting songs. Then we Oside dipped. Good times.

Dom Johnson, Front blunt slide, Miramar, San Diego: This spot is more blown out then the ASR. Matt Daughters could probably retire strictly from all the photos he shot & got ran from here. Dominck front blunts just for fun.

Willis Kimmel, Backyard hip grind, Holiday Bowl, San Diego: Speaking of blown out. This pool couldn’t of got any more blown. If you were in San Diego and didn’t skate this pool I dont know what to tell you.

Russel Grundy, Backside Nollie heelflip 180 attempt, San Marcos, California: Poor Russel was sleeping off a long night of partying only to be waken up by the Biz telling him a photographer is in the car waiting. No warm up, straight to the spot we went and Russel just started jumping over this gap trying to nollie back heel it. I felt bad.

Ryan Harris, backside door way tailslide, Orcas Island, Washington: “people” said they didnt like the kid in the photo. Well I do. I hope I get to go there again.

Luke Girling, Backyard backside grind, Angry Negro pool, San Diego: Permission to skate with only the crew. Soon enough it was over. Loose lips sink ships… Thanks a lot fuckers.

Vista Square pool, Vista, California: Another pool that should still be a go. All because of what? Oh yeah you retards didn’t pick up your trash. Ever heard of common sense? Pack out what you pack in dummies. Prince Foreskin and I walked up right before the demo started. It was quite a depressing site.

CHOWDERD

The Revolution is coming! Go buy guns & lots of ammo. Your going to need it!

Have a good weekend - 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

are really fun……

While everyone else was playing 3’s in the parking lot and drinking Jack, Ryan was putting down boneless’s on the back of the cradle at the skatepark in Mazula, Montana.

Ryan Harris, Mazula Montana: back crail over the box in a bowl that suppose to be like a swimming pool but isn’t anything like a actual swimming pool even though it has the same features. So why not make it just like a swimming pool. I just dont know?

Ryan Harris, Boneless, Mazula Montana, 2008: One of the funner trips I have been on in a while…… I really enjoyed Montana. Well I’m off to the painted Desert and Petrified Forest until Friday…… Have a good week. - Brooks