Photos: Brooks Fritz

With all the development going on out east of San Diego ranches and other random properties are quickly getting dozed by the dozen and leveled for more cookie cutter “affordable” housing. Don’t forget with all the traffic that brings the roads need to be redeveloped. So widening of highways is going on as well. Who cares right? You should. It’s creating  new options for some skateboard riding right now. Maybe you are thinking, Boring! More pool stuff? Wheres the street skating? Guess what? This is street skating! It’s just taking place in people’s back yards instead of on there front porch handrail. If you cant see that by now then take off the horse blinders.

Want Directions?

Find the silos.

Then turn at the cactus field and

look for the lone house getting over grown with plants and

you will find

a square that is better then a lot of rounds.

Not a shoe box. The corners are good.

Oh I almost forgot! This is the pool with the infamous love seat Jamie Thomas did that layback front side rock on for a Circa ad a few years back when pool skating was the next cool thing since girl pants on dudes. Well that awesome hand down, excuse me layback rock forever embarrassed himself and pretty much got him blacklisted from the backyard community. Why? Because if you have been to this pool you would know that anyone coould pretty much do that there. So why the hell is the “chief” doing that there? Just kind of funny I guess. That and the other shit he tried to pull at the pool in Albany while on King Of The Road for Thrasher didn’t help either.  All joking around put aside, Why would you ever try to put the directions to a pool in Thrasher because the locals didn’t want it blown out? That’s just ridiculous.  Think I’m making this stuff up. Google  it. Actually here it is lazy bastards. http://www.theskateboardindustry.com/tsi/article.aspx?ID=295

Kaboom! I mean Verboom Dairy

A rare square with good corners. They don’t come around too often.

The square was more of a solo recon mission to see if everything was good to go but other then that not much skating went on. Yeah I took some runs but think about it. Do you want to skate a pool by yourself? I sure don’t. I have that kind of luck where I would try to keep it mellow and then something stupid would happen and I would get broke off  and left to die at the bottom of the pool. But maybe that is just me.

Drop it likes it’s hot.

After the Square mission I met up with  a few friends to skate some other ranch finds.

Ripe ranch pears are good.

Hand picked, ripe, fresh and ready to go.

Do you see the weird happy face in this one?

Sweet butt shot of Darrel Delgado huh?

Jamie Weller got the stairs…. not before Cobra though.

No need to tell him. Willis knows no hands down are allowed.

-Have a good week.

Tags: Buffalo, Darrel Delgado, jamie thomas, jamie thomas circa ad, jamie thomas lay back front side rock, Jamie Weller, pala orland, sqaure pool, verboom dairy, willis kimble

Photography by: BROOKS FRITZ

Got some time away from the wife and kids long enough to scan some more film for this weeks Fritz files. Enjoy.

Gig Harbor, Washington

Lakes are a important necessity to any road trip. Especially a skate one. In a few days with out a rinse you end up with swamp butt and trench foot. Up in Washington the lakes are plentiful so that kinda shit doesn’t happen.

Burnside, Oregon

“Built without permission by skateboarders and later sanctioned by the city, Burnside is the preeminent example of action…Like a magnifying glass in the sun, Burnside can witness a concentration of skill level unmatched anywhere. You can see crazy, crazy things there. Go, watch, learn, be humbled, excited and inspired all at the same time. It’s amazing” -from skate Oregon

Santee, San Diego

If you didn’t or more like couldn’t go over the shallow stairs this peanut was pretty much a one hitter. I got a sweet fake tree for my aquarium here. Those things are like 20 bucks!

Vista, California

Rancho High school rail was pretty popular. Not anymore though. It’s done.

Nollan Helmstetter, Front side feeble attempt

Damn, two weeks in a row of Potato head getting denied on tricks. I remember this day. It was hot as hell. Trying to   at the bottom of the handrail with the fish eye like everyone else wasn’t happening. Asphalt would just scorch you. I really could of used the Atiba Jefferson signature photo blanky.

Brad Hererra, Nose pick, Leucadia, California

I have said this before and I will say it again. Mexicans make the best neighbors. They dont give a shit about shit except staying in this country. So why would they throw a fit over us skateboarding the tree? They dont. Unlike the uptight rich white folk in Leucadia that have nothing better to do then get in your business because your doing something that is illegal. Yes skateboarding is illegal.

Sketchy Goat Keller, ollie, Oceanside, California

Across the street at the bar Bub’s Whiskey dive (that doesn’t serve whiskey) (makes sense right?)  having a couple pitchers of beer Scotty was hyping up this ollie. We finished our beers and went over to the set and Scotty got a couple of tries before the cities finest stopped us.

Scotty rips everything. Who else ollies down a 11 stair with 61mm wheels and a 8 1/2 wide deck.

Don’t you know you cant skateboard on public property in Oceanside? What’s funny is these piggies are about the same age as me and Scotty but have no clue about enjoying life. They cant figure it out why we still skateboard. That was the best quote all day. You guys are still riding those toys? Too funny. Luckily Scotty gave them bogus info and didn’t get a ticket. So after we were rolled for illegal activities we went and did something legal. Getting Blitzed in the bar. God bless America.

Shoe box, Vista, California

You can see this one from the slow lane of the freeway.

So bright in the mid day sun you definitely needed the signature Salba shades. Preferably Leopard print.

Off the corner love seat front side air to truck bash in a shoebox no one else even grinds.

Only Sketchy Goat Keller gets away with shit like this.

Orcas Island, Washington

mandatory lame nature shot on one of the best places on earth.

Have a good week. Or More like weekend. Holly shit. Today is Friday! Friday Fritz files are on point! Go ride that stupid toy with four wheels you immature grown up. -Brooks