"...sometimes we bang other things too."

The day got off to an early start with Isaac and Joel picking me up around 10:30 in the morning to head off to our destination that lay in Toronto. The sun was high and threatening a high of ten degrees, everyone was stoked. I was especially stoked since this had been the first real day I got out with the the twins since they got back from Oz. Anyways, we made our way to Drew's where we decided to warm up quick while others met back at the place. A couple sequences later, we're back at Drew's pad to meet up with Justin and Duke. We headed off for some fun neighbourhood activities where lines were "copped" and fun was had. A lady that lived at the spot told us to leave since we were pissing off her dogs, which, ironically, we heard no barking from. On the way to meet up with Mr. Chris Marleau we made a quick pit stop to check a spot. For the final spot of the day, Isaac wanted to head over to Cloud Park to get a quick sequence and we did just that. We headed back to Drew's to check out footy from the Melbourne and the day that was coming and had a grand old time. Peep the photos for greatness!

Joel, ollie over the hydant to lipslide.


"Jensen did it too!" Real skateboarders
wax the ground.


Joel manning the camera.


Drew ninja backside flipping.


As seen in Love's "Sextape" video, Isaac,
gap to lipslide.



Oh yeah..as I finish writing this there's a good few inches of snow on the ground.
If anyone sees Mother Nature, let her know I need to give her a kick to the face.

Fueled by Tim's

Ingredients like no school, no work, 15 degrees and sunny make for one hell of a delicious day. It was mainly Kody, Scott and I for the day but the occasional others like Josh, Gary and Ben met up with us throughout different periods. Basically, our mission was to go from one end of the city to the other...and that we did. It seemed that throughout the day, at least someone in the car was drinking a coffee from Tim Horton's but still, nobody won roll up the rim. I'm not going to type much more because I'm dead so I'll just let the photos speak for themselves.

Scott, crook bonk in the name
of the Lord.


Tunnel vision.


Best buds


Scott, tailslide reverting before getting the boot.


Later on in the day Scott did this noseslide
pop in.


High fives, bro!


Josh SkateNinja Cowan


Josh, super sketchy front board.


It's been a long day.

All Work, No Play

Yesterday it snowed and every skateboarder's heart plummeted to an all time low, all the memories of the brutal winter had come back all too fast. On the other hand, today WAS a new day so the sun decided to come out and warm the city up. A bunch of us met up at the park and decided to head out to do some spot checking. Spot A was a no go. The place needed a little fixer-upper and the owner was not feeling it so we decided to move on. While we drove on Scott scoped a spot with his oh-so-sharp eyes and he got down to business in no time. Unfortunately, it was a church and a guy there wasn't too happy with us shredding for Jesus so we snapped a quick flick and went to meet up with Josh, Rich and Jordan at the parkade. Josh got a quick line an once again, we got the boot. It felt like today was the day to hate skateboarders but the crew did what we do best: kept skating. On the road again, we went to check a new spot where Scott got down to biz(again). Things didn't work out as planned and Scooter broke a board trying a trick. Gary, being the good ol' friend he is, lent him his board and unfortunately, it took the same road and got broke. Everyone decided that the night had come to a close and it was getting chilly. Peep the flicks!

Tools of the trade


Scooter spot


Next spot was pretty good


Scott, warm up frontside 180.


Technical difficulties.


By the way, the play comes later.

Thursday night is party night.

Like usual, I was getting off work and the clouds were just clearing out of the sky. I headed on over to the park to meet up with none other than Scott, Mack and Luc. We went to check out this sketchy bank Scott had been eyeing for some time and snapped a quick flick. Right after, Taig met us at the spot and we decided that for any further skating to take place the bank would need a fixer-upper...moving on. For some reason, the chunk ledge seems to be all the rage lately. I have no idea why because it's exactly what it's named after, chunky as fuck. Regardless, Scott and Mack went to town with wax on that big boy and got it grinding and sliding smooth as butter. Everyone got some goods and were about to head on our way. Little did any of us know, the party was not happening at the spot, but rather across the street. You usually don't expect to be confronted by eight (drunk) university chicks, but we were. What was their mission, you may ask? Well, their good friend needed 'slut' points and in order to get them, she had to make out with random dudes. The rest is history...peep the flicks!

Scott, ollie in.


Mackdawg, lipslide pop-outs like woah!


The Dance Crew.


Scott Varney, coppin' tricks and
chicks.

Learning

The saying is true, you learn something new everyday. Today was the day I learned that I probably won't go back to Guelph. Today was sort of a mess. The sky, clear and blue, was pretty deceiving as it was actually cold and windy out. The spot was rough, the setup was haggard and Byron still had a heel bruise. Byron got his trick and got totally worked. In the end, I drove to Guelph to skate for a couple hours in the cold. Probably never going to happen again. You live and learn!

Falling short...


Perfect ground, bro.


It was so cold Arthur and I had
to hold hands.


"Looks like I'm sleeping on my stomach tonight."


Getting close with the ground.


Shit happens.

The Mack is Back

It was the second last day of March break and looking sort of gloomy outside. I was at work and really fiending to get some some skating and shooting done. After all, this glorious week of skate was coming to a close and I wanted to get something poppin' off. While I was eating my lunch, I got a friendly phone call from my good friend Mackenzie. The young gun told me that he was back in town from his trip and was down to shred. After he hung up, I got my text message thumbs raging and started to get some plans happening. It came time to get off work and a bunch of us went from the skatepark to the downtown core to meet up with even more people. At this point, the crew consisted of Greg, Kody, Josh, Scott, a hungover Columbian(Lucas), Allan, Mack, Gary and myself. Amazingly, we collectively agreed on skating the white bank up in Waterloo so we went on our way. If you've ever skated there before, you can imagine that nine people zipping up and down the hill there is sort of crazy, and it was. After a while, people got bored and it was just a few people shredding around. A bunch of the homies got their flicks so check 'em below.

Allan, switch 5-0 to regs.


Mackenzie, pop-and-lock backside tailslide.


Kody, switch bluntslide shove out.

Night Riding

As I was getting off work the colour of the sky didn't look very promising. That, and it was getting sort of late to meet up and get a session happening. Anyway, thanks to the nice weather we've been having, the night wasn't that chilly so Kody, Scott, Josh and I decided to try and make something of it. On the way to check out a spot Kody had peeped earlier on, we discovered another one that Scott went straight to work on. We even found a good free-running/parkour spot while Scott as getting down to biz. Totally sick...bro!

Anyways, we got to this next grime-time spot that Kody found. Whether he was joking or not, Scott put it best by saying that this new spot was a gold mine. Sketchy banks and shitty ground made this spot awesome, so awesome that we're going to go back. Kody got a quick photo and off we went to the next spot...the night was not done!

Final spot, 10:30pm, middle of a busy road, basically it was perfection. Josh messed around at super-sketchy high speeds(sooo dangerous) until we got a good photo. A good way to end the night, I say. Everyone got photos tonight too which was a plus. Just as we were packing up, a cop rolled up and told us to leave. Too bad he didn't know we were done, fool. Check the flicks below.


The usual suspects.


Scott, back 180.


Scott in the bonezone.


Kody, ollie into the grit bank.


Josh making curb-cut fantasies come true
with this beefy ollie.

A breath of fresh air

It's March break, the sun is shining, the temperature is in the (positive) double digits and everyone is out skating. God damn, it feels good! Snow banks have been reduced to minuscule piles on the side of the road and the only real remnants of them is the sand and salt on the road. It's a nice feeling to step outside and and just cruise down the street, no doubt about it. All the signs are pointing to one thing, and that's the beginning of a new season.

The past few days I've been out and about with the likes of Dalton, Colton, Byron, Arthur, Aaron, Cameron and a few others. Check the flicks below for some exciting, spring-filled photos. Take note of the tshirts and lack of winter jackets as well.

Colton, heelflip up and over.


Aaron, wallride.


Cameron, polejam.




Oh, we caught this hottie outside of the spot.
After Aaron took the picture, she got really
stoked and said, "Fuck yeah bitchez I'm
gunna be famous!" Tres cool.

Cali Clippage

I've been back from Long Beach for about two weeks now and I'm really missing it. -30 degrees Celsius isn't with wind chill isn't helping me case any better either. Anyways, here are some scans from the film I shot down there. Enjoy...or don't, I didn't.

Tom Geilfuss, front smith stall.


Brian Price, frontside carve.


Some foggy trees.


Some foggy Justin.


A foggy baseball field.

So Long California

My great expedition to California has finally come to an end. That being said, I am not stoked to be back home and surrounded by snow. All in all, the week and a bit that I stayed at Paul's with Justin was nothing but total awesome. You really can't ask for much more besides having perfect weather, waking up at 11am, cruising down the street to get coffee, checking out the shops and going skateboarding for the rest of the day. Everyone was really productive, skateboarding all day and playing Grand Theft Auto by night. Justin even had a messed up ankle and managed to get some photos - trooper. Everyone I met was really nice and extremely welcoming to me shoving a camera in their grills: Thanks guys.

In the end, what you really came for was the photos I've posted below so I won't hold you back any longer, enjoy, I know I did.

Justin Bohl skating after 4 months with a broken
foot...a miracle on wheels!


Sesai Parra means business. Ollie through
sharp metal roofing and bushes.


Justin Cefai, halfcab crooks revert. He was
just goofing around with this one.


Sesai Parra again. Hauling ass at a good
12 foot gap.


Hanging out at Justin Cefai's place on the last
night: Michigan dudes. Good times.


Tommy Gilfus getting ready to shred gnar
at Channel Street.


Brian Price, frontside carve of the Buddha at
Channel Street.


Paul Kwon, backside noseblunt at one of those
buttery school yards you see in those videos.


That's it, that's all. Thanks to everyone
for everything.