To start off this picture post I’ll do a little explainin’ first. SDSF Open was to be held the weekend of Oct 6th-7th in Sunny Escondido California. Razors was also having a premire for their new video “ICONS” by Adam Johnson on the 5th. So I decided to take off Friday, most of Thursday to enjoy the weekend. Arrangements were made to caravan and stay with Mr. Jon Julio, Brandon Smith, Jose Fuentes, Adam Roberts, and Victor Arias. We packed our skates (Ivan Narez, Jimmy Hake(who was around for the week) & myself Justin Hertel) and we woke up Thursday morning and began making our way down south. Here are a couple pics. from the drive there and back and a couple odds and ends along with contest photos.
A couple hundred miles into a few hundred something mile drive.
Infamous shades.
Infamous desert. Definitely not a place you want to break down.
Infamous shades match the infamous “busted” tee shirt.
Nothing but semi trucks and desert for days. We even saw Optumus Prime.
Me and Ivan. Ivan stayed on his phone for most of the trip. Jimmy Hake is passed the hell out in the back.
Making our way into L.A. where pretty much everything is tagged up.
Definitely in L.A. now…
Downtown L.A… Reminds me of Terminator
Trains and tagging go together like peanut butter and jelly.
Big time gap here. This was Friday night. After skating the Esco park nearly all day.
This was after watching the Razors video for the 2nd time.Ivan died of lung cancer shortly there after (as seen in this photo)
“Wanna buy a Black Berry?” (Victor Arias)
Brandon Smith is dead serious about his burrito.
“Pancakes in my mother F***ing room!” (Murda)
We put a ton of tinfoil in the microwave.
Someone get this guy off of Myspace. (Victor Arias)
Contest day. Razors presents the SDSF Open where the winner will take home 7grand.( click on photo’s for larger view.)
Jimmy Hake - royale around the curve box.
Rachard Johnson - TTS
Kelso’s bros. skating the “AKA Kelso mini ledge.” This was the only thing I saw these guys skate. Sean with some half cab FT, to BS to BST to FSBST or TTA to TS T to AO TTS hurricane MF’ER or a similar crazy switch up.
Oli Short won party animal of the year. Award given by the Santee dudes.
Dominic Sagona - AO topsoul. He and Julio were supposed to battle, but that never happened.
(A lot of skaters attended and competed in the 07′SDSF open.)
Chris Haffey - Disaster 360 soul (you know what’s even crazier is that this is pic. #23)
Jimmy Hake - Disaster soul
Brent Hicks - Disaster 360 soul attempt on the square side. He locked it but couldn’t quite land it. Trick looked hard though.
Shima & Elliott up in the shade spot. Shima’s rocking the NIHM’S with the GC F1 frames.
Brad Magnuson - True top soul down the big ledge.
Fabio - 540 Alleyoop soyale attempt. This kid from Brazil has 540’s to everything. Keep an eye out for him in the future. He blew everyone away with tricks like 540 tta, 540 true fish and more.
Chris Haffey - Full cab TTP
Brian Aragon - Alleyoop fish to something or another.
Billy O’Neill - Gots the ill true fish on lock.
Franky Morales - Skating with a bruised heel and still manages to get this ill fishbrain with a grab on the big down ledge.
Brian Aragon - Huge 900 as judges Lievanos, Julio, Kilgore & Kato look on in awe.
Chris Haffey - Most people couldn’t even get enough speed to clear this box, then Haffey comes along and hurricane top souls it first try.
Officer Bailey - With a “Do you know how fast you were going back there, boy?”
I’m takin fotos of ur previews, stealin’ al ur dealz.
Richie Velasquez - Some flip 360 over the big quarter gap.
Brian Aragon - Right about to put down a picture perfect 540 TTS. Just look how well he spots it.
Brian Aragon - Getting down on a backslide, haha.
Officer Bailey - Everyone stops what they are doing to watch this vert wall ride to front nugen done with excessive force.
Chris Haffey - Getting a little bit of air
Franky Morales - Laces a perfect wedge to wedge AO makio with a grab.
Davee Jones - with a front flip 360 to soul stall attempt. He pretty much had it.
Chris Haffey - Big bio 540 over the quarter gap.
Brian Aragon - Follows suite with a big bio 5 over the quarter gap.
Alex Broskow - Fast slide across the flat and down, first try! See www.valo-brand.com for edit!
Officer Bailey - Vert wall ride front torque to top soul to crowd control SF steeze with excessive use of tear gas and bean bag guns. - See edit at www.valo-brand.com!
Chris Haffey - He lined this one up and had the whole park of spectators and skaters run over to watch this. It was amazing. Wedge ramp over the gap and wall to the mini ramp coping to soul drop soul (peep the edit.)
That does it for my comp. pics. Camera actually died on the last photo. I’m lucky I even got that far.
Competetion results
1. Chris Haffey
2. Brian Aragon
3. Eric Bailey
4. Alex Broskow
5. Jeff Stockwell
The following pictures are from the ride home where Victor after having his burrito smashed acted like an infant and messed with me the whole 7+ hours.
Me - pre-attack. Watching a Ivan’s video iPod. I need to get myself one of these!
Snake lurking in the backseat. Getting ready for an attack.
Me - midst attack I had this box shoved in my face for a long time.
Gots me a fresh “busted” tee!
Sniped shopping for candies.
Kill this man.
~Fin~
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