I had a lousy yet typical American high school education and to top that off the two activities I devoted my life to were surfing and skateboarding, both considered dead-end sports in the 70s, that is, if they were even considered sports. We were called bums as surfers and vandals as skaters so it’s with great surprise that today I would be called a “teacher” and to be a guest teacher at any school in this universe is something my younger self would have never believed could happen, but it did. In July of last year I was guest teacher at MEA Wisdom Baja, an American run school in Baja California just north of Cabo San Lucas. Situated on a wide open beach on the pacific side, it’s a cross between a romantic resort and a creative campus, where a small cohort of adults gather for an immersive week of reflection, reimagining and reset. Many issues are discussed and untangled, one of which is transitions. Being a skater has taught me the art of transitions; how to recognize them, how to navigate them, and how to use them to my advantage. If you can’t spot transitions you run the risk of slamming which is the dark art of face planting, so using them to your benefit can radically propel your life in the direction you’re desiring to go. As both a life-long surf bum and skate vandal, I’m very excited to be a guest teacher there again this May. Click on @meawisdom if there’s interest.
I had a lousy yet typical American high school education and to top that off the two activities I devoted my life to were surfing and skateboarding, both considered dead-end sports in the 70s, that is, if they were even considered sports. We were called bums as surfers and vandals as skaters so it’s with great surprise that today I would be called a “teacher” and to be a guest teacher at any school in this universe is something my younger self would have never believed could happen, but it did. In July of last year I was guest teacher at MEA Wisdom Baja, an American run school in Baja California just north of Cabo San Lucas. Situated on a wide open beach on the pacific side, it’s a cross between a romantic resort and a creative campus, where a small cohort of adults gather for an immersive week of reflection, reimagining and reset. Many issues are discussed and untangled, one of which is transitions. Being a skater has taught me the art of transitions; how to recognize them, how to navigate them, and how to use them to my advantage. If you can’t spot transitions you run the risk of slamming which is the dark art of face planting, so using them to your benefit can radically propel your life in the direction you’re desiring to go. As both a life-long surf bum and skate vandal, I’m very excited to be a guest teacher there again this May. Click on @meawisdom if there’s interest.
I had a lousy yet typical American high school education and to top that off the two activities I devoted my life to were surfing and skateboarding, both considered dead-end sports in the 70s, that is, if they were even considered sports. We were called bums as surfers and vandals as skaters so it’s with great surprise that today I would be called a “teacher” and to be a guest teacher at any school in this universe is something my younger self would have never believed could happen, but it did. In July of last year I was guest teacher at MEA Wisdom Baja, an American run school in Baja California just north of Cabo San Lucas. Situated on a wide open beach on the pacific side, it’s a cross between a romantic resort and a creative campus, where a small cohort of adults gather for an immersive week of reflection, reimagining and reset. Many issues are discussed and untangled, one of which is transitions. Being a skater has taught me the art of transitions; how to recognize them, how to navigate them, and how to use them to my advantage. If you can’t spot transitions you run the risk of slamming which is the dark art of face planting, so using them to your benefit can radically propel your life in the direction you’re desiring to go. As both a life-long surf bum and skate vandal, I’m very excited to be a guest teacher there again this May. Click on @meawisdom if there’s interest.
One of my goals over the past two decades has been to find a way to get my skateboard collection on public display as it’s one of the rarest collections in the world – I saved all my key boards going back to age seven as well as so much other cool stuff. This past week I was approached by a gallery owner who wants to display it. He’s talking about a show sometime in the fall of this year 2024 which will feature many of my rarest boards and items and prints of my paintings etc. It’s in the initial planning stages at this point but I’ll keep those of you who are interested posted as to the time and gallery whereabouts when we get further along. Thanks to all of you for your kind and generous feedback regarding my work.
One of my goals over the past two decades has been to find a way to get my skateboard collection on public display as it’s one of the rarest collections in the world – I saved all my key boards going back to age seven as well as so much other cool stuff. This past week I was approached by a gallery owner who wants to display it. He’s talking about a show sometime in the fall of this year 2024 which will feature many of my rarest boards and items and prints of my paintings etc. It’s in the initial planning stages at this point but I’ll keep those of you who are interested posted as to the time and gallery whereabouts when we get further along. Thanks to all of you for your kind and generous feedback regarding my work.
One of my goals over the past two decades has been to find a way to get my skateboard collection on public display as it’s one of the rarest collections in the world – I saved all my key boards going back to age seven as well as so much other cool stuff. This past week I was approached by a gallery owner who wants to display it. He’s talking about a show sometime in the fall of this year 2024 which will feature many of my rarest boards and items and prints of my paintings etc. It’s in the initial planning stages at this point but I’ll keep those of you who are interested posted as to the time and gallery whereabouts when we get further along. Thanks to all of you for your kind and generous feedback regarding my work.
One of my goals over the past two decades has been to find a way to get my skateboard collection on public display as it’s one of the rarest collections in the world – I saved all my key boards going back to age seven as well as so much other cool stuff. This past week I was approached by a gallery owner who wants to display it. He’s talking about a show sometime in the fall of this year 2024 which will feature many of my rarest boards and items and prints of my paintings etc. It’s in the initial planning stages at this point but I’ll keep those of you who are interested posted as to the time and gallery whereabouts when we get further along. Thanks to all of you for your kind and generous feedback regarding my work.
One of my goals over the past two decades has been to find a way to get my skateboard collection on public display as it’s one of the rarest collections in the world – I saved all my key boards going back to age seven as well as so much other cool stuff. This past week I was approached by a gallery owner who wants to display it. He’s talking about a show sometime in the fall of this year 2024 which will feature many of my rarest boards and items and prints of my paintings etc. It’s in the initial planning stages at this point but I’ll keep those of you who are interested posted as to the time and gallery whereabouts when we get further along. Thanks to all of you for your kind and generous feedback regarding my work.
I have a lot of sympathy for New York City garbage bins which was the motivation for this painting series. They play an indispensable role in modern cities but are more often treated like trash, no pun intended. Without their consent they are the unsuspecting canvas for marauding graffiti artists. Most of them suffer from from scars, dents, bangs, broken wheels and scratches. They live a lonely existence and yet in their own way they are so uniquely innocent and beautiful.
I have a lot of sympathy for New York City garbage bins which was the motivation for this painting series. They play an indispensable role in modern cities but are more often treated like trash, no pun intended. Without their consent they are the unsuspecting canvas for marauding graffiti artists. Most of them suffer from from scars, dents, bangs, broken wheels and scratches. They live a lonely existence and yet in their own way they are so uniquely innocent and beautiful.
It’s been raining often so I’ve been painting often. 12 X 16. Really loving the process.
It’s been raining often so I’ve been painting often. 12 X 16. Really loving the process.
It’s been raining often so I’ve been painting often. 12 X 16. Really loving the process.
Some of you asked me to paint the video camera that captured all of the Bones Brigade videos so here it is; the Sony M3, the camera that made it possible for a kid like myself who knew nothing about film making to begin the process of making hour long videos once a year. The M3 though big and heavy was affordable, simple to use and just a work horse of a camera. I used and abused it and it never failed me, no matter how many boards banged into it and no matter how many fences I tossed it over, it kept working and it made all of the BB videos possible. The four Bones stickers cover a permanent hole in the camera from a collision with a flying board. In addition to the M3 I’ve attached a few more recent paintings.
Some of you asked me to paint the video camera that captured all of the Bones Brigade videos so here it is; the Sony M3, the camera that made it possible for a kid like myself who knew nothing about film making to begin the process of making hour long videos once a year. The M3 though big and heavy was affordable, simple to use and just a work horse of a camera. I used and abused it and it never failed me, no matter how many boards banged into it and no matter how many fences I tossed it over, it kept working and it made all of the BB videos possible. The four Bones stickers cover a permanent hole in the camera from a collision with a flying board. In addition to the M3 I’ve attached a few more recent paintings.
Some of you asked me to paint the video camera that captured all of the Bones Brigade videos so here it is; the Sony M3, the camera that made it possible for a kid like myself who knew nothing about film making to begin the process of making hour long videos once a year. The M3 though big and heavy was affordable, simple to use and just a work horse of a camera. I used and abused it and it never failed me, no matter how many boards banged into it and no matter how many fences I tossed it over, it kept working and it made all of the BB videos possible. The four Bones stickers cover a permanent hole in the camera from a collision with a flying board. In addition to the M3 I’ve attached a few more recent paintings.
Some of you asked me to paint the video camera that captured all of the Bones Brigade videos so here it is; the Sony M3, the camera that made it possible for a kid like myself who knew nothing about film making to begin the process of making hour long videos once a year. The M3 though big and heavy was affordable, simple to use and just a work horse of a camera. I used and abused it and it never failed me, no matter how many boards banged into it and no matter how many fences I tossed it over, it kept working and it made all of the BB videos possible. The four Bones stickers cover a permanent hole in the camera from a collision with a flying board. In addition to the M3 I’ve attached a few more recent paintings.
Some of you asked me to paint the video camera that captured all of the Bones Brigade videos so here it is; the Sony M3, the camera that made it possible for a kid like myself who knew nothing about film making to begin the process of making hour long videos once a year. The M3 though big and heavy was affordable, simple to use and just a work horse of a camera. I used and abused it and it never failed me, no matter how many boards banged into it and no matter how many fences I tossed it over, it kept working and it made all of the BB videos possible. The four Bones stickers cover a permanent hole in the camera from a collision with a flying board. In addition to the M3 I’ve attached a few more recent paintings.
I’m riding waves here that are essentially unridable on a conventional surfboard yet fantastically ridable on a foil board. Using something others no longer want and converting it to something fun is where I get such great pleasure in my life. Yesterday I was riding waves that looked like morning sickness; small, bumpy and swampy and yet I had endless fun. I’m riding in surf conditions that I once would’ve turned away from and am now wanting those exact conditions – this is all so similar to what we did during the backyard pool revolution in the 70s. Many of the pools we skated were abandoned, decaying and cast aside, yet we found another use for them. Where some saw a former swimming pool, we saw 10 foot waves that were frozen in cement – and by turning these frozen waves into our playground we unwittingly laid the groundwork for a brand new sport all based on the magic of finding something to play on that no others want – turning what some might consider burnt coal into pure gold. Keep Riding On.
…I included a story on images 1 and 2 for those who are interested.
…I included a story on images 1 and 2 for those who are interested.
…I included a story on images 1 and 2 for those who are interested.
…I included a story on images 1 and 2 for those who are interested.
…I included a story on images 1 and 2 for those who are interested.