I took some of the team out for a few days this past weekend to the desert and to some spots I grew up skating and hanging out at. I rounded up our riders Derrick Wilson, Alec Jamir, Tommy Werner, Demarquis McDaniels, and Clive Dixon and we headed to the high desert (Hesperia) where I grew up at. I had plans to shoot our hike and document the whole trip and all the fun we were having. It didn’t go down like I planned so I improvised and got a few shots and some flip cam footy from the adventure. Here’s some photos of our day hiking in the desert.

If your not from here you would never know to just walk up this steep ass shit and that there’s an Oasis just a short 3 mile hike into the middle of the mountains…

Cj Dixon just turned 18 recently so I’m gonna have to stop calling him CJ from here on out. He will now be going by him Clive cause that’s his first name and the shit sounds proper. He’s a simple dude from Florida who loves the outdoors and was probably the most excited to go on the adventure…

Who knew Bear Grylls had a long lost son who hails from Cocoa Beach Florida?

Tommy Werner was first to step up to bat and jump off the 50′ rock off the falls. I know he didn’t really want to do it till he heard all the girls that were there yelling and cheering him on. Girls will make you do some dumb shit sometiems to impress them, haha. Tommy handled it like a G…

Alec Jamir’s glasses kept him looking pretty inconspicuous and also helped him not get caught by any of the girls either when he was scopin them…

Had to get the group shot. From left to right: Derrick Wilson, Myself, Alec Jamir, Tommy Werner, Demarquis McDaniels, and Clive Dixon

Stay tuned for Desert Daze Part 2 with some footy from the trip.

OrisueSkate

I just recently took some of our team out to Phoenix for the Phoenix AM contest. We did a little filming along the way, and also captured all the dumb shit and situations that we as skateboarders are able to get ourselves into as well. It’s always fun seeing one of these edit’s after you get back form a trip. So much stuff happens and it’s very easy for stuff to blur together or be completely forgotten. You can’t hold people accountable for their actions when 4Lokos are involved either. I’m glad we got to go out there and support Cj Dixon, Auttiesh Danger, and Derrick Wilson while they competed. Cj even fucked around and got 3rd place with a trick that people are still talking about…yeah, I’m talking about that frontside bigspin to frontside lipslide down the handrail in his run (check it at 3:30). He didn’t let the car accident that he got into with his mom (thats their rental car at 2:35) slow him down one bit and still brought home 3rd. Glad everyone that came on the trip was there(even our stow-aways, they know who they are), we had a great time and I can’t wait for the next one. Enjoy…

This weekend is the 9th annual Phoenix AM skate contest held by Cowtown Skateshop. Derrick Wilson, Auttiesh Danger, and new-comer CJ Dixon will all be holding it down for the “O Crew”. Were rolling deep out there with a few other team riders as well to get a little filming in while were out there too. If you want to stay posted on what the “O Crew” is up to on the trip then make sure to check in on twitter with @orisueskate for updates. If you are in the area make sure to come check out the contest, Cowtown always put’s on a great event for Phoenix AM. Bad Brains is playing the after party….that’s all that needs to be said so don’t miss it or your going to be mad at yourself !!!