John's ramp? Done!

i see a strange part of the world...

On deriving meaning...

Shredding Virginia Beach with John Chaplain

Today at 3:30, Templeton and I met John in Virginia Beach for the ceremonial christening of his new box. He finished it Friday night but this is the first time it has been skated. It is a man sized box built to perfection. I seriously don't think, in 15 years skating, I have ever seen a box built so well! It's like a solid brick- skate light, sanded down screws, the works... this thing is not for the lazy man skater, its tall! I put together a short video on the session this afternoon with the help of Templeton behind the lens of my Canon digital elph. Enjoy.

*Oh and by the way, there is a reason that insanely awesome looking mini ramp, in the background, wasn't in this video; it's not quite ready yet...

John built a box fit for the Xgames!

My name isnt Brendan but Brendan...

good day for a movie.

Happy Thanksgiving

morning, noon and night me.

Chuck Klosterman is the biggest music nerd in the entire universe

Probably one of the most hilarious things I have read in a long time is Chuck Klosterman's "Me, On Shuffle" in his latest Esquire online article. Make sure to click on the respective red links in the article to get the full impact of the article. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
(thanks Steve)

Me-not traveling on Thanksgiving eve.

Fall ride

Amazon's Kindle

This thing could change the world, or not. It's basically Amazon's attempt at changing reading the way Apple changed music several years ago, but I'm not sure 85% of the population is ready for this yet (though I could be very wrong). Although I imagine it to be a wonderful new gadget for some, the purists are going to be disgruntled, and wish it was never invented (after all nothing beats the smell of an old, used book or the inky hands your get from reading a paper "newspaper"). Either way, you cannot deny the ingenuity of their marketing strategy, introducing thsi thing on the Amazon homepage, the Monday before Thanksgiving; the perfect $400 Christmas present for the reader on the go, prone to high tech gadgetry!

scenic?

Stop motion video

I can't get enough of this stuff.

political thought of the day

"Barack Obama represents "the only hope for the US in the Muslim world," according to Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Because Obama's father was a Muslim, he "could lead a reconciliation between the Muslim countries and the US." With any of the other candidates as president, Hersh said, "we're facing two or three decades of problems in the Mideast, with 1.2 billion Muslims."

-Jon Weiner, The Nation

I got a fan!

This always feels good (maybe even better at 29).

An instant message session between Templeton and a younger generation skate-grom, as sent to me from Temp. Thanks.

Woodstock

Templeton FS Krooks, nbd

A totally botched job, needless to say, but i don't really care...

A date with the night

rock!

Happy 40th Dave!

Fred Heutte center

Leopard; installed.

more pictures from Rv trip...

Beer on the RV.


Poaching shots in Richmond (Kevin was not on time for this one).




SilverBullet drunk.


I bought a bikini for Rachel in Tennessee.

Captain Ron kills driving so much!




Wiley reads about Riley in People.

We caught up with Neal (and a new haircut) in Charlottesville and skated the sickest ledges in a Frat basement any of us had ever seen. We also got to beat the shit out of a mannequin.



Peter ollie-jump roped and then we raged to Eastern Exposure 3 in Neal's room.

Tour

is

Done.

talking to Brian.

lots of this today...