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January 20th, 2012Duuuudes sup. Ive had a rather hectic winter break, and am just now back down south and settled in. I havent shot a whole lot these last two months, and havent hardly skated either. Damn father winter. Or whatever his name is. Still working on making this edit soon too, I just cant find the time as often as I hoped. School ties up a lot of my time, and this new semester is even more demanding. I dream of the day I can get a real job Until then, Ive been applying around and trying to get my foot in the door somewhere. I need some paper. When Im not at class, catch me on Skyrim or watching movies in my apartment. Which sucks, because Id much rather get outside and do something. Its just so wet and wack here right now. I want some new photos even more than you do, believe me. I hate down seasons. December 9th, 2011In Terrace; kinda too barren and frozen to do anything. Hill isn't open, snow everywhere, down as hell to go skate ramps in Stewart soon perhaps. Footage edit arriving this month. Going to party all month here, see you next year.November 5th, 2011Pix!November 2nd, 2011Lots of new photos, doing mass photoshopping and rearranging. Stay tuned! Please open this link and "like" this video please :) Need to move rooms at my apartment and find a roommate for one month. Still stacking this footage, making a collaborative edit sometime in the next month. Wow ender ollie you view meow.October 23rd, 2011Man, my back hurts. I think I sit wrong at school all day, then drive with my seat all goofy. Regardless, this dude is saving my life. Nice. Ive had a rather nice past week, Ive got to see so many good friends at random! It started by visiting Victoria for Thanksgiving weekend, got to see two of my best friends on the island. Of course my buddy has been working often lately, and had a surplus of extra cash kicking around... I was forced to join him in gambling my grocery money away! Luckily I didnt lose too much, and the next day we met up with another very good friend from Nanaimo, and had our Thanksgiving dinner. It was so fabulous. Immediately after, I was informed we were going back to the casino. Without much say in the discussion, minutes later I found myself en route back to that money sucking location. With determination in my eyes, I went right back to that damn roulette table. I won back all the money I has lost yesterday, and was now up two dollars! I retired for the night, and spent the next half hour watching my two friends lose all the cash they came with. The next afternoon I was back on the ferry, clenching that money like it was my child. Only two days later, my neighbor from back up in Terrace was visiting the city! I met my buddy downtown, and showed him around a bit. We made it back to my East Van apartment, and from there I grabbed my roommates speed bike and my skateboard. Of course I gave my friend the speed bike and I skated, and we rode all the way downtown. After grabbing a couple refreshments, we continued to ride our way all through Stanley Park. It was a glorious sunny day, an excellent occasion to showcase the city to my friend. Later that night, another very good friend of ours made his way in from Chilliwack, and then everything got rowdy! I woke up ten hours later and had to go to class, that was a blur... I spent the rest of the week studying and mid-term cramming, with the occasional skateboarding here and there. I got my car out the shop and have been going out shooting more often, its nice not to take the transit absolutely everywhere. If I could afford it, I would go to Japan for Christmas so I could kick it like this guy! I recently took said car to meet a guy on Craigslist who had a ticket to this weekends sold out Skrillex Mothership Tour concert! It was one of the best $60 Ive spent, such a good show! Five straight hours of trance, electronic, dance and dubstep, from artists like 12th Planet and Knife Party. The real finale of course was Skrillex himself, mostly because his set was a heck of a lo louder than the previous artists. I danced my face off for quite some time, but by the time I finally got home I couldnt manage to keep my eyes open while watching The Secrets of the Free Masons, and I passed out asap. I need to go back and finish watching that, I know those damn Masons have got something up their sleeve!October 17th, 2011Sup dudes. I've been kept quite busy recently with a series of events, including close calls armed robbers and the hijacking of my new car! Yaaay! I expect these type of events to continue to occur for me, because I'm generally a little too nice to everyone in the city. Being a jerk to everyone should be easier than it is... Although things aren't always as they seem. I bought two pizzas last night and was given a free pop because the store owner liked that I was smiling. He said not enough people smile anymore. He's pretty spot on there. Regardless of the times, I'm incredibly content to still be riding my board almost everyday still. I'm having a blast down here, it really takes a lot to get me choked. Anyways if you've actually read this far you are clearly bored and browsing the internet, so you shall be rewarded. In other news if you're still not aware of the Occupy Wall Street campaigns going on, you should probably remain in your crevasse. To everyone else, it's mind boggling to see how many major cities around the world are fighting back against the corruptions of the American Federal Reserve. People are choked. I have been following the coverage of these protests worldwide as best as I can, but it is hard to get a good glimpse. It's also difficult to gauge how much is really changing as this goes on, but I hope to be able to look back at this time in history and be able to note how it made our world better.My man Tunechi makes notes about the current times in his latest PSA, also addressing the importance of the recent loss of Steve Jobs, his past struggles with Syrup, his reasons for tattooing his entire body, and my obvious favorite rant, why Weezy loves skateboarding. Lots of people don't like his music, and will probably disregard a lot of other things about him based on this. He's easily one of my personal musical inspirations, but I also see him as a very well spoken for guy, he stands up for a lot of people. He gives very clear reasons about why he does a lot of the things he does, and stands behind them. He also encourages so many to be like him, and stand behind what they believe in. This is all too often a corny topic to inspire people to live by, but if Wayne is talking to you, it's a different game. His swag is evident even in his from the heart expressions. You can tell how serious he is when he talks, he digresses how he got his first tattoo on his stomach so he could be like Tupac. He was 14. Real talk!I'm such a loyal pawn that I am now saving up to get a tattoo myself. I've contemplated for years what I want on my body forever, but I think I now know where to start.(I'm going to get Lil Wayne's face tattooed over my own)...Syke, but I am getting a tattooOctober 3rd, 2011I have no internet at the moment, but here is my interview on You Got That to keep you tied up for meow.September 19th, 2011Sit tight on that interview, scheduling...September 18th, 2011Skating everyday, actually havn't missed a single day since moving to Vancouver. I've had a hectic last two weeks, and I am still living on my homies couch... I get to move into my apartment this week, I'm getting a bit restless commuting from Kits to Burnaby for every class. On a brighter note, I'm dropping some new flicks on Tuesday, when I have an interview appearing on YOU GOT THAT! It's a skate blog run by my homies on Vancouver Island, I'm hyped to have some exposure with these bros.I got the oppourtunity through Matt Macleod, what a homie! Peep even more of Matt's work over at Instrumental Skateboards. I met Matt through a good friend of mine of mine, Joel Wood, a skateboarder from my home town. Matt has been shooting longer than I, hes a veteran shooter. He has inspired me to get out and go filming in the streets more often, and to meet up with as many people as I can. To really progress in the skate photo/video industry, you have to be willing to get your rear in gear and go shooting as often as possible. Ive been saving up lately to get myself a car, making it quite a bit easier to get out and about around the city, finding new spots to hit up. The more often you can come across new spots, or virtually unheard spots, the better chances youve got for people coming out to shoot with you. Also, plenty of magazines are concerned with fresh material. Something new. To get a nice picture at a spot that is brand new (or well hidden) can be quite the challenge, but this is part of the adventure! The feeling you get rolling up to location that hasnt been blown out is a great one; you know that you have the opportunity to capture something unique here. So many locations around Vancouver are hard to get original photos at. For instance, the financial district of Burrard downtown. The whole strip of that street is literally crawling with skateboarding spots, some of Vancouvers most famous. Stair sets, handrails and ledges are scattered all over the plazas under CIBC, HSBC, RBC, etc, but theyre over-done! Every trick possible has gone down at these spots, no one wants to see them anymore! It takes a real sleuth to pick out a gem of a spot, but once youve got it, the chance is in your hands.If you plan on getting a picture run in a magazine, or some footage bought by a company, get creative as possible. Stand out. Find that crevasse in the alley that all the other skaters passed by. Do your best to make something different, try building your own spot altogether. If a spot is almost skateable, do you best to make it work and it will pay off. Invest in a rub-brick and some spray on lacquer to smooth out ledges, some putty filler for cracks in the ground, construction signs for run ups and landings, and plenty of wax! Be prepared, when you see that spot you best be ready to kill it!September 1st, 2011Fingers crossed for an Indian Summer, because I've been neglected of decent so far. Some new clicks up, but no skating shots yet until I can create a new album for them :( Soon!August 30th, 2011I can finally relax knowing I have a place to move into when I get to Van City this week. Me and the homie Daniel Mokrzycki snagged an apartment just off Commercial Drive, finna move up in there next week! I've been having issues putting up new photos, I've got too many new shots to showcase at the moment. I've got an interview I'm working on as well, trying to flip all the birds. I'll have everything in order super quick, real talk.August 23rd, 2011It's raining in Terrace. It's also August. I have succesfully grasped each of the (correct me if I'm over-stating) twelve sunny days to skate, lake hard, lurk hard, tan or pray for more sun. I actually have been filming and shooting lots, trying to stack footy for...? Something always comes up. Jack Layton died yesterday, and it's hard to take because I always believed he would one day run my country the way it should be run. Jack kept a moral standard that looked out for every Canadian, not some Canadians. He would proclaim that the future of this country is in the hands of our young generation, and that we are the ones that will shape Canada into the best place in the world to live. If you haven't read Jack Layton's last letter to Canadians, here it is. "Let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world."

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July 12th, 2011Good Lord! I am taking advantage of the days sunshine, and finding some water to cure the parch. I'm back down to one job, but can now leave to Edmonton earlier, stay in North Dakota longer, and definitely go to the Haida Gwaii Islands on my return north. Everything went better than expected. July 4th, 2011Working two jobs has been cutting into my skateboarding documentation time :( Luckily I'm going to Edmonton in two weeks to see my main man Nathan Bartlett, and get my skateboarding fix. I'm heading to Waterton, Alberta after for a family reunion after, then to Mountain, North Dakota for an Icelandic family reunion after. Question, why wasn't the reunion IN ICELAND?! North Dakota seems awfully different to me... Regardless, I'm getting stoked!June 5th, 2011I have been slaving the pizza department on a daily basis, and waiting patiently for my film to come back from Quebec. It's all here!Still filming lots, expect a showcasing soon. If you haven't watched Social Withdrawal you're blowin' it. Swag.May 16th, 2011Skateboarding, lots of it. Filming, film developing, delivering pizza, and skateboarding some more. The near future forsees an edit of recent footage, but I'm getting kinda scared to release it before The Coming of Jesus Christ this Saturday! I've collected plenty of freeze dried food packages and surplus pemmican rations, but I've honestly been collection more clips. Holy crap, good lord, oh my god! May 6th, 2011Updating your website on a lengthy excursion can be a bit more challenging than I first expected. I have been riding wireless internet signals wherever I have been able to find them, but not once would any of these connections let me to my website server to make any updates! Evidently, I have it figured out now, but I was truly bummed to not be able to keep people posted during my trip. If you were checking in, I apologize for my lack of trip information. In a nutshell, my trip across the USA was some of the best skating I had ever experienced in my life! My buddy Adam and I left Terrace, and drove to Vancouver in one day. We proceeded to Portland and then southern Oregon the next day, and then straight to San Francisco the next morning. We skated all over downtown SF, bombed hills, bought hot dogs, and skated schools. We proceeded further South to Los Angeles, equipped with sun tan lotion from our previous days burns. We camped and skated all over LA and area for three nights, hit the beaches, climbed some super sick trees, bombed more hills, and did laps at the Venice Beach snake run with some quality tranny rippers. We even ran into Sierra Fellers at the Stoner Skatepark in LA, and my face melted. He actually cut me off at the park, and apologized right away. I gave him a blank grom stare, and couldn't manage to make any reals words come out of my mouth... After enjoying enough of California, we took East, to Phoenix. We got heat stroke driving into Arizona, but partially cured our parched throats with the copious variety of Arizona Iced Tea flavours available exclusively in the state. Mucho Mango, Grapeade, and Orangeade need to be sold in Canada immediately, I'm going through withdrawals. We skated the Phoenix skatepark one night, stumbling upon it completely by accident. It was conveniently located beside the Sonic Drive-In my GPS was taking us to. It's lit up, and incredibly more popular at night. We took off the next morning, heading North through Arizona to The Grand Canyon. I walked out on some skinny cliff edges, and was almost blown off by the wind down to my untimely death. I hit the deck and saved my life, then decided enjoying the view from the designated safe lookout points truly was almost exactly the same, and less life threatening. Trekking on North to the State of Utah, the landscapes became so breathtaking. We came across some unbelievable rock formations that look like they were engineered to be architectural phenomenons. I can't understand how they developed naturally. I took a lot of landscape shots on my film camera, and I'm having the rolls developed right now. I'll post up my batch of film shots later this week, should they return in good time. Continuing on to Salt Lake City, I was rather disappointed at how metallic and visually unsatisfying The Great Salt Lake looks in person. Not a single person was anywhere near it, I can't figure out how the state's capitol city was formed around a body of water that only evaporates water, and concentrates mineral deposits exceeding 1.1 million tons every year. Those damn Mormon pioneers and their colony establishment ideas. We ate at a Wendy's, and then hit the pedal all the way to Boise. We stayed in a hotel that had bed bugs. We left Idaho. Taking the 84 and The Old Oregon Trail Highway, we made our way back North. Not before stopping in a three hour traffic jam outside of Seattle that allowed us to cover about five miles distance. A very nice guy at a convenience store in Seattle gave me a free burrito when I told him of our traffic issues. What a homie. We crossed the border back to Canadia Eh, at an unexpected arrival time of 1am, and camped in my car in Abbotsford. We met up with Ruins cholos Cameron, James, Lee and Joel in Vancouver the next day, and had five nights of rad times with the dudes! We went to Game 7 at Roger's Arena to watch the Blackhawks lose, and then scalped cheap VIP tickets to Rick Ross, Nicki Manaj and Lil Wayne the next night. Weezy F Baby had a Nucks Jersey and cap on when he was lifted out from under the stage. AND Vans Authentics, in blue. Swag. Hands down sickest trip in a while, I think I covered everything. I have even more stuff to throw up, but I'm going to release it over the next week or so. Until then, keep fit and have fun?March 28th, 2001I hit the road on Saturday morning with a friend, and I'm in Kamloops for the week. Skating, kayaking, retarded bar bills, hill bombs in the dark, etc. We're doing our best to hit up the spots here, but find ourselves getting kicked out or having weather issues... I'll post up what goes down as it does. Until then, Ryan Lay skateboards on walls and I'm going out for 2 for 1 wing Wednesdays!March 2nd, 2011Getting to come home early from work makes for great website update time! I switched up a lot of stuff around the site, and held off until I had a good set of new photos before I re-launched. I've been taking my film camera out more and more, and now I can't figure out how I didn't make room for it in my bag a long, long time ago. I guess I was caught up in the digital revolution for a while there... Shooting 35mm again brings back an appreciation for taking photos, and for double checking everything about the shot instead of having trigger finger with my shutter release. If you lurk, you will know that this is retarded. You will also acknowledge that underrated sixteen year olds living in Israel can kill it too. Last trick is something else. February 22nd, 2011New set of blogs, my older posts can be found here!

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February 15th, 2011Cleaned up the site, still need to add new clicks. I'd rather offer up a better sized batch of new shots, so I'm still going to wait for meow. Skateboarding has been slow, bear with me here. Them Thangs keeps me occupied, and this Mag Minute from Jeremy Murray is worth your time. Booya!January 9th, 2011Get that loot kid, you know my function. I'm living the dream up in TBC right now, getting paper and skiing for a bit. Working on a street edit, but waiting to release it with my buddy James Inkster. He has a bro-cam version, and it's only appropriate to release them together. He has had some editing issues, but it will come forth when it's ready. New row of flicks soon, keep your ears peeled and your eyes open?November 30th, 2010I thought people were just complaining when they said it rains a lot in Vancouver. I know what terrible weather is like, but this is just over the top. The sun doesn't show itself in this city at all in the winter! I stay cooped up in my basement, or at work. I skate with every available chance, but there's not a lot right now. On a separate amazing note, there is a brand new indoor park opening in Abbotsford in two weeks! This might just save my life. If not, Fred Gall probably will. Or this guy.November 12th, 2010My server has been non-responsive lately, and I was unable to do much to my site for a couple of weeks. It's late news now, but Ryan Gosselin's Promo is on my youtube if you haven't seen it yet. I'm working, skating or shooting these days, but it's starting to get cold out. My good pal Lee Miller was at my place while he had a reading break at UVic, and we had a blast getting footage on his GoPro camera downtown. He hadn't ever skated downtown, so we cruised all over and screwed around. Skate 3 keeps me in my basement, and Black Ops will only make it worse (as soon as I actually get a copy). But it's the gaming season anyways, I can't avoid it.October 17th, 2010I'm doing my best to get work done while in Terrace, but this weather is really making it hard. I've been out skating and shooting with every last available moment of light, and getting lots done. James Inkster has been hustling everyday with the VX2100, he'll have a Bro-Cam Terrace Street edit up and running soon! I'll also have an edit, they'll probably drop around the same time. You get two different views of street skating in Terrace, one HD and one crack rock steady cam! I'm heading back to Vancouver this week, at least the skate season is longer down south. Chris Troy's Adio Promo is hot. Heck yes I updated the photo section, view it with your eyes. That's that.October 10th, 2010I have arrived in Terrace, only to find the worst rainstorm I've ever seen up here. So much for skateboarding... Pictures will be seen as soon as skateboarding can occur, don't worry meow. This make me really want to move to San Francisco and leave behind Canadian weather...September 30th, 2010Halo: Reach is to blame for me accomplishing nothing for almost a week. It rained hard for a few days, and now it's been sunny for a few days. Win some lose some, but I'm skating on the sunny days that's for sure. Tilt Mode Army has an edit on their site, and it's so good. No new photos for the site for now, keep your pants on you stunned mullet. September 22nd, 2010Vancouver September > Terrace September. Sorry to everyone back home, but the weather in the city has been better this month then it ever is in TBC. I found myself employment, but I'm not very happy there so far. We'll see how it goes. I applied for a bunch of different jobs today instead, bombed hills all over Van City in a t-shirt, and I was still hot! Get your eyes on Elephant Direct, a short film that is premiering online now at the Color Magazine website. Brad Sheppard has a solid section in it, my personal favorite for sure. You can get a free copy of the DVD in Color 8.4, which drops Friday! I have a photo being run in this issue too, one more reason to pick up a copy and check out Ryan Gosselin gettin' buck as f*%#! I have some new photos, they will be up very soon. Cheers!September 9th, 2010Updating my site has never taken so long! I spent a long time redesigning my photo section, and added more photos than I think I ever have. The uploader would fail, the server would fail, my domain would fail, you name it. So I got my nerd on, and ironed out all the kinks and got it up and running. I was in Seattle for the long weekend at Bumbershoot, and got to see Bob Dylan, Courtney Love, Jay Electronica, Edwarde Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (best show) and Weezer, just to name a few. I ate nothing but incredibly fattening American cuisine; loved it. Well, my Aunt and Uncle fed me healthy in Tacoma, but with every chance I had I gorged a high calorie American dish. Chris Cole is a wizard, and this guy needs to get hooked up. Switch Hardflip a triple? Regular would have been just fine!August 31st, 2010Raining again in Van City. I should have my photo page working later today, I'm doing a full redesign of the page. Josh moved in yesterday, and on his first night here we hopped the fence at the outdoor pool across the street and went for a midnight swim. I promise to take my camera out skating very soon, I have just been setting up my place and helping my roommate get around the city and move in. I'll keep you posted sooner than you think!August 27th, 2010I'm taking a day off to update my website, and chill. It rained all morning so I had time to relax and nerd out. I've settled into my suite, I have two friends from Victoria coming tonight, my second roommate gets here tomorrow night, and it looks like Adam Hopkins is going to be staying with me for a bit. Dylan Rieder's new Gravis part is what's hot right now. The sun came back out, and I'm dying to skate the new Kensington Skatepark again, so I might just do that...August 23rd, 2010I am a resident of Vancouver! I don't have internet at my place yet, but I'll get on that as soon as possible. I've been skating everyday, and just finished spending the weekend in Victoria. I'm using the wireless on the ferry back to Vancouver right now, but it's terrible and keeps failing. Again, I still can't put any new photos up, but will be able to super soon, and I have a bunch so don't worry. I bought a new photo bag off my homie Jesse Taylor, and need to sell my smaller backpack now. My rent is due! I'll keep you posted as soon as I get internet again, thanks for stopping by.August 13th, 2010My last few nights in town have all been awesome ones. I stayed up for most of the night with my best friends, and we reminisced about Terrace life. I've been working a whole lot before I leave too, but gotta make cake right? I am having troubles with the photo section of my website, and haven't been able to add new photos. I'll be redesigning my website soon so that I can continue to add photos, and make it easier to browse the photo section. While you wait, you mind as well peep Jimmy Carlin's Color Theory part on the Black Box website. Jimmy is a wild man. That's that Mrs. That's That!August 8th, 2010I am counting down the days until I am a resident of Vancouver. I leave my life here in Terrace behind on the 18th, and make the trek to the big city. The next month is going to be very exciting though, I'll be all over the place. The night I get to Van, I'll be going to the Emerica video premiere! Stay Gold is going to be the biggest video of the year, I've been waiting for it for what seems like my entire life now. Everyone in it will blow minds. The next day, I'm taking the ferry to Victoria to skate and hang out with some friends, then on the first of September I'm off to Kelowna for a wedding. Four more days, and I bus it from Kelowna to Seattle in one day to go to Bumbershoot. After all that, I'm back to my place in Burnaby to finally get some city living done. My life is happening faster than expected... Keep it real.August 3rd, 2010This is the longest I've gone without a site update, but I've been so busy thislast couple of weeks. I'm working non-stop at two jobs, and skating everyday. I am already paying rent at my new apartment in Burnaby, but don't move down until the end of August. My brother got assaulted by a worthless meat head the other night, but some dip shits in this town actually have nothing better to do besides pick fights. You can't build a reputation on nothing but scum, but some people try anyways. On a brighter note, my best friend Matt Lefebvre was here all week from Victoria, and we got down to business with some serious bro-ing out. Skate wise, you don't skate fast. Anthony Van Engelen skates fast. Check out this early MindField edit, some sick footage that didn't make the cut in there! Keep it real, you'll hear from me more often, I promise.July 14th, 2010I hate Walmart. I was overcharged $17 for my film I had developed, and I was unable to persuade them to give me my money back. I wanted to see my shots pretty badly, so I just dealt with it. Last time I go to their photo centre for sure. I got my four rolls developed though, and I'm very happy with most of them. I have been shooting lots of digital too, check out all my newest shots in the photo section! Kingshit's Connect the Dots contest starts tomorrow, but Ruins still hasn't got a package we need to start yet... Hopefully we get it in the morning, because James, Ryan, Ben, Adam and myself are stoked to start shooting tomorrow! Pray for good weather.July 8th, 2010Happy Birthday Mom! The woman who brought me to this planet was born on this day, only a few years ago. I need to buy her a present still, anyone know what mom's like? Threw up some new photos, and made an edit of long lost Joel Wood trying to switch heel the park set. I have shot two rolls of film now, waiting on the third and fourth before I develop. Enjoy some Antwaun Dixon insight, he's a real character. I better get back to work, I'm not getting paid for nothing! Later.July 6th, 2010Skated Kitimat park yesterday with some peeps, then went to check out a handrail at the golf course. Unfortunately they were open, but we didn't drive the extra five minutes for nothing. Ryan hippie jumped some guys sick motorcycle, then we took off. It's too damn hot in town to skate, so I'm going to the lake for the day. Peep this mag minute with Issey Yumiba if you need a dose of good skating. We all do. Later!July 2nd, 2010I'm still waiting for my Pocket Wizard to get here in the mail, I had to get it repaired. Luckily I bought it for $10! I bought three rolls of 200 film to shoot, it's been too long since I've pulled out my film camera. I'm going out to shoot with Ryan and and Adam today, but you'll have to wait for the film to develop to check it out. If you haven't already, check out the Lizard King Epicly Later'd on VBS, all three parts are done. On a last note, I want to wish the best of times to homie Joel Wood, who has taken off to Nanananaimo to skate for the summer. Take care J Woo! Out. June 28th, 2010Gave away my shift today because of the nice weather, and I'm already working basically full time anyways. I'm going golfing, cleaning my glass, and editing some photos. Went for a shoot with half of the Inkster family, but ended up only shooting with The Kinkster (Kyle). Came out with three flicks with the groovy guy. He's back from camp for a week, so we're out shooting for the Ruins site while we can. Check out the Vox Am Team for some more retarded up and comers; It's getting really hard to be an am these days. Enough is enough, and I need to go skate again after some lunch. Later!June 26th, 2010Working a lot lately, and enjoying the sun that Terrace rarely gets to see is filling my summer so far. Skating too, check out the new pictures. I was gifted Discovery Channel's "Life" from my girlfriend for grad, and I've been on a marathon of all the episodes. The world is amazing. Not much else to report, so check out Doin' it Baja on the VBS website, a pleasure to the eyes. That's that, Mrs. That's that.June 16th, 2010Done and done. Well, close enough. I have English first block tomorrow, but only for exam prep. After that, I'm free from the grasp of high school forever. My friends and I figured this would be a good chance to rip up Copper Mountain at 2:00am, and return with only a few hours of sleep for the last day of real classes. I snagged a few nice photos during the drive up, along with the new home page background. Going to the lake today, but not before some pizza, of course. In skateboarding, this kid is 15 and untouchable. Young talent.Thanks for dropping in!June 11th, 2010Today was my very last Friday I'll ever me in school for (until post secondary of course). I got so excited I had to punch the ceiling and rain bits of dry wall on those around me. Graduation ceremony is tonight, then the dry grad after. I'm going to hustle games all night, and make off with a crap load of appliances and gift certificates. I be havin' them appliances. Not too much else to report, but here's a video that made me laugh way too hard for my own good. Later!June 3rd, 2010These days I'm doing nothing but going to work, school, or skating and shooting. Rushing to get all my school work done, and to graduate finally (next Friday!). No new shots to add to the photo section, I don't have any new stuff that stands out right now. Besides Gary Coleman dying, a massive sinkhole in Guatemala, and the President and Prime Ministers of Germnay and Japan resigning, my life is a bit dull at this moment. I'm making lots of coin at work though, and it will pay off in the future. I now have Google Ads on my site, feel free to aimlessly click on them, they keep the site running. Later!May 30th, 2010May long weekend was super fun, had a great time on the Haida Gwaii Islands with the homies. Came back to Terrace, and my Skatepark Edit is on the SBC site! Big shout out to SBC media for their constant support, and getting my name on the map. Peep it here! Back in town now, and only two weeks of grade twelve left to boot. Fastest year of my life by far, but probably the funnest too. Time to graduate, become an "adult" (whatever that means), and get my life going. I've been skating and shooting a bunch since I've been home, check the photo section for some new shots from my trip, along with some new stuff. Thanks for taking a look!May 19th, 2010I just spent my entire night packing, I'm heading to the Haida Gwaii Islands for May Long weekend. James Inkster, Dane Cameron, and myself are taking the ferry from Prince Rupert tomorrow, and are back in Terrace Monday evening. But don't worry, you can just watch the brand new Terrace Skatepark Edit over and over while I'm gone! I also added four recent sequences I shot with Adam and Ryan, check them out. Hope everyone has a fun May Long as well, thanks for stopping by!May 15th, 2010Finally got my website off the ground, and I'm stoked that you're here! I've been busier than I have been in my entire life these last few months, but I still have lots of time to skate, shoot film, and work and go to school. I'll do my best to keep the site updated frequently. Had my graduation prom yesterday, one of the longest days of my life. Drove around in a 15 passenger van with all my friends, partied at a gravel pit, then made an appearance at Denny's until 4am. I'm off to our grad camp out tonight too, but not before I get to skate. Later!