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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Joshy in the J-Bowl at Kona
we film so little. these are only symbols of the sickness that JV throws down...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
On vacation...
We really love all the feedback we get from all of you guys... we hope you enjoy the quality of our boards--they're some of the very best available in the country, period. I don't think it's being done any more proper anywhere else, and if it is, I'm gonna find out how to get it to you, because we are a wood company first thing of all...
... and on this vacation trip at KONA, we are all getting charged up and focused on the season to come. We are stoked to connect more with our Georgia friends... you all stoked us so much. We are stoked to hang with the Kona people... Kona is the Best. If you do a road trip, hit KONA! It is amazing to be here. They're working on getting a lot more camping space ready and stuff, too. The place is proper as get out.
enjoy the clips, but it's waaaay better to skate with you in person than to try to convey the moment in flipcammery.
... and on this vacation trip at KONA, we are all getting charged up and focused on the season to come. We are stoked to connect more with our Georgia friends... you all stoked us so much. We are stoked to hang with the Kona people... Kona is the Best. If you do a road trip, hit KONA! It is amazing to be here. They're working on getting a lot more camping space ready and stuff, too. The place is proper as get out.
enjoy the clips, but it's waaaay better to skate with you in person than to try to convey the moment in flipcammery.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
today's work
Today we are putting some effort into filming somethign for you. there's a ton of ripping coming from Native, Ben, Josh (josh is amazing, man)... and sometimes a little something from Old Lew... maybe a smith grind here and there... So by tomorrow you might see the 15 foot back tails that Weston is doing. We're not kidding. Weston is KILLING it at Kona. KILLING it. He's like a troll doll come to life, ripping faces off.
Johnny's Spine Ramp
Secret spot. Super cool dude. Thanks for the invite, Johnny! We can't wait to shred for days in the area. 
Nick Scott/AtLSkater.com
Many thanks to Jamie and Daniel for choosing FickleBoards for their shred sledding. Thanks to Nick Scott and AtLSkater for the great job they do showcasing Atlanta's amazing talents! And we can't see Thomas Taylor skate the Old Man Jam without wanting to say how much we all appreciate his holding it down so smoothly all these years. Thanks to all the Watkinsville heads who run our wood and keep us stoked to keep producing it! Top Quality, made in the USA.
setting up camp at Kona
a very special thanks to all the Kona staff, especially Brock, who welcomed us more graciously than we could have expected... These guys get it. There's a proper culture here. Kona is killing it! Thanks Brock and all who run Kona!
Hybrid Shops come to mind...
out here in Jax, wet like cats in the rain, the rays of the sun seem a million miles away.
the thing that came to our minds this morning was Fetch Skate Shop in Knoxville, where they have mass solar power. That place is a tanning salon/skate shop. What's not to love about these new hybrids?
There's a U-Haul/skate shop in Nicholasville KY.
There are several skate shops we know of that sell things that are not skateboards, but its these legitimate business hybrids that we're kind of stoked on lately... We love to see folks doing, even if they'd never be called "doing it right".
Hold it down, dear Fetch! Take care of your locals. Nurture them. Let them nurse and grow strong at your bosom.
the thing that came to our minds this morning was Fetch Skate Shop in Knoxville, where they have mass solar power. That place is a tanning salon/skate shop. What's not to love about these new hybrids?
There's a U-Haul/skate shop in Nicholasville KY.
There are several skate shops we know of that sell things that are not skateboards, but its these legitimate business hybrids that we're kind of stoked on lately... We love to see folks doing, even if they'd never be called "doing it right".
Hold it down, dear Fetch! Take care of your locals. Nurture them. Let them nurse and grow strong at your bosom.
Officer Miller
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So when you're camping at Kona Skatepark and you get rain, you get wet. And when you get wet, you get up and go to starbucks! so who should old Lew meet there but Officer Miller!Turns out, Officer Miller... no joke here... was once the youngest member of the ORIGINAL Kona Skate team!
This guy skated with Alva and the old heads that put this all together back in the day!!! And he was completely cool to us. We really enjoyed him telling us about the first international competition and the world's largest halfpipe to date, back in the day.
Officer Miller, peace to you, thanks for being cool to us and telling us your story. Proper
We are at KONA
Lots of folks dream of going down to Kona and staying there 4 days or so... Now we can definitely say that's solid dreaming. (is there such a thing as solid dreaming?)
...and here we are! Little Old Fickle Boards, with Weston, Josh Viles, Ben Osborne, Native Nik, and Old Lew and Daniel, Aaron, Parker and Zeke... dialing in Kona.
It's wet, and we're looking at a good rest and a mini-ramp sesh at Boardz indoor park today, but tonight, tomorrow, and friday it's ON! Kona as a homebase and Atlantic Beach Skate Park (grindline on acid)...
maybe we'll head to New Smyrna Skatepark to hang with Bike week for a minute...
...and here we are! Little Old Fickle Boards, with Weston, Josh Viles, Ben Osborne, Native Nik, and Old Lew and Daniel, Aaron, Parker and Zeke... dialing in Kona.
It's wet, and we're looking at a good rest and a mini-ramp sesh at Boardz indoor park today, but tonight, tomorrow, and friday it's ON! Kona as a homebase and Atlantic Beach Skate Park (grindline on acid)...
maybe we'll head to New Smyrna Skatepark to hang with Bike week for a minute...
Monday, March 1, 2010
Houses: thanks Mike and Kellie
We want to throw out a public thanks to our N.Atl rep Mike Mills and his generous and patient wife Lisa for housing us for the first 2 nights in the area here!
...and we want to thank Kellie, Michael, and Daniel (especially Kellie) for putting us up the second 2 nights.
All of your support has made it possible for us to get the wood skated down here, and is helping heads down here discover that skateboard wood doesn't have to be flat and punky with flip-dimensions.
it's hard to imagine these grown-ass men on the kinds of wood they were riding before we got here. Watkinsville Ramp was a scream, with tonnage of man-flesh riding fickleboards. Everyone swears by them, because they're just actually better than the rest. period.
Mike, Kellie, thanks for pushing for Fickle. Mike's girls adn Kellie's boys are going to rip faces off in the near future, just watch. The days of them being little kids around the fickle crew will be sweet memories...
...and we want to thank Kellie, Michael, and Daniel (especially Kellie) for putting us up the second 2 nights.
All of your support has made it possible for us to get the wood skated down here, and is helping heads down here discover that skateboard wood doesn't have to be flat and punky with flip-dimensions.
it's hard to imagine these grown-ass men on the kinds of wood they were riding before we got here. Watkinsville Ramp was a scream, with tonnage of man-flesh riding fickleboards. Everyone swears by them, because they're just actually better than the rest. period.
Mike, Kellie, thanks for pushing for Fickle. Mike's girls adn Kellie's boys are going to rip faces off in the near future, just watch. The days of them being little kids around the fickle crew will be sweet memories...
Dreadheads and sweethairs
This whole crew is a bunch of fashion princesses. Dreads, beards, disco dancers... we wish carrie willis were here to set us straight!
Here's a shot of knoxvile parker's dreads in the morning. His dad, daniel, is our Local Rep there. You can get boards from him, after the morning dread rolling rituals...
...about all the skating...
you know how the whole "you have to post 'footy' to show what you're worth paying attention to" thing goes? Well, on this trip I realized that we don't really have anyone here who gives a crap about filming or proving to you all that we hold it down enough to sacrifice one moment of all this great skating... we don't care about attention. we just want to skate, today.
even with injuries and the whole kit of stuff that's going on, we are snagging a little footy here and there, but we're not processing much. We'll see what we can put out here to show you, but trust us, this is a trip that's about who we're with out there...
If you're about rad footy, hang with us, it could pop up today at Kona. we just need to hold still enough to put it up there...
even with injuries and the whole kit of stuff that's going on, we are snagging a little footy here and there, but we're not processing much. We'll see what we can put out here to show you, but trust us, this is a trip that's about who we're with out there...
If you're about rad footy, hang with us, it could pop up today at Kona. we just need to hold still enough to put it up there...
Joshy on the D.L.
Throwing this up with my phone... joshy hit the bricks. Heres a pic.
we were stoked, though, that we could wrap it up, give him a granola bar and 3 ibuprofens, and he could rip that spine like mortal Kombat... which, by the way, we're all getting the mortal Kombat emblem tattoed on all our wrists down at Bike Week.The Up-Earlies
This morning we are heading to Kona. It's 6 am and Old Lew is up... You see, it's a "you gotta slam a Red Bull for a late session at Johnny's backyard spine-ramp so you don't fall asleep at the wheel getting the crew to the couches" thing. Late-night RedBull plus kind of old dude equals The Up-Earlies...
It's actually kind of nice. having some solitude on a crazy trip like this.
So last night it was Johnny's ramp. we got the invite around 3pm for 8pm and go there around 920 to have it all to ourselves. We were pretty wiped after sessioning Bay Creek for 4 or 5 hours. Bay Creek is a fun park because it has a lot of "features", besides its flow-bowl and mini-half/snake runny thingy...
There are jersey quarters, actual jersey barriers, an over-vert quarter, a wedge-to-wedge right next to a wall, curved benches in the top central... a huge wedge to bank, and plenty of rails and a giant four and on and on... you can post up on something and session it (volcano, plain blocks, yada yada) with folks and then move on.
The copings and edges are all proper, and the folks there are pretty cool.
You all know that Joshy made mincemeat of the inner workings of his elbow, there, last night. We had a great meal at Wendy's after and all got to enjoy laughing it off. Josh is a hoot. One thing we all like about him is that he always laughs off the fear and the pain of skateboarding. All of us are facing fear and pain all day long on this self-inflicted joyride. Josh really shows a brother how to do it with style.
It's actually kind of nice. having some solitude on a crazy trip like this.
So last night it was Johnny's ramp. we got the invite around 3pm for 8pm and go there around 920 to have it all to ourselves. We were pretty wiped after sessioning Bay Creek for 4 or 5 hours. Bay Creek is a fun park because it has a lot of "features", besides its flow-bowl and mini-half/snake runny thingy...
There are jersey quarters, actual jersey barriers, an over-vert quarter, a wedge-to-wedge right next to a wall, curved benches in the top central... a huge wedge to bank, and plenty of rails and a giant four and on and on... you can post up on something and session it (volcano, plain blocks, yada yada) with folks and then move on.
The copings and edges are all proper, and the folks there are pretty cool.
You all know that Joshy made mincemeat of the inner workings of his elbow, there, last night. We had a great meal at Wendy's after and all got to enjoy laughing it off. Josh is a hoot. One thing we all like about him is that he always laughs off the fear and the pain of skateboarding. All of us are facing fear and pain all day long on this self-inflicted joyride. Josh really shows a brother how to do it with style.
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