For those who don't know Go Skateboarding Day is June 21st. The longest day of the year, and first day of summer. It fell on a Wednesday this year so I was unsure of how many people would show up. Any doubt I had was wrong, so many people came out! We had a few different contests going on, grilled hot dogs, and celebrated from 1-10pm. Here's some photos I took throughout the day.
During our latest build which could be the last I shot a roll on my stylus of portra 400. Fun times.
After framing the ramp until 1am Friday night we were tired but knew we had to be back up in the morning to pour the cement.
The pour went well despite us being up late the night before. We mixed 80 bags and had too much help. We ended up being there from 11am until 10pm. Crazy weekend but we worth it once we saw what tricks people started doing on it. Another post soon with photos from go skateboarding day. Peace.
We decided to finally build something at the north end of the wig. Considering we have a year left before development we thought now was the time. Here's some photos from it, more to come. Thanks to all that helped out!
Last year I missed this parade. I really don't know much about besides it's something about the devil and Detroit. I wasn't missing it this year especially since it goes right by my house. There was a big trump presence with a fire spitting head, and a trump look a like on a megaphone. The ghostbusters and fire department were also in attendance. We headed to The Old Miami for an after party that topped off a perfect Sunday. Good times.
Some random roids from my 210. Finally got around to scanning them all.
Puerto Rico January 11th - 14th. A friend of mine asked me to go down to PR for a January skate vacation. At first I was skeptical because of finances like usual. I decided fuck it I'm not missing this, and it was only four days. I quickly found out you need way more than four days on that island. I saw so many things just from the van that I wish I could have stopped to see. I can't believe how much we did in so little time.
We started off by getting in at 5am to an arrival beer waiting for us. The fist day was full of Medalla Light, a beach down the street, and an epic plaza to skate. I then found out we would be making our way two hours west to Rincon. Later that day we made the drive and ate some perfect tacos at place we ended up calling the taco jail because there were jail like bars around it. The next day we ended up at a beach called crash boats beach. This place was heavenly, with fresh coconuts being served and huge waves.
After that we traveled to a place called Mayaguez, but not before eating and playing pool on a mountain over looking the ocean. In Mayaguez there was a skate park that seemed DIY but not, and was on the beach. At this point I couldn't believe my eyes. The nightlife in Rincon was great we started off by getting some kind of alcoholic coconut drink on the water. After we ventured downtown to see some art at a fair and catch a show at the taco jail. The music ended up being super cool, and there it was a very surfer like atmosphere. (Later on I found out the city is famous for surfing). Leaving Rincon was sad but before we parted ways we at brunch and drank pina coladas at a beach restaurant. On our drive back we were checking some spots and got a pin to skate park. We took a wrong turn and ended up at one of the most epic spots we had seen. We had to race the light but managed to get down on it before driving back.
It was a bummer to leave but we headed back to Old San Juan where we would spend our last day. This airbnb was definitely the best one yet. That night we went out in the city to find that most of the people were super young, so we got some rest for early pre flight missions in the morning. We woke up got coffee and headed straight to a beach front skate plaza. Dodging the rain was hard but once it stopped we ended up at one of the best skate spots San Juan has to offer. We all loved the spot so much we were losing track of time. A few of us still wanted to take photos in Old San Juan before we left. There wasn't much time but we made it happen, even after running as fast as we could through the city to get back to the car. It was jam packed but couldn't have asked for a better trip! I felt like I was outside of the country, seeing people riding horses, street cats everywhere, and super cheap beer, but were were still in the US cant wait to go back!!!
I wanted to have a photo show with some friends. We all met when we all moved to Detroit a while back. Colin Hatch came here from Chicago, Jake Miller from Austin, and Brandon Oakey from Malibu. We all kinda randomly realized we used the same point and shoot camera the Olympus Stylus. So we figured we show thirty of our favorite photos. We chose to do the show all 4 x 6 prints and at Dunwell Dry Goods in Hamtramck. It went over well and was a great time. Thank you to Brandon, Jake, Colin, and Pat at Dunwell.
Francois hosted a video premiere at Dunwell the other day. It showed 9 really cool skate videos on this crazy TV set up. Thanks to Dunwell Dry Goods, Francois, and PBR for throwing cool events.
Chris Hersey
Zac Robertson
Aloha Donnie
Street Bird
Mr. Drink
Patricio Savagio
Biff Wiffle
Patrick
Dr. Drake
DJ Al & Fritz
Strikezel
Miles
Pogo bros & Pat
Brandito
Pro Pat
My Stephens
Johnny bodybuilder
PBR Pat
Rado
Lady Muster & Brandon
Brandon on a bike
This art show was put on by Thrasher Magazine & Joe Brook. The show had work from Stefan Janoski, Nick Jaskey, Ray Barbee, Ewan Bowman, Zered Bassett, Joe Brook, Jason Adams, Dolan Stearns, and Javier Mendizabal.
Ray Barbee not only had some really cool panoramic photos but he blessed us with a performance as well!
Dolan Stevens had tons of stuff that he has found around the world that he adds his paint to. He also painted the outside of the building.
Before this show I had no idea Stefan, Ray, or Jason did any sort of art. Their stuff was amazing. Wish I could've bought some. Thank you for choosing to do this in Detroit, and thanks Dunwell for putting cool stuff on.