EPICLY TRIFE

Toadical...

Indian school, NM. F'n sickest ditch I've ever skated but we had some weirdo long boarder cranker tryin to harsh barge our mello...

I told some chic Lowcard was a gay porn mag so she would stop hitting on me...

For Joe Brook...

Palmers'

Again...

Some of Palmers' ditch Quiver...

Trophies from the quiver. They actually have banked slalom races down the ditch; Palmer has won it and the prize can be up to 2500 dollars...

If u look close you can see Greek grinding on thru the pipe-Alamosa, NM...

No diets or detoxin' on this trip...

Ditches for miles...

Janet was there...

Canons' shirt Art

This behemouth was the last session on the trip. For the skate fotos of this trip they might show up in future issues of The Bible aka Thrasher the only mag...

It was this type of art work that kept Cards in our thoughts. In fact if someone was wussing out on a trick to help us pull it we screamed "Cardiel would pull it!"

Sunset flight and an end to another epic skate mission...

Pegacorn was our mascot until next time signing off

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Huf set bitch, on the cover-that's whats up...

all B&W photos: The Outlaw

Magnethead's killin' it these days. Thickest Lowcard yet. You know, loads of out of focus photos, tons of shitty ads from company's you've never heard of...

and more photos of Gordon Eckler then three Eckler family albums combined...

Nah, just kidding. Look how stoked it made Maru...

Baby talk crisis...

What's this photo got to do with Dompierre???

Apparently, both of these dudes are about to get hitched. I was gonna make this whole post only photos that had Rob in them...

But that would suck, so here's some broads cold waxin'...

Reija and Denise gettin' giggly with it...

This dude's Toadly back from his epic journey to the four corners...

Check out Corpsey. Dude, why dont you cry about it...

Weirdbeard-wise...

Sean Peterson layin' it down...

If Lo married Cardiel, she'd be Lo-Cards...

Hustle and the Outlaw...

By the way, Hustle Jamie got the new Creature ad-no big deal...

Fanny pack crisis...

I'll just say this, dont baby talk RSVP's...

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Warhol-wise...

One big happy family...

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Caulliflower wise
photo: Demassek Dods

On a side note, Id like to point out that we got an order for some Trife gear today from J. Owens...

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Botorhead's newest set-up, 'Angel Witch'-no bigs
all photos: Pensyl

The mexican rolls tight in the city.

Moving out of childhood house. Middle school wall of fame.

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"I hate Barry Bonds" -Carley

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Johnny and the Dudes headlined the "Doze It" campaign...

I got there late, and saw these two gearin' up to get down...

Freakin' the funk...

Bad Shit with lazers...

Then Tony became posessed...

rolled around on the floor...

and later'd Trixies drum kit...

Not sure if this was out of love or hate...

Puppy breath was there with his blog device...

Then this Dude came up with his band...

including this dude on guitar...

and this dude on drums...

That's right, it's Johnny and the Dudes...

A rare Kelly Anne shot...

Dosey doe-wise...

"Im not gay!!!"

The mark of a dude: Fishin', skating, and King of Beers...

"Put me on your blog"

More Ox. I got love for you drummers...

Then meltdown part 2...

That's a wrap...

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Caswell sighting in NYC
photo: Pensyl

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This spot is awes aztec nm
photos: Toad

We found Roger. First one to name the Street Corner company he skated for and win a Trife shirt

Too much epic for these guys

Senndawg is officially Senncat now - meow

If you're in Durango and want a tat go see Roger at your flesh tat parlor

Corpsey inspired grip job

And go see Ty at Concrete sk8 shop - Durango bitches

I was called a donkey this mornin and then I found this costume two hours later...

For more epic spots check the next couple of issues of the Bible

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When all your bro's are on trips it really makes coming to work that much funner.
"Dude, you're totally blowin' it" -Corpsey

So the Baby Talk Bachelor shower or whatever they want to call it headed to Oregon this week - Lowcard Tourd

Out of Brookings headed North to P-town...

Gordo baby talked a frontside grind over the McMinnville hole. Hope they stopped by the Spruce Goose. Look out Union Jax, here they come...

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You asked for it, you got it...
all photos: eclecTOAD

Senn's got an appetite for art and cressy cookies...

Senn dogs new product it is a new age camping lantern...

Toad art-it's a Toadsworthy...

In search of Roger Seliner - Durango, CO.

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The Ginch, Farmer, and Kelling It went to see Moz in Ohio...
photos: The Ginch

Hair Farmer had chauffeur status...

Grindline Columbus...

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Corpsey's new shoe?

Stopped by to check out an old pit...

Saw the remains of an old D-3...

Obviously fucked, we headed out to...

RIpon...

Hammeke sighting???

Johnny from Jackson supports Lowcard...

Locals...

Corpsey's been pretty much designated permanent chaufeur status for a while...

Gordo

Hola maricon...

Wound up at a backyard bowl...

Cranston sighting...

Shredding...

Owner dude, said no media without including his dog...

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Let the blog begin. Won't need this sweater soon...
photo: Antodius

The Toader's on a trip to the four corners with chaufeur Knuckle...

Hawaii yeah yahh in AZ - Senn Shaka

Canon with the Brimleys they are sponsors of the trip...

No big deal...

Mumma at the Griswold fam vacay...

And trip is complete with greek

Greek and Heidi live here, no bigs

Randy Colvin sighting at Sedona...

Senn art...

The Toader lovin' life...

Toadly eklectic times...

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EC and big poppa in between their first job site together and heading to Daly City for some shopping situaish. Apparently the big guy needed some new pants.
photo: Corpsey

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New York crew comin' in hot
photo: the Ginch

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Went out to Walnut Creek to shred the park...

Bro-card was on the scene...

FF's got Corpsey hyped, no more eeyore!!!

Holy shit, the death lens was out...

While Gordon was leading some seiminar...

Corpsey was rippin'...

Then we took it to Metro...

Indoor mini-ramp...

Complete with windows and piñata???

Gordo should have some clips on Thrasher site soon...

Lowcard sticker on the rear view, must be the Magnet-whip
By the way, who do you think should get WORST SKATER OF THE YEAR this year???

The drive home semi-sucked...

Trife panoramic - Over pass still down...

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Bobby Boyd sent in this photo of some Nashville pussies...

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Dinosaur Jr. blew my ears out last night...

Awesome Color from New York opened it up...

Apparently they're bro's with Andreas, so he was in full effect with camera and back stage pass...

Sonic-wise...

The pedals and the purple shoe laces; it has to be...

J. Mascis!!!

Set list. Don't worry, this ain't Morrissey, he changes his set every night...

In a jar the scars are plain to see...

It's the original line up maricon...

Halsey was there bloggin' it up without a drink!!!

There's no doubt, J shreds...

Lou on bass...

And Murph on drums...

Kelly Anne's view...

Look at those fuckin' Marshall stacks...

Coach got the new album...

This dude misses the Ginch...

Coach loved this dudes jacket...

That dude owns Slims, whatevs...

"Are those Street Sheets? Im lookin' for back issues" -Barker Barrett

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Oh, hell yay yeah!!! It's EclecTOAD...

"An attic, great! Why didn't I do this yesterday when it was foggy?"
photos: Antodius

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Joe Brook reppin' the TRIFE on his East Coast trip with the DLX team...
photo: Dan Pensyl

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I took Ksul down to the Kaboom show at the Piers...

Pyrotechnic overload...

Looked like a full on war on the harbor...

When the Lights go down on the city...

More fireworks over at the Red Devil lounge where the Hot Toddies were warmin up the stage for Hightower...

Puppybreath was in full blog mode...

I forgot to mention it was a prom theme...

The clear guitar is just for show...

This is the axe that gets rocked...

Andreas was in the mix...

Full on photo shoot with loads of blogger's fighting for position, semi Cobra Snake situaish...

Hamburger Eyes approved...

I think this dude might be Logan's long lost cousin or some shite...

The Hot Toddies gettin' later'd...

Then it was showtime Tower-wise

Look at that epic shot, Dave rockin' out transparent like on Jake's leg while the crowd is in full shred mode...

You knew this dude was gonna get up on stage...

But who knew this dude would be into it???

"Hey guys, I skate!!!"

Shredding was at maximum broverload...

Fab Five Freddy believed-sorry bro...

Guitar Hero-wise...

Skate & Guitar...

These two wanted a blog-war...

Full bromance stage antics...

Mikey Stevens in the house...

This...

Led to this...

Prom gone drag...

Can you find Ricki Sixx???

Stevens on stage for the encore???

Mikey-oke...

C.O.W.???

Last call at Pops I ran into these two...

Shots behind the bar, no big deal...

Check out Halsey's claim...

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Camera photos comin' in real hot blog-wise...

Drehobl went out to Nashville and hung out with Vox rep Bobby who's pretty much the East Coast Jason Strubing...

Boot-wise...

Jeremiah Babb was there too, no big deal...

Wall ride action...

Graf-wise...

They demoed it up at this joint...

Pat, ripper, dying...

Ricky Oyola signing off...

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I took Jai's idea from FILM POR VIDA and changed it to phone-cam. Tony Farmer comes in hot with the first enstallment: Damo's first time to Shea.

If you got a camera phone, send me your pictures. If you dont have my phone number you can email em to epiclytrife@yahoo.com.

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Joe Red!

Sofia just got a new celly...

We had a gang load of these green shots that Delurk was practically givin' away, I think they were called Mangled Juicers...

Kelly's pants blend right into Sofia's shirt

Hustle Jamie and Mario

How the fuck do you text message with this???

Sorry Jamie, I can support the Tecate and Telch, but I can't support the soon to be Fremont Athletics...

Gettin' Evs out in SF aint easy, but it happens from time to time. Thanks for blessin' us Matt...

San Brosé...

Keep it like a secret...

Rod Stew Wart

Barker loves the Trife this much...

Bro's from different area codes...

The classic Fuck Evs photo...

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It's official, SF's got a new resident. P-Stone gets the keys today-Yeah Preston!

Inside Drehobl's whip...

View-wise...

It's got an outhouse so Loafneck won't clog the pipes...

"Wanna check it out?"

The P is for poppa

Backyard's got a view, but needs a lawn mower...

Window malfunctions...

"Great, there goes my liver..."

Bomb this hill...

and end up at Roxie, no big deal...

Then we took it to DC for a blunt challenge on the ol' mini...

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We took the new CA residents, Erin and Dan out to the ol' ball game for their first
time at the best park in the country...

Straight to the trolly with the polaroid...

Right about now, Kelly was tellin the Farmer's text story: "I'm covered in loogies and Dodgers wig in Bay..."

Then I pedaled over to DuNord to meet Eclectically Toad for his friend from GV's band, RaRa Rabbit...

I think in Grass Valley, this is considered shredding...

The blogwagon is at an all-time high...

Look at Toadly Eclectic lovin' life! Can anyone name the dude on the left?
Hint: he used to ride for Trust...

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Catchin' up, I got all the Cinco de Mayo weekend shite on one post...

Started off Friday with a visit from our mayor, the Gav. He came out to give his official stamp to begin the building of our new skatepark-woohooo!!!

Jak'd and Jackeder...

Chris Cook sighting...

"What do you mean you've never heard of Hightower-we used to play twice a week!!!"

Possible future Lowcard cover...

Then straight to Dolores-90 degrees in SF, no big deal...

Drum-wise...

We thought we found the Wheel of Trife...

WHERE CHU AT?
First one to circle Frank Chu and email it in, wins a shirt...

Un Payaso...

C.O.W.

Then we took it to the bar formerly known as Treat, Thieve's Tavern for the Creature video premiere...

Drehobl shocked after seeing Becker and I in the Fiends section...

In Japan, when you get drunk you find a corner by a jukebox and face the wall till you get your wits about you - Yeah Nagagnargnar

Timmy Jak-off (as Collinson calls him) lost his mind when he found out he was going to make the Trife twice in one post...

BRC REPRESENT
"Hey Gumby, wanna Blow Rob Collinson?"

Ended the night at Pops, duh...

3 Carbombs later...

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Bachelorette party took it up to Tahoe for the weekend...

The bride to be...

Evening wear for the bride Courtesy of the Maide of Honor

Shredding...

Tahoe's Finest...

"I miss my Sidekick..."

Saturday at the most unpopular bar in town...

Gearin' up for the Honeymoon...

Maggie

Girls gone wild on the sauce...

Led to this-oh hell yeah!!!

Packed it up and headed home for the late night drink seshwon...

The Outlaw loves Tequilla...

"Oh, not ah..."

all photos: The Outlaw

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Guess whose birthday it was yesterday???

The great Salbini... Yeah Salba!!!

TOP 5 Band-wise...

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I scored two tickets to the Conan Obrien show, no big deal...

The line outside the Orpheum Theater was insane...

Free Farmer dews...

Corpsey showed up with the 12 Galaxy dude talking about conspiracy waish's...

Farmer hair-waish...

"Please people, NO SMOKING"

Front row balcony, pretty fuckin' epic!!!

Then straight to Barn Dawg's for an 80's party celebrating their recent contest placement...

Hot 80's broads...

Everyone had their shred sticks...

Kevin Staab was there...

Just some babes, no big deal...

Larry Longboard got a photo op with the Barn Dawg, total fan-out scenario...

Bro-card Ragowski...

Jules was there...

Mad Max-wise...

"I'm so over this..."

Becky was lookin' epic...

The party was totally awesome; loads of hot babes with tubular vectors...

Barn Dawg was shreddin' brew-wise...

Yo Jules, they didn't have blogs in the 80's...

Everyone wanted a photo with Larry Longboard...

Master of puppets, Laban and Ted...

Thiebaud and Mic-E shreddin' the 80's...

Barn Dawg loves Tecate's and fishnets...

Autograph vectors...

Definite C.O.W. scenario...

Shaka brah!!!

Of course the pizza was extreme...

Then we decided to shred to the bar...

"No way, DUDDDDDEEEEEE..."

Then Damian showed up...

We blew the roof off the joint, totally bitchin'

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I went and saw Mozz last night. Yes, it was my first time seeing him live so I guess Im part of the bandwagon or whatevs. Pretty fuckin' awes, dude's epic. Anyways, it had me wake up this morning in a semi emotional state with yet another walk down memory lane...

THE ZUCH
Paul helped me get into this fucked lifestyle of sitting behind a monitor and listening to Howard Stern all day. I miss Paul...

MAGNETHEAD
This is one of the first times I ever went skating with Rob and I quickly learned how he got his nickname. I thought we were gonna have to take him to the hospital. EPA ramp RIP...

FRANCO NUTMAN
Long before Pancho's porn carreer started, he and Diego came up with some fake porn names. Pancho was Franco Nutman. Don't call him Nutman though or he'll piss on you...

P.A.S.
This is a shot of Phil Shao visiting Vancouver for the first time-I'm claimin' 1992ish with the REAL tee. Simply the best-obviously. I think about him everyday. The world was a better place with you around my friend....

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You can tour like this or you can tour like that...

Met up with the Hurley team up in Sac over the weekend. This is how they roll...

Og DeSouza was there shreddin' the bowl...

Israel put on a clinic...

Then we spotted the Santa Cruz van enroute to...

THIS!

David Loy went to work straight out the RV...

Jake Jones was in full Santa Cruz costume complete with no shoes and cigar...

Strub-a-doo was the man of the hour...

Og came to size it up...

Mad media frenzy...

Uyeda one minute, Brian's got his flash set up time much speedier these days...

You'll probably see this line in an upcoming Hurley video somewhere between Bob parachutin' into his ramp and the Butcher doing some massive ollie in South America...

Nice day for a jog...

Even on tour, Brian's got his color schemes all worked out...

Israels wife and the mother of his baby-Yeah Monica!

A stop in the action, what's everyone looking at???

So fuckin' loud...

Everyone somehow managed to walk away...

Strubing got his trick...

Road rash...

Then we made it back to SF just in time for Tracy's bday bash...

Salba was out...

Shelly jacket on...

Shelly jacket off...

Henry and his moustache'd bro from Detroit...

Moonshine-wise, who's in???

You know it

Yeah, yeah, yeah...

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