When I went to college (the first time…) we had a nickname for the mindless goons and frat boys thugs that used to clog up the campus. We called them Joey Neckchains after the gold chains that were inevitably peaking out of their Izod shirts with the collar flipped up. Now, I suspect we’d have to change that to Joey Williams. There were protests and such after he was reinstated to his job on the police force after being cleared of wrong doing, in spite of being caught on tape acting like a bully instead of a police man. I’m of the position that just because someone acts like an idiot, a policeman’s job is to not act like an even bigger jackass. Surely his skin is thick enough and he possesses enough self control to not let a teenager get the better of him. I guess not. Scary thing is, that guy has a gun. Awesome. Anyway, I need to stop Jason Waite from littering the comments on Skate and Annoy with his petition spam, so check out the movement to get the Hot Springs, Arkansas Police Department to reopen the investigation. Yeah… Good luck with that. Tell you…

So my buddy and I set on a search for the Skate Ghost along the Oregon coast, although we were one step behind actually sessioning with him, we did capture some of our own footage. Please contact me at this site if you actually see any skate ghost sessioning. Enjoy the show Peace Off Homies.

Aw hell. After the Battle Ground pro event got rained out I went home, hung out with my wife, went to our block party (that I had a hall pass out of until the Battle Ground rain), gave my two year old a bath and then sat down and had a leisurely dinner with my wife while we watched a recorded episode of Entourage. I called Rich at EPM who was hanging out at Glenhaven to see if he was going, and got a few updates from Billy Runaway at Addict. While I was being family man, Tobin’s garage was raging. I had pretty much written it off as a major hassle, but I decided to call one last time. I got a text message as I was walking out the door that said the “Super Finals” had just started. Someone needs to explain to Dave Duncan what the word “finals” means, and that there is such a thing as a semifinals. I thought I’d give it a go anyway. Who knows, maybe they were also going to have Extreme™ Super Finals… I drove about 110 blocks in 12 minutes, and got there for the last three minutes and took…

Donavan came almost rode out of a couple of these whatever you call them, where he flies out of the shallow and pant his board on the back wall, then pops back into the bowl. Unfortunately, he hit his head pretty hard on his last attempt. The building had pretty much emptied out and not too many people saw it. He was having a hard time walking. His friends are planning on sticking with him and keeping him awake tonight. They say he won’t go to the hospital again without insurance. Hopefully he’ll be alright. Kids, wear a helmet and get insurance. Donavan, please go to the hospital.

Battle Ground’s pro event is going down right now at Tobin’s house. I’m not sure if it’s still World Cup sanctioned, but that’s where it’s going down. It’s a non-spectator event. Even if you get in you can’t see through the wall of riders to take pictures, so I’m sitting this one out boys, with my condolences to Tobin’s wife on this Sunday evening… The picture above is from one of the dig sessions in 2005.

Buck Smith won the Masters. Here he is in a non-contest clover bowl run.

Pro contest was rained out, but the capsule dork session raged for about 10 minutes. That’s Jesse Nelson in the corner. Masters and women’s division squeaked in before the rain. I didn’t hear them announce the women’s results over the microphone for some reason, but the Masters came in Salba, Grover (!), Ngoho, Charnoski, and Buck Smith with the win. The pro contest may be going down at Glenhave and or Tobin’s house (no spectator’s obviously) as we speak, but there wasn’t much of a unified vision being presented, so I went home.

Masters Division 1st Place: Glen Charnoski. Photographers were thick as flies. I had to take this on from overhead to be able to get anything.

Masters Division 3rd Place: Buck Smith. (Yeah, I know his foot is amputated, but the other good shot I got of him was an invert and I didn’t want to use it.)

Ladies 2nd Place: Jessica Starkweather