Come out to the Boarders @ the Glendale Galleria to meet the team and get some shizaz signed!!

Duffel, Gareth, Alex G, Sierra ,David Reyes and Nuge will all be there. Will you?

So who WAS the Foundation rider that made a fort out of the bathroom?

For those of you who guessed Abdias, you were...

wrong. It was David Reyes of course.

of a 3-legged dog.

What a nice guy....David couldn't keep his hands off of this 3-legged dog (weird). It kind of freaked me out a little- not gonna lie.

They were posing together and David was putting his chin in the area that the leg use to be.

Angel didn't like the dog either because it messed up his Thrasher mag. David was making excuses for the dog but I didn't feel bad for the dog one bit.

We cleaned up the mess and let the amputee go. We had a few spots on the way home that we had to hit up. The dog tried to run after the van but it turns out 3-legged dogs just aren't that fast.

Met up with Nick Merlino and some friends.

Switch ollie warm up.

Next spot.

Smith check

Nosegrind check

Frontblunt for the cops.

Man down.

Truck down.

Guess which Foundation rider opted to make a fort out of blankets and sheets and sleep in there rather than just sleeping on one of the beds on a previous trip...

As we left off our last skate session here I was overwhelmed by the amount of "real work" I actually had to do. I wanted to make sure that I was allotted the appropriate amount of time to finish up the previous blog. Sorry for the delay.


Angel decides to go shirtless for the remainder of the day. Who could blame him? Its only winter in other places not southern California.


Nevermind. Shirts back on. We're at a real spot...not just the Tum Yeto parking lot picking up other people...


David warms up quick with a backside 50-50. I wonder what his writing fans think of his skating ability. And I wonder what his skating fans think of his writing ability. hmmm.. Only time will tell for young David and his many career options.


Until then he will settle for looking for all his sleep over gear because he's trapped in California on a skate mission.


Angel helps the young buckaroo out with his newly acquired guitar.


Sometimes I feel like they should maybe have selective voting or controlled voting for only those who qualify. This is Not one of those time. Bart Jones with his electoral vote in hand...

The team was at Industry Board Shop this past weekend.

On the way up Abdias farted and tried to pretend that he didn't. It was weird....

When we got there. The team was preparing for the madness. What madness you ask?

This madness I answer. A line up the ying yang.

This is what happens at a signing in case you didn't know. The team signs things. It can range from a poster to a board to a boob. It just depends on which way the sun is shining.

Sometimes at signings the team can't make it so we just send card board cut outs of them. Corey was the only real person that made it to this one but no one had a clue.

Corey was pretty bummed that the rest of the team didn't show up.

We wrapped up the day...

...and headed home to sunny San Diego.

It took a little extra cash and some canoodling to get Nuge one last go at this spot. Check out the video.

Make sure to get your butt down to the poll's and vote today!!

I'm taking a one day break before adding the 2nd part to the ducks in a row post. Be patient. It will be worth your wait. Maybe.

I asked a couple guys to grace me with your presence by coming down to San Diego to skate a couple spots with us. When the car showed up I noticed that they brought more than just the Foundation guys. We were rolling 3 teams deep. I like that. That's respectable.




Abdias...


Angel...


David...

-----With Special Guests-----


Grant Patterson...


Windsor James...


Jani Laitiala...


We went to the Trapasso Transworld ledge spot. I just named it that because for one he is closely related to our team and because 2 if someone mentions my name around him he might say we're friends. Moving on...


Luckily this spot is only like a stones throw away from Tum Yeto. But if a stone was a kite that didn't have a string because yeah its kinda far in a way. I wouldn't want to throw a rock that far because to make it I would probably have to throw it above Tum Yeto in a airplane to make sure it had enough distance to make it. If that makes sense. Angel bluntslides this one home for Colorado.


While the guys were taking a small break our spot quickly became a baseball diamond.


I wish I had a Keanu Reeves sighting...


The guys took a much needed break and David got amped up on some Mexican style chips...


David: "Hey guy's want to see some new moves"
Guys: "Sure"
Me: "I'm about to blog the shit out of this" "This could be ground breaking never before seen shit"
David: "surely its not"
Me: "oh ok"
David: "ok"
Guys: "ok"
Me: "that's a lot of oks in a row"
Guys "yeah"
David "yeah"


*no one was talking*


Josh was amazed by the technical advancements David had just accomplished in the skateboarding world. What was that even the casper pogo or something... Mooooooving on already...


A quick stop by Tum Yeto to grab former Denver native Gordie who now works at Tum Yeto in San Diego...

Stay tuned for the rest of the day's antics...

Be careful this Halloween. There is a weird smell in the air.....

Shhhhhhh! What was that?

Pheww...just a couple of zombies.

And the rest of their zombie posse.

Be prepared for anything tonight...

Even the pumpkin smash dance. preetty scary.

Our team for Damn Am was looking strong. Especially David and his new signature smile. Which consists of nothing to do with smiling.

To find out what the team has been up too you don't have to look far. Sierra was recently on a Hawaiian vacation with Dakine. While Angel finally made it back to Denver to follow up on getting his I.D. card renewed. David the writer/cover boy has been seen with the Skateboarder photographer Bradford in and around Long Beach, CA. Abdias and Nuge are heading to Texas for a Make a Wish based skate trip. I wonder if Nuge knows if Shad got his first photo flow Pig promo box yet. It's a nice new addition to the team. Wonder who else will make the cut. Bart? Check out the Dekline site to find out what Gareth's been up too. Or maybe the Osiris site to check out a Corey interview. Alex Gordouros has the latest Foundation ad so be on the lookout for that jaw dropper.

If you want to catch all these guys in one place at one time maybe you should stop by the Boarders signing on November 1st. Or check out some old but new photos that you haven't seen from Foundations recent Australian tour. Thanks Peter!

Instead of going to contests anymore I decided I can just watch them online. 1/2 the hassle and 1/1225 the fun...perfect. I spotted a couple of our damn ams in this footage of Volcom's Damn Am competition this past weekend.

Here's the bigger more readable version.

Like kinda recently Nuge was like hey want to shoot a buttery sequence of a no comply flip up a curb. And I think my exact response to the T was like sure. Then I continued to set up my flashes and tri pod thingamajigs that I've seen the professionals do.


Once completely set up I think I followed with a "hey"(short pause) "just do it, Nike style". Than Nuge hit me hard with it. A no comply flip up a curb. I can shoot about 1 frame per 2 minutes so I managed to snag the whole entire sequence in a little over 10 minutes for one trick. Not bad.


My camera was a tad bit slow to get the roll up but I followed strong with the first initial board leaving the ground part of the trick. The pop...


At this point I was thinking to myself "dang he's got the height and the distance to actually make it up this curb"...then I was thinking like "dang.. I'm pretty hungry I hope he lands this quick so I can go get some food and probably a extra hot Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks".


This is my favorite frame from the sequence I think maybe, but still not sure but almost not positive. The one footed mongo catch. At this point I was almost 100% that it was a make.


Watch out the board hasn't completely flipped over to the good side yet! Somebody tell him... haha.. just kidding. He knows what he's doing.


Your ankles are about to be done if you land on the trucks and wheels side of the board. At this moment I was thinking to myself.. I wonder if he wears size 9.5 shoes cause he probably won't need as many Circa's if hes hurt...


He pulled it! Well he has atleast landed pretty solidly on the board. Lets see the ride away before we make a assumption.


Yep. It was perfect. Chalk one up on the sequence board for Nuge. Now celebrate by posing next to weird graffiti tagged in foreign countries.