We said our goodbyes to Woodward today. Unfortunately we will be missing out on the dance friday night and the talent show tonight.
Dropped Alex off first.
Then Elijah...
Then I pretty much just quit taking photos of people exiting the van and started taking photos of helicopters flying over the freeway. Yesterday, Jason, Supa, Dyson and Clint rolled by the agency. Jason made a grand appearance on his new motorcycle as the one and only, "Leatherhead Tompkins". The guys checked out some of their top secret footage for the upcoming Stereo video and even filmed a couple interviews. Click here for more
Nick, Johnny and Bill are getting extreme at the Staples Center for the next couple of days.
Nick brought moral support for his epic moves.
Don't forget this, happening tonight.
And if you have not seen it, now is a good time to watch Logan Kincade #13
Enjoy your day.
Woke up and had some lunch. It was looking good today.
Started the day off at some bike jumps.
Elijah gave dirt boarding a try.
Then we hit up the rock climbing area. Sean gave it his all.
Dinner was enchiladas. They tasted a little different. But we wern't complaining. Its camp life...
Elijah ended the day with some serious vert dropping in.
Started off today at Woodward with the chicken sandwich special.
Looking pretty good.
Some guys decided to hit up the band room.
Then we all headed over to the bowling alley they offer.
None of us were very good at bowling. Everyone should stick to skating.
After that we checked out the gymnastics area.
It is full of stuff we would have never imagined existed. So obviously we gave it a whirl.
Some were better than others.
Gareth was the champ forsure.
Video game area...
It wasn't all fun and games. We did have a demo so we soaked it up at the pool first.
The demo went great.
This kid was hyped.
Nuge and Abdias are heading to the East Coast for THIS!
Where is Sierra relaxing now?
Matt signed a board for his #1 fan Milton Baca who has recently been hit by a car. Our best wishes go out to his friends and family. Get well soon, Miltion!
Showed up at Catalina yesterday for Ed's birthday. Deanna organized it and he had no idea we were coming. Obviously, he was shocked.
He was newly equipped with a headset and speaker to aide in his tour presentation of the island. Deanna loved it.
So did Kincade.
Birthday adventures can be tough on Teva'ed legs.
Rob and Grant finally took the leap we've all been waiting for. Best Friends Forever.
We had to leave eventually. Grif goes out with class.
Heres a couple photos from the indoor park that we skated last night.
Alex was feeling the frustration of skating new trucks
Gareth wasn't
We moved onto the best part of the park.
The foam pit
After the heated session in the foam the guys were tired so we all headed back to the rooms.
Here are a few more pics from the Pride & Dekline BBQ in OB. enjoy....
Some Foundation guys headed to Woodward skate camp today. The 5 hour drive took only 8 hours or so...
Alex and flow guy Elijah were in the mix
Picked up Gareth
Sean jumped in...
Went to Nuge's house to grab him and we were on our way.
Grab the essentials at the grocery store for backup food just in case camp food wasn't always cutting it.
Elijah found a spot in the middle of nowhere. So we let him session it for a second.
We made it to our destination
As soon as we arrived at Woodward we went straight to the cafeteria for some dinner.
Group shot at camp boys.
On to the pool life...
Then back to some eating. This time peanut butter and jelly.
The day is a wrap. Oh yeah we skated about 7 different skate parks they have here also. But you have to wait until tomorrow for that.
Chris takes you on a tour of the Stereo HQ
Thanks to all the friendly people who came out to the Pride BBQ today. A special thanks to Todd from Pride and the rest of his crew for all the support. Peep the photos of the good times inside and out back of Pride Skateshop located in Ocean Beach, Ca.
It feels good to see the payoffs of having a art show featuring a board series of ours.
I spotted a kid the next day riding the Nuge board and snuck some photos.
Met up with the crew at Fundy for Sundy.
Rob was shredding his hometown spots with fervor.
Grif had some equipment problems while shooting the pics.
The ED-209 was filming.
Grant was there for moral support. He even ripped his collar off in a show of torn clothes solidarity.
Grant and BH had some fun pitching pumpkin seeds at Rob's face.
Kincade was there to cover it, of course.
Mr. Bizzle and John Lew met up for some shredding the other day.
Matt was trying to take all his moves from tail drop...
And he took it there.
Johnny's brain turned into zombie pudding.
Grant threw up a relaxed pogo in celebration of innovation.
Scope L. Kincade 13 for further coverage.
Foundation Skateboards and Kelly D. Williams got together last friday to launch a new board series at DDR projects in Long Beach, CA. It was a art show featuring the boards Kelly did for us and also showcasing some of his other fine work. But hold up...lets go back a bit. I didn't only go to a art show. I went to the beach also. Lets rewind...
Ahhhh beach life. I heard stories about Long Beach being one of the most polluted oceans in the world or united states or something of that sort. Sweet. Well if you can't swim because you'll get sick then you might as well fish!
Fishermen, fisherwomen, fisherchildren, fishergrandmotheren, fishergrandfatheren. I'm making up words that end in "en" because fishermen does. Hmmm...that's fine by me.
This little guy caught a little guy. Lets eat! Or wait...mmm no you can have it. I'm not trying to eat the most polluted fish in the world really.
Oh look its the rail Nick skated on the Transworld cover.
Good thing you didn't fall in there little Nicky. Could've been eaten by sharks drawn by a 3rd grader.
Skiiiiiiiiiiirt(thats the sound of a car skidding to a stop)...back to the art show. It has begun.
Whoa. Those are nice.
Let me introduce to you the man behind all this beautiful work. Kelly D. Williams
Gareth and local neighbor Matt Bennet showed up.
This kid didn't have a graphic on his board so Gareth drew him one...
This kid stole one of the boards off the wall and just ran outside. Since we support stealing I figured I'd document this. We might have just given him a board though. Not sure.
Oh look who decided to show up. Mr. Bart Jones himself. He will appreciate the Mr. I added in there. Thanks to everyone that came out for the event. Especially Kelly, John @ DDR projects, Matt B, Gareth, Myself, My fans, Kelly's fans, and last but not least the fishermen of Long Beach.
Met up with John Lew yesterday at the mirrored behemoth that is the Vans Vortex.
Nick popped in to show off some new ink.
Skated the awesome ramp they have there.
Grant found a good perch to search for the best lines.
He got too casual and forgot to respect the ramp.
All Loyal Pawns have a chance at the Toy Machine GIVE-AWAY over at Skateboarder Magazine...
Josh prepares for a midnight snack. Check up on Harm and A-Stone over at Rvca.
Nick prepares for a midnight sack.
Jordan makes friends wherever he goes.
With greetings like this, it's no wonder why.
Ed regales us with ultra-embarrassing stories while navigating up the coast. His tour fuel is Nerds and Chick O Sticks.
He seems happiest away from his usual duties, deep in the tour milieu of baking parking lot demos and eager autograph seekers.
No Way Jose.
Just wanted to say that. Had nothing to do with this post featuring David ripping. Check back later I'm sure I'll think of something ground breaking to feature on the site.
Loyal Pawn #7654
#45198
#2567 - - - Even other companies' Big-Time Pros are Loyal Pawns...
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You are all being cataloged and watched by the proper authorities (Toy Machine).
Keep an eye on Austin Stephens and Josh Harmony at the RVCA Blog, you will be stoked. Melcher and Zarosh check in from the streets of London.
Thank God Its Wednesday. I don't know why but I know that's what Alex and Gareth are thinking today. Or maybe that's the only thing clever I could think of to say. Check out the RVCA site if you're bored. David, Harmony and Austin all have pictures of themselves on it. They've made it big time.
Soy has been busy filming for the new Landscape Video and sent us this post of a little warm-up session on Daily Motion.............Check it out here.
Nuge and Gareth will be at this Foundation deck release party @ DDR Projects in Long Beach. Check it out here!!
Sheckler was sweating Trapasso, he is already growing his hair out, and having Red-Bull make him special tie-dyed logo shirts... Loyal Pawns Unite! Bwana has been working hard on all his goodies for SDCC.
He Will have the Giant Fiberglass Killer (final painted version) at the booth, and available for pre-order. I haven’t see the final paints in person, but I hear it is stellar. Check out more Bwana News here.
Nuge went up to San Francisco with Gareth last week to do some shredding. Arriving back in LA just in time for the Foundation art show with Kelly D Williams. Check out what Olly Todd and the Stereo crew have been up to in their recent travels through the North West.
David's on tour with RVCA. You can read all about him and some other guys that are kinda assosiated to us known as the Toy Machiners on the RVCA blog.
Toebock premiered its latest video Don't Act Famous in San Diego last night and a good crowd of people showed up to watch it.
Pig Wheels rider Adam Crew and Bart Jones discussing business opportunity's or something I'm sure...
Adam said the video should be out in September for all those wondering...and features Tum Yeto riders David Reyes, Adam Crew, Angel Ramirez and Corey Duffel.
An old half-frame I shot of Geoff at the HB park a while back...
No more little girls walking by after school, or yelling at you from passing cars.
No more Park Locals and familiar faces to shred with. This was shot at the HB park as well. IF they ever build us another park, we will certainly be looking like this. Lets take it back a few decades and start our own Jump Ramp Contest series..!
Don't click here.
RVCA and ANP Artist Ed Templeton have designed a limited edition T-Shirt for The Closet which will be launching at their new location.
To tie in with this launch, Ed Templeton will be making a special appearance and will sign 15 exclusively expressed copies of his upcoming new book, Deformer.
The special T-Shirts will also be at the event for sale.
The store will be decorated with life size cut outs of people from Ed's photos.
Nolan Hall is going to DJ at the event. Web: RVCA, the Closet.
Or pre-order Deformer here.
If you're in the San Diego area this Sunday make sure to stop by and check out Adam Crews Toebock video. Featuring tons of Tum Yeto riders including Adam Crew, Angel Ramirez and David Reyes.
Johnny came up on some Cobra Commander shit while in Ukiah. Texting?
The two quietest guys deep in nonversation.
There was a DGK scout in town and he tried to steal Rob.
Then he found out Rob was into Bon Jovi.
There was a ramp in the woods. Ed and J-Lay schralped it.
Nick just kicked it and had a few dog burgers.
Ed got worked in some macho arm slapping game with Little Bill.
John and Bill got very close on the tramp.
Until Billy flipped out.
He picked the Corey board. It's that easy. Check in next week for another contest.
See even Alex is down...
Abdias is down...
David is down... The Maloof Money Cup is airing on CBS this Sunday, July 20th @ 12pm PST. Don't miss Chris Pastras announcing the entire event!!
Check out Flow rider Sid Melvin and friends
Looks like this kid will be shredding the streets and parks with
RVCA.
Nick warmed up for the demo in Atascadero by getting medieval.
Stoners of the Middle Ages unite.
Rob doesn't smoke and couldn't hang in the helmet bong.
Here comes trouble.
Billy got baked in a different way at the demo. Here he is immediately after out of uniform.
Ed met a new homie in Josh. They kicked it odd couple style.
Six shooter.
Sometimes I wonder how Alex felt during his day in the life video we shot. Hmm.. oh well.
Abdias was on site...
"hey Alex how's your back looking?"
"oh just a little scrape, cool"
Josh Harmony (aka J-Harm, aka The Harminator) gets loose on the Davis rail.
I bet you can meet him at this upcoming Film Screening.
And Johnny Layton (aka J-Lay, aka J-Lizza) elevates a crook to some high box amidst a sweet line.
Photos by Griff: Loyal Pawns Unite!
Check out the Movie Website for previews and info... Patrick Melcher did a day interview with Filter Magazine's Antic TV. Check it out!
Sierra Fellers, Corey Duffel, Adam Dyet and Billy Marks all skated the Maloof contest over the weekend and we have the footage to prove it. Check it out here. Adam missed the finals by one spot at the Maloof Money Cup this weekend. Our homies over at mikendo.com sent us this shot of Adam's backside noseblunt in the prelims.
The aroma of democracy filled the air in Salem.
As did Rob with a nollie back heel.
Ed shrugs at Billy's raw skate prowess. The changing of the guard is at hand.
At least he's able to laugh about it.
Austin and Matt are still in the midst of creating their skate careers.
Grif looks back on his amateur skate career with some sopping melancholy.
Ed Templeton's Fugazi Photo-Joiner was one of the pieces sold. See Photos Here. (scroll down)
Learn about and Go Visit the show! (click here)
It was a busy weekend for Billy Marks. Signing autographs and watching out for the lonely blue guy...
Hanging out with world famous celebrities like Ed Templeton...
Playing Guitar Hero in the 'skaters lounge'...
Then battling Koston in a game of SKATE, (he got 4th place!)...
Here you see Bill hanging out with... Kenny Hughes? Where has he been?
Kincade hangs out with Bill and his beautiful girlfriend....
When not eating corn-on-the-cob the hard way, the spectators busied themselves watching Chris Cole get ROBBED. A few spectacular moves from Cole and Lutzka added ooohhs and aaahhs to carnage that was happening all day on the course and in the stands, meaning fights... I saw Corey Duffel fight the filmer Beagle, and some dude get pummeled by a group of Brazilian skaters.
See the Results here! And footage of Billy ripping here.
The aroma of democracy filled the air in Salem.
As did Rob with a nollie back heel.
Ed shrugs at Billy's raw skate prowess. The changing of the guard is at hand.
At least he's able to laugh about it.
Austin and Matt are still in the midst of creating their skate careers.
Grif looks back on his amateur skate career with some sopping melancholy.
Corey grinded up the hubba.
Sierra and Billy during games of skate.
A small peak inside our booth...
Everyones at Maloof in Orange County. No wonder the sites not being updated...more photos to follow soon...
Some Portland pawns snuck up on our van and wrote the obvious.
Billy absolutely slaughtered the demo in Portland.
Rob wasn't so bad either and showed his confidence with a gangsta' point.
Matt B was feeling under the weather.
Jordan never complained once about anything. He did ask about being a back-door man and reveal a longing for the righteous beauty of Pam.
Johnny sweats so much in the sweltering summer heat that he wears a bathing suit at all times.
This is what young girls do when an image capturer is turned on them. Must be instinctual.
No one wanted to drink Ed's water.
I stole this girl's scooter at a stop we made.
Austin trimmed up Seu's neck line. We groom each other like chimps.
Saw an angel walking with her boyfriend one morning.
Fires were everywhere.
Einz liken.
Bleeding Gums Stephens got punched in the face...
Broke Back Matt had to visit the chiropractor.
See it in Kincade 12... The X-Rays are in. Melcher's pinky finger is definitely broken. (Click the image for more photos)
Mike O'Meally "FAR FROM HOME" Photo show! 64 Grand street. Dactyl Gallery
Melcher broke his finger at Woodward with the Dekline guys. Stay up Melcher.
Nick gets epic on the cover of TWS. Tear it out and worship accordingly. Then buy a new Toy Machine board, and film yourself shredding it, and post it on YouTube.
A lot can happen in a day, Dyet gets lost even with a GPS & a map but managed to make it to the demo, Gareth tries a Twinkie for the first time and Melcher breaks his finger. Flow rider Sid Melvin showed up one minute before the demo and killed it. The kids all got free stuff and a big thanks goes out to Neal Hendrix, Buzzy Sulivan and Woodward West skatecamp.
Check out the
Video
Or for a different high res version you can watch it here
David and Alex stopped by to grab a few things.
Picky little fella...
On to the packing area...
When we got to the first spot Julian might have fell into the sewage water.. I'm not sure..
Not looking good...
Yep.. Yep I'm positive he did.
Onto the handrail portion of the day.
...
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meanwhile there was a unscheduled demo at a ledge nearby. Nollie noseblunt was the trick of choice I shot.
Next spot...
Just when we thought the day couldn't get any better a non activated phone I mean Blackberry was offered to us for a small payment of a complete skateboard. Sounded like a decent deal to us so we checked it out for games...
Game situation was looking a bit weak..plus the non activation didn't help. We settled on no deal.
We said goodbye to the bros and headed home..
Gareth Stehr, Patrick Melcher and Adam Dyet just arrived at Woodward West. Check back soon for more photos!
Long time friend of ours, Thrasher editor and photographer Mike Burnett released a book featuring photos from his travels last year. The book highlights 3 trips he went on and two out of the three are Tum Yeto trips. Toy Machine Lurk Fest European tour and Foundation King Of The Road. With lots of coverage from both teams inside. Take a look at the website for more info. Congradulations Mike on getting this done!
Ed and the boys in the midst of the first demo in San Luis Obispo. Hot as balls.
This kid filmed the demo. He was from Germany. He ruled.
Matt B impresses the SLO youth and...
...hung out with his cousin who goes to school nearby. See the resemblance?
Loyal Pawns unite!
Fun one! And oh, by the way, Nick Trapasso got the COVER of Transworld!!!!! If you guys haven't already known Chris Pastras is updating his Blog for the Stereo Sound Agency so Get up to speed.....Photos from his Trip and a few Rodent Pics posted in the Blog. Thanks for the update Chris!
For a look inside our new am check out the day in the life/try out style boot camp video we enforce upon each new team rider.
Click Here dummy or here for high res Here are some photos of Gareth's last day in NC. Plans to come back are in the works.
Apparently someone has been prank calling Billy. We don't know his name but go ahead and give him a call and ask him why he'd do such a thing. 415-573-4865
More tour posts coming in hot the rest of the week.
(PS: Updated the ADS section...)
I stopped by Neils house a couple weeks ago and shot some photos for you all.
Adrian showed up...
Corey, Nuge and Gareth all hanging out in the South.
Having a bit of fun in San Luis Obispo...
Ed's been trying to get his guys into this new style, but they seem unwilling to change.
Gratuitous Rob in front of Rotten Robbie coverage. I don't know if you young hipsters know, but we are so hip and cutting edge that we made it into the Urban Dictionary. Wackity Schmackity dooo.
See some photos from our Seattle Demo here.
See photos from our Portland Demo here. It's official, the French hate Toy Machine
Thanks to all those shops, kids, moms and dads, and loyal pawns that helped make it sweet.
I don't think so.
Loyal Pawn Jgonz posted some pics on the Emerica site...
That is all to report. I saw the dudes at Morning Glory in Eugene, Oregon. (Some kid gave us some shirts, and I met a kid from Vermont who had my shoes too) Kevin didn't have a cord for his camera, so when he gets home, you will get a new and fresh batch of steamy photos from the ODDITY ODYSSEY!
Watch L. Kincade 12 right now.
Name: Erik Logan Bevins
Age: 7 months
Erik rocks his Toy Machine gear making him the coolest kid in his daycare!
Corey jumps on a front board for the warm up.
Nuge was there to capture all the angles.
Gareth...
Long days in the sun....
Tum Yeto is stoked to have Glenn on board!!
Although we separated up in Seattle, I met up with the dudes in Eugene, Oregon...
They had already tore all the spots a new a-hole and were off to light up some more.
Sweet Jesus! Seu had made a 'shoe-hammock' to rest his sore photographer's feet.
Here are photos from the Foundation Demo at Vertical Urge in Raleigh, NC. Thanks to Todd Canipe & Pat Mckinley. Nuge was injured so he grabbed Rodents camera and shot Gareth and Corey.
We headed up to Washington DC to skate the Georgetown quarter pipes and hang with flow rider Shaun Gregoire. Here are a few shots from the day.
Airing Wednesday, July 2, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Sierra Fellers will appear on The Daily Habit.
Nuge wallies a laying down Corey...
The guys stopped by ARC skateshop in Eden, NC.
At the demo this kid Luke showed up and revealed himself to be an amazing Loyal Pawn. He keeps a scrapbook of all the Toy Machine ads and coverage. Do you do that? Then consider yourself a crappy pawn.
Here Luke sits with Austin who enjoyed scoping out his scrapbook. YOU RULE LUKE!
These guys drove all the way down from Vancouver, Canada. They blitzed the over the border with no passports and lied to their moms about where they were going, -awesome.
One of them was the kid who I drew a sect on the last time I was in Vancouver, well, he got that tattooed in for life. CRAZY! Now these are also some epic pawns. THANKS FOR COMING VANCOUVER HOMIES!
Then J-Lay gave some shoes away.
The first kid to be an 11.5 was right there and scored them quickly.
We ate dinner at a sweet Thai place. The dudes from Snowboard Connection hooked us up and were super nice. The park they had us demo at just opened and we were the first demo. It is a great park, be sure to go shred it.
Then we went out on the Seattle streets and lurked hard, playing 'Quarters'...
I came up pretty good...
But then went back down...
Crushing, then Simping.
I left exactly where I began. Grif and Matt B copped my steez and started getting good.
Then I said goodbye to the guys. I will be driving home in a diferent car with Deanna. See more on my blog.
Watch L. Kincade 12 right now.
We played some Bocce Ball at the Vita cafe in Portland for breakfast before our demo at the Department of Skateboarding.
Jordan Taylor zones out.
The demo was epic, Billy Marks logged a legendary performance, and Rob, Jordan, and J-Lay killed it extra special style. These two kids got there LATE and missed the demo.
Booooooo!!! That sucks pretty bad. (especially 'cos we killed it!!!!)
Then we drove up to Olympia, Washington. See all this fun in video form via L. Kincade 12, straight crushing.