film

I got some winners on this roll. Im stoked I can finally put up pictures that arent from my phone. Once I put them on paper ill post them. Here is the first one, but the paper got funky, ill do it again but heres a start.

1969 BSA Victor 441

There it is...I love it, excited about learning about motorcycles and getting dirty. Id like to think that it was free because Ive never smoked a cigarette, so I bought this bike from all the money Ive never wasted on buying them.

thrashmore 5.0

I drove back to the beach this weekend because I bought a motorcycle. Balls told me he had made thrashmore pretty interesting and fun so I brought my bike. It was fun as shit, kinda ghetto kinda bumpy but also really fun. thats what matters to me. Christian was slaying some trails, thats good to see and makes it easier for us to hang on bikes, although I might be dabbling in street. We spent 5 hours or so back there, balls, pee wee, christian and I. Then cory showed up and took some pictures and hung like the dude he is. what a great day. The next day I bought a 1969 bsa victor. pictures of that soon. I love bikes. Sounded like a bunch of VB and Richmond dudes had fun this weekend too but I couldnt make it out because of the motorcycle thing, I did stop by and eat a burger though. I love the east coast, you can drive a few hours and see a ton of awesome people along the way, see different land and do different things. In texas I felt stuck. Here I feel awesome, I love Virginia!

thrashmore 4.0

Craig sent me this video of I think balls riding the new thrashmore! Looks really fun, Im going home this weekend so it looks like my bike is coming too.

1 week

got a lot more to go on this downhill party berm...but its going to be the start of a great fall and then some

just kidding

After posting that last one...I got kinda mad about my bike neglect so I went down to the trails and took care of business. Jumped it. I feel better now...except for that huge meatball sub I just ate. I also got an amazing text message from my room mate today. "wanna go dig today" my room mate does not ride bikes. how awesome is that. he likes to dig and hang in the woods. someone give him a bike. also good news is I hear balls, pee wee, craig and maybe even christian are digging at thrashmore again. Craig sent me a video I'll try to post it. schmerrrrrrrr

slacking

My bike is not too stoked on me right now. I ride it to class and do manuals down this hill on the way. It hasnt been in the woods in a week and the last time it was in the woods its owner was being a weirdo. Its hard not to think of the consequences of breaking a bone right now while im in school for music (classical guitar). Needless to say Im also busy with 7 classes and this intense urge to buy an old motorcycle. Hopefully I'll get digging and start jumping more soon. If I get the BSA my bike bike is going to really feel like im cheating. Sunday is the day I kick start that thing...

radford

The best dirt in the world. Mainly erik has been cleaning up the main line...me a little...Im back in the woods trying to make this real crazy line starting with this gnarler down hill berm. I think I can get it done in a week. here it is in birds nest form. edit: i didnt finish in a week, but here is the progress at least.

News no pictures :[

So Im at radford and school started today. I think everything is going to be just fine. I started digging at the trails. Its insanely amazing dirt wise. I just dont get it. I just dont get it! you can make a jump in a day... like legit size launch and landing... one day. youre digging with brownie mix. No roots. perfect wetness. Guys gotta come up. I'll post pics soon! Also I got a sick house. Im living right next to a graveyard its epic! If anyone wants to come live with me do it for as long as you want. rent is only 275 a month. come stay till it gets cold at least shit!

POS BOWL. LAST NIGHT IN VB.

I had been in Austin for basically a year and a half...a week after getting back to virginia beach I decided it was time to go back to college for a year. here are some pictures from the last night of skating the bowl before leaving. miller highlife, josh, nick, cory, balls...numerous other amazing guys inside the house. It was nice. Im still glad to be back in virginia. I love it here. Most of these pictures were taken by cory grandfield. see his stuff here. gallery.me.com/corygfield. Also thanks again steve for building this thing. Id say its the only skate ramp I care about.

Clean

make a face

grab your nose!
P-NUT...whos that bo-bo tag is that?

do a grind!

Cory got a box!

Nick got a box!
I got a box!

Josh got a buttcrack!
Nick got hot!
Then I poured beer on him

Balls decided it was time to shred
See
BAM!

Dudes
Hang
Hard
YETH!
Just because I love josh...and this picture is gay time.

old virginia!

Jacob Boyd back at ames... spring time 2005? Matt Vincent chillin!
Jacob tree jump at ames
Old Great Neck Trails 1998? This was my first real spot and the beggining of my addiction for finding spots, digging, riding, building teepees and hanging out! This set of woods is now tropical smoothie, ruby tuesdays, central 511, coldstone...all sorts of non squirrel related stores. Bummer.
Jeff Nicholson at radford trails. Note how green! Im moving back there on wednesday to finish my music degree, so I'll be digging there again too. Erik from patriot bikes took over the spot and its looking legit as hell. Jeff was my ultimate trail buddy until he left for paraguay. His bike got stolen too many times though for him to keep his chin up. One day we'll make the funny comedy/documentary on these 2 dudes who build trails together but one of them dosnt even like trails or anything hes just gay and needed an excuse to hangout in the woods with a guy. Such a sketchy story line its almost scary but its perfect. ew. ugh.
Me at ames dead of winter 2004/2005? Im not into winter, and I still cant table for shit but Im not gonna quit riding until I can get them flat. serious.

Balls

Every now and then you get in a cycle when you start hanging out with the same dude on a daily basis and its awesome. It happend in austin with derek and ski, we would ride bikes and play music on the daily. insane. Since Ive been home and went to richmond its been balls! We eat chanellos pizza listen to music, ride and stay stoked. On the way home from richmond we rode 2 race tracks and a skatepark. Last night we started digging again at thrashmore, should be real fun. We also put together my old 1" holmes while watching bmx on the olympics, a pretty righteous night especially since balls has been trying to build that bike for 2 years. We took it into the street at 3 am and had fun. I mean it this time WE HAD FUN on our bikes, it wasnt through the motions stuff, we got goofy. I decided I could do a 180 so I tried it, and pulled it off first try, roll out and everything. Real lame to everyone else but, to me Im real stoked. Balls and I just kept laughing and had fun till about 4 am. Im going to try to do a 180 tonight for christians birthday present because he love street and would be amped on me doing one im sure. Im pretty bobo on a bike to be honest, but I really love the creative side of building trails and riding bikes in the woods. Being around kick ass dudes always rules too. So yeah Im having fun in VA and am leaving to go dig at thrashmore. Christian hewitts birthday tonight at POS should be nuts! Virginia is for lovers.

farewell

If it had rained more, there would have been way more to build and ride. I moved back to Virginia Beach for the time being, I might go back to school to finish in a year, and fix up my old trails out there. Or I might travel around till spring. But for now the zoo is just hiding out in the woods alone. It has great potential. I hope someone picks up the shovel while Im gone.

derek

absolutely homosexual. we all tie dyed shirts...derek wins for most flavor.

RRRRRROLOERRRR

Matt and I finished the roller / jump today. it looks nice. so fast.
pics and action shots soon. ski and derek were terds They thought my
front porch was more fun then hanging in the woods and listening
to tapes while trying to smash dry dirt clumps. FART!

progress

I love this picture. We just finished the step down roller thing...it has a pretty big gap, i havnt cleared it yet...but I will. Derek did. Im making a built to spill tape right now for tomorrow's trail events. keep digging. Having Ski, Derek, Matt and Brian around has honestly changed my life. so glad they're here.

lumberjacks...friends!

Trail population 5. A new record. Ski moved down here from virginia beach bringing with him derek and jay. I couldnt be happier...3 quality dudes from home to hang hard with, smell, ride, be lumberjacks and forget about girls. Life seriously kicks ass right now, its pure dude time and its been going great. We're going to be camping at the trails thursday till--? I cant imagine whats going to get done and go on. Today we cut down all the trees that fell over from the lightning months ago and dug a little for the long jump. Drank coors light again and met one of the dudes who lives in the woods...real cool and loved pizza from NY. bad tattoos. Its dereks birthday and Im trying to celebrate it for at least a week!

spiders...coors light...finished!

Crazy red wasp with blue wings killed massive wolf spider. Then started to drag wolf spider into wasp home inside log at bottom of our landing berm thing.
Me holding sad but dead wolf spider...Im assuming it was sad...it didnt put off a happy dead feel
Matt holding dead sad wolf spider. Note...bug is massive.
A six pack of coors light later and months of working on this landing berm thing its done! Im still soaking wet because it rained a ton today while we dug. I love getting filthy. I fell asleep in the mud and there are still bugs on me but Im happy at least! Right when we finished I grabbed my bike to jump it but I had a flat...thats the 4th flat Ive gotten there. I jumped it when it wasnt done and it was really awesome...now its got to be amazing. Matt also built the next lip / roller dude after this today. Its going to be sorda mellow but have a really long gap. After this landing youre going really fast and downhill. We have to cut the tree down from the lightning storm now to move ahead. chainsaw, more rain, motivation and we'll finally be into the sweet part of the woods and the sweet part of the trails!