Will Seal mashes pool coping, board slides hand rails and skates faster than you. By far one of my favorite East Coast skaters and people to skate with in general. He’s always down to skate any terrain and he’ll shred it harder than you. So stoked on this quick raw run. Get some!

No Comply’s have been off limits for nearly 30 years. They’re appropriate in certain situations where it’s creative and utilizes a spot in an interesting way. If it’s not used in a creative fashion to showcase a different way to approach a spot then it’s used to look really cool to set up for your banger trick coming up next in the line. 180 no comply to fakie bigspin flip down a gap is fucking rad. 180 no comply slides all day, not as cool. If you think I’m just hating that’s cool but also take the time to check out this video, in which the first trick discussed is a fakie 180 no comply slide first done by Natas Kaupas. Go look him up. Just trying to get you kids to understand the history behind the art that you are participating in.

“Master your instrument, master the music and then forget all that shit and just play.” – Charlie Parker

Beer and stoke. It’s what’s for dinner.

Nino is the man. Period. He’s down to sesh whatever, whenever, with whoever. We’ll blast down a mountain road and then we’ll hit the park and he’ll grind lines around me all day with his ninja style. He taught me how to do layback slides like 8 years ago when Gravity’s Flow was fresh and Sergio was (read is) god. He’s a professional cook and lives with a bunch of girls that skate. Much respect to the man for wanting to always show groms what’s up.

You’ll notice a couple things about this video. The first is the punk rock face bash that Geoff Chapel gave to his minivan. The second is the actual fast skating. I’ve become so bored with East Coast slide jams and videos. Watching 180s and no comply slides is lame after the first time you show it. They’re cool when done fast and on actual terrain but if you’re not going fast and on a straight road it’s just boring. While this doesn’t show the most gnarly freeriding, it shows that sometimes you have to point your board straight down the hill, go fast, and get sketchy with your friends.

I’ve been on hiatus for a while because of responsibilities in the real world and my own desire to just skate. The scene has been bumming me out and I thought I could leave things alone. Instead I’m going to dedicate this year with Beast Coast to just showing you how gnarly East Coast skating can be and I’m not talking about super tech soft wheel slides. All I want is to see people shred gnar, seeking out new terrain and melting my face. I want to see raw, bro cam of you and your friends skating fast and borderline out of control. I’m tired of super produced videos of mediocre skating. If your filming and editing is above your level of skating it doesn’t make your skating better, it just bums me out. If you don’t have the terrain to make soft wheels fun then  look no further than the Earthwing cats or Little John Crouton. If your terrain isn’t even downhill board worthy then throw some softies on a pool board and shred like Daryl Freeman or the old school NorCal dudes. There’s more possibilities on those kinds of decks anyway.

GET SOME!

This was how we spent our thanksgiving. The road is a dream in a dream in a dream. Thanks to all the sponsors that made this trip happen.

Skatesgiving:Jungle Raw Run from Team Quebec on Vimeo.

We’ve been skating this road since at least 2009. I myself have a history of near death experiences when drifting into the other lane on those rights. Luckily no one ever got seriously hurt. Take a look back at our exploits from one of our first NC trips as a group:

Well you’ve been patient (or had no choice in the matter) and here it is, the first video from our trip. Gotta love mobbing those easy runs with huge packs over 50mph. Good times were had and Nino nearly died. Also once again a big shout out to Phat Dean for hosting all us fools again. Thanks again to the sponsors: Comet, Kebbek, Rotule, Landyachtz, Rayne and Sector 9

If you haven’t read the blog posts we put up during the trip it’s alright, the video is coming so you don’t have to read. Keep your eye on SkateHouseMedia and Team Quebec to see the good stuff.

What you should know about this trip though, is that it’s the third year we’ve taken a Thanksgiving trip. This year we got help from companies but in the past we’ve spent every cent we have to go travel and skate. Regardless of our sponsors and whatever other responsibilities we may have or had we made this trip happen because of our love for skating and for skating these spots. These are my best friends and the people I trust my life to in way more situations than you probably should. These are some of my favorite roads in the world and I know I’ll always come back to them. This trip is entirely about freedom and is probably the most ideal situation I could imagine. So go out and live your passion otherwise you’ll end up like everyone else with the same problems and same desire to do nothing.