My uncle frank has some illustrations in an online novel/blog about the swine flu in New York.   You can read the whole thing online and it’s still being written.  Go check it out now.  In the Gallery section you will see two sections for Frank Zirbel.  They contain such amazing pieces as:andDigging the art?  Then contact Frank via email and work it out so you can own some of his wonderful art.

Pat’s shop in Boston just put this dude on their team.  Wowzers.

Pretty much awesome.   Click the image to see the teaser.  Then go enjoy the sun.

Found this posted on the 303 site.  Man there is some good skateboarding going on in the 303!

Jason and I rolled out to Louisville around 8:30 on a super nice night.  We warmed up in the bowl area for awhile.  Jason killed the front 5-0s.  I bailed front 50s.  I blame it on the ultra sticky copying and the fact that it’s not Rampy.  Nate showed up with his biker buddy Adam after awhile and we got our “street” section on.  I skated the ledge a lot.  Nothing new there.  Got front 50 front shove pretty quick.  Front 5-0.  Crooks.  A bad back 50.  Then started trying kickflip back 50s and got one.  Got another one.  Got into another one.  It just kept going.  I started trying to get shoves out, but never came too close.  All the kick 50s hyped me up though.   Everyone there was skating and having fun too.  It was a good session.  When the lights shut off Jason kept trying front board 270 out and he landed one!  He’s been trying that trick forever.  Hyped for him.

Another great event put on by the cute yellow VW Beetle driving folks at John Doe Zine. Go and support 20 years of John Doe Zine!

A Null/Psycho Unity shirt is becoming more and more of a reality everyday.  It’s not gonna be real soon, but good things take some time!

Even more tired then the day before I went on a late night Longmont park session with Nate. I started sucking right out of the gate. I felt really old and heavy and had no pop whatsoever. Nate was ripping as usual. All kinds of sick ledge tricks first try. I want to forget my skating with the exception of a trick I’ve never done before. No comply bigger spin. Did it on the mellow bank second try. I guess now that I write about it I’m hyped just knowing I’ve landed that trick. Bye.

Jake, Carleigh and I met up with Neil and Brian in L-town. Jake, Carleigh and I played some SKATE while we waited for Neil and Brian to stop playing motorcycle dudes. Then we jumped in the Icebox and drove the two blocks to the industrial area. We parked somewhere new and it was looking pretty bleak. But pretty much as soon as we thought the area sucked Brian had a line mapped out that I filmed. Carleigh tore it up and ollied a long 3 then pop shoved it too. Sick! Everyone wanted to leave when Brian got his line, but I got all ouchy and cranky and wanted to skate the spot myself for a bit. I blame my crankiness on the first hangover I’ve had in months. But we skated longer and I actually got a line with a fakie bigspin up a curb followed by a boardslide to manual. Yippee. Next we skated the OG junk spot. Brian tried to get his trick for awhile while Carleigh, Jake and I did flyouts over a cone. Later on I tried to get a 360 flip out of the bump. I took awhile, but I finally got one. It’s been a couple years since I’ve tried 3 flips out of a bump. Cool. Fun day.