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Evan Smeldly Toboggan

I met Evan and his friend Nilo st a WaWa in Easton right down the street from a jib spot. We rode over and had a little session until two cop cars rolled up. The cops ran over and started asking us if we were smoking crack. Apparently the spot we were riding is a local hangout for Easton’s homeless crack-head population. We decided to head uptown and as we were riding I spotted this setup. There’s a handicap ramp that leads up to the platform that the stairs are off of.  Now there was only one thing in the way from keeping Evan from jumping the stairs, and that was a chain across the ramp. Nilo went to work quickly and snapped the chain in half using his peg as a hammer. After that we chilled for a few minutes in case anyone saw our miscreant behavior, and then Evan charged the stairs
 

Garrett Reynolds Flat Rail Ice

This was the last spot we went to after a long day of riding in the heat and its probably the most perfect spot ever. There are three flat rails in a line all identical. Garrett iced half of the rail right of the bat and then did the whole thing with ease; he even threw a barspin out of the ice on a later attempt.

Little Jeff Kocsis Railhop

I met up with LJ at the Rockaway mall to get my paycheck and to talk about where to go riding for the day. Long story short, I ended up waiting there for three hours waiting for my check to come. As soon as I got it we peaced-out to Jeff’s hometown of Clifton. We first rode a tranny spot that Jeff had Quicreted’d. After a few photos we ventured down to a park were this rail hop was. It was right next to the river so it was nice and cool, but the bugs were biting so I made sure I set up quickly. Jeff fired out the hop first try and we got out of there before catching malaria.

Anthony Villani Ring Hop

This ring is in my town at the fire station. It’s between three and four feet in diameter. Ant has been saying he wanted to try and hop through it and I always thought he was kidding around. One night we were driving by it after riding in Princeton and he said he wanted to give it a go. I quickly set up and got my angle. On the first attempt Ant savagely hit his shoulder on the outside of the ring and almost took his head off in the process. The next couple attempts went a lot better.

Garrett Reynolds Fence Hop-Barspin

There are so many spots in Garrett’s town that almost every time I go for a visit we ride something new. On one such occasion we went to this middle school. He warmed up with a straight hop and a 180 down the stairs and over the fence. Then he told me that he wanted to bar over it, so I set up for the shot. I got down really close to the ground and made sure to get some grass in the foreground all while watching for stray lacrosse balls from the kids playing nearby.

Chase Dehart Smith Grind

For some strange reason I’ve wanted to shoot this Smith grind in Philadelphia for a long time. The runway is narrow and the end of the ledge is over chest height, so almost everyone I knew who could do it didn’t want to. Not Chase, though. He took a couple run-ups to it and then fired it out. I the think the fisheye-effect works a lot for this photo as it allowed me to get uncomfortably close and right in the action.
 

JJ Palmere Double-Tire Up

JJ and Garrett came up to my house to shoot some stuff in the nearby towns. This little gem has been sitting un-ridden for almost two years. The rail is lower at the bottom than the top so it makes a perfect rail to go up. As JJ was taking some run-ups I spotted the flowers and decided they might look nice in the foreground of the photo. I set up and he fired it out first try. I packed it up and we moved to the next spot.

James Hess Over-Smith

These blue wooden rails in Love park have been around forever. Needless to say, a lot has gone down on them. The top of the ledge is about eight inches wide and bar height at the top. James said he wanted to over-Smith it as we drove by. I quickly found parking, James pulled his bike out and rode over to the ledge, took a couple run-ups, and then fired it out. We then quickly packed everything up in case there was any 5-0 around.