Later Dude!

Miss Ya Brad!  Good Luck!

DIY ... Fad or not?

I remember using quickcrete to make a lil kicker bump when I was 15 or 16. Sometime in the late 80s. I think Thrasher had an article or something. We always had ramps and other things to skate as well. I had my own little skatepark out in the middle of nowhere in Washita, Ok. The kids in OKC are trying to do the same thing...and it is probably do to the magazines making certain things look "cooler."
Skateboarding is always fun!

I think I have my posts wired now

You can notice my Mom, Wife, and oldest daughter with here cousin on the right side.

More Dad Photos.  The Edmond park was still new...

Paint it today or it might go away

Painting by Me (Darrin)..blury photos by me
painting is (high school) 92 and photo is (college) 93

This painting is another classic example of skate art.  You draw/paint something out of the magazines that you read everyday.  I took the photo in 94 as a quick one-off of archiving something that may or may not survive.  My painting is monochrome pastels and is on a rather large canvas. The photo it comes from is of Kris Markovich and I forget which California high school stair case it was of...it was very popular.  KM lives according to google at : Given Skateboards.

Meet me at the gap at noon...we will party tell we drop.

Gap Ollie _ me (Darrin)

Photo by: Dale Hill

Norman, Ok Gap.  I think we called this one the Kung-fu Gap...dont confuse this with the Kung-fu Gap in Edmond, Ok.  My dad took these photos of Tim and I one Sunday.  I am a little more tweaked then Tim and I think when I landed I only rolled for a bit before I slid out on the slick asphalt.

Gap Ollie _ Tim Way

Photo by: Dale Hill

As you can tell Tim was a little more spot-on or bolts as skateboarders have said for a while now.

I think this was around '97 or '98.

There are politics when it comes to fly-outs.  Should I fly-out of this ramp or not?  Either way it is a fun thing to do, but unfortunately skateboarding is a fickle thing and will quickly shutdown fly-out showboats.
Photo-ME

 Another view of  a 360 mute fly-out of the mini ramp at Mitch Park in Edmond. I might post a sequence of this that turned out alright.
Photo-ME

Rock-n-rolls no matter how simple they "seem" to be are always stylish, fun and cool.
Skater Brad
Photo-ME

Pool skating

It's an amazing thing when you find friends that help destroy the preconceived notions authority figures tried to bestow on you as a youth. My dad says skateboarding is an addiction...there can be good and bad addictions! When you spend lots of money to build a pool in your backyard knowing that a lot of time will be spent in said pool with no water in it you might have a "problem.". A good problem to have...

Above photo shot by my buddy Brad over at sharklahoma

Videos that may or may not be on here. I will post more.

Above video is of me and my buddy Tim draining a pool in Tulsa, Ok.

This video is of me and my buddy brad over at sharklahoma on a trip to southwest Oklahoma where we skated a weird park in Elk City, Ok, a great DIY park in Altus, Ok and a ditch in Lawton, OK.

This is a really old video. I think I shot this on my bachelor party night.  It is funny that my bachelor party consisted of me skating with my friends...or is it that funny?  Skating is mostly in Norman, Ok but some of it is in Chickasha, OK where I had moved to finish school.

Altus, Oklahoma's DIY park. Looks great!!!

Video of me and John before he moved back to Anadarko....compilation of stuff from around town and maybe even some Texas skating.

Some snow session pics...

 

The Nuge - A Burger King virgin!

This looks like professional skateboarder Don Nguyen...aka "The Nuge"

About 10 seconds in...His jawline looks a little longer then Don's, but who knows right?

The legend still shows up every so often...
One of the fathers of modern street skating:

Danny Sargent:

Give blood

Go skate!

Bloggin from my phone

Drinking some wine and blogging from my phone. It is late pre thanksgiving day. I started a brine on my turkey. I am going to smoke it tomorrow.

As you can tell John is hiding something here.  Instead of just trick or treating he wanted to do a bit of skateboard trick or treating with the kids.  Candy Rules...

Do yourself a favor and search for "Hugh Holland & skateboarding"".He photographed skateboarders in the 1970s especially the z-boys. What makes him unique in my book is that he showcases the art of skateboarding rather than the sport. Cool stuff...and to make it even cooler is that he is from Oklahoma!

This is video from the memorial road gas station. Fun place to roll around although it is rough in a few areas.

Some footage from the front of my house.  This was blogged with Qumana.