It’s been a great couple weeks. Good friends, good tattoos, good food…….
Moving.
So, I’m leaving new York city tomorrow. Putting the stuff in storage and going for it. Packing has been nuts, have had some help from Tammy and pat, they rule. I never really realize how much shit I have. Hahahahhaha.
Skateboarding
I’ve loved skateboarding for what seems like my whole life. It is the reason I’m still alive today, without a doubt. Tattooing has been great to me, and I love it, traveling as well… But there is nothing that feels as good as skating with my bros, feeling like there wasn’t another person on earth besides us…. I guess I’ve been chasing the dragon like some kind of heroin guy or whatever with all the travels and tattoo stuff, just hoping that something will feel as great as those days…. No luck yet….. Anyway, if I break my arm, I can’t work, so skateboarding doesn’t happen much in real life for me anymore…. But, and if you know me, you know this is true, I still spend a lot of time lost in my mind skateboarding like it was 1992 everyday…… Tech decks are the best thing since the real thing.
To quote Adam Bolt, (him and Rob Vantol and Matt Hensley will always be my favorite skateboarders ever) ” I might not always skate, but I will always be a skateboarder. “
backside tailslide
frontside nosebluntslide
frontside crooked grind
frontside noselide
backside lipslide
frontside tailslide
switch frontside noseslide
frontside nosegrind
forever and ever and ever
some new tattoos
stoked to finally finish this one on jeff,
on the wrist of a sailor from sweden.....
eagle on the hand of another sailor from sweden
on hirohisa, a hat maker on the lower easts side
really simple hearts on jason, lover of the old school.
tribal on juan, referenced directly from the thomas hooper tribal sketchbook....
luggage and roses, big trips are coming...
the palms of eli quinters, one of the best tattooers ever.....
Sammys Roumanian
Went to Sammys Roumanian steakhouse tonight with Bryan Randolph, Sarah Schor, Daniel Albrigo, Damion Ross, Eli Quinters, Stephanie Tamez, Virginia Elwood, Chisaki, Josh “bong hit” Harris, and James Motz. If you haven’t been there and you are either living in NYC or lanning a visit, it’s a must. Danny Love on keyboards, vodka in a block of ice, schmaltz, which is rendered chicken fat on the table as a condiment, it doesn’t get and better than that.
Next issue of tattoo artist magazine
So stoked….. Timothy Hoyer interviewed me for tattoo artist magazine, coming out in a couple months….really happy how it came out…
