I Need Lube…..For My Pussy.

Have you nerds noticed that the site is on fire right now? Updates are as common as fixed gear bikes in Riverwest. We even have a new guy on board by the name of Toby. That guy can shoot a good photo and I, for one, am glad to have him as a part of wiskate. Welcome aboard.

Josh mentioned in his last update that I got drunk and didn’t know what was going on. I somehow got home, took out my contacts and cuddled with Gary. I don’t remember much besides meeting BeeBee (my apologies to her if I wasn’t nice) and having a nervous breakdown around 1:30 am. This led me to take a vow of abstinence to any sort of alchoholic beverages as the morning after was possibly the worst morning I have experienced in quite some time (the last was the morning after my 25th birthday). But why am I telling you about this? This isn’t a alchy-anonymous website, I should be writing about skating.

And with that, tonight is the weekly old guy session. I most likely will not be in attendance as I am feeling quite ill. This sudden shift in weather threw me for a loop and knocked my sinuses into full tilt. Josh tipped me off to some allergy meds that might make things better (he should go to school to become a pharmacist) and I think it’s working. So who knows. But I am sure I will end up staying in bed.

Have you ever had a rash of shitty boards? I am going through one now and I hope it stops soon. It just makes me angry and I smash things and people.

Hey Steve, Josh and I need some of those shirts. I wear a XL and Josh wears a XS. Get those things in the mail asap!

Photo of the Millenium #1

Young Gonz. Fully decked out in turquoise and ripping. Pretty much sums up 1986. Street skating was just starting to blossom and people were realizing what could be done on a skateboard. Not that anyone would have ever predicted the crazy stuff that is going on now, but just being able to ollie up things and skate stuff previouly thought unskateable. Early grabs were still in full swing and people were doing streetplants, but guys like Natas and Gonz were trying things people didn’t understand. I remember seeing the Oceanside “streetstyle” contest on video and Natas tried to railslide the handrail off the stage and I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the hell he was trying to do. Just flailing at a rail. Just like now-a-days. Insane.