June 2008

Rattray Blog Entry From Bilbao

burnett-rocks.jpg Just as the hunter can become the hunted, so too can the blogger become the blogged. classens.jpg Hans Classens is a true champion. A man of action. One of Belgiums finest. cruiser.jpg This guy delivers the meat. That's all I know. cubic-rocks.jpg We found these odd, slightly ominous stormbattered concrete monoliths. Where have we come from? Where are we going? flower-dog.jpg This is a sculpture of a dog. A flower dog. guggenhiem.jpg So little art and so much time...Imean...strike that, reverse it. javi-close-up.jpg A sneak peak from the upcoming coffee tablebook, 'Good from far.' la-cantera.jpg Javi's home park, 'La Cantera' is in Algortajust to the North of Bilbao. It overlooks the infamous Bay of Biscay. Incase you're even remotely interested. dom-going-frontside.jpg The half pipe is tight and weathered. I'mwilling to bet that at some point the Birdman did a McTwist on it. lazy-sunbater.jpg This one spikes me with the warm sensationof futility. Again where have we come from? Where are we going? love-tunnel.jpg This is one of those imaginary, fantasticalspots. Hans drove us out there one afternoon. Epic terrain. low-cloud.jpg Apparently Hawaii looks like this. park-near-gernika.jpg This park was in a town near Gernika. As far as I can tell it was the Gernikathat Franco bombed in the Spanish civil war. Picasso made a famous painting about it. He's more famous than his paintings I think. That probably tells us something about the nature of 'celebrity'. What? I don't know. Are you having fun yet? perma-vaca.jpg Childress original? Chet might have the answer. rig.jpg You want a job working out there? On that? steel-wave.jpg This seemed skateable. We were too latehowever. Tired out and surrounded by a thick swarm of tourism. tossed-salad.jpg Dominic Deitrich applying the finishing touches to a lovingly prepared bromantic evening in. ty.jpg This is Ivan Rivado's french bulldog Ty. ty-graf.jpg As you can see Ty is deep in the Bilbao scene. water-building.jpg This strange building presided over the weeskatepark in the town near Gernika. Here's a clip of Hans Classens skating the Gernika park.

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Silas and Dan Take Home Transworld Awards

300-silas_baxter_neal.jpg Thursday Silas won best Rookie. frank_gerber.JPG Dan was on the Indy tour, so Frank Gerber excepted the award on Dan's behalf.

Elwood Women's Review on Fashion Evolved

fashion_evolution_elwood.jpg Check out what people are saying about the women's line. http://www.evolvedfashion.com/

John Rattray's Blog Entry

Some pictures from a bunch of drunks in a van trip to Oregon. john_rattray_biggreenbag.jpg This is how an ogre does beach camping. john_rattray_bigmacattack.jpg I feel this picture captures the fearsome hypnotic power of an enormous big mac. john_rattray_divatsunset.jpg Div is one of Scotland's finest sportsmen. He can also install your central heating system. john_rattray_parque.jpg I'm pretty sure the airspeed crew based the Florence park on Dali's persistence of memory painting. john_rattray_stuexhales.jpg This slug was big. Here Stu presents us his mouth as a size comparison. john_rattray_tattoo.jpg Got some tattoo work from Dan Gilsdorf at atlas tattoo studio in Portland. Dan is a fine man. I advise you to check out his work. http://www.dangilsdorf.com/ or http://www.atlastattoo.com/dan.htm john_rattray_touristcouple.jpg Me and Alex ate the burritos and we just had to have the hats to prove it. Then we found this big suspension bridge. john_rattray_wakingupoutside.jpg This picture proves that sleeping in the forest induces tranquility and euphoria. john_rattray_warmgun.jpg This picture captures Benson at his happiest. When he's torturing his friends. John Rattray

Money Mark

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