In memory of David Zolotar

David was an amazing person and skateboarder. Always there to lighten th mood or keep us on our toes. If there was one thing David was not, it was boring. His absensce leaves a big void in the Sacramento skate scene. This switch Bluntslide (taken in 2005) is the only photo I ever shot of him. I really wish I had shot more.

Roll in Peace.

Sleep?

Yeah, whatever. Photo time.


Jeremey would have definetly landed thing Blunt on the R and 2nd wall, but that bar one the top didn't let him pop back it. Who's got a hack saw?


This is Justin. I had another frontside flip photo of him earlier on the blog. I labeled him as "Some Kid." Well this Frontside Flip is considerably larger, and his name is not "Some Kid." It's Justin. Get it right.

Oak Park Gap:

Oak Park gap confuses me. It was as if someone was like:
"Let's build an absolultley perfect gap, with perfect run up and perfect landing. Yeah. And let's put it in the shittiest, most dangerous part of town."

Been here a lot latley. I don't like going here though. It's to stressful to keep an eye on all my equipment ALL the time, and there are all these lurker kids that ALWAYS follow you to your car after the sesh is over.

Never the less. It's good for shooting photos.


Randy Leal - Frontside Flip


Blue Turner - Crail Grab


Caleb ? - Nollie Flip


This Drew guy is REALLY good.


Back Tail

Spring Break Fun

So I was back in Sac for spring break. My main goal was to seriously shoot as many photos as I could. I think I did pretty well.

Zach Taylor:

Zach is a man am from my dad's home town of Akron, Ohio. He rides for Matt Rod's company Frontline. He's sick. He called me up to shoot this wallride nollie out into a sketchy bank. This spot is right next to a barber shop, and at one point the barber came out and said, "Have you landed it yet?"

Sean Stout:

Sean's a cool kid. He just calls me way to much.
"JOE!"
"What Sean?"
"Get you ass down here! Let's shoot a photo!"
"Alright. Where you wanna go?"
"Oh. I dont know."

When we did get this photo of a giant lipslide down Safeway rail, the conversations changed into something like this:
"JOE!"
"What Sean?"
"You post that photo yet?"
"No."
"I want that shit for Myspace!"

Tristen Moss:

Tristen is sick. Too bad we was pissed off all the time beause he was riding the wierd "Funky Yoyo" wheels. Good thing we wasn't riding them when he pulled is Pivot Fakie on Madison wall.

Kyle Duval:

This was Kyle's first time skating the table at Southside. Yeah. He pulled this stylie Nosegrind. Butters.

Aaron Harrison:


Aaron took me out to this ridiculous wallride spot out at McClellen Airforce Base. He wanted to shoot an Ad of a kickflip wallride. Unfortunetly, we got kicked out a the security guard. It's probably a good thing we didn't spend to much time there. I hear that place has pretty high toxic waste levels.

JR Dias:

Yeah. JR pulled this Switch Ollie down this massive gap. IN A LINE. JR is amazing. Hands down.

Dave Urke:

Dave is one of my favorite people to go out shooting with. Not only is he a great guy, but you are almost garunteed to get a photo. This day we went out, we went t this spot, which everone describes as "a spot I skated when I was 15." Whatever I thought I was fun. Dave pulled ut a Front Blunt.

After this spot we headed to this crazy gap-to-rock bank spot. I feel like a dick because I basically made Dave ollie into a sketchy rock in fading light, and the picture was out of focus. Sorry Dave.

Blaine Barker:

This was the first time I had ever skated with Blaine. This guy is ridulously good. He has the hook-up with DVS and definetly deserves it. This clean Backside Tail is just a taste to his smoothness.


I don't even know what to say about Blaines Frontside Flip Wallride. I was just blown away.

To see more of Sean, JR, and Blaine check out this promo for the new DigiLurk video.

More fun with John Bird

Hey everybody.

I went out the other day to Baker Beach with John Bird. The day was looking pretty shitty, but it miraculously cleared up, so the picture taking conditins were Ideal. John was trying Back Noseblunts on the big bank:



This bank is ridiculus. It's pretty steep with an ackward run up and crazy rough ground. John was getting pretty tired, but I made him keep going becuase there was no way I was giving up a shot with the bridge in the background. It was too perfect.

Darkroom Fun

I have been spending some time in the darkroom latley. Here are my latest prints.


Alex had a song he wanted to record, so he pack up all his equipment and we went over to Dominic's apartment. Super fun day. Just hanging out playing music and coming up with crazy ways different instruments. We all ended up singing gang vocals for his song. We also didnt have a drum set, so the beat consists of me beating a bass case on the ground while Cameron rapped his knuckles on a guitar case.

Dominic is an anomaly of a person. He came out of a troubled upbringing and ended up one of the most lighthearted people I have ever met. He is a beautiful songwriter as well. But he was having some trouble. Haven't seen him in a long time, but I hear he is doing better now.

Urgent message from J.R. And the Digital Lurker:

THIZZ!!!

Alright, this weekend started with myself and Mr. Huerta running into JR and Abner at Rusch Bump. From there we headed, along with a whole slew of San Jose heads, to Safeway rail. Now, if you don't know about Safeway Rail, imagine the toughest bastard ever, and turn him into a hand rail. JR tried to Nollie over the beast, but ended up getting wrecked. He'll go back eventually.



From there we headed to the gap right next to Roseville Triple. This San Jose dude pulled a pretty sick ollie:



JR pulled a Switch Ollie and Back 180:





On Sunday, Joe and I met up with Phil and Sean and went to Rusch Bump again. Phil was tryin Nollie Flips:



And Sean stomped a 360 flip but slipped out:



Another weekend under the belt.

In memory of Lucian Gregg

Lucian was one of the most kind and loving individuals I had ever met. There are few people who enjoyed life more than he did. He will live on forever in our memories and our hearts.

Lucian Randall Gregg

1989-2008