Dead Pixel Productions

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2012-01-18T15:02:00.000-08:00

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“Ground Control” is a feature length, hour long skate video produced by Dead Pixel Productions featuring Phillip Ceja, Joshua Abernathy, Michael Leon, Gabriel Lopez, Jason Park, Michael Piwowar, Steven Ban, Alex Miranda, Roy Foner, Christopher Joslin, and many more. Check out the trailers below. Please support and order a copy today!

You can purchase your D.V.D. copy of “Ground Control” via Paypal for $10 plus shipping and handling. “Ground Control” is also available at Furnace Skate Shop in Buena Park, Gallery Boardshop in Long Beach, and Transitions Skate Shop in Carson. Please allow 5-10 business days for delivery anywhere in the United States. Online purchases are managed securely by Paypal.

Ground Control

2012-01-14T12:34:00.000-08:00

Dead Pixel Productions presents...

Gee, it feels good to be done.

Waiting patiently, kind of.

Crowd control.

Load 'em up!

Finally.

Nervous speech.

Thanks to anyone and everyone who came out, appreciate the love! And a very special thanks goes out to my family for all their years of support...

Last Minute Clips

2011-12-24T01:04:00.000-08:00

Here's a lil' photo montage of some of the last spots we hit filming for this goddamn behemoth of a video.

Stretch start.

The Korean Bell. Where real friends go to skate.

Eazy didn't do shit this day.

Failed mission.

Fun mission.

Last times at La Sern Sern...

Clips were made.

Baby Boomers

2011-11-28T19:05:00.000-08:00

Spent one of our last few filming days at a couple of baby rails. What's boomin'!?

Chris control.

Giddy up!

Roy can fly.

If it's hard, grind it.

Round two.

Crookie monster.

Cool beans.

Shipwreck

2011-11-13T09:07:00.000-08:00

Drive to the end of the world, hike down a cliff, scale a rocky beach, skate a thousand year old shipwreck. Awesome.

So it begins...

Creepin' down the cliff.

The masterpiece.

Tre-flip essentials.

My attempt at being artistically intellectual.

Auby always makin' business calls on the spot.

Victory pose.

Worth it for sure.

House Of Homies

2011-11-10T14:31:00.000-08:00

Last week a lot of good homies came through to House of Drops watch some high class hucking go down.

Got the ramp session quickly crackin'..

D.I.Y. smith stall.

Tap the wall, pump and stall.

Spectating, chatting, chillin'.

Maloofin' it.

Who's down to take on the beast?

Dorsey Days

2011-11-05T22:29:00.000-07:00

Just some good ol' friends havin' some good ol' fashion fun. Phil and Jason have been killin' it lately.

Friends forever. <3

An O.G. spot I've been waiting to skate forever.

Phil has his ups and downs.

Westgate's ollie is truly tremendous.

"Five years I've been waiting to skate this spot, five years..." -Jason Park

Hooty hoo!

Death Drop Ledge

2011-11-01T10:43:00.000-07:00

Just paid a visit to another mind-melting Daewon spot. This ledge represents the perfect combination of tech and gnar.

The boys sittin' down at the warm-up spot, typical.

You do not mess around on a spot like this.

Gettin' ready to film rolling long lens.

Sweet Jesus!

Here's a lil' blog line I snuck in for all you Phil Ceja fans.

Set For Lift Off

2011-10-24T22:06:00.000-07:00

Premiering at the Art Theatre of Long Beach on January 7th, 2012 at 8:30 P.M.

Manny Mayhem

2011-10-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

We decided to get techy the other day and stick to manny pads.

Over bar to manny. Too fun!

First try.

Pre-switch pop posture.

Instant bust, therefore no blog footy...

Had some fun on this lonely flat bar on the sidelines.

Sketchiest 50-50 of my life.

Lynwood Ledgends

2011-10-15T11:24:00.000-07:00

Went hunting for a new ledge spot the other day. Pretty psyched we got to skate it.

White tee chillin'.

Ledge to manny pad!

No-slide.

Yikes.

Is that bigspin out or 270 shove?

Nose manny 'round the tree.

Jason Parkfest

2011-10-11T09:58:00.000-07:00

The homie from Hawai'i, the man without the mainland, the pride and joy of Kaneohe has finally arrived for an all out shred vacation with the only purpose of filming. Get Some!

Ladies and gentlemen, Jason Park.

His Youtube glory means business.

Did you go to the circus? I heard it was intense.

Jason got all Donkey Kong with this barrel roll out son!

Frosty 5-0.

Jason loves janky spots.

Whattt? Oh no he didn't... To manual!

Chicago reunited.

Alex grabbing his way to victory. Park power represent!

Carson Crimes

2011-10-05T23:51:00.000-07:00

Private property created crime.

Up and at 'em.

Gotta love that fakie ollie off the curb.

It's good to see Roman back on the block.

Roman is killin' it on the filming game.

Premature fakie ollie swag.

How cute, the end.

Tracks Of Tears

2011-10-01T10:28:00.000-07:00

We took the liberty of revisiting an oldie but goodie spot the other day.

The tracks of my tears.

Stand by me.

Temple of the false gods.

This sick lil' tranny spot was still in okay shape.

Angry ghetto bird.

Abandoned paradise.

So many possibilities...

This spot is too much fun.

Snake Runs

2011-09-28T12:56:00.000-07:00

It's always nice to come up on a new weekday spot.

Snake running.

End of summer shorts.

Someone left us this perfect push broom.

Live horses on the scene.

Jem's American Eagle advertisement.

Checking for air bubbles.

Channel gap.

Gettin' it in!

Long Beach Cruisin'

2011-09-24T14:31:00.000-07:00

I enjoy long skates on the beach. Hahaha...

It's always sunny in Long Beach.

We were hyped to mess around on this thing.

Josh havin' some good ol' innocent fun.

Yum.

1984 Propaganda.

Talkin' shit about a pretty sunset.

Default status.

This thing is so damn hard to skate.

Back grind to back grind to horrible ass steez.

You just can't talk shit on Long Beach, California!

Hot Spot

2011-09-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

We decided to get some while we still could at this new L.A. hot spot.

The height of this is proportional to that of a three year old's.

Back grind for yo' ass.

Get it straight do crooks.

Eyeballin' something at the next spot.

Praying mantis! First time I've seen one of these in person.

Kaya's got this.

Really steep boardslide.

More back to backs from the handrail dogs of the crew.

Oh no!

Victory cone.

F.Y.I. This is knobbed now.

Until next time...

Straight To The Dome

2011-09-14T18:01:00.000-07:00

It's all fun and games until somebody busts their head open...

Stretch session to start off the day.

Do you stretch before you skate?

Bucky and Herling's epic grip jobs.

Josh about to go H.A.M.

Cold chillin'.

Artsy shot of a non-artsy photographer.

The socks prove that Ryan is just another Loyal Pawn of the ever growing Toy Machine army.

Then it was up and over to the next spot.

Remember that D.I.Y. spot I blogged about months ago? Well, this is what's left of it.

I never even had a chance to get some on it.. : (

After the sad sight we mosied on over to this sizable alternative.

And then just like that, it happened. Mike was just tryin' to have some good ol' innocent fun but he got it straight to the dome! Video courtesy of Jem Lacasandile.

Roy was kind enough to offer his shirt to suppress the bleeding.

Despite his bleeding brain, Mike was a good enough sport to let us continue with our filming plans.

Gap to rail.

It's not the easiest thing to skate.

With a little over an hour of light left, we hit up this one last spot.

Jem is here to deliver your package via U.P.S. Hahaha...

Then at last, we made our way to the hospital.

"Two staples for a tre flip?" - Michael Piwowar.

Fortunately, Mike was lucky enough to save himself from getting a concussion and now he's all good and skating again! : )

Ilja Maran New Video Part!

2011-09-12T11:27:00.000-07:00

Sike! That's the wrong skater!

Back To School

2011-09-06T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hyped to get one last summer day session in before school started back up again.

Chill stretch.

Bump over bar. That thing is sketchy!

Winning!

As low as you can go.

Home of the Don ledge.

Gettin' lippy.

Phone zone.

Group love.

Filming Still In Progress...

2011-09-03T23:23:00.000-07:00

Don't Be Fooled

2011-08-30T23:50:00.000-07:00

Don't believe it's all about being sponsored.

Don't believe it's all about the way you dress.

Don't believe it's all about contracts.

Don't believe it's all about getting footage.
Just believe that it's all about you and your board.
Words by Jamie Owens, Skateboarder Magazine.

Riverbed Radness

2011-08-27T14:15:00.000-07:00

Met up with the homies not too long ago to clock in some clips.

Dennis Dilliner mashing towards some street tranny.

Bluntslide your way to victory.

Vic comin' through strong with the sack lunch.

Peepin' game.

Even Josh met up, rat tail and all.

Dolly set up.

Overheated

2011-08-24T22:13:00.000-07:00

Temporarily out of service...

Summer Skin

2011-08-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

We've been trying to make the most out of our last few days of summer...

The set up kids.

Gap to rail.

A momentous occasion for my dude.

Chris literally shitting on the spot in two ways.

Last letter, second try. Make or break?

Bartholomew J. on the scene rockin' the classic fish head shape.

A pretty fun little stage spot.

Doin' it first try for a quarter.

Roy about to go antiquing.

Suicide rails.

The results are in.

Whittier is shittier.

Moseyed our way into an epic two stair ledge session.

Noseslide to back 5-0.

Frontside tailslide to switch back 5-0.

Frontside tailslide to switch crook.

Switch frontside tailslide to crook. Stack nation!

Milikan't

2011-08-18T15:06:00.000-07:00

We couldn't really get anything this day.

But it was good to reunite with the homies at least.

Enough ollies to land himself a spot on an East coast company.

Hippy scum.

Back on the block.

Bueno Park

2011-08-08T22:20:00.000-07:00

Take a look into our past session through these photos of better times...

Henry, always prepared

Balance is the key to life.

This is trendsetting.

Roy's attempt to get on Blind.

I try, I try...

Roy paying homage to Pac.

Stallionized back tail.

"Ground Control" - Trailer Vol. 2

2011-08-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

Cruisin' Commerce

2011-07-31T02:12:00.000-07:00

Weekday spots are usually a no go. But somehow on this past weekday, Commerce was a go go.

Welcome to huck nation. As you can see the rails are gone now.

Workin' their way over.

Size it up.

Sweep it up.

It's not that Roy's an idiot, he just tries so hard to be.

Boom! Fo' real...

Tricks were made. The shirt don't lie.

Chris posted his black-ass up for the moment.

"Fosheezy my neezy."

Boardslide backers.

This is the last place I'd expect to see a school.

"Sometimes it is fun to skate like a really big rail to me."

Never let the A.B.D.'s get to you. Truth is, they got to him.

Back for more.

I call this one, "Escape from Freedom."

In With The New

2011-07-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

Last week we explored some uncharted territory and skated some new spots. Pretty refreshing!

Out with the old and in with the new, sorry Nate...

Double set into bank.

Sends you flying.

Nate came through with the spot saver, thanks again dude!

Mike tryin' to keep up with Chris.

Next spot was another new spot.

Up and down.

Up and around.

Nate manualing his way into a manhole.

Ten Stair Times

2011-07-24T00:55:00.000-07:00

Kept it generic as hell the other day and played huck-it on a ten stair. Peep ya boys gettin' some!
Quote of this day: "Does Deville shoot you with guns and if you live you get to stay on Powell?" -Matthew Marusik

Phil thinks he's washed-up apparently. Let's see what you think after his part drops...

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Get some, or get none!

Marusik is bringing that Wisconsin high life all the way to Cali. It's good to see you out there!

Film mode.

A companionship to remember.

A Time To Shine

2011-07-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Last week I swooped up some good homies from the airport and headed straight to this classic Transworld spot. This here's a scenic spot for some scenic footage to be had.

Sunset spot of the day.

Randy whipped out his cam cam right off the plane and got straight down to business.

Comin' in hot from Wisconsin, Marusik nailin' the tourist look.

Dick-wire about to shine.

Sunset inward heel.

Packin' it up until next time.

Trusty Steed

2011-07-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

It's about time I dedicate a blog post to my trusty steed, the most dependable filming mobile of all. This here 83' Mercedes-Benz 300 S.D. Turbo Diesel has been through countless filming missions and deserves some recognition for all its hard work.

Withstanding the test of time to this very day. My whip has never failed me since day one.

It's got plenty of space for any junk in the trunk.

Pre-G. Status. This is what inspired it all.

Countless filming missions later I finally broke 300,000 miles. G. Status.

Ditch Days

2011-07-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

Took an Arizona approach to skateboarding the other day.

Mandatory push shot.

Proper form.

Meet and greets.

Phil throwin' down as the train rolls by.

Gettin' jiggy with it.

Spectators spectatin'.

Then it was off and away after a successful day.

Sole Tech. Session

2011-07-11T13:49:00.000-07:00

Had a sick little Sole Tech. session with the Gallery dudes the other day.

This park is just too much fun.

It's got everything you could ask for.

Blogside feeble grind.

Frontside big for shits and gigs.

Chris gettin' his tech-side in.

Just a walk in the park for Carlos.

Chris can fly!

Carlos is always inventin' new tricks on the fly.

Chris was burnt after makin' all those tricks.

Ready for shipping.

This park is just so damn fun we couldn't find ourselves to ever leave until we were completely burnt out and the sun finally set.

Chillin', chillin'.

Gallery represent!

Enjoy Gallery

2011-07-05T17:14:00.000-07:00

A few days back Gallery Board Shop held a lil' deck release kickback for Chris Joslin. Peep out the wildness!

Boards out, bodies in.

All the homies came through.

Pizza and Coke. : 9

Cerritos Park classic.

Zoned out.

Juicy

2011-06-30T22:57:00.001-07:00

It was all a dream. This classic schoolyard spot's got a sick scene.

Skate the stairs or skate over the rail.

That launch over table is too much fun.

Some get it, some don't.

The spot's even got those trademark éS game of S.K.A.T.E. lines goin.

And it's got a wallride.

Don't consider him a fool because he dropped out of high school... And if you don't know now you know, nigga.

Two Man Missions

2011-06-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

Two man missions are a go. Peep some flicks from the field consisting of Mikey and myself...

The path to enlightenment.

Cutty spots for the win.

Mikey just happened to be cruisin' down the street and I just happened to have a camera out.

Another cutty spot with a tiny A.B.D. list.

That shit's got pop.

Wait, time out.

Go Skateboarding Day

2011-06-24T10:14:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday, Wild in the Streets 2011 set off with a bang bringing together thousands of skaters. I never thought I'd have so much fun pushing downtown with a herd of skaters.

Wild in the Sidewalks.

Auby spotted the most cutty spot of all.

Where's the plaza?

More skaters...

Mark Waters is a saint!

"Hey mom! I'm on T.V.!"

Sidewalk Surfers

2011-06-16T12:28:00.000-07:00

Had a lot of fun the other day skating some butthole gaps.

Epic throw down shot.

Butthole skaters.

I even managed to claw Mr. Miranda away from his girlfriend and take him back to the streets!

Lines...

For...

Days.

V.I.P. (Volcom Indoor Park)

2011-06-08T13:55:00.000-07:00

A few days ago I did a shoot with the Spyder dudes over at Volcom Indoor Park. Everyone on the Spyder team pretty much rips, so stay posted for a zesty montage comin' soon!

Truer words have never been spoken.

Get your foot in the sticker door.

The pyramid got murked.

Jett's Blog on the lurk...

Later our session had to get shafted by groms galore.

Skate mom, the new soccer mom...

I don't know how I feel about this grom photo shoot.

Off to lunch.

Spyder team, killin' the game!

Volcom, we thank you.

The Barracks

2011-06-04T01:09:00.000-07:00

Came up on this amazing new cutty spot last week. A place once used as war barracks, is now used for street skating...

Aerial scenario.

Enter the shadow of the tunnel of death.

Alternate route.

Make-shifting in progress.

That bank is steeper than gas prices! Harharhar...

Andrew Diaz gettin' 'em!

Commence rippage.

Lines for days.

Everyone put in a solid day's work.

Unfortunately though, I gotta be the bearer of bad news and let you guys know that the spot's been stripped down of almost everything. I went back the other day only to encounter an eight foot high fence blocking the tunnel. Getting past that was easy, but getting over the fact that another chill ass weekday spot was on the burn was hard to swallow. Ahhh well... Lurk hard for the next new hot spot! I guess it's on to the next one...

South Bay Sessions

2011-05-30T13:11:00.000-07:00

Last week we missioned out towards the bay and put in some solid work.

Redondo Hurteen

We peeped out the new flat bar on the premises.

Also paid respects to the old flat bar.

Threadin' the needle.

Then we sessioned the ten rail upon exit.

"Why'd you take me to a ledge spot?" -Baby C.J.

Roy jumps at any opportunity to skate a rail.

So, for the next spot we went to a rail.

Get some!

Target Dogs

2011-05-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

Snooped around an abandoned Target the other day to skate this manual pad.

Then I revamped the spot with this buttery ass pole jam!

So hyped to find a home for my pole jam.

Mike did the honors of setting off the new creation properly.

I got his back, one-eighty...

Trailer Trashin'

2011-05-24T12:46:00.000-07:00

Last mission we had ourselves a productive lil' road trip out towards Billy Marks' hometown of Corona, California.

First spot of the day was too fun. I'm talkin' coping ledges for days!

Even I got my ins on this fun lil' gap out ledge.

Don't let the Hawai'ian shirt fool you people. Chris was on no vacation.

Just look at him gettin' all kinky and shit.

Everyone needs to holler at that Chris B. pro model swag! Swag, swag...

Next spot we up'd the ante a bit.

I'll raise you one baby rail.

Chris B. is winning all the money, all the money!

Adrian and Mike tapped out their chips and folded on this hand.

As for the last spot of the day we got the shaft. Say goodbye to this perfect ass gap... Damn it!

Barred off from existence.

Luckily the gaps' younger cousin was still in full effect.

Back to backers!

Ender line to end the post on, baby.

Uncharted Territory

2011-05-19T13:54:00.000-07:00

Here's another look into the making of our video. This last mission we decided to peep out some uncharted territory and try our luck at a couple new spots.

Stretch Armstrong motha'fucka!

Trendy spot for a trendy skater.

Get yo' Dylan Rieder on.

Exclusive Filmbot Grip! Josh thinks he's so cool...

Sacharow had the courtesy of showing us this amazing new ledge spot.

Don't bother hittin' me up for directions. This thing is probably knobbed by now yo!

But in any case, get some while you still can.

Long Beach Localling

2011-05-17T13:59:00.000-07:00

Kept it local today and skated my great home town of Strong Beach!

These fools sittin' here don't know nothin' 'bout the huck-it lifestyle.

Huck it!

This nigga over here floatin' in the air for a minute cuh!

That's what she said.

A big thank you to whoever made this spot skate-able.

How to sack a rail with Brendan Herling.

Blister boy.

Lil' Chris came through blister and all then earned himself a seat on the victory chair.

Carson Coverage

2011-05-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

A couple days back we cruised around Long Beach's little brother, Carson city. : )

Good to see Johnny Sevillano pushin' wood again alright.

We checked out this little cutty pyramid spot.

Steven was workin' them big-ass buntz of his.

Apparently Roy can skate kicker spots? He does it all people!

Some shady shit goes on behind this place.

Mike P. scopin' it out.

Front fitty-fitties for warmies.

Josh makes the leather jacket work, I guess...

Lurkin' Lafayette

2011-05-09T15:25:00.000-07:00

Took it easy and had ourselves a lil' plaza session the other day.

Lafayette lurkers.

Some kind of new maneuver...

Chillin' like villains.

Cody C. on the scene!

Obi comin' through.

Poppin' it off!

Gay 12

2011-05-05T11:44:00.000-07:00

It doesn't get any gayer than this spot everybody.

The infamous, Gay 12.

Gay stretch.

Gay angle.

Tape Number Two Hundred

2011-05-03T13:21:00.000-07:00

This is getting serious.

Eight days and eight hours of the little red light.

Let the logging begin.

Didn't believe me? Well, it's true.

Be A Person Of Character

2011-04-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

We had a mellow day on the field a couple weekends back and stuck to manual pads and ledges.

This dude gets off on this type of shit, no joke.

Enough said?

Always hyped to see Dan gettin' some!

The photographer on a stealth mission for the best angle.

Auby lookin' a bit pre-dispositioned here.

Happy to see this spot is skate-able again.

Farewell good friend. It was real.

GlendaL.A.

2011-04-24T00:07:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another edition of the blogging show. This time we take a look into a lil' session from Glendale to L.A.

Woodpushers galore.

Can't stop the pop clock.

Takin' blog footage to another level!

Endless games of flat, endless fun.

My little baby rail.

Under the bridge.

Bump to bars remastered.

Now featuring additional handrail.

Hit the rail outta that manual brah! So pitted!

Alleycats

2011-04-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

Here's some photos from the alleyways of Long Beach, California!

Guerilla style photoshoot.

The Sa. Mo. homies came through.

Thread the needle.

Chris was swaggin' his freshly flo'd Circas.

Dan has the world record for the fastest pack up time.

Mobbin' deep once again.

Speculatin' on the next spot.

Auby was workin' on accenting the spot.

Mike steppin' up to the plate.

"That's one Prince of a hardflip!" -Auby Taylor

At The Edge Of The World

2011-04-14T10:21:00.000-07:00

Paid a visit to the edge of the world and found the most amazing spot ever!

Oh, what man has accomplished...

At the edge of the world.

Tide pools for tourists.

These architects had to be skaters.

One of a kind.

Ever heard of a ledge to bank? Now you have.

Steven's always skatin' things a lil' differently.

I knew it was too good to be true. : (

Lynwood Always Up To No Good!

2011-04-11T22:39:00.000-07:00

Rollin' through no good hoods won't keep us off the streets.

We mob deep.

They were passin' V.X.'s out on the street.

We was mobbin' like four cars deep!

I would hate driving in this climate too... It's a economic crisis!

Steven lacquered up these new ledges for us to get some on.

Lacquered, waxed, and ready in minutes!

Sole Tech. homies chillin' on the session.

The longest of all L.O.G.s. (Ledge over gap.)

Phil is rockin' some serious equipment for serious reasons. Ever wonder who takes photographs of all them Sole Tech. goods you see in magazines? This guy! Pay his hard work some love and visit his site: Phil Blair Photo. He's livin' the dream people!

Happy Bucky. : ) Thanks for comin' through dude!

From L.A. To L.B.

2011-04-09T16:47:00.000-07:00

Last week we partook in some shredding along the mighty L.A.

Lafayette Plaza for warmies...

No one's down to take on the beast.

This is how it should work, ideally.

The next spot was infested with human skate stoppers.

For a human skate stopper, he wasn't all that bad actually.

Mike stomped this 50-50 then hopped on the next train home.

Golden hour lipslide.

Here's an L.A. skyline picture for all you hipsters out there.

Then we was onto these L.B. ledges.

Feelin' it.

Success!

Down In Downey

2011-04-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

Here's some more bloggins from a recent trip through Downey.

I'm a crackhead for new spots. I spotted this abandoned foundation from miles away then got to my blueprints.

Mike and me moved a heavy ass light pole over to it's new home.

Then voila, new flat bar spot! All it took was a lil' man power.

It's almost impossible to de-virginize a spot around here anymore. Here's Mike P. doin' just that.

So that's why it's called "Hi Ho" gap...

This old spot's now new and improved! Time to get all artsy on this bitch.

Spot's so much more artsy now...

Get there while you can!

Over The Bridge

2011-04-02T13:27:00.000-07:00

Took another trip over the bridge and hit up San Pedro.

"Everybody look at me 'cause I'm sailin' on a boat!"

Smaller rail.

Bigger rail.

"House of drops ain't for no fairies." -Ryan Hunter

Hello down there...

The perfect pick.

Fakie ollie.

There was random shit everywhere, including this dog skull.

Kaboom!

Game over.

Barry the bear was disappointed in us.

I gotta give a huge thanks to Dan Muchnik for gettin' us some coverage up on Focus Skateboard Magazine! Somehow my tom foolery made the Sequence Saturday page. Thanks Dan! And big ups to Mike Piwowar for making the homepage today.

It's in the telescope, really. (Click image for sequence.)

And to end the day, Andrew Diaz showed us this fun little D.I.Y. spot.

Somebody's gotta take a photo of the photographer!

The friendship bell rung strong that day.

Outtake Tuesdays Vol. 10

2011-03-30T00:18:00.000-07:00

Ideal Humans

2011-03-29T01:49:00.000-07:00

Took a trip through crime with a few ideal humans. Scope our shenanigans...

Ideal Humans. Watch it, cop it, and support it!

We was hoppin' on that flat bar swag.

Here's what we do, we will setup.

Even Josh came through, broken wrist and all.

Phil was diggin' that flatbar swag the most. The tight pants don't lie!

And you can hit it frontside? That's good because Phil likes to hit it it both ways... ; ) No homo.

On to the next one...

"Coverage baby!" -Blake Matthews

The perfect "shootout" ledge. Or, as Chi-folk say, "jet" ledge.

Dan Muchnik was on it every hour, on the hour.

The superior Hasselblad. "All I see is money signs." -Brendan Herling

The stretch of death.

"Hee hee, I got it!" -Matthew Bros.

Mr. Matthews in the flesh.

We rolled over to the next spot to find the most hesh manual pad you'll ever see.

Blog footage is serious footage.

P.-Wire gettin' ins on his switch.

Stairway to nowhere. So symbolic! So symbolic!

Then it was on to the last spot of the day...

Photo version.

Video version.

And just like that the "Fancy Ca" was off and the Chicagomies were headed to the airport with a one way ticket home. Good skatin' homies! Good skatin'! Until next time...

Bump To Nowhere

2011-03-25T10:29:00.000-07:00

Jem showed us this super cutty bump to street spot in Cerritos.

Bump to street spot? Yeah? Maybe, just a little?

"I think it's tight." Okay Jem, that's all we need.

You either have to make the most of that mellow bump or do as I do and push your hardest then skate it like a flat gap. Ha!

Dantelor was cold chillin'.

"Whaa..?"

Look out for the upcoming Mikey Leon blog!

Cerritos Days

2011-03-19T12:32:00.000-07:00

Kept it G.-Code and skated the park all day. This is what us sketchies came through with...

Shout out to Mikey Leon for coming through from behind the lens for the first time!

I Love The Valley, Oh!

2011-03-16T00:52:00.000-07:00

Peep our recent happenings from the valley of the shadow of death!

We took a nice hike to an old spot.

"I'm a ditch, I'm a lover."

"Let's go skate Culver City." I guess Mr. Mikey is too good for this spot now. Ha!

The laziest photographer I know.

Ledge dreams.

Chippy lines all day.

"Let's go to Culver already dude..." -Michael Leon

Ryan on the lurk, not on it with the coverage! What happened to the blog, dog?

Then finally we missioned back towards Culver City.

Now he skates...

What you got on that pole jam over chain, son!

The kind of rail Mikey would love.

These fools decided to sit this one out.

Legal ramifications against skateboarding? Fuck it, onto the next spot...

Crook bonkers!

"I gotta holla at my boy, Dr. Scholl." - Michael Piwowar

I think it's safe to say we put in a good days work. Well, at least Baby Chris did!

Outtake Tuesdays Vol. 9

2011-03-09T11:41:00.001-08:00

Back To Bolsa

2011-03-07T16:57:00.000-08:00

Here go some coverage from the breezy beaches of Orange County.

Actually, the beach was pretty empty. I guess O.C. folk don't care for it much anymore.

Mike and Mike.

I love saying this one: S.S.B.S.T.S.

Photographer fail, I didn't avoid the mergers.

Back to backers!

Bolsa beach was pretty kind to us offering new spots every few pushes down the way.

Watch out for Mike Alexander, Daewon!

Or should I say watch of for Mike Piwowar?!

Outtake Tuesdays Vol. 8

2011-03-01T13:04:00.000-08:00

We get alonggg... Cause we're fine old friendsss...

Here's the next batch of clips not suitable for the final product. Featuring some skating from yours truly... Enjoy!

Western Wachness

2011-02-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

Welcome to more coverage of days past...

Chris didn't understand how to approach the lumpy obstacle. Most of all, he simply didn't care to.

Phil showed him how it was done with ease. Don't get rocked on it dude! Harharhar... Get it?

He was disappointed for being dragged back to his old high school again. Sorry bro...

The man, the myth, Adrian Nigman.

Pre-kickflip posture.

Mr. Consistent versus Mr. Consistent.

Commence S.K.A.T.E.

This was how most of our day went.

But all in all, we have to focus on what's really important here boys and girls.

As a last resort, we were all driven to Norwalk Skate Park. It's mostly just because skate parks are the only place we're actually allowed to skate. : (

Dude was on a solid box session.

I tried to re-popularize this old trick.

Then I tried to master some 360 revolutions brah! This is as full as it gets on my part... : / We need to skate more!

Pacifica Pastimes

2011-02-23T12:46:00.000-08:00

The homies rolled up all the way from Santa Monica to explore some new terrain. First spot was Pacifica.

We were mobbin' with a deep crew.

Phil met up in his fresh whip. That's right, our lil' Phil is all grown up now.

Old friends reunited once again.

Sacharow squeezed in a Mariners approved switch frontside flip.

Following up, Dan Muchnik captured this artsy wallride from Steven.

Then Steven went balls out on this nearby hubba. Dan the man was there to capture it all for us while Nathan and I were rockin' the video cameras.

The dudes then got to work on this bump to gap as shown by Nate Principato's nollie flip.

Elliot Murphy backed 'em up!

All in all it was a successful days work. Everyone came through in the clutch! Also, show Dan some love and go peep his photostream. Dude is proper!

Back To Berendo

2011-02-20T21:15:00.000-08:00

Normally I try to avoid blogging about spots we've already hit, but hey it's better than nothing, right?

Golden boy always be toyin' with his trucks.

Get down with the stay down.

Peeps were hating on my impeccable wall-ride skills. I'm looking at you Alex Miranda!