B-Teezys with JP

Palms has back tails on lockdown, see below





-Tom

New 12 Ollies!

Instead of posting our photos of the killsesh separately, Tom and I have collaborated into one post. Enjoy:






-Ryan

And here's my fisheye angles,
Cheers!
-Tom

Back In Business

As you have probably noticed, I haven't posted in a long time. My camera was in rough condition so I sent it into the shop to get it repaired. I finally got it back and I have been getting lots of footage (glitch free!).

Tom Bateman and myself have been checking this set out for a while and its finally skateable. We took a few shred heads up and they managed to get a few ollies down it. Just for the record, this set is much longer than it looks.

Here is Brandon Young and Ben Maclean with some lofty ollie's.

Ollie's On The New 12 from Chris Ralph on Vimeo.
- Chris

Give me ambiguity, or give me something else...

I know this is going to sound bad but I don't really have an update for today. I'll be honest with you, I haven't really been motivated to film lately. That sounds lame and like I'm wasting my VX but I dunno. What's up Freddy? What's the deal?

How about this: If you have some talent and want to be on Who Is Freddy. Give me a shout. We'll film a little something (hopefully more than just a single trick) and give you a little feature. Its a good chance to get some coverage.

For now, I'll make another self post haha. Lame, I know.


and a little bonus:

- Sean

Ledgible

We had been planning on building a ledge since last summer and we finally got it done.
Checkit.
Feero with a bssmith

and backtail

I wish they were different angles.

-Lebel

Keep Yo Eyes Open

The other night Kurtis, Chris and I went to shoot a spot we've had our eyes on for about a month. Just as I was starting to unpack my gear, a faithful employee of the call centre where we were planning to skate imediatly came over and warned us about the dangers of hitting cars 40 feet away, doing damage to the pavement, harming the wildlife, etc. After several attempts to reason with him he informed us that the building security, police, SWAT, CIA and Air Force had been called in to remove us. As we left I spotted a bunch of cinder blocks lying in the parking lot. We quicky rushed the conctrete into the car and literally took it to a bank spot next door and had a productive sesh, gettting these two photos as well as the paddleboat one I posted earlier. I think the key to staying productive is just keeping your mind clear and being prepared to find alternatives. That being said, I plan to get that intial shot asap.

Cheers!
-Tom

Wo there

Hey guys, Ive been busy lately, not posting as much as I should..But heres what ive been up to.

I smashed a camera..

..watched a sunset..

..went to St. Andrews..

..and finished a Painting.

enjoy.

-Leb Bel

Wub Tour 08

I had something to post today, but instead I'm going to post the Wub Tour 08 video. Basically the Wub Tour is a tour that multiple people from around New Brunswick and Nova Scotia go on each summer usually from the first of August to the 15th of August. They start in halifax and work their way up through NS then they go through NB. The whole thing was started by Julien Strasfeld and Sylvain Theriault.

The Wub Tour 08 video isn't just tour footage though. Its all their footage plus what they got during the Wub Tour 2008. If you haven't seen the first one yet (the Wub Tour 2007) then I suggest you watch it first. There are tour parts as well as actual parts that people have. Here are the links:

Wub Tour 2007 - http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3735219381238964556&hl=en-CA

Wub Tour 2008 - http://tunebomb.com/video/2009/wubtour.mov

You should download as opposed to just watching it on his website though so you don't use up all his bandwidth.

- Sean

Ollum

I feel kind of bad, I don't have to much to write these days. If I think of something I'll let you know! For now, here's Ryan Lebel with a warm-up ollie, enjoy!

Kurtis Is Over A Boat

Cheers!
-Tom

necessity is the mother of invention

This past weekend Brandon Meehan, Jorday Fox, Francis Bischoff, Stef Curtis, Greg Brewer, Josh Clark and myself hit up SJ for a fun little session.

Peep some footy.

SJ Park from Sean Garrity on Vimeo.

- Sean

Ollie

The Delta pool is empty and free to skate, but expect a seriously quick kick out.
Skippy-ollie into pool


+ Ollie down Esa Triple


-Lebeler

WIF Delivers

Today myself and my girlfriend Melissa went on a two hour excursion back and forth across Halifax/Dartmouth to find Curtis's place and get him his prize. Despite a crappy IPhone GPS and my brutal sense of direction, the goods were delivered safely! Bring on Contest #2!

The Champ is here!

See you back in F'ton!
-Tom

GRECOCERIES

Not much has been going down lately. Just chillin and skating as of lately. Josh Clark has been in town lately. He's leaving soon, but if you see him around then give him props. If you don't understand why then just check him out in the new SBC. He just got back from Barcelona and he's been killing it.

One question for everyone who skates in Fredericton. Why is no one skating at kimble!? The weather has been amazing lately and no one has been at the park. I know NYC is open and stuff but why skate inside when you can skate outside? It just doesn't make sense.

Hopefully I see you guys out at the park but for now I'll just leave you with this clip of DJ Burns, a fellow bro from Moncton who just moved to Fredericton, doing a nice back tail shove on the high ledge. If you haven't seen him out yet then just take a trip to kimble and you should see him out there. He's rad and can lay down some heavy tricks.

DJ from Sean Garrity on Vimeo.

- Sean

We have a winner...

Congratulations Curtis!

The prize package goes to the Front Shove photo.

Tom will be contacting you shortly as he is currently in Hali.

Thanks to everyone who voted

Contest #2 and more will be coming to whoisfreddy so keep checking the blog!

-Lebel

Hoody Hoo

With my lens being scratched I e-mailed century to see what could be done with my MK1. I got this e-mail back:

I was sorry to here that you have a damaged .3X Ultra Fisheye adapter lens. Unfortunately, there is only one way to repair a
scratched element. We repair scratched or marked lenses by replacing the element on the lens we are working with. No other solution is acceptable in regard to quality or cost to accomplish this task.

The cost to replace the front element on your adapter is $295.00 for the part and $90.00 labor to install it, plus insured return shipping expense, and sales tax on the part if applicable. When you can, why don't you send us your lens for a no-charge estimate, then you would know everything that could be wrong with your equipment and the exact cost to repair your lens and time it would take. Most routine repairs are handled in our facility in 8 to 10 work days after we receive approval to proceed.

Please be advised that we do no work until we have your approval to begin repairs.

Best Regards
John Sioringas

So I did some math and without the insured shipping and sales tax I'm looking at like $542 canadian. Might be a while before I get that done. So if you want to help out you can just write me a nice cheque and we'll be on our way.

I can still film long lens though so enjoy this footage of Mark Feero at Kimble yesterday.

Mark Feero Kimble from Sean Garrity on Vimeo.

- Sean

Northside Y C

Hey guys, here's a few photos from an NYC sesh the other day.
Kurtis Shea- Frontside Melon

Tom Bateman- Fs 5-0

Back Feebs First Try

Crook


Back 180 all the way to FLAT.
Enjoy.

- R.Lebel

I really suck at titles for this thing, but here's a front nosegrind from Ryan.



-Tom

King Of Swing

So my Sunday evening has consisted of sifting through photos and blasting old gangster swing music out of my crappy little speakers.
Here's some recent work




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmpmjsq8Z70

Cheers!
-Tom

:(

I don't even have anything to say for this one.

Fresh.
From the NYC opening.

LENS HIT AND SCRATCHED from Sean Garrity on Vimeo.

- Sean

Fridayyyyy

Ryan Lebel, Front 180


Happy Weekend,
-Tom


PS,
NYC! 5PM! Come!

WhoIsFreddy? Contest #1

After much debate, we have decided to let you, the faithful followers, decide who wins the deck. Basically, we each picked one deserving photo from the entries. These four photos will compete against each other, most votes wins! We are going to give y'all one week to vote, meaning that next Thursday at midnight a champ will be crowned! hyyyype.



J-Francois Taillon, Tre Flip, photo by Brandon Johnston


Justin Mcleod, Drop In. Photo by Brent Daigle


Stef Curtis, Pole Jam. Photo by Marc Gagnon


Front Shove. Photo by Curtis Rothney


Cheers!
-Tom

Parks!

As we get closer to summer the two indoor parks in the area are starting to open for summer.

Out in Oromocto, the Kings Arrow indoor park is open as of Monday. It's smaller, but still very worth the trip out to Oro. Their official grand opening is this Saturday, with a Barbeque and a Skate Competition, going from 4-8PM. More info can be found at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81008620963&ref=mf
Spring hours are 6-8PM Monday through Sunday.
More info:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oromocto-NB/Oromocto-Skatepark-Kings-Arrow/79391005944





The second park is NYC, located in Willie O'Ree place in Fredericton. both myself and Ryan Lebel will be working there this summer. We'll be opening this Friday, from 5-7, be sure to come on out! Hours can be found at
http://www.fredericton.ca/en/recleisure/resources/2009NYCSpringHours.pdf
East Side will be hosting a Grand Opening Jam this Sunday, from 1-3, more info at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=77895714059&ref=ts




Cheers!
-Tom

Seedless

Despite the depressing forecast within the next week, its been pretty rad in fredericton these days. Good weather, perfect for skating, and I already have a little bit of a beater tan. Kurtis Shea, Ryan Lebel, and myself managed to get over to henry park where we filmed lines!

Enjoy!

Untitled from Sean Garrity on Vimeo.

- Sean

Whats Up?

Hey guys,
Its been an amazing weekend, tons of skating went down. Unfortunately i spent my time actually skating instead of shooting photos at seshes. Heres what i have:
Northside Grassland-

I Beams-

Ashley Mac-

Oh and Tal built a spot in his room-

The Weather looks Pretty bad This weekend So hopefully NYC actually does open on Friday.

In the meantime why not watch the Office.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODY3MjY1MjQ=.html

-Lebel

HELLFIRE

Stef Curtis kills it. Here's three from the weekend.


Front Tail

Proper Straight Leg Front Smith

Front Lip

Enjoy!
-Tom

New lighting set up came in the mail this week. So far I've only got 2/3 flashes working, but even then I'm enjoying the potential. Here's two throwaway from Friday.


Lebel-Caveman Board

Kyle White - Front Board