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Last weekend was full of stuff to do. Friday night was the Homebase Holiday Party for friends and fam which was held at and hosted by the shops future neighbor Eskandalo…I got there late so i got the short end of the gift exchange. all i got was the gift of driving home a drunk kurtz. Saturday it was unseasonably warm again..

Bretts fav trick for his fav band

sweet dick graf and a big load

i was under strict orders from emery to point this out to brett

outlaws

Brett says frontside schralps are worth risking time in the klink..

clowned around at an old spot and got thrown out in minutes. hilarious

Hombres…

Blame it on the Venue at the sterling. Good Times. Went over really well. Great turn out. I got a few pics before my battery died. Well, actually just 2.

Ladies, look what mike has. consider this your warning

Sunday morning it was cold. My boys are first priority. Never too cold for a swim

Little fucker always finds the mud

Dogs are happy. Off to the Hill

Mike went all out for the Chics on the chairlift

I heard someone yell “check me out” as emery slides his way to a Winter X Gold Medal

Phil Ballins steps up his rail game

Moments before impact. Noone told Mike he is about to get his bell rung and possibly his career ender as a snowskater

Mikes knees were knockin as Ballins laughs in the face of this Double Black Diamond

“sup Brah?”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am blowing the dust of my pics. An update is long overdue

Heckler

Dan the man

Rick Moranis took charge of the Raffle

Jaguar = Winner

Here is what it looks like to be a winner

Here is what it looks like to be a sore loser

 

 

board toss in the streets = violence

 

 

my personal hair stylist..Eskandalo

pic of a pic

my roomate made these years ago and its still my favorite

Thanks to Toilet Town this is the beginning of the first sequence photo i ever shot titled, jaeger bomb

 

 

 

 

done

 

“dudes”

Video Premier was fun. Everything went well, video was sick. All around a good night, put on by good people, in a good venue. Lost Soul went all out

 

Off to Hunter NY for the Ride Snowboards “i love ride” tattoo party. Neff held the “Dirty East” Rail Jam contest

 

Fake Snow

A Leaner Big Al sporting a new kit totally hooked it up

it aint where you’re from, its what you Roc

“dudes”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ipod set on “biggie”

 

Fuck a Hummer, I’ll take a jacked up 4×4 Limo with a rail Built over it

Now off to the party. Ride snowboards closes down a local bar for a private party with an open bar (yeah), free food, and a few local tattoo artists. it starts at 4 in the afternoon and goes all night. Ride picks 3 small traditional style tattoo designs that follow the “i love ride” theme. its simple. the tattoos are free, and if you get one, you get a free snowboard in hand, when you are done. They did over 50 tattoos that night. i passed cuz i already get a Ride hook up, and i am not into tattoos unless they are sick tribal

 

the second sequence i ever shot involves a jello shot and some fluezy

 

 

done

some broad and an ass tat

 

 

next time just “say cheese” you idiot

Def the best looking girl in the room, and at that point of the night i think Chuckles might have made out with her

more girls and more ass tats. how original

Rise and Shine for a Slim Jim and a tech session

pissed

hungry

“dude last night i was sooooooo wasted”

Yes. Sweet Potato homefries are the best thing ever

One of these days i am gonna realize i am not in Costa Rica anymore and unpack from that trip. Till then, if anybody wants to go back I can be out the door in a minute

Havent updated in awhile. I spent sunday (two weeks ago)with the crew circa 97..i would say nothing has changed in 10 years other than gleasons weight…

The Crew..

B-Tight

Gay Rurz

Tub Tub aka Hit the Dirt

Blawg Dawg

My I.D. remains anonymous since i was obviously packing heat

Go skate this ledge, I swept up the parking lot with my elbow and my crispy white T

gangway

its not easy being an outlaw

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So my roommate Metal J”s girlfriend decides J and I need to be none other than Archie and Harley for Halloween. I was planning on wearing my usual costume (my normal clothes and tell people i am a “Repeated Sex Offender”). She did an amazing job. I didn’t know what to expect, but she pulled it off so well esp for her first time doing this. Anyone who knows my dogs was amazed at how perfect she nailed the heads.

Metal J and Kari. She made it all happen

Annual Halloween Party at Paradise Lost Tattoo in Kutztown

Our personal “Dog Catcher”

yours truely

Father Stewart and his Naughty Nun were up in the cut

The future Mrs. Stewart is a sucker for a handsome puppy

Mike…Born and Raised in Ktown but most def grew up Gotti

Ladies would love my tail (self portrait)

Thats is not some kid dressed as Raab Himself, it’s Raab Himself

Early morning trip to Philly to roll around before the Floorpunch reunion. Andy even made it out of the valley.

Course was def swept

sidewalk slide transfer with shoe untied because sometimes i can just get crazy

kflip the hip

if this was the X-Games Brett would win Gold for using the full coarse potential (lines for days)

that was only the beginning of our day. we pushed what seemed like 20 miles all around the city and then hit the show. Floorpunch reunion was nearly 10 years in the making. Got to see lots of old friends and had such a good time. i felt like i was 18 again. i havent been to a show this fun in years. i am bruised all over and sore as fuck. i have a perfect bruise from a size 10 shoe across my shoulders. camera was in the car…BUST!!!!! (if you know FP you understand)

If you know me, I love my dogs, let them do whatever they want and spoil the rotten. Sunday afternoon/eve in the game lands

“what was that”

If Archie sees water he is gone. Always the first one in and the last to leave

Moon is out. Time to go home

Mission accomplished

Maps are your friend because road Signs are scarce, the distances are wrong.

Roadside eats

Dogs seem to know “Dog People”…Making friends (again)

Standing Room Only

So theres is this river and its known that Crocodiles seem to collect underneath this bridge. You can park along the road and walk out and stand about 25 ft above them. They are massive. Grazing some 50 yards away are various horse and cattle that at times can be witnessed as “dinner” to these crocs.

So most major beach cities have One lane Bridges on each side of them. They are falling apart and sketchy as hell. Missing planks and metal beams that are just laying down and not barely attached. Traffic can only flow in one direction and backs up for miles. There is no direction so you can wait over an hour for traffic move in your direction. It sucks

Palm Tree plantation and Rainbow

Critters outside our window in our next hotel in surf town Manuel Antonio

Morning view from out balcony

el gato

The trees are alive

too bad i chopped my whig

much more to come…lots of critters and monkeys for real

The hot springs at Tabacon are all natural and have Zero Sulfur smell which makes them that much nicer. The resort is in the forest and winds its way through various waterfalls and gardens. Basically you just get in the water anywhere…

Large Hot Water Heater

i wandered to the Cold Water Pool. It is a stream that enters the resort at a different area and piped into a pool. It was cold (do the math) and no one goes there.

new camera, gotta try and use the timer

The most amazing Spa ever (so i heard)

Did i mention the hot springs are open at night. The place is rediculous

That night we drove the worst rode ever to the Observation area of the Arenal Volcano where you are maybe a mile (an educated guess) away from the volcano and its the best place to watch it erupt. You are close enough to hear the massive volcanic lava rocks tumbling down the side of the volcano. This pic doesnt look like much but its actually lava rock blown out and tumbling down the sides. You have to see it for yourself

Next a.m. On our way to our next location. Lake Arenal

The only Armadillo we saw

You’re too slow

On the road again

Row Homes

Proudly Endorsed..

Next time you think your job blows, try push mowing a soccer field

next time… crocodiles

Second stop. Tabacon hot springs Resort at the base of Arenal Volcano which is very much active and erupts on some level everyday.

Arenal and a Little eruption from our Hotel

Like all girls Kim says no bikini shots but I safe with this water slide dismount

being watched

Our second home in the Jungle

If not on a major Highway the roads are this

Coyote lurking on some cattle

Our cover is obviously blown

More poisonous frogs

Duck with a Mohawk

The Zip-line tour was amazing. A series of 10 Zip-lines through the tree tops over valleys and waterfalls. As you can see they are high as fuck and some were over 3000 ft long. On the longer lines you hit 40-45 mph.

Return cable at the Start/Finish of the course

This is your brake

The take off

just you and the cable

sketchy suspension bridges over waterfalls on the way to another cable

valley to valley tree top slide

When done with that your ride horses back these sketchy trails back to the base of the mtn and stop at a native camp on the way

Native guard dog

gitty up

lunch by the pool and the volcano

the smoke rolling down the sides is from lava

critters out back

not again

hot springs. all natural. the closer you get to the volcano the hotter they get…

gotta get to work..more later cuz all those pics were only half of one day

We were at the Peace Lodge for Three days and they all just seemed to blend together. One afternoon we decided to take a little drive and see some more of the countryside

old bridge vs new bridge

hit 7-11 for items we forgot

guard dog

critter crossing

the best fruit ever

Most towns only had one phone it seemed

my spanish blows but i’m pretty this sign means “GANGWAAAY”

amused by a monkeyface/angel logo

stopping to eat at someones house/cafe in the middle of nowhere

the woman new ZERO english. i pointed to the only other guy in the places plate and stuck two fingers in the air. We got two huge platters including steak and soda. It cost $1.50

i got 2 steaks out of the deal

back porch/bathroom

Back to the Lodge

Easily amused by our Peace Lodge bracelets which gave us the ability to roam wherever

Pool Party

the bottom pool was absolutely frigid

jacuzzi

lifeguard

In the rainforest it rains every afternoon and all night. Fairly hard. I opened our door one night and found this little guy drinking out of a puddle on our door step so I invited him in.

Made himself right at home on my lap by the fire

Left him here and went to bed but at 4 a.m.

Morning view last morning here

Our dollar goes along way. Give them $100 and they give you 48956.00 colones

On the Road Again

Our tiny Dihatsu’s Climbing the volcano

You literally have about an hour to see the crater of the volcano. Its gotta be early in the morning due to the cloud cover. We got there and this is what we saw. yea

 

Disappointed we hiked to a Poas Lagoon on top of Volcano Poas

On the way out we backtracked to the crater and got extremely lucky cuz the wind blew the clouds out for about 5 min. It was mind blowing

And then the clouds came back. Check me out on top of a volcano (i was there i swear)

Look up cuz there birds look funny

With the help of Tom,his wife Laurie and there 2yr old son Corey I toured through a small part of Central America. We got over 700 pictures so I am gonna through them a few days as at time as to not bore you all to death…

3:30a.m. waiting for our ride to the airport

the captain said “turn off all electrical devices”

3rd world country means wild Chickens

we rented the smallest SUV ever made.

Destination Poas Volcano

City Life

Cafe Kimberly (it took us 4 days to figure out what Soda meant)

The churches in most towns were the nicest structures

Experimental Farming

Rural Life

Mud Houses

We arrived out our first hotel. Its called The Peace Lodge and is fucking amazing. Its in the middle of the rain forest and built on the side of a cliff.

We called this home for a few days

 

 

 

The bathroom had a rock waterfall behind the tub and all the plants are real

The shower was a rock cave waterfall

Huge bathroom light fixture

enough with the bathroom, how about a private balcony

hot tub

and a very active humming bird feeder

fire place and rocker at the foot of the bed

Before bed you fill out a list of what you want for breakfast. For $1 it will be waiting for you on your balcony whatever time you want it

The place is literally in the rain forest with trails leading to 6 huge waterfalls, a Butterfly garden, enormous Bird habitat, and exhibits of Jungle cats, Monkeys, Snakes, and Poisonous Frogs… here we go

and another

 

and a big one in front of a lil one

and another

The frogs were amazing. Most highly poisonous. At night go on the frog tour because they are nocturnal and more fun to see in the dark

Jungle Cats you dont wanna F with. All in captivity because they are all endangered

Birds

Butterflies

juan valdez

youngster

Monkeys

Enough for now….way more to come