new ad!!!!

for absolutely nothing except my own blog.  brick getting comfy among his feathered friends.

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seattle may be my new home......

sum things have been a brewing down in seattle. be on the lookout for a full photo post and a little video soon. been getting those photos and finding those spots you always strive to stumble upon. Chris Cope and Brick Strait have been ripping amidst the rain and gloom of the pacific northwest. Bellingham........ I think its time for us to part ways. Things actually happen down here. motivational peepz. Tons of spots....... rekindling the fire.

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VAL KILMER........

for the tortilla.......

thanks buddy.

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super tiny mini edit......

skating in the northwest can be a chore during these months.  luckily there are people smart enough and fortunate enough to have spaces to create things to ride during the harsh winter season.  Heres one such spot in bellingham.  fun mini and even mini-er pyramid/box setup.  The Ginger, Seamus and al last tuesday hiding out indoors.



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brian lotti.......

was one of my favorite skateboarders when i was a kid.  his foot hasn't left the door.  even better.  he's documenting the scene thru his eyes and as far as i'm concerned, those are sum pretty good peepers.  looking forward to more projects from him.  here's sumptin he just put together.



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anti hero......

has a sick new line of decks.....  Why am i posting skateboard company product photos.  blame it on my eleventh cup of coffee.

the restaurant names do have me laughing amidst my hyper-jitterish coffee meltdown.

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in an effort......

to start posting more of the photos i have clogging up my hardrive, i sat here enjoying my cup of coffee trying to come up with some clever title.  "phun photo friday", "fallback photo friday"?   boy those are dumb.  everyone has some clever name coninciding there big internet event and it's correlation to the day of the week.  i how ever think to add another uncreative spin on weekday werds is going to be a waste of time.  Therefore, it's going to be titleless and on whichever day of the week my thinker decides to post one.  so here you to.  " _______ friday"  woo hoo. 

ryan williams.  backside alley oop.  Arlington, WA,
tri-x 400, shot on my good ol trusty canon AE-1

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so im back on board........

haven't been able to do any editing as my desktop is in storage and i didn't have final cut installed on my laptop.  thats all taken care of now, so expect more edits in the near future as long as the homies keep producing and i keep on the road.  hit me up fellas.  lets get clippy.  can't let the rain keep us under.

here is a minute of footage from 20 minutes of filming, from my day at sedro woolley last friday.  Ryan Williams, SPECKS, john 0 (i know im spelling it wrong, if yer out there correct me man) and Keegan Brown explore the curves and banks of washingtons freshest concrete.




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i woke up friday.......

and the sun was shining bright.  I had plans already on heading to the olympic pennisula for the weekend regardless of the weather to visit my folks, but the sunny bonus meant i would be able to squeeze sum skating in along the journey.  So thats just what i did, and Sedro Wooley was the spot stop along my journey towards the coast.  I carted little keegan along with me and was lucky enough to catch captain booyah with a little free time in between a newborn and his teaching job.  Once we got there, a bunch of other Bellingham homies were already skating.  the park is dope.  I made a couple new friends, one of whichs name was jono (although its spelled geneo, or sumpting like that) who was ripping and will have sum tricks in the upcoming edit.  Specks was there as well and was annihilating the flat bar across the pyramid so be on the lookout for him as well as soon as soon as i log the footage.  Anyways here are a few photos to tied you over till the moving pictures are up.

while i was drinking coffee at the grocery store that morning there was a rat, dead in the parking lot.  a few minutes later, sum crows had swooped in and started ripping the rodent to shredz.

specks is really consistent.  nollie crooked grind.

specks, frunt feeble

captain booya (ryan williams) stands up on the simulated rock wall.  this is rad.

my friend matt edgars lives above ediz hook in port angeles.  i woke up here sunday morning after a extra hour of sleep thanks to the farmers.  nice view.

i'm heading back out to the pennisula this weekend.  really love it out there.  gonna get on the ol wetsuit and give the surf a try for the first time in 6 or 7 years this weekend.  looking forward to it.

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whats up seattle?........

comin for a visit soon......

jimmy jihad a few years back on that one crusty hip under the bridge.

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jake darwen...........

everyone is a photographer these days.  In all honesty, most of the content spewing out of these 49.2 megapixel cameras is boring, lacks imagination and has the subject matter and composition of the other 2 million people taking skateboard photographs.  I just stumbled across a few photos by jake darwen and i like them.

along those lines, here is a rad little short with SBC staff photog ryan allen about keeping things fresh, original and just doing things how you want to do them.

Artist Profile: Ryan Allan from SBC Skateboard on Vimeo.

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sandy.....

things got burly out east.  hope everyones loved ones are safe and good thoughts go out to all those that are down and out right now dealing with IT.

rodney torres is out making the most of what sandy  left the inhabitants of the area.

this photo is disgustingly american.

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ooops poops.

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spooky times.......and a costume contest......

i don't care what you say.  David Lo Pan was one spooky muther fucker.  On my chinese side of my family my grandparents had a large tapestry style painting of a character that looked just like Lo Pan.  I used to ask my mom if we could take it down while we visited, but my paw paw (chinese for grandmother) wasn't about to have her half breed grandson dictate any sort of interior design decisions.  creepy shit i tell you.  long ass fingernails and eye shadow......

if your dressing up send me pictures of you in yer costume.  I'll post them and people can vote on the best.  Winner gets a box of swag..........

email to:  jaredthedolphin@gmail.com
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straight mental........

this amazes me.  dudes are straight dancing with death on the daily.

motion pitures


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tailboner/hipper/coxsux..........

one of those got mashed......



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pop.........

a couple weeks ago i sum how ended up at the casino down in the skagit valley........  first time gambling.  went really good.  too good actually.  Is it always that easy???  nope.  found that out last night.  got schooled in ten minutes.  i was out...........barely. 

the danger zone.

this guy kindly informed me pictures were not to be taken inside the establishment.  Nice guy, nicer pose.  the lip pose girls kill for.

the next day the UNKNOWN BOARDSHOP had a high/long ollie contest thing at the crapditch.

it was like a pez dispenser of munchkins.  plop, plop, plop, plop.

hard to ollie the wiggle worm

the stack gets larger

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

pretty sweet

keegna brown.

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brick toast......

heres one i shot a few years ago of mr. brick strait.  The skateboard mag was kind enough to publish this one online.  oldie but goodie.  bumland R.I.P.

one of the few times i took the time to set up three flashes.  I generally think its overkill.  less is more.  i am pleased with how this came out though.  what do you think?.......

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harvest gnarfest.......

is here again up at the lynden fairgrounds this saturday.  always a goodtime.

sum footage of from sum of our previous visits.......





lets go..

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minirampin..........

its that time of year again.  skatin has to be moved indoors.  luckily we have a option and that option is pretty darn sweet. 

serious business with these guys

zac garza with the ol pivot grind to fakie.  This part of the ramp used to be 2 feet taller.  wish it hadn't got cut down.

and then there were a lot of these as the night had progressed and i had pulled out my camera.

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hot dogs, hot dawgerz, free helmets, and a dude with a bullhorn.......

sedro wooley park opening was a good time....until the masses showed up and the hotdoggerz starting spewing the AIRTIME all over the fresh concrete.  the park is real nice.  the rain held off and on for a bit, but finally decided to check in for the day......... from the looks of it, maybe the next 6 months.  anyways, check out this amazing action photo sum fella snagged of me.  booya!  another example of nonskaters taking amazing skateboard photos.  at least my wallet looks full.

ripping......  and it was kinda of a ego blow when i looked at the crowd and noticed not even one of the 30 people on the deck are watching my moves.  O wait, maybe the kid in the green helmet.  phew.  hotdogger blues........bummer......hopefully at the next park grand opening.

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sepia saturday.......

found this critter in the sprinkler box at the park.

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the red cheetah pot head......

uhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!

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cam barrett......

heres one from the cookie jar i shot maybe 3 or 4 years ago.  looks kinda like a mob kickflip if you didn't know how cam did his tre's.  throw that thing out there.  3 from the balcony after the foliage fell.

four posts in one day.......

must be wet outside.  sumone's sole form of entertainment whilst raining must be a portable silver square fruit box.  i like this one.  most everything slave does i'm pretty hyped on i guess.  i like their font, choice of tunes, and the way the krue skates.  This one is no exception.  this weather and this clip just remind me how badly we need a indoor facility in this town..............  black box looks like a good time.  shultz shreds.



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kobrah is a zine.....

its about skateboarding.  they made a video and it's actually pretty rad.  hesh and fresh.  a rad diy segment with a cool deadkennedys cover with a cameo by ron allen and a wide range and cast of characters with good tunes.  when you have 20 and yer avoiding the wet, peep it.



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