Eat The Bologna Issue 7

Issue #7 Vol. 1 Summer 2020

EatTheBologna

By Scott Morton

Issue 7 Vol. 1 Summer 2020

Content • Summer Slopes

OG’s at Mammoth Mountain

Un loco local

Blue Jean Blues

• San Marcos kick out • Jasper Kassow

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Mike Paek Sit-down Boardslide

Vincent Milou Tailslide

Matt Erlandson Nollieflip Photo: C. Nunez

Anderson Schimdt Nosegrind

Mission to Mammoth

Slopes in the summertime

Right now, Mammoth Mountain is covered in a layer of snow that wont melt until June. High up the endless staircase that is the Sierra Nevada’s Mammoth is snowboard paradise most months of the year. “Fresh pow’ ready for shralpin’” they say. We pretend it isn’t true, but we sound just as silly talking about skateboarding. Instead of chasing some remote mountain that comes right from snow-heaven itself, we search the perfect lumps of concrete to roll down.

The skateboarding is the obvious stuff. We did grinds and slides. Popped some ollies, made the board do the flippy thing and then landed back on it. Volcom bros skate park is a monster that could only have been built by the same guys who spend 8 months of the year flying down a frozen mountain. Same ole same ole, only so exciting.

Video on the blog if you want to see that sort of thing.

What I am most interested in is the moments in between great skateboarding. Even when you live with people and see them every day, when you all get out of your routine you learn new things about each other. This trip had a sense of camaraderie and togetherness that was even stronger than normal and provided the template for all our travels to come. Instead of planning each detail down to the minute, we just had the broad goal to “Make the most of each day.” This meant we spent less time trying to figure out what to do/where to eat/how long to skate etc. and more time enjoying ourselves.

Skateboarding is great and the reason we were willing to drive 6 hours uphill, but Mammoth lakes and the Sierra Nevada’s are gorgeous. I might have some bias because I grew up at the southern tip of the whole range, but they are majestic and humbling.

To keep the skating fresh in a one skatepark town we made sure to enjoy some extracurricular activities. Mammoth is a party town and has more bars than restaurants, but we are old enough to know it doesn’t help you skate to party late, we stayed in, ate carl’s jr and watched Beavis and Butthead.

First morning we went hiking. I am not a nature fanatic by any means, it’s nice I guess but I’m too stuck in San Marcos to see much of it.

Well this was in the absolute thick of it. We walked along one lake to a path that connected us to another lake. Every so often we just had to stop and look out and the mountains and water. The way a skyscraper seems to look down at you and grow even taller as your eyes go for the top, the mountains soar upward and are reflected in the lakes, doubling their size.

The calm and stillness cannot be matched. I forget that I live above neighbors who blast their TV, sandwiched between a train and the freeway, there is a constant buzzing of activity where I live that never calms down. To be out there, where there is nothing but the aimless flying of bees, or a bird sitting patiently in a tree looking for lunch, is so peaceful. It is a reminded to stop and let my brain breathe for a second.

Of course, no adventure with the Bologna Brothers is complete without some shenanigans. From Anderson climbing fallen trees that made a bridge over a 10-foot drop, to stopping and skipping rocks across the smaller lakes. We even saw a deer not 15 feet in front of us! It just stood there and looked at us, we were by far more scared of it then it was of us. Anderson got excited over what looked to be the source of one of the lakes, leading up to a spring. He followed the running water only to eventually slip and soak his shoe. He was a boss though and finished the rest of the hike with one cold wet foot.

It’s the skateboarding that we go for but its everything else that makes it memorable. I remember standing in line at CVS with like 12 other people and only one open register. The girl behind me just drops a whole gallon of milk and it explodes. Milk is fucking everywhere, and we are just laughing. We played Mini-golf until it was way too dark to see. We went kayaking across the lakes, burning our skin and destroying our arms. It felt like an episode of a sitcom where your favorite wacky family goes on vacation to the mountains.

We had one more session on the way out of town and that was the only time I got my camera out, so that session gave us the cover shot for this issue. We all gave it 110% to try and get every bit of great skateboarding out of this trip. As we got on the road exhausted, a Bruce Springsteen song I had made an edit to just earlier started to play on the radio. The coincidence called for a sing along that really ended the trip on a high note. “Everybody’s got a hungry heart…”

I wish I would’ve shot this photo of Wally doing this wallride better, because he really put in the work to make it happen. Not only did he *find the handrail already removed* but he got right down to work with no warm up. He has been finding spots all over San Marcos that are newly skateable, a lucky guy.

Instead of warming up he just shows me the clip of the make on his phone and it is way more beautiful than this photo.

A clean wall dismount from the top. After one try he opted to take off the shirt and apply the BumBag. What can I say, the man knows how to get that photo incentive.

Ozzy Wallie Nollie

Marlon Cool in the face of danger

Not even 2 tries down and this guy runs out of his store screamiing at us in Spanish. I don’t know much Espanol but I can understand angry and “Estupido.”

Luckily Marlon handled it like a true G. Smiling in the guys face and calmly asking him what his problem was. The guy looked like a clown in front of Marlon’s calm.

This bought us a couple more tries, but we figured it was better to get out before the clown’s head exploded. I bet the footage is in one of Collin Shwartz’s videos, so go check em out!

Jasper Kasow Back Smith

Jasper Kasow

Jasper is an “Old Soul” as they sometimes say. He marches to the beat of his own drum. A real concrete cowboy. Any of these clichés fail to sum up what he is like to skate with though.

Blue jeans and a plane white t-shirt is the normal suit, he doesn’t chase any trends or even fit in to any of the normal San Diego looks. He looks like he could be from the Midwest. He works at a woodshop printing the skateboards you all ride and is a skate rat through and through.

He gets frustrated even when he is making his tricks and I don’t think I’ve seen him land something without letting out a few “FUCK!!!!!!!!!”’s at the top of his lungs. But for every bit of frustration and anger he comes away with the biggest smile after he lands his tricks.

This frontside grind (previous page) was just an experiment for me. Reading old 80’s magazines has shown me the magic of tranny photos and I just wanted to try and mimic Grant Brittain for a few tries. He immediately knew what I was going for and after each truck scratch he wanted another.

“I want to make it look like I’m really mashing the back truck up there”

It wasn’t just about doing the trick and getting a good shot, it was about telling the story of the trick. His face contorted into full attack mode and his arms thrown back make this photo one of my favorites.

When we go to Alga he tends to skate the bowl, and to be honest I didn’t even know Alga had a bowl. Ok, I did, but it might as well be on another planet because I never go back there.

Watching Jasper carve around it is a joy, he looks so comfortable in that thing.

For a guy that is so self-depreciating he is great at encouraging others that they can do the same tricks. I’ll be putting around doing my kick turns three-quarters of the way up the wall and he will be shouting “You are almost hitting coping!” yeah right. He doesn’t even care when I interrupt his line to stand on top of the coping for 30 seconds building the courage to even drop in.

He acts like he doesn’t skate street, but he totally does and brings his trick selection to whatever spot in a way that stands out. I love seeing him in the Anybody videos that Pedroza makes.

Alex has a good way of pulling taking him to nice crusty spots that he is able to leave his mark on.

Bottom line, Jasper rips.

Anderson Schimdt Front Rock

6 Skaters To let build your house 1. Kyle Berard - FrontRock Concrete makes great quarterpipes at people’s houses. Might as well just let him build the whole house.

2. Gonz -Almost every company he has started other than 60/40 is still in business, so I trust that anything he makes will be around forever.

3. Mike Bricke -He built the House of Vista 4. Mark Hubbard -If I wanted to live in an 12 foot deep bowl in the Pacific northwest 5. Wade Speyer -I’m pretty sure that’s what he does for a living now 6. Jim Greco -He is good with hammers.

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FOOTAGE PARTY 3

Way back in the year 2012 we all had apocalypic notions of the world. Instagram didn’t even have a video feature yet but we predicted the end of the full length skate video. Footage Party flew in the face of that prediction and has pushed uphill against the trend ever since. While most videos are now a 15-min branded montage, Footage Party clocks in at almost two hours and doesn’t even call itself a House of Vista shop video. It’s so long they could have made it four smaller videos released in half the time.

The idea of a footage party should be familiar to anyone who has filmed with their friends. Once the sun goes down gather around the AV cables and rewatch the day’s hammers and shenanagins. This is not just a thrown together best of Vista locals, it’s a true group of friends and it shows in their skating.

Lots of these guys have grown from park groms that I remember at Mark Park into full fledged adults that deserve recognition wherever they are. Jonno grew into a straight rail chomper who fits right in on Zero. He looks comfortable on any rail and has an incredible flick that is fast and powerful. It’s the way you want your kickflips to look.

I am not really a fan of slam sections but FP3 gets theirs out of the way early and lets the rest of the video hype me back up. The song is pure dirty metal and is spliced with clips of them burning skateboards and destroying a house.

Another relic of old full lengths is the “Friends” section and this video has multiple. Not only do their friends cover all of Vista but also anyone who seems to come through the shop and film a few things. Its got Duffman, Jon Goeman, Pat Burke. There is a backside over-willy(?) down a big set that shows the kind of hairball tricks these guys are doing down big stuff.

There are lots of fun standout moments through out. Kurt Hodge doing a nosemanual tucknee with cigg hanging out. Davis early-grabbing wallride and then using the same arm to catch himself off the wall. Somebody popshuv manuals a whole street and then some, like a half mile.

I loved seeing Mike, shop owner and video maker, having such a good part. He isn’t just riding on the skill of these other guys, he is doing it well himself. Skating to Bob Dylan’s Save Somebody in a Butthole Surfers shirt is an inspired choice.

The music selection is like an eclectic trip through the record section at a thrift shop. Obscure and weird rock bands but up against Cheif Keef, making each part a suprise where you never know what youre gonna get. When Noah’s part came on with those fuzzy guitars I about spilled my drink. Perfect song selection.

I can’t say enough good things about Noah’s part. He really has a vision for his skating and is able to fullfill it. The kid just oozes cool in his color Converse. His trick selection takes everything into account Wallrides and Hippy-Hops and everything in between, his skating looks fun. His last trick is filmed right across fromt he shop, an iconic Vista spot and he shuts it down so hard they tear the whole building down. It’s one of my favorite credits sections in a video ever.

Tanner Burzinski easily has my favorite part in the video. I have long thought that the key to good style is how you pop out of your noseslides. It’s like a Gino thing, a little hop at the end of the slide to show how in control you are. Tanner nails it on every slide.

Even a bigspin tailslide he maintains the control. It is a joy to watch and he is my favorite local skateboarder right now.

Ride to this shit

Wilco’s music is like a movie you watch a dozen times and each viewing you notice something different. It seems like it grows with me and as I gain new life experiences I find ways this record speaks to those experiences. I first discovered Wilco back in the early 2000’s and as a little guitar Wilco - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (2001) kid I was amazed at how the music bordered on country but unnoticed. Things both beautiful still had layers and layers of and worth enjoying, the way you great guitar work. The seeming look back on a moment and long nonsense of the words to the to go back and smell it again. first song pushed up against Specific items like Diet Coca-Cola emotional pleas reminded and unlit cigarettes that don’t have me of The Beatles “I Am The any meaning in the moment but Walrus” but sung through eventually remind you of a person. heartbreak and not an acid The album is filled with memories dream. The Beatles is an apt that seem to be slipping away, like comparison and not one that a dream that gets foggier the more can be given to any band lightly. you try to recall the details.

The music is filled with little

In 2019 I discovered the noises and studio flourishes that album again, this time revealing add endless texture, all while even more of its secrets. It is an seeming natural like a stained album written by a man who wood desk. doesn’t know where he wants

A decade later to be and doesn’t like where he as I learned of front man Jeff is, but still recognizes that he is Tweedy’s battle with opiate somewhere special. Everything addiction I was able to read is zoomed in on the tiniest between the lines and relate details and every moment is an to the optimistic sadness that opportunity passing by. I can’t wait his voice is drowning in. He to discover this album again in 10 points to things that mostly go years and it all feel brand new.

Bad Art/Good Fun

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Art for Som doesn’t come in the way that art comes for most people when we imagine someone as an artist. It comes in a burst of energy, a fit of passion, like a murder. He doesn’t paint or draw because he wants to as much as he HAS to. It is bursting out of him and that violent energy comes across in the paintings.

Unlike lots of artsist who spend their whole lives working towards a goal as an artist, Som can spend a few months on it and then totally leave it.

His output is prolific while he is creative, and then he moves on to the next thing that takes his attention.

He doesn’t approach a canvas with an idea, he just starts and the idea slowly reveals itself. Once the paint is on the paper it’s just started, because he will continue to tinker with it by destroying what is there with acid burns and alcohol rubs.

It achieves one of my favorite things about non-representational art, ambiguity. The question everyone wants to ask is “What is it?” but the great answer is that it isn’t anything, it’s whatever you see.

You have to look into your own emotional library and try to find a color match.

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TRICK TIP Kickflip Nosemanual with Nosdnalre Ttam

1. Roll up looking directly at the obstacle

2. Kickyflip

3. Land locked into manual pinch

4. Don’t let Weck catch you slippin

5. Give it a gentle nudge out

6. Roll away with style looking back at the deafeated trick

ETB 2020