Australia vacation.

SO, I GET THIS CALL FROM BROWN TOM OVER AT BLACK LABEL. DO YOU WANT TO GO TO AUSTRALIA? MY REPLAY WAS "DOES A FAT BABY FART". HELL YEA. AUSTRALIA: WARM WEATHER, CONCRETE SKATE PARKS ON EVERY CORNER AND THEY SPEAK ENGLISH. I NEVER TURN DOWN TRIPS, I MEAN VACATIONS. IT'S THE SHIT MAN SERIOUS. WHEN IT'S ALL OVER AND IM WORKING AT SOME GO. GO MART SLINGING HOT DOGS AT LEAST I'LL HAVE MEMORIES OF ALL THESE FREE TRIPS. I GAVE UP SOCIAL SECURITY A LONG TIME AGO.

DAY ONE TUESDAY NOV. 19.

* I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. THE FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA IS NOT EASY, ESPECIALLY ON THE PLANE. FROM N.C AT 10:30 AM TO FLY TO LOST ANGELES. 7 HOUR LAY OVER IN L.A. FOLK. THANK GOD FOR P. STONE AND RHINO. SERIOUS HOMIES. GRABBED ME UP FROM THE AIRPORT TO GO SKATE POOLS. SKATELAY OVER DOG! IT'S THE JAM SKATED SOME POOLS AROUND THE AIRPORT AND DRANK SOME BREWS ARRIVE BACK AT THE AIRPORT SMELLING LIKE ASS AND NOT SOBER FOR A 17 HOUR FLIGHT! GO ON THE PLANE

AT 10:00 P.M. I'M SURPRISED THEY LET ME ON THE PLANE. FREE DRINKS. YES I SCORED 3 SEATS. LIGHTS OUT . . . .

DAY TWO WED NOV. 20

THIS DAY DID NOT EXIST.

DAY THREE THURS. NOV. 21

7:30 AM I'M STILL NOT THERE YET. I ARRIVED IN AUCKLAND N.Z. ANOTHER LAY OVER. THERE I HOOKED UP WITH WADE (HAULING SHIT) SPEYER AND OMAHA HASSAN. WE SPENT THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS CATCHING UP ON OLD TIMES. ANOTHER 3 HOUR FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

12:30 P.M. WE ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA, BRISBANE. YES WE PULLED IT. 33 HOURS! BEN FROM KWALA PICKED US UP. AS SOON AS I SKATED OUT THE DOOR I ATE SHIT. ALL THOSE BREWS AND THAT BRIGHT ASS SUN SAT MY ASS DOWN. BAM! BODY BLOW. SO WE DROVE UP TO CALOUNDRA TO CHECK OUT THE SITUATION. AUSTRALIA BOWL RIDERS CONTEST CHECKED OUT THE SKATE PARK FOR A LITTLE WHILE. WHY IS THE COPING MOVING? DID THAT HIP JUST SAY SOMETHING TO ME? EVERYONE WAS FRIED! THE FLIGHT HAD TAKEN ITS TOLL. TOOK OFF TO CHECK INTO

OUR ACCOMMODATIONS. SCORED A FAT ASS PAD RIGHT ON THE BEACH. THIS SPOT WAS SWEET. STRAIGHT OFF MTV CRIBS. BIG ASS SWIMMING POOL RIGHT OFF THE PORCH. ANDREW MACKENZIE OWNER OF KWALA DISTRIBUTION RIPS. KNOWS HOW TO TREAT SKATERS. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE HE SKATES DVH. AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED HOOKED UP WITH ALAN (DARKMAN) PETERSEN AND LUKE OGDEN. SOME FOOD, DRINKS, SWIMMING AND A LITTLE SHIT TALKING. PEACE OUT.

DAY FOUR. FRIDAY NOV. 22.

WOKE UP AT 5.00 AM. 1 SERIOUSLY THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE 10 IN THE MORNING. THE SUN SETS AT LIKE 4.00 AM. WHAT! SO BY 9:00 IT WAS TIME TO 60. WENT OUT WITH THE CREW TO SKATE SOME LOCAL PARKS. (WADE, OMAR, ALAN, LUKE, ANDREW, MOSS AND BEN). IT WAS FREAKING HOT OUT. SO HOT BLEACHED MY EYE BROWS WHITE. LOOKED LIKE COLONEL SANDERS OUT THERE SKATING. ANDREW HOOKED UP A FAT COOLER WITH BREWS, BEAM: COKES, WATER AND SNACKS. TASTE SO GOOD UNDER THE SUN. YOU KNOW WHAT RIPS ABOUT AUSTRALIA? THAT DAY THERE WAS NOT ONE PERSON AT THESE PARKS. IF I WANTED TO SKATE AROUND BUTT ASS NAKED WITH A BEER HELMET ON NO ONE WOULD EVER KNOW. IT WAS GREAT. NO KIDS ASKING FOR FREE SHIT OR CALLING OUT SOME FUCKING TONY HAWK VIDEO GAME TRICK. LIFE IS GOOD. ENDED UP GOING TO THE CONTEST FOR THE LAST HOUR OF PRACTICE. PRACTICE IS FOR PUSSIES! THE AUSTRALIANS WERE THERE HEATING UP THE PARK ANDREW CURRIE, DORFUS, SCOTTY AND OTHER MAD HEADS WERE GETTING JIGGY. THE SESSION WAS GREAT. EVERYONE WAS RIPPING GOOD VIBE. NO JOCKS WENT HAD SOME DINNER AND DRINKS WITH NORM, KWALA FAMILY AND THE CREW. BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SEE YA....

DAY FIVE. SAT NOV. 23.

BIG CONTEST DAY DOWN AT THE PARK. THE CONTEST STARTED AT 9:00 AM WITH THE GROMS AND CHICKS WITH STICKS WE DEGDED TO KICK IT AT THE CONDO AND SWIM. AROUND 2:00 P.M WE CRUISE DOWN TO THE CONTEST. ITS WAS GOING OFF. PEOPLE EVERYWHERE HERE WE GO. EVERYONE STARTED SKATING. MIKE (GRIT EATING) PETERSON AND RODNEY (THE NECK JONES WERE THERE ON SOME BILABONG TOUR. SIX U.S. SKATERS+ 24 AUSTRALIAN WOM BATS = 30 SKATERS .30 DIFFERENT STYLES OF STUNTWOODING .3 HEAT WITH ONE FINAL JAM. 10 SKATERS, TEXAS DEATH MATCH STYLE. THIS TYPE OF SKATING DEFINITELY REQUIRES SOME BOOZE.

PEOPLE FLYING AROUND W.W.F STYLE SO MANY CLOSE CALLS. TRYING TO WIN SOME LOOT. WADE WAS TRUCKING ALAN'S OLLIES GET BIGGER EVERYTIME. THE NECK'S ALL AROUND SHREDING OMARS BLOCK HEAD SKILLS AND DOUBLE HEELFUP FRONTSIDE AIR. MIKE PETERSON'S SPEED AND FRONTSIDE KONA FLIPS. DORFUS HAD SICKLINES AND WOM BAT STYLE BONELESS THROUGH THE CORNER. CURRIE SKATED FAST AND BIG AIRS, GREAT STYLE. ALL THE AUSTRALIAN BOWL RIDERS WERE GOING OFF. SHIT EVERYONE WAS GOING OFF. IT WAS HOT EVERYONE PROBALLY LOST 10 POUNDS IN THE FINALS .15 MINUTES OF STRAIGHT SKATING WILL BURN YOUR SHIT UP .17 GAVE MY ASS HEART BURN .1 WATCHED THE DARKMAN THROW UP FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION 1 THINK EVERYONE HAD SOME BUZZ OF SOMEKIND. AFTER THE CONTEST STRAIGHT TO THE POOL. A BREW IN EACH HAND AND A REBEL RAFT. ENDED UP GOING TO A SKATE PARTY AT A RAVE ASS BAR. DISMISSED MYSELF EARLY DUE TO THE SUCK OFF FACTOR. JUST LET ME DRINK. I DON'T CARE AT THIS POINT. YOU RIP, YOU DID WHAT, YOU OLLIED HOW MANY STAIRS, HERE'S A SPONSOR ME TAPE, MAN WE DIDN'T EVEN THIN K YOU COULD SKATE. THIS SHIT WAS COMING AT ME FROM EVERYWHERE. FUCK OFF! LIGHTS OUT...

DAY SIX SUN NOV 24

WOKE UP WITH THE SHAKES. CHECKED OUT OF THE PLAYER PAD AND HEADED DOWN TO BRISBANE. FIRST THING NORM TOOK US TO A SKATEPARK OUT IN THE BUSH MATE. OMAR DID AN AIR OVER THIS RAIL SICK BIG TIME BOR! CHECK THE PHOTO. NEXT WE HEADED TO THE CROCADILE HUNTER'S ZOO. FUCK CHIN. THE SEARCH FOR THE CROCK HUNTER. STEVE?. YOU KNOW THE GUY. YOU'VE SEEN HIM ON T.V. THE REALLY SPASTIC CRAZY ASS DUDE WHO STICKS HIS HEAD IN A CROCADILE'S MOUTH AND KISSES SNAKES. WELL HE'S GOT HIS OWN ZOO. HE'S A BIG TIME PLAYER IN AUSTRALIA. BILLBOARDS EVERYWHERE. I WAS HOPING TO MEET STEVE AND HAVE HIM SAY". I'M STEVE AND YOU'RE WATCHING CROOK ONE, ONE. A NEW VIDEO PRODUCED BY CROOKS HIMSELF. SHIT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT REAL TIGHT. HE WASN'T IN, HE WAS OUT FILMING IN THE BUSH. BUMMER. HIS ZOO WAS REAL COOL. AFTERWARDS WE SKATED ANOTHER PARK IN BRISBASE. SICK CONCRETE HALFPIPE BOWL THAT GOES INTO A STREET AREA. YOU KNOW THOSE DIRTBOARD THINGS? OMAR DID HIS PATENT HEELFLIP FRONTSIDE AIR ON THE THING! BIG ASS WHEELS ON AN OLD GROSSO BOARD. FORD SHO ULD BE STOKED ON THAT SHIT. BUILT FORD TUFF OMAR HASSAN. I WISH FORD WOULD GIVE ME A TRUCK. I WOULD RUN THAT SHIT INTO THE GROUND, CROOKED TOUGH. ONCE AGAIN ANDREW AND HIS WIFE SARAH HOOKED US UP. BARBECUE! GRUBBING, CHICKEN, STEAKS, HOT DOGS, BREWS. ANYTHING YOU WANTED, VEGETARIANS GET BEAT. THE MACKENZIES HAVE A SWEET HOUSE OUT IN THE BUSH. MINI RAMP (COVERED, POOL TABLE, FULL BAR). SARAH, MOSS, SCOUT AND ANDREW ARE THE BEST TREATED US LIKE THE STRAIGHT PLAYERS WE ARE NIGHT NIGHT.

DAY SEVEN MON NOV 25.

THIS WAS OUR LAST FULL DAY IN AUSTRALIA WENT OUT WITH A FULL COOLER AND SKATED 3 MORE PARKS A POOL ALAN BUSTED A FAT ASS OLLIE ON THIS QUATERPIPE. OMAR WAS RIPPING SCOTTY WAS RIPPING. I WAS SWEATING BALLS. GOOD DAY. GOOD VIBES. NO ONE REALLY CARED WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. EVERYONE WAS JUST IN FOR THE RIDE. WENT BACK TO THE MACKENZIES AND HAD DRAWNS ON THE GRILL. ANDREW AND I HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY SO THEY HOOKED ME UP WITH AN EARLY B-DAY PARTY WITH SOME GOOD SHIRAZ (RED WINE) AND CHEESE CAKE. BIG UPS MAN. TRIED TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT DUE TO THE LONG ASS PLANE RIDE. IT DIDN'T WORK. I PASSED OUT.

DAY EIGHT TUESDAY NOV. 26

30 HOURS OF FLYING AND AIRPORTS. WHO CARES LATER.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS I'VE BEEN ON FOR A LONG TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ANYONE WHO PUT UP WITH MY CROOKABONICS SERIOUS. I WANT TO THANK KWALA, BLACK LABEL, OMAR, WADE, ALAN, LUKE, MACKENZIE FAMILY, BEN, NORM (THE CHAMP) 50-50 MATE, THE AUSY'S, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, XXX, V.B. AND ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS I FORGOT JUST LIVE.