Waterfalling a Brazilian beer standing on top of the largest waterfall in the world.  Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil is breathtaking.  You just have to see it to believe it.  Insane.  Felipe Gustavo and I went to his hometown and the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, after Foz.  I never ate so much in my life.  That dude is going to be 600 pounds someday.  I’ll probably be sitting next to him, at 700 pounds.  The food tour was awesome and the skating was the same as it ever was.  Almost got attacked by wild monkeys too.

I’ve grown fond of this place!  It’s my third time here.  Cafe Xperience gave me own menu item and I had no idea.  Epic!  They threw me a going away party too and Linda made me a cake with monkeys on it since my Chinese name is 猴子 (Hóuzi), which means monkey.

We had a blast like always.  Some Chinese kid wrote a note in permanent marker on a ledge for the Plan B team to call him and left his full name and phone number.  The ledge is in front of a nice college.  Gnarly.

Our guide, Pappa, was incredible.  No English.  Funkiest teeth you’ll ever see.  Handles business like a pro.  Walks around the hotel in his robe and is constantly fucking with everyone.  Great guy.  Psycho.

Hyped to work with Nixon and Plan B on something.  The products are rad.  I use the speaker almost everyday and the board features the most creative spin on grip I’ve seen in years.

I came up with the concept, directed, shot, and edited this bad boy.
Additional shots by Dario Rezk.
Original music by Danny Way.  <-  How cool is that?

Network A wanted to use a new interactive video player and incorporate skateboarding. Plan B was the team of choice and I was approached to direct. I came up with this concept and the rest is history. Have fun playing with our half skate video, half video game thingy.

I came up with the concept and directed the spot.
DP Sean Coles
Additional shots by Jason Hernandez & Dario Rezk
Produced by Network A and BedRocket

This was my intro to the acting world and I nailed it. If I would have stayed on track, I’d probably be on the set of Fast & Furious 6 or something. I’m stoked to be in the video for a song rad enough that Wade Speyer skated to it. If you’re having trouble recognizing me, I’m the quarterback fetus with the giant head.

I will be quoting Pete Weber today, tomorrow, and everyday there after.

Yes! God damn it, yes!
That is why I did it! I… number 5! Are you kidding me!? That’s right!
Who do you think you are!? I am!
Damn it, right!

GoPro invited Ryan Sheckler and me to try out the new GoPro Wi-Fi BacPac.  We dreamt up a fun little concept and headed to New York City.  Thanks to everyone involved.  Stoked on the final product!

I’ve been wanting a talented artist to draw me a picture of a pig using a giant piece of bacon to fight a chicken yielding a giant hot wing.  Luckily, Eric McHenry hooked it up.  Can’t wait to frame this original and hang it on the wall.  

Thanks, ttusk.

Erica and I are going to go do our best Dumb and Dumber impression in Aspen. I make commercial.

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 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’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

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.