Man I wanna skate burnside!

Check this out…

Check out my fresh new deck sponsor DEF.

Chey Ataria’s new company is re-introducing an international quality brand. They make Skateboards, Clothing, Headware and Accessories.

DEF is the new ABC.

…and cheers to MD for this massive stack of Mountain Dew that was waiting for me at home.

I’ve been giving it away like mad – hope you get some of the Dewy goodness!

So I been going through all my old music lately and I found some gold that I used to love as a youngin!

I forgot how good the Dead Kennedy’s and the Misfits are. It just takes me back to being a little punk!

Anyway here are some Misfits for ya! Man I love this video! I wana go back to the 50′s!!

So, I’m sure by now, most of NZ (and the world!) has heard about the Skate Comp that went down at Vic Park!

Argh! If you’ve been keeping up with my blogs over the past few years, I’ve written updates about the progress of the SPAG (SKATE PARK ADVISORY GROUP) of which I’m part of. We worked with the council to get  the new Skatepark at Vic Park. Long story short, after two years of constant battling, we got it! Great!

NOW! This guys Doc Murdoch decides to run a skate comp there. I know nothing of this guy, never heard of him before, but his kid skates. I see the flyers up all over the skatepark, looks like a usual skate comp, sponsors, prize money, but kinda weird that it’s only for groms. Anyways, some pretty gnarly stuff went down on the day, and I’m not talking about the skating! Some kids got pushed off their boards by a judge, and when the judge was confronted by another skater about the incident, the guy pushed him as well. It all got ugly and was in the news etc. While all that was going on, the ENTIRE Park got covered in hideous tags, regardless of who did it, it was the organizers responsibility to make sure that this did not happen, and to clean it up. It hurt to see something we had worked for, for so long, be treated this way. The park was a mess and a disgrace.

Anyways, I could go on and on about this, but what’s the point!? It happened, the council stepped in and cleaned the park to ALMOST the way it was, and here’s hoping that this guy gets the message, no more running Skate Comps!

I was there the Monday morning and the news showed up, so did this Doc Murdoch guy…pretty frustrating…If you’ve got a spare 10 minutes take a seat and see what happens…

http://www.3news.co.nz/Serenity-skate-comp-organiser-defends-successful-event/tabid/309/articleID/248145/Default.aspx

Check out how I got to Raglan for a skate!

Cheers Pilot Hull. He deserves some Dew!!

Peanut Butter Rail Jam (PBRJ) Brighton stop in Utah was sick!

Huge turn out of ladies and the heaviest riding I have witnessed from females yet, it was awesome!

Sun was out, good crew and a super fun set up = SICK day.

Check out 2 out of the 3 features…Gap to elbow rail and a flat box to down bar.

Girls Open Divison Winners 1st: Melissa Riitano, 2nd: Christy Prior, 3rd: Danyale Patterson, 4th: Taylor Elliott, 5th: Alexa McCarty

The rest of the results:

15 & Under Division Winners:
1st: Jack Herald, 2nd: Braden Landon, 3rd: Gabe McGovern, 4th: Tristan Heiner, 5th: Jack Stevens

16 & Over Division Winners:
1st: Dillon Guenther, 2nd: Jesse Ramirez, 3rd: Chase Newton, 4th: Clay Hatzenbuhler, 5th: Alex Lockwood

Mens Open Division Winners:
1st: Ben Bilodeau $250, 2nd: Will Ermish: $150, 3rd: Sean Whitaker $100, 4th: Jordan Morse, 5th: John Overson

Electric’s $50 “Gooeyest Move of the Event”: Ben Bilodeau – Bs 360 50-50 Fs 360 on the Elbow Rail

Salt Lake City was pretty interesting…They have amazing cheap sushi though!

I was happy

Had a super fun day riding at Park City then it was off to North Lake Tahoe to ride Northstar.

Last stop is South Lake Tahoe to compete in the Billabong Flaunt It finals at Sierra!

Check out the new Transworld cover!

Dennis Busenitz is basically the best human on the planet with his photo of this backside noseblunt.

I just saw this!

Amazing bowl skating from Lakai skater Raven Tershy, he is grunty! He must have been drinking Electro Shock!!

The last ‘ThankGodItsFriday’ edit with the CandyGrind crew for the season!

My wee part starts at 1.42sec…Check itttt.

Here is snowboardermag.com video recap of the US Open night jam http://www.snowboardermag.com/exclusives/burton-us-open-2012-night-jam-video/

 Off to Utah on Friday to try qualify for the PBRJ finals in Mammoth. After Utah we are off to Tahoe to compete in the finals of the Billabong Flaunt It series at Serria.

Will keep you posted! =)

CP