40 OZ To Freedom...

Here is a nice wall piece with some Deadbolt Trucks attached via some old ass "Bridgebolt" style Deadbolt mounting hardware. The Rudy Johnson was popular in the 1990's for many reasons. It promotes underage drinking, epitomizes early '90's hip hop (if you weren't bustin' 40's of ST. IDES then I don't know what you were doing), it had a slick bottom for endless slides, and was manufactured by Blind, a World Industries company started by Mark Gonzales and Steve Rocco. Gonzales, who had previously ridden for Vision (get it, "Blind", the opposite of vision), and Jason Lee and the rest of the Blind team at the time also ran a series of graphics spoofing the Powell Peralta Skull and Sword style graphics but replacing the swords with items such as bananas. Rudy's graphic was a spoof on the old Per Welinder "Nordic" skull. Classic. Just looking at the Rudy Johnson OE model gets me so HYPHY that I want to put on some size 42 pants cropped at the bottom and listen to Del the Phunkee Homosapien while swigging 2 40's at once on the tail gate of my low rider Mazda pick up. Or Not at all. No not really. But I still listen to DEL.

Police and Thieves In The Streets...

...Scaring the Nation with their guns and ammunition!

Friday Rerun

This is a skater friend of mine. His name is MONGO. MONGO is RAD!

Photography

It's all getting wrapped up in newsprint today so one last teaser before the show. Come and see my photos in person on March 2nd at the Blue Parrot. I should have the flyer posted today. Stay in tune and thanks for looking. Peace, Jeff.

Buy This Pic...

Please. No really. I have amassed 24 photographs from my collection to date that are ready to go. To the best of my knowledge the art work will be on display at the Blue Parrot starting one week prior to the March 2nd benefit show. Bid early and stay late. I should have a flyer by the end of the week.

I Think I've Started...

Hoarding Boards. Hoarding is defined as the accumulation of something stored away for future use or safekeeping. I actually purchased the Mike Vallely to ride (future use) but decided it was too nice to ride (safekeeping). I really like the shape of the board if it only had an upturned or "kick" nose. The Matt Hensley was a prize from a photo contest in which I was runner up. I observed that with "great malicious pleasure" in a previous post. There are so many reissued old school boards out right now that it makes me crazy. Because I want to buy them all.

Archival Pic Of The Week

This was shot in the spring of 1990 judging by the date on the back of the photo, the Airwalk hi tops, and the backwards cap. This was a hot spot to skate from 1985 to 1991 and is still sessioned by skaters today. A parking garage to many but a place to do grinds, mannies, blunts, and boardslides to a few.