Photos: Brooks Fritz

Skating Toledo was a blast until I blasted my already blasted hip. You see, I stacked on my hip a few days before hand at the park in Donald Oregon and pretty much sealed the deal  at Toledo when I slammed on a grind in the hot pocket. But it really ended with a front side pivot to unknown reasons paddy haggard super stack at Siletz. Speaking of Siletz. This is the Siletz skate park. Check it out.

It doesn’t hurt there. Or there. But right there.

Luckily I got hooked up with some Medicinal magic home grown and felt better instantly.

Oregon with the proper motto: Your sport. Your Skull. Your Choice. Pretty simple dont you think?

• SW Swan Ave, Siletz, OR
• (From Hwy 229 go west on Swan Ave)
• How big is it? 10,000 sq feet
• When was it built: Spring 2002
• Who built it? Not sure…
• Have lights? No
• Is it free? Yes
  
• Random Fact: Siletz Tribe donated $40,000
• Is it fun? Yeah. Sure there are better parks and sure there are worst parks. This place is crust and that is a good thing.

Looks like the place hasn’t been skated for years.

Why do people suck at graffiti so badly. Really SFC? That’s all you could come up with?

Mash Potato pocket was awesome.

This part of the park is “flowy” bro.

Ok so this graffiti is much better. Dickville, aka prince foreskin aka picocko would still be disappointed though.

Dong

Jamie was really feeling the peace weed graff.

Holly Mackerel! Chris brought a fish board

Fish have tails. So do skateboards. So Chris is technically doing two tailblocks in one. What a multi tasker!

Hook, Line, sinker

The best coping in the park is the part with no coping.

Not bad for your backyard

Good fishing, good swimming. Just plain good.

Dog Town

Traci and her first VT

Jamie had to get back to work on Monday so it was time to head back to P town. The quick coast trip was already over. Before leaving the coast we stopped by Traci’s VT spot and pretty just sat there and drank a beer  since no one had it in them to really skate anymore. Especially me cause my hip hurts.

Have a good week - Brooks

Tags: Dickville, hippers, Medical Marijauna, oregon skateboarding, picocko, shitty graffitti, siletz community skatepark, siletz oregon, slams, stacks, vt

PHOTOS/WORDS: BROOKS FRITZ

This I guess this week it’s going to be the Monday Fritz files…. Just to keep you on the edge of your seat!

In part one last week we left off with a day under the bridge at Burnside.That was a fun time besides having a minor case of the airplane legs. But that’s just another excuse to make myself feel better about drinking beers and shooting photos instead of skating. Our NW host Ryan never seems to have a hard time skating so I was fortunate enough to get a few decent photos. Our agenda was really no agenda. The four of us (Ryan, Davey, Luke and myself had 5 weeks to do whatever wherever. We just knew we had to be in Seattle to fly home after the 5 weeks were up. After spending a few days in Portland hanging out at Jamie’s house started to get antsy and decided to head to the coast to meet up with the youngest old man I know. Mr. Cobra Kyle Gallagher.

This isn’t Kyle. But Mr Richard Lipz himself in the flesh… Enjoying our RV’s luxury living quarters on the way to that one skate park with the giant butt hole.

Dont drink that… It’s 1,200 hits of liquid acid….

Kyle arrives… We had a session at Mcminville.

The vagina hole bowl at Mcminville is great for photos but isn’t the funnest thing to skate. For a change everyone was skating the street course.

Ryan Willians, aka BOOHJAH..

Low to high ollie to truck bash.

Luke was so hyped on the session at Mcminville he decided to get a tattoo at the local shop in town so he would never forget it. What could be better then some flaming dice?

After Luke’s episode of “Oregon Ink” we went to a friends house where his driveway is funner to skate then your local skate park. And that’s just the cement that was left over from the basement.

Proper tailblock.

Sweeper

Amarilla

Our friend Derek Plourd decided to meet us at Bainbridge.

5.0 revert

And the crowd goes wild!!! Luke loves Bainbride. And why wouldn’t you?

Board meeting…

Skateboarding can be fun.

After skating Bainbridge all day everyone was pretty hungry. So we decided to catch the ferry over to Seattle to get something to eat. And what could be better then a bag of Dicks!

Have a good week. -Brooks

BY: BROOKS FRITZ

Vigilante (vĭj‘ə-lăn‘tē) (plural vigilantes) Noun

1. One who takes the law into one’s own hands

A vigilante is a person who ignores due process of law and enacts his own form of justice when he deems the response of the authorities to be insufficient.

In US history, originally a member of a ‘vigilance committee’, a self-appointed group to maintain public order in the absence of organized authority, especially in Western frontier communities. Early vigilante groups included the ‘Regulators’ in South Carolina in the 1760s and in Pennsylvania 1794 during the Whiskey Rebellion. Many more appeared in the 19th century in frontier town.

Transition (trăn-zĭsh‘ən, -sĭsh‘-) (plural transitions) Noun

Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.

Passage from one subject to another in discourse

A passage connecting two themes or sections.

1. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.
2. To make a transition.
3. To change from defense to offense or offense to defense

So fun. Just a little moderation to an existing spot can go a long way.

The channel was fun. Key word: was

Luke’s carport before: My friend was renting this house forever and always talked about wanting to have something there to skate. He had the crippler but thats another story for another day. Well Luke went to work one morning and came home to this; 4 friends ripping up his carport with a bunch of broken bags of concrete ready to by used. Just used the existing bricks, dog piss and turds for structure.

Luke’s carport after: No idea that it would turn out like this.

It was harder to skate then it looks.

Jamie Weller was the only one to grind the neighbors wall.

shot from the couch in Luke’s living room.

low to high.

Fact: A different kind of vigilance was called for in the West of the Gold Rush days. On the waterfront of San Francisco, a “Barbary Coast” of disreputable service industries had sprung up, providing intoxicating beverages, games of chance and skill, houses of ill-repute, and generous opportunities for violence and mayhem. To bring the Barbary Coast under control, respectable citizens formed a Vigilance Committee in 1851. By 1860, members were being called by the Spanish name vigilantes.

Exploited ditch: Right under your nose we were putting a lot of work into this piece of shit spot. Like a broken record these photos give it no justice.

The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. — Joseph Addison (1672-1719

Wall was good till it got sledged over… That’s the thing with VT. Doesn’t always last.

Ruined before ever ridden. Guess everyone doesn’t like VT.

So you got it figured out what VT is now? Good. Now go make some. It doesn’t take much. Who cares if you don’t know what your doing. You gotta know everything before you try it? It’s all about trial & error. What you geek it on is what you will learn from. Have some fun. -Brooks