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Stencil Deck

Since a new deck was needed to go to the UK with (a one man tour of sorts) and we weren’t quite ready to screen decks (yes that is coming your way in the not so far future) I had to make due with a die cut vinyl stencil that Mikhel made a while back.

Here’s how it went along with some Oh My Back Instagram photos…

  1. Mask off the edges so you can see the laminates and then paint the deck. In this case I sprayed it black.BaseBlack
  2. Next apply the stencil and a lot of blue tape and newspaper so you don’t get paint where it’s not wanted. StencilOn Continue reading Stencil Deck

GSD 2013 Roadtrip!

Andy Caro rules his home park
Andy Caro rules his home park

Go Skateboarding Day is in the bag for 2013 (yeah we know it was a week ago) and the crew jumped in the van to check out the new Port Orchard Skatepark. This park is another brand new Grindline gem that makes living in the Pacific North West even better. We had a great time there and as usual didn’t film enough to make a decent video. It was pretty crowded with bikes, scooters and amazingly there were some skateboarders there too. Spitfire pros, the local Welcome crew, and other PNW rippers were on hand. Thrasher filmers and photographers got some photos of some of us standing around.

After we had our fill of bike/scooter kid dodging we went to Bainbridge Island and had a blast there for the rest of the day. One of Grindline‘s oldest parks. The juxtaposition of new and old were not lost on us and we are a blessed bunch to have all of these spots. We skated with the locals, Welcome crew, and a bunch of Seattle heads were there too.

We don’t really need and excuse to skate but we used GSD to our advantage!

Go Skate!