Mel and I meet up with the Janis’ for a session being a boat. This was the first time in a very long time I got to ride behind a real wake boat. It was a blast. Everyone had a great time and of course there were some great crashes. Laura and Max were killing it on the slalom course.
It has been a fantastic week in Traverse City, Michigan. We headed up there to visit with Mel’s family. The whole crew was there. We spent the week hanging out in the amazing Michigan summer weather. Mel and I even scored a great kite session on Lake Michigan. We drove to Point Betsie straight West of Traverse. After driving through the rain most of the way there we arrived to a great sunny 12m session.
The lake was beautiful and the waters were as clear as can be. The Cherry Festival was in town this week so we made our way down there for a night. I ran into the Broneah Brothers, it was great to catch up with them. We listened to a Beatles cover band and then checked out the rest of the nightlife in TVC. The rest of the week was just relaxing, swimming, jet skiing, wakeboarding and relaxing (again). What a great week!
Saturday, I dropped Mel off at the airport then went to go hang with DL in Virginia Beach. That place was packed with tourists. We biked out to the beach to check the surf and couldn’t see the waves because of the entire beach was covered in umbrellas. After a great taco dinner, we headed to the bars. I was up early to catch a flight home.
We meet up with my family and cousins out at the lake for some bbq and boating. After a very relaxing day we cruised back to the house for the rest of the evening.
Monday I got the have breakfast with the grandparents then drove up to Traverse City!
The last week has been a busy one. There have been a ton of sessions and a lot of work. The wind has been pretty good. Dre and I have been doing some shooting. There have been a couple great sunsets. REAL had the #11 racecar at the shop. Nascar is not really my thing but that car was pretty sweet (and loud!).
Today was National Go Skateboard Day. So believe it or not we went skateboarding! Did you? After a good day at work the crew meet up at 7 at the Laughing Gull Bowl for a session. It is always a great time getting everyone together to ride and hang out. We skated well into the night.
It was a great weekend in Cape Hatteras, NC. After a month of nonstop shooting and work, I finally got to lay low for a change. Too bad I never got around to the laying low part. Saturday, I got to clean the tuck and my life for that matter. I skated for a little then Mel and I headed north to Nags Head.
We hit the driving range (with inappropriate attire I might add, sorry ma). It was a great session though, as we scored some much-needed practice on the range. The driver and the 5 iron finally treated me well. We finished off the day with an amazing dinner with Lulu and Otto.
Sunday was a day of sessions. I started off with a mellow skateboarding session with Dom. Then I took Mel out kiteboarding. She wanted moral support when riding in bindings for the first time. So, I followed her for about an hour with a jetski (thanks Jason) as she was ripping upwind and making great transitions. It was very cool to see.
We made it home for lunch and were about to go back out to kite when a dark storm front moved over the Pamlico Sound. We decided to put the kiting on hold and go skate again. We then had a great dinner then watched an all time sunset light up the sky and we started our 3rd skateboard session of the day. We wrapped up the skate session around 11:30 when we realized it was blowing 20 knots from the SW. It was game time. Jason Slezak, Chris Stuckey and I headed over to REAL to grab a quick Slick night session before heading to bed. WHAT A WEEKEND!!!
It was déjà vu tonight. I did a quick repeat of yesterday, except Tommy, Steve, Jeremy, and I hit up the Laughing Gull Bowl for a quick skate session. I then headed back over to REAL. Chad and crew was out ripping the slider as i arrived. Dre, Evans, Stuckey and Adam were working on designs for a new slider. I set up for a quick (ok. maybe not actually quick) portrait shoot with Brandon Scheid and Adam Anton.
Tonight after work I hung out at REAL with Andre Phillip, and Adam Anton watching some of the crew wakeboarding on the JWCF Slider. Florida Cable Park ripper Chad Worrall was destroying it with style on the slider and the dock.
Then tried a couple portrait shots with Dre and Lulu even snuck in for a couple. I was very excited on how well they turned out!
I wanted to do a quick wrap up on the 2009 Triple-S Invitational with my top ten favorite photos from last year’s event. It is hard to imagine that we just took down the 2010 Triple-S Banners. This year is flying by. We scored a ton of print and online coverage from the event, which was amazing, but it was brought to my attention that many of you had not seen some of the better images. From the style to the presses these images made it into my favorites list, so here you go and hope you enjoy!