The Philippines is a f*cking dope spot to skate. Do it. I'm not kidding. Would I kid you??
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Summer's almost over. Wow it was wild though.
Since May i've hit up Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton and Grande Prairie.
If you ever get a chance, montreal is the most unreal place to skate. Good scene, good spots, bars with mini-ramps, crazy french kids who scream "TABARNAC!" when they don't land their shi*t. And a rediculously awesome female skateboarding scene. There's comps every week...sometimes every day..sometimes 2 in a day...demos...and you run into all sorts of people downtown..Orkus indoor and south parc indoor...skate bars that play vids while you drink the night away...restaurants that give you "the skater deal". Let's not forget Big-O. It's something else. Toronto's pretty gangster...really fun spots if you can outsmart the porks for a bit, gay festivals, the CBC manny pad. I only experienced it for 3 days so I don't know enough, but it was a blast. Ottawa was fun minus sleeping on the streets for 2 nights due to evil money hungry cell phone companies who steal your hotel money. Lots of talent out there, and you can skate spots for hours without getting kicked out, or at least we didn't get kicked out of any when we were out there. Lots of fun ledges, especially by the hobo bridge there's a gooder, but really fun spots everywhere nonetheless. Calgary locs keep it gangst. Edmonton has lots of emos. Grande Prairie has no spots, a shi*tty park if you're a beginner, but a good scene and super tight shops (dark flavour downtown and southside). But yeah fun aint over yet. Philippines in a month and then who knows. Long beach? Vancouver? Victoria? Kelowna? Probly keep it west for a change. anyways hope to see you all somewhere. peace
Skateboardvillage.com- a dating network for 11-teen year olds?
Monday, February 27, 2006
Why is Miss Vickies chips still called MISS Vickies? She was MISS Vickies back when I ate my first bag of sea salt and malt vinegar chips when I was 6. Why ain't she MRS. Old dutch or MRS. Vickies (if she woulda chosen to keep her name) by now 12 years later? Poor woman. I guess she's just too dedicated to the potatochip industry...like I am to skating. I really hope I won't be MISS StaceCase Mathews for the rest of my life though. *sigh*
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
So I worked endless hours at McDonald's, packed my entire wardrobe into a bag, took off my thrashed deck, replaced it with a hand-me-down, downloaded every travel-worthy song onto my 20-sumthin song oldschool mp3 player, said peace-out to my snowboarding trip, chased this dude around to get a 200$ refund, volunteered to be a labrat and inhale excessive amounts of methacholine for a couple bills, stood outside in minus 20 for 45 minutes to wait for the bus to take me to the bus depot to buy my bus tickets...
And I'll be peaced out to Calgary for the whole of next week.
Have a dope-a-licious feb break you sons of mothers!
And daughters of fathers...?
Thursday, November 24, 2005
What the fack is this new whadda whadda. Story time: Twas nearing the cold days of december from what I can remember, it was feelin kinda hot so we hit up a spot. It was a 6 stair drop outside a pet shop, and I got a twinkle in my eye "Today I'm gunna die". I dropped down my board and skated to the edge, said "Lawdy mercy why don't we skate a ledge!". "Don't be a pussy Stacey, you can't progress from stalls...today's the day that you're gunna grow some balls" So I approached it once, then approached it twice. Collected the courage to jump, and damn it felt nice. J'eah! And that is the story to my new picture.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
New pic from skating in the Philippines. No palm trees.
New pic from skating down town. No palm trees there either.
Starting University this fall. Thorvs...here i come. Broken ankles...here I come. Homework...here i come. Promiscous parties...here i come. Louis'...here i come.
It's that time of year again.
FINALS
And there's no better way to pracrastinate studying than to snap a couple photos at the Joes Park.
So check out my photo gallery and see a good night's worth of procrastination.
Ever have one of those days?
You head to Dunas
Scotty's not there
but you're desperate for a new setup so you buy new trucks and wheels anyways. You get a 20% discount, walk towards the door and just as you reach it, the manager walks in and says "HEY YOU. You got undercharged." So you gotta turn around and go back to the stinkin till and then you gotta pay 16 more stinkin bucks because the guy just HAS to be a dinkhole. So, you walk out the door, sad, because you're 16$ poorer (and when you work at McDonalds thats a lot of money) and you go to the Thorvs building thinking "Oh well, i can skate my woes away"
You get there. remove your old trucks with a broken tool. Put on your new trucks. Pry the bearings out of your old wheels. And right when you get to the last wheel, you realize "Hey. There isn't a last wheel."
You only got 3.
So you look all over the university trying to find it. Which is pointless because you never opened the bag to begin with. And after not finding it, you sulk your way back to dunas hoping to find it there.
You get there. Explain you're missing a wheel. They look all over the shop. Heck. They even check the video camera to see if 4 wheels were put in. And yup. 4 wheels were put in. So you gotta pay another 7.99 for a yellow ghettochild wheel. Oh hey. Your debit card is maxed out. So you sit there blushing as the very nice lady at the till pays for your wheel out of sympathy. And then you got 3 white blanks and 1 yellow ghettochild wheel. The manager tries to be nice and greases up your bearings for you. Even though you HATE greased bearings.
You go to the Thorvs again, Ollie a 3 set. Ollie a 4 set. Then when you ollie the 2...YOUR TAIL SNAPS OFF YOUR DECK.
So you gotta replace the deck your nice buddy from Grande Prairie handed you, and go back to the nice old thrashed deck your nice buddy from Calgary gave you that has been glued back together approx 3 times. At least.
Then you go to the park. And you fall like 20 times because your damn bearings are over greased.
Yup
I love those days.
Wow. I just realized that the task of going through my whole photo album is the most tedious thing ever. Methinks its time to take new pics.
But if i stepped on my board right now, I would rocket down the road at mach 5 because its so damn windy out.
And then I would ram into a building so hard, it would explode
And I would get charged for terrorism
I hate saskatchewan weather.
Apologies if I have been a cocky little bitch lately. I got raped by my board and now i'm pregnant.
(take that seriously and I'll slap you)
NOTE: If you greet me with "Hey, you're hot" ....I WILL NOT ANSWER.
Now that that's all cleared up....
Call me wack, but I think the Grande Prairie Stage is one of my new favorite spots to skate. Not that there was anything too special there, other than australian hippies and cool music to skate to on some odd day...now that I think of it, there's nothing special about it that any other flatground spot wouldn't have. It was just a good spot . I learned lots of sh*t...met some people. And now i'm back here and it feels like everything I learned at the stage is just LOST. Herumph. The glories of life....
On the plus side,i ran into Cody in Eddy town and we had a killer ride back to saskatoon in an overflow greyhound. And i have a massive, dark opaque purple bruise on my upper arm to prove it...as well as some brilliantly photoshopped pictures that i officially declare as my masterpieces. And there's more coming.
Well Yesterday was the first day of spring so apparently we should be squeezing in more outdoor skating time? Right? *Blink...blink*
Yeah....right.
Well Avin and I decided to celebrate the first day of spring by running outside in minimal clothing with a bright orange sign that says "IT'S SPRING!" We got car honks, parents covering their chilrens eyes, people driving by twice, cheers...the works. And some pictures too. You should check em out.
But for a good couple days, the snow DID melt, so we had a good sesh and I took out the camera and got a good shot of Armond doing his thing which I also added in the Pic section.
Hmm. The "indoor" has some new sh*t so I've been scrounging up lunch money every week to skate that up. Finally landed myself some b/s nosegrinds and regular bigspins with pure old woman steez from being unphysically active all winter.
And I'm going to GP this easter so all you GP folk should gimme a shout.
Aight I'm Ghost.
BY THE WAY, NO MORE OF THOSE MESSAGE FORWARD CHAIN LETTER SHIZNIZZLE BODIZZLE! I get any more of those and there's gunna be some castrations with cheese graters goin on ya heard?
GOT A NEW VID IN THE MOVIE GALLERY....Finally...hahaha COUGHCOUGH....check it out...COUGHHACKCOUGH snicker snicker....
As for the skate scene its been jack except for random road trips to the Moose Jaw Indoor and outings to the underground parking lots
It was a good time...came back with a bruise the size of a grapefruit on my knee
But currently my board is confiscated by the parentals due to some New Years Situations
Moose Jaw this weekend! Yeediggityhaw!
Saturday, November 13, 2004
I finally have some new pics out. Check em if u want. This time they're not in my garage.
Sorry i haven't been on here in awhile, so if i've been "ignoring" you don't feel singled out because I'm "ignoring" everybody. I have just been lazy and am not a huge fan of skateboardvillage anymore. I came on here to talk to people who live around me and it just exploded into something else.
Also, other people are using my account, so if i don't answer when I'm "online" chances are it's not me on my profile.
So yeah, I'm deleting all my comments and I will try to answer all of the new ones. Sorry for not answering and such. I'll try this time.
I wish i could skate like Mark Appleyard...
Or maybe P.J Ladd...
Or like Jimmy Dervermikenhogen.
Cuz Jimmy Dervermikenhogen doesn't exist.
Therefore, if he doesn't exist he can do anything. Or he can do nothing. But I'm an optimist, so in my mind, Jimmy Dervermikenhogen can do anything. He just says, "I'm gunna land this" and he does.
Ever notice how skating can revolve around your moods? SOme days you're in a chill, experimentive mood and you learn sh*t like mad. Just like Jimmy you're like "I'm going to land this." and within a couple tries you do. Then some days you just feel invincible and you just end up hurting yourself. And some days you just skate cuz you feel you have to, and you land sh*t-all cuz ur makin it like a chore. Well maybe not a chore. But there's no real motivation behind it...
I wish I were in a Jimmy mood everyday. I wish I could have intense perseverance...maybe some courage...all the time.
I noticed that a lot of people on here go on some other person's profile that they don't know and say "You're hot!!". The real question is, how many of those people would go out on the street, walk up to some random person they don't know and say "Hey you're hot." And maybe some people do that. The REAL REAL question is, how many people will go up to 5 RANDOM PEOPLE in less than an hour and say "Hey you're hot". Cuz lots of people seem to do that on here, but i'm sure they don't do it in real life.
Anyways, i've been pondering all the sh*t i've been learning in school...and when the topic of war comes up...I don't get it. If you have a personal conflict with someone and kill that person in the process of the conflict...you would go to jail.
So if a country has a confict with another country, how can they justify killing hundreds of people, when they put their own citizens in jail for killing eachother. Politics are corrupt. Wars are gay. People need to grow up and stop fighting, cuz i'm sick of hearing all this war sh*t. And it's not just wars involving bombs and grenades. It's wars involving words. Wars involving glares. Wars involving "who's better than who". People have to learn to look out for eachother. That's my opinion anyways.
But yeah I have new pics from my garage sesh yesterday. So if you want to check them out be my guest. Pz out.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
There is about 2 inches of snow on the ground right now collected from the last 2 hours, so I'm assuming today was the last outdoor sesh i'm gunna have in a deec amount of time. It was pretty good for my last day. I've been braving the rails and forcing myself to try new sh*t, ignoring the possibility of of rank wipe-outs...so i've been learning more than I imagined i would this month. I finally landed a backside 5-0 for the first time...as sketchy as it was...and i landed my first frontside board...on a tiny little parking block that i swore to never skate again approx a month ago...it was worth it. I didn't hurt myself this time. Tried to nollie over it. Came absolutely FAR from close...well i guess half of me made it...Haha. Then Joe, cody, tony and I headed to ninetimes and kicked it there for a bit. I got another stupid bearing replaced. Damn bearings refuse to cooperate with me for a good week (grr.). Then we skated the setup outside for a bit. I was SO COLD, and shivered SO MUCH that my body was just skating SO WACK. Like: I went in for a backside 50-50 on this box, and my legs were all stiff so i ended up doing a nosegrind, with both feet side by side at the front bolts...like BOTH FEET were facing the nose...and my toes were pressing the nose down and i was grinding the ledge..it was intensly f*cked up it was like
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THAT WAS MY FEET POSITION AS I WAS DOING THE NOSE GRIND. Is that messed or is that messed?!?!?!
Anywayz, damn snow. I guess i'll hafta take up snowskating or something...
Or maybe work on my eduacation. That would be good..
Saturday, October 09, 2004
Skated Lions from 11:00 am till 6:30 P.m today. It was nutz. I downed 3 bottles of mountain dew, and a bag of sczechuan beef flavoured chips. Crazy mutha truckaz from Calgary showed up and shredded the place to bits...I finally backside K'd the green rail..lost like 3 games of skate...learned a whole bunch of random sh*t...no footage like i planned...Joe screwed up his leg...
THE FUNNIEST FIGHT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED: Some dude was picking on Lil Justice, so Boyd stood up for him...blahblahblah verbal exchange of nonsense...boyd is on top of the boy, fist raised, about to punch the boy in the face and the kid's buddy runs up and nails Boyd on the back with his trucks...so like 5 other boys start chasing this kid...then this bmxer dude jumps off his bike and throws it, runs up to the boy and grabs him and starts yelling "SIT DOWN!" and the boy's like "NO!" and the guy was like "f*ckIN SIT DOWN THIS IS A CITIZEN'S ARREST!" and he sweepkicks the boy's legs and takes him down and says "STAY!"...hahaha..it was f*ckin NUTZ. Gotta luv the WesTSIIIIDE!
I DID A CROSSLEGGED KICKFLIP! Like i landed my kickflip cross-legged! THEY'RE SO FLIPPIN EASY!....no pun intended...hehehe y'know...flippin? Kickflip? Ha...ha...ha??? I skated the St.Joes park and then the Bowman park with Joe and Cody...and while we were bored and tired, Cody was like "Man that's so weird when people land their kickflips crosslegged" and i was like "f*ck yeah i know!!!" and i tried it..and like halflanded it so i was like "hey wait..." and i did it again and BANG! Landed it...i thought "maybe it was fluke..." So i tried again...Bang! Landed...and again and again...YAAAAAH SO TIGHT! HAHAHA i always wanted to do those u have no idea...u just gotta cross ur feet like RIGHT after u kick out ur foot...don't cross them at the last minute...i dunno...i was in ballet for 8 years so that could make it easier for me too..HAHAHA YAY!!!!!! CROSSLEGGED KICKFLIP!!
AAAAND I'm getting pics and footy tomorrow...if not that I'm getting A LOT of skating done...Muahahahah footy...The step-up dance...omg thats gunna be f*ckin hilarious...its an inside joke so dont worry about it till u see it...HAHHAHAHHAHAHA STEP UP DANCE!! f*ckIN KNEESLAPPER! HAHAHA!! Eh. 9 in the morning...
can i even skate 9 in the morning??
we'll find out...
Sup Hoodlums?! Added new pics. Summary: Sleeping with my board, a camwhoring hawaiian steez pic, and me hiding from the iraqis. Check it!
Went to to Joes park after school.
I made the MOON OLLIE during that sesh. You ollie, bare yer ass, and pull ur pants back up before you land. It was actually my reply to Tanner who decided to be an idiot and scream "show the camera ur tits!" as he was filming the guyz during their rail sesh. Finally got them dang ollie norths figured out...and the oldschool kickflip that Trent taught me...TRIED to half-cab heel..they'll come...getting the switch heelz back...Shazam! My skating is so lazy and sloppy right now its not even funny. TOTALLY lost my inward heelz. ERGH!
SWITCH FOR A WEEK!
I decided..
Monday, September 27, 2004
The St.Joes park is back to life. The way it should be. Before we know it there'll be sofas, speakers, and coolers of beer every damn night like it used to be. Good times at that park! I remember that's where i met Kootz and Jake for the first time and i learned my first ollie back there. Hahaha.
I miss skating with Kootz...
Newayz everyone should start coming to the Joes park again...haha...we used to have f*ckin Barbeques back in the day there! MMmmm memoriez..
Wednesday, September 22, 2004
I've adopted the most unintelligently-created-made-up-by-retards Nicknames!
1. Skateboard Zed
2. Skid
3. Whoor
4. gangster girl
5. Chink (?!)
A WHOOR?! WHOOR! What the f*ck is a WHOOR?! Am i so bad, that I can't even be called a proper term? I'm so bad, that i can't even be called a "whore"?!...so i get degraded to being called a WHOOR?!
Well you know what?! REPRESENT! BOW DOWN TO THE WHOOR! The WHOOR shall take over the world and create WHOOR slaves who will taint all surfaces with WHOOR germs! Therefore, making EVERYONE a WHOOR! My empire shall be great.
Actually. I just wanted an excuse to say WHOOR a whole bunch of times cuz the word WHOOR makes me chuckle.
*chuckle chuckle*
Monday, September 20, 2004
Laziness is an awful condemnation!
I GAINED 6 POUNDS IN THE LAST WEEK!!!
Usually I'd be happy about that, but i gained it because I've been doing ZIP physical activity. I think i've done 50 push-ups today to make up for it.
Anywayz it's time to give my ass a kickstart!
Although skating wise my ass hasn't been TOO lazy. I upgraded my frontside noseslide from a ledge to a bench. Actually that's it. Yeah I've been lazy. But an improvement is an improvement none-the-less.
"sitting the crapper waiting for something, but nothing's going to happen at all. Sitting on the crapper waiting for something to happen. But nothing's going to happen at all! HEY! HEY! HEY!"
- that song is my anthem. Haha
Thursday, September 16, 2004
WOah what's going on? My whole profile like went back in time. What happened to my last 2 journal entries? They're gone. What happened to my comments from the like last 2 days??? They're gone!!! What the hell?!
Monday, September 13, 2004
"whattup hit me back if you like hot skateboard dudes. oh do you like tripods"
Don't say sh*t like that to me. I demand more respect than that, especially from a f*ckin stranger! I don't care if ur hot, or if ur good at skating.
DON'T TALK TO ME IF UR JUST LOOKIN FOR SOMEONE TO SUCK UR DAMN COCK! I'M SURE U CAN FIND A GOOD WHORE ON DISCOUNT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Sorry about my bitching, but people have said sh*t like this repeatedly and I'm getting really sick of it.
Saturday, September 11, 2004
What the f*ck is goin on with this place? It's filled with either:
1. People who don't even skate, and are on here to pick up members of the opposite sex
OR
2. People who over-rate themselves and call themselves "experts" when they're actually beginners or intermediate.
Seriously people. BOO to that! f*ckin BOO to that.
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