Words and Captions by Ryan Clements Photos by Ryan Clements, Mike Derewenko, and Jesse Fritsch My first trip of the year was pretty damn eventful. I don’t think I could have asked for anything more. I went to LA, Long Beach, Encinitas, and Keystone, CO, all in a week’s time, and it was quite an adventure. Good times, great skating, and amazing people. Thanks to Agenda and Zumiez for making it all possible… We arrived late on Wednesday night into LA, drove to Long Beach, and headed to Agenda early the next morning, where Justin and I immediately ran into James Craig. Later that night at a Nike gathering I got the opportunity to hang with long-time friend, Ed Selego. In case you didn’t know, Ed used to work at SPoT and now runs MIA Skate Shop…and he’s still part of the SPoT Family. Out front of the Nike deal I heard this crazy voice coming from some dude walking down the street and realized it was DMX! On Friday morning it was back to business. Jason Rothmeyer is now repping Eswic.

Not so much business was going on over at the Domestics booth with Barker Barrett and Fred Gall. I like to make the best out of every trip, and that includes meals at iconic restaurants. Justin hadn’t been to Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles before. From there we went over to The Berrics to hang out for a bit. Right around the corner from The Berrics is the Huf warehouse. Keith Hufnagel was preparing for an art show the following evening. This was some of the most amazing stuff I’ve ever seen, with a $20,000 price tag to match. It was created by Haroshi and you’ll be seeing the artwork on the new Real deck graphics coming out. It was Saturday morning and time to go skate. Nothing like running into the DLX Mafia outside of our hotel. L to R: Who Dat?, Mickey Reyes, Andy Roy, and John Alden. The meeting spot was Supreme, but we couldn’t resist walking through this place first. The Supreme bowl is tough to skate. Not that I have much more than this anyway, but I only had a rock n’ roll up my sleeve.

After 20 minutes in the bowl, Justin and I headed out front to find Dan Rogers and Steve Olson waiting for us to go to the next spot. Then Fabian Alomar walked up!Weimaraner Lab Mix Puppies For Sale Mn As if it couldn’t get any better, Tyler the Creator skates up, heads into Supreme, and comes out and says, “Yo’, you’re from SPoT? Macys Outdoor Furniture Replacement CushionsThat place is sick. Rv Lots For Sale On Lake KeoweeLoved every minute of that interaction…what a nice dude. Arto Saari, thank you for the session in your backyard. Heath Kirchart is one of my favorites of all time. He also shreds pools. Justin had the camera at this point and snuck one of Tour Guide Dan Rogers and me bro-ing down.

Dan headed to the airport and Justin and I headed to this newish P-Rod Park to get in one last session before dark. From there I drove down to Encinitas and Justin headed to LAX and back to Tampa. Sunday morning my friend Mike Derewenko and I met up with Jesse Fritsch and we made a pit stop by Tony Hawk, Inc. to grab Jesse’s board. This is the sort of memorabilia you find in the hallways of that facility. From Tony Hawk, Inc. to the Tony Hawk Residence. I always feel extra privileged when I get to skate at Birdman’s house. Turn around before you drop in and this is what you see. Tony showed up and sessioned with us for a few minutes. This is the other view of the Frontside Grind Mag cover. Jesse has the ability to get up in the air and stuff. Frontside ollie over the hip. “I’ll blunt the shallow end if you pivot fakie it.” I can only do three tricks and this is one of them. Fritsch ended the session with the blunt and I pretty much stopped taking photos from that point forward.

The next morning I flew from LA to Denver to meet up with Schaefer and head to the Zumiez $100k event.This was the only picture I took at Zumiez $100k because everyone Instagrammed the hell out of it. LANCE MOUNTAIN X NIKE SB X AIR JORDAN 1 Lance Mountain x Nike SB x Air Jordan 1. Inspired by Mountain’s days of skating in painted, mismatched Air Jordan 1s, LM’s DIY styling is applied to market recreations of the storied sneakers. Black/Royal and Black/Red singles are paired together in mismatching fashion, coated with either a thick layer of white paint or a thick layer of black paint to match and mask the colorways. As the shoes are worn, broken down and skated in, the true colorways reveal themselves. Release Date June 7th. Come in now to entire your name for a chance to get them. Zanerobe…. probably the best fitting brand in the history of brands ZANEROBE IS A MEN’S ONLY FASHION BRAND WITH A LARGE PROPORTION OF ITS FASHION-SAVVY LOYAL CREW BASED IN AUSTRALIA AND NORTH AMERICA.

THEIR AESTHETIC IS A MIX OF FASHION AND CORE ESSENTIALS SO YOU’LL FIND US IN THE MORE ENTERPRISING DEPARTMENT STORES AS WELL AS TIER-ONE BOUTIQUE STORES GLOBALLY. RELENTLESS IN THEIR SEARCH OF PROGRESSIVE MEN’S FASHION AND HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY A HECTIC LIFESTYLE OF FESTIVALS, BEATS, TRAVEL, FRIENDS, STREET AND SURF. THEY’RE EXTREMELY PARTICULAR ABOUT THE FINER DETAILS OF DESIGNS, THE APPLICATION OF NEW/UNIQUE FABRIC AND FINISHING PROCESSES, AND LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE IN THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY. HUF x Diamond CoProud to be part of the selected few to be selling the HUF x Diamond Co. capsule collection.  Goes on sale at 3pm Monday April 8 and is expected to sell out minutes after that!   The Volcomunity collection is a premium platform that brings together small capsules designed by various Volcom communities around the world. It is a premium clothing collection targeted towards a more sophisticated aesthetic and offers refined designs, attention to detail and a higher quality standard in fabrication and finishing.

The clothing is subtly branded with the identifiable stone that is exclusive to Volcomunity product.  Don’t miss out on this limited edition collection which is only available in NYC, California, Europe and The Belmont Army Flagship location. Spring is around the corner and that means new brands are arriving here at Belmont Army and we are proud to add The Quiet Life to our Spring 2013 lineup.  The Quiet Life is run by a team of Los Angeles based designers who were raised on a healthy diet of BMX, skateboarding, music and magazines. At an early age, Andy became addicted to the art of image making and photo taking. You can see their work on Girl and Chocolate Skateboards, photo shoots for Fourstar and Lakai and gallery shows everywhere. Stance 2013 Spring Men’s & Women’s Collections Time to do some Spring cleaning in that sock drawer and update with some new styles from Stance. Check out all of the new offerings from their Punks & Poets collection and the third installment from the Captain Fin collaborative series.

There’s also some new freshness from the tropical side of things which will usher in feelings of warmth and relaxation as we come to expect longer and sunnier days ahead. We’re here to please and do whatever we can to make sure that your newest medium of self expression is always dialed. View the entire Men’s & Women’s Spring Collections only at the original Belmont Ave flagship location. Wear these tees from local Chicago designer Josh Scholl and he will pretty much guarantee you will soon be getting laid.  Unfortunately, we have a feeling he plans on personally backing up this claim.  We here at Belmont Army love these tees because they always evoke a reaction – sometimes even a good one!  This is why you will see these tees on members of  The Black Lips, Les Savy Fav, Pavement, Neon Indian, Thee Oh Sees, etc…   See what Time Out Chicago had to say about Josh Scholl and Skim Milk here. HUF Plantlife Weed Marijuana Crew Socks 6 Brand new colorways available in our skate shop!