Mica’s killing it with this interview. Will Tuddenham on his way to Pittsburgh.

We came to Sweden for a L1 story in Pleasure Mag and they set us up with this place for our hotel.  Super nice.

Of course Jon gets the first hammer on the trip.

Black Mike (Yoshida) came along to snap some photos.

Spot.

Best brick wall in Sweden.

First meal in Sweden has to be Meat balls. Amazing stuff.

If Jordan hadn’t deleted his facebook i am sure this would be his profile picture, but due to his high celebrity status he had to delete it.

Nima came along for the ride, it was weird cause he didn’t complain once…

On the left we got Maaaggggnnnnuuusssss a.k.a. “ice man” (nitro filmer) and on the right we got Lorenz Holder a.k.a. Loly, one of the better photographers out there.  These dudes helped us out more than you could imagine.  Thanks amigos.

Pictures don’t lie, Nima grew a foot somehow in Sweden, he is now 6’3.

Anton “the gun” Gunnarson folks.  This guy is the man for putting up with us for 10 days.  Thanks Twuan.

Setting up a spot at a cemetery.

One for the homies.

Working hard.

Nima wanted me to take a photoshoot of him so he didn’t have to shovel with everybody else.

Standard breakfast.  Pig in a blanket.

Black Mike getting down on the guitar.  Anton graciously let us into his home, and no, everything was not from Ikea.

Mike just putting out the Vibe at the club.

I have a couple of other pictures i could put up to end this post but this one seems the most appropriate.

Thanks Sweden, Thanks L1.

Jed made this edit from his travels recently in Germany and other various European countries. Enjoy!

Shelby Menzel put together this re-edit of Darrell’s part from last year. Watch it over and over! Good stuff. He spliced in some footage of Darrell skiing as well. Bet you didn’t know Darrell had twisty eagles like that huh.

Ben and Alex have been shralping around Seagrams making moves lately. Look at that place!

 

Building some shit.

 

Jan builds jumps all by himself. The King Kong of block stacking!

 

Alex about to stack a clip!

 

 

 
Alex scoping a line or two.

 

            Ben up top ready to rip.

 

Ben getting some.

 

            Checking the snow. Nothing but pure pow.

 

Jan’s sled decided to taste some trees.

Click on each of these images to watch all kinds of interviews from Tacky.se while VG was in Sweden.

Jan Snarski

 

Alex Cantin

 

Scotty Arnold

 

Click on this one to watch an edit at a local resort. Even Jan got some tricks!

 

VG meets up with TWS in the capitol. Left to right: Deadlung, Jonas, Phil, Kuzyk, Grenier, Darrell, Bradshaw, Hooptown.

 

This was an anti-war demonstration performed by Jake Kuzyk.

 

Bob trying to beat his cover shot count from last year.

 

                                          BOOM! There it is, Bob’s 3rd cover. Cover of “Dipshit Magazine” Their moto is: “Fuck progression, its all about the artsy photos.”

 

This is how it feels to shoot a cover. Just gotta lay down and soak it all in.

 

Darrell representing that hometown.

 

                                           Boing!

 
                                          Darrell was stroking it.

 

                                          Mr. Hands does D.C.

 

                                          We always knew something was wrong with Jonas.

 

BALLIN’

 

      I bet Jonas got real artsy here.

 

            Yep.

 

Half dozen fool!

 

                                            No sprinkles for Hoop. Liam is down for that.

 
Wallrides are done with, now its all about backflip ceiling rides. Just wait till you see Chris’ shot from this spot. STRAIGHT FUCKED!

 

Went up to Brighton yesterday for some solid good times. If you are in SLC, and you haven’t rode Brighton then you are missing out. The park is going off right now, not to mention some good snow in the forecast.

 

Johnny sporting the limited edition VG sticker.

 

Johnny has front blunts to regular on lock.

 

Will has that ultra lift.

 

            Will aint scared to throw the horns.  See you at Brighton all week. Word in the woods is that snow will be falling all week. Yesir.

Take your time and watch this shit. Brocklebank and Gnarcore hookin it up with some goods. Go to their site and spend a few bucks and download that now!

                                        VG crew in Washington D.C. Lucky for us VG filmer Aaron Hooper knows a guy with a connection to el presidente…2 phone calls, 2 hours, and Obama actually returned Hooper’s call and came out for a session. Darrell hooked him up with some Holden gear and a Masa neck thing.  My president is black, my lambo is blue, i’ll be god dammned if my rims aint too. 

 

Liam and Grenier posted up waiting for the rental.

 

Grenier got to fly with the lights. A mellow $150 to fly with these bastards.

 

The place falls apart with an inch of snow. Try 3 feet. Complete shit show.

 

Jonas looking cozy.

 

                                         Aint that cute.

 

                                            Grenier and Jonas are “coffee” guys. “Don’t talk to me until I have my coffee”

 

Darrell got 5050 to land in the mini van first try. A mellow tribute to Jason Brown.

 

Back up camera has a wicked fisheye. Perfect for making rap videos.

 

                                           The handrails vibrate to keep ice from forming on them. Grenier saw a homeless lady doing this for a half hour straight. He decided to see what all the “buzz” was about.

 

Jonas, Darrell, and Chris parked their whips right by the rail.

 

                                             Aaron Hooper everybody. No joke this guy!

 

Bitch i’m going eeeeeen.

 

                                             Hoop town has that beast of a death lens. Yesir.

 

                                          A little leakage. Check back soon for more leaks.