Hope y’all had a good 4th of July Weekend whether you were at an island party, a bbq, holding a sparkler, setting of mortars or watching 4 different fireworks shows at once. . . Hope you got out with all your limbs intact.
4th of July Weekend started on First Friday and for most of the Homebase posse that was home that meant coming out to Andy V’s L.V.A.N. Art Show, “Furnitural FIgures.”
V set up one of the best L.V.A.N. window displays we’ve ever had. Better than what other ones? . . . Well, I’m not that ruthless.
V’s woodworking is amazing. Not that I know a whole lot about woodworking but if you do, come by and give me your professional critique.
Roughly 15-20 hours of work went into each of these hands. Look for all of them around the shop . . . then buy the set.
The mob lurked into the wee hours of the night.
And I was lurking too. Creepy.
I took off to New York for the rest of the holiday weekend to hang out with friends in Brooklyn. If you follow me on Twitter then you know what I did in New York. I ATE. Like at this BBQ in Prospect Park, I must have had a box of Fruit by the Foot. What do you mean that’s not BBQ food? What do you know anyway.
5Boro’s Justin Barnes and the other Dobbin Block skaters have put on a 4th of July block party for the last 4 years. . . without permits.
I got there a little late and the cops had already shown up 3-4 times to give them warnings about people being in the street and noise. What do you expect when its a crowd of skaters (I’ll refrain from name dropping here), metalheads, punks, hipsters and the occasional homeless person.
The fireworks- purchased from our own Phantom Fireworks came out as the sun went down.
And it wasn’t long til the cops came and shut it down.
Watch the video a see why. . .
http://www.vimeo.com/13138071So when there’s the really big explosion and all the people screaming- the camera gets all shakey because I was thrown back by a mortar that just blew up without taking off. I was probably 15 feet away from the looks of this picture where they were setting up.
Something hit the bottom of my left eye and now I have this weird twitch happening. At least I still have it.
Nothing like a long weekend and a Monday Night Saugy Session to bring out the crowds. Well, there might have been a bigger crowd if it wasn’t 100 degrees outside.
It pays to come to Saugy Sessions- not just by playing Sk8 Dice. These guys came up on some used decks by helping pick up trash at the park. Thanks Homies.
Peep Izzy’s drawing of Ray. Nice goatee Ray.
The Saugy Showdown Games of S.K.A.T.E. and the weekly clip will be up soon.
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