I made it back from my big east coast trip last night… New York is as great as it is insane… if you ever get the chance to go, do it i a heartbeat. I didn’t have the internet connection (or the time) I’d hoped for while out on the road, but I’ll make up for it by posting like crazy now that I’m back.

On to the News:
1. Shawn Fleming, our friend behind Aminal Skateboards, has figured out a method to expand his team in new ways… rather than sit through countless sponsor-me videos, he went and decided to create genetically engineered Aminals on his own. I’d like to introduce Shawn’s newest addition:

Portia Rae Fleming, welcome to the world. Little cutie.

2. As most of you already know, some throat-gagging bottom feeders dumped trash cans, kicked over the porto-potties, and poured motor oil all over Smallside on Friday night (possibly the same people that got their asses handed to them after trying to mug some friends of ours from New Orleans). Doug, Jilted, Adam and others (I’d name you all but I don’t know who was there) went out and cleaned up the mess. We need to be on high alert, folks… drive by the park whenever you can (even if you’re just out partying on the weekend) and look to see what’s going on every chance you get. This item leads me onto a couple of points that need to be thought about:

• A. The cops took over 20 minutes to respond to an emergency call after our friends from New Orleans had a run in with the mystery group (a mask-wearing group at that). WTF?
• B. With all of the homeland security cameras pointed everywhere, why don’t they just turn the one on the corner of Oak and Coleman around so that it looks at the skatepark? Little help?
• C. Where the hell are our lights?

Ok, that’s enough for now… me and Kerry have a lot of things we’ll be hitting you with in the next few days. In closing, as much fun as I had out in the big city, I missed all my homies and homettes and I’m super glad to be home. See ya at the park (or right here, even). w000t!