May 24th 12:43am- Bored with Birmingham. Time for a road trip.

May 24th, 1:09am- Prep the Honda for a weekend adventure.

May 24th, 1:46am- Fuel and Munchies. Next stop New Orleans.



May 24th, 3:46am- Five hour energy shot is a waste of money. Pull into rest stop in the abyss that is Mississippi.

May 24th, 10:14am- Cross the Louisiana state line with 'Tequila' playing on the radio. Coincidence?

May 24th, 11:00am- Bang on Jeff's' hotel door. Picture time.


-French Quarter-

-Lake Pontchartrain-







-St. Louis Cemetery #2-















-Lower Ninth Ward-










May 25th, 6:48pm- Fill up gas tank in Slidell, just north of New Orleans. New goal is to make it back home with enough time to get about 5 hours of sleep before work tomorrow.

May 26th, 7:23am- Exhausted, yet fulfilled. Totally worth it!

Huge move to Dothan yesterday. 3 trucks, 6 people and 2 unload locations. The husband was a neat-freak millionaire, the wife was quiet and clueless, and the woman hired to organize it all was real big turd. Luckily we got it done with minimal incidents and surprisingly, each got a hundred dollar tip!









After that was all done, I allowed Ziggy to talk me into a night of skating and drinking. didn't get any shot's of skating that night, but I got plenty of bar/club shots, and found out that if you take pictures of bartenders, they give you free drinks!









Most of the people who noticed me taking shots of them just kinda smiled and went back to their thing, but not these people, the minute they saw my lens pointed at them, they got all Zoolander on me.



I managed to get a few hours of shut eye before waking up to Ben calling me wondering if I'd come meet up with him at the Hoover Met and take some shots of the pimped out Oakley trailer, so I did.









And after all that excitement, I headed down to First Ave Rocks ready to do some free labour work, only to find out it's time for the holds!!!







You know you're jealous!

Found out today that the skatepark in Alabaster only charges $1 to get in on the weekdays! Throw in another dollar for helmet rental and it's still 2 cents cheaper than my daily Starbucks fee.

No matter how often I see it, I'm always amazed at just how willing these little kids are to throw themselves down huge gaps, carve 10 foot bowls and flip in-flip out of rail tricks! I do my fair share of provoking from behind the camera though. The shot's not gonna be good if they don't go big though!

At 28 years of age, I'm starting to think about the outcome of tricks a little bit more. Falling actually hurts now, and knowing just how quickly everything can go horribly wrong doesn't really motivate me push myself to much anymore, but this guy today taught me how to say 'fuck it' all over again. 49 years old and still airing out of a bowl a bone-breaking 10 feet above the concrete floor... Props to this guy!

And he still falls with such grace! Notice his shoes... I can respect anyone who chooses duct tape over laces.

Caught the sunset and the daily 10 minutes of 'golden lighting' at the Tip Top Grill in Bluff Park and got some interesting reflection shots off my car.

Ended the day at my second home with Josh Dave and Liz. Killed time by strapping headlamps to appendages and jumping around on the trampoline. It started off pretty simple, then the exposures got longer and the bouncing got downright crazy!

Nice storm last night. Can't wait for the next one! I'm starting to get the hang of this whole 'lightning shots' thing.

Today was the first day I could really get out and enjoy myself without a stinging pain running from my right forearm down to my knee... Prescription pain killers probably helped a little.

Hung out at Josh and Davids new place. Nice house with a pretty fun backyard!

Finally got myself back on a board and actually managed to do alot more than I was expecting! The fear of falling on my right side again did hold me back from a few things I really wanted to throw myself down, but all in all it was a pretty good day.

Although I did get a decent picture of Ziggy landing the Glen Iris 3, I chose to put up one of him falling due to the fact that his front left wheel landed directly in a 'No Landing' crack. Enjoy.

*Remote flashes should make these night shots quite impressive in just a few weeks*