WARM WEATHER???

Well what do you know? It was actually NOT that cold outside this weekend! Thank goodness. I met up with Drew, Guy, Jake, and Jack and it was super nice be out and about. We (by "we" I mean Drew) warmed up a little bit before going to check out the steep banks on Southwest Avenue, near our beloved Harry's Bar & Grill. They had paved the top part though, so we mostly skated the mellower bank which was fun. Then we (by "we" I mean Jake and Jack) ended things with a game of S.K.A.T.E. before heading home. I hope it doesn't snow tomorrow. -Worful

THE SKATEBOARD MAG

There is a very nice write up by Randy in The Skateboard Mag's newest issue, about the fundraiser he organized recently. There are some great photos by Sam McGuire too. Thanks Randy, Sam, and everyone who showed up that night! And don't forget to come to the next fundraiser on March 13th.

WORD TO THE WARD

Keepcarrunnin from Dilly on Vimeo.

Tim Ward is on point, as always. Thanks for the clip Bobby!

SKATE OR DON'T

If you don't know Bryan Gilmer, his wonderfully unique tattoos or how to read, I'm sorry.

KEROSIN CLOTHING PROMO

Bobby reminded me to post this great Kerosin Clothing promo, featuring some of his friends who came through town not too long ago as well as some stuff they filmed while here. Dope!

MARTY!!!

We would like to congratulate long time Pretty pal Marty "Drummersaults" Murawski on turning pro! And we couldn't be more happy that it was these fine folks who stepped up and did the right thing. It was long overdue.

Check out Marty's welcome video and start counting the days until Make Friends With the Color Blue drops. In the meantime, tell Jason that you'd like to purchase Marty's first board.

A TRILOGY FOR THE AGES

If you thought this trilogy was good, and that this one sucked, then we're pretty sure you'll love THIS one. We promise.

KINGSHIGHWAY BENEFIT REDUX

Here's a flyer for another benefit. We still have money left from the last one but this will help keep things moving in Spring. I won't be able to make it or help out but it looks like a good time. Thanks to the people who are organizing this and continuing to support the project!

THE CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS

Calling all artsy fartsy teenagers! Artist Lori D informed me of this great camp she's worked at for the past nine summers, check it out! Kids from all over come together for a month of intensive focus in the following disciplines: animation, creative writing, dance, film/video, music, theater, and visual arts. The application deadline is coming up soon on February 27th if you're interested. Thanks Lori! -Worful

MANDERSON

Check out the new Matix ad with Mike "Manderson" Anderson going off at you know where.

LALA LAND

So I was in the LA-ish area for the past few days, to see my good friend Rob. He took me to Venice Beach to hang out with some of the locals and whatnot. Meanwhile, there's a new skatepark there and I got to watch some rippers along with the rest of the crowd. But I would have to say the highlight was the synchronized roller skating going on near the skatepark, definitely. -Worful

REPPIN' IT UP

From up in Ann Arbor, Fallen rep flow rider Martin Fobes sent in this little video. It's got our boy Jack Dizo stylishly executing a few of his staple tricks. Tiiiiiight! Now go out and buy some Deklines and some Elwood threads.

JEFF DOING THAT "JEFF THING" THAT HE DOES SO WELL

Bobby sent me this. At first he saw it on Skate AZ and thought it was just a nice photo, but then he realized it was none other than Jeff! Photo by Patrick Driscoll.

THE FINAL GRAVITY

Behold: THE FINAL GRAVITY. Might as well.

CRAP HOUSE

Ah snap! Drew's got a new part. Well, according to him it's just "throwaway" footage, but it looks pretty sick to me. And the song's on point! Enjoy, thanks Drew! -Worful

SKATE OF THE UNION

Tonight Joel, Bobby, and Drew came and picked me up to go to the Granite City indoor park for a nice session. Joel turned heads when he turned this ramp upside down, Bobby set up a gap and heelflipped it, and then Drew went way overboard with this backside crailslide. Fantastic! Then we headed back home and listened to Obama handle his business on the radio. Not a bad night. -Worful

Editor's note: The title of this post was thought of by none other than Bobby. I'm so pissed I didn't think of it first, thanks Bob!

LINDSEY BROHAN

Lindsay Lohan from 48BLOCKS.COM on Vimeo.

A little late on the draw on this one, but some bros made this fairly excellent digi-cam magnum opus entitled "Lindsey Lohan." It includes a clip of our pal Jabari Pendleton and has some clips from the Ezekiel Northwest tour that I went on a couple years back. A skate video the way it should be. Oh yeah and there's a Joey Pepper part. No big deal.

ADAM AND CHRIS HAVE A BLOG!

Adam and Chris have a blog, and it seems that Jared and Larry are down for their cause. So you should be too!

LARRY ON THE SCENE

Larry and some homies met some nice dudes from Hillbilly Bombshell (a shop in Bellville, Illinois) recently when they were cruising through St. Louis. Here's some footage and nice sunset photos from that day. Check it out, thanks Larry!

BLOODY HELL

Bobby seriously got a bloody nose while ripping the other day. I had to run across the street to Del Taco to gank some napkins. It was hilarious. -Worful

HAITI BENEFIT CONCERT

Joel has put together a benefit concert for earthquake relief in Haiti, please come if you can! Bands playing include Joel's reunited (if only for the night) Tell Tale Heart, Sam Wade, and Dear Vincent. It will be at Antarctica (5226 Gravois Ave.) and starts at 9pm (doors open at 8pm). Tickets at the door are $10 (the venue is cash only), and all ticket proceeds go to Red Cross. Thanks for doing this Joel, and thanks in advance to everyone for helping out.

OUR SWEET PRINCE

"Yo 'Heem, whatcha been up to?"

"Nothin' much, just hangin' out, lookin' princely."

SHOOTING SPREE

Talk about and oldie but a goodie! Wow! Thanks to Chris Jackson for pointing out this diamond in the rough, Shooting Spree from Sean Kuehnel, circa 1998. The skaters, skating, and music, all banging. Let's here it for the late 90s folks!

RANDY GETS PRICED

There's a nice photo of Randy performing a noseblunt slide on The Skateboard Mag's site, shot by Matt Price. It's in the Fresh Crops section, which features more of Matt's great photos.

GET AT ME

I found out about the blog GET AT ME! today. It's a Kansas City blog that Sam McGuire posts on that he describes as "It's like the KC Pretty blog except it's only crappy cell phone photos and no actual useful content." Sounds great to us Sam. This entry, taken from a fateful night in which I managed to yell at a homeless person, renegade a beer in White Castle, and drop-kick a crave case into the side of Jack Donze's head in the matter of a half an hour, prompted a van full of the Escapist team to call me at 10:30pm on their way back from Miami to go with them to White Castle by my house and shotgun beers with them before I knew about said blog. I'm glad the internet age has allowed my late-night retardation to be so pervasive and inspiring. Oh yeah, Malto posts there too. OMG!

IT AIN'T DEAD YET

I'm sure everyone knows that skating at the Webster Groves park has been "blocked" (PUN INTENDED!!!), but have you seen Alex and his friends skating it anyway?

MALL GRAB

I met up with Bobby, David, and Drew and headed to the Plan Nine skatepark again today, to seek refuge from the bitter cold. Guy, Randy, Joel, and Jake met us there, and we also ran into Bobby Taylor, Larry, Chris, Reggie, and Jake when we got there. It was a super fun and super crowded session. Jake debuted his winter beard and David debuted his new winter haircut. Meanwhile, I got to shoot some video with David's great new point and shoot camera, and Jake and Joel got some good stuff on their new portable video cameras as well. I'm hoping we can put an edit up soon of some stuff that went down. I also managed to get a photo of Jake's sick ollie over the gap. Go Jake! -Worful

WAY, WAY, WAY BACK IN THE DAY

These two little homies need no introduction. If this doesn't put a smile on your face, I don't know what will. This made my day for sure. Thanks for sending us the link Alex! -Worful

MY FRIEND ALLAN'S SUPER 8 MOVIE

Here is a video of some Super 8 footage that my old friend Allan shot of his buddy Uncle G. Thanks Allan! -Worful

FUNDRAISER FOOTY

Wow! Check out this awesome video shot by David Probsts the night of the fundraiser last week. Thanks David!

WEEKEND WARRIORS

Guess who else got a camera for Christmas? Joel, that's who. And he's blessed us this holiday season with an edit from the Plan Nine park from just a few nights ago, enjoy!

A DAY LATE AND A GIRL PACKAGE SHORT

I got a package from Girl today intended to support the fundraiser last Tuesday. It includes two "where the wild things are" edition boards (7 3/4" and 7 5/8" wide) 4 t-shirts (2 medium, 2 large) 2 adjustable Girl hats, and a shitload (no pun intended) of stickers.

I'm willing to sell all of this gear for $100. Thats a good deal right? All proceeds go towards the kingshighway benefit fund, which after a couple extra contributions now comes to $1889.34. If you are interested email the the Pretty address as seen on the right there. Thanks!

SPEAKING OF BIRDHOUSE...

Be sure to check out this six part series of the east coast Birdhouse tour that Randy was on recently, also via Shred or Die. Here's part one of the series.

RANDY AND DREW WAY OUT WEST

Randy and Drew hit up some parks out west recently on behalf of Birdhouse. Here's some of the rippage that went down, via the folks at Shred or Die.

ROB HANIACEK'S FANTASY FACTORY

While I was up in Chicago over Christmas, Rob H. was kind enough to take me to his secret hangout. In turn Santa was good to Rob this Christmas and got him his very own FLiP camera. Now we can all celebrate the first of hopefully many RobEdit's.

WISSMAN'S VISION

Here are some great pictures from the fundraiser the other night that Wissman shot. Thanks Andy! -Worful

HAPPY YEAR YEAR!!!

We hope everyone had a happy and safe time last night celebrating the new year!