Evidence CLVII: Permission to Ride

Made a couple calls, and it was on: permission pool not too far away, but it needed some work. Brought the pump, pumped it, and commenced commencing. Davey catches a lipslide.

 Dusty smiths the shallow.

 Doug does the drop.

 Dalba on a front feeble -- didn't make this one, I shot a shit-ton of bails but he made it right after I put my camera down, so sue me. Below, Bruce Juice does the rock 'n' roll, and he outlasted all of us.

 Doug and Dusty on clean up duty. Below: Doug get's wet.

 Nice day for a ride.

 Young Will snaps a clean swooper.

Big Tim hucks a FSA. Thanks to all for the good times, let's keep rolling (although I am tkaing apause from rolling with a bone bruise -- ouch, be out for a couple weeks? Shit!).

Evidence CLVI: Last Days in Phoenix

My trip to PHX was winding down... I had don a shit ton of work to the house to get it ready for the new renters, but there was always some time to skate. Hoss had heard tale of a good one in Mesa, so we followed some coordinates and set sail. Turned out to be a bit of a stinker, but we got our grinds in. Left behind some evidence...

 And on the way home scoped another. A little dark, maybe this one will be around for next time?

 My last day in Phoenix we had a treat, thanks to Brian at Old Man Army. He'd been hitting a permission in Mesa that was slated for destruction, and we were gonna skate it the last day it was going. The owner had instructed the demo crew to leave the coping, so they did, but everything else was dirt. The sun fucked with your eyes for a while, but the transitions were buttery and the Anthony was not too cruel. Fun time, big session, open beers, and hoots and hollers, the way we like it. Below, Brian gets a BSG. I didn't take too many photos as I was skating the whole time...

 Frog, BSG.

 Craig, BSG.

 Was stoked to skate with Jean, been a long time sister!

Planted the evidence.

Always funny to see the jizz mobile. Dude ran through a jizz storm and still hasn't washed his car!

Had lunch with Trent at the Supreme Chicken. If red dye #5 don't scare you this shit is bomb diggity.

Thanks to all of my Phoenix friends for making my stay such a good one, wish I could have seen everyone I wanted to, glad I got to see the Father Figures but bummed I missed Scorpion Vs Tarantula, sorry for lighting off the roman candle Wes, I can't help it if I see fireworks, thanks for letting me ride your CB200 around Maaike -- now change that oil and get a new throttle cable!, thanks to the Bitches from Hell, thanks to the Scabs and the usual skate buddies, and the OMA dudes, Good to see Janet and Aiden and Jessica, and thanks to everyone who made my SD trip a blast too!

Evidence CLV: Scam Diego

 It's a little out of order, but part two of my PHX trip actually took place in San Diego. Thrasher and vans sponsored a Zine Thing event, and since I write the column I flew out to check it out. Details on that below, but the best part of the trip was going to this pipe in east county the following morning with a couple friends. It's a low-key spot near a reservoir, and above is my buddy Craig Houston around 10 o'clock. After a quick session, it was run to the airport to catch my flight back to PHX.

 Left a little evidence...

 As someone else had? Vintage Road Riders sticker?

 But back to the day before... got to the event just as Sam Hitz was setting up the Larb display. Oozily eerie.

 Dr. Larb!

 Tod Swank had a shit ton of killer stuff in his collage, including some choice clippings.

 Killer photos from Ed and Deanna Templeton.

 When I arrived, there was some time to kill. I met Andy Jenkins and his son Emmett, and they offered to take me to the Oceanside skate park to roll around a little. Andy did the comic Wrench Pilot in TWS and has done some killer art over the years, super cool dude and it was a blast skating. Thanks guys!

 The deadbeat Club had some kill photos too.

 Rich Jacobs is working on some skate zine history, and had a collage of some legendary stuff on there.

 One last look at that pipo grande! Thanks a million to Rhino and Debbie, always killer to see you two and thanks once again for the crash spot! Thanks to Thrasher and Vans for the killer event! Great to see Michael Burnett -- shit homey, forgot to take a photo of your photos but the skate dad photo rules! Got to see East Coast legend Keith Lenharr for the first time in years and shoot some shit, and hang out with Sam!

Evidence CLIV: Return to Phoenix

Made a quick trip back to Phoenix to take care of some house stuff, do some skating and moto scavenging, and head to San Diego for a day. More barnified coverage coming soon, but here’s your first taste. Above: the evidence remains in a killer pool we skated a while ago. House is empty again. Below, Court gets in a couple licks. I didn't take many photos at this session since it was my first time skating a pool since I broke my arm.

 I'm not a big fan of posting photos of myself, but Hoss got me in a grind over the ladder, slo-mo style.

 Made a side trip to Stan's. On this trip to PHX, I had some motorcycle stuff I was looking for. Stan's got a yard of about 40 bikes in various states of disrepair, and I was looking for an option for a CB350F exhaust. Didn't find anything, but had a hoot chatting with Stan, who raced Indians and BSAs in the 1950s. He's got dogs running all over, including inside the house, and it smells like piss and shit, but there's some cool stuff there. Just don't ask me where it is: those who know don't tell, those who tell don't know. Below, his 1939 Indian, and below that, his 1950's BSA 500cc single racer.

Since Stan didn't have what I was after, I made a couple trips to Bob's salvage. Love those guys, love that place, and came outta there with new tires and tubes, 350F exhaust, 350F tool tray, and a bunch of bits and pieces I was after or will use in the future. Also a touch of the heat stroke after a couple of hours digging around aqnd pulling shit in the yard on a 108-degree day. I also spotted a couple CB125s -- I had one on the line here in MA but hadn't seen it up close, so I wanted to make sure I could get rims, exhaust and a carb if I needed to. Yep, Bob's had a couple.

ASU, such a progressive place with their longboard racks. Talk about Barnified!