By: Brooks Fritz

I’m changing it up this week from the Oregon trip and bringing you some product reviews. Enjoy.

WASHINGTON STREET SPITFIRE WHEEL

Spitfire hooked up the park with it’s own wheel. If you don’t know about Washington St. by now then you are retarded. These wheels are limited edition so they wont be around forever. I guess that’s the whole point of making stuff limited edition. That and the skate nerds get their panties all wet when it’s “limited”.  You may be wondering why they come in smaller sizes like these 53’s? It’s because who buys stuff? Parents do. They buy it for their kids and what do kids ride?  They ride 53’s. So there you go. Smart marketing.

PARTINES AMERICANOS SKATEBOARDS

So cool I have it hanging on my wall. What a douche bag right? Who hangs skateboards on walls? They aren’t made for that. They ‘re made to ride. I’m just heckling.Hell, I’m heckling myself. But yeah this board is rad. Pacifico Bottle  imitator American skate. You might be able to find one if you go to the shop Route 44 in San Diego.

EXTRA JOSS

My friend PN EN showed me this stuff while we were in Bali. To sum it up simply it’s like legal crack. Need to get juiced up? Grab a pack ofs JOSS. Want to drink booze all night at the clubs and not black out. Grab some JOSS! It comes in a powder formula and can be added to any drink. If you put it in a beer, like a 22 oz Bintang for example. Be ready to pound! The combo of the beer and the super dust makes a crazy fizzing concoction that must be drank immediately. And no I know what you are thinking. No, I don’t think you want to snort this stuff.

SANTA CRUZ USB FLASH DRIVE

My brother in-law gave me this for Christmas last year. At first when I unwrapped the present I was thinking to myself what the hell is this grown man buying a finger board for another grown man? Then looking closer I realized that this is no tech deck, but a USB port. It’s perfect for your 14 yr. old son and his friends to share and swap their favorite porno clips. Seriously, do you  know the Tech Deck curse? It isn’t something I made it up. It goes something like this: If you are one of the skaters in the Tech Deck ads posing with tech decks then your career as a professional skateboarder is in shambles.

CHINESE PABST BLUE RIBBON

I was at the supermarket in China and randomly saw they had PBR their. I Grabbed a 12 pack and tried it out. And yup, it still taste like shit. Excuse me, like pennies.

CONES

Picked these up at the local liquor store. They are called cones and are pre rolled papers with built in crutches. What else could you ask for? Maybe that they were full of weed? Nah, but yeah but these things are great for the rolling rookie. Just picture how cool you will feel when you roll up to the party with your spliff. Everyone will be so amazed with your rolling skills not really knowing you really just wasted your money on 3 papers when you could just learn to roll and buy a full pack of Zig/Zags for about the same price.

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST

Directed by: Ruggero Dedodato

I picked this one up in China at a random market. Pretty much bought it strictly because of the box cover not knowing what I was actually getting. This movie is truly fucked! Real animals being slaughter on film, rumors of real people being killed and raped and eaten. The movie has terrible and I mean terrible acting, but the cinematography is top notch. As someone else said it, it’s like watching a National Geographic program with shitty actors. You can tell some of the stuff is not even scripted and just filmed raw. So what’s it about? It’s about 4 documentary film makers disappearing in the jungles of the amazon while filming a movie about Cannibalism. They never return but their film was found.

The film was banned in Italy, the UK, Australia, and several other countries due to its graphic depiction of gore, sexual violence, and the inclusion of six genuine animal deaths. Many nations have since revoked the ban, yet the film is still barred in several countries.

• The film caused some scandal in Italy at the time, and had trouble with the censorship board. There was a rumor that the performers had really been slain, so director R’uggero Deodato’ had to take the actors with him to the set of an Italian TV show in order to prove that they hadn’t been eaten alive.
• The film is one of the top ten highest grossing films of all time in Japan.
• The animal killings in the movie were real, which resulted in the movie’s being banned in its native Italy.
• UK version rated 18 is heavily cut to remove animal cruelty and sexual violence.
• The European EC video release is uncut.
• Filmed entirely in the Amazon rain forest.

Hope you got some quality informative information on these quality products. Have a good weekend. -Brooks

Tags: Cannibal Holocaust, chinese pabst, cones, Extra Joss, Pabst Blue Ribbon, patines americanos, pbr, pre rolled papers, prizzy, product review, santa cruz skate drive, spitfire, tech deck curse, wsvt, wsvt spitfire wheel

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.

COME OUT AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT! EVEN BETTER WHY NOT BUY SOMETHING? IT ALL GOES TO THE PARK!!! PLUS YOU COULD OWN ONE OF MY SHITTY PHOTOS!

Last session for the year at the bridge. Davey Rocket pillar ride yanker off.