Ryan Sheckler getting vertical on a Zip Zinger in Costa Rica.

Filmed this crud with my dude, PJ Ladd, last weekend. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in more than just a day. Stay tuned.

Brad Staba, the stone-cold psychopath behind Skate Mental, forced me to roll up and play Director of Photography for this fucked up Shane O’Neill commercial that played during Street League Finals. It’s probably the best commercial in the planets. Directed by crabsalad.

Mahalo to Plan B, T&C, Nick, Lance and everyone who made this trip so fun.

On the last day of the best trip ever in Oahu, Sarah and I walked down to the sand in front of the Loulu Estate at 8:45am and whipped up this little diddy first try.

Thanks to everyone who made this trip possible. It was a blast from end to end for 1,000 different reasons.

I’ve wanted to nail a watch to this sign in my alley for about a year. Nailed it.

I’m a huge Brandon Biebel fan. I’m psyched every time I get to film something with him, so I said “hell yeah” when Transworld called. I’d say this is a pretty accurate snapshot of a normal day with Brandon.

I had probably the most embarrassing failed actor career possible. Some of the movies and commercials I had to do were pretty embarrassing but this one takes the cake! A rollerblader!? Worst role I could get.

Throughout the audition process everything said “skate” not rollerblade. Even at the audition the director said, “So you can skate right?” It wasn’t until they asked me to bring my rollerblades to a test shoot that we realized the miscommunication. I borrowed a friends that were 6 sizes too small and tried. I sucked. A guy at the advertising agency even said, “This guy can’t rollerblade!” and walked back inside angrily. Icing on the cake? They buzzed my head and I looked like a 14 year old for awhile. I was a 21 year old skateboarder who looked like a 14 year old rollerblader on national television. Rad. The clip cuts to a real rollerblader eating shit. I just had to do the mad dash.

And for the record, I do not regret any of it. I learned a lot and it paid real well. Now, let’s all have a little laugh at my expense.

I recently had the pleasure to capture Rome and Ostia, Italy for the Red Bull Manny Mania series. I explored most of Rome via skateboard and had a blast. Felix came in after a few days and we had some fun too. Coincidentally, Dave Duncan and the WCS was out there for another event so we met up with them as well. I was out there for the 4th of July so I made sure to find a couple of Budweisers to drink at the Colosseum. Thanks to Red Bull and Beth for making it happen.

I’m psyched on this one!  I shot & edited an epic Active trip to Costa Rica with Figgy, Slash, Nuge, and Clint Walker.  You can read all about it in the August 2011 issue of Thrasher Magazine or click here for the article pdf.   If you’re ever in Costa Rica to skate, make sure to link up with Diego Espinoza and Bryan Gutierrez.  They’ll take care of you.  Giant thank you to those guys, Sonny Nigro, and Corey Cady.

I’m very proud to say I shot and edited this little number promoting a Skate Mental contest. The incredibly talented Erica Yary dropped by Brad’s to conduct a little interview, but as you’ll see, Brad Staba does as Brad Staba does.

Watch, laugh, buy Skate Mental, enter the contest.

Fontana di Trevi, Roma, Italia

I shot this a couple of months ago and I’m pretty psyched on all the footage we got. We had Krooked’s Brad Cromer, Chris Roberts, Marquis Preston, John Motta, and Ryan Spencer killin it in the Arizona heat. Full video should be out in a month or something.

This spot is 3 blocks from my house and I’ve looked at it a million times. However, boardsliding the whole thing never popped into my head. Way gnarly in real life. Rowley has always been one of my favorite skateboarders. Epic to still see him crush it this hard.

Erik Bragg as Ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore. 2nd place in kindergarten Halloween contest. 1989.

I wanted to be a Ghostbuster for Halloween when I was in kindergarten, but I wore my Ghostbuster sweats to bed and played with my Proton Pack all the time.  So how could I still make it special and be a Ghostbuster? I could be Winston Zeddemore, the black one!

Apparently, to my mom and I, this was as easy as rubbing black shoe polish on my face, puckering my lips to make them bigger, and putting on some fucked up Edward Scissorhands wig.  I don’t get it because Winston had a shaved head and I wasn’t even close to matching the skin tone.  What a terrible costume.

Sorry for the shitty costume, Ernie Hudson. I was only 5.

It’s in my blood.  This is a photo of my mom killing it in the 70′s.  Look how far she’s hanging off the board!  That’s gnarly.  I’m so psyched she had this timeless and epic photo.  Thanks for everything, Mom! Happy Mother’s Day.

Krooked let me come in and film/edit the fun times locked inside Thrasher‘s Double Rock Skatepark. We had Dan “The Stalefish” Drehobl and Mike “Lil’ Mikey” Anderson getting in straight. Thanks for the good times Deluxe! We had a blast. I edited this crud 3 months ago before Cee Lo won a GD Grammy and was playing on every speaker on the planet, but I still like it. So… FUCK YOU!

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