It was only three 15-year old girls...

What's the Big Deal? (not Ed, thats for sure...)

Mike gets a photo boner...

While Ed rocks his skate guitar... Pola's by professor Grif

hotel room life

Gareth and Nuge battling it out before skating. I'm sure they're just playing go fish or crazy eights.

Griffin's Letter Writing Contest...

See the RANDOM section for details...

First ever "Griffin's Letter Writing Contest"

Best letter per month get a FREE TOY MACHINE DECK! (while supplies last) Send letters to: Griff's Letter Contest Here are the RULES: I believe in freedom of speech, meaning write what ever you want. However, there must be a set of DOs and DON'Ts for a letter contest to work. DO send in your story about the most embarrassing moment in your life, the alien abduction, the thing you found under your mom's bed, a brush with death, sweet make outs and rejections, or anything to keep your letter entertaining. DON'T whine or beg. Let's leave that to the hippies. DO include drawings, videos, pictures, clippings and cut-outs DON'T ask for anything free. This is an automatic disqualification. Remember, you can't bullshit a bullshitter, but embellishing is storytelling. Who knows, your waste of time could win you a brand new TOY MACHINE! Get the address from the 'Contact' link on this website...

cookies and milk for breakfest

The life of a 17 year old...David Reyes

this photo makes skating look a bit dangerous

Duffel throwing up a back lip to get guys motivated to skate the rail. This looks worse then it really was. He escaped it no problem. Watch out for the board Broach!

More of Griff's Polaroids.

The Tempster Shines On

You're being blinded by the brightness of Ed's blossoming art career. He takes off for Belgium tomorrow. Wish him luck.

back noseblunt by Angel

Angel cruised through this park with ease. So fun to watch. Here he is flying out of the step up to back noseblunt.

Cap' Shue

This is the scene at HB park on Friday evenings. Sketchy.

Bennett Is Smokin'

Matt is heading up to SF with Fallen this weekend. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. He also has the first 'Clips from the Cutting Room Floor' of Suffer the Joy coming this week on sufferthejoy.com. Stay tuned for details. And go to the Skatepark of Tampa website to possibly win some FREE gear in their Toy Machine give-away!

Polaroids from Griff's camera...

From the KOTR.

Harmony In The Marble Forest

This spot is fun for the 5 minutes before you get kicked out.

dance off 2006

Corey, Gareth and Matt having some fun at Metro boardshop.

show me the money...please

Sierra collecting his contest winnings in Poland. I need to get the full scoop on the contest but can't find anything about it. Hook me up Poland distributer. Sierra now has $9,995 dollars left after he gives in to the greatness of Mcdonalds.

Bradford In His Natural Habitat

See Billy, along with J-Lay, Diego and Josh tear the Moscow skatepark a new A-Hole then click right here.

Billy's Secrets Revealed!

To get that extra something out of all of his shred sleds, Bilbo grips his boards with a shoelace. And if you want to see Billy, along with J-Lay, Diego and Josh tear the Moscow skatepark a new A-Hole then click right here. It's well worth it.

after a hard days work...

footy party on Tommys computer...actually most likely it was a myspace gathering.

The Agony Of Defeat

The last days of filming are either filled with uplifting victories of dream tricks being fufilled, or heartbreaking injuries that frustrate and demoralize. While the vid is filled with the former, Matt B is caught here taking in the latter. Bummer. "Suffer The Joy" of filming for the next video already.

Sierra takes 1st in Poland

Sierra Fellers has been out in Poland for the last couple of days. Fresh off the Circa midwest tour. There was a contest out there at some new park and he placed 1st in the contest and won best trick also. I hear he's $10,000 richer now. I guess we picked the right guy to be are new Foundation am.

Taking the rough with the smooch

Another one of Ed's wonderful hip bruises... Kevin said my ass and hips look like a gaseous planet, like Jupiter for instance, with an ever changing red spot floating around, and you can never quite get or remember the shape, because it is always in some sort of flux. A shapeless lumpy mass...

I saw the worlds lamest painting today...

And shot a photo of it so you could see it too.

the notorious van

long night of skating

While some of the guys were filming others would try to catch up on sleep. Late nights filming for Cataclysmic Abyss.

Give THANKS Everybody!

And time for another installment of Toy Machine's hidden agenda: The brainwashing of Loyal Pawns into compassionate human beings who choose not to kill other animals and take part in the eating of their flesh in a ritualistic ceremony under the guise of giving thanks for the rape and slaughter and non-recognition of the native American people's role in our prospering as a country...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

And time for another installment of Toy Machine's hidden agenda: The brainwashing of Loyal Pawns into compassionate human beings who choose not to kill other animals and take part in the eating of their flesh in a ritualistic ceremony under the guise of giving thanks for the rape and slaughter and non-recognition of the native American people's role in our prospering as a country... But you do what suits you of course... You must choose your own path.

Tommy setting up a new stick

Look at the spot in the background. Major League Baseball photo incentive

Happy Thanksgiving from Foundation Skateboards

The guys hard at lurk. Abdias, Sierra, Duffel, Nuge, Reyes, and Angel.

Some European Suffer Premiere...

The crowd looks amped!

Suffer premiere in RUSSIA!

Check out coverage on these Russian skate websites: Skateboarding.ru and Skater.ru...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

York and Bushwick wish you a Happy Thanksgiving

oldie but a goodie...

Go Skateboarding Day 2006

F am Matt Allen...

catchin some rays at Active AM '06. Photo: Carleton Curtis

Trapassso Lives!

This is Nick. He got a standing ovation when his video part debuted at the Suffer The Joy premiere. If you don't have the video yet, you are deformed. Nick will be pissed at you, too. "Suffer the Joy" of being gawked at by your peers.

Ed Talking with the "Cop"/ Theatre owner...

...Who allegedly broke a kids wrist...

Crowd waiting to get in to Suffer the Joy

Can you find the skate Celebs?

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The Pro who never dies...

Sierra interview at Vitalskate.com

Since he is the new guy and all, i figured i would throw up this somewhat recent interview. Sierra interview

Alex Gourdouros interview

Foundation and Pig Wheels flow rider Alex coming through with the interview. Alex you should probably answer your phone one of these times I'm calling. I would think you would need boards by now...Thanks to Shad for the interview and photos. Nice. Alex interview

Bling Fest and Active Am goods...

Its a wrap. Another weekend of skateboarding. Congratulations to Dennis Busenitz for winning Bling Fest And David Loy for winning Active Am. Tum Yeto attending riders were Matt Allen, Tommy Gurrola, Corey Duffel, Mike "Owen" Franklin, Abdias Rivera, David Reyes, Billy Marks, Josh Harmony, Austin Stephens, Johnny Layton, Matt Bennett, and Nick Trapasso. Thanks to Active and Vans for another amazing event. Footy from Bling Fest

Austin Looks over the river...

Billy Marks, Suffer the Joy...

If you are in Vancouver, go see the vid...

At Leeside this SUNDAY the 19th - 2- 6 pm --------4pm video plays PRODUCT TOSS FOR BOARDS... see some BANDS... eat some bbq - byobbq if yah want drink some hot cocoa... skate something in a tunnel away from the rain...

If you are in San Francisco...

Go see this photography exhibition with Tobin Yelland & Dennis McGrath!

Images from Suffer premiere in AUSTRALIA

People watch in obvious glee, their life becomes whole from the nourishing images of the Team skating... Loyal Pawns are frantic to see the life giving nectar that is our video... And this lucky chap seems to have won a skateboard autographed by the world famous Johnny Layton... And Matt Bennett too!

There wasn't only one...

Signs of Griffin were everywhere...

Shiloh on the Captain and Casey Show

Shiloh and Dekline friend Stacey Lowery were guests on the Captain and Casey Show. Check back for updates for airtime on Fuel TV.

Again, I am away from my computer...

...And Kevin is boycotting his job in a serious way... What gives? Enjoy this photo of a Triceratops skull I took in Vienna...

FREE FRIDAYZ giveaway

Check out Foundation's F art Deck #2 by cohen featured on FecalFace.com ... Go draw a rad Meerkat and win it! Fecalface.com

Blowing it on the web updates!

Kevin took off to Arizona, and I am in San Francisco, and I don't have any photos of the team with me! So here is a link to Skateboarder Magazine's review of the video. Some kid already plagarized it in his comments...

new F recruit with Duffel and Reyes

David Reyes, Sierra Fellers, and Corey Duffel all lurking outside of Metro Boardshop getting ready to go skate some street.

whats going on here

Pig Wheels rider Mike Rusczyk lurking hard with little David Reyes in the background. Nice guys, nice.

This Guy.

Mr. Matt Bennett Prepare.

Team shots are hard to get

This is as close as I got. And I'll take it...

Grif answers your letters to Toy Machine...

So be sure to write him a very long and heartfelt letter.

Sierra Fellers : New Foundation AM!

With his ultra smooth skating style and outgoing personality, this Montana native is a perfect fit for Foundation. Currently residing in Long Beach, CA and putting out which some call the best part in the new Circa video "It's Time", Sierra is definitely letting everyone know that it is his time. Sierra joins ams Angel Ramirez, Matt Allen and Tommy Gurrola along with the pro squad featuring Ethan Fowler, Corey Duffel, Mike Rusczyk, Don Nguyen and Gareth Stehr. Keep up to date with all the exciting Foundation Skateboards news at the recently revamped F website: www.skateboardingfoundation.com. Keep on Rolling.

bouncy ball fun

Angel and Matt after dinner. You just can't see the bouncy ball they're playing with because my camera isnt quick enough. But its there...somewhere.

Smog Filled Beauty

LA has savage grace when viewed from afar. The first videos should hit shops this Friday at the premiere locations All other shops, if they freaking ordered them, should get them on the 20th !! (you should heavily reprimand your local shop if they neglected this!) Suffer the pleasant Joy of buying an epic skate video...

This is John Bradford...

He helped Kevin make the video...

A Brief Respite Before Shredding

Here the dudes snack out before collecting some choice clips for their parts in "Suffer The Joy". The first videos should hit shops this Friday at the premiere locations All other shops, if they freaking ordered them, should get them on the 20th !! (you should heavily reprimand your local shop if they neglected this!) Suffer the pleasant Joy of buying an epic skate video...

Kevin is so happy that...

...the video is done, that he is posing epic method airs in glee. Suffer the Joy of all Joy and no Suffer.

This guy came to the premiere too...

New Rider NICK TRAPASSO chills with the team...

...Literally. Suffer the Joy of seeing his new part in Suffer the Joy...

The AFTERMATH of the Suffer Premiere...

A nice shot of the MANY police equipped with Riot Gear to be used against the Rabid Loyal Pawns and the Minions of the Bloodsucking Corporation... They blocked off an entire city block... Here is the door that got ripped right off it's hinges by the sheer force of raging skaters' bodies ramming against it. Don't forget the broken glass... There was about 2000 skaters waiting to see the movie. Over 12 arrested!!! as reported by the sheriff's department! Eric from Tum-Yeto counted 51 cops/riot patrol people from where he was standing. We needed to have 5 showings for everyone to see it. One kids arm did in fact get broken by a sheriff in disguise as theater employee... that sucks...

Tommy and Angel

I dont know whats going on here. Trading 1 cheeto for a ciggerette maybe. nice nice

THE PREMIERE of DEATH...

I rolled up real early to a line of kids wrapping around the block. We didn't really have security, so I worked the door, which sucks because I have to hold fans back who just want to see the movie. I fucking hate telling a kid to wait, or having to hold them back. Anyway, we let people in and the theatre got packed. Kids started getting rowdy and the owners of the place started getting bummed. We showed the movie, but the sound was fucked! They couldn't turn it up very loud at all, and you had to stay pretty quiet to hear it. Weird, but it worked out OK, and people seemed to be pretty amped on it! Then we tried to get people out and it started getting crazy. People started barging in, and I had a bunch of VIP's waiting outside that I needed to get in. Daewon Song, Jamie Thomas, Greg Lutzka, Darrel Stanton, and a ton of other friends of mine and the team were waiting in a sweaty, rowdy, and every moment angrier crowd... The cops showed up to control the crowd, but people started throwing shit at them. I was able to get some people in, but at some point we needed to relieve the kids in the line, some of which were getting crushed, so we started letting people in and a stampede started, I got completely ran over, the door of the theatre got torn off it's hinges and glass started breaking... It turned into total fucking chaos. The riot police started getting aggro and arresting kids, rumors have it that they did so very forcibly, possibly breaking one kids' wrist. I saw 2 kids in the back of the police car when I left the place, and I saw one kid getting slammed to the ground. The theatre people were bumming hard at this point, and wanted to shut it down, but we begged them to just show the movie for the second time... We got the sound figured out, and the second showing went great, aside from the riot happening outside, and the damaged theatre, and all the kids who didn't make it in. I am really sorry for anyone who didn't make it in, or anyone I had to hold back. I hate doing that shit. My apologies to the theatre for the damage. My apologies for the kids who came and didn't make it in. My disappointment with the cops who harshed the Loyal Toy Machine Pawns. My anger with any skaters who caused a riot by fucking with the cops and ruining it for everyone else. My LOVE of the fact that we are skaters and we like it raw. Toy Machine came and left the streets of Long Beach in ashes. Both good and bad, we fucked shit up. -ed templeton

Sean Conover with a warm up trick

Foundation flow rider Sean Conover kickflip 5-0. Thanks to Mikey Little for the sequence. Check out his website at www.mikelittlephotography.com or click here dunny...

THE DAY OF RECKONING HAS COME

Suffer the Joy premieres tonight!

THE DAY OF RECKONING HAS ARRIVED

Suffer the Joy premieres tonight!

Duffel and Nuge

Matt Allen at the park

This is the skatepark by Duffels house. We skated here for a couple hours. Pretty fun warm up spot. Heres Matt with the shifty flip.

I'm sure we got spit in are food

Tommy Gurrola, Grant the filmer, Duffel, David Reyes(F flow), Matt Allen, Angel, and Abdias(F flow) getting some breakfest.

Suffer the Joy - The Website...

Go to SUFFER the JOY.com--- To see footage from the cutting room floor in the coming weeks... The TIME HAS COME... For Kevin to relax and enjoy the premiere.

Tempster Leads The Way

That's Ed pointing you all in the right direction, telling you to go to.... TO THIS!!!! "Suffer The Joy" in two days.

Mrs. Templeton

Wherever she goes, Deanna is surrounded by a circle of youth and happiness. Spain is no exception.

Harmony Surveys The Wave Of Mutilation

Josh is often mystified when required to manage the product toss. He dislikes the violent chaos and usually just hands the decks to well deserving kids keeping quiet with battered boards. "Suffer the Joy" pick out your Sunday best, 'cause you're wearing it this Thursday.

F out to dinner

Foundation recently took a trip up to Duffels house for a last minute filming mission. 13 people deep makes for some good skateboarding. Heres us out to eat.

This should be a hallmark card

Tommy Gurrola spot. Looks neat huh.

Random Muska

He has braids here during his early Toy Machine days.

Sometimes You Eat The Bear...

While attempting to tame a wild beast of a rail, Josh ripped his shoulder out of socket. Here he is bumming. "Suffer The Joy" we're taking a beating so you don't have to.

Gnar-dog!!

We don't hang people anymore over here...

Lurker

This guy lurked on everyone while they skated in Oz.

Diego Does It

I don't think this photo is getting used, but it's too sweet not to be seen. Good one, Butch. "Suffer The Joy", creeping up on you like a silent killer.

Just a little something...

to think about as mid-term elections are right around the bend. This is not President Bush or Republican bashing, it is more of a take on US arrogance as a whole and the lack of responsibility anyone is taking for it.

Wearing The Dudes

The Open Road

With a blank canvas in front of him, Matt B. has nothing but choices about how to paint his next video part. "Suffer The Joy", winding down for us, just starting for you.

NOW HEAR THIS!

You know that if you're not there, you are a mongoloid.

You Want Random...?

...we give you random.

A Head Shake Of Disappointment

Ed is disgusted with me for not updating promptly. Can't you tell? Sour-puss of despair... Suffer The Joy, it's a week away. Wusses beware.

More toys to enjoy until Kevin wakes up...

Billy.

Kevin, refusing to update...

forces me to update from Europe. Grif lurks...

Tum Yeto at Goofy vs. Regular

Good times had by all. The game for the weekend was to stand behind the line, shoot the basketball into the hoop while doing a flip trick or some other kind of trick with your skateboard. Thanks to all that came out.

F art deck #2 available now!!!!

Some of you may be saying..F art deck? #2? huh? Well get with the program homeslice..the F art deck program is a new Foundation scheme to support/collab with up and coming artists..fellow skaters and big art celebs too. Its also a way for us to release really unique and rare F logoism inspired graphics every month to you! These decks are super limited and will be new every month,so get your hands on one while you can. Ask your local shop..and if they dont have any..then tell them to get with the F-ing Program! Cohen Morano is a five and a half year old artist and kindergarten student from Chico, CA. He likes to play with Star Wars action figures,eat macaroni and cheese, read books, draw, and play with his friends. When he grows up, he wants to be a moviemaker or toy maker. Cohen has an on-going collaborative art project and has worked with dozens of artists like Shepard Fairey, Aaron Horkey, Dave Kinsey, Mark Ryden, Mike Giant, Dave Choe, Winston Smith, Tim Biskup, and Barry McGee. Cohens work can be seen as a reoccurring blog on art website fecalface.com Cohen is very excited about making a skateboard, calling it the monster board and says "thank you to the guys who are gonna make it." For more information on Cohens work, please visit ayejay.com F art deck #2 curated by Travis FUDGE Millard Check fecal face this week for a special featured F art deck program/Cohen contest giveaway!

F Truth or Gossip?

Muska is now Nuge's personal photographer? Muska and Nuge MTV reality show? Muska Beats and Nuge music collaboration? Muska and Nuge opening PHO restaurant in Hollywood? you be the judge... the future's so bright you gotta wear stunna shades