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ok here’s my update of the dekline trip……………….it was super fun lots of skaties lots of nights put till 4 in the morning looking for spots lots of good times. i would go out tonight but i haven’t got a ………………….

rodent picked us all up from the airport…………top notch bloke

melcher and his prehistoric moustache

homemade hotel haircut ………………………. take 1

……………………take 2

i definitely cant handle the waffle house band aid infused artery cloggers everyday so i walked to the pawn shop and hooked up a tour axe for “the secrets”

album cover by todd mate enterprises

melch hitting balls

stadium lights…………harsh biff coppers

danozone tagged along for the first leg of the trip……………………

he came ………………………

he saw……………………..

and he was out……………………… thanks dano!!!

there was lots of driving to be had, hence plenty of rest stops………….

and plenty of cook-out, this place was kinda the southern equivalent of in and out but two hundred more things to order and not really as good, but you could definitely get fed…… full…… and a t-shirt for about 6 bucks

mike and rodent were definitely happy to be on home town turf, which meant cook-out for every meal

matt just hangin at church

todd mate was def over the late nite bump to bar mission

jason in the van…………………….

getting comfortable.

we emptied some pool made to skate in the middle of nowhere? but it was super fun and zarosh killed it

i got some crazy allergys and wanted to rip out my eyeballs

zarosh documenting

well thats about all i remember still savin for the movable unit……………………..

OUT!!

ok so its been a while i been lazy and no laptop for tours makes it a little hard and then i get overwhelmed and have a midlife blog crisis meltdown and a whole bunch of bad shit soo……………

lets start with our big F trip to minneapolis!!

arty wing photo means start of trip ok

this was on the radio when i got picked up i thought it might be a good omen………………………………………………….nope

too bad it looked like this all weekend

blogging photo ops at boss’ fancy hotel

Barts not creepy right?

nah he just needs his coconut full of alcohol, all better

david was getting in the swing of things too

team dinner………………………..happy family!!!!

thanks tod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice sweaters

ran into clint back at the top shop beer bong jump ramp contest

mike munzenrider was there documenting for the skateboard mag

venom was well out of character but still killin it

bart getting tipsy a few more coconuts?…………thrasher dudes killin it with plane stories all weekend!

reppin chicago pretty hard bart and neen

grumpy here got lockjaw from a steady diet of PBRs at “grumpy’s” so he had to wear this thing around for a couple days…………..harsh biff

tod and barkers sweet trophys for the top shop prizegiving

eric’s favourite part of the weekend………………MALL OF AMERICA

he went nuts in there……….seriously

i went on a tourist mission to a club prince opened and some of “purple rain” the movie was filmed there…………….i was pretty hyped

i think this is barker tackling me at “GRUMPYS”…..great trip in the snow i hope to be back soon to skate in sunny days