Annual Heartbreak

Well, it snowed today and some of it managed to stick around which means the annual heartbreak is here to stay. Anyways, here's some goodies that I logged over the happier times(also known as summer).

Will Marshall, switch inward heelflip.

Paul Machnau, wallride.

Jesse Brown, hardflip.

Josh Clark, fakie ollie.

J-S Lapierre, noseblunt.

Mikey Plantus, frontside flip.

Kevin Skutnik, ollie into the bank.

Those should keep you warm until you leave your house next.

Something like a heatwave...

As of late, southern Ontario has been experiencing a brutal heat wave keeping some of us indoors until the sun goes down late in the day. The sun has been on a ruthless mission forcing skateboarders into the deep end of pools during the day only to let us come out for a few hours at night for some shredding.

A quick weekend trip to Cadillac, Michigan.

Paul Machnau was in Kitchener for a week and

a bit and laid down some tricks. Here he is

checking one out.

An antique store in Cadillac. Can't make this

stuff up.

Mikey, front board in Toledo, Ohio.

A weekend in the Armpit

Somehow the stars aligned properly and I managed to get a Friday to Sunday streak off while the weather cooperated at the same time. I thought of no better place to take advantage of such an event than a good ol' city called Windsor. I headed down late Thursday night and immediately the next morning some insane shredding ensued until sundown on Sunday. These type of weekends are few and far between but damn, when they happen, you know it's good.

These cats!

Crossed into Detroit for the day and met up

with none other than Mr. Bohl! He showed us

this wicked authentic Mexican joint too.

Ending a day in Detroit with some beans, rice

and flautas. Amazing!

Back to spot checking. Hill checking out a death

pit.

More spots...

Rigged something up...look at the smile on this

guy's face.

Another spot check...

If you've ever been to the Plantus' residence

you'll know this face as soon as you start driving

away.

Mikey ain't bad at art either!

Gotta love it!

Home Land

First off, all apologies to everyone that may have been expecting constant updates from the road while the gang and I were in Florida. Believe me, I had every intention of doing so but eventually getting back to the hotel at 10pm and updating your blog becomes a little low on the priority list. Things like food, beer and sleep usually take over. That being the case, I'm cramming this post full of photo goodies and stories from the road. Enjoy!

Jamie got a little broke off at this spot...

Then Hugo barged Jamie's session.

"Oh maaaan I want an epic hero shot too!"

These jerks barged our session at the brick

quarter pipes. Look close!

Bow Digga, feeble stall.

Checkerboard spot in Atlanta.

Why is this here? Epic spots.

Hilliard, light test.

Jamie, kinky 5050 on a filmer board

downtown Miami.

Jamie, epic face.

Mikey, more epic spots.

Dan Ray, 5050.

Hugo, wallie over....

but not before he threw some gang signs.

Mitch "That's Gang Related" Pryma, 5050

past the curb.

A sad, sad man named Sonny

that we met at the spot. Hopefully

he's still alive right now.

Hugo on the hunt for some crocs while we

stopped in 'gator country.

Some cool trees by a spot we were skating.

Spring break? More like SPRING FRANK!

Yes that is Mitch Pryma.

Downtown Miami at night.

A young gunner(seriously) having some fun

on my board.

I shot this timelapse on our drive from

Windsor to Florida beginning with frigid snow

and ending up in the beautiful sunny weather.

Untitled from will j on Vimeo.

Down to Business

Dan Ray's mom has been putting us up for the past couple days while we enjoy the splendors of clean beds, blankets, a pool and properly cooked meals. Fort Myers is so small and skateboarding is banned everywhere around the downtown area so we've quickly worn out our welcome around here. We managed to makenames for ourselves and got red flagged in a matter of days. Tomorrow we're going to try and take care of some last minute spots and then off we head to the land of paying for hotels, Miami. Take a peek at the photos below to see that we haven't been completely slacking.

We like to start our days right in the morning.

Jamie, feeble at a chuddy barrier spot.

Later on. Filming lines at the beach.

This spot had a shiny floor.

Dan Ray, ollie.

The next day. Trying to get out a little earlier

to be the sun and humidity.

Quick contemplates.

Mikey, back lip. Talk about

style.

He got so fired up he went on

and did this!

Backside angle on Mikey's

backside lipslide. Check that back

foot! Sheesh!