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This classic blue haven pool in the suburbs of Riverside, California was something special. It was found by my good friend Riverside Steve, the home belonged to the pastor at his church which is why…

Pink Motel Timeline 1946–1947: Construction Built in 1946 (some sources cite “1946–47”) by Pennsylvania expats Maximillian (Joseph) and Gladys Thomulka along San Fernando Roa…

I am pausing shaping custom skateboards at the Death Valley Skateboard Company compound for the rest of the Summer due to daily temperatures above 100 degrees making skateboard shaping questionable. I…

22 Pools In A Day - Thrasher Magazine May 1999

The USC Trojan Bowl was a permission pool in the south central Los Angeles, California that we rode our skateboards in during the summer of 2002. Our friend was the manager of the apartment complex a…

Square pool need love too, lol. I thought this pretty much sums up this approach to skating empty pools. Not every pool is a perfect kidney or perfect amoeba with perfect transitions. Sometimes and m…

I think I spent more time looking for my knives than actually throwing them. I underestimated how difficult i would be to find them when they ricochet in different directions. I think this was the la…

The Monster Bowl in Southern California was a pool we skated in the early 2000s. It was a long amoeba shaped pool with a loveseat in the mid pocket and the smaller anthony coping. Good surface, tight…

THIS IS THE PRO FLIGHT SPORT BY COLD STEEL. THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST DEAL ON THE MARKET FOR A QUALITY THROWING KNIFE THAT SHOULD STAND THE TEST OF TIME AND INCREASE YOUR ABILITIES OVER TIME IF YOU P…

Custom skateboard manufacturing since 2013 Trained by Kelly Belmar in Skateboard Lamination Mid 1990s Trained at Splitt Lipp Skateboard Manufacturing Worked at Splitt Lipp Skateboard Manufacturing…

This pool has some stories. If the coping could talk...The Convict Bowl is an all time historic pool skating location in Southern California that we rode for years. One of the best pools in the area…

The time Barham drove his Toyota Tacoma 4x4 out to the legendary Nude Bowl in 2002. Not what we expected.