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Come out and skate at the Palm Springs Skatepark on Saturday January 17th 2008. Palm Springs is now a free skatepark and if you have not been there yet this is a good excuse to get out there and get some. Hope to see you there..
THE SKATEBOARD MAG - NOLAN JOHNSON MAG MINUTE
What, you thought this was going to be another street shredding spree? Nope, we got crews everywhere like our friend Nolan Johnson. Dude has left a trail of destruction from the parks of Oregon, Washington, and down to the bowls of Southern California. After seeing him kill it one too many times we knew Nolan might as well have had “Mag Minute” written on his griptape, get some.
Over the past year I have met some cool people, skated with those same people at some amazing spots, and was able to attend and photograph some sick events. I was going thru my gallery and looking at some pics that were shot over the last 12 months and thought I’d post some of them up. So, here’s my (photographic) year in review…
Brant, Chino 1/12/08
Bill, Bible Bowl 2/2/08
Ronnie, Chino 2/7/08
Dave, Glendale 2/9/08
Adrian Demain, Pala 2/16/08
CK, Redlands 3/2/08
Anthony, Old Bro 3/2/08
Brian Whitney, Chino 3/9/08 - One of my favorite shots of the year.
Tige, Pala 3/29/08
Brian, Pala 3/29/08
Johnny, Chino 4/16/08
Chris, Bible Bowl 4/17/08
Dale, Bellmar’s 4/23/08
Julie, Chicken’s 4/25/08
Michael Brookman, Basic Bowl Contest 4/26/08
Jake, Bellmar’s 5/1/08 - Who I believe just became a father…congrats homie!
Kyle, Bellmar’s 5/1/08
Benji, Bible Bowl (Dave’s B-day Session) 5/16/08
Scott, Bellmar’s 5/29/08
Aaron Court, Chino 6/4/08
Jason, Chino 6/28/08
Steve, Punker’s 7/2/08
Mark, Joker’s 7/10/08
Pedro Barros, Punker’s 7/26/08
Cristiano, Soul Bowl Contest 7/27/08
Jerry Gurney, Washington Street 9/6/08
Mike, Headquarters 9/13/08
Colin, Solvang 9/20/08
Scott, Burger Bowl 9/25/08
Tim Johnson, GVR Bowl Contest 10/3/08
Matt, Glendale 10/12/08
Lester, Fontana II Grand Opening 10/25/08
Tristan, Fontana II 11/4/08
Russ, Burger Bowl 11/6/08
Kevin, Fontana II 11/8/08
Jeremiah, SoCal Skateparks Skatefest - Pala 11/15/08
Art, Fontana II 11/22/08
Eddie, Fontana II 11/28/08
Tim, Chicken’s 11/30/08
Chris, Bible Bowl (Julie’s B-Day Session) 12/5/08
Nick, Upland Contest 12/14/08
Alva, Oceanside MLK Grand Opening 12/20/08
Thanks Mike, thanks to all that contribute to this site, thanks to everyone for the photo ops and thanks to all that are out there everyday shredding and inspiring me to push harder. Here’s to 2009 
Ocean and Earth had their first O.N.E. Celebration at a cool little art gallery in Costa Mesa called Evocal on December 18th, 2008. My good friend, Mike Vavak contacted me and off we went.
Music was provided by VAVAK, Sounder, and Ray Barbee & The Mattson 2.
The works from these artists were on display:
Matt Maust
Matt Wignall
Ryan Bryant
Joe Aaron
Matt Patterson
Jason Castner
Ryan Sakal
and a few more.
Evocal is located on 814 19th St. Costa Mesa CA. 92627
Admission was a can of food. All food was donated to the O.C. Rescue Mission. The concept of this evening was to celebrate how much one person can make a difference. And it showed.
There was a lot of really cool art packed into this little gallery.
A pretty cool backyard to literally chill out in was out back. The night air got down to what felt like freezing temps.
A nice array of vintage looking surfboard fins among it all.
Mike V. is a rather talented one man show. He sings and plays guitar INCREDIBLY well when he’s not on skating or surfing.
Later on, the food was fired up. For $5, it was EASILY the best meal for that price that I’ve had in a long time. That guy, cooking, should open up his own eatery… if he hasn’t done so already.
Some really cool surf art pieces were all over.
I’ve seen Ray play a couple times in the past, but never with his band, the Mattson brothers. If you ever get a chance to see or hear these cats play… DO IT!
Words cannot describe how insanely precision and tight this band plays. If you dig quality instrumental tunes, get a hold of their music. Can’t stress that point enough. I go see a lotta shows, but this was one of the best shows I’ve seen, ever. Here’s Mr. Barbee… doin’ this thing.
Some more great surf art behind the stage.
One of the many detailed wood walls at Evocal.
And one last shot of Ray and the brothers Mattson. With no bass guitar, the bass riffs were traded back & forth. Which made for some killer songs during their set. Even some kickass drum solos, as well.
Ray was telling me that their music is currently available in Japan, but will be coming to America in Feb. or March. CAN’T WAIT! Must have now.
Much props and kudos to all of the musical talent that was on hand. I apologize for not catching Sounder, as I was stuffing my face with excellent food and a drink, outside in the freezing cold with a few friends, during that set.
Ocean & Earth did a great job, in conjunction with Evocal, in pulling this great event off. Many people that needed food were stoked from the result of this great cause. Sorry for putting this up so far after the fact. I’ve been traveling around and visiting family for the Holidays. It’s good to be back home.
Happy New Year and another year of skateboarding and music!
Went down to Oceanside to check out the grand opening yesterday. Park is pretty fun, small flow section with a squarish horseshoe with tile and pool coping at the end connected to a street/bank area. As previous stated, this park is definitely crowded. I got a few runs in then took the camera out. I didn’t get everyone’s name, sorry. Bill and I shot some video too. Great seeing all the familiar faces down there and thanks everyone for the photo ops.
Brad Edwards and his models of the 2 remaining Oceanside parks.
Tony Alva
Dave Kindstrand
Naka
Turkey
This dude was killing it.
More photos here: http://discussion.socalskateparks.co…ry.php?cat=669