PRETTY DEMO IN PERU

As Randy mentioned, he and I and some of our friends will be in Peru for the next ten days. And according to the Google Analytics account for the Pretty blog we have approximately one fan there. Should be a sick demo. -Worful

COTTONEYE HOOD

Full of Fuck from David Thomas on Vimeo.

Continuing the audio visual crossbreeding of the Pretty and Dude Life blogs comes this corn-fed edit (cornfedit?) courtesy of David Thomas. Our Nashvillian friend John Hood has been long backed by Pretty but, as you can gather in this edit, he is probably more into the rugged handsomeness of the dude life lifestyle than the precious and delicate comeliness that Pretty tends towards. One thing that is for sure is that he is "full of fuck" and i'm going to have to assume his style is more "rawdog in a dive bar bathroom stall" than our sensitive "candlelight and smooth jazz romancing" approach to lovemaking.

So thats cool John, visit Chicago whenever you want to get your Dude Life fix, but us Pretty types in St. Louis are always down for a "man's man" like yourself from time to time. What can we say.

Worf and I are heading to Peru tomorrow for 10 days so look forward to some great post from that.

There is a new photo on the final gravity that I shot in Australia of my friend Schooner. That was a rough weekend.

A FOND FAREWELL

I met up with Chris and some of his homies at Kingshighway last night to wish him farewell. I also got to watch him rip, as usual. Then I randomly ran into him and his friends at Ted Drewes later that night. Nice! Anyway, have a safe trip Chris! Come visit soon. -Worful

ON A MISSION

We all can't WAIT for to see what Gabe does with the Infinity video. Go Gabe! And frankly I can't wait to hear what Reggie says in the video either. -Worful

BACKGROUND BOB

More Bobby! Here he is at the blind school ledges watching Adelmo's sick line that Gabe filmed, as seen in the great new LRG Clothing video Give Me My Money Chico.

TAKING IT BACK TO THE STREET

Bobby Taylor had been asking why Bobby Marksteiner hadn't had any coverage on the blog lately, and I told him I'd work on it. So instead of going to the beloved Webster park (our favorite session spot lately), Bobby decided to take it back to the street. -Worful

POST-DISPATCH

Read all about the Kingshighway spot in this Post-Dispatch article. Photo of Ben ripping by Erik M. Lunsford.

ELWOOD IN ST. LOUIS

Check it out! The Elwood Clothing team is coming to St. Louis very soon, should be sick!

PALME D'OR

view it how Gabe intended it in widescreen

Gabe Kehoe got busy for school with his mini-documentary on you know where. It features some quality shredding (i'm a little bummed he didn't hold onto my shit for a part) and more words coming out of Gabes mouth than most of us have ever heard. interviewee Kyle Crandall is passionate as ever and Zac delcortivo (who I have no choice but to call Zack de la rocha now that I know his last name) seals the deal with the final monologue. fine work all around boys!

GOODBYE SWEET PRINCE

First David, now Chris is leaving us soon for Texas. He promises to be back as soon as he can, but he'll be terribly missed until then! Keep shredding Chris. Also thanks to Adam who sent this nice video in honor of his friend's departure. -Worful

MALTO IN ST. LOUIS

Check out Sean Malto skating the blind school ledges, among other spots. Thanks for the link Gabe!

REGGIE IN CHICAGO

Here's Reggie skating in Chicago, via the Skate Illinois site. Thanks for the link David! Photo by Tim Johnson.

TWO LEDGES, ONE SPOT

After scratching our heads thinking of a spot to go to yesterday, Guy finally suggested the grandpa ledge. Funnily enough, once we got there Bobby and Joel found a different ledge to skate around the corner. Okaaaaaay!

UP, UP, AND AWAY

The new up ledge and hip obstacle at the Kingshighway spot is sick! Great job and super big thanks to all who made it happen. I was fortunate enough to watch some dudes get gnarly on it the other day, including Drew's friend Dylan who was in from out of town. Talk about a tre bomb, daaaaaamn! He did it THREE times for the sake of Jake's camera, and then did it another time just for little ol' me. Thanks Dylan! What a ripper. -Worful

DOST PISTACH

I heard a rumor some guys are lighting up the spot formerly or currently known as Shitside/Kingshighway/KHVT/Charles Bronson in drag (vigilantly tranny) tonight (05/17/10) in anticipation of a St. Louis Post dispatch reporter coming down to check out the scene and do a story on it. It was also said that a turnout would be appreciated, purportedly to test the "strength in numbers" theory of social and political power.

I'm not sure if awareness raising is really what the spot needs but I guess it really can't hurt so long as the story is positive and supports whatever it is that is going on down there. Although the culture of skateboarding is rarely done justice in the mainstream press hopefully this can drum up support for our spot and the obvious need for a public skatepark in the city of St. Louis. So come show off your death-defying aerial maneuvers like "alleys", "flipkicks" and "gay twist" and don't forget that you young men (and young babes) really should be wearing a helmet.

Speaking of top notch, intelligent reporting, Beach is truly honing his writing talents over at the new Dude Life blog. Watch out Pilot Light, there is a new brain in the building.

JAKE THE SNAKE

Jake seemed to slither his way into all the photos I shot yesterday. If he wasn't so handsome I'd be totally bummed. Also, Randy kickflipped these stairs and the bar at the end of them. -Worful

FRICK AND FRACK

Pretty X Dude Life: Our First Date from Randy Ploesser on Vimeo.

Hot on the heels of Jack's American Idol submission is this montage of Chicago footage from the day after Dave's fundraiser. Pretty and Dude Life joined forces for the first time (since dude life was started anyway) for a massive two-day tour of one skatepark and one street spot. Beauty and the Beast it was not, but it was lots of fun and nothing is more fun than a bunch of pathetically hungover old guys semi-skillfully and halfheartedly playing on their skateboards.

Its entitled "Our First Date" and it sure was a awkward at first (see: early shot of Joe and Ryan on the subway) but after we broke the ice it was apparent our two fake companies (or totally like "real" bro, depending on how you look at it) were a match made in heaven. So it is with a heavy heart that I must tell Arizona's Brimley skateboards that we might be through. You guys might have a cool mustache but Dude Life has a burly patch of chest hair to run our fingers through.

I composed the music in the video on the concertmate 900, a keyboard slightly more tech but not nearly as hardcore street as the rapmaster 2000 Jack uses. It may seem to be a delightful and catchy pop number at first but by the third time it plays through, like a lot of pop music, it might make you want punch your computer or the person nearest you. The editing software that comes built in with my new Flip HD camera seems as if it were made for trained chimpanzees to mass-edit high school graduation and wedding ceremony videos. It allows you to pick one song which it randomly places and loops, crossfades every clip, and really only has about 3 options total. Maybe I should get final cut already.

JAMMASTER JACK

JAMMASTER JACK from Randy Ploesser on Vimeo.

Jack does a little 26th birthday dance for us while playing his signature DJ Shadow/Wu-Tang mash-up on the Rapmaster 2000 keyboard. What a talented young man he is!

BIRTHDAY BOY

Happy Birthday, Jack!

HUGAGEDDON

The sky is not falling.

Yet.

DUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!

Is it inappropriate to poach the first post off your friend's blog? Oopsy daisy, too late.

DUDE LIFE HAS A BLOG!!!

Please check out the brand spanking new Dude Life blog and give it all your love and affection right NOW man. Thanks Dave!

DOLPHIN WATCH

Birdhouse Skateboards East Coast Tour from Birdhouse on Vimeo.

Randy's got a few moves to check out in the latest Birdhouse edit. Peep the steez at 5:30. (Yours truly got a shout out at 4:44.)

Also be sure to purchase the new Skateboard Mag to read Randy's account of the trip... and look at the pretty pictures.

BUMP AND GRIND

I don't see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind, and neither did Bobby and Randy yesterday. Of course it took them a little bit to get the hang of jamming on two poles at the same time (that sounded gross), but once they did it was glorious to see. Unfortunately Randy's hand got all gnarled in the process. Meanwhile Joe traded places with David and "philmed" him on David's phone, doing a drop to grind. Jack and Jared stayed busy with a very stylish game of skate. Nice spot, nice session. End o' story. -Worful

ANOTHER TRASHY VIDEO FROM JAKE

Jake's done it again. Way to montage Jake! This is sick.

D.I.Y. DAY (PART TWO)

Later in the evening everyone went to the Kingshighway spot to continue shredding on Saturday. Again I didn't get it all, but here's a glimpse. There was so much going down, it was fast and fun to watch. All the new obstacles there are looking super good. Special thanks to Kyle and everyone else who's worked so hard on such a awesome spot. And thanks to everyone who came out to skate all day and night!
-Worful

D.I.Y. DAY (PART ONE)

A bunch of dudes met up at the tennis courts Saturday in the early afternoon to film for a St. Louis D.I.Y. video that Randy wants to put on The Skateboard Mag's site. It was super fun to watch everyone rip at such a great spot. I didn't get everything that went down, but here's a taste. And thanks to David "Dad Cam" Uthus you'll be able to see much more in video form. Special thanks to Ben, Joe, and everyone else who helped and continue to help make this spot sick. -Worful