4th of July Beach Bums and Fireworks

4th of July is one of my favorite days of the year. Big fan of fireworks. Ask me what my favorite smell is. The smell of fireworks. The day started off with good friends and relaxation at the beach for like 5 hours. Cruised back to Lisa and Stevens house for a little BBQ then off to see the fireworks in the city. If youve never done this before get ready for insanity. The streets are mobbed with thousands of people. Not for people with social anxieties. After the fireworks we went and partied at the Maritime hotel. A great day!!!

PA all day amish friends and farms

Just did a 5 day trip all over PA all the way to Pittsburgh. Man is it far away. Lots of driving. Great scenery. Farms for days corn as far as the eye can see. Horse and buggies amish town and cities with some crazy ass names such as: Titsville, Intercourse, Bird in Hand, Blue balls. Really? Driving through the mountains is super nice.

Virginia Beach Trip

Took a work trip to VB 2 weeks ago to help out with the territory. So many shops in such a small area. Some of the shops are huge and are amazing supporters of Vans. Had a great time and a successful trip.
VB is a weird place. Filled with military steez, all day long fighter jets fly overhead and so rudely interupt your friendly conversations with people.
Signs on the street that tell you not to curse. FUCK that shit. And cars burning. My flight was delayed 3 hours so we took a trip into Norfolk which was really nice.
VB Ill see you in a week again for the VansxCoastal Edge block party.

Great Talents should not be passed by

Amatuer Athlete Summer Jam

June 28 2009
Year 2 for this event. Headed out to Bethlehem PA for the annual Amateur Athlete event. Good times. We had a big crew out which was awesome. 3 car loads 8 riders killing it on the set up. Unfortunately guess what... It rained. spent 8 hours in the truck to be there for 2 hours. Oh well we tossed out a butt load of product the kids were siked thats all that really matters. Thanks to all our riders that came out.

Left to Right: Brett Conti,Dylan James,Luke Malaney,Keith Denley,Rob Ganyon,Kurtis Rapp,Shaun Powers,Roy Kintzel



Savages
Hastings about to get mauled

Go Skateboard Day NYC 2009

June 27 2009 MADNESSS!!! As always...Cottle and I took a drive down to Black Diamond Mountain Sports, a shop in Moorestown NJ. They were having a "Skatefest". We checked out the scene,hooked them up with a grip of schwag and started making our way back up to BK to hit up KCDC for the culmination of go skate day. The scene was craze. Hundreds of kids lining the streets skating and waiting for what else????....... FREE SHIT as they were screaming as we were about to toss product off the roof of KCDC. Thats right the roof. Id say a good 4 stories high we proceeded to throw tees glasses decks of cards and decks. WOW. Safe... I think not. Fun.... I think so. It was awesome. You better stand strong in a NY product toss. Youll get punched in the face from some kid trying to snatch that board you just caught. Hit up the BQE spot after well quick then caught a dope shot of the most amazing skyline ever..

Ft Lauderdale to Miami

Last week I took a trip to Florida to well and help break in our new SE visual merchansider Cullen. Good guy. Hit up a bunch of shops(IWS, MIA) met some good peoples. And apparently the rain followed me down there too. After a 104 degree day there were some serious thunderstorms. We went to this crazy hunting and fishing store. The whole place was set up like an underwater ship wreck. This shop that had a flowrider wave in it.
Apparently in FL you can gamble on the game of Jai Alai so there are signs on the streets telling you where you can get that accomplished. Ran into a random girl kitted out in Vans. Thanks lady!