Aspen /Snowmass Colorado. The 4th of JULY!

Up AT the crack of dawn. Drive for 2+ hours. Skate. Drive. Skate. Drive! It was a fun filled 4th, and that was just the morning! My brother "A9" and I pulled off a sneak attack on the crete at Aspen and Snowmass yesterday morning! It was a good, no.. it was a GREAT time! I will do it again FO-SHO! Here are some shots to document our celebration for INDEPENDENTs!


A9 Drops at Snowmass . This pool simulation bowl was so RAD! The shallow end was real tight but still ride-able! The waterfall was steep! This bowl was challenging in all the right ways. It gave us nothing for free! I would like to ride this thing every day and get good on it.


Snowmass is just around the corner from Aspen. This park was built by Dreamland Skateparks. It truly is a dream to ride. But watch out for the water from the sprinkling system. It leaches in through the concrete cracks and can turn this dream into a nightmare! The city of Snowmass should seriously check into this before it becomes a problem.


Snowmass skatepark. View #2


Snowmass skatepark. "B.F.B."Big fun Bowl


I would love to have this in my back yard!


I took it easy. The bigger bowl was a bit intemidating. I wanted to keep it fun and that means NOT getting hurt! I threw a few micro backside airs and called it good!



Another BS air in the bigger bowl.



Kvon Pivot in the bigger bowl at Snowmass.



Victory! "The hairy pit old man hath skated The and walketh away to skate another day!"


Commonly miss-referred to as "Butt-pencil" THIS, is a little place called Aspen COLORADO!
Colorado Combi! Two 6'+ rounds and a 9' or 10' square! OH-SO-SMOOTH! I love this Bowl!



Kvon back side Carve.


Shot of the park surroundings.



I love this town!


4' to 6' area. Tons of lines! THe Locals kill it, and you will too!


The big tile extension.



A9 with a cool fly-out!


This little bowl is RAD for beginners. It just ROCKS!


We returned home tired and happy, ready to light some fire works! I hang out with my wonderful family then we grilled steaks with our good friends Jim, Allie, Honor and Eden. We lit fire works in the street in front of our house then walked down to the community overlook to watch the city burn some $. It was a good day!

Sumer time rolls

Bust-a-backside! A9






Bail shots rule!


A9 "chillin-it"


Kvon invert


Kvon Lein to tail


Kvon Boneless one



Tha heat makes ya K-ra-Z!


Big B Shreds!


I have been racking my brain to no end... trying to formulate a plan to build a vert ramp. I have always had this passionate pursuit of big air. I have dreamed of boosting 6'-8' above the coping on a 12' vert ramp. There is currently no such ramp in my town (to my knowledge). So, I can drive out of town or I can build one. I would have started building already but there are variables that perplex me. Ramp construction is relatively straight forward but knowing the future is another thing all together. It's like this.. say I build a vert ramp and.....
1. my neighbors throw a fit.
2. we decide to move
3. it rains and snows ALL the time..
4. etc.etc.etc...
Anytime I am working on a plan I go through a time like this. I am just trying to work out the details. I'll get it worked out. Mean while, "LETS SKATE!"

Old Kook Skating... Magazine???

There is something cool about a magazine. When I was younger my mom would take me to the grocery store. I would hit the magazine isle while she shopped. Those were good times. There was a wealth of knowledge in those pages, they made my world bigger, more exciting! I read BMX action, BMX plus and eventually Thrasher and Transworld Skateboarding. Some times I would switch things up with a Hit Parader or Black Belt, the mag for the suburban Ninja! I fantasized about being on the cover of BMX or skateboarding magazines. Enough back story. Recently I did some basement layout work for a fictitious mag called Old Kook Skating. Old Kook Skating mag is based on a website with the same name. There are lots of skate forums out there, I belong to many of them but Old Kook has an innocent purity that puts your finger right on the pulse of what I believe to be the true essence of skateboarding. It's not about being "core" it's about the very act of shoving the earth and its gravitational pull away from you and rolling. Just roll away! I conclude this post with two mock up "covers" for a magazine that lives in my soul! Old Kook Skating dot com!

Kvon Helmet art #1

I have been wanting to do something custom and iconic to my helmet for quite some time now. I dig it when people customize their gear. It helps as identification in pictures and it is a lot of fun! I put together some primitive helmet art the other day. The concept was an electrical tape interpretation of old time football meets classic skate bones. Seems like all my stuff is black and white these days. I didn't really plan it this way it just sort of worked out with the supplies on hand.

Arizona recap #2 Father and son

I got the privilege of riding with many cool skaters last week two of which are the father son team of "Pat" and "Pat" or "pj" as the younger is often referred to. Here are a couple shots from an evening session at Kelcore's ramp.

Arizona trip re-cap #1

We had a blast in Arizona last week. I really dropped the ball as far as taking pictures goes... I didn't even get a picture of my Sister and brother in law. BUMMER! My Brother in law has just purchased a professional welding set up! I don't know much about welding but I know his set up does Mig,Tig and has a really nice feeder! I have always wanted to weld. My b.i.l. offered to let me try it. It looked like a lot of fun. I didn't have the guts to try it, I will someday... after I do more research on "how NOT to destroy the world with a welder". My Sister-in-law is a competing "Body sculptor". She is on a strict diet now because she has a big competition in Chicago this month! It was very good to see them both. I can't wait till next time!

Working on it. #3 060909

A few days ago I reached my next step to invert style. I am grabbing after the wheels cross the coping. This will help me work this trick up to larger transitions and vert. I am also working on the madonna and a trick I call a 3/4 cab pivot. Additionally we are getting used to the new firmware "1.1.0" in our Canon 5d markII(s). 1.1.0. allows full manual control over the video features in the 5d markII. It's a whole new world for us with the 5d markII! We are stoked!

Mulberry brigade from kvon on Vimeo.