take a mindpill...........................

“It’s so easy to laugh. It’s so easy to hate. It takes strength to be gentle and kind.”

didn`t think it would get bigger or better then last year.....looks like that is where it`s going....

T.E. Lawrence......Lawrence of Arabia

at 5` 5`` is was a giant of a person. there is easily over 100 books written about him and to understand who he is or how he thought......i don`t think anyone has even come close. his life story is brillant though. he died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 46.

these are actually photos of his bike.............

october blur...............

rolling down p.c.h. as the sun is coming up and shifting into 4th gear and the clutch cable pops. catch up to mike d. and jay timing the lights and we decide that i`ll catch up to them in ojai and i`ll get my bike to kiyo at the garage co. for a quick fix. it`s pretyy early and a few quick calls to nao and another to kiyo and i`m off to meet them at the garage.

out of the corner of my eye i see and hear a bike rolling in and it`s wil.......alright, company! wil was having mag problems and he came in to tweek it alittle......30 minutes later and another group came rolling in. matt davis for the last couple of years would bring up caleb and j.d. and ask me if i knew them.....being the freak loner i am, of course i don`t know them. glad i finally got to meet them. very cool, righteous guys. j.d. with his laid back style and caleb gets things done. i started calling him chief, he keeps all the indians in line. i watched him tear wil`s carb apart in record time, (while i was drinking his beer, thanks caleb, they were life-savers), and throw it all back together and off we went. alot of lane splitting to make up for lost time, but with these guys, you`re splitting lanes parallel and horizontal. you gotta keep up.

moose lodge? ojai.....mike d. and jay were waiting here for so long , they finally took off but there was still a group of a dozen or so still hanging. it was nice to sit and drink but we needed to start riding................

motorcycles............

gassing up in the middle of nowhere.......once we got to the pismo off ramp, the group turned right and i went left to meet up with the guys i started off with at the beach in pismo..... i should have said bye.....i`m a bum. but i had a great day riding with them.....

when in memphis.........el dorado del rey

when i happened out to memphis a few years ago with mike mcgill and we were doing all the sites, we went to sun studios to trip on the history of that little building, our tour guide was a fella named el dorado del rey. we got to talking and he talked about his band el dorado and the ruckus and all the great places to hang in town. he is so passionate about music and all things memphis........ great guy. check out taylor music in memphis.....especially if you love the soft low sounds of tube amps. i grabbed 3 while i was there......memphis is calling.

see what i`m talking about? are you there with me.....

probably not.........i like being alone.

kettle one and pabst blue ribbon......and some art.

ZZ Chop...........

this picture is crazy......this blog is neat..... great stuff..........http://zzchop.blogspot.com/

KIYO`S GARAGE...........new blog

kiyo has a secret life......but soon we will be seeing some of his magic on his new blog: garageco.blogspot.com

born loser does it again..........

fellas search all over for one of these lights, let alone have all four nos tail lights looking at you in one photo. mike d. never ceases to amaze us......... he has hidden shit buried in his backyard. this shit is gonna cost you........

le container.........another great blog

check out this video of Kilian Martin. not only is he an amazing skater but this video was made without high sponsers trying to throw their logos everywhere. this video is high art, filmed spectacular in beautiful locations, great cinematography.......... check it out please, treat your senses.............http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgFdn4lfrE then check out this blog http://lecontainer.blogspot.com/

Zac @ Heavy Clothing

http://www.heavy-clothing.com/

he is at a whole other level...........................

mark is the type of guy that if he says something to you, you look around to see if he was talking to you. i was at the long beach swap once and he sat looking at my bike and as i was getting ready to ride away, he said," i like the sound of your bike........ this is the best bike out here today". it made me smile....but not in front of him. he has some of the best bikes in so.cal. and this example locks him in.......http://halfmoongarage.blog44.fc2.com/blog-category-5.html

what the fuck is art?

come support local artists................free booze, need i say more.

what the fuck?

these folks are not making a joke.........i`m cracking up

unauthorized born free poster..........

can`t wait................................

stole this from just d j..............

i have never seen one of these is this condition...... the door is usually gone/seat shreded...... he is stoked. is this for sale? /http://just-dj.blogspot.com/

Andy Irons still surfing........................

Andy Irons......truely a loss...R.I.P.

only 32....if you have never seen him surf, you fuckin missed out on something amazing. he would destroy Pipeline....... i`m kinda shocked. i`m always expecting guys in my group to be dropping off......we`ve lost a little over a dozen already but he was way too young......