Battle Ground Locals

Battle Ground Locals

As we were pulling up to the park yesterday I remarked how small this park seems now, compared to the vast expanse it felt like when it first opened. Battle Ground, Washington has a lot to offer, at least in terms of skateparks. I took some photos yesterday, catch them after the jump.

Battle Ground Locals: Two Taylors of one City

OK, I only got two names, both of them were Taylor. Unless that’s the joke they play on photographers. “If anyone asks your name, tell them it’s Taylor.” To the rest of you, I apologize. If you know a name, please leave it in the comments. Update: Got the names, thanks to Dallas. Horizontal shots can be enlarged.

This is Chris Grasser.
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This is Jed.
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Chris Grasser
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Jed.
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This is Dallas Adam Raatz
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Here’s one Taylor
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Here’s the second Taylor. This is a transfer up and over the barrier. I caught one in a better position, but there’s a guy directly behind him that confuses the image.
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I think I was starting to annoy the videographer by poaching all his action. At least I stayed out of his way. This is KB.
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Horrible shot of a nice big backside spin. KB.
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And then there was this dinosaur clogging up the session like a flock of birds in a US Airways jet. Stop pretending you’re young before someone has to crash land in the river! Oh wait, that’s Grover!
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More Jed
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The End. Whatever happened to that kid who threatened to beat up all the out town visitors?

Discussion

26 thoughts on “Battle Ground Locals

  1. jakeferranti on January 16, 2009 - Reply

    “Whatever happened to that kid who threatened to beat up all the out of town visitors?”

    He was subsequently exposed as an out of towner and he got beat up.

  2. Grover is boosting.

  3. the mean bean is grasser.

  4. & the Taylor going front side they called texas.

    the other is Taylor applo

  5. fuck yeah!

  6. Joe A.K. on January 17, 2009 - Reply

    Taytaytexas…

  7. those are not bg locals they’re from vancouver

  8. ahhhhhhhhhh snap shot’s

  9. I’m doing the front side nose fether.

    Jed I thinks his name did the 3 bomb, & front board bigsipn

    Kb on the nollie b/s flip

  10. Zed-word on January 17, 2009 - Reply

    Awesome photos, awesome park. Making me consider moving out west after I am done saving Japan.

  11. for me it is a duty, to annoy the filmer. I like to get in the shot and do the “hi mom” thing as iff I were on “good morning america” how about the filmer blowing the “footy” and “exposure” his buddy naturally got in this skate and annoy post? I’m sick of the need to document everything. live for the moment not the memory

  12. Front side nose fether? Never heard of it. Do you mean lien air?

    Make it easy on me:

    Big dark striped shirt =

    Light striped shirt (first shot) =

    White t-shirt =

    Dark t-shirt =

  13. Ryan Heckler on January 17, 2009 - Reply

    I get annoyed enough at the THPS generation calling every frontside air a frontside Indy, what the fuck is a nose fether you ignorant twerp

  14. “what the fuck is a nose fether”

    Sounds like a sneeze-inducing maneuver…

  15. Joe A.K. on January 17, 2009 - Reply

    carroll and kilwag are trippen is a nose fether…
    razorrrr…sharp!!

  16. Seriously, WTF is a nose fether? Just tell me which picture is supposed to be the nose fether. Start with the guy in the read hat as picture number one… then tell me which number is a “nose fether”

  17. Its a front side lien, but im not really grabing the nose.

    Light stried shirt is chris grasser he works at plan z across the street.

    The dark striped shirt guy is kb.

    The white shirt is jed.

    The front side air is texas.

    T.S.E.S. Get up and skate.

  18. Zed-word on January 17, 2009 - Reply

    That is a fucking mean frontside air there.

  19. Ryan Heckler on January 18, 2009 - Reply

    every lien is frontside

  20. is it fether or feather? can they be done backside? or is that something else?

  21. Thanks Dallas.

  22. Trick names are dumb. Call it what u want.

  23. joesteve on January 18, 2009 - Reply

    hey this is the guy holding the video cam in a few of your shots. no worries guys you werent buggin me at all. im down with skate and annoy and what you guys are doing! you’ve snagged a few shots with me claiming BGP’s before. its all good

  24. norma ruiz on January 22, 2009 - Reply

    That’s Taylor alright. He’s my step-son. He’s been skateboarding since he was in jr. high. Looking good Taylor!

  25. Yeah Taylor! Oh wait, which one?

  26. norma ruiz on January 22, 2009 - Reply

    Kilwag:
    The one and only, Taylor Ruiz!

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