SOTI

Here’s Hayden, with a new yet old hippy take on a classic Surfers Paradise spot.
It’s pretty dope how hippy jumps are now fully accepted by the mainstream ..even Jamie Thomas does one in the new Fallen video?!? Shit son! It’s more of a hippy leap then a hippy jump. Maybe even a hippy launch? There’s got to be some distinctions put in place in the world of hippy jumping.

Reppin’ southern Ontario, Scott’s entire family are skateboarders. Actually, just his older brother Alex. Maybe his mom. I’m not sure.
This footage is from last fall, just rolling around Kitchener to Toronto and whatever shit is in between.

Varsity Lakes Plaza

Gold Coast just got even more slick. I think I’m going to just camp out there for the rest of the year, maybe under the cradle, or that little shaded area by the water fountain. I could make a living scrounging for coins in the grass and living off 420 pies from the Servos across the street.

I can’t wait to see what they have coming for the Nerang skate plaza 8=========>

Here’s NZ’s  Pat Dandy in the deep end and on the big handrail. Poached…..! Normally I don’t poach, but Pat was seriously killing shit. Sorry Pat!

So last year Zac got his first full page photo in Thrasher, but didn’t even have a copy of it for himself. Luckily Darkside’s Trent Bonham came through with an extra.
Not bad for a first photo in an US mag… 1 full pager, 2 with Phelps, 2 background props…..

Here’s the full pager

With Phelpers

Background props with Omar Hassan

Zac McKay goin off in Miami.

It’s that time of year again, and since I’m not in Toronto this year, here’s some footy from the 2006 Board meeting

Check out Ontario Longboarders .com for the latest ish, son

As you can see, longboarding isn’t just for stinky hippies anymore….collared shirts and ties are what’s gwannin’

I guess if you’re going to have lurkers, they might as well be a crew of teenage sprouts from Melbourne….

Zac Mckay, Surfers Paradise guard tower

ATM Click pro Jesse Landen caught kickflipping in Waterloo, ON on the Skate White North tour 2007

There’s a newer video part of the man here

Background props go to photographer Dan Mathieu, head of Expose Magazine. Check it out, but you better chalk up on your French skill first, esti d’tapette de caliss..!

Zumbi is a crazy spot in centro, Rio de Janeiro, right in a traffic island inside one of the main streets downtown. It’s a surreal spot….during the week you’re completely surrounded by traffic and on top of the pyramid is a giant sculpture of the head of Zumbi Dos Palmares.

Here’s Emanuel “Enxacueca” Ribas, pro skater for Drop Dead , Libra Shoes and Crail trucks and a few more.

Dennis Busenitz hits this spot in the DVS video Skate More

There’s some recent footage of Enxacueca on the 021 website…it’s part of a documentary about the skate scene in Rio de Janeiro…just look for the part that says “Sangue e Suor” (Blood and Sweat)

Josh Cowan doing what he does best….scathing commentary

Scott Varney, crooked grind @ Bickford, Toronto