On 12.14.12 we held Huntington, WV's Pretty Sweet Premiere at the old Cinema Theatre. Which was a success for sure. Filled the seats up!
All the local skateboarders, girlfriends, ramp tramps, cruisers, punks and kids came out to see one of the best skateboard videos out right now. FOR FREE!

Shout out to Chris Lusher @ HILLBILLYMAGAZINE for doing the litigating, and inviting everyone.

Pat Stanley for getting his church to let us watch it in their theatre setting commons.

Craig @ Prophets Skate Shop for helping get the kids there, and provided us copies of such a great video.

Hopefully we will be able to do this again.

Great write up in the Herald-Dispatch written by non other than Dave Lavender. Thanks Dave.

Thanks for everyone showing up on such late notice. But then again who was gonna miss out on this shit?

HILLBILLY MAG will be doing a show this weekend, featuring more of Lushers tastefull artwork. FLOOR PAINTINGS. Come chill.

Finally got to enter a contest that did'nt require me trying to skate my ass off. RIP N DIP CLOTHING held a re-edit contest that entailed editing Blake Carpenters rad part from the Daylando video. These kids rip, and look stylin while killin it. I was stoked to be apart of something different. I didnt win, but my youtube did get a shout out. Thanks Blake and everyone at RIP N DIP. Look foreward to seeing what you guys come up with next.

Heres my edit.

Yes.  I did get the song from the "I know what you did last summer " soundtrack. Hooverphonic "2wicky "

Dayum it was an awesome weekend for local skateboarders. Free showing of  PRETTY SWEET, mis 60 degree weather felt awesome for sure!

Although i know everyone has been updated on the local and world news of how shitty it is in CT right now. Let me be another one to say that i hope all the families and friends of the victims in this terrible tragedy overcome this dark time.

On a lighter note as I was scrolling through Newtown, CT things to do in their little town, I came across this gem. Hope the skateboarders of their town are helping in any way they can to raise spirits.

#PRETTYSWEET POST

Thanksgiving weekend is over bitches. scrap dem left ovas cuz that shit is nasty and start eatin some candy canes.

PRETTY SWEET should be out on ITUNES by the time you read this.

You should also buy it from your local skateshop as soon as that booklet/dvd/bluray drops so you got a copy in your skate archive.

I know all you fools have been watchin fully flared over and over again like it just came out.

Tryin to figure out how in the hell Guy Mariano can top his already ridiculous come back part.

I'm sure all the hype is true, so get a copy or buy a copy or get your rich friend to buy a copy and watch it with your homies.

Mick Posey gave me a nice little facebook shoutout on how much Ive been bloggin my lil heart out. Thanks Mick, thats much appreciated. Cause dammit I do keep this shit live as all hell bringing you more update local skate bull faster than you recieving naked instagram fotos from @dailybottoms or the newest TWERK TEAM video on youtube.

So this is another video from Mick that he filmed recently on his trip to a PA plaza that has just been constructed.

The city of Bellevue, PA added a sweet little skate plaza (and they're not even done with it). Plank Eye Board Shop spearheaded the whole thing. Definitely worth the hour and half drive. Eddie Johnson let out some goodness during our visit.

Sometimes Lonnie (THESHAM) comes into town and trashes my kitchen with some convienant store pizza that he had bought and ate. Sometimes Lonnie come into town and spends weeks on end on one of my many couches. This time around Lonnie brought a friend with him. I havent seen Lonnie in awhile so it was great to see what the fuck he has been up to and what new ripper has he been skating with now. His friend Matt Ray spent a couple days with Lonnie, myself, Adam Christian, and Durham; as well as some of the other locals, ripping the streets of Huntington. Taking advantage of the beautiful weekend in November 65 degree weather. This kid is pretty unstoppable. I witnessed some first hand first try gnarly shit. It was definatly a pleasure having him come crash on my couch. As for Lonnie. I have crumbs on my couch. All in all its always great to have good friends come visit you once in awhile to show you what really matters. A good skate session. Happy travels you all, See you guys soon.

Heres an edit that Matt filmed this past summer.

Heres the real shit you wanna watch. Matt & Lonnie at their best and at their worst. In the words of Mick Posey "they fight like a married couple".

Matt&Lonnie from blair on Vimeo.

What else....what else......oh yea I got some recognition on HILLBILLY a couple weeks back for being on set photographer for a music video. Go check this seductive photos out. Thanks Chris.

Its 11:14pm est. PRETTYSWEET better start downloading at the strick of midnight, or Spike Jonze is gonna get it. Nah I'm just playin Spike. You know I love you.....r films......gimme some boards.

18 on 18

Throw some slurricane in yo' hurricane and sit back and remember how nice it was this summer/fall cause shits cold in the dub-v.

Heres a clip from Aaron and I when we got to go skate some parks during work adventures.

fayettville from blair on Vimeo.

THRASHERS BAKE AND DESTROY is out. Just cop'd my copy today in the mail. We had a shitty premiere of it at Lushers apt this past saturday. No one really showed up except for a select few dirty kids. Thanks to Lusher for letting us watch it on his screen and Sam Adkins for letting me get a copy before mine came in. If you are too broke to give that bookstore any money or dont have a subscription look for it on youtube. Or just click the link above. CJ killed it along with some other new guys and big dogs.

CHICKENBONENOWISON!

THRASHER MAGAZINE has also put out another amazing part for Austyn Gillette. Its pretty much the best a man can get.......Just got his shoes in the mail, they are workin out nicely.

Trace C. and the homies behind GNARLESTON SKATEBOARDS picked out their new graphic coming hopefully before the end of the year. If you are like me and love the GONZ you know where my artistic motivation is coming from.

Big ups to my buddy Wythe Woods doing crazy things on a snowboard! Got the photo of the week for EAST SNOWBOARD MAG . Congrats Wythe!

@AmericanWastoid has been reppin some @Lowcard alot lately! LOWCARD MAG needs to give this girl some product! Atleast a insta-tag. keep it up heidi!

Did you guys see that chick that turned 18 and did 18 tricks? She should do a twerk video. Lemme know if you find something similiar. click above to watch Lexi twerk.

Im sure ill be posting sooner than later. For now, go to your local skateshop and tell them what you want for christmas. Cause that shit is comin hella soon. Stay fresh fools.

Heres a clip from MICK POSEY from the last days of the indoor mini up in MORGANTOWN. Hope too see you guys soon.

@JEETERNOTWEETER

Jeeter broke his arm. For photo and comments go here.

Everyone send him some love @JEETERNOTWEETER

I turned 28 on the 11th this month of October. Also got to check out SKATEISTAN movie premiere at the Keith Albee Theatre. This documentary is about all the kids in Afghanistan fighting for the lives and freedoms. This foundation gives these kids an ability to get away from everyday life and do something completely different from their norm. Brian Ridgeway was in attendance, as one of the main fundraisers/donaters, to help make sure this kids got the right gear. They did a great job. Helping kids is always great. Especially somewhere where war seems endless.

Also, this video hit youtube and started climbing hits like crazy, filmed by his good friend Jacob. Zack Rowe is the name. Remember it. He'll be around for a long time to come. Only in town for a lil while tryin to stack funds and fly out to cali/ny or wherever....Ridin for HUF FOOTWEAR/UNDERCOVER SKATESHOP and strait outta FL, he's showin the locals of WV/OH how they do it where he's from. Keep killin it Zack.

Posted a couple videos while I was out of town on some work trips. Got to skate with Archie and some of the BECKLEY CREW.

Beck Town from blair on Vimeo.

Also some of the outakes of Aaron and I skating the Parkersburg, WV Skatepark is up as well.

Parkersburg Outakes from blair on Vimeo.

Heres another video from some past work road trip we took. Found this sweet down hill bump to ledge. Believe me, this is a gem compared to the rest of town that we were in. I was just happy to skate anything.

Roadway Inn from blair on Vimeo.

PARKERSBURG SKATEPARK VIDEO #1

Summers over already? Bummer. Now its fall. The best fucking time of the year. Bout to get real buck real quick. Got another camera so I'll be filming alot more and taking pictures.

Prophets Skate Shop just held a contest at the Hurricane Skatepark. Celebrity Hometown Hero appearences by : Jonathan Hesson, Kirk Foster, Mick Posey, Brennen, and Tyler Woodward. Thanks to all the kids and homies that came out to support the local scene. Shout outs to GNARLESTON & DOPAMINE for being their as well. For pictures and shit, check out PROPHETS SKATE SHOP on their facebook page. Or just click the link there dummy.

Finally got around to editing some Parkersburg footy thats been lurkin on my desktop for a couple months. I still have some more footage to upload. So just bare with me and I'll get up on here. I'm sure you are gonna need something to watch while it rains in Oct.

PARKERSBURG, WV SKATEPARK from blair on Vimeo.

DAILY BULLSHIT

Finall. A post. Jesus i've been so damn busy I dont even get to blog anymore? Is it too much Instagramming? Twittering? Maybe, but i've also been working my ass off. Getting to skate seems like a holiday these days.

There has been alot of great things going on lately with skateboarding. The Fayettville/Beckley crew had a contest last weekend. I heard Archie got best trick down the hubba. Hopefully he won a comb to brush that wig of his.

Been to every county in WV these past two months working, so I got to take advantage of being able to skate Parkersburg/Fayettville as well as pre-made parks skatterd around the state. There is a park in Oceana, WV. Do I recommend it? No. But you can skate it. Nitro.....get your shit together and build something better.

Havent been there yet, but I heard that Milton, WV finally put use to their "pre-made equipment" thats been locked up in a closet for who knows how long. I've seen pictures and it seems that theres not much. So thats a waste of time and money.

While I bore you with bullshit, I did however get beat in SKATE by Mick Posey while skating the Morgantown, WV park. He knows I cant do front threes.

Hopefully I can get an edit together and post some clips from Parkersburg and Fayettville here soon.

THANK GOD FOR NEW CONTENT

i never said it was mine.

2012

hey assholes.
we made it.
2012.
giggity.

i've been working a hell of alot, so actually havent been able to skate. Now that the holidays are gone and passed i'm in the process of moving into another apt. So if anyone needs a couch or etc that i may give up; get at me.
@ProphetsSk8shop got me a hook up with DATO SKATEBOARDS. They will be putting out a video in the near spring, so I'll be busy filming with @tyler_woodward here and there. Thanks to DATO SKATEBOARDS for hooking me up with boards. Stoked to see what their wheel look like.
Tyler took a trip to OLLIES for the winter. I was'nt able to go, but he filmed a little bit and came up with this clip.

Ollies from Tyler Woodward on Vimeo.

THE BLANK GALLERY will be holding a show on Jan 6th (this friday). If I return soon enough from this work trip im on, I will have some art up for sale as well. Deadlines are never met on time. So who knows.

Thanks for stopping by the website. Hopefully I'll post more or just steal others posts and put it up.

GETBENT