pool skating

Ben Raybourn more of it

2012-02-01T15:49:00.000-08:00

Time to take that 5 to a backyarder- ripping.

MO' MONDAYS - BEN RAYBOURN from BONES WHEELS on Vimeo.

Now this is how you have a party!

2012-01-26T15:44:00.001-08:00

Leeside Skateboard Mayhem from Zenga Bros on Vimeo.

Pools

2012-01-20T16:07:00.000-08:00

FRESNO POOLS from Six Stair on Vimeo.

Confusion Zine

2012-01-19T19:16:00.000-08:00

You can get a free download on Confusion #3 right here:

http://www.confuzine.com/2012/01/17/confusion-magazine-issue-3-free-online-download/

Much better to have one of the new issues sitting on the back of your toilet, you better subscribe.

Raybourn + pool + Minor Threat

2012-01-17T12:24:00.000-08:00

Davoud stuff

2012-01-11T08:56:00.000-08:00

James Kotter and Bob Lake getting some. All photos by Davoud.

Anyone else got some pool stuff? Send it in!

Skreech

2012-01-05T20:19:00.001-08:00

Shallow end at Hogan's

Ol' Durt Hole

2011-12-23T12:07:00.001-08:00

Looks fun.

The Ol' Durt Hole from Tate Nations on Vimeo.

Light death nose grind

2011-12-22T17:24:00.000-08:00

in HD

Hammered

2011-12-22T17:15:00.001-08:00

One minute and twenty seconds of slams. Bart's ender is the icing on the cake.

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Communication breakdown.

2011-12-21T12:13:00.000-08:00

Mo' Mondays: Brad McClain

2011-12-12T19:53:00.001-08:00

MO' MONDAYS - BRAD McCLAIN from BONES WHEELS on Vimeo.

Barge

2011-12-06T17:13:00.001-08:00

Fresno

2011-12-05T18:02:00.001-08:00

Nathan FSG

Bo- Roll in.

How many times have you seen that title?

Tough clean

2011-12-02T20:24:00.001-08:00

Josh Mattson

2011-12-01T20:49:00.000-08:00

On Pocket Pistols

There is some pool skating in there.

2011-11-24T11:26:00.000-08:00

Good choice, Grant Taylor SOTY.

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RIP James Van Doren

2011-11-06T13:48:00.000-08:00

James Van Doren dies at 72; co-founder of Vans shoes

Raybourn rips

2011-11-03T15:32:00.000-07:00

http://www.viddler.com/blackboxdistslave/videos/41/

NY Times get in on the action.

2011-10-23T12:32:00.000-07:00

20 bucks says American Apparel and Hollister clothes will release a line of pool skating clothing by the end of October.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/movies/tristan-patterson-directs-pool-skating-film-dragonslayer.html?_r=1

Photo by Keith

I hope he got paid, NYTimes is the big time.

Willits DIY

2011-10-04T15:15:00.001-07:00

Sick photo by Moose

Matt Moose penned a article and shot some photos for Confusion Zine about the happenings up in Willits.

Some sick skate photos of Adam's bowl.

Check it out:

http://www.confuzine.com/2011/10/04/diy-willets-california/

Very well shot- ANTIFORNIA

2011-10-02T08:57:00.000-07:00

ANTIFORNIA - Documentary from Sean Pointing on Vimeo.

"What ever you do, make sure you have fun doing it."

Ironic

2011-10-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

Would it be considered ironic to film a skateboarder destroying electronic devices and then post said video on the internet so that it can be viewed by people using electronic devices?

Ripping skating though, after the destruction.

Backyarder

2011-10-01T17:35:00.000-07:00

Pinkcrackkills

2011-09-28T21:00:00.000-07:00

One of the best ever names for a zine or a blog or basically anything.

Go check it out, here:

http://pinkcrackkills.net/

Photo by someone at pickcrackkills

Confusion

2011-09-25T18:41:00.000-07:00

Blue tile obsession Ozzie Ausband has a sick article about searching the grid over at Confusion:

http://www.confuzine.com/2011/09/14/grid-search-by-ozzie-ausband/

Check it out.

Scroll down

2011-09-25T09:30:00.001-07:00

Last sequence, McClain's corner air.

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/five-sequences/09-23-11/

Triple bubble

2011-09-21T16:32:00.001-07:00

Ripping

2011-09-21T15:21:00.000-07:00

Six pack

2011-09-13T15:32:00.001-07:00

RHPS and Vans

2011-09-12T15:42:00.001-07:00

good combination

Another Grant layback

2011-09-08T21:19:00.000-07:00

Rj up in the trees

2011-09-08T18:23:00.001-07:00

Parts Part

2011-09-07T21:10:00.001-07:00

Where the hell is this little nugget?

2011-09-06T19:50:00.001-07:00

Bob Lake: SF December 22, 2010 from solitary arts on Vimeo.

JAKE REUTER

2011-09-06T19:39:00.001-07:00

Jake Reuter Quick Three from NetworkSkate on Vimeo.

Good

2011-09-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

I'd never leave home if this was in my backyard, not that I get to leave home much these days.

Arto's Pool from Gravis Footwear on Vimeo.

Gary Owens - Royal Hawaiian Pool Service

2011-09-04T15:19:00.000-07:00

Gary Owens - Royal Hawaiian Pool Service from 2HeadedHorse on Vimeo.

Jai Tanju

2011-09-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

Film por vida creator Jai Tanju has some excellent film shots over at theskateboard mag.

Check them out:

http://theskateboardmag.com/articles/fresh-crops-jai-tanju/

Wait for the end

2011-08-30T17:13:00.001-07:00

RJ shallow stairs kickflip.

RJ

2011-08-27T09:31:00.001-07:00

Fs ollie over the stairs!

To Caltrans:

2011-08-27T00:34:00.000-07:00

"You can't win, Caltrans. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."

Hewitt

2011-08-26T06:41:00.001-07:00

FUEL TV- Hewitt from Six Stair on Vimeo.

It can't hurt

2011-08-24T15:50:00.000-07:00

Cal Trans wants to shut down:

Sign here to let the DIY live:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?6918

Rick and Buddy

2011-08-23T21:32:00.000-07:00

How not to get wet featuring Tony Farmer:

HOW NOT TO GET WET from Six Stair on Vimeo.

Damn

2011-08-23T16:32:00.000-07:00

Backyarder

Shot by Daniel Covarrubias

Sick!

Filmed in 1985 or last week?

2011-08-22T20:56:00.000-07:00

Still photos are here

Girls is bikinis laying around a pool while dudes skate. Now where have I seen that done before?

Blue Haven badge and stairs

2011-08-20T20:27:00.000-07:00

The famous Gonzales bowl

2011-08-19T14:58:00.000-07:00

Willits trip from skidmark

2011-08-18T16:11:00.001-07:00

Beer and pools?

2011-08-17T19:21:00.000-07:00

What could be better?

Mountain, Hawk backyarder

2011-08-15T20:42:00.000-07:00

One of the best

2011-08-13T22:20:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite all time skate photos. Shot by O'Dell.

SalbaCruz

2011-08-10T16:30:00.001-07:00

Block party teaser

2011-08-10T16:25:00.001-07:00

Looks like a fun little egg

2011-08-08T13:28:00.001-07:00

Grant

2011-08-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

layback @ Hogan's

Video

2011-07-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

New Peacock vid premier

2011-07-24T17:03:00.000-07:00

http://fresnopools.blogspot.com/2011/07/pool-block-party-premier-8-6-at-ben.html

Speaking of Lincoln

2011-07-22T12:31:00.000-07:00

Up in the woods:

One from the archives

2011-07-22T12:26:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Nass at Hogan's. On the edge.

2 pools

2011-07-19T15:29:00.000-07:00

in black and white.

Germany

2011-07-19T09:11:00.001-07:00

How fun does this spot look?

SECRET SPOT@MELLOWPARK from Mellowpark Berlin on Vimeo.

Ripping

2011-07-17T11:31:00.001-07:00

Gene slash

2011-07-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

@ Ray's

Bo

2011-07-12T09:00:00.000-07:00

Frontside slash over the shallow stairs.

DIY

2011-07-12T08:49:00.001-07:00

How to DIY:

And while your at it, check out Gene's DIY project and buy a t-shirt or something for some more concrete.

http://diy209.blogspot.com/

Potential

2011-07-11T07:43:00.001-07:00

Interesting backyard build

2011-07-10T11:01:00.000-07:00

http://flipskateboards.com/2011/07/flip-backyard-bbq-pool-session/

I hate squares.

2011-07-08T16:52:00.000-07:00

That little rush when one drives by a house, with the yellow grass and the front gate hanging open. The paper work posted up in the front window. The back gate is open and I can see coping.

Jump out to check the pool.

Damn square with 4 feet of vert.

D*Face

2011-07-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

at the ridiculous. Unique idea.

http://concretedisciples.com/feature-skateboarding-articles/item/4306-d*faces-ridiculous-redux.html

Barnes @ Ridiculous

2011-07-01T19:57:00.000-07:00

I'd like to skate this one someday.

Bunch of people killing Ridiculous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFVyXlv05GU&feature=player_embedded#at=78

Buena

2011-06-19T16:24:00.000-07:00

Mike Barnes fast plant

2011-05-29T18:14:00.000-07:00

pool video

2011-04-19T15:03:00.000-07:00

This is a good one- East coast style with some Gulf Coast stuff thrown in. Ran into Randy Muller and Xeno one day out in Fresno. Good dudes that skate and drain pools.

Click

Last session at Firebaugh Fred's

2011-04-12T15:04:00.000-07:00

Lincoln Nass, Bo, Erol, Gene, Bart Steed, Timmy Jak, and a few others at the last session shot on the trusty iphone.

www.the559.com/freds.mov

Confusion zine

2011-03-13T16:11:00.000-07:00

Out of the blue, come home the other day to find issue #2 of Confusion magazine (http://www.confuzine.com) waiting for me in the mail, thanks Jonathon Hay! So here is my review of the zine:

Confusion picks right up after the demise of Concussion. Printed in on a smaller size scale than Concussion but with very much the same feel of Concussion, with out Davoud's comical rants on old pad wearing barneys and shitty Wormhoudt parks. The size is about that of Lowcard but I have to give Confusion the nod as the layouts are much better and of course there is more of an emphisis on pools, bowls, and DIY stuff rather than rails and street stuff that seems to be Lowcard's focus. Nothing wrong with Lowcard, I just prefer pools. J.Hay also has the travel bug so there is tons of footage from all over the globe, Germany, Spain, Japan dudes ripping stuff. Art stuff, music stuff also, with a bit of surf stuff, interview w/ Zarosh and Sean Gutierrez and Danger on a trip. If you at all liked Concussion, you should check out Confusion- Jonathon Hay is doing it right. Good fucking stuff.

Ryan Johnson

2011-02-07T18:52:00.000-08:00

Over the ladder in Fresno.

iPhone searching

2011-01-18T18:47:00.000-08:00

I finally got an iPhone, good for pool hunting. Immediate maps, fast photos, foreclosure lists, quick texts to my buddies that are down to drain and skate.

S curves

2010-12-03T15:44:00.000-08:00

Rock n roll.

2010-11-27T12:32:00.000-08:00

A day in Fresno

2010-11-23T14:09:00.000-08:00

Peacock showed me, Gene, Bart, and Dirt around Fresno a Sunday afternoon awhile back. 4 or 5 pools in a couple hours, jumping fences and having a few cold ones.

Dirt, lien to tail off the inset love seat.

Bart in a gritty one.

Rock n square.

Peacock corner carve as it started to rain.

A thing of beauty.

Hit it early and went back an hour later, it was that good.

There is nothing like spending the afternoon jumping fences and skating.

An old one on film

2010-09-20T19:59:00.000-07:00

Pooling around

2010-09-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

Peacock's stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uizFCUFs7b8

4 years of good times.

2010-09-06T19:53:00.000-07:00

Brad's in Modesto. Brad told me they thought up the idea on the 4th of July over beers and BBQ. Dug it out by hand, had the Lincoln and Scooter and a bunch of other guys pour it. After 4 years of good times it was time for Brad to give up the rental and move on. By the time you read this, this little bowl will be buried. It was about 6 in the deep and about 3 1/2 in the shallow. The shallow was very pool like and it rode like a pinball machine.

Thanks to Brad and all the Modesto guys for the good times and hospitality.

Brian Ferdinand, 209 frontside grind.

Brad in his bowl, before coping.

Moose

Brad, FSA

The last session

Frank, smith.

Devon

Lincoln

Brad

up in the woods

2010-07-07T22:42:00.000-07:00

Shallow end action up north.

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Firebaugh Fred's Blowout sesh.

2010-06-28T20:33:00.001-07:00

Went out to Fred's pool for a fund-raiser blowout bash. Bunch of people showed up early and skated all day.

Erol was on it early and often.

I forget this kids name, standup fs 5.0's.

Mattson, one man demo.

Lincoln Nass, check the back foot.

See all those cameras behind the goal in the World Cup. Photographers shooting remote to get that goal photo. Here is my remote shot of Lincoln, well not really.

The Hulk, broken leg how long ago?

The Dude!

Thanks go out to Fred and his family for letting us skate this pool all these years and for always hooking up great food. Also thanks to all the companies that sent product out- all the funds raised went to Fred and his family.

Companies that sent out product:

Consolidated
Bacon skateboards
Bones
Smallbeating skateboards
Pocket Pistols skateboards
Paying in Pain magazine
NHS/Creature/Santa Cruz

Buy stuff from the above companies.

Thanks to Gene for doing all the leg work on this party and to Scott O for setting up the flyer. Rolo at Gross Graphics hooked up the scan for the shirts.

If you didn't show up and you were in 400 miles of Firebaugh, you blew it. How many times will someone going to give you directions to a sick permish pool where there is bbq, beer, and a 100% chance of winning something in the raffle. Never. You blew it.

Matt vs. Ray's shallow stairs

2010-06-12T11:17:00.000-07:00

Again? Raise Hell

2010-05-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

Frank

Jameson

Mouth was excited

Mumma lein to tail

Steven Reeves

Moonshine rocked.

Raise Hell part 3

2010-05-31T20:36:00.001-07:00

Brad McClain pivot

Madonna

More Raise Hell

2010-05-31T20:21:00.000-07:00

This is Mouth throwing up a fs air. On the way out, in my 1$ microbrew- state of mind I called him Dirt. Sorry Mouth.

Small Beating Brad, stale for the win.

Smoking hot.

Raise Hell @ the Ranch

2010-05-31T19:57:00.000-07:00

I think I may have bruised my liver. 1$ microbrews.

Things are all under cover in California:

The hunt continues.

2010-05-16T21:09:00.000-07:00

Beer, pool, bikinis.

2010-05-08T22:41:00.000-07:00

Jessie, stairs the hard way.

BS Smith

Last of the Mohicans

Paige

Kip

Pool hunting

2010-05-08T22:23:00.000-07:00

Looking over fences sometimes turns up gems:

We have run across a couple with this diamond coping. This pool build has their transition shaping skills perfected.

New one in the works

2010-04-25T19:41:00.000-07:00

Peacock's filming a new one.

Weekend

2010-04-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

Where else, newest gem.

Gear up for skating.

RJ FSA

Big smooth.

Ladder action

2010-04-16T18:10:00.000-07:00

Brian Ferdinand

Bart

Lincoln Nass

Bubba

Lincoln again.

All at Lorraine's permission pool.

The one that got away.

2010-04-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

A couple years ago I built a mini ramp in my backyard. Granted I live in the middle of almond orchards and sweetpotato fields. Middle of nowhere. A couple days after I build my mini a couple kids are knocking on my door. They lived a couple miles down the road and wanted to skate my ramp. So I let them. While we are skating I casually ask if they know where any pools are, expecting them to say no. To my surprise they do know where one is and take me to it. The owner of the house is not home but his neighbor is and he takes up back to the pool. As the photos show, it was a good one. Really good. I ask to skate it and the neighbor says we have to talk to the owner first. I have to work the next day but first thing in the morning the kids go talk to the owner, he refuses. No way anyone is skating my pool he says. I tried to go back and talk to him but he says no. Not too long after this the pool gets resurfaced and becomes a swimmer. I still drive by every few months just to check. Never got to roll around on it.

Drool

2010-04-14T20:21:00.000-07:00

A blast from the past. Anyone that skated the indoor knows how good it was.