John Egertson sent in some pictures his friend Mike Alexander took of a day’s worth of ditch sessions in northern Virginia. While I certainly appreciate the photos, John and Mike could use an extra body or two in their crew. At the very least, John needs to pick up that camera every once and a while! Hey look, I spelled “Virginia” right this time!

There’s a brand new zine out of Richmond, VA called Born Ugly Magazine. Born Ugly is jam packed with color photos and illustrations. The first issue is reminiscent of Jim Phillips’ art direction. In their own words “layouts infused with illustration soaked in masonite dust and beer sweat…” I’d say they succeeded. I’m not sure how wide their distribution is, so if your skateshop doesn’t have any of the (free) issues, you can download the whole thing. Check out the shot of Josh Swyers on the right side. I don’t know how it came to be, but I’m sold. Aside from the first issue, the Born Ugly site has the prerequisite blog too. Check it out. – Thanks to Saturday Skateboards for the tip.