boyscouts.

everyone knows the dude with the backpack. like a boyscout he's always prepared. with that gear bag stuffed full of candy, mags, wax, tiny brooms, extra soxs, and anything else you can imagine. when you're ready to leave a spot he'll hold you back for ten minutes while he tries to track down everything he brought with him.
here's a few reasons to ditch the boyscout and the bag.

tylenol- when you sever your arm from your body... it's not gonna help.
bandaids- won't stop you from getting multiple fractures in your ankle.
brooms- anything that fits in that backpack isn't big enough to help much anyway, just wear a bummy old sweatshirt and use that to sweep rocks off your landing.
wax- IT'S SMALL! tuck a candle in your pocket or that flat paraffin wax you can get at grocery stores, it's the size of a wallet anyway.
food- it's called the dollar menu, and it's more filling than those little fruity snacks your mom buys you, if you don't have a mcdonald's in your town you probably don't have spots anyway.

that bag is just gonna slow you down when the cops show up to drop a nice ticket on you, unless you're filming for fully flared 2 or you can't afford pockets, just leave the weight at your crib and go shred.

some GNAR!

my buddy matt jaegar e-mailed me some gnar, so naturally i feel obligated to pass it on to all of you readers.
filming by matt, editing and thrashing by ben wilson.
check it out!

ROAD trippin'

lately the gnarberry crew has been taking trips out to butler, wisconsin to skate cream city. it's got a great street park, a bowl in the backroom for thrashers and a ridiculously entertaining beginner section. it's an all around well designed park, but like anything else there's a downside. this might not meen much for some of you, but if you're anything like me this could put a damper on your session. butler is right outside of milwaukee, milwaukee has a big skate scene, so naturally some of the skaters take themselves pretty seriously. you'll probably encounter more than one un-friendly skater while you're there but the staff is still pretty cool, and there's some really positive rippers there too. i'd say on a scale of one to ten cream city gets a seven or so.

don't take my word for it, go rip up the park yourself and see what ya think.

creamcityskatepark.com