I stopped by the 2HeadedHorse office today to and hung out with the posse. For those of you that don't actually talk to me personally or hang out with me then this will be some news: I am unemployed.
After the SLAM show ended (I should say "shut down," because that fits the situation more) the work at the office pretty much came to a halt. That is all that I will say because I really don't want to get into details. I've had to tell the story to all my friends numerous times and I don't feel like having to spill it all out again. All that aside, I went in and visited the crew today to see how things were going. Laban and I went and got lunch for everyone and then came back and hung out. Felt good to hang out with everyone even thought it has only been 2 weeks. I shot a few photos while there because I had my camera in my car.
I feel sorry for the people that don't know this bunch right here.
Cookie monsters.
I told her that I was going to shoot a photo of her smoking...I was lucky enough to catch her in the act! NO MORE SMOKING MIA!!!
David JUST got to my place so I must be going. We are heading to Big Bear with good ole Brad Burt. SEE YOU ALL LATER!
A few months back I got a call from my good friend Diamond Dave Bergthold (the real master mind behind Built To Shred) while I was at the office about shooting a piece for him. We were basically shooting a Built To Shred segment without Jeff. Easy peazyyy. I shot all of season 2 of Built To Shred so of course I was down because these kinds of things are super fun to be a part of. AND for my boy Clint, it was a no brainer. The proper ingredients were all there for a good time, and a cool all day shooting spree.
One Saturday morning I woke up early, drove down to Santa Ana (to the Ambiguous office), and we got the ball rolling. It was basically on from 8AM to about 8PM. The whole crew was there: Kyle Walker, Trevor Vaughan, John Murrow, Brian "BH" Hanson, and Isaac Siems. This is part 1 of 2:
It's been so long since I did this that I totally forgot it was ever even coming out. Dave did a bang up job cutting everything that I shot for this together. I'm sure I overshot like crazy...and I know how overshooting can sometimes be a burden when you step to the cutting table. PROPS DAVE! I guess stay tuned for part 2?
I've got a bunch of new photos for you kiddos...shall we begin?
Brad, Dylan, and Elliott were tripping on some crazy bugs that were posted up on these plants. Dylan just got finished getting a cool trick on this rugged bank to ledge in Venice on Main where this was shot. Brad looks/is creepy.
At the spot before this bank to ledge Brad somehow managed to hit his forehead on the glass that opens to give the openee access to the trunk of my car. He broke skin so he must have nailed it pretty hard. Way to go you idiot.
While we were skating we spotted Tim Meadows walking right past us. We told him that we were fans of his and actually hung out with us for about 5 minutes. He graciously allowed me to snap a pic with him and Dylan...I'm kicking myself in the ass for not asking Brad or Elliott to snap a pic of me with him as well :(
Tim must have gotten envious of our rollerskateboarding because he quickly asked Dylan if he could see his board. We thought he just wanted to scope it out but as soon as he grabbed it he through down, skated up the street, and skated back. The most amazing thing about this is the fact that he didn't push mongo. HUGE POINTS FOR THAT ONE! He said his kids were into skating so he learned to push around as well so he could mess around with them as well. What a dad!
I don't let Jerald Webb smoke in my car. However he lets me candidly snap photos of him smoking out in public.
There is this really cool, and crazy skater made spot right down the street from where I live. The spot is on a bike path leading down to Marina Del Rey so there is plenty of bike / pedestrian traffic. We took it upon ourselves to take over this section of the bike path and proceeded to have a good time. I caught a moment of the "hanging" while filming. I live for times like these.
I've been shooting a lot of photos lately and I hope that the photos are somewhat interesting. I'm not a photographer by any means, but I like shooting my friends in their natural environments. I just want to say thank you to all of you out there who even bother to come to this URL that is my own. There's a lot of things going on in my life right now...some good, some weirdly awkward...but at least I know I got my friends and I got my skating to keep me happy. I will end this with a quote that a pretty lady said to me last Friday night...for some reason it stuck with me a lot and has been floating around in my head.
My very first "Sesh" video for The Skateboard Mag dropped today (thank you DanoZone). It's feature a buuuunch of the homies. I wish I could have fit more in their, but driving up to Santa Barbara from LA is quite the mission and 2 trips with one carload of people can only get you so far. If only I had one of those clown cars...a boy can dream right?
Thanks to everyone who came up to Santa Barbara and seshed with us. I hope you guys had as much fun as I did making this. Unfortunately, Dan Roberts blew out his ACL right after this while shooting his first ad for Vox. I wish you a speedy recovery and hope you get your surgery soon. We all miss shredding with you man.
Humor is a weird thing when you really think about it. Sometimes I will laugh at the stupidest things that in reality shouldn't be funny whatsoever, or that no one even thinks twice about (in a humorous way). Then other times a group of people will be laughing at something that is "supposed" to be funny and I won't even crack a smile. The kind of things that I find the funniest are the subtle things are almost not even supposed to be funny: tone of voice, mannerisms, weird pauses in weird places, awkward glances, and most importantly beer humor.
The reason I say beer humor is because for a long time now I have been following this guy who chugs beers on video. There is nothing special here besides a personality, a camera locked off on one angle, a bottle of beer, and a glass. It may not sound like the best set up for comedic venture...but you know what, I think it is grrrrrrrreat. Minimalism at it's best here ladies and gentledudes. I present to you *drum roll please*...THE METAL MADMAN!
This is the first video I ever saw of the Metal Madman's and I've been hooked ever since. I love them all though. You may not find it funny...actually I hope you DON'T find it funny, and I hope it bums you out because that would stoke me out even more on this. I've been showing my friends this stuff for almost 2 years now, and it never gets old for me. I'm about as picky with humor/comedy as I am with food. This gets me going though and I don't know why. Genius.
After all this time, I've actually contacted the Metal Madman about his videos and he responded. There is talk about myself purchasing him a unique beer and sending it to him to drink in his next video. He is even so gracious enough as to give me a shout out! That will be a day worth celebrating for sure. Mark your calenders when that video comes out because that beer chug will be worthy of a national holiday. It's Friday morning, before noon, the weekend is almost here, and the Metal Madman has just showed you now to pound a brew like a real beer drinker. Crack one open, pour it out, chug the hell out of it, and salute to the almighty Metal Madman in us all.
