| LUSH: Around 4 PM on Sun., I got a message
from Seth's dad saying he'd "not made his plane"...I knew
he split around 11 PM driving (said illegal jeepster...) and should
have been in MD by then - I chose not to get in to the family scene
I saw coming down the track - fortunately,LetsGoSkatePool called 45
min. later to say he was home in one big piece. Not quite as high
spirited as when he left.
Gusto, LetsGoSkatePool, Five Points Tim, Plywood20, ShackleMeNot,
Amorone, AlavCollector, The Green Monkey, Zodiac13 (& Mrs.Zodiac13
- who deserves a gold star...) and all whom I've left off the list
- thanks for coming to town. I look forward to LEAVING town next
year and having another big time.
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| LetsGoSkatePool: had a second dinner
at around 1 am. Good Tapes at truck stops are hard to find, but the
good ones rule. Ran out of gas once cause I accidentally turned the
ac on and could not figure out how to turn it off (it was this really
old push lever deally) and I got a huge 2 mpg cause it draind the
gas. luckily, Lush got me a plastic jerry can and I filled it up enough
to get to a gas station even though I did almost get slammed by a
semi. I got back home at 1:30. Then had people to see and homework
to do(just wantd to sleep!) then went to Ruth's Chris for my birthday.
Went to sleep at 11:30 pm. I HAD A GREAT TIME!
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| Zodiac13: See y'all next time. Had a
blast !!! |
| AlvaCollector: The last 48 hours consisted
of the most alcohol I've ever drank and 8 hours of sleep total. Before
I forget a big thanks to AMORONE and LUSH for making all this happen.
Also, I found the Gorilla Mask story so funny I thought about changing
my screen name to Gorilla Mask the whole way home. To those of you
that couldn't make it.....once you read this....you'll be kicking
your own ass. I had the fuckin' best time. Drinking and laughing for
72 hours. What more could a girl ask for? |
| Plywood20: It was great to meet everybody
and I've gotta thank Amorone again for the hook-up on the rooms. |
EM Dash: Great meeting all you and
hope we can get together again.
Thanks to the TN bros for the hospitality and warm welcome. I felt
like a local. Totally sick park. I'm gonna be down there again and
hope to actually skate it.
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| Skatedad: My son Alex and I had a great
time. We did not get to enjoy the non-skatepark activities, but it
sounds like you guys had a blast. We enjoyed the whole trip except
for a speeding violation in Cincinnati. Hopefully everyone made it
back safe and sound. What a great park and a fun group to skate with.
Thanks to all who organized. |
| ShackleMeNot: THANK YOU TO EVERYONE
who showed up, I've been looking forward to this for along time, you
all rock, and we will see each other again hopefully. Amorone, thanks
for everything, rooms, buffalo billiards, just being a cool guy. |
| Gusto: Thanks again to chris &
lush&wife for everything and everyone else as well!
I still havent eaten anything other than thsoe 4 cokes I had before
I went to the airport and a couple Gatorades. I think a good rest
tonight and I'll be back to normal. I sweated out the poisons. I'm back
on another 60-90 day detox which should hold me to about new years
or so, if not longer...I really think im getting to old for this.
I hurt for too long after. I really cant type out anything like you
guys. Either I don't recall or I just cant even begin to think of the
millions of things and/or stories I was dying laughing about. Good
time had by all.
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| Ultraphage: Great time had by all...........thanks
again Lush & Amorone for pulling this off!
Lots of great skating went down (not by me though) and what looked
to be lots of quality parking lot lurking/drinking.
Saw 1 cop at 10:00am saturday morning...Never so much as touched a
helmet. Park was nice. About half the size I was expecting though
for some reason? The general was tight and scarey. I almost ate shit
dropping in the 6' section and it spooked me. Rest of the park was
nice flowage. Never got to hook up with anyone for after partys. We
have to organize that shit better next time! I have a little more
than 1 hour of total footage (mostly my cincinnati guys and the 5points
crew who just happened to be skating when I had my camera out) Zero
footage of myself. Lots of locals (paul sexton, darin masters, rodney
cassell, another guy who absolutely ruled the pool, etc,etc). The
locals were friendly and ripping (young and old). The Alva kids had
the speed lines down!
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| The Green Monkey: Big props to Amorone,
Lush, and Oldschoolrulz for organizing, coordinating, contributing,
helping, offering a rainplan, etc. If you've never been to the Nashville
park, go ! Even though I didn't get around to killing the trees
in the middle of it, it's still a great park. That being said, take
the 15 MPH sign off the exit ramp from Briley Parkway seriously. I
wasn't aware that my car could turn that tightly, let alone when decelerating
from 85. The locals are very mellow and laid back. Everyone I met
was fun to talk to, and a few of them seem to have every possible
line dialed in, some of them both front and switch. AC skated for
approximately 15 seconds. Assuming that the drive down for him was
eight hours each way, that's a 15:57,600 (or 1:3,840) skating-to-driving
ratio. As mentioned earlier, it ended with a crash. He also spilled
his beer all over Lush's shirt immediately upon meeting him. |
Five Points Skateboards: What a blast
this road trip was. Met a lot of you guys, got to skate a SICK park,
damn near got arrested...TWICE (sorry about that guys, the fuzz is
attracted to my lip fuzz. There's nothing I can do about it), got
loaded, and got to check out Nashville, which was a really cool city.
Thanks to Zodiac (and the Mrs.) for puttin us Ohio guys up in your
room. We were just going to sleep at the park (our usual roadtrip
slumber). That was very nice, and we appreciate it. Also, thanks for
the Gorilla Mask Story. Tried it out on the wife last night Thanks
to Lush for bringin the swag and showing us around Nashville. Your
town rocks. However, that fuckin deathtrap of a bar we entered Saturday
night gave me a serious anxiety attack it was so crowded. Thanks to
Amorone for setting it up. Gusto, you cracked me up the whole time
I was there. Thanks for the Laughs. The first thing I saw when you
guys rolled into the park was you wearing a surgical mask. I knew
it was you right away. Great times.
TGM, AC, SMN, Ultraphage, LGSP: It was a blast skating and hangin
with ya. Wish I could've been there Friday to see the debauchery!
Seth, I've never seen one person bring so many boards to a session.
It was cool tooling around on some of your quiver.
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Amorone:Quickly...AC is Bob Burnquist...
if Bob didn't skate and sat around drinking all day......TGM is slowly
becoming "that crotchety ol' man"....Zodiac13 and Mrs.Zodes
must write a movie for all the crazy stories they told....ShackleMeNot
rips! (but needs to learn what a bowl is)....Gusto, where do I start
(bring oil next time!)...Seth, whatever the opposite of coffee is,
you need to drink it by the pot daily! I forgot to mention...aside
from drinking, two things AC did remarkably well during the whole
trip....either (a) brags non-stop about his girlfriend, her big funbags,
how hot she is and how much he loves her (while Gusto breaks in with
"nuh-uhhh dude, she wants me" each and every time) and (b)
calls, texts, checks in constantly with her to maintain platinum pussy
whipped status.
Again, thanks to EVERYONE who could make it...and those with
us in spirit too. Big thanks to all the sponsors for the great give-aways.
I had a blast and am already looking forward to AoS-Fest III....oh
yeh...I am the guy who plans those...better get on the ball eh? Looking
forward to seeing you all again next year...and hopefully meeting
several new people as well (we gotta have fresh meat to corrupt! haha)
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