Miami Lurkin

Looks like 9th Street is the place to go. Who needs South Beach when you can lurk streetside?

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Pole Protector

A while back I was skating a basketball court (outside) when some lady walked up and told me to stop 'messing up the court.' I'm not sure what harm she thought I was doing to the COMPACTED ROCK, but she had decided that someone needed to stand up for the asphalt, and it was her job to do it. After I finished applauding her effort, I went back to skating. Beyotch.

DC photographer/skateboarder/pretzel lover Chris found another Urban Defender when he was trying to shoot photos of himself hucking over this pole. Keep in mind he was literally just popping over this pole...not grinding anything, or leaving marks anywhere. Basically, it was the equivalent of running and jumping up in the air. And she told him to stop messing up the pole, or the ground, or the air or something.

If these people really want to help, they should follow around the asshats that let their dogs crap on the sidewalk and don't pick it up. That shit's an epidemic.

Being a gentleman, Chris explained he wasn't hurting anything. Since he was shooting photos with a timer, the camera went off while she was lecturing him. Outstanding.

Being a ripper, he went back to business and got this shot:

Blunt Party

We hit up Ander's ramp yesterday, for the first time in forever. Last time we were out there, his cousin came out to kick it for a few, and told us some stories about his day job. I think he's an EMT or something, and that day he had seen some dude die that got thrown through the window of a car. Yikes.

He also told us that 'CPR doesn't work' b/c everyone he's performed CPR on has died. I don't know if that means he sucks at CPR or that it really doesn't work. Either way, now he's the Angel of Death to me.

On less-heavy shiznit, here's a few clips from the ramp. Everyone got into blunts that day, except me, because I can't do blunts of any kind. Damn. I wanna learn blunts.

Since I can't edit video (yet), you have to watch the whole thing. Sorry. The first one starts off a little slow, but it's well worth the wait for the sick half-cab blunt to rock that Ryan drops.

RYAN'S LINE


COLEMAN'S LINE (short, but with a great blunt to axle.)


FLYNN'S 'LINE' (no blunt, but possible spleen damage)

Sickening Speed, with Style

Take 10 minutes and watch this clip. It's way worth it. One of the craziest things is how they pass the camera back and forth. Even crazier is that they're hauling ass down this hill—err, canyon— with no pads; Just a helmet and one glove each. Burly.

Nerd test: if you have an HD monitor, click the 'HD is OFF' button to go to Vimeo's website, where you can turn HD on. Watching this in HD is incredible.


Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.