Brooke Geery

50 states

State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
Read More

State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
Read More

State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
Read More

States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
Read More

States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
Read More

State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
Read More

State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
Read More

State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
Read More

States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
Read More

States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
Read More

State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
Read More

State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
Read More

State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
Read More

States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
Read More

States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
Read More

States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
Read More

States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
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State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
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States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
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States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
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State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
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States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
Read More

State #14: California

Circa 1999. Laguna Beach When I arrived in California at age 18 for my internship at Snowboarder, it was the first time I’d seen a palm tree in real life. “It’s like 90210,” I told my friend who picked me up. Since then I’ve spent plenty of time in California, lived in Dana Point and Huntington Beach for a summer, driven almost the entire length of the 101, and considered moving to both So Cal and SF. I don’t mind an occasional visit, and I’ll eat the shit out of some In and Out, but man, I am glad I never officially settled there. [gallery=35]
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State # 15: Nevada

Circa 1999 (Photo circa 2008) I once decided Reno was my curse. I think it was around the 4th trip in a row I took there for some dumb event that I realized I might never get to travel anywhere else. The good news is, I would WAY rather be in Reno than Vegas -- a place I’ve also been a few too many times. [gallery=34]
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States #17-20: PA, Delaware, Maryland and VA

I was sitting in my Macro Economics class at Plymouth State College when Matt Ruby and I decided we were bored with New Hampshire and would drive to Virginia to skate the new Vans park the next day. So we did, and I crossed the remaining states on the I-95 corridor off my list, circa 1999. 17.    Pennsylvania I hadn’t really spent much time in PA until Sarah decided she was moving there. I drove with her to Philly and we sat in her newly rented, empty apartment drinking the few Yuengling’s we’d picked up at a bar somewhere in the middle of the state (since you can’t just go…
Read More

States #21-23: Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

Circa 2000 (no pay at the pump!) Ahh the Midwest. It's really a hard place to avoid if you want to get to one coast from another by car, so it's fitting I would hit all these states on my first cross-country trip in 2000, and have been back many times since. 21. Ohio Cleveland rocks! For a long time Ohio was a drive thru state, but during my two-month stint in Chicago, I ended up in Kent for a video premiere. I ended up making friends there, and subsequently spending a decent amount of time in Akron and Ravenna. Random. 22.    Indiana Definitely a drive-thru state, in fact, it’s…
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States #24-26: Iowa, Nebraska and Colorado

Circa 2000 My first cross country road trip, right after my Freshman year of college at PSC in the year 2000, took me to a ton of new states, so many in fact, I am breaking them into two posts. I've also been back to each of these states many times and they are big, and unavoidable (also CO has good snowboarding.) 24. Iowa Dexter, IA. Circa 2006 I spent a night in Ames, a college town USA, a college town that could have been anywhere, but just happened to be in the middle of Iowa. On the same trip I skated the Council Bluffs skatepark where I found it…
Read More

State #27: Montana

Circa 2001 In scenery alone, Montana is my favorite state. They aren’t kidding about that whole “big sky” thing. I took one snowboard road trip here in college, and have since made it a regular stop on my cross-country trips, staying in Missoula courtesy of the Graham brothers on multiple occasions. [gallery=27]
Read More

States #28-29: Wisconsin and South Dakota

I know, I know, these two states are NOT TOUCHING, and technically I think I drove though one of them on a different trip first, but it was my cross country drive in 2001 when I first stopped to skateboard in them each. I went back to Wisconsin a few years later while living in Chicago to skateboard, and went back on an epic South Dakota adventure with Sarah Morrison in February 2006, but as far as the order of initial visit, this is where they've ended up. #28 South Dakota [gallery=26] I love South Dakota. Maybe I just have a thing for states with South in the name, but…
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States #30-32: ND, MN and MI

Before I got bored with driving cross country, I managed to take just about every route possible, mostly to hit various skateparks for the above map. The first trip that took me through the states of MI, MN and ND in 2002 also involved Canada for a trip to the Millennium skatepark in Calgary, a passenger who learned to drive standard a few days before and had brought $17 total with him (but he had some Canadian money too!) It didn't, however, involve many photos (or it did and I just can't find them), so for this installment, you'll just have to enjoy my exciting tales about each state. Don't…
Read More

States #33-35: Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky

Circa 2002 I hit the I-70 stretch on a road trip from Bellingham to Vermont for summer vacation. I recruited Orion to make it an epic skate mission, and then Malcolm signed on because he needed a ride to Boston. This was during my artsy black and white phase, so you'll have to excuse these photos as they were scanned from a contact sheet as no one owns a film scanner anymore apparently. Kansas We skated a couple parks in Kansas on the way across I-70. I honestly don’t remember the names, but I do remember bonding with a boy from Kansas years later over the fact that I had…
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State # 36: Arizona

Circa: 2004 I made it to AZ with skateboarding in mind. It was February, I had little to do with my life, and a friend living in Flagstaff. As it turns out, it’s freezing in Flag in February, but we did make it to Phoenix to skate some of the perfect concrete parks. I later hit Flagstaff in the summer, another notch on my list of random college towns that could be anywhere list. Please note: At this point in the story I was still shooting this weird stuff called film so photos are somewhat limited. Jeff, my host and fellow nerd. The have this Canyon there, it's somewhat grand.…
Read More