Hard to argue these days.

There was a heavy media presence at this thing. Lifers and new bloods. Price, Swift and Jeremy.

Power lunch! Wilkins, Grant and Rickk.

Then i stopped by Agenda just long enough to get my balls groped by this guy...

And run into an Aesthetics mini-reunion. KT the God and the worlds most bitter Saints fan.

Final party news, there was a weird rave party at Beebs' Park one night. Rog was getting busy on the Ping Pong table.

So was @olsonstuff the First. This guy is a ping pong machine.

Out in the park the cobrasnake here amost mistook himself for a golden god but security intervened.

Javs, Beebs and Furry.

Then it was back to street life as ususal. Here's Dubbs previewing another insta masterpiece no doubt.

Roomates! Mo and Dloy.

Mo has fans everywhere. This guy was really enthusiastic.

Shit's been so heavy we've been enlisting pro skaters to man the cameras.

Famous artists too!

D Brady was over here getting last minute tricks for his Lakai clip. Go check that shit!

The day we were at this school Alex put everyone on to the iphone app where you blow shit up. Needless to say it was a big hit.

Crankers tried to act all unimpressed.

Couldn't do it.

Rick's always good to amp up the sesh with some extreme moves.

A little Rickk on Rick insta action.

Billy boy was out here finishing up his Transworld part. Pretty sure it's gonna be a doozy.

Last day to film for it so he convened a Team Handsome meeting.

Dylan warming up with a backside flip.

Pretty sure whatever these guys are looking at is majorly NSFW.

S.K.A.T.E. over the bench, gotta keep that flatground sharp.

Malto putting the heat on Carroll.

In case you hadn't noticed, MJ has a mean heelflip.

Been doing a lot of table tetris lately, you have to keep shit interesting.

Warm ups for Frost.

Not sure what to say about this one.

Heavy reunion.

Sensitive moments.

Seems like Lockwood is always good for a big posse.

Mike and Alex made a new years resolution to meet some interesting new people.

I do the tricks, not you!

Internet beef is so 2011. Double teammates in the oh-12.

Guy had a few weekends of serious bench wrestling. His part in the new vid is going to be fucked up.

Koston is always down to set up some new shit.

The guy is even shooting his own skate photos now!

While I complain about climbing any fence Beebs goes straight for the hardest way in.

He's always down to art direct an epic insta...

Or a team photo shoot. 2012 is gonna be a good one.

Smyth, passing along the traditions to the little duns.

C. Rob keeping shit classy as ever.

EA, Beebs, Smyth and Rickk

First try at this one.

Then the Dubbs popped up and we had to get a re-do.

Round one. Big Al and Jeron.

No wait, we need a serious one.

Lighten up guys, it's a Christmas party.

Guy and Rickk Talking about that KOTR win.

You know Teebs didn't have to camp out overnight for that jacket.

All we need are some elbow patches and you have a couple grad students talking about their thesis. Guy and Kenny debating some shit.

B Woo even made it out on a school night!

Hang around long enough and this thing always ends up in the parking lot. This time everyone was real hyped on these rims. Carroll was feeling it.

Sammy Hagar!

Teebs!

Another great year in the books!

Beebs autographing Mike the waiter's book before we left China.

Well what can I do here?

Brian helping out with crowd control at a spot.

Guy enjoying the fresh air of Beijing.

Chico's favorite game out there was "Where's Kenny?". Never got old.

Photograffiti of Kenny kickflippin'.

Good advice is good advice.

Guys were alternating days carrying tripod bags around. Cheeks made the most of his.

Poachers everywhere!

Bragg gnawing on a chicken foot moments before getting surprise tazered.

Cory blacked out one night and woke up looking like this.

Beebs!

More Beebs!

Agreed.

Vince is still riding these wheels. It's turning into a real interesting science experiment.

Like starving men in the desert staring at a meal.

Last night at Cafe Xperience. Thanks China!

When we first got to Bejing our hosts had some messages for the guys who couldn't make it. Well, Mike?

Beebs skipped Beijing and met us in Guangzhou. He missed some fans.

This is our hotel in Bejing. I think the name says it all.

One of the first things we did in Bejing was check out the course at the China X-Games. Mo didn't approve.

While the guys worked on their runs Sam and I worked on our newspaper angles. I call this one "Raven takes flight."

They had an athlete meeting inside this thing. That was pretty cool. During the media session, the Chinese media asked some Rockstar Fedora wearing BMXer why he liked China. He thought about it for a while and then responded "No fat chicks."

Outside the comp Kenny and Raven broed down with the locs.

Mandatory photo of Guy winning the China Xgames. (None of these photos have any filters on, that's just the everyday air quality in Bejing.)

Enough with the contest shit. We were there to hit the streets. We spent a lot of time skating around from spot to spot. This seemed like a pretty sketchy idea out there, considering zero traffic laws apply. It was insane.

When we couldn't skate or train it somewhere we'd cab it around. Vince looking like he's had it with the traffic.

Just kidding. Vince has a good time anywhere.

Looks like we're getting kicked out of here. Rule #1 why China is currently the best spot in the world to skate street. You can not get kicked out of anywhere. After a life of getting kicked out of every spot ever it's a great feeling to ignore security until they get frustrated and leave you alone.

Cory thinking about some shit. Like why he kept getting stuck carrying my tripod bag. Thanks Cory!

Gratuitous Moped shot.

Cory minutes after melting everyones face with a crazy NBD and seconds before texting his way straight into a pothole and onto his face.

This was actually great.

Part of BA's sticker collection. He's always ready.

Raven is to grip tape as BA is to sticker jobs.

When we got to Guangzhou this was in the lobby. Apparently they don't reward them well enough, because weed is pretty much everywhere out there.

One of the many complimentary items in our hotel bathroom.

It was pretty obvious where the Skate Rock guys had been. I saw these all over the place.

Typical crowd scene.

Raven and Vince going back to back into this thing for a warm up.

Part 2 after Thanksgiving. Have a good one everybody.

Here are some super random photos from that night. Dill was there.

Cory and Grant. Grant walked barefoot all over LA that night.

Double Core. This is the 2nd photo. Rickk wanted a re-shoot for a "normal" one and then shrunk a foot.

Three horribly timed dad-angled photos of Raven ripping. How bad is the timing? This is a boneless.

Passable. Lot's of people were ripping that night but this is all i got.

Real men party with used diapers.

Here we go with all the awards madness. This was a real fun party, I can only imagine how good the trip was.

Joe Breezy was pumped!

MJ!

Vince! This camera strap is making too many appearances on here.

I feel like Mo should have run this look for a solid year.

I mean look at this fucking thing.

Guy was really hyped. He killed it.

Talent Management skills recognized.

It's a wrap!

Then down the street to Neckface' art show. It was great as usual.

Typical art show crowd.

The next day was time for a hangover session with the boys. Vince...

Raven...

Jason...

Grant...

And Burnout himself! Crossing blog beams kid!

Anatomy of an internet phenomenon. Check Burnout for the click it to huge.

Out in the streets Cory and Vince watched while Grant and Raven got busy.

Good seats.

Lens talk...

Lucky for us the goons showed up about one minute too late.

Sitting outside the hotel when the fire alarm went off at 5 am. It went for an hour and sounded like a fucking nuclear war inside the hotel but Rickk threw a pillow over his head and slept through it.

MikeMo signed a baby at a Zumiez demo in Chicago. This is him with the family. Note the temporary skullcandy tattoo on the baby's stomach.

Kansas City killed it for people watching. Cowgirls!

And we also ran into KC's #1 rated Roughrider!

Whoa! Careful Buddy!

Cory has a blast everywhere he goes.

Malto was living on the edge on this trip.

Elijah was training for the bad haircut challenge on KOTR.

Making of an epic twitter video. Elijah over Rickk.

Raven Showed up on the trip straight from his win in Copenhagen. Ballin' son!

The planking horseshit got so out of control on this trip that even Bird was in on it. Hotel lobby plank.

Carroll goes sideways on a parking meter.

Elijah in the middle of an intersection during a gay pride rally. A cop got run over moments after this one.

In Chicago we went to the SkyDeck ontop of the Sears tower. It was awesome.

And naturally ended up with Mo claiming highest plank ever. That was pretty much the end of our plank craze thankfully.

This guy ended up letting Malto off with a warning but first he played Good Cop/Bad Cop with himself for a while.

Rickk made a lot of new friends on this trip.

Elijah and Vince found some pretty sick props one night.

Pretty hard to fuck with this posse.

But Somehow this one topped it.

The Dubbs...

James pokes one over.

Mo started thinking about some major innovation...

But decided to save his energy for the Street League finals.

Stevie P warming up with a 5050 transfer at a (slightly) secret spot.

Kenny made the lockwood fence hop with us to get this switch backside smith.

We've been spending a shitload of time in this ditch recently. It's like the wild west over there. One of these cowboys asked us if we were looking for Animal Chin. Seriously.

Fontana's Finest with a boneless.

Ouch! Shit is rough out here.

MJ battling the end of day craziness. You know he got his.

Chris Keefe was there at the hotel when we got there to take everyone out. He hooked it up pretty much everywhere we went.

This was the end of a long tour for some of us. Had to recount some planking gone wronghorror stories from the trip to the guys who weren't there. The reaction was typically "What the fuck is planking?".

Next day we went to the shop for a signing before the demo. Product everywhere.

First kid to get a board.

Hung out and signed posters for a while...

Mike is always suspicious.

And Vince finds it pretty funny.

While Carroll showed off his new sticker job...

Alex took a break from his busy International Art Star schedule to pitch in for demo duties.

Then we all made the quick skate to 12th and A...

Which almost ended in Raven's early demise. (Speeding, red light-running cab not pictured.) Seriously close call.

Saw a lot of these on the way. The street team was busy.

Billy Rohan was holding it down at 12th and A. The demo was great, a lot of kids showed up.

Alex put on a show.

Joey Pepper was there.

So was Jahmal Williams.

Even Matt "it's not Milligan" Willigan showed up.

The Lakai design team was there, trying to look uninterested.

Even a Pops sighting!

Mike thought he was horizontal right here. Seriously.

Ended it with the product toss. When the product ran out I heard a sarcastic "Sick product toss." from the crowd. Perfect ender.

Going Down...

Went and skated a classic pool with Guy and Raven.

Raven put in some heavy work but got a ton of shit. (That's someone elses blood.)

Greg Hunt has been out on the streets a bit. He's getting heavy into custom board shaping.

Summer BBQ season has been in full swing. Clockwork Carroll here had a doozy recently.

O'Meally was there. He's either breakdancing here or doing a "kick me in the nuts, I dare you."

Birthday surprise for Sammy!

Back to the streets. Been learnin some shit.

When these guys haven't been working on their male modeling they've been hitting the streets pretty hard.

Alex has been real into this helmet thing lately.

I guess if you're gonna do moves like this you should protect your dome piece.

We skated a rad spot at some guys house down south. He was so cool to us that we re-painted it for him.

He even told his neighbors to fuck off when they tried to kick us out. One in a million.

Went to Van Owen with Cory to shoot his Pro ad.

Cory's crew is sketchy!

Lincoln Park has been a pretty standard warm up spot lately. Raven and Roger getting the goods.

And Guy has been on a rampage as usual.