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Barcelona, March 2010

2010-03-18T11:24:00.000-07:00

After the premier, I left London with this crew to go to Barcelona for a week.

Once again, Hern was drunk.

Icy flat.

We stayed right across the street from La Sagrada Familia.

There are still tons of spots in this town.

Even brand new ones!

A complimentary round of shots.

Jeb was hyped about it.

Holy Shit! We ran into these dudes all the way out in Spain.

The morning after this Chris said, "Why does my shoulder hurt so bad?".

Andrew McGraw linked up with us for a few days of shredding.

This place again.....

Lucien Clarke's ATM tour 2010!!!!

Take it down Herny!

Cafe con Leche

Tanner and Lucien found their spot.

The Ill Will has a sweet tooth.

Their album is dropping next month

Dudes

Kebabs!

Will wants his......

So we were tourists for a sec. Then I went back to London, met up with Steph and the frogs, and headed back to the states.

This Time Tomorrow London Premier, Feb. 2010

2010-03-13T07:21:00.000-08:00

Went to London with Mulhern and Jeb for the second premier of This Time Tomorrow

Rory with the premier ticket. Thanks for letting us crash with you're family again bro!

We made attempts to skate everyday but the weather was pretty piss poor.

Rory, Steph, and Joey. In a matter of hours Steph will be black out drunk and taking a bath....

Chris took an immediate interest to the many signs of London.

Barnacle!!

An evening visit with Lucien and Steph at their apt.

A happy homemaker

Farhad!

Met up with Scuba and Co. for some rainy day skateboarding.

We stopped by the British Museum before the premier to escape the rain.

Shaun Williams?

And then off to the premier at the Prince Charles Cinema.....

A couple of filmers, and a couple of flannels.

People showed up, I swear!

Ol' Shaun on the silver screen all the way out in Foggy London Town

The Aftermath

"Congratulations Daddy!"

The Premier let out, and we took to the streets for a few hours.

The Guys!

A quick stroll through London's chinatown, then off to east London for some antics.

www.palaceskateboards.com

Tanner, TheIllWill@Hotmail.com, and his lady.

Mulhern dragged us all out so he could have some drinks and calm his nerves........

And man did he get loose!

Mulhern: "I love you Will"

Will: "I love you too"

Mulhern: "No man, you dont get it, I reallllly love you"

Sam was in attendence, boying everyone off.

Steph and the frogs that never sleep, Clement, and Mario.

Lina and Lucien

Old Jeb, sweatin it out the next day on the bench.

Terps was intrigued by the plastic looking tree

London has some crust.....

Rory took us to Nugget's house for some G and T's and a fantastic meal courtesy of Nugget's Dad. Thanks!

Rory and Nugget

A reminder to be courteous when riding the Tube.

Chris finally found a home.

And we're out. Until next time London.........

Philly to Texas January 2010

2010-01-16T07:46:00.000-08:00

So we packed it up and headed to Texas for a couple weeks. Here we have Mulhern, AKA The Listener preparing out vessel for the long journey ahead.

We stopped in Nashville on the way down. This is the their courthouse, an amazing spot, but it was 20 degrees out.

One of many motels that we crammed 7-9 people in each night.

Shaun ordered the entire menu here every morning.

Wonder what these creeps are watching.....

After about 2 days on the road we made it to Dallas.

Our bros Josh, Jordan and Auby took us to this spot called the Burger Box.

And the crew went to work.

Found a dog at the gas station and Jeb got it some food and water, named it Charlie, then sent it packing.

Chris had a great time with these bulls. He sure was in his element.

Next stop, Austin. The home of the Whole Foods Bandits.

We met up with Zach and Sohan in Austin and Zach was kind enough to put us up in his Apt. for a couple nights. Thanks buddy!

Helluva DIY spot

Sohan, Blane, and Zach

Next we went to Houston, were the weather got a little warmer, and good times were had.

Little James and some DC bros were there too.

As well as Berman and Alexis

Hern was in the hole bad in Houston.

Shaun "The Situation" Williams

Zander took 3 hours to set up at every spot as usual...

A big one.

Zander came out of retirement for one more crooks.

And the whole crew was bummed.

Slippy was on the loose downtown.

We said goodbye to the boss of Houston, AKA Sohan, and left town

We found a used crack pipe in the Motel 6 we stayed at on the way back. What better way to end the trip.

Peru, Feb/March 2009 in slightly blurred film

2009-11-26T07:49:00.000-08:00

Lima

A view of from the Polish Embassy of Peru, where we resided in Lima for the week. In the neighborhood of Barranco.

J. Barnes south of the equator.

Cusco

Saqsaywaman

Gringos

We went on a crazy horse back ride outside of Cusco to see some ruins and wilderness.

The streets of Cusco

Plaza de Armas

Huevos Rancheros

The Train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes, then to Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Barney stands tall

Cross Country

2009-11-09T07:11:00.000-08:00

Went on trip last June and July from LA to Pennsylvania and back.

I spent no time in LA. Once I arrived we hit the road and started heading east.

We stopped in Gallup, NM for the night then headed to Albuquerque the next morning.

The southwest is burning.

Lots of Ditches in Albuquerque

Liberal, Kansas

Sights of the Midwest

Kansas City! Amazing spots, and great bros. This place was hotter than hell.

Sam McGuire ladies and gentemen, the man, the myth, the legend.

Tony had a hell of a time in the van.

It was sweltering in St. Louis too. The kind of heat that makes a man stop and think.

The Arch

Sam's Arch

The Dolphin in Indianapolis

Shit got crazy on our way out of Indianapolis.

Intimate living quarters. Randy looks happy to see me.

We made it to PA, where I got to hang out at Luke's house with these gentlemen.

A man, a Yuengling, and the Lehigh Valley.

Eddie Vedder was there!!!!!

From there, we packed up and headed west again, making our first stop in Pittsburgh. DK met up with us in the Lehigh Valley.

An hour outside of Pittsburgh near the Ohio/PA border there lives a bro, with a mini-ramp, and a full skatepark in his basement.

Akron, Ohio

4th of July in Cleveland

Hot hand in a dice game.

Lake Erie!!

Cleveland has some spots.

The road back to LA, then off to the airport to head back east.

See you soon.......

Portugal September 2008

2009-11-05T13:32:00.000-08:00

Went to Portugal a little over a year ago with Tombo, Took, Falla, and Lim.

When we arrived we had a fantastic meal, then drank some coffee.

We met up with our homie Jose, who is the best dude in Portugal. This is the apt. We stayed at in Porto.

My room had a view of a cornfield, and the living room had a view of the ocean. It was crazy.

Our second day we packed up into this little van and drove all day to the city of Faro, in the south. And then we returned to Porto the following day.

We got there at night, and Falla took a moment to reflect.

Tombo was hyped on the drive.

Lim was in deep thought.

This is Casa de Musica, an amazing spot in Porto

The view from our apt. in Porto

Killin it

A gem of a spot near Porto.

Deeli was on the trip, pleasure to have him on board. He was full of excitement at this point.

Packing up the van, and on our way to Lisbon.

Took had to mentally prepare himself.

Then it was party time!!!!

Lisbon by night

Most cities in Portugal have mosaic tile sidewalks and cobble stone streets. Which are amazing looking, but don't lend themselves very well to skating from spot to spot.

the boss

We stayed at a really nice hostel in Lisbon called Lisbon Calling. Check it out if you're ever out there, nice people, and a nice place.

Hercules packed the van while his mignon Danny Falla was on security.

Limjob almost took her down.

The crowds gathered

As the crew sessioned the local warm-up spot.

The last day it rained and we went to some wine cellars in Porto.

The Goods

Farewell Portugal!

London May 2009

2009-11-04T15:03:00.001-08:00

Last May I went to London with Mulhern, Jeb, and Bdugz

We stayed at Rory's place half the time, and Lucien's the other half.

BDugz took an interest in the snails in Rory's garden.

And the snails seemed to take an interest in Rory's shoe.

I fell and split my head opened the first day. Psyched.

London

This guy skates sometimes

BDugz represented

We ran into some local gangsters at this spot.

We tried to skate this bowl, but there was a little problem.

One day it rained so we went out to a park with Rory's dog.

This is his dog Frayer. Full of energy.

Farhad, in the woods.

The master and his beast.

Mulhern, back to nature, in his element.

wind water fire earth

wow

Jeb had a great time in London

We skated a spot while BDugz wandered off only to get beat in a game of basketball by some Lithuanians. Jersey was taken to the cleaners that day.

Jin killed it.

Fish and Chips, along with other assorted fried foods.

We went to the Blob lands and it rained once we got off the train. As you can see BDugz was hyped.

Almost as hyped as these kids.

If you haven't heard, Dugz can do switch back tails really well.

And Jeb can do this even better.

This is a scary one.

Good bye London

Berlin June 2009

2009-11-04T09:19:00.000-08:00

Went to Berlin last June with The Hern and TheIllWill@hotmail.com

There they are!!

Mark Nickels was friendly enough to show us around for a few days

The Blueprint guys happened to be in town at the same time as well

And Deeli! We had a hell of a crew for the week

We stayed at this crazy hostel called generator. It was a little outside the center of town. The place was about 15 stories high, and filled with 18 year old back-backers fulfilling their euro-trip dreams follwing their highschool graduations. Needless to say, we fit right in.

If you end up there, you might find yourself having the worst breakfast of your life in these very seats.

The sights of Berlin: Remains of the wall

The Holocaust Memorial

Lots of skate spots

Ill Will gets nosey

Will and the bros rigged up this cool little spot

Street Meat!

Will and McGee have an interesting relationship

Mulhern couldn't put the bottle down the entire trip.

We found an American clothing store in Berlin

Hollywood Hern

The Hern loves to see how the Dunkin Donuts abroad compare to the ones he has grown to love in Philly

I sat in front of this cathedral with Mulhern for 3 hours in the cold and rain so he could get just as artsy as he wanted to.

Then I returned to NYC, only to find this frog, Ben Chadourne sleeping in my bed. Good stuff.

Bordeaux with Mr. Dulout

2009-10-31T05:29:00.000-07:00

Our good friend Guillame Dulout and his girlfriend Emanuel were kind enough to put a big crew of us up in their apartment in Bordeaux for a few weeks.

Luidgi and Falla in front of their apartment.

Our typical morning routine was to get coffee and sandwiches at this Boulangerie near Guillame's apt.

And from there, we would hit the streets. Here we have Tombo gracefully skating like a young Nancy Kerrigan

Part of our crew for the trip. The Bordeaux skate scene is alive and well!

Lima to Bordeaux

Ben Chadourne rides a scooter, and occasionally rides that weird thing by his feet.

Guillame took us around to some spots the first day, and every other day to follow.

The city looked amazing by night.

We would always pass through this crazy carnival right by the river. The Ferris Wheel was a sight to see at night.

This is a stone's through from Guillame's apartment.

Kevin Rodriguez is learning English at a rapid rate.

Bordeaux

2009-10-29T06:27:00.000-07:00

Just got back from a trip to Bordeaux and the Basque Country. More pictures to follow....