Halloween Skate Jam 2008

This Sunday was the 3rd annual Homebase Halloween SkateJam at Saugy Park. Thanks to Escandalo's anniversary party the night before( Congrats Girls!) there were a lot of foggy heads, but the weathermen did what they could to provide some sun to burn it all off. It was a beautiful day. After some raking and leaf blowing to dry the ground the session started up. Cap Cee was on the turn tables, manning the "hip hop way back machine" with my favorite cuts from the 90's. The always welcome and always entertaining 5Boro crew came through to skate, complete with personalized Warrior vests ready to rep their set. The candy & stickers were flowing non-stop for everyone.

Thanks to Po ,Homebase , The Hometeam, Dan Pensyl and 5Boro Skateboards , CapCee and AudioDynamikz, and everyone that stopped out to help, skate and chill. See you next year.

Colbert was trying to sell me used skateboards.
I told him I already have one and he kept saying he could
"Put me in one at a great price."


Andy V. "You talking to me?"


Euro Flare


Frank got a Funk'ed up ankle but a irie attitude


Kurtz opted to skip the costume I guess.


Lucha Shiner Libre


Dustin Krueger


To give a idea of how Gary rolls, he apparently had elbow and knee pads to go with his Double Dare outfit
but only wore them at the bar and not to skate, thats gangsta.


N.Jay.


Po was with these kids the night before.


Yeah, this guy brought Jesus with him. Connects, you know.


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Brendan was laughing at how all the suckas watched the Best Trick
and left the slant all alone to shred.
(also my best pic of Alex Duke during Best Trick. bs5050)


5Boro's newest and most Peruvian pro Danny Falla and Joe Tookmanian


The Warriors..I mean..5Boro's Willie Akers


Just Vote, but ride a Lost Soul to the booth.


Jimmy Larson


Elf. Maybe?





Look at the focus and amazement on Ballin's face.
Colbert is revealing what Phil was doing the night before, TO Phil. Honest.




Game of SKATE on the side




The Best Trick this year was on a flat bank to flat bank with a hubba. As always it starts out a little unorganized then as the legs get loose the ante is raised and the cream always rises. Luke came through again with the win , and $100.
Special shouts to everyone that ripped including Wes, Alex, Eddie, Kyle, TieDye, Lil Barns ,and anyone that landed something over the set up.

Artsy Mind Freaker


Luke


TieDye


Wes. Ready to take it fakie if ya needed it.


Eddie with the ill Bs180 NoseGrizzle


Luke Swizz 5-0


I'm sure Luke would have rather this was a little more ssbsts, but a make is a make.


Skills to pay the bills. Or ,The gift to buy the Piff.


After the main session was over Kyle still had some unfinished business to handle, in the form of a kickflip 5-0.
A couple committed tries and some financial motivation was all it took for him to nail it. Kyle was a contender for the big purse so I was stoked to see him handle his bidniz and earn some gas money at the same time. Good work Kyle.

The catch was tight.


The make was even tighter
Kyle kickflip 5-0


The product toss got wild and the Little Man held on for dear life.


The payoff.


more product winners



Then it was time for the crew shot. If you get to KnowNo, you know I LOVE a crew photo!


The middle finger version is always a crowd pleaser.


After the Jam and a shower it was back to Phil's for the BBQ cool out
Where Ballins was holdin it down outside on the Flame
(yes, dog's ,burgers, and even clams on the barby..mmm)


And Colbert was holding it down inside on the stove.
(Veggies, corn, even potatoes..mmm)


MmmmRE

LVAN x Homebase Present: SABO "Plaque Attack"

The Lehigh Valley Artist Network and Homebase Skateshop are proud to present Vince Sabo's solo show "Plaque Attack" hosted at Homebase Skateshop. Opening first friday,November 7th from 7 to 10pm.
Vince Sabo is a recent husband , a new father, and a old soul. With a family and working as a tattoo artist at Full Throttle where every ta'do is hand drawn for originality, Vince has put special time and energy into this show. Vince has a very unpredictable style, all of which I dig, ranging from burning graffiti letters or characters to his love and practice of classic and old school tattoo imagery. Stop out on Friday,November 7th to see what SABO comes with this time and try your luck at stumping him on old hip hop lyrics.

Scratch The Vote /free Z-Trip Download

It's too late to register to vote, but you are registered RIGHT?
Either way if your prObama and like music, this is the post for you.

You should be well aware of DJ Z-Trip but if not this is a nice introduction. A collection of music from Motion Man to Pink Floyd to Public Enemy and others all with a government theme and backed with prObama statements. Best thing of all?...IT'S FREE!


CLICK HERE FOR DOWNLOAD PAGE



And here is a page with even more free Z-Trip. Enjoy.
and Scratch The Vote.

Halloween Skate Jams and SOOO Much More.

I know a lot of you get to NoNo Blog from Homebase610.com (Thanks for the plugs Peezy)
but for the rest that find their way here through other routes,you need to Check out Homebase610 .
There is SO much going on in the next two weeks and Andy has all the info you need.
I'm talking SkateJams
I'm talking Pumpkin Carvin' Contests
I'm talking Live Bands.
I'm...Just click and find out what's up with the Get Downs.

15 second intro..it's working.

Fall in Ohio Trip 2008: Day III - SKATOPIA

The one thing that seemed obvious (and a little nerve racking) was that we couldn't be this far into Ohio and NOT go to SKATOPIA . My camera battery died a hour or so after arriving so this post will be a collage of my photos and others. I felt it was fitting because there was no way my camera was going to capture how Gnarly this place is.

After driving down dirt roads, up and down private drives, and back again, we found a mailbox for skatopia. A quick turn and a hundred yards up another dirt road and we were met with the famous gates to 88 Acres Of Anarchy, the ones that are always open, lead to a patch of land controlled by Brewce Martin, policed by a gang called the C.I.A., and maintained by all that live or visit there. EVERYONE gives something.
It was 11:30 at night when we finally arrived, our van packed full of beer for us and for the mandatory donation, and followed by the car. Someone popped out of one of the graffiti covered trailers and I got out of the van to meet him.
We shook hands and he just looked past me to the van and car.
"You got 2 cars?"
"Yeah, Man. Thanks for having us."
"We ain't accepted you yet."

We didn't see any burning cars, but you can seriously feel the energy and excitement of being on land where no one was concerned with what the fu@k you did. While we were there the locals were content with the beer bribe for the night and friendly in a eery kind of way. I did feel our numbers helped. I imagined a group of four or five could have easily been stripped of all beer,food, money,or clean clothes they had, but in a FRIENDLY kind of way.

We made ourselves at home and ran around the farm peeking around every corner we could, running up and down the huge staircase to the wooden bowl. 13' deep, a 6' shallow, and a 7' waterfall, all pool coping and full gnar, complete with passed out mom.

Packed




This pipe is huge. Brenden tripping on it

one of thirteen dogs on the farm.


check the hight by Dustin in the back ground

I can't find the photos or video but I'm pretty sure Rune ollied this gap.





We set up camp in a far corner of the top field. The one thing that kept going through my mind was we were essentially sleeping on the track they raced along in the BowlJam videos. I just imagined if I was ready for bed, some Skatopian might just be ready to light up one of the various cars and trucks and take a lap right through us. I told myself, after he hit the first couple tents he would probably stop, and I was able to sleep.
We set up by headlights. It was real dark, not city dark. Every star in the sky I recognized was buffered by hundreds more.


The next morning our Skatopia tour took off again. You had your choice of wake up calls, Someone skating the concrete bowl at the top of the hill, dogs fighting in the distance , or a lone helicopter peeking around. I slept threw all of them and awoke to Cult leader Brewce peeling out in a pick up truck up to our camp.
He seemed excited to see us, asking how we slept, telling us we picked a great spot ,and getting the dogs in a wrestle for our entertainment telling us " Watch out thats how Vic started."
We had plans of leaving sooner then later so we weren't held as labor ALL day.
Brewce put it on the table
"You guys want to do a couple hours of work? Or do you want to go right to the museum and spend a couple hundred bucks?"
We were all quiet, not wanting to upset our host till I said " Museum sounds like a good start"

We all bought shirts and stickers and looked at the amazing collection of boards he has. Not just boards, but a history and timeline of styles, fads, and inovation. The local crew is the CIA and Brewce asked if everyone was familiar with the Iran Contra scandal, dropping some knowledge on some of our travelers that were being born when it surfaced.
After we dropped some cash on T's Brewce was on fire again and making us feel more and more at home, insisting we couldn't leave until we skated the concrete bowl with HellSkull and that we "woulldn't be disspointed". How could we resist?
We hiked back up the hill with boards, beers, and Bros. Although Brewce fell off a lader and couldn't skate with us ( "Some Hippy wasn't holding the bottom") he did walk up and hang out with us, Telling stories about the locals and asking for ideas about a street course.
Brewce was really nice and down to earth. Even remembering names and on more then one occasion I heard him saying things like "Pale Phil is over there trying to stay out the sun." and " Where's Dustin, He got one." I thought it was so rad he was spending time with us and not just watching us. He was right ,HellSkull and the bowl did not disappoint. His upfront attitude and energy had me tripping again over the fact that this is the guy who has the last word over a place that encourages chaos. Behind the smile and jokes you could still see the power and danger that lies below this entire compound. Every story had me rethinking how someplace like this can exist. The answer seems to be skateboarding, it's the only thing that connects these people and you can feel that Brewce really LOVES skating and all it entails.

SLAP footy








Mike kept the van running the entire trip


and every stop back to PA...well you know,