a couple weeks back i was having a convo with jj about helping do some deals for the 4life, the new valo brand video.
now im in spain
damn time flies… and olives in spain are the best thing ever
Daily’s EU 4Life Tour #4 No Sleep in Barcelona from Themgoods on Vimeo.
Don’t you just hate long plane rides? I thought I did too. The more I fly and the longer I sit on planes the more I learn to appreciate the time in solitude. There is something amazing about a plane ride. Your mind starts racing to think about all the things you will be doing as you embark on an adventure that will be an experience forever embedded into your memory bank, whether its in a good way or bad.. I sit here now after about 15 hours of travel time on my way to Barcelona to meet with the valo dudes and wonder how my 2 weeks will go, what will I be doing, and most important, how the hell did I get to where I’m at today… and the more that I think about it, the less I really have a clue. I know what caused the spark yet I don’t know how the flame grew to become what it is. I don’t know where I’m going, Did I choose the road to nowhere or veer left and make it on the path to success? I have no clue, but I do know one thing that I’ve come to conclusions with …the best part about life, is not knowing anything about it… So with that said I will finish up my custom forms and when it says to fill in the destination… I leave it empty and let life fill in the blanks.(plus I really don’t know where im going).
So tuesday is just another day in the standard week right? well not for us. Here we are again on tuesday night skate at walnut creek skatepark to do some more blading to get away from everything that probably isn’t as cool as blading aka work school and so on.. I bet your reading this and saying, damn… I wish my tuesdays were this cool. Well my friend, they are not, unless you come join us! Every tuesday at the walnut creek skatepark..google it! This week we had a decent round up of amigos to come do some shredding.
who woulda though tuesday was a day to look forward too.. oh and every week the lights will randomly turn off at any given time around 9pm.. this time i filmed it so mr yee coulda died! glad hes ok, his glasses must have night vision
and on that note, Im going to spain for 2 weeks so blog updates wont be as prime 
but ill bring some Cows with me and do my best for all the 5 people that read this blog to enjoy.
weekly nut round 2 from Connected Skating on Vimeo.
he didnt know it yet but he was soon going to eat some coping with his ribs…
sur 13 homie
little everette
loaded wore off
i wonder what hes thinking about, must be some carving fakie deals
Jon Lee is the man
till next week my friends
So finally, a liner I can approve of. I used to get skates from salomon when they were around and they had the best liners ever, so when they went out of business i still had a nice stack of Bcam liners on hand. A year or so after they started decaying and smelt of awkward must, i ran out of liners. I thought i would be doomed without any proper liners to skate in my valos.
untill TRUST came along, now a year later since i recieved my pair.. and tons of adjustments to make sure they come out the way they are supposed to come out.. I’m really not one to blog about stuff on a selling point either but these liners are so good that I feel they need some sort of recognition.. you dont have to buy them, but I highly advise it..
Trust is here.
www.rolltrust.com
check out this sick 3d render done by my friend Jose Fuentes..you can visit his site here
the day after connected sesh 03 we actually went back to the same skatepark. It was mothers day so not as many people went but I was still able to snap this deal of my homie Niel over the spine.
Niel is really really good, has that prime asian steeze but somehow always manages to look like hes having a shitload of fun doing what hes doing. He loves making funny faces and taking long walks on the beach
Happy Birthday Scott Moore!
With that said, this weekend we ended up going to the benecia skatepark for some Blade sessions. Got some pretty prime deals a lot while being partially Loaded. Nothing like lacing a good trick and chugging a bur after the sesh(if your 21 
of course) So we did some blading, Some BBQing, some Drinking, and even a little bit of skateboarding
Check our all the photos on our flickr!
Connected Sesh:03 from Connected Skating on Vimeo.
Happy birthday Scott Moore,
with that said.. Join JSF in this weekend in a benecia skatepark all inclusive edit with Blading, Bur, and BBqing.. another good weekend in norcal. aint nothing like it.
I remember about 5 or 6 years ago I went to san luis obispo, which is about 3-4 hours away.. Tal had a hybrid and asked me to give him 5 dollars in gas money, 5 dollars!! man i love hybrids
I always thought tal looked like a young superman type dude… here he is lacing this fishy soon to follow up with a phone booth exchange to save the world, or the biologic one at least. Good luck in portland!
Tal Sharf lacing this bio 5 deal over the launch sesh
Congratulation to Bsmith for winning Dawns best trick cash flow courtesy of her dispensary. In other news Bsmith is valo PRO! which is bigger news? I cant decide. Kudos on both I say.
I was able to catch up with the man himself on thursday to try and catch a couple blade deals to finish up his section. BS has been killin it the whole past year and will soon show you why(in my opinion of course) is one of the best shredders around, and I would just say park shredding, but he kills everything so no sence in saying park only
check out the higher rez on our flickr!
Here are some photos from the day, I forgot my blades but somehow managed to get broke twice, one on a skateboard, and one trying to shoot the fullcab true makio.
Bsmith cant Grind without adding a grab in it, here you see him doing a perfectly grabbed nameless grab(as again i dont know names) into a 450 royale.. just perfect
You guys have no idea how much trouble it took me to get this picture. I was shooting it with a 100-400mm lens on this really small edging of a fence. I slipped and landed in this small quarter pipe right onto my back. While still managing to hold on to my baby(5dII) with no damage. Damn priceless photo, not because its the best photo ever, moreso for the story behind it. PS my back kind of hurts still
thanks to victor helping me film because i forgot my rollerblades like a dumbass
Subconsciously throwing up the Westside while hitting airs
check out the higher rez on our flickr!
Oh ya…
and the COW:03!!
check it out
COW:03 Brandon Smith from Connected Skating on Vimeo.
Brandon Smith is one of the best rollerbladers i know, and id say one of the more enjoyable to watch as well. Watch him effortlessly stroll through the park with his babies(valoblades) in the Connected COW:03
check out some photos from the sesh at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghostshooter/sets/72157617797269383/
whats this i see vinny minton rockin some broskows… and they sure look good on him. Word on the street is his deshis had some sort of malfunction(worn down souls) and he had some valos in stock. So what do you guys think? Valo or deshi?
you know what i say,
Valo4life
I wont even comment on vinnys picture because i think thats the only thing he knows how to do but i will comment on victors mug in the background… comment.
We all have a past that we reminisce on, a present we may struggle with, and a future we destine ourselves for, but where would we be without our previous experiences in life. They shape who we become and are today. I am proud to showcase something that was a major foundation in to who I am, and how i turned out this way(wether you think its good or bad).. All my friends from LA including Cuahtzin, Gonzo, and Hoang were real innovaters in this thing we call blading. So to them I thank for turning me into.. well me…
Check out the full Untitled Video below
Untitled from CrazyGoodness on Vimeo.
Rollerblading DVD from summer 2004. California skating from Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Directed, Filmed, and Edited by Cuauhtzin Gutierrez.
and thats me when i was in my youth days… damn time flies huh
