Is That A VX1000?

Tim had one of the largest camera set ups I had ever seen a couple weeks back in LA. Not quite ideal for run and gun shooting

Halloween in Shibuya

Mark talked all week about getting a costume for Halloween. So when he showed up dressed like a frog with his skateboard we knew there was only one thing to do....shoot a couple photos

Shibuya crossing is probably the busiest crosswalk in the world and def the busiest in Japan. People are shooting photos and time lapses of it daily.....I'm guessing this was the 1st frog costume of the day.

A skateboard always makes things more fun

Before you knew it, everyone was in the holiday spirit!...

Let's Rent Some More Bikes

The entire media crew is in Newport Beach, CA this week for our annual meeting. After a long day hanging out with some of the best dudes around we decided to rent some bikes from the local beach cruiser rental.

The bikes had coaster breaks....which means really good skid outs. Adam took the cake on the skid factor but I got a better photo of Nicks....

Hasi is in town as well and its always a pleasure getting to hang. He's pretty bad ass on his bike as well...especially for someone 6'6.

We ended up not having time to shoot bike photos on this sidewalk and have cover shots of Bike Weekly planned for tomorrow

Blotto drove out from AZ to hang this week and actually brought his own bike....In all reality he's a really good biker and snuck in a shot after shooting photos himself for most of the session....

Check out his blog post from the day:

http://www.blottophotto.com/

Headed Up To The Local Castle

A couple days ago we were in Kanazawa, Japan for one of the many amazing movie tour stops on this years Japanese tour...We got up early and got a chance to check out the Kanazawa castle and garden...Pretty amazing to say the least

Jussi began the day airing the grass hip at the base of the castle wall. The bad ass rental bike from our hotel didn't hold up and the tire was flat instantly.

The castle which was built in the 1300's was in perfect shape.....Ikea was nowhere in site

The garden which was across the street from the castle was one of the most famous in Japan. Unfortunately, we didn't have a ton of time to check it out. But what we saw was pretty all time.

Ivar liked his rental bike as well and was glad his tire wasn't as flat as Jussi's

Media Frenzy

Its been an all out battle to get the shot on this trip!

Getting In A Quick Session

You never know when you're gonna have a second

Straight from baggage claim to the train station.

Or while walking into the premier

Leg Stretch

Yesterday Mikkel had the bus pull over so he could stretch his legs after a busy tour day in Japan

Perfectly executed 360 flip yoga

Back At It

The crew just got to Japan for a few more movie tour stops...Everyone is super excited to be here and other than the little rain should be a super good time!

A Quick Push

After waiting for an hour for a cop to get off this bridge Jeremy and I were able to shoot this shot...scary part was- he could see the cars coming, i couldn't.

Thanks for the push Jer....Vancouver, BC

Its Not Over

Heading to Japan for some more movie tour madness. Can't wait and hopefully have some good blogs from the trip!

That Looks Familiar

On the drive back from Montreal to Burlington, VT, I was hoping snap a pick of this old farm house that I took a photo of 5 years ago...

I found it

Looked a lot different 5 years ago

I also found this barn...The colors in Souther Quebec at this time of the year are amazing!

Friday Night Bikes

Lately we have been going on some really good night rides around North County

Definitely isn't the smartest idea but none the less fun

Justin mounted his 5d to his sissy bar the other night and snapped off a couple shots. Can't wait till the next mission

Sounds About Right

Do the world a favor, buy a skateboard instead;)

Found This Gem

I asked Blotto to hold the cam for me while I went to grab the iPod for last weeks iPod battle in Montreal and this is what I find on the memory card the next day.

Blotto lost his finger in a tragic rollerblading accident and he still forgets its missing from time to time:)

The Moss Bank

While shooting this other photo idea last week in Vancouver, Jeremy and I noticed we weren't shooting the right thing. Glowing in the afternoon light was a asphalt bank covered in moss that was waiting for a photo.

Upon getting to the bank we quickly realized it was about as rough as it could possibly get. And you had the dodge the possible syringes and used condoms that seemed to be everywhere...Jeremy wished he had some 60mm wheels for this spot

Cole Trickle

Going to K1 doesn't suck....Simmers was focused

Movie Touring

The crew has been on the US and Canadian portion of the Standing Sideways movie tour this week. New city each day...Its been super fun and we've had a chance to skate quite a bit....Marc Berardi, our Northwest rep had this amazing ramp in his showroom in Seattle.

Jeremy decided he might as well keep his bag tag on his skate since we were boarding a plane again a few hours after this session in Seattle.

Jussi hadn't done nose blunts in years and then did 3 in a row...perfect.

After the session Sollors decided he needed a new car for the drive home

The Day After

Its always fun waking up after a wedding and seeing the condition of all of your friends....Everyone stepped outside to enjoy some morning sun and watch some golf...

Pierre was in rare form and I think he was bummed the party was over.

Stephen was mad that Robbie had the cig for the photo and asked him for it back...way to look bad ass Stephen;)

Northwest Weddings Part 1

This last weekend was one to remember...Corey and Amber invited us up to Washington for their wedding. It had been a while since this crew was back together and it made everyone realize how much we don't get to hang out that much anymore....I had a hard time with how I wanted to structure this blog post but lets just start out with why we were all 2 hours outside of Seattle in the 1st place...

To hang with the bride and the groom- passing the mic back and forth....I need to ask Corey what song they were singing at this point of the night...Oh Yea, "Bust A Move", by Young MC... classic and unforgettable

Its so great to see old friends...I've spent good amounts of time with both of these dudes..Pierre Minhondo and Stephen Duke

Blotto and his girlfriend Ramzi were in town for the wedding too and both looked stunning. Cell phone reception wasn't the best so they had to use the throwback telephone:)

We were all sad when it was over, including Corey.

Its always fun to see the guys that you spend so much of your life with all dressed up. Luckily we are in a profession where we don't have to wear suits everyday and its still super special to get all decked out:)

Smashbox

Spent a couple really good days at Smashbox studios in LA last week...We shot the JohnJ, welcome to the team video there as well as a couple other new items for the upcoming season..

It's super fun to work in a studio like this, the super model audition in the studio next door helped too)

The Stump Forest

On the way up to meet the crew at Corey Koniniec's wedding this weekend Robbie and decided to take a little detour after passing this super crazy looking forest of stumps. After a couple dirt roads and wrong turns we found out exactly where we wanted to go.

Most of the year these old trees are part of the lake. Since the reservoir is pretty close to empty at this time of year they are out in the open and accepting photo opportunites

Since no supermodels were present Robbie had to suffice..

This was my favorite stump of the bunch and hopefully in 200 years wont become another stump.

Alot of times I see things while driving down the road and wish I had the time to stop...Its nice when you actually pull over and it works out

A Long Way from Venice

I had never been to Venice beach before this week and I gotta say...the place definitely didn't live up to its reputation..

Cant say I was very impressed, although they did have an ATM machine on every corner...

ATM Operator- Alex Adrian

Julian, CA

Dawley and I rode the bikes out to Julian yesterday to meet up with the crew that were camping on rocks. Literally, there campsite was on rocks.....After the 2 hour drive out we met up with everyone at this random country jam concert. It was amazing. Johnny Cash cover bands for hours...

In Julian there are American flags everywhere

There are square dancers everywhere too

After we got done dancing our asses off we headed back to the beach. It got dark about 10 minutes in which made for a good adventure.

2 Hour Rainforest Stop

We had a off morning last month in New Zealand so Corey, Dave and I decided to drive to the west coast and check out the rain forest region that none of us had seen before. After driving up and down the coast highway we decided to follow this tiny dirt road into the forest. After walking on a sketchy rock bridge across a river we made out way to a 100% secluded and empty beach. Pretty epic.

An untracked beach is almost as cool and an untracked mountain.

For the longest time I could never understand why the silhouette of a fern was the All Blacks Rugby Team Logo...Now I know

Not sure if I will ever go to a private beach this rad again. I imagine during the Kiwi summer its not quite as private.

On the way back we found it important to test our rental cars ability to perform in the sand. It passed and we made it back to Snowpark for our sunset shoot.