I realize this post is a few days overdue, but I felt compelled to pay our respect to Farrah Fawcett as MJ appears to be taking center stage in the wake of their unfortunate deaths last Thursday.  This photo of Farrah getting her sidewalk surf on is priceless.

WIRP – Where Is Ryan Paul?

answer: Hoodrow Wilson = Mt. Hood

See below for an excerpt and visuals from Ryan’s recent adventures in Hood.

Just got done shreddin, almost landed a double-backie today! Everything has been going pretty swell except for the fact that i might have lost my point -n-shoot camera, or it might be in my car buried under clothes, that thing is a pigstuy right now. Here are some photos from the first few days up here. No shred shots yet but Viktor (Simco) has got some cool ones of us on a crevace we hiked to so i’ll have to get those from him and take some when i find my cam, crossing my fingers, hope that i find it.

..summertime snowboarding at Mt. Hood..

..lifestyles of the hard and the hungry..

..RP is a mountain man with no facial hair, yet..

..RP campsite skate session..

..Randy Paul on a mean bs 5-0..

..Sictor Vimco..

..RP is an American Ninja..

..El Fin..

This might not be related to Midwest Represent, snowboarding, skateboarding or surfing…but everybody likes good music, right?  Nas & Damien Marley are working together on an album called “Distant Relatives” and its looking to be a banger.

Lavase Los Manos

Analog Clothing presents “Lavase Los Manos” a fucked up view of Nathan Fletcher’s irregular world.  I will be there, will you?  If not, get your fix for free on July, 23rd at Analog Clothing Dot Com.

Feruki sent over this dope photo book he made from the 09′ Uprise Go Skateboarding Day event.  Great photos, great times, great people.

Thanks, Frank!

Mindy and I paid a visit to Pittsburgh, PA last weekend to visit her family and ended up meeting up with Midwest Represent alumni Danny Vogel for an epic skate session.  He took some photos of me working on my early grab 3′s out of the mini-ramp.  Fun stuff!

Cool off poolside with a frosty beverage as the sizzling hot models strut their stuff in product from Analog, Gravis, Anon and other fine brands at the Swell Society Fashion Show on July 9th, 2009.  With proceeds going to Boarding for Breast Cancer, the alcohol won’t be the only thing making you feel good about yourself.  What better way to spend a summertime night than a roof-top fashion show?

Thanks to Mel Ryan from Evolution Salon for turning this great idea into a reality!

Freestyle of Duluth is hosting a series of skate contests this summer with some serious prizes (and fun) at stake.  Y’all better start polishing those lines if you want to take home that mega fatty prize package at the end of the series!  Stop by the shop for more details.

From KC to MPLS to Kenosha, Go Skateboarding Day has your back!  Scope the flyers for details.

This photo tells the story of the hot new graphics that Frank Verges recently created for Uprise Skateshop.  

This photo does not tell the story of how I beat Frank in a heated game of S-K-A-T-E yesterday at Wilson Skatepark…twice!  

Double or nothing tonight, Frank?