hotel tacoma

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few weeks ago, nikk had asked me to roll with him on this toyota shindig, all expenses covered. well shit, how can i pass that up. we went with no expectations at all on what this event was or how it will turn out. little did we know, this shit was fucking amazing. we were treated with probably one of the most luxurious glamping experiences that we will ever encounter. we had tents built out for us, with heaters, mattresses, down comforters, snacks, chefs, toilet tipi's, and the list just goes on. i know, you're probably thinking, "well that aint really camping".. well, yes it technically is.. there is a tent, and we did sleep in the tent, therefor, we camped. lol. toyota really set this up smooth, we had a full-day itinerary of activities like motorbikes, mudpits, 30 ft free jumps, mountain biking, and my favorite, the can-am's, we also got to test out the brand spankin new toyota tacoma's, aka the Taco. we got to meet so many good people here and everyone was just so chill.

what a fuckin experience, thank you toyota.

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canon ae-1 program/  kodak portra 400

looking for the right road

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i grew up in a nice suburb area in ohio which means i had a ton and ton of flat, smooth and well paved black top roads to skate on. the likeliness of eating shit from running over a small pebble on the road was pretty slim, not saying it never happened, but it was very very slim compared to how the roads are now here in California. I find it damn near impossible to skate on these streets and sidewalks here compared to how it was for me back home, which really sucks. I can imagine how hard it is to learn how to skate with these road conditions. Rocks, pebbles and glass everywhere. Potholes, cracks and just a bunch of shit everywhere makes it super unsafe to take my kid out to skate but now at our new home, we live about 20 yards from the beach which has a long paved path for people to use for running, biking, etc... So of course, we use it for skating.

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canon ae-1 program/  kodak portra 400