jackassworld

Part 12, the last and final installment of the jackassworld road trip, in which our haggard backwoods crew—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—bear witness to the long awaited return of the ever elusive Garbage Man and the always effusive effects of wine abuse. (more…)

Part 11 of the jackassworld road trip, in which the last remnants of our rather fermented crew—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—polish off several bottles of wine at the Grey Wolf Cellars vineyard in Paso Robles, CA. (more…)

Loomis Fall was such a trooper at the winery in Paso Robles that it’s only fitting we take two last glances at his performance there. The first, of course, is the before. Well, no, that doesn’t make much sense at all now, does it? I mean, this photo is much more of a “during” moment than anything else. But he does look quite relaxed and happy, the way most wine connoisseurs prefer the experience to be. (more…)

Part 10 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our dwindling roster—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—pull off the 101 southbound for a grape pit stop at the Grey Wolf Cellars vineyard in Paso Robles, CA. (more…)

Part 9 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our mini-ramp shralpers—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—tour some San Jose backyards during the day before taking up the good ol’ alcoholic torch for the night. (more…)

Part 8 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our tourist trap visitors—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—hit up a few local Santa Cruz skate parks before arriving at the mystery decision to stop at the world famous Mystery Spot. (more…)

Part 7 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our fear-facing fellowship—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—make a diversionary stop at the “Lost Boys” bridge in Santa Cruz, California. Here, hands shake, iPods drop, and a gutterpunk serenades, as tension mounts among the cast. (more…)

Part 6 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our ’80s skate spot shredders—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—make a few scenic stops along Highway 1 to rip some prehistoric slabs of cement and view some local farting fauna.

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Part 5 of the jackassworld road trip, in which our beach going travelers—Wee Man, Chris Pontius, Danger Ehren, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Mike Kassak, Loomis Fall, JxPx Blackmon, Scott Manning, Dimitry Elyashkevich, Mike G., Rick Kosick, and Sean Cliver—take a lovely hike through the eucalyptus trees at Montaña de Oro to scale and conquer the dunes with a beach ball of love…and doom.

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By special request from one Tam O’Clannie, who sounds like a Irish leprechaun but is really a Canadian lumberjack, here is the photo that Dimitry Elyashkevich took of Chris Pontius at the Los Osos skatepark. I believe the name of the trick he is doing is the Bo Diddley, but for some odd reason I keep wanting to call it a Good Buddy (even though I know that’s a fakie invert of sorts, whereas this is more of a layback-to-tail deal). The first time I remember seeing Chris pull a Bo Diddley was at some random park in Fort Collins, Colorado, during our Big Brother Rocky Mountain tour in 1996 with the self-wetting Clyde Singleton (who, come to think of it, just may now be a candidate for tomorrow’s photo). That was also quite possibly the last thing Chris did on that tour because he soon fell victim to altitude sickness and took up fetal position in the back of the van for the duration of the trip.

(photo by Dimitry Elyashkevich; Los Osos, CA; 2008)