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Finally made it to Kona! After a day of skating a ton of spots and heading over to the University of Jacksonville we made it to Kona and the guys skated a good demo. Riley’s got a good frontside flip and Clint’s back nose blunts are notable as well. Tony Staab and a slew of locals along with Buck Smith skated the vert ramp for a demo and Tony even asked if anyone had any old school requests. Awesome times and I got to skate the snake run.

For the first stop of the tour in Miami we skated Westwind Skatepark. Everyone killed it!

Decided to get some sleep after getting in late last night from our drive through Alligator Alley from Miami. Once everyone was up we packed up and headed over to The Bricks in Ybor City for some food. The Bricks is run by the Skatepark of Tampa crew and they do a great job at hosting a ton of events. After lunch we decided to get over to the skatepark early so the guys could warm up and skate around with the kids before the demo started. It was raining all through lunch so it was looking unlikely that Tony and Staab would get to skate the vert ramp. Luckily the sun came out about 45 minutes before the demo started and dried up the huge puddles. Tony took to the vert ramp along with Kevin Staab and a group of locals and some of the Birdhouse skate team. Afterwards we had a quick product toss and decided to get on the road. A huge thanks goes out to Clements and the guys at Skatepark of Tampa for their hospitality. Nobody does it like them.

Woke up this morning and went straight to some spots after food. Almost everyone got a line at the first spot so we went straight to the demo after that. The demo was packed with kids and the heat didn’t bother them. After the demo, Jaws got swarmed by the kids for landing a sizable melon back 360, we headed to Olliewood, Alan Gelfand’s private bowl. Tony, Staab, Jaws, Riley, Hale and Gregoire all got some good runs in before we jumped on the road for our drive to Tampa.

Just got off the airplane and headed straight to the hotel to check in. After taking in the sights of the Mondrian here in South Beach, we skated down the street to David’s Cafe. A diner specializing in Cuban cuisine. It didn’t take long for Jaws to find a spot after dinner and get to work. Here’s a quick few photos of our brief afternoon.

Bones hooked Jaws up with his first pro wheels. Hyped!

Check out Aaron’s part from AHM2. Courtesy of Buster and Hunter O’Shea. Go buy the video. It’s worth every cent.

Over the weekend the Converse Coastal Carnage went down in Huntington Beach, California and Tony was there to take 4th place overall and 1st place in Best trick with a 540 on the shark pillar.

David Loy is back on his board and you can’t even tell he had serious ankle surgery. Check the edit.

Head over to Strange Notes to see the photos leading up to his ollie for Indy’s newest ad. You can see why he needs to tape up his hands when he’s going to ollie something that high.

Aaron made it into the finals and placed 8th. Congrats!