New World

Andy Littlefield has been sending me some killer photos of spots around Sacramento. I plan on making a trip up there soon so we can film for the Jazzpush video.

Front Rock

Five-O

Boardslide

Dredge the Lethe - Classic Slo Kids 2

 I forgot how much these guys skated Laguna.

Good Times.

End of Year Blowout 2012- Yeti

We once again are at the end of the year, which means I post photos I never used. I didn't shoot as much this year because I've been more focused on the Jazzpush video, but regardless this is what I got.

Yeti theme for today

Backside 180 over hydrant

Boardslide as seen here

50-50

Smith

Dig This

It's finally online! This video came out with our first zine back in April and features Daniel Parks, James Fuchs, John Gutierrez, Andy Littlefield, Stephen Figueira, and John Lucas. Dig This was really fun to work on and for the most part it was us just skating and not even trying to film. The Templeton day was especially fun, filming that whole part in one day. Now go and Skate!

Last Call

You've probably seen it already but I had to post it. That noseblunt at Slo High was insane.

Marina

Spending time at Marina Park.

Next week we will begin our end of year blowout...maybe.

Another Year - Cody Ages and Credits

Well this is it. Cody got enders and it was well deserved. I think even as good as this part was, it didn't give justice to how good Cody really is. I used to go skate those baywood ledges and when I would roll up, 9 out of 10 times, Cody would be there by himself skating. I remember seeing him do tailslide 270 first try when he was still warming up. I'm not sure about Cody's whereabouts today, but Baywood has suffered in his absence.

Thanks to Kory Kroll and everybody in this video. This was one of my favorite videos growing up and there will be more to come soon!

Another Year - Salmon, Woody, and Maverick

So this is the last montage of the video. There's only one part after this and it's quite the closer. 

Mike Salmon was one of those kids who's goal in life was to piss everybody off, but in the most awesome way possible. I remember one of his friends had his tail on a ramp getting ready to drop in and Mike pushed him off the ramp because he was taking too long. He would go through all of his skate magazines and tear up Gonz photos in front of me because he knew it was my favorite skater. Things like this would piss you off but for some reason you couldn't help but like the guy.

Woody was just the man. Wu Tang shirts, huge switch crooks, and always antics. Mike ran over his foot once because Woody requested it. The dude was just a character and of course, super good at skating.

Maverick's skating is undeniable but his attitude during this time was just too jockish to me. He had a very competitive attitude towards skating and it just rubbed me the wrong way.

So next week we will conclude Another Year with Cody Ages.

Intermission

With Another Year coming to towards its end stretch, I thought I would do something different this week and post some local vids I found.

The first is the Cayucos Halloween Contest. I was only there for the beginning and to be honest, I really wasn't into it that much. Costumes weren't that cool and basically if Ty Hjortland and Boomer weren't there, it would have been pretty dead. I was only there less than an hour though, so maybe I'm just spouting nonsense.

Video by James Simonaro

Stephen Figueira rips. Super good style and solid tricks. Expect a killer part by him in the Jazzpush video whenever/if it comes out.

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The last video is by the Phat Pile guys. I like these vids because they always keep it super raw. Just good dudes skating. No HD bullshit, no lame indie songs, I don't even think they film VX. Just solid skating. Also good to know that they are still keeping the Rec alive!

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Beef Bologna

Props to Matty for making it on hellaclips with this boardslide. Being in the background will be the closest I ever get to having a clip on that site.

This is the first time I don't have a Halloween picture for Jazzpush. No blue men, scurvy pirates, or pro wrestlers this year.

Instead watch this! Doing $20,000 dollars damage and being banned from Saturday Night Live is way cooler anyway.

Another Year - Kris Kroll

This was always my favorite part in the video. Kris had original tricks and a sense of improvisation that I really enjoyed watching. I would see him struggle for a single trick and take the hardest slams, but when he got it, he would land another 4 to 5 tricks in a line. I was there for the five-o 180 at Morro Bay park and originally he was just going for straight five-o but in a spur of the moment Kris just decided to go 180 and landed it. I would have to say Kris was my favorite local skater and kinda the guy I tried to emulate. Not trying to fan out too hard here, but this dude was rad.

Also I've got a free Jazzpush shirt for anybody who can send me proof of kickfliping the gap at 1:49. It's at Monarch Elementary in Los Osos.

Another Year - I've Heard it Before

I remember Tristan was the first person to set me straight at the old Los Osos park. I cut him off and he made sure to let me know. I was there for that tre flip tail grab and he had them every try. Pat Donnelly gets nutty with a barefoot frontside flip and Nick Walters gets a trick.

It looks like next week we'll continue "Another Year" with one of my all time favorite video parts.

Another Year - When I was Young

Some more Newsense goodness. This montage shows some south street, old morro bay park, and the infamous green rail in slo.

Another Year Montage 2

We got more "Another Year" with Kory Kroll and Bart Steed.

Another Year - Montage 1

Another Year continues with Brian Howell, Josh Jamison, and Ryan Alton.

Another Year - Ki Crumpton

Ki Crumpton had the first part in "Another Year" and man was it good. With only about a minute of footage Ki skated some rails (like that last one) that still don't get touched. It seemed like Ki was just good at everything. I took guitar lessons when I was younger and after my lesson Ki dropped by to rip on drums with my teacher. In 2003 Ki was by far the best guy around here (in my humble opinion) and this part solidified that. 

Oh yeah, he also was the first to touch this rail.

Dredge the Lethe - Newsense "Another Year"

 We start off our revamped Dredge the Lethe series with "Another Year" by Newsense. This was their third and final video with their first being "Central Coast Chaos" in 2001 and "Damage Inc" in 2002. I remember this video having Brew Swet like hype when it came out and the premiere in Morro Bay was awesome. Take a trip back to 2003 where everyone in Los Osos and Morro Bay had Newsense boards and this was the gnarliest local video.

Video by Kory Kroll

Back in the day these stickers were everywhere. You can still find them around if you look hard enough.

Right outside of Slo Park.

It's Finally Come to This

I finally made a Jazzpush facebook page. Like us, comment, or do whatever you kids do on there.

Click here to go to the Jazzpush Facebook page.

Next week we begin to Dredge the Lethe.

Dredge the Lethe Series

I've been working for years now to collect all of this footage. Our Dredge the Lethe series has been a running theme on Jazzpush since the beginning, but now we are going to put it in full effect. The video teaser above is a compilation of Central Coast local skate videos that go as far back as 2001. To my knowledge, that's the earliest footage of a local skate video presented so far. The goal is to show the history (at least of the 2000s) of local skate videos that if not posted here, might not ever be seen. Sit back and relax as we begin to Dredge the Lethe.

The Other Rooftops

Joey Johnson gets a boneless on a gritty roof.

I've got some big plans for next week if all goes well.

Jazzpush Video Preview

It's finally happening Winter 2012

Featuring

John Lucas

Billy Lacy

Jade Sadeghian

Andy Littlefield

Daniel Parks

Joey Johnson

Stephen Figueira

Johnny Gutierrez

Mikey Weber

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Knives Fighting Guns

Some extra footage of Andy Littlefield, Billy Lacey, Jade Sadeghian, Mikey Weber and John Lucas.

Expect a full length Jazzpush video this winter.

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Helmet Cam

Carey Lynch gets a nosepick at Battles.

Photo by Andy Littlefield

Dredge the Lethe - 70's edition

Every once in a while I try to search for old local skate footage. I usually hope to find some 90's, maybe 80's footage, but I never expect anything from the 70's. Well I ended up finding this awesome video of skating at Lopez Lake ditch and an empty pool in Slo from 1976. To top it all off the guy even added Ronnie Montrose as music. You can't lose with that.

Big Results!!!

I was gone for Go Skate Day in Slo this year, but Jazzpush headquarters sent out the reliable Barton Boris Bodrian to shoot photos. Well here it is. All of it.

Cougar - Frontside Flip

Freedom of `76

Andy Littlefield shot by Zaya

Freedom Session.

Slo Sheffey

Zaya gets a solid boost.

A Jazzpush Minute with Adam Ottenberg

Adam getting gnarly

Go Skate Day 2012

June 21st meet at Slo Park at noon. Back to the streets.

It pains me to know that i'm going to be out of town this day. If anyone is up to cover this event and shoot photos please contact me!

jazzpush@yahoo.com

Fully Footed

slo mo

Skate Warehouse put up a vid of some slo usual's in slo mo. Don't really dig the song but I do enjoy the skating.

#100 Face the Music

Yep

I have no real idea how this has lasted so long but i'm happy it has.

Big Shots

Guy Mariano skates a spine during a later Cal Poly Thrash-a-thon. Photo thanks to Chrome Ball Incident.

Another view of David Gravette's krooked grind. I remember skating there as a kid and wondering if that was possible. Well it is.

Before the beard and the TV show Jeff King was riding for Invisible. Watch this part and look out for multiple Slo spots that still are not really skated. After do some research on the Caught Clean videos. Cult classics for sure.

The Gonz

The greatest skater ever. The clips before Gonz makes history at Wallenberg, are at Cal Poly. Even 22 years later, that rail at Poly seems insane.

Hokus Pokus

The first 30 seconds of this part has Colby Carter skating Poly as well. Keep watching though because you need to know about Brian Lotti. The H-Street guys hit Poly up in this part as well as this.

Back to Reality

Barton Boris Bodrian - Ollie

He might have bailed on me but Bart was a vital part of the beginning of this. He was the one who sparked the idea and after a specific session and a good story, Jazzpush started.

Michael Mull plug just because. Original Mayor of Meadow.

Your zine and video is on its way.

John Lucas - Noseblunt

John Lucas always rips. Take him to the best spots or the crustiest banks and he is excited to skate it.

Daniel Parks - Blunt fakie

Gotta end it with one of my favorite skaters at my all time favorite spot. With Daniel's help expect an Unearthed Summer zine and a full length Jazzpush video in July.

Japanese Table

Kids need to leave Slo park every once in a while and skate around. Kevin and Travis get out of the park and have some fun on a impromptu table setup.

Next week will be the 100th post on Jazzpush.

White Boy Blues

Elvis Littlefield

Jazzpush Minute

A Jazzpush minute with Andy Littlefield.

Everything Turns Gray

Fs Five-0

Fs Tailslide

Andy Littlefield gets down at a newly liberated ledge. Expect iphone evidence soon.

On Any Given Monday

Stephen Figueira is giving an old spot new tricks.

50-50 kickflip

Unearthed

If you haven't yet, pick up the Unearthed zine at Coalition, or Skate Warehouse later this week.

Be There

3/30/12, 6:30pm at Coalition skate shop in Slo.

Video premiere, shirts, and a free zine by Unearthed Skateboards and Jazzpush. It's gonna be rad so be there! 

Chicken Grease

Nate Hoover loves chicken grease, weed socks, and exploding ledges.

Fs Nosegrind

Rivers Goes to Print

I was flipping through Skateboarder and thought that rail looked familiar. Apparently it's in Thrasher as well. Congrats to James Rivers for getting a photo in a legit magazine. Yes I found this online.

Coalition Clips

Some evening clips at meadow. I guess running through a play area is still better than running through a graveyard!

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iphoneage

Video of the year or just pure absurdity?

I choose voty.

Gotta love Skate Warehouse vids.

Unearthed Tricks of the Week

Unearthed just created a youtube channel featuring their tricks of the week. Expect these videos to become a staple in the Jazzpush lineup. Unearthed is also working on a local zine in which your humble narrator is lending a helping hand with. Expect an Unearthed zine out by early April.

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Silence

Sometimes the basics are just so good.

Stephen Figueira - Kickflip

By the way, Local Papers need to get their trick selection right.

Indy grabs are never frontside!!!

My favorite things

Next time you see Daniel Parks, ask him about how much he likes to skate South Street.

Method of anxiety.

3 Parks 1 GoPro

In December I asked when we would see the footage of Nate Brady's frontside slash at Cambria. It looks like my question is now answered. Good edit by Jade Sadeghian.

Krookakonda

Jazzpush starts the new year with a sick video from Skate Warehouse. Gotta love zip zingers.