We headed up the canyon after meeting up with Bob at the RG’s. Bob took forever and we got bored. Nothing passes time like sticking birds in holes. Head first is always best.

This is some what how our day went.

Later we stopped by Laurent’s window display.

These guys are pretty metal these days.

Bob got a happy meal from McDonalds on the way up. He scored a Yoda toy.

Jordan having a sip of that coffee drink.

Johnny, Bob, and Laurent taking a hike.

Sean means business.

We stumbled across this sketchy shit.

Larry Poppins. See you tomorrow.

This is Laurent moments before doing his Ashbury interview.

Lance reppin’ the Clippers throwback sweatshirt.

Early morning blog action. Lance doesn’t sleep. Blog all day, blog all night.

Mike doesn’t blog. He just updates his facebook. All day, all night.

The typical videograss.com viewer.

Lance has a smooth mirror fish.

Rio is the man!

Clayton was there putting in work. Yelling at Kirk for blowing it.

Our boi Simon was there just welding some shit.

Olympic gold was there hitting the pipe.

Lance looking jazzed up for a challenge.

Mike looking ready to take Lance on in the  ”Airtanime Twins Challenge.”

Laurent not giving a shit about the Lance and Mike Hakker battle.

Round 1: Lance gets a few style points but is clearly defeated on amplitude.

Round 1: Mike not only gets open coat style points but he smoked Lance straight up…… Mike-1  Lance-0

 
            Round 2: Mike letting his title slip fast. Not only is he missing his grab and flapping, but he is blowing it on amplitude.

            Round 2: Lance taking this one hands down!  

Total score is Lance-1   and    Mike-1………May the battle continue.

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There is a secret island in the sea of Marmara that has the best pow on earth. These guys went there by boat and got nothing but enders.

                                                  Darrell shooting a cover photo.

Darrell traded a snowboard for a dog.

Austin gave up snowboarding and is now pursuing figure skating.

Sickels got the job as Austin’s coach. Look for this powerhouse at the next olympics.

T-bird was kidnapped by butt-pirates. This is the last known photo of him. Wish him well.

E-stone feeding chicken to seagulls.

                                                    There was a naked Turkish man flashing people outside the hotel. T-bird and Stone were all over that one!

 
Ride rolls in style. Spot-side food delivery.

Alex got laid! She didn’t tell him she had a daughter until he woke up to that little one calling him “papa.”

South Dakota treated us like kings.  The crew was Jordan, Jon, Ben, Mike Yoshida, and myself.

We went to Mt. Rushmore to look for some spots but the snow was a bit spotty.

Gotta love Panera Bread.

First spot of the trip.

Those headphones are some of the best things i’ve put in our around my ears.  Siege is the name.  Check them out!

Weather it’s hot or cold, Yosh is wearing that airblaster facemask.

Mellow 42 stair dig out.

See, he loves that face mask.

Ben, thats wassup.

Jordan, showing that he does actually have a personality…

Cops in South dakota are a bit stiff.

This is 1 out of the 7 spots we that we got the boot.

Black Mike loves his Bud.

Ben has a pre- board ritual, he makes a rum concoction and puts it on the jump, prays for an hour, than straps in.  It’s weird but it works…

A little bit of tetris.

Jon loves himself some McDonalds.

Unlike most photographers, Yosh has passion. He gets boners whenever he gets a good shot.

Fabio dyed his hair black and bought himself some smooth ashbury’s.

Ben finally got himslef the steak he couldn’t stop talking about all trip.  Thanks Sioux Falls.

I went to hang out with Laurent, PJ, Greg, Alex and Jason at the red rail two days ago

Laurent was a bit rusty for a second.

but got comfortable quick. AAA grade jambon backside lipslides.

Jake K knew it before you sucka!

Record snowfall in Pittsburgh this year.

One of the finer gas stations in the U.S.

            This place has automatic milk shake machines, and touch screen food ordering.

We stopped by the best shop in PA to get some board surgery done. Thanks Gretchen, Eddie, Jimmy, and Cassie the dog!!!

Eddie doing some mighty fine P-tex work on Will’s Nitro.

Jimmy runs the joint. Sean left his board at a spot so Jimmy hooked him up with some demo bindings.

            Cassie the shop dog. She isn’t scared of anyone.

            Look closely and you will see Gus’ lime green snot rocket.

Gus mah whipping up a healthy concoction of taps, spins, and drops.

Roadside spots.

             A day in the life of Gus: Wake up and stretch…

Space out at breakfast…

Get a shot and then sleep at a spot.

Thats all from Pittsburgh. Moral of the story is, Pittsburgh is amazing, and stay out of Nazi Green Tree….side note: DO NOT eat here, unless you want to throw up out of your ass. They put sanitizer in the pizza sauce or something.

Will borrowed Johnny’s dagger to take a chunk off his board. This board is amazing by the way. Will let me take a run down on her and she is one bad bitch!!

Look how excited Will is! Mikey giving him that VG credit card to go swoop some beers.

            Best joint in Pittsburgh! No jokes.

Loaded on cheesesteaks! Check back tomorrow for pics from the rest of the trip.