JINKIES

Mick finally got a nice camera this past summer and started to come to Huntington alot to skate.
We decided to enter a contest that THE BERRICS was having.
YOUNITED NATIONS was then on our main focus considering we did'nt know what to do with all the footage anyway.
Id post our YOUNITED NATIONS but that would get us kicked outta the contest.
So until January ish you'll have to wait.
In the mean time, check out Micks new cliptastic montage of shinanigans that were held during the duration of filming this past summer.
Happy New Year Bitches.

END OF THE YEAR

Alex Davis has been sweepin the Ohio/Kentucky area by storm. Recently he's been upstate living and skating as well as traveling the world. I've only had the pleasure to skate with him a couple times, but i wish him all the best of luck becoming the next big thing in skateboarding. Habitat sure thinks so. He also recently filmed a am part for the HABITAT FIELD LOG. You can also see AL in the new Feb issue of THE SKATEBOARD MAG.
CONGRATS!
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Dave Ackels has the latest absorb out. Here it is . . .

Flight Attendant from Dave Ackels on Vimeo.

Click his name to check out all the past issues. Rad.
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Got to go skate with some good friends after christmas. Most of it was'nt documented, just becuase we all were skating. Here's just a few shots of the day . . .

Travis, Jason, Chuck, Blair, Ben, Paul, Nate, and Lusher
For more fotos check HILLBILLY MAG
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2010 is closing in on us and 2009 is pretty much a thing in the passed.
I'd like to thank everyone that recognizes what the East Coast has to offer and I look foreward to posting more as the months go on.
The crew of Huntington/Charleston/Beckley will be making an annual trip to Ollies Skatepark in the near future.
Hopefully we can get an edit up as well as some flicks.
Late.

ROAD TRIPPEN

Got artsy on the AVE cover . . .

Guess who's back on the East Coast . . .Ryan got sick of all the hipsters on the West Coast and is back in the mountain state.He is currently up in Morgantown blowin it and most likely stuntin it up with the likes of Elliot, Posey, and Richardson.Would've of hit that trip up with him but I've been busy workin again at Rocco's Little Italy.

Word.

Travis and I recently made a 2 day trip. Left Huntington for Beckley to see this kid . . .

The night we showed up he was kinda busy, so Travis and I went to the next best desination . . . THE BAR
After the bar we ended up with the munchies and hit up the local Kroger and bought some biscuits and sausage.
Went straight to the park and gilled out/skated.
We did'nt really know how to get back to Sarah's to crash so we just ended up sleeping in the Tamarak parking lot.

We wake up and recruited Archie and Adam Christian to head to North Carolina.
Why you ask?
This is why.

YDG stands for Your Daily Grind, and it's pretty badass . . .
No one was even there so we pretty much had it too ourself.
A case of beer and 6 hours later we we're beat.
We drove back to Beckley and dropped off our homies and made the 2 hour trip drive back home.

All in all the trip went good. Travis and I usually just do things and ask questions later . . .
So far so good.

Keep posted for more fun filled photos and video if Ginger and T-Dog get there shit together.

Stay up!

BILL HILL

Things are a cookin over here.

November 16th

I used to play golf here when I was younger.

The place looks alot more different since it closed a couple years ago.

All there is now is abandoned swimming pools (not skateable), country club, knee high grass, and deer tracks. Travis and I really had no reason to cross into this terrain, other than we might find something to skate/shoot a foto of.

Still no luck, we left the golf course back towards town.

We drove by an old spot, one that I havent seen in awhile. Just to check on the current status of the old St. Cloud's Fountain. I see from the car someone had made a small cement launch ramp/qtr.
I got to skate finally and have some fall fun.

There were leaves everywhere.

I got a chance to do plently of powerslides along with other things I usually would'nt be able to get away with.

Travis was siked that the day was'nt complete trash, and he got to use his camera again.

Even though he's probably still feeling some brain damage due to a car wreck last week....

But, as you can see Travis is well, and shooting skateboard fotos once again.

I would like to thank Travis for coming out to shoot some skateboard foliage.
Thanks also to Dollar General for the wonderful broom purchased.
No thanks to Auto Zone in the west end, you need to pave your side street near your loading dock.
Shout out to all the tweens we saw along the way, especially the one beating up 2 boys on the basketball court in S.V.
Remember, parents always keep an eye out on your kids when they are scootering along the sidewalk near a busy intersection.
That is all.

Programming

Check THE PROGRAM for updates soon

JOHN DRAKE INTERVIEW

"I've been wanting to get a legit interview on the site for awhile now. Since John Drake has moved back into the area, I've been able to contact him more easier. For skateboarding in Huntington 20 years ago, was different than it is today. IGUANA SKATESHOP was holding it down and FALCON PIPE was still available.
Chris Lusher and John Drake have known eachother for awhile, so I figured it would only be best to let them catch up on the good ole days, and in the process get a little history of John from where he's been to where he is now."
- Blair Burns



Lusher : How old were you when you started skating and what was the initial push that made you want to start in the first place?

John Drake : Well that is so long ago it is hard to remember. I think I was in 7th or 8th grade so maybe 13 years old? I used to be into BMX and would always read this magazine BMX Plus and they used to have a editorial series in the magazine called Who's Radder? In one of these series it was skateboarding v. bmx and skating just looked so much cooler and "Radder" to me. So from that point I just did everything I could to get a skateboard to ride. I would borrow a friends skateboard and just go missing with it for days until he tracked me down and could get it back from me. After that it was just begging my dad to buy me a cheap one because money was short and he wasn't about to buy me the one I actually wanted. Eventually he saw how into it I was and bought me a decent one and from there it was on.

Skateboarding was that escape from the dreariness that is Ohio and the more people hated on me for doing it the more I wanted to do it. I had always been an individual since I was a little kid, and having my own unique thing to do was attractive to me. I never wanted to be a clone of everyone else and I think skateboarding offered a great avenue out of the monotony Ohio has to offer.

Lusher : Do you remember in those early days any pros that you started looking up to or anyone you perhaps wanted to emulate?

John Drake : Neil Blender, Mark Gonzales, & Natas Kaupas was who I looked up to when I first started skating. Then it was Matt Hensley and a bunch of others, Ray Barbee, Rudy Johnson, Guy Mariano, Jason Lee. Early on I guess I tried to emulate Gonz and Natas but as you get older, you may look to certain guys for tricks to learn but you don't "copy" them, you try to develop your own thing.

Lusher : Your parents seemed so supportive of what you were doing. I remember your shop in Ohio and thinking it was the best thing that could have happened to that area. How long into skating were you at that time and what role did your parents play in launching the shop?


John Drake : Yeah they were for sure. Well, they had a retail business there and an extra side building, which was tiny, but my dad was cool enough to ask me if I wanted to put some skateboards in there. I was so young and I didn't know what I was doing, but that was really cool of them to always be so supportive. I think that lasted only several months because I never wanted to be in there, I just always wanted to be out skating which is natural for a young kid. I had only been skating for probably over a year or something when that happened. My parents looked after it and sold some stuff for me and I think they were bummed that I didn't really care and was out skating, but they also understood. Thanks mom and dad for everything!

Lusher : It was apparent early on that you were probably the best in the area. Did skating come as easy to you as it seemed to?

John Drake : I was always very athletic and active as a kid. I was into playing pretty much every sport but baseball and it all felt natural and came easy to me. When I was really young I used to just be hellbent on jumping off of the highest things I could find. Skateboarding also felt natural but it was hard work. I skated all day every day to get to the level I wanted to get at. I did realize that amongst my friends that I was able to learn things quicker but there is always something someone can do that you can't, or a trick that comes easier to someone else than it does to you. Certain things you just have to work on harder until you find the right foot placement or whatever it may be. Skateboarding always felt better than other sports because it was all on you whether you learned something or not, there was always a new trick to learn or something new to skate. It gives you a sense of accomplishment when you learn something, but also it allows you to bring your own unique style into each trick.

Spanks & Drake

Lusher : Looking at you from the outside, though we spent alot of time together, there seems to be a pretty definitive timeline with you as far as skating is concerned. Were did Iguana fit into that and how do view that period? Would you call those your formative years? You had really become something of legend during that time to people in a pretty large geographic area.

John Drake : One day I was skating in Huntington and I just happened to skate by Iguana when Ron was in there painting and getting it ready. He wasn't even open yet but I guess after that when it opened I just started going over there all the time and hanging out. I was pretty stoked there was a skateshop that was close to some skatespots and I could hang out at and skate all around town.

I would say it was part of my formative years along with what happened before Iguana opened. It was a great time with great friends and I enjoyed it. You can't go back and re-do your youth again so I'm glad I lived mine the way I wanted and did what I wanted. Ron was a great dude especially to someone like me who didn't grow up with money to spend on skate stuff. He supported me before I had any sponsors, and was cool enough to drive me around to different contests and demos all over Ohio. Big up to Ron for that. I got to meet alot of people in skateboarding because of that right there.

When I was young I was a cocky asshole probably. Whenever I went to other towns or cities I felt I had something to prove with my skating, that no matter where I was from I wanted to skate better than everyone else in Ohio and the whole mid-west or mid-atlantic whatever you want to call it. I don't know about being any kind of legend, but I do know that I could hold it down skateboarding wise. When I entered my first pro contest I got 2nd place and from that point on I felt like I belonged and I could lose that chip on my shoulder. As I grew up I became alot more humble and nice to other people, and it wasn't about proving myself anymore because I did that already.

Lusher : For that time and to alot of the little skate kids I felt you were achieving at least local legend status and not James Dean icon type shit but more like due to what skating used to be as opposed to what it is now you were at least this hero to the up and comers even though you always only ate plain hamburgers from Hardees. What about your first sponsorships and how did they come about? Were you doing the 'sponsor me' VHS tape thing?

John Drake : How much have you had to drink tonight Lusher? Yeah I did the VHS sponsor me tape thing, I think most kids did back then especially if you didn't live in California. I had so many different sponsors as a kid. Some of them actually did come from VHS sponsor me tapes.

I was sponsored by this clothing company owned by Kevin Staab and Joe Johnson called Electric Ocean, Kryptonics Wheels, XXX Skateboards which used to be Brand-X in the 80's, Etnies shoes, and Gouge Clothing, I think all of those came from sponsor me tapes. I forgot how I got on G&S trucks, but when I got on Venture trucks Greg Carroll saw me at a demo in Dayton and he saw that I was riding the G&S trucks, walked up to me during the demo and asked me why in the hell was I riding those wack things, gave me his card and told me I was on Venture now. I got on Assault skateboards because I was at a demo skating with Matt Hensley and Matt's friend Ned was there traveling with him and he asked me to skate for his company, I was unsure but he made Matt convince me to skate for him so I said ok. I was about to skate for Life Skateboards but then Sheffey quit so Dyrdek just asked me to skate for Alien and I was stoked on them so I said ok. I had other sponsors during all of this and after, but I always stuck with Alien and Venture. I skated for Etnies for a long time too until I felt they were getting wack. At that point I had been skating for Droors for a long time and they were starting DC shoes so I just decided to skate for them instead.

Once I found sponsors I liked I tried to stick with them until they became wack basically. But, when I was a kid I didn't care really, all I cared about was getting free product so I didn't have to pay for anything.

Lusher : Sober to the bone. Alien was such an awesome company and still is. They had such an original and new approach that was exciting though I'm not sure the boner brigade lovers really got it which made it even better. You and Dyrdek were pretty tight in those early days. What was it like hanging with that crew? There has also been a request for a Bo Turner anecdote.

John Drake : Well back then Alien was different, originally it was not as money and business driven but more art, creative, and skateboard driven. When Neil Blender left the company I was really bummed because he was a great inspiration and a friend. Things always change, sometimes not for the better. After me and Rob moved to California and blew Alien up, the business side of the company grew bigger and bigger, and it just wasn't the same as the early days. Alien is still different from most of the companies which is a good thing, and I still love the skateboarding aspect of the company, and some of the people involved, but it's definately different and now Burton snowboards owns it. It happens to anything once it gets big, whether that be an artist, a band, or any cool company. Money changes everything.

All the Alien dudes are great friends, it was like a gang back in the day, a brotherhood. I have love for all of those dudes, Dyrdek, Conklin, Turner, Morgan, Kirk, Kalis, and Gall. We did some crazy stuff, partied like maniacs, it was good times for sure. Early on Dyrdek and I skated our ass off and did everything we could to blow Alien up. We tried to get as much coverage as possible, do all the contests, make all the connections, whatever we could to make Alien the shit. It's crazy everyone knows him from the TV show now, I trip on that but whatever, he's pretty much the same dude you see on TV. He has always been very business driven, and I'm just not that way. Although the term is cliche, I've always tried to keep it underground and not mainstream because the underground is what i've always liked since I was a kid. You may not make any money that way, but as the saying goes "I'd rather be broke and have a whole lotta respect." Big ups to Rob for doing his thing though.

I don't know what kind of Bo Turner story I can give you, I have so many. I don't even know where to begin. Let's just say that most of the stories have never and will never be told, but not only with Bo, the whole debauchery and craziness of the things the whole Alien team did. Honestly just to repeat them makes the stories sound fake, like it's made up. I'll leave it all to the people's imagination.

Lusher : What happened with you after Workshop?

John Drake : I ended up moving to Charlotte, NC and going to college for graphic design. Studied some photography too. Got my little degree and started working in the design field, have been doing that since 2002. I did an internship at The Mint Museums in Charlotte and they hired me after my internship was up, went on from there to get alot of different clients. It's something I enjoy doing and it's always a good feeling to see something you designed in print or being produced. I also had a skateshop in Charlotte for 3 years but I won't really go into what happened, let's just say I bounced and left it to my business partners.

Drake & Spanky

Lusher : Have you always been into photography? What was the catalyst for the photos you've been doing?

John Drake : I have always been into photographs. It is always interesting to look at that one frozen moment in time, and also the way the camera can capture something that you will never see with your own eye, or something that will never happen again. When I was skating and shooting with alot of the different magazine's photographers I was kind of interested in what they were doing but it wasn't until college that I bought my first 35mm SLR all manual camera and really started studying it and figuring out how things worked. Before that it was just a snapshot camera and I didn't really care about the photos I took. I took some photo classes in college and really started to love it. I do miss film and having a darkroom to really work on my black and white prints to get them to the point where i'm proud of my work, but digital is just so much easier and if you don't have a darkroom around it's the only way to go.

The catalyst for getting back into photography is just right now I have more time on my hands and I love shooting photos. I'm trying to save up some money to buy a legit digital SLR and get more into it. Also you (Lusher) have motivated me some to get back on the photo horse and get out and shoot. It's always good to have a friend that shares your interests, and I have known you since you were a little dude pretty much. When you go back that far with someone it's not like much even has to be said. There's just so much history there and the photo thing is just a plus......nuff respect to Lush.

Lusher : It all seems to be full circle in the most unintentional ways. Here we are after all this time. I'm interviewing you half a life later for someone half our age. I want to thank you for the honesty and the golden oldies.

John Drake : No problem, big ups to Blair for keeping skating alive in the tri-steezy. Shouts to all my homies wherever you may be. Thanks to anyone who ever helped a brotha out, especially the parents. Peace.

Thanks to John Drake and Chris Lusher for their time and dedication.

John Portraits & Interview by Chris Lusher
Skate photos courtesy of John Drake

THIS WEEKEND . . .

John Drake Interview
by Christopher Lusher

NEW DICE

Should have these in my mailbox soon, come lose some money.

Where The Wild Things Ought To Be

When is rains. It Pours.

In such events, sometimes you get creative.

Old deck. New grip job.

With a little help from my friend Lusher

Made Vice Magazine

Its about that time of year again.

Falls over.

Everyone bitches about it being cold.

People quit skating.

People in school have Mid Terms.

Trips to Ollies are'nt too far from happening.

Girls are getting hyphy for Halloween....

Blah Blah Blah

I'll try to post more. Im lurkin on possibly doing an interview on John Drake.

Get at me

4 PARKS 1 DAY

My friend J-Man and I headed towards Cincinnati early Wednesday morning around 6:30 in the a.m.

Once we arrived in Cincinatti traffic was pretty much hell. We go to Florence, KY outdoor park around 11 a.m.

This park is big and has about everything you look for in a park. Bowls, ledges, rails, stairs, gaps, manny pads, euro....etc.

No one was there so early on a school day, so we just cruised around and stretched the car legs.

It's been awhile since I've been in Florence, and usually we go to Ollies on those extra cold days. Or if one of the homies from Beckley, WV rent the spot out and we pull a all nighter.

After being at Florence for about an hour, we headed south to go to Dry Ridge, Ky. This park is fairly new and has been a hot spot for awhile.

I found out about this park while skating in Lexington awhile back. They told me there was a sweet snake run at the park. They were'nt lyin. This park is very flow and theirs lines to be had everywhere. Awhile back Travis, Ray, and myself came here and actually camped next to the park and just skated all night and morning. No one ever said anything, so it was pretty chill. On this particular day, I was informed that the skate shop next door to the park has recently been closed. THE RIDGE was owned by a guy I met in Dayton at the DNA warehouse. It's always sad to see shops go, but with a skatepark so badass right next to it? Seems like that would be pretty hard to do.

Hopefully they'll be someone to re-open or somehow get the scene back.

While we were there i saw a couple younger kids rippin, gangs of tweens, and old ladies talkin shit to all the punk kids yellin at her kids who were playin foursquare in the middle of the skatepark. Dammit.

Another park 15 miles south is Georgetown Skate Park in Ky. Has one of the best boxes i've ever skated. I'd say its atleast 20 ft long. Perfect for back tails. Once we arrived to the park their were a group of rippers playin skate on all kinds of different obstacles. All the guys we're hella chill and everyone got along. The vibe at the park is always a big deal, cause if theirs a bunch of deuche bags who are braggin about themselves the whole time....shit gets old. Everyone was nice, given props and just laughin and having fun. Which is what skateboarding is all about. I've skated this park about 7 times already, and you can see it off the interstate. Located right next to the Georgetown water tower, it's pretty hard to miss it. Right outside Lexington.

The spot in the picture behind the park is called The Pavilion. Which is kinda like a YMCA but even more private. Inside they've got a pool while high dives and all kinds of other activities. This park is free, so you don't have to be associated with The Pavilion whatsoever.

Last stop....Woodland in Lexington, Ky. I've been coming to this park since i was a freshman at highschool. I've knocked myself out trying to k grind the box back in the day, and I've seen rippers come n go. There's a great scene that resides here, and is kept by THE VOID SKATESHOP owned by Reid Small. They always have contest and other events to keep the locals at bay.
The park has always been smooth....although small, it can get hectic when crowded and with some bikers lurkin it gets scary. Just be on the look out for the lil kids who dont know where their going. Or the skate mom walking around the box.

All in all it was a good day for sure. I havent been able to skate that many parks in one day in awhile. Even tho we only spend about an hour to 2 hours at each park. We def made a mark. It ended up being a beautiful day and actually did something fun for a change. Maybe next time we can convince some others to go with us.

Easy sessioning.

Alcoholic

I have recently acquired a box from a friend. Painted it and now it slides better than ever. Most sessions have been goin down in the street right in front of my apartment. Lose tricks...gain tricks...it's all a part of skateboarding.

Spent some time in Lexington, KY with some good friends and pretty hosts. Session'd up Woodland Skatepark as well as Georgetown Skatepark. It was pretty hot but all in all drinking helps ease the heat...sometimes. Thanks to everyone who made that weekend the shit. Shout out to Abby and her lovely ladies for giving us a place to crash and party! See you soon!

Where is Archie? Who knows...probably still in Beckley. If you are reading this Ginger get a hold of me and make some plans to come shred. Vice Versa.

Mick Posey has been busy away at WVU slayin ladies and kicken back some well awarded brews. He is finished with his UNYTED film for THE BERRICS and is well on his well to directing another film. Which he tells me won't have much skateboarding but hopefully alot of debacle.

Hesson is still boardless. I think...so if you know the fella tell him he should still skateboard for the sake of his dignity. Because I can see him being in his mid 30's soon sayin, "Hey kid let me try out that skateboard...you know I once could manual...".

Fall is definatly here now. I am awaiting for the leaves to cover the brick streets so much needed powersliding can go down.

It's pretty late, and I'm already fiending some coffee. I have some film I need to develop so I'll keep you posted on random stuff.

EDITOR @ TWS

ERIC STRICKER

R.I.P.

Let the fall weather begin

So I went to court

Sat next to the underage alcoholics, bums, and drug dealers all the while waiting for my name to be called so i could approach Judge Frazier. I'm pretty sure she thought it was ridiculous that i was received the ticket, but looked it up in the big book of laws and decided i should only be penalized a $25 fee.

The next day i went and paid my fee and received a piece of paper that stated "release skateboard".

Oh the joy. I then went to the Huntington Police Dpt. only to wait for 45 minutes until someone could find my skateboard in the room that holds drugs, weapons, and all sorts of bad bad things. The room was probably cold and dark, and soon enough i would have rescued my friend from this.

No tags, no chips, and no bruises were found and it still skates just as good.

On another note....it's been perfect skate weather here in Huntington and with no rain in site.

Hopefully it stays nice until November shows up.

Mick Posey has been up at WVU probably bro'in down and slayin all those freshman girls. But most likely he's just nerding out, studying, and skateboarding.
I'm sure he's still filming as well. Here's a new clip of his that shows a FRUITPUNCH member at his finest. Go K-FOST

Also if you're new to the hip thing they call Blogging. You should brush up your skills and check out how Dean & Joelle live happily ever after.

Eat Shit

I've been ticket'd for skateboarding before but we were young and actually sessioning a spot. This time...I'm just minding my own business cruising along the 4th Ave strip of beautiful downtown Huntington on a saturday night.

Hit a rock. Eat shit. Then 2 cop cars pull up.

They ask for my board, take my board, and write me up.

They failed to even ask me if I was alright.

Even though Huntington, WV is filled with all kinds of other problems.

I'm glad to say they did there job from taking away my hobbie/fun until Sept 3rd.

SLEEZY RAMP JAM

So who wants to go to Circleville, OH? Let me know

PARTY OVER HERE!

Party over here from Mick Posey on Vimeo.
On 8/8/09 we had another Mini Ramp Party at Travis' Crib. Yet this time we invited a couple good friends to play music. The line up went Herding Oranges, Super Sugrasso, and Beer For Blood. Even though Beer For Blood only played one song, im siked they came out to just get drunk with us. Thanks to everyone who came out, Mick for filming a lil montage, to Travis for getting 2 kegs, and all the bands. We hope to do this again soon!

Here's what the flyer look'd like. Enjoy the video.

RIDE ON

Andy Kessler,

One of East Coast's finest to ever stand on the plank.

To a fallen hero.

Cheers.

RiP n DiP

BW, CL, DP, IR, JM, JS, and EO' ARE RIP N DIP

These guys are straight outta the south, home to FLOOR RID DUH.

Bert was recently on THE BERRICS doin some text yo'self befo' ya' wreck yo'self...funny stuff

Their all about beer, booze, and ofcourse bitches. I read about these studs from FOCUS MAGAZINE and was hyped on their article so much that I figured I'd let you fools aware of the goods. Check em out and maybe buy some shit. After all....they are skateboarding.

Here is a Montage of their ghetto-way I read about in Focus. Good stuff.

RIP N DIP COME VISIT FOOLS!

Sunday at the Park

Mick, Tyler, and Nate came down to Huntington last sunday to film some and just hang out. Although Nate's ankle was pretty bum, Hesson was lurkin and workin, I was on my 3rd 44 oz of tea, Tyler was textin his woman constantly, Cuong could only skate for a couple hours, J-Lo's board was cracked, J-Mans temper was flair'n, and Micks toe was still infested. Considering the circumstances it was a great sunday to be a skateboarder.

Here's a small montage of things to come. Thanks Mick.

Coffee Grinding

I finally got a camera i could afford

VX Mike N Ike 2500 HD

let the filming begin

Since I dont have a cell phone still, my friends have been nice enough to let me know they have stopped by/or where they're at. Here is a few....
I was skating downtown yesterday with Durhammer and happened to find this laying on some church steps. This is how Huntington rolls.



I took this polaroid of Brewce during Bowl Bash 13 last year

I hear he is doing better and can't wait to see him step back on a skateboard.

Highly Definitive

NC looks good in HD

NC native Justin Brock and the rest of the NIKE SB AM crew just dropped DEBACLE

it's fresh

Koston's Afternoon Delight is up you can find it here : ****

I should have a phone soon i swear. I'll keep you updated.....

CAMP WREKTem

SKATOPIA BOWL BASH XIV : SAVE THE SKATE POPE

This year at Bowl Bash was definatly one to be remembered. Not so much for the sleezy van blowing up, the constant spurts of downpours, the fact that alot of our camp left early, the warm beer, shitty fireworks, or even the skateboarding. This year is remembered for the number of people that came out and showed their support for Brewce Martin. Putting forth the helping hand to either help out or give money to the cause. They also premiered Brewce's documentary "SKATOPIA : 88 ACRES OF ANARCHY". So many people put the partying on hold, sat and watched the history of the place unfold.

This was the only year i've never seen Brewce walking around giving hell or making people work besides stand around. Even though he was'nt there, everyone acted like he was.

I only got to see Brewce's son Brandon (HELL SKULL) skate once up at the Lula Bowl. Everytime he dropped in everyone would stop skating and just watch. It was definately a sight to see.

Brewce is still in Huntington, WV at Cabell Huntington Hospital working his way to a full recovery. He's been out of ICU and eating all the while complaining of a headache. Brewce is one tough guy. And I can't wait to see him shred once again in the near future.

666 single ladies 66 bands 6 stages

20 THINGS YOU'LL NEED

• CAMPING GEAR {tent, sleeping bag, pillow, flashlight, etc (this is optional)}
• COOLER #1 FOR PBR
• COOLER #2 FOR ALCOHOL
• COOLER #3 FOR FOOD
• TRASHBAGS (only way they'll let you leave. clean your shit up)
• ILLEGAL FIREWORKS (leave your sparklers and snakes at home)
• HUNTING KNIFE (always good to have)
• TOILET PAPER (does a bear shit in the woods? yea well you will too)
• A NICKNAME (basically be someone else this weekend)
• DRUGS (because you may need that advil on day 2)
• ENERGY (you wont be sleeping)
• BOOTS (should it rain, you'll need em to get to the barn)
• LIGHTER (someone will ask you)
• SMOKES (cause you don't wanna be that guy)
• MONEY ($10 to give to BRUCE goes a long way)
• CAMP NAME (warns off intruders from lurking too much)
• $6 GRILL (you may wanna buy 2. worth it)
• CAMERA (you'll wanna document everything)
• SENSE OF ANARCHY(dont be a bitch)
• SKATEBOARD (the reason you're there in the first place)

Micheal Jordan of Skateboarding

Dammit Koston. Why could'nt you have gone to VANS? CONVERSE? ES'? GRAVIS?

P-Rod got you scared? Saw all the money he was makin, when he left your ass at ES'?

BOO KOSTON BOO.

Annoyed

Dry Ridgin is my 9-5

OMG WTF LMFAO LOL FML FTW OMG WTF LMFAO



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.... nick's a native now....

congrats



j root damagin

nam got a bike..



Frost left Lakia as you know....
CONVERSE?
BERRICS?
NIKE?
VANS?
SUPRA?
BLAH BLAH?


If you've been watching some J Lee comedy.
Mr. REDA was bartendin' to Miss Presley.

WATCH OUT OR ROSCO MITE BITE YO PUNK A**