We packed up our tent around 6pm and headed to the bowl for a celebration of our success of the day and our good friend Erich Bambei's birthday. I invited along a photographer friend of mine Alex Smythe and this is what he saw through his lens that night.
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Jack was skating like a madman. This is his go-to trick, melon front disaster. This is also one of many war faces that Jack often makes
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Local ripper and friend Kevin Wu sailing the hip
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Wu, front rock
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John Willingham, frontside flip
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Luke Steffenhagen, switch front disaster
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Luke with a meaty stalefish over the hip
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Mark Patrick, back feeble
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Bambei was ripping as always. He skates faster than anyone i've ever seen before. With huge airs, long grinds, steady consistency, Bambei is going to be around for a while. Be on the lookout for this guy. Front lipslide
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Bambei, blunt nosegrab
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Jack, front tail block. Jack and Bambei were just feeding off each other. It was rad to watch these two go at it.
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Bambei, front crailslide
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Camera trickery
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Ghost plant
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Jack, judo disaster
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Jack Carlson. True skate rat
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Always the crowd pleaser, Bambei with the upper atmosphere tuck knee. Ripper
All in all it was a damn good day. Everyone was juiced and it showed. This was Alex's first time shooting skate photos and i think he made the cut. See you next time