Skate Stars Invade O.C.
In the early 90’s three pools were built in backyards specifically for skating, Basic, Chicken’s and Belmar’s. If you are lucky enough to know them you can skate ’em. Read more
Basic Bowl BBQ 2004

People around the globe are dreaming of stuff like this! A bowl in a backyard, free beer, free food, hot chicks, & a couple hundred friends to party with. It’s the fucking Dream of All Dreams! Thank god we live in America and we all discovered skateboarding, because it is truly worthy of what high praise we all give it.
Basic Bowl BBQ ’03
big props to dennis lamb, the owner of the basic bowl, as this event is a testimony of fearless dedication to the art of pool skating and party throwing. imagine a couple hundred, heavily loaded and amply wrecked skateboard enthusiasts crammed into your backyard, house, front yard (why is backyard one word and front yard is two??) and street. your shit and your house, all exposed to a load of people who have a ‘fuck all’ attitude. if you’ve ever done it then you know. truth be told, the whole time we were there everyone seemed very respectful to the premises.
Basic “World Cup of Skateboarding” Bowl 2002

Words and photos by George Crosland
A Huntington Beach Police helicopter hovers overhead, aluminum abruptly grinds against cement, the Smut Peddlers are rockin, and Greg Cassel has got police siren noises screaming out of a megaphone at volume ten… Read more