"The CONCRETINS - We Skate We Rule"

And by "paint," he means go frontside.

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. -Vincent Van Gogh

Skateboarding is fun.

Frontside is scary.

-Adam chargin' the pipe.

-Ryan playin' in the shallows.

-The Professor skated angry, but cleaned up with this sweeper.

- Long hair Joe is a skate god!

- Big Wood Joe has wood bigger than you.

- Christian has improved a bit over the past few years... Catchin' flies in the pipe.

- New soon-to-be local Harley laughin at the pipe. (I just really liked this photo.)

For a limited time only!

You have until Tuesday, June 22 at 10:00 AM to bomb this hill, free from the worry of traffic. It's smooth, well lit, short (so the hike back up isn't brutal) and fast enough to be fun and not scare the bejeezus out of ya. I'm plannin' to hit it every evening weather and wife permitting. UofL end of Eastern Parkway.

See ya there.

I thought you were dead...

Rumors of the disbanding of the Concretins are to be expected, but they are grossly exaggerated.

Life is... what happens while you're busy making other plans. I've had ambitions, some practical, some complete illusions of grandeur. But it happens. You look up, and suddenly a few hours have gone by... a few days... weeks... months... Freaks me out sometimes, but I can't seem to stop it from happening. I'm gettin' pretty good at just sayin' oh well, but that doesn't help get anything done now does it. So sometimes, when the list of things I should really do other than go skate gets a bit overwhelming, I do what any rational adult skater dude would do... I go skate! Because I can.

Great things about being an "old" skater:
You gotta job and some disposable income, so you get the gear you want when you want. You gotta car, so you can go skate where you want when you want with whomever you want.

Shitty things about being an "old" skater:
You gotta job, and a mortgage, yard work and house chores, maybe a wife, maybe some kids, so your money for gear is limited. You gotta job, and a mortgage, yard work and house chores, maybe a wife, maybe some kids, so your time to skate is limited. Same goes for those you wanna skate with.

Well, here's to a few guys sayin' fk all to that, and havin' a session. Well, at least until we all had to get home before our wives got pissed.

Junior Stylin' the Frontside Rock - You know how everyone talks about the back toe pivot... Note Junior's FRONT toe!

Look how calm this bastard looks.

F.R.O. Travis

FROGWING SIGHTING!

Funky Hangup Drop-in thingy

Seth Slide - He and Junior put on a slide clinic. (even if they were using rails)

Alley Oop - the perspective is weird on this pic... the ramp wall looks small... my board is still probably a foot away from the wall...

And my ole' standby... super leanin'-in rock-n-roll - I like this pic because I'm still looking at the coping.

We're not dead yet. But it ain't for a lack of tryin'.

OBX 2010 Report:

You're missin' out.

While you're sittin' there patiently waiting for Gimpy to post up an OBX 2010 report (because you've completely given up on me posting any video from the past 2 years), you're missin' it. The next time you're invited to TheBarnacle, I suggest you go. And take your gnar.

Andy steps up. Get with TheProgram. Get with it indeed.

I'm back!

Alright... so it's been a long time since I've posted anything here. The winter blahs thoroughly and quite harshly kicked my ass. I'm a wuss, I know it. If I wasn't actually sick, I was depressed and freakin' COLD! Cold isn't cool if I can't be snowboarding. There were a few bright moments, usually facilitated by TheBoy, but for the most part, Winter just SUCKS.

So... Winter was all but gone... I needed a break from work and responsibilities... The weatherman said a couple of days last week were going to be sunny and warm... So I took a couple of "mental health" days.

Let me tell ya the cure for the Winter Blahs: 2 beautiful sunny days off plus the weekend, 3 skate sessions, lunch with an old friend, a movie date, and TheBoy... will all do wonders for ones state of mind. If that doesn't do it for ya, your chemical imbalance will require a prescription.

Thank you to Gimpy for posting up a couple of vids, keeping the Cretin Blog on life support. Reading updates on 'theBook' regarding the Tuesday Night Vert Sessions at Ollie's as well as the OldKookSkating.com forum have both helped me not lose all hope of stoke. Thank you to Skidz for theBarnacle session, the beginning of the cure. Thank you to Adam for a lunch session. And thank you to Radly, for living in my neighborhood and providing a killer venue for a drunken session, which most certainly killed the last of the brain cells harboring said blahs, allowing me to completely enjoy my 4 day weekend. (Photos from the third session are below, and on 'theBook'.)

Other things that have gone on that you may or may not know about:

The 2nd annual OuterBanks trip is just around the corner. It has grown into an event that now requires 2 houses (that sleep 14+). Kooks from all over the country are converging on Duck. Epicicity levels will be off the charts no doubt. I will not be attending, but the Cretins will be represented proper by Gimpy and OMP along with the NC locals and Kooks from around the country. (And yes, I still have footage from last year that has not been edited. Ain't that a bitch?)

Kookapalooza (yep, there's unseen footage from that too) Year Two has been scheduled. October 7-11. San Jose, California. Lake Cunningham Skatepark, as well as backyard ramps and great parks throughout the region. Just google Lake Cunningham Skatepark. If the pics alone will not convince you to book a flight, then perhaps you're just a pedestrian with a stunt wood. Our wanker friends from across the pond will be joining us as well. I am not thinking about going... I'm fkn goin'. There is talk of renting a mini-mansion for lodging, but nothing is set in stone yet (except the date). But the plan this time is to bunk as close to the park as possible. Camping overnight IN the park Saturday night if you so choose... and the park has permanent lights now. We're gonna have a good time.

So the stoke has always been there. It always will be. Because it's skateboarding and you're a skater. You can be distracted from it, you can attempt to ignore it. But you can't stop it.

I'm glad to be back. Did you miss me? That's what I figured. Bite me punk. Now let's go skate.

Junior - Gettin' his Frontside on... lock.