i just figured i should just get all caught up, even though i just published a post like 20 mins ago. so this is up-to-date, no more gaps in time. headed down to sd this past weekend. had two things going on, dave and robin just had a little girl, abby. cutest little kid you ever seen and gary’s bday. i swear every weekend there is another bday or wedding and this weekend was no exception. bounced out after work and headed over to daves. we met up with the bing had some cuts and got some dinner. made our way over to beachside bar in beautiful downtown encinitas. z man and anna met too and i ran into my friends taryn and troy. they were there with bfs and gfs and some other friends so we stacked the tables and drinks. next morning i was hurting, i think from laying back in the cut too much. had some breakfast then decide to go for a surf. i havent surfed in i dont know how long. my arms and ribs are still hurting me. but the water was super nice. didnt quite cure the hangover but the stop off at leu on the way home did. so recharged, picked up bing and headed up to nick’s house in oside to preparty for gary’s bday. thats where the limo bus was picking people up to take everyone downtown to rage at a club. bus shows up, it is a full on bus bus, but the inside is more like a club then a bus. there is disco lights, nice bench seats, and the best thing of all a stripper pole. awesome. the night was super fun but didnt get back til 3 something in the morning. take it slow in morning, meet up for some lunch, see a random wedding (cant seem to get away from them) the funny thing is that the people had their dog in their wedding! weirdos. finally make it home to LA, rap with marc til the wee hours, hit the hay at like one something and wake up at 6. ouch. soooo tired. gonna be a super mellow week for me. need to rest up for the 4th!

beachside crew, thats troy and taryn on the left

on our way to another bar after beachside, cause why not...

this is what the end of the night looked like

the newest member to the connell clan, abby!

nice day at the beach

that is the stripper pole on the bus. and that is chanelle on the pole...

it got really hot in the bus from everyone dancing, so brad decided he would go up top and get some air

sounded like a good idea so i joined him. surprised we didnt get pulled over

nick doesnt like to wear shirts

jackie, timmy, and the bday boy gary

lindsey getting down

trevor bustin a move

??????

seth and gary rolling around on the floor getting weird

random wedding with a dog in it. you cant see the dog, but its there. somewhere.

been way too busy lately, so havent had much time to post much. have a few moments right now so here’s whats been going on. a lot work, but the weekend before last i did make it out to jackie’s big 26 bday party in san mo. good times, gary, nick, lindsey and a couple other heads rolled up from sd. laura lynn even made an apperance. jenks and mad dog, even ran into kb. that was friday, on sat i was pretty spent really didnt want to do anything but double L and her friend alyssa were gonna go see the hangover. bounced out to century city, 945 was sold out, its cool got tix for 1045. drinks in the mean time. head back over at 1030 and the theater was super packed. got our money went drinking in hollywood. so much for a mellow night.

kim and her crew. all girls. thats a first for her. good work kim, keep it up.

go jackie

laura, jackie, nick

gary and curtis

classic

jess, jackie's roommate, nick, and lindsey in the back

something started to go down out front...

huh?

turns out they were just from new zealand

that seriously happened. gary spilled on nick, thats what happened. weird...

willisawesome.com

awesome...

these are my two favorite shots from last years ad campaign. we pretty much shot everywhere from the mojave desert, LA, to san diego. fun stuff. conny’s shot was taken in carlsbad and RT was take on the 7th street bridge in downtown. enjoy

golden hour sd

golden hour la

top secret..

the names have been blurred to protect the innocent

had a web meeting in hermosa the other at spit studio. spit is a design collective between bo bridges (photographer) and dan nikkel (aka nikkel krome). dan does the 686 website. basically i come up with the concept and basic design template and dan is the genius that makes it all happen. which is no small task, the 686 is a monster of a site. the cool thing is their studio is in the back of bo’s gallery. check it.

catch the stoke

more art

skate art

gotta love meetings at the beach

hit up another wedding last weekend. my friend andrew from work got married in palm springs at the rancho las palmas resort. pretty much arrived on friday headed straight to the pool with drinks in tow, from the pool to the shower, to the bar, to ? i am pretty sure i never made it to dinner that night. which might have something to do with the awesome hang over i woke up with around noon. nothing a bloody marry couldnt fix along with more drinks by the pool. that evening hit up the wedding which was really nice and of course more drinks. it felt a lot like vegas to be honest. the end of the night is a bit fuzzy but i do know my new brixton v neck is no longer… dont ask. woke up sunday and got the f outta dodge in time to watch the lakers win the championship with the jenks. who told me all about the car accident he was in, which shut down all but two lanes of the 10 freeway by downtown. he is fine, his truck not so much. finished off the night with the girls next door (lori and charisse) and some wine. figured, might as well i had a killer streak going.

some don quixote shit

view of the pool from the room

even better, view of the water slide and lazy river from the room

ut oh, these people again...

lots of golf courses

wedding time

a lot less motley

travis jamming

thats andrew in the middle

adam, very surprised or very drunk. you decide

the whole crew, i think.

this week has been super crazy with work. i would like to say that have done more then just work this week, but besides meeting super stu and kewl keith for dinner the other night all i have done is worked. sux! so anyway euros conny and marco arrived for their photo shoot and video spots. as well as forest, but he is from the east coast so not a euro. everything went well, got some good shit. i think forest really should have been a pro skater rather then a shred, this kid rips. check out the photos, i wasnt shooting with a flash so the pics are a bit blurry. oops. and oh yeah, my credit card number got ripped off, some fuck ran up quite an impressive bill at best buy. i think i have it all taken care of. i hope… any who packing tonight and off to yet another wedding this weekend. should have some good pics and post on sunday.

marco, gw, forest and conny

ninja

conny throwing it down

forest throwin it up

pong break

waterproof testing...

brace yo self!

pro shreds

i dont think he can legally drive in the states...

forest sitting shotgun

gw and forest

marco and conny

really havent been up to anything this past week besides work, which has been crazy busy. we are in the middle of shooting our ad campaign and video spots for the up coming season. breaking it up into two weeks, rotating riders in and out. louie, pat, and nick flew in this past week. next week its marco, conny, and forest. so much to get done while these guys are here it is insane. not to mention 1st ad is due on the 12th. hahahahha, hoping to get an extension on that deadline. eehhhh

the view from in front of the camera

view from behind the camera, mr louie vito

mr patrick mccarthy

lunch break

nick finding time to rock out

pat deep in thought...

ping pong break.

all work no play makes nick a dull boy

quick brainstorming session in the art dept. clean and organized as usual.

checking out pats new part in the up coming TW SNOW video

louie crashed out after a long day...