Blind ambition.

In Mile-High developments, has Denver's Angel Ramirez and David Reyes relocated to Long Beach? Has the LBC become the new hot spot for wayward skaters? Ask Austin Stephens, Johnny Layton, Matt Bennett Danny Montoya, Stacy Lowery, Rob Gonzales Geoff Rowley, Kurtis Colomonico, Nick Trapasso, Pat Pasquale, Long Beach Larry, or any of the OG heads.

Videos fixin' to drop soon: Powell's Fun, Zoo York's State of Mind, and Blind's The Blind Video. Warm up those VCRs! Master lensman Chris "Rhino" Rooney has made the 18-hour flight to OZ once again, this time to shoot Jake Duncombe's final Blind bangers for an upcoming Thrasher interview. It's about time we had the Gremlin back in the Bible.

Grand Guignol excess was never more evident than at Steve Olson's recent Coming Out Party art exhibition, held at 800 North La Cieniega. Throngs of rolling characters, socialites, and Hollywood royalty attended the salon display of Olson's luminously textured statements of provocation. Hordes of paparazzi scoured the proceedings, hoping for a shot of Jack Nicholson, Sex Pistol Steve Jones, Scott Oster, Takuji Masuda, Evan Yanov, Wynn Miller, Jennifer Nicholson, Anthony Kiedis, Mike Judge, Flea, Joseph Dugan, and Greg Escalante. A firestorm of arc light was generated when the photogs erupted into a shooting frenzy at the site of Olson, Scott Caan, and Tony Alva all standing together. Collectors of note who stepped up and purchased Steve's philosophically-textured treatises were said to include Sheiks from the United Arab Emirates and celebutant attorney Susan Weisner.

Floridian Yani Cruz is rapidly rising up the Hubba flow ranks.