Rockillers: Weekend Edit & Pictures
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Featuring Rockillers & Friends. Ian McLeod, Josh Letona & more!

up: Ian McLeod.

up: Josh Letona.
More pictures on the RK Website.
Thanks Alejoh (forums).

Featuring Rockillers & Friends. Ian McLeod, Josh Letona & more!

up: Ian McLeod.

up: Josh Letona.
More pictures on the RK Website.
Thanks Alejoh (forums).


Joey G. was featured in the Brooklyn Circus Book.

Rise Magazine posted a checkout of Chris Hack, including a lot of awesome shots by Bartholomäus Zientek, an interview (german language) plus an edit.
Chris hack Checkout on Risemag.


Results:
1. David Sizemore
2. Jon Jon Bolino
3. Tim taylor
quoting Brandon Andersen (forums):
Fun-filled weekend in Tallahassee, Florida at the Panhandle Pow Wow 2009 at Tallahassee Skatepark.
Congrats to the winner David Sizemore and to the takers of second and third Jon Jon Bolino and Tim Taylor And also Best Trick goes to Eric Michaels but he tied with Blake Kelly.
Oli Short was in the house but didn’t skate the contest. Murda was there but 20 minutes in to him warming up he got Heat stroke and ended up not skating the contest.
Overall It was a good contest.[...]
Check the video in HD Streaming.

Don’t miss the pictures of Rob Squire:
The Rob Squire trip to the Panhandle Pow Wow!


Haynes sent in a new batch of photos, among which there were two angles of the same trick from Brett Dasovic.
Not sure if we’d have a chance to print either of the shots, we set John out to write about them.
As it turns out, there was more to the story than we anticipated, including some “photo assistance” from Jeph Howard. Find yourself thinking about what photos can look like from different angles?
This PHOTO JOURNAL’s for you.
— ONE

This weekend we ended up going to the benecia skatepark for some Blade sessions.
Got some pretty prime deals a lot while being partially Loaded. Nothing like lacing a good trick and chugging a bur after the sesh (if your 21 ;) of course)
So we did some blading, Some BBQing, some Drinking, and even a little bit of skateboarding!


We talk a lot about where skating is going, the uncertainty of the future of our industry seems to be perpetually on the minds of skaters everywhere. Recently, I started to think about my personal past with skating.
I grew up in a small town in central Minnesota called Glenwood. Glenwood is about two hours north west of Minneapolis, where I live now. Skating in Minneapolis is unlike anywhere else I have ever been. Seasoned pros like Chris Farmer and Jeph Howard regularly skate with people who have only been skating a short time, and everyone gets along.
Everyone is so friendly, they would allow a kid from a small farm and lake town in an unheard of part of the state to crash on their floors, which I did frequently while in high school. Their hospitality influenced my skating and helped me become a photographer.
I am still friends with all those people I met in my 16th year, and as they influenced me, I like to think that I gave them a little taste of Greater Minnesota. These photos were taken in Glenwood or the surrounding area over a span of eight years, and with any retrospective you get to see progression.
Progression of my friends as skaters and progression of my photographic talent. This is what happens when you take the city kids out of the city.
— John Haynes