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deftones: rocket skates.

03/09/2010

They’re back.

Guns, razors, knives…..

May 18th see’s the release of the Deftones “Diamond Eyes” and Far’s “At Night We Live”.

Going to be a good summer.

mastodon in oaktown.

03/05/2010

I haven’t been this excited about a metal show since Milwaukee Metalfest ‘98. Mastodon, High on Fire and Valient Thorr, unfuckingbelievable!!! Going to be one for the memory books. Let’s get ready to rock.

Can’t wait to hang with this dude:

my brother won.

03/03/2010

The Nor Cal x Skull Candy Hesh headphone contest. He said the Nor Cal Hesh headphones are rad and the kids in his 10th grade English class are stoked. Give it up for learning. And rocking out.

emmanuel guzman creature limited.

02/23/2010

If you haven’t seen Emmanuel’s part in Hesh Law, well, then you should. If there was a “6th man” on Creature it would indeed be Guzman (some would argue for Baca). If there was ever a Creature limited board to buy this would be the one.  Get radical .

candy land.

02/15/2010

Sometimes the conditions just line-up to insure it’s all-time, and when it is it feels like you’ve just won one epic game of candy land.

san fran.

02/12/2010

Nor Cal Pride. Saw this dude rocking a UC-Santa Cruz hoodie and a Nor Cal Reversible Beanie yesterday in front of Skates on Haight. We’ve always believed the homeless population trekked back and forth between SF and Santa Cruz and here is further proof. Down for life.

Learn your west coast history. This theater is pretty damn historical. Have you seen the Sean Penn film, Milk? Do it now.

yesterday.

02/09/2010

All my troubles seemed so faraway.

Out mucking around with my new flip mino hd. These things are dope. Music by The Deftones.

tent city.

02/06/2010

Took da plane down to San Diego for ASR/Crossroads.

Abraham Paskowitz showed up and taught me how to survive a knife fight. You will normally find him giving surf lessons at the Paskowitz Surf Camp or handling Sales Manager duties over at Mavericks.

We took the cooler over to the W and kept the party rolling.

If you ever find yourself homeless, just head on down to San Diego. Great weather, great people, great food. Pitch a tent, pitch your sleeping bag and just let the good times roll. This is pretty much 1 AM on every corner of downtown San Diego. Just roll your bag out and claim your free rent.

You could skate over the sharks mouth over at Crossroads.

Chuck was really holding down the NHS booth at crossroads. Ya got any free stuff? ha.

English ciggies really get the point across.

Signage wise at ASR. NHS had them all beat.

Back over at Crossroads, Shake Junt was giving out free hair cuts.

Heard this ‘do is all the rage in Europe and Japan. Seriously.

victoria beckham loves independent.

02/02/2010

Soccer mom, seductress, fashionista, author, businesswoman,  singer… skater chick? Is Victoria Beckham secretly morphing into skater girl? Did the Beckham’s buy stock in Pac Sun or something?

Thanks to paparazzi photo goons, the secret is out – Victoria secretly wishes David could skate. Maybe.

Five photos of Victoria Beckham rocking an Independent Grade Adjustable mesh hat in Black (the hat also comes in Green, mind you). Victoria is “built to grind” and you should be too. Ride the best, fuck the rest.

sunday funday.

02/02/2010

We got the band back together and headed to Squaw Valley.

Headed straight up Granite Peak for some goodies.

Jesse from Idaho. Tucked knee tail grab. Day one for him. Conditions haven’t been too kosher up in Idaho. Seems this weird little phenomenon called “El Nino” has been making haste toward California and leaving other places low tide. Get some brother, get some.

Jesse is stoked. You would have been too if you’d have seen these conditions.

Looking down from Granite Peak.

JLS scraping before he gets hucky.

The Z-Train was throwing power maneuvers.

Oates slashes for days.

We ran into these dudes in the parking lot. Glad to see friends from junior high and high hchool still laying down the gnar. Big ups, Keyon & Arvi.

The Z-Train in full R.E.M. Mode. Sleeping is fun.

The worst ski rack ever. Seriously, that shit is about to fall off.

All and all, another sunday funday.

Don’t let winter pass you by.

Buh-Bye.

Words: Oates

Photos: JLS