GRAVIS BIRMINGHAM : IRON VALLEY SESSION

On Wednesday we went down to the "Iron Valley" and met up with the team from Faith Skate Supply. Peter, the local shop keep, hooked us up with Kraig, Riley and Demon Dan who were fresh off of shooting the most recent Faith DVD. Right off the bat we met Demon out at a mythic drop behind a castle for sale. We watched in awe as he dropped out of the sky, and continue to debate over whether the drop was ten or twelve feet. Next we hooked up with Kraig out at the Vulcan trail where some Southern ingenuity had crafted a gnarly quarter and we got some great shots at the foot of the radio station. Other spots included a bum gap, the coliseum ledges and finally Sloss Furnace, a haunted steel factory. Keep posted for more Faith updates as they are moving to a new location and are hosting the Tony Hawk Huck jam later this month.

GRAVIS NASHVILLE: ’CONCRETE WARREN’

Last Thursday 'SF' led me up to Franklin TN where we met up with his lady Lexi, she had arranged for us to rendezvous with Dylan, a recovering nuclear fallout victim (ankle blast) and our local urban curb servant Ian. We went to lunch and talked about all the moves being made at Gravis and they filled me in on the local Franklin/Nashville scene. We then set out to Concrete wave country a mythic transition park where we met up with Kyle a local carve king and watched as Dylan unloaded explosive bail after bail before landing the 8foot rooftop in the middle of the park. Then we wandered through Nashville to 6th Ave, the local shop and indoor park, where I caught up with Randy, a skate safari guide who had taken DC and Etnies through the local street spots. He assured me that he would do the same for Gravis the next time we were in town. We wrapped up at Jim Warren the plaza-esque park in Franklin where the boys threw it down and we said goodbye and agreed on a sequel

GRAVIS HUNTSVILLE : BREAKFAST SESSION

Last Wednesday my photographer friend Toby and I went out, in typical Alabama fashion, before breakfast with some local kids to the park in Huntsville. We had David Martin a regional champ from Decatur, 'Pig' a transition skater who was actually born without sweat glands and 'street fighter' who was on loan from the Nashville scene. We met up with Madison Master Chase and dug in for the morning. The idea behind being out before breakfast is to escape the heat which passes the high 90's by about 10:30. Other than worrying about Pig dying of heat stroke it was a very casual session and we had alot of fun. David, who'd gotten a hold of som Gravis 'Windsor's' the day before, spent the whole morning laying down mean moves and raving about his new shoes! It inspired the locals on hand to ask lots of questions, gossip about Saari and get excited about the possibility of real live pairs in local shops. Pig, Chase and 'SF also cut a hole in the concrete and the proof is in the pics.