DRAKE JOHNSON

Brent just posted up a quick park edit of Drake. Pretty solid as you'd expect...

ART SHOW

Robbie Turner is curating an art show next weekend (May 4th) at Skate Naked...

The list of skate artists and photographers is pretty deep. Among them is Street Canoe's Jay Croft

and Absorb Skateboards founder Dave Ackels.

Tail Devil.

Chad made another super fun Embassy edit. Pretty stoked on this one.

Street Canoe : Taylor Nawrocki interview

Stop what you're doing and head over to the Street Canoe site. Jay Croft did a really good interview with Taylor. Jay was kind enough to ask me to write the intro. The photos were taken by Adam Lowe.
Click here: http://www.streetcanoe.com/features/

Don't Litter.

Dakota has a littering problem.

Short video by Chad Butler.

Memoirs

Chad Butler remixed his part from Joe Charlton's "Loud Pack" video that was released this past fall. It's pretty awesome.

Amigos

Dan Charlton posted up a pretty good beginning of spring edit from the outdoor parks..

Cowtown 2013

This years Cowtown Showdown was held at Skate Naked this past weekend. Friday Night there was a bowl jam and Saturday throughout the the day there were multiple contests around the park. The highlight of the weekend was the advanced contest. Justin Henry took home the win with two nearly flawless runs. Cotie Robinson came in a very close second. Despite a really low attendance this year it was a pretty fun day. Main sponsors for the weekend were Old Skool, Embassy, 5Boro, Alien Workshop and Habitat.

Jeremy Wilson took some really great photos of the weekend. Two of them are posted above. Cotie with a kickflip over the bump to bar and Drake Johnson with a 180 over. You can see more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/OhioSkateboardPhotography?fref=ts

Alex DeWeese

I think Alex DeWeese is pretty rad. He's a quiet kid that lets his skating do the talking. I've been waiting for him to release footage for some time now and personally I think he's quite under rated... He decided to but his clips together from this past year. I'm pretty stoked to finally see it. Alex works and rides for Old Skool in Westerville.

Abandoned hotel

I've known about this spot for over a year now and finally just went to check it out.. Jay Croft and Patrick Walsh came down from Akron last night to hit up the skatepark and on their way they stopped by to skate it. They showed my some pictures and it finally motivated me to go hit it up. This thing is no joke.. It's awesome but terribly hard to skate. I was struggling to say the least. Here are a couple pictures of the pool. Now this place by no means a secret but I'm not going to blow it up by posting the address.... However it's on the East side... happy hunting.

Ripples 5

Chad posted "Ripples Volume 5" this morning... HOLY SHIT... it's good. It's pretty much all bangers. James Webber is blowing my mind. Imbossible fifty-fifty impossible out... so good. All filmed at Skate Naked. I can't wait for the weather to break.. I really want to be able to roll around outside.

Play Factory March Edit

Brad Hall & Pat Flaherty made a pretty long edit for the month.. the list of skaters is too long to list, footage is from a bunch of local spots and parks.... jam out to Tears for Fears as well.

Taylor on Politic

Yesterday Taylor Nawrocki made the switch from longtime sponsor Instrument Skateboards to the recently formed East Coast brand Politic. Check http://politicbrand.com/ for an official welcome to the team announcement.
(photo credit: Randy Parker)