oh Angel

Angel's been in California for the past month or so. Ever since trade show. Motorcycles eh?

David gets Thrasher cover!

David just got his first ever cover! Coming in hot with a kickflip wallride straight to cover of issue #339.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 15

Today was our last full day in New Zealand. A couple blocks away from our hotel were these volcano things. This was probably the only spot we've been kicked out of in 2 weeks traveling from Australia to New Zealand. Speaking of volcano's we went to the top of one that overlooked the whole world pretty much. Or city. We were not the only ones up there. Skated some schools since it was the weekend. David looked for anything and everything to noseslide nollie half cab. In english that means noseslide fakie. And he might have been sarcastic but might not have been. Sierra got Marry Poppins. Went to a sketchy New Zealandish spot. Heeeeeeello... David got taken into the candy dispensing looking toy cop car. But just for fun. Not for criminalness acts. Just invented that word. Sweet As. The day was a wrap.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 14

David scorches past me waiting outside the hotel for our ride. Clearly he was fired up for anther day in New Zealand's sheep country like settings. We just recently just gave Sierra a pro model styrofoam coffee cup. Its not that big of deal. But mostly is. Today was demo day. A good crowd showed up for the event. Full of all sorts of New Zealander's. David back overcrook. These guys wanted to be in the blog. He wanted cover of the blog also. Ha. Funny New Zealander. Not a chance. But you made the website at least. Gareth, we ran into your brother at the demo. Then crossed through the forest to find some hidden spot. This wasn't the spot. But oh well. Sierra with a back nosegrind. Lots of amazing views here in New Zealand. Our hotel is located next to that blue thing. Just so you know. I guess.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 13

After getting a full nights sleep in Auckland we decided to check out what the city had to offer. Went to the warm up spot first. Followed by a session in the snake run. Searched for hidden gems in the local horse racing stadium. Corey and Sierra didn't find much. The guys from Irrom took us to another ancient snake run. Which turned out to be pretty fun. Corey and Nuge next to some New Zealand artwork. David warms up at a school while the teachers and staff quickly became intrigued with our skateboarding and offered us crackers and oranges from the day care. The principal even came out to check out the scene. This kid came up on a new board. Nuge and Sierra taking a break and watching... David got a trick... We had a signing at Cheapskates. We almost made it on time to this one. Another night another one spent skating... Check back in for another update from New Zealand.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 12

Auckland is a pretty fun word to say. I like it. Upon arriving there we were shortly greeted by our hosts Morri, Rhys, and Bill from Irrom Distribution. We were taken to our hotel shortly there after for some much needed rest. The view from our hotel was looking very nice. Heres the morning shots... I spy a city called Auckland.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 11

Today was the sad day we all had to leave our great host Peter from Goliath Distribution. He has taken such good care of us but we had a flight to New Zealand ahead of us. Don't know why this made it into my blog but it did. Thank you Aussie bag thrower on planes guys. We couldn't have done it without you. Another boring photo of a airplane inside. Nothing exciting to talk about. Nothing exciting to look at. Moving on. These are half Australia and half New Zealand clouds. Check out Slam Magazine's website also for additional Foundation blogging. Covering everything skateboard related in Australia.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 10

Sorry for the lack of updates. Internet hasn't been the easiest to find. Anways back to my story...which we now need to go back a few days to explore. When we were in Brisbane Corey and Nuge both suffered small injuries so we headed to the local emergency room to get them checked out. I snuck a x ray photo. As a end result Corey broke his pinky toe. What the...are these things. The locals took us to there snake run spot. Corey shredded it on a old school board even with a broken toe. While David drops into a slide on the way to bigger and better things... Skaaaaadooosh. Not that much variety in the board department at the moment. I will do a update soon and let you know everyone's selections at the moment. Checked out some local spots. With some local kids. Their teachers were actually encouraging us to skate. Glad to know that full pipes made it out to kangaroo land.

Angel is as Angel Does

Angel lands some coverage on the Thrasher site. Check it out here.

Angel's Pro?

In case you didn't know yet...Angel is Pro. It's all over the internet.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 9

Another day another shop signing. This time it was at Skateboards Only. Which happens to be Chad Bartie's shop. More kids, more autographs. Everyone was in good spirits. After the signing the plan was to head over to the local new skate park in Varsity and have a demo. The park was a mix between a skate plaza and a downhill snake run. None the less a amazing park. None the less. Ha. What a stupid thing to say. Supposedly Spider Man the movie sponsored the park. Or not. Hmmm...If it was up to me to come up with the artwork for the cradle... Taaa Daaa David skates the rail as the crowd continues to grow. Full of Australia's best citizens. Corey back tails and lands cover of my latest blog. Its another cover in the middle of my blog. I like it that way because people to have actually read through each days entry to find the latest best picture of the day. Tod battles back with a feeble of his own. Thats respectable. Pig mobile. David I got my eye on you. Always up to something... We headed over to check out some of the local spots. Corey warms up on the double set with a ollie... Swank cam?! Another long day is under wraps down under.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 8

Today was a special day off day. Driving from the airport to the new hotel destination and Zooing. Zooing is a word now because I just invented it. Carry on. This wasn't any regular zoo. This was the The Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's zoo. And we were proud to be there. Since we entered the park with a large amount of camera equipment and they didn't want us shooting certain animals in fear we could be eaten alive we were quickly escorted around the park by a special guest. His name was Wayne and he was a very good friend of Steve Irwin's. Don't sit on a fence next to a crocodile. Point taken. But they should really do a before and after picture because I could see some people thinking that was a good spot because they were tired from walking and wanted to be high up enough to see well. Until there little feets get eaten off by this guy. Here Crocy Crocy Crocy... The most outdoors man of the group Sierra had no trouble wrangling himself a lizard off the beaten path. The stadium which held a crocodile show. Whats with all this crocodile talk. We all know why we were at the zoo. I will just get to it. Good thing I changed the name from Joey to Lilly. hahaha. I could be the only one laughing here. Yes! We found the Kangaroos here! That is so American of us. Too lazy to find one in the wild so we pay to play with them in cages. I love it. Sierra found one as well. Don puts bunny ears on a kangaroo...Allright that's fine with me I assume. Notice how this one has one too legs.. Well that's because theres a little baby in there dummy. That's probably Joey in there from the sign! We found Joey. He was in a pouch. A moving living time machine. I drew what the inside looked like probably. Actually its a x ray I got from the medical examination center on site at the zoo. You are welcome. Moving on buddy. On the way out we fed some elephants as well. Just another day feeding elephants and putting bunny ears on kangaroos.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 7

We left Melbourne and headed towards Brisbane. Nuge flew us all. We probably flew over loads of water kangaroos on the way. We had a signing at SkateBiz.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 6

What a beautiful picture taker I am becoming. Corey and Don... We had the media and peanut gallery covered. All posted up on the rocks. Corey warms up with a ollie over the rail to hill bomb. We also had a signing to do today. At Captain Billy's Crab Shack. Mate. David signs a young fans Razor. After the signing at the local shop we headed over to the skate park. Heres David with another cover worthy smith grind. Except the fact that you can't see his face because his arm got in the way. What the... While out and about getting food David runs into this guy that offered this performance for us. What a nice aussie fella. So... yeah...then we found this place What is this real life Zelda? Too bad the store was closed...

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 5

We started the day off at a local skatepark with a bowl. David back noseblunts and we were off to board the plane to Sidney. We did a shop signing at Monster skatepark. Look at the surprise guest. Mr. Tod Swank flew in surprise the team. At the demo there was a small collision with 2 guys. Here Peter from Goliath stands with one of the victims. He continued to skate the demo. Wow. Must have something to do with sharing a country with kangaroos or something. Sierra back smiths for the blog skate cam. We couldn't get David to stop skating the demo. We had to practically drag him off the street course. You will all see in the video... Don signs for a fan. French fry machine eh? I actually heard we have these in the states though...

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 4

The local Quicksilver has our back in Melbourne. I saw that they even color coordinated the display for us. Board shorts, bikinis, and a Toy Machine complete. Yeah they all go together now I guess? Even David was excited. Especially when I asked him to front blunt this ledge for the cover of my new blog feature. Instead of covers being in the front I'm currently giving covers in the middle of the blog. David has become so photogenic as of late. Even when asked to pose a tree man picture. We tried to hit up a couple spots before the demo but the local authority didn't really agree with us on that one. Ahhh man I keep forgetting to look for kangaroos at skate spots. What the heck where are all of them. I think I might start investing my time in looking for Koalas. Are they here too? The demo scene we attended before it was rained out. I noticed something kind of odd. There were bathrooms that didn't have roofs on them here. Interesting little buggers. Not sure if buggers is the right slang for the country I'm at. Don't think so. The local media heard about our hunt for koalas and kangaroos and were interested in how we were going to find them. I told them we would probably go to the local zoo. Duh. Easy answer. Sierra gets questioned as well... YouTube it.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 3

Today we woke up and went straight to the Indian Jones spot out in the middle of nowhere. Which happened to be very productive for us. For skating that is. Not productive in the hunt for kangaroos. This guy probably has the all time worst job in the world. Well maybe thats a stretch but his job was by far way worse than ours. He was spraying weeds with poison in the middle of the outback. I'm not sure if this is the outback but he was obviously not very excited at our hunt for kangaroos. As he questioned our existence out there. I feel like maybe this isn't as much as a skate trip anymore as it is a hunt for kangaroo trip. Well David and I were just thinking that we want to maybe just catch one for a second and put something in its pouch when we were out here. Something American like not meat pies. Or really expensive soda. Something from Walmart or something. I consider Kangaroo pouches like moving time capsules. In a way. We looked high and low. As you can see. Nuge and David living the outback life. Is this the outback? I just found out its not. Not even close. After the non outback session we did a signing at Redlight Skateboards. What the... I ended it with a photo that you won't understand. Me neither. Just some sculpture thing in the mall.

Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 2

Australia from the plane even after the 15 hour ride was looking pretty interesting. Following the long plane ride we all stood in airport lines for hours trying to get through customs. We made it. And were on our way to meet up with Peter from Goliath distribution. Who would be showing us around. Sierra on baggage duty. Peter, Rhino and Nuge after eating at this breakfast spot. We headed over to Goliath distribution to sign some boards for the local shops. David got Ali G outside the warehouse. Our van of choice in AUS. Quick back to the gang signs real quick. Corey pops a ollie into a large drainage ditch. Check back in tomorrow for more from the road.

Come see us at Active!

Foundation Pillage and Plunder Down Under day 1

Today some Foundation guys took off for a couple weeks of skating in Australia and New Zealand. Just a short 15 hour plane ride to get us there first. Wish us luck. Check back in tomorrow for a update from Melbourne.

Burning It

I found this photo on The Berrics site. I guess Nuge has been burning guitars in his spare time with Lizard?!? hmmm

You will be missed Van

out with Elijah

First spot of the day was this bank to curb. Then we checked out this thing. Next spot was Crawford. Met up with some kids Elijah's age and skated with them. Elijah's boardslide... The other kids boardslide attempt. He'll get it eventually though. I don't doubt that. We moved onto the bigger rail. Drew Dezort followed Elijah's back lip with a lipslide of his own and we were out. On to bigger and better things. Like this. We opted to skate the small hubba instead. Elijah stepped it up a bit and hit it from the top. Chris followed it with a wallride off this ledge. Luckily I was there to capture it fish eye also. The day was a wrap...

all in a days work

Elijah lost his board in the gutter. So he got ninja turtle like and went after it. If that wasn't bad enough I made him stay in there extra long so I could get some photos. Ok back to business. We got the board. And got the photo. Thanks to Fick...

Thrasher contest coming in hot

Head on over to the Thrasher site to compete to win another Foundation board. I saw this one and used it as a example.

Apples and Oranges

Corey and covers just go well together I've noticed. He has landed himself yet another cover this year. Featured on the latest issue of the Skateboard Mag #56. Pick up a issue to read his full interview.

It's official

The band has formed. With Andrew Elliot the good friend cashing his giant Battle of the Shops check he decided it should be put to good use. Rock Band was purchased. Chris on the drums and 14 year old Elijah on the mic. His voice at that age reminds me of a young Celine Dion. Its magical. Jesse on the guitar to finish off the band. We'll probably add a bass to the band soon. More updates and tour information soon. Maybe you will see Rock Hawrd in a town near you?

Corey interview on the Thrasher site

Check out the Corey interview that is up on the Thrasher site. You the viewers asked the questions and he answered.

ASR signing photos

I think we accomplished something at ASR that nobody else did. We had the most people hanging out in our booth at all times over the weekend. And we even pulled off a signing... All the bros were there. Alex showed off his signature skills. Corey, Leticia, and Swank all pose for a photo. That's not my finger...my guess is it's Angel's. That's a wrap.

Austin shows up on the Foundation site

Austin Stephens pro Toy Machiner is seen here chatting it up with Corey. Welcome to the site Austin. Corey shows him how its done in Northern California with a boost of a ollie. Sierra approves...

checking back in

The Toy team and Sierra have left Coreys house up north. And now everyone makes there way down for ASR this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sierra coming in hot with the warm up ollie. And the switch ollie. You can see these guys at the signing during ASR Friday at 3pm...

Checking in with the guys up north

Sierra has been hanging out in northern California with Corey and the Toy guys the past weekend. Updates from them are coming up all week.