if you are into.....

capturing skateboarding or any moments in life give this a watch and dive into the minds of some of my favorite creative individuals in our culture.

Symirroretry from Andrew Lovgren on Vimeo.

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bellingham.....

i spent 14 long years in Bellingham.  I skated from the day i moved up there and explored it's in and outs to the fullest.  At least i thought.  This part is insane, not in just the tricks, but more so the spots.  Like all northwest spots, they are crust, but the furthur up you go.....  No one ever has skated 90% of the stuff in this edit and no one ever will.  In fact you wouldn't even see it as a spot.



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exploration......

cruising with Blair and Lester.  A few days ago.

digital blair.......

will never look as good as film blair.

the above and remaining photos shot on yaschicaT4 or CanonAE1.

  
more pics from this day soon.

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online parts....

are immediate gratification.  We all enjoy seeing them but like so many before, i will forget this one within a week.  So while posting it here isn't cementing it into a hard copy format, I will a few years from now, browse the archives and watch Phil Zwijsen destroy everything in his path.



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cruisen....

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Lost Angeles.

Situated in Freetown Christiania, Wonderland is the result of an autonomous community, disenfranchised with the mundane culture of modern society. A place for the disillusioned youth of Copenhagen to escape and forge their own traditions.
Desillusion Magazine presents ‘Lost Angeles’, an insight into one of the rarest independent skate spots on the planet.

-VIA desillusion



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La Paz, Bolivia......

i posted the full Levis La Paz video awhile back.  Go back and watch it if you didn't.  Here's a new kinda behind the scenes clip of what went on down in south america.



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speacking of vics market..........

you saw this right.  well have another look.



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new vics market.......

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gems

we have all been guilty(well mostly) of complaining about are local skate arena.  when they are first built anything new is fun, exciting and a new challenge, but after time the lackluster-ness sets in and we begin to grumble.  And although any of these parks which follow would be considered a gem, if found in the streets and would still be fun to a point, it's just kinda comical that this is the outcome of a citys resources.

VIA kingpin

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#The Great Skate Boys

these guys never cease to get my hyped or make me feel like i'm lazy when it comes to skateboarding.  They are always skating and I know they have on numerous times skated from the seattle area to as far as tacoma, (a long long way to skate) but this is insane.  Although i'm truthfully not that suprised they are making this adventure.  good luck fellas!  They made the local news so have a look...



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bellingham memories......

i guess cory kennedy lives in bellingham now.  it's real great to see this clip as it's a reminder of what my daily grind consisted of, for 14 years up in that town up the I-5 corridor, twenty five minutes away from the canadian border.  and the skating.....  Yes the park skating is fun to watch, but the street?  Bellingham doesn't have a single smooth spot and well the crusty ones mostly suck.  The ollie up, backside flip is nuts.  the best thing i have seen in them streets perhaps, and the back smith on the armory rail?  I've taken a lot of visiting friends there and only two, well three, have skated it.  It's really tall, and round, and against a tree, and if you land it, you start a steep hill bomb which ends in a twenty stair.  great clip.  got me all reminiscent and stoked for today.



here is one i shot of Jihad quite some years ago on the rail.

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wedding....

of my friends justin and dylan was all time a couple weekends ago.  Just now getting the film back.

 justin and his mum.

 Forrest Burki

Luke strong

Pete the meat

 

Blair Habenicht and Janelle and someone else.....

Matty

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spot prep.........

101.

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coastal.........

been spending most of my time out on washington states western most point.  My good friend has property on which he is creating his own simple sustainable zone.  inspiring to say the least.  The daiuly routine is as follows with slight variations from here to there.  Wake up early.  Drink a few french press' worth of black gold.  Go for a fish on a world class angling paradise.  Work around the farm for a bit.  Eat a lunch made from produce and proteins from the farm.  Then perhaps skate a radical park, soon a miniramp on the farm, go to the beach and lurk and maybe try and surf.  Come back fish again, eat another farm fresh meal and round the night off with a fire with pals.  Good Life.

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inspiration........

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been awhile....

sorry.  Here's a few from the achives.  things ive shot from the last 6 or so years.

cam barrett, Ferndale Wa.

Oregon Coast

mike nypaver, Glacier Wa.

ryan, Kendall Wa.

ryan and the gingerturd, Bellingham Wa.

brick and rich, Seattle Wa.

brick strait, seattle Wa.

matt edgars, Glacier Wa.

alex sandlin, Bellingham Wa.

 ryan williams, the boonies Wa.

ceo, Seattle Wa.

ryan williams, Seattle Wa.

giving my first and only tattoo, Bellingham Wa.

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