“DUDE’
never too early
these stairs appear to lead to the end of the earth
i set my camera dead center on the floor and pulled the trigger
dont know allison, but she didnt have to draw anymore attention to it… shit was big
local watering hole
local
enough..tomorrow we visit the best spot ever
Take a day off and go sight seeing
nothing fresher then meat right off the pigs leg
for $50 you can get tons of fresh seafood for breakfast…and a beer
new favorite fruit
serious knocker
for $3 you can fill any oral fixations you might have
ballins got a heater
his pops RBC would be proud. ask him about RBC.
yes it says %100 Wild in 7 dif languages. perfect
more street performer bullshit
never mind the cigar, peep the mustache at this point
assault weapons for sale
all aboard
stunt junkie
pole trickster
did i mention his creepy “kid toucher” mustache
from what i heard the view up here is amazing. not today
next time we go inside
Moving on…
you get one guess on who raged the hardest last night…
wow. another perfect granite slant. weird
one guess on what heezy is dreaming about (refer to previous)
and what ballins is thinking about. he smoked alot of cigs on this trip
still a cankle. elevating doesnt do shit
this is where the dudes live
i think 4 grown men live in this room now
famous spot, perfect ground, perfect ledges, flat bars…only thing missing is a toilet
toilet found
dbl sided jaunts
ballins got his line
ballins demonstrates a flawless “mall” grab
So phil gets to spain and realizes he only brought the pants he had on. after 7 days of skating and raging the bar scene they were a bit ripe. left with no choice he went euro with a new pair of knickers. to rep a euro style means you have to leave your nuts at home. word on the street is they are overly tight where it counts
pre-game
i dont know charly but i have a feeling his bike tours are intense.
next time we take a day off to be tourists
Like i said…Back to Macba. The smoothest ground ever, perfect ledges, lots of attitudes
watched some foreigner switchflip the big four to boardsnap
look local and stand hard
what are you looking at dicknose
its not the same
so it has been like 5 days. swelling has not gone down, toes are still black, pain is still there. ballins and i take a walk to some primitive emergency room that has all the ancient equipment we threw away in the 70’s and get it looked at.
want free x-rays and health care in spain? tell them you dont have your i.d. or insurance cards. they are sending a bill to someone, just not me…
x-rays were negative. so doc wraps me from knee to toes in a hockey wrap with strict orders. No walking, No skateboarding, Elevate, when i get home in 5 days have a dr. take the wrap off and re-evaluate the situation. right
back in our room and hour later…nothing broke? lose the wrap, thanks for nothin
late late nights, early mornings
i hate camera happy foreigner tourists
the only bowl killed in barcelona, and he did without full pads
best warm up spot ever…. for me to sit at and elevate
the reason why it reeks of piss at Paral-lel, is because its one big toilet
Me? ummm i see a lightpost, 3 trees, and someones grandfather who stopped to pee while he was walking by. ask pappy and i bet he didnt see the kid with the camera
i elevate…doc’s orders
daylight graf heads
nosemanny lipsliders
teamwork
dogface
as we were being driven to the airport by mr heezy himself we werent 20 min out of southside bethlehem when he said “fuck it, im going i will buy a ticket at the airport”. awesome. just the clothes on his back. the moment came to reality moments later when realizing his passport was at home. phone calls were made. business was handled. we picked him up at the airport a few days after we got there.
waitin on Mr. Slikkk. weird
the champ is here, euro mullet in progress
i sat next to Michael Bolton on the train
and Luigi Ballins….(moustache finally takin shape)
how do you say “fag bag” in spanish?
wavy
phil and his BUDdy
TALL Beater
1000 push-ups and a cycle of roids away from being diesel
PT Cruiser destroys the bar hop
who says you cant mellon with stiches in your finger
at the bump to bar i elevated. cuz my toes have been turning black. rad
anything done from bank to bar is beyond respectable
just what we needed, another dude for our sausage party
first time i thought about home…i missed my boys…. next time its back to Macba
so we hooked up with a local Milan at Macba and went to his place to hook up Ballins. Big thanks to Milan, No thanks to his stingy roomate Winkle.
What makes Ballins happy? photochop by Brett
homeless
jack and crack in the locker, its on
escalator spot in a light a.m. rain
ballins…aka: virginia slim?
quick photoshoot for his new album cover
dudes
new stunt for mikeyslikk
air time
nope
cheater
no need for flour cuz we know where the wet spot is
ray put some time in on drying this spot and got his trick while some norwegian’s sat and watched
“dude, just how hard did you party last night Bro?”
weird, another perfect slant spot
B blew a load on his good slacks. way to go faggot
next
Ans steps up and dominates the Ratray ledge
other than the first lil bowl this place pretty much blows
end of the day ankle check. foot/ankle is swollen beyond recognition all the way to my toes. im seriously considering the the advice of the following image i saw on the metro
brilliant, but obviously just for attention. do it long ways if you really mean it pussy
guess whats in the sack. these guys are chased all over the city by police. basically a mobile flea market
prada bags, gucci crap, stunna shades…my guess is you wont get a reciept
ropes on all 4 corners and constantly on the look out so they can pick up and run in a second flat
board walk
junk quarter pipes on muscle beach
this spot will make you famous
when a rhyme hits, ballins documents
famous amazing spot number 100
MACBA
standing room only
dont fuck with the metro k-9’s
cankle update… not so good
where was i
from fun and sun to fog in seconds
wallrides all day long
not good…instant swelling seconds after my ankle rolled and hit the ground. day fucking 2 and this basically wrecked the skateboard aspect of the rest of my trip.
Ans “puts a lil grease on her”
max, give me back my fucking sweater
fucking awesome
this sign was in the lobby of the hostel. have no idea what it means
more street performer bullshit
this church bell was our clock
ballins is always loose
we watched four shop owners come together to hustle people walking by out of their money
and in a minute they are gone
Columbus
get some
and some more
another famous spot you respect alot more when you are standing next to it
12hrs after initial damage
smart cars are small and all over europe.
lots more to come. im just getting started
Here we go again
Paralel.
Artsy
for mike. remeber your dream girl?
so i fall and my new set-up rolls into the freshest pile of shit. still steaming it was so fresh. judging by the toilet paper next to it, i took a wild guess that it wasnt from a dog
we got background props in some famous spanish rap video
paralel blunt to lip?
sammytime
FORUM mirror spot…
the skatepark in the reflection behind me is the 2nd pile of shit my board rolled through on this day. total junk
Mediteranien
ummm. quarterpipes? for miles
huge cracks throughout gives me a whole new respect to anything done on these walls. sketchy as hell
jimmy. serious drop in with no where to go. it was sick to witness
attempt number 2 drew quite a crowd and a cop. never got a chance to give it another go
off to work. that was half of day 2…
so when a whole crew heads to a foreign country for the sole purpose of skateboarding why not join them. it was kinda funny being so far away yet surrounded by so many people you know. the city was amazing and clowning around in another country with a gang of idiots from home made it that much better.
i packed really light. two new boards and only enugh clothes for a few days. these guys were the only thing i struggled leaving behind
who? “phil ballins, rhymes with phil collins” to some foreigner from norway
lousbag
our money is worth nothing. its pathetic
stood for 45 min at the wrong gate
what do you know. walk of the train to a famous skatespot #1 of a million
this guy was the first to tell us americans we were #1
home sweet home on La Rambla
party boy takes us to his jail cell which his shares with 3 other “dudes”
its funny walking by shit like this like its nothing
FONDO
ballins…noseblunt transfer…the first of many blunt photos i got in spain 
fresh off the plane back tail
Brendan lives dangerously. Brendan lives for xxxtreme sports. proof posi as he threads the needle on dismount
dog shit everywhere
nobody owns a dryer so we get to stare at our neighbors underoos
my pronunciations were dead on.
thats day one. lots to come. architecture, skateboarding, spliffs, dudes