Evidence LII: Skatemaster Tait's visit

My buddy Tait Roelofs came into town for a quick visit, and to shred some rad. He's got an 8-month-old, and his wife's mom came to town, so he got a quick 48-hour trip to Phoenix. Haven't seen Tait for about 15 years, great guy from Corvallis, Oregon, who I met and skated with in the '80s at Eugene's cage ramp, Avery Park in Corvallis, and wherever else there was a session.

First up was a quick hit at the one close by. 15 minutes, and then I saw the neighbor on the phone in his driveway, so we bailed. We walked down the alley, gotin the car, and as we pulled away, the neighbor was in his car going slowly in the other direction, eyeballin' us. Got away. Craig was into munching some backside box. That doesn't quite sound right.

We cleaned up Charlottes.

Then skated something else as it dried. Tait boardslid the shallow.

Saturday we hit the Fountain of Youth right off the bat. Cleaned it up for 10 minutes, then skated for 5 and got kicked out. Gotta go when it's closed...

Then we hit Powerline. Taiters FSG.

These photos loaded way our of order... We skated Fountain of Youth first on Sat, then hit up one of our favorite Mexican spots, Del Yaqui, in the plaza in Guadalupe.

Cleaning up Charlotte's we came across a sleeping pigeon.

Back at Guadalupe, Tait gives the murals a thumbs up.

Craig munched another box backside.

Back to Powerline...

Then we hit Charlotte's again. The earth is taking over.

Shrigley met up and took some slams.

Tait grinded Charlotte's.

Shrigley laid one down...

Then rolled in at Adam's.

Twice, apparently.

This is what is known as a "lifestyle shot."

Tait grinded the shallow of Adam's.

Four pools in one day (Saturday), five pools and a fountain overall, two solid nights of beer drinkin' and hell raisin', and we were done. Good to see you Tait, let's do it again. And if you want to see a short film of Tait's exploits as a muralist in LA, check this (here's the first, the video is in 3 part so check the other 2 as well).