Mike Crabtree disturbs
the peaceful serenity of
the enchanted forest with
a frontside grind over a
babbling brook.
54 THRASHER
Deer's
ON THE
GRILL!
Monday, June 9, 1997
S
cott from Vans shows.
up at my pad after
work, so I get the
barbecue fired up for our
two favorite things, Bud Ice
and hot dogs, to prep us for
our trip to Oregon the next
morning. That night, some
crimesters try breaking in to
my neighbor's truck, so I try
running them over with my
car, so they take off running
to their car that doesn't.
I want to start.
Words by Jason Jessee
Photos by Jai Tanju
Tuesday, June 10
let in the Vans van and leave my
Ghouse at 9:00 am, stopping in
San Jose to pick up Crazy Eddie and
Jason Adams and Jai. And, what
do you know, Simon Woodstock and
Mike Crabtree are packed and ready
to go also. Lucky for us. They're in
Simon's car, an all-terrain vehicle,
so we split to San Francisco to get
Karma Tsocheff and, lucky again,
more are ready-Alan Petersen, Scott
Black Arm Bourne, and Ryan
Johnson-to escape reality and law
for Oregon. So now there's a van, a
Honda, and an all-terrain vehicle on
its way, 600 miles the fuck out of
Dodge. First stop: Petaluma
Skatepark. It's pretty new. We like it.
Everyone kills it. We decide to go to
Santa Rosa and end up having more
fun. It's sunny, there's an ice cream
man, and it's the last day of school,
so there are lots of little scumbags
hanging around, kids that are mad at
their parents, you know, rebelling.
with cigarettes and dyed hair.
Anyway, Alan 180's the pyramid,
so we can leave. We head to the
Our heroes pose with
their prize catch
from the morning's
hunting expedition.
beach campground
outside of Humboldt
and set up a barbecue
for hot dogs and veggie
burgers. Then Silly Eddie
and Scott Banana Arm go
nude in the ice cold
ocean. We get to see
their buns and balls, way
cool. Then we learn a lit-
tle bit about Yahway,
then sleep. Jason Adams
and I aren't hardcore
enough, so we sleep in
the van.
COOK
DOER DI
OF
END BIGF
Wake-up call
somewhere near
Humboldt.