Element Premiere

Element video premiere on go skateboarding day

Taste of the 4th

Weekend with HesH

June 7th was the Transworld 25th anniversary/awards ceremony/new video premiere for "Let's do this". Paul and I drove from San Diego to Hollywood to meet Michelle who was coming from Santa Barbara to meet us there. 3 hours later we arrived. LA traffic sucks in case you didn't know.

we arrived and had to park 4 blocks away. I worked well because we found a cool skatespot on the way. Waiting in line we saw Brandon Turner, Anthony Van Engelen (in a cast) hangin out outside. Inside at the open bar Daewon Song was chatting at a table, Dave Coyne wandered around, Andrew Reynolds was in the middle of everything but kept to himself and many random faces in skateboarding. After a few drinks and being star struck we made our way to the amphitheatre to watch the show.

Daewon, Hawk, Hosoi, Jason Lee, Chris Pastras, Muska, and Smolik all announced the awards for this that and the other. Everyone kept paying respect to Shane Cross. It was cool to hear the skate community care so much about the tragedy. The video started and it went well. Naturally my luck would have it, of all people Sammy Baptista stood in front of me with a shorty's crue. If anyone knows the beef I have with that cocky son of a bitch you will understand.

After the video was over we drove to Vegas (naturally) and spent the remainder of the weekend there. My laptop was stolen from my room but I did still have my photos. We skated the Durango Hills skatepark. It is, for lack of a better word, shit. however parts of it can be fun, just have a backup plan. There was beer, buffets, and drunken conversations that I will not give up for anything. In fact I will return again soon. this is a link to some of the photos taken with my point and shoot camera. I will post the good camera photos later.
zachpetschek.com/weekend

thank you for reading until the end

no pictures

just to let everyone know, my laptop was stolen in Vegas over the weekend. i didn't lose everything but i did lose a few photos and documents. i should have a desktop computer by tuesday so after i reinstall most of my software i should have a better idea of what i lost. goodnight to all and to all a goodnight

54 Banks

This is a rare sight. John Snay skating transition. We setup this chunk of concrete on top of the bank. John got a front fiver stall on it like what. This place has potential and would be an excellent spot to skate late in the afternoon. John and I were talking about bringing a parking block and maybe a box to put on top of the bank. Maybe even have the box in the middle of the bank going parrallel to it. Whatever it is, this place has a lot of creative potential.
zachpetschek.com/54Banks_1

Erik and The Pit

what can i say, erik can ollie anything
http://zachpetschek.com/erik-pit

Skateboarding memorial

John Spooner, Michelle Oleary and I skated Memorial skatepark the day after the skate event in May. It was an overcast shitty day, but a lot of fun. I landed a new trick I haven't tried before and an old one I haven't been able to do in a while. I got to watch Spooner blast airs off of all the big lips in the park. Michelle almost got a padless backside grind in the keyhole. She had it but the helmet kept getting the way. She's too gnarly for pads.

We went to Washington skatepark next and were all humbled by the place. The locals rule and they fucking know it.

Afterwards we had a few beers at Spooner's and watched skate videos and Michelle was bouncing off the walls. Here is the link to all the images http://zachpetschek.com/skate_2