fomo

fomo - "fear of missing out"

okay maybe i'm not up with all the happenings etc. so new slang might go right by me or maybe i'm just not very good at listening but this is the first time i've ever heard of this.. i saw it on a skate video where an amazing skater called brian anderson (look him up) talked about "know fomo" i don't know why he used know.. instead of know.. but anyways i think it's a pretty cool idea.. like you always have that fear you might be missing out if you don't go out one night or something like that, so this living with out that fear - no fomo.
i thought it was pretty cool idea!

anyway this is brian anderson, pretty cool dude with some pretty gnarly tattoos;

photos taken from caught in the crossfire, and transworld skating (still)

peace

barney and jack's gig

barney and jack in picture 1. barney and thom in 4. and 5.
taken in watusi 21st cotober 2010

short sleeves?

so i recently acquired an old short sleeved shirt from a family friend. up till this point in my life i have always hated them, i can't explain it, it may have been because everyone who used to where them were normally douche bags.. but some other reasons as well. but this year i've become more and more fond of them, they're slowly becoming more popular around wellington, and they also have been pretty big in the skating industry for just under a year now. right now i'm on the look out for a cheap blue one because i reckon the look pretty rad (although extremely common) any-who if you've got opinions on them or know a good brand/place to find them let me know!

the first picture is of cory kennedy, taken from the good not great website and then the other two are taken from the RVCA collection (cory kennedy's sponsor).

let me know what you think,

peace

My wonderful, wonderful friends.
(All Photos by Jack, again... he has the mad skills!)

nick mullins

okay a while ago i was looking through the videos on the berrics and came across this insane skater by the name of nick mullins, after watching his video i keep looking through the others on the site and found that he wasn't yet another professional skater, but an amateur skater who was in a coma with a staph infection, and had been given a 1% chance of getting throughout. the berrics made many video updates etc. about nick and where he was at until he finally pulled through, he came out with the loss of sight out of one eye and damage to his other which is now being repaired. he's back skating and still as amazing as ever, i've put some of the videos down the bottom of this post, make sure you watch the first it has amazing editing, music, and above all, skating.

'nick mullins day' song by metric - help i'm alive


interview with nick mullin


pretty crazy story, also note the song 'help i'm alive' and he was in a coma.. hah.. okay click the videos if you want to watch them on YouTube instead of the website.

peace

more skateboard graphics

so i'm pretty sure every child in the history of the world has loved where the wild things are.. the movie came out a while back and it was directed by spike jonze who just so happens to be the co-owner of the very successful skateboard company, girl skateboards.

so for the release of the movie girl did a collaboration with some of its best skaters and came up with these sweet skateboard graphics....

riders who got the these graphics are.. rick mccrank, rick howard, brandon biebel, mike carroll, eric koston, guy mariano, and jeron wilson.

peace

Martha's Pantry is an adorable high tea shop or cafe, located at the top of Cuba Street. Very Adorable and run by a bunch of lovely ladies who dress according to the decor. And the food was delicious!








All Photos are by Jack!
so cute.
xx

Apparently on windy days, you get a build up of negative ions which makes you grumpy. You should shower on a windy day, because it neutralises the negative ions with positive ions.
Yesterday was windy, and boy was I grumpy.
Today was sunny and I am happy.

xx

people

jayne, nikki, taylor, barney, kate, thom, rhys, finn, emilie, tom

peace

how soon is now?

skateboarding and art

okay so this is another skateboarding post but with a bit of twist, it's more about the board graphics and who did them. the company i'm talking about is alien workshop, they've been around for a long time in the skateboarding industry and have some major pro skaters on their team; dylan rieder, steve berra, heath kirchart, jason dill, and rob dyrdek just to name a few.
for their spring 2010 decks they did a collaboration with none other than.. andy warhol! taking graphics from some of his most iconic pop works, and others from the death and disaster series they made some pretty amazing decks. take a look below? yeah..

 



From left to right the riders are dylan rieder, jason dill, heath kirchart, steve berra

peace

Its one of those days for taking a walk outside.

One fine Saturday...













xx