GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN

Bobby and I started off skating with one thought yesterday: we were hungry. So we stopped by Pointer's for some pizza, and when we were leaving we checked out this polejam out back. But because of it's close proximity to a telephone pole and a building it didn't seem doable. But Bobby specializes in these types of situations, and pinched one through in no time. Yeah Bob! -Worful

FREE LAUGHS

If there are only a few things and people from outside Saint Louis that get a video spot on this blog, then let TSM photographer and Illinois native Bart Jones be one of them. I've mentioned Bart's awesomeness here before. This clip will portray Bart's essence better than my words, so sit back and watch how he turns a typically boring interview piece into a riveting reflection of his own brand of gung-ho insanity.

ROLL MODELS

I met up with Randy, Alex, Gabe, Jake, Derek, Joe Jackson, and Guy the other day at this new spot Gabe found. It's pretty sick, and Randy, Alex, and Joe gave it a good once over. Alex volunteered for stray board duty after one of Randy's kickflip attempts went rogue and nearly obliterated some poor guy driving by on a scooter. Meanwhile, I'm a little worried about some of our influence on the youth. In the end the session was a success and Derek seemed pleased. -Worful

SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

I met up with Randy and a crew of dudes at the tennis courts the other day. Goeke and Crucial were working on some cool new obstacles, and everyone was skating really good, however I wasn't able to capture a lot of the trickery due to my non-sequence shooting capabilities. Woe is me. But I did manage to get Bobby Taylor's flawless fakie boardslide, and surprise guest Troy's front board pop over too. Yes! -Worful

THERE IS NO SPOON

So I went out this weekend and tried to enjoy some of this nicer weather we've been having. Saturday I picked up Schwartz and Guy and we headed to the blind school ledges once the morning rain dried up. We saw our little buddy who's house shares the same alley the ledges do. While tossing the the ol' football around he made a point of reminding us to pick up our trash when we skate there because it bums his dad out. So note to all skaters who skate that spot: please pick up your trash. All those neighbors are super nice for not calling the cops on us and whatnot, so yeah just be sure to be respectful when you're there. Next we went to the fountain where the neighbors definitely do NOT want us around (not that we don't need to be respectful there too). Bobby Taylor, Larry, Chris, Jared, and Myron were there, and Randy showed up too. We skated for a bit, but then someone called the cops and we decided to try and find a spot Randy had seen from the Metrolink recently. We couldn't find it (or WAS there even a spot to begin with?), but found a bank to skate along the way. Finally we met Gabe at another spot, but by the time we got there it was dark and we called it a day. Sorry you drove out there for nothing Gabe, ugh. We owe you a Dew. -Worful

WE ARE THE CITY: VOLUME ONE

Thanks to Bobby Taylor and We Are the City for making this sick montage that highlights some of the ripping skaters that call St. Louis home. Good work Bobby, keep it coming! -Worful

GNARGUS

When Argus texted me the other day saying "Do you want to skate that bump near my place?" my response was simply "What time?"
-Worful

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS!!!

Happy birthday Chris! Hope it was a good one. Here's some pictures of him at the St. Charles park by Wissman. Look at him get all "Leo" on that hubba!

CHICAGBROS!

I spent some time in Chicago this past weekend and got to hang out with some sweet dudes, namely St. Louis' hometown hero David Uthus. I also got to meet Windy City rippers Ryan, Dan and Nick. We skated, we ate good food and had one hell of a great labor day. Thanks to everyone's Chicago hospitality...now come down to St. Louis and rip it up! Here are some snaps of the weekend. Sick Ryan!

-joel

PS And yes, I do know how stupid the title of the post is, but what can I say? I'm just not that smart, so "Chicagbros" is what you get.

WHAAAAAAAAAAT???

Untitled from Jake Zurheide on Vimeo.

Chris gives David Blaine a run for his money with this backside illusion slide. It's really freaking me out. -Worful

BACK TO SCHOOL

I hope everyone had a good long weekend! The weather was super nice, and I ended up getting out there a little bit. Saturday I met up with Guy and Zurheide at the up ledge, and pretty soon Bobby Taylor, Larry, Chris, and some friends of theirs showed up and we had a packed session on our hands. It was sick. Bobby showed me a sneak peak of some of the clips he's been getting of people, I was hyped! Then we took things to the lighting company bank so Bobby could try and get a clip of me, but I was blowing it. Sorry Bobby! Everyone else was ripping though. Later that night I met up with Bobby Marksteiner and his good friend Dave who was in town from Illinois. We skated this parking lot I used to skate when I was in junior high. Gabe met us there too and lots of "non-skating" skating ensued. Sunday I saw those three again, as well as Guy, Schwartz, and Alex. More fun in the sun, and then we called it a day. Goodbye summer, hurry back soon!
-Worful

5-0!

In my recent hiatus to Urbana, Columbia and Clayton, I've been running into the 5-0 quite often, both the trick and the enforcement. Here is pictorial proof of the first example with Danny "laying down the law" on a ledge in Urbana, Travus "making an example" of a rail in Clayton, and Alex "throwing the book" (obviously entitled "The Textbook 5-0") at this ledge in Columbia. Thanks to everyone who tagged along at any point in time, and a special thanks to the ever hospitable Hoffman family for allowing us to find rest and refuge from the 5-0's during our stay in Columbia.

-Jake

STICKERS, DUDE

Have you gotten your very own Dude Life stickers yet? I sure have! Get 'em while they're sticky! -Worful

DYLAN SCHMYLAN

Did everyone see the new issue of The Skateboard Mag? I don't know who this Dylan character on the cover is, but I did recognize Randy and Jack. -Worful

CHECK OUT OUR BRO(USSARD)

We leave you this week with the carefree stylings of our friend Nate Broussard to coast you into the weekend. The weather's supposed to be nice, have fun!

INFINITELY GOLDEN

Does Infinity have copies of Stay Gold? Maybe. Did I get to see a sneak peak of said video recently? Possibly. Is it worth seeing? Most definitely. Meanwhile, Jason is still kind enough to keep our boards stocked, as well as our video. Thanks for the support Jason and everything else you do, it means a lot! -Worful