The Great Highway 70 Tour

To get away from the smoke and to put the pedal down for the day we headed North. Three towns were the plan, in those three towns of Loyalton, Portola, and Quincy laid 3 skateparks. Clean air, mountains, trees, a boom box, and two car loads of the homies is all it took to put an plan into action. We had the entire skatepark of Loyalton to ourselves. Portola was a tough one and is where the photos are from. We ended up in Quincy where the sign to the entrance of the parks read, “No Bikes.” and “No Scooters” and how sweet that was. Plenty of brews, beautiful scenery, and slight heat stroke. Left early and was home for in time for Breaking Bad. Hit the road. -ERL

The finer things.

Ernie got crooked.

Tony Jumbo stomping shadows.

Apparently this bank to rail served Dane up earlier, he got his revenge next try.

Ian stomping shadows over the hip.

Toby broke the “no transfers over the spine” rule to tail.

Locked in and lapped over 5-0. ERL

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Following in the footsteps of Bon Jovi’s Euro Tour (Street League Munich)

Germany had a lot in common with all our other Street League stops, Rain. It rained in Brazil, Barcelona, Kansas City, and rained hard in Munich. The course was good and the beer was better. Chris Cole ran shit and Paul made him work for it. European fans are the best, American’s are jaded. Torey lost everything because airlines blow it. He practiced for two hours on a new set up and killed it the whole weekend. This is a photo journal from the Great German Street League Experience of 2013 and Beyond. -ERL

Sean got weird in the German climate.

Even German love letters are on a wall.

Club Homeboy alive and well.

Munich Tower Olympia.

Munich Tower Olympia against the rain.

Keep it Classic.

Ever seen a 1/2 Pipe on water?

Brian Atlas seems hip hop but, he’s all about Rock n Roll.

Euro Craze.

Evan Smith Stigmata.

Jack Curtin and Yunice Amrani. Style Kings.

Torey Pudwill ruled the course.

Torey, KF 5050.

Manny Santiago backtailed the gap of hellfire.

Germany gave me props.

Serious props.

Biggie.

Pac.

Guy FUCKING Mariano.

Bastien caught in the moment.

Practice started bringing everyone together.

Street League killed it with this course.

Peter Ramondetta 5-0.

PRod plotting.

Torey talking that Grizzly talk.

Malto asking Heath the secret to texting and Tommy ain’t having it.

That’s me in FAN OUT mode.

Mikey Taylor locking down front hurricanes.

Ishod sweating my technique.

Terror.

Mikey and Aaron agreeing to completely disagree.

Another FAN OUT mode.

Chris Cole got his….finally.

Don’t let Chris’s Wife borrow your phone, Red’s selfie.

Chris is a good human, he’s on my good guy list.

Until this happened.

Evan Smith had the crowd chanting “Cole! Cole! Cole!”.

Great vibes at Street League.

Chris taking time out for the fans.

German stoke mode.

Sign my mini toilet seat cover!

In Germany Malto means Malto?

Shane making the rounds.

Mikey Taylor will not sign autographs with red ink, true story?

Paul always gets mobbed.

Sneaker Heads unite.

Culture.

Too much culture.

Culture…ish?

Shuttle life with the SL Crew.

Eye Heart?

Drug trafficking was never about the beard.

Trip out.

The place was packed and Manny slayed them all.

Switch.

Off duty LAPD and Waximillion (Street League Los Angeles)

Ready, steady, go Malto.

Too much gnar…

One had to go.

Controversial NV angles.

Mikey beams Luan’s air time.

Malto styling out an ollie to pivot.

Pearl Harbor attack from David Gonzales.

Sheckler 5-0 get down.

Torey caught mid lip to crooks.

Caught up in the combo, back lip to backtail.

Denman & Steezus Christ.

When a filmer falls, you’ve gotta call him out. Erik Bragg

Dylan speedy tail slide.

Torey back tail.

One second late on a Dylan front ollie.

Ritchie got them Betty Davis eyes.

PRod switch back tail.

Decenzo crooky monster.

Questionable angle on Dylan’s back tail.

Torey pops out of a back noseblunt.

Malto nose grind mission.

Sandoval warm up 50-50.

Stay Gold

Shecks warming up.

Shecks back smith.

The line up is tough.

Pete looking outside the norm.

PRod about to drop the hammer.

Chase chasing Matt Miller.

It was hot, the security X-Games hired was for shit, and Nyjah won. -ERL

Street Stylin’

Skateboarding was born in the streets. That is where it became popular and that’s where it became a nuisance. The popularity and general laziness of hanging out at a skatepark all day is baffling. Say skatepark and I picture helmets, scooters, skate dads, bikes, and too many rules. You say new street spot and I envision endless possibilities. I’ll take a junk ramp over any prebuilt cement nonsense. Toby Riley, Justin Hackle, Tyler DeWitt, and Dane Haman avoid the road entirely and take the alley. -ERL

Double Trouble

Dane get smithy and exits out 180.

5-0 Fakies are hard, 5-0 Fakies in front of the peanut gallery are just mean.

Freebird

Toby Riley caught in the bricks.