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Vince De Valle in Skateboarder

2008-11-19T13:24:00.000-08:00

When I picked up Vince to shoot this sequence, its one of the first time's I met him. He didn't say anything the entire time in the car. I was thinking, "This is gonna be weird.." Found out later, he was a little stoney and was well.. just retarded. So, after time wore on and things wore off he was a talkative little pup and is super rad to hang out with! Thanks to Vince and Skateboarder for running this photo!

Randy Ploesser Mag Minute

2008-11-17T13:03:00.000-08:00

Randy Plosser has a Mag Minute, please take your time and watch this amazing minute. (thanks to: The Skateboard Mag, Mark Stewart)

Dave Abair in Focus Magazine

2008-11-15T08:55:00.000-08:00

In the fine words of Louie Barletta on our Ezekiel Northwest Tour

"How much did you get paid to make Dave look like an idiot."

Well its very unfortunate to both, but the reality is; 1. I didn't get paid. 2. Skateboarding has falls, and it's the falls that makes the lands soo much more sweeter. If you never fell, then skateboarding wouldn't be so hard, now would it?

Another Decenzo Day.

2008-11-13T12:36:00.000-08:00

Another skate day with Ryan Decenzo. Joining us is Antoine and Nick "Promqueen" (fsboard pictured left) as they call him. As I might have mentioned before, Ryan is a super awesome dude as the other two, so we shredded in the local area, which is easy on the gas. What also makes skating with them easy, is they are rather keen on skating anything, so its not a ton of driving!

The trick that Ryan is doing above, he told me is called a Joe Dirt. "Brad Sheppard made it up." he announces as we walks back up the stairs after landing one. Apparently what this trick is "It's where you boardslide and you droop it soo far down to your trucks so the metal is grinding."
A little bit about Antoine: Dude is a french canadian, and contrary to your inital thoughts, he is quite the radical dude. Still talks very french, but super funny and laughs when I say some random gay joke, which make him the best dude to hang with (anyone who laughs at my shitty jokes is a pal in my book.)

Derek Fukuhara and Beyond in TWS.

2008-11-11T12:49:00.000-08:00

Transworld did this article about amateur skaters and them doing some next level tricks. In my thoughts, this counts as a next level trick! Frontside bigspin to fs noseblunt. Kinda a weird trick, but definitely awesome. Derek always was commenting that this trick would be cool, but also kinda different. So one night he made his ideas come to life, and here you go! Thanks to TWS for hooking it up!

Osiris / John Lupfer Ollie

2008-11-08T04:33:00.000-08:00

John Lupfer and I shot this photo right when we first met, this was second try! I don't think he was on Ezekiel yet, but I actually dont remember in the slightest. The footage was used in the Osiris video, but my photo never came out. Fortunatly for me, a couple months ago they needed a photo for their poster for their Osiris European Tour! Here it is! Thanks Osiris.

Ryan Decenzo and his Dakine Ad

2008-11-06T12:42:00.000-08:00

Ryan and I skated this one day in Huntington, with Mr. Mark White, plus Lutzka and a couple other dudes where there. Eitherway, the sprinklers went on, and the water started to drain right in front of the rollup. Well, that didn't stop Ryan, and why should it... He's Canadian, they practically sleep in water/nature. If you notice (this was second try and the actual land) their is water spots flying off his board. If you see the ad, take a good look, you will see them. Thanks to Dakine for using this photo, awesome guys!

5boro Catalog

2008-11-05T03:38:00.000-08:00

Danny Falla has turned pro for 5boro Skateboards. Congrats to Danny! Also, I am ever so proud to have shot most of the photos in the new 5boro catalog! I was invited to Peru with the 5boro team for vacation. Uyeda was already on the photo and Tombo was on the video, so I just shot tons of Xpan lifestyle photos. Such luck to find out they wanted them for the catalog! Thanks to all the 5boro guys for letting me come to Peru, and for using my photos! When you get a chance pick up some boards from 5boro and have a gander at the catalog!

Change We Need.

2008-11-04T11:18:00.000-08:00

G10 AMAZING PHOTO CRAZE

2008-11-03T10:20:00.001-08:00

Out skating last week with Ryan Decenzo and Antoine Asselin, we did our thing during the day, but after met up with a couple Powell dudes and watched the session. What was cool was i got to try out my G10 with external camera flash. Pretty psyched on my photo I got! hahha. - Read about the entire day here.

FTK / Zered Bassett "That's Right"

2008-11-02T03:07:00.000-08:00

During Maloof Cup I was hanging out with Seamus from Zoo York and Zered Bassett. Actually I think I might have passed out on the floor of Seamus room. Not really sure, but regardless I was able to shoot a portrait and do a small interview with Zered for FTK magazine. I posted the actual interview on Red Bull, but the layout is here for your eyes. Thanks to FTK for running my wild idea's.

Robert Lim on EXPN.com

2008-10-28T02:40:00.000-07:00

I shot this rad Robert Lim photo, back when I was in New York. It took us almost 2 hours to prep this spot, but once getting it setup, it looked great. By the way, it was in the middle of Lafayette and Houston. Expn used this picture to grace their homepage of Expn.com Thanks guys! Here is the other angle of the shot, have a gander:

Filmbot in Alabama!

2008-10-26T02:25:00.000-07:00

Brandon sent me a photo of his homie in Alabama who is repping and well.. life dedicated! Thanks for all the support guys!

DVS's Colin Kennedy "Skate and Create" Interview

2008-10-24T00:56:00.001-07:00

I did this interview for RedBullSkateboarding.com in regards to Colin Kennedy and his winning Skate and Create segment for DVS. It's really awesome to have an media outlet and ask questions that I thoroughly wanna know about a video piece. Thanks soo much to Colin Kennedy for giving me the time to respond to all my random questions. To watch all the Transworld "Skate & Create" - CLICK HERE!

Nevermind the BULLocks Tour Day 4

2008-10-09T15:21:00.000-07:00

Canon G10 bliss.

2008-10-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

Just made a wonderful purchase of this new contraption called a Canon G10, the predecessor to the Canon G9. 14.7mpx, shoots raw, tons of manual settings, even 500 flash sync possibly (haven't tried it yet). All I have really tried is the macro settings, which are way awesome, but soon to come.

Nevermind the BULLocks Tour Day 3

2008-10-09T14:05:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 15 / End

2008-10-06T17:08:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 14

2008-10-06T17:00:00.001-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 13

2008-10-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 12

2008-10-06T16:49:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 11

2008-10-06T16:32:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 10

2008-10-04T13:04:00.000-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 9

2008-10-04T12:57:00.001-07:00

EZEKIEL NORTHWEST TOUR day 8

2008-10-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

Slacking on the updates, but here is the next couple days from the Ezekiel Northwest Tour.