Get Buck Megafest

I will start my first post off with a little recap of the day, then a story of past events. I woke up quick at about noon and thought that I had to be in Malden soon so i jumped on the bus to get a little gnarly at the park. A certain few go on a blunt cruise while I skate with everyone that was still killing it; Jesse, Jared the powerbomb kid, and Billy D. Who happens to come in hot and roll up on the spot shortly after? None other than David Paul Armsden. He was on the clock and forgot his board, but he kicked it with us. Billy and i split to Dunkin Donuts for a #2 combo; medium coffee and a muffin. Alan needed to go to Stop and Shop in order to buy something that will get a little "something" out of his system for his drug test tomorrow. He got a job and is one step closer to that camera




Nightmare in Rhode Island

Zach and I rolled into Malden Garage one night over break to find a ripping session going down on the rad pad. Evan being the nasty little boy he is, was trying to film a line. I eventually threw a hissy fit and broke my board just as everyone decides that going to Providence to film was a rad idea. The crew was Geoff LAskey, Zerk Crockett, Alan "PAT" McNeil, Bryan Wright, Shaun Oppedisano, and myself(Mike Fork). "Cool" I though, "I'll just set up a new board and this will rule". We go to 'skateshop x' and we leave by 11:30 P.M. We stop to get gas, smoke cigarettes, and snack out sometime around midnight. We talk to a self proclaimed bum that resides in Newton of all places. He new what he was talking about when it came to photography and cinematography. Billy claims to have met this man in Boston before. Apparently his name is Rufus and he is a pedophile. However, there are a lot of self proclaimed bums......and Billy wasn't even there

We finally make it into Providence at about 12:30 A.M and skate over to the R.I.S.D ledges. A cop rolls by, then comes back 45 minutes to kick us out. He figured he would give us a little bit to try and get whatever we needed to get before he had to give us the boot. We wandered around Providence and cruised the streets for a bit. Eventually we skate in a semi circle around the city until we skate by a side street. A dark SUV rules up and the driver either says "There's a party down that street Go crash it" or "There's a party down that street; you'll get your asses kicked", then he peeled off. Shaun and I being the only ones that heard it started dying laughing and told everyone else. We walk a bit further and someone from the party yells "Keith Richards" at us. We're as confused as possible at this point

We evidently skated in a semi circle around the street and right as Bryan tried to ollie a street gap, and Geoff tried to wallride over some stairs, a mob of G's roll out. Not just ten, not just twenty, but a serious mob, and they were coming right towards us. Realizing that it must have been "You'll get your asses kicked" we run for it. We get back to the car and Geoff and Bryan try to boardslide this rail. Three tries in Bryan breaks it in half just as security is kicking us out. We are fucked at this point because the car is directly in front of the building and the security guard calls his supervisor saying "They just broke the rail....call the cops"

Naturally we run for it. Now we have a mob of people and the cops after us, and we're the only people out let alone the only people skateboarding. We eventually start to let our guard down and unknowingly skate the police station! the police station of all places! We hear a siren and our hearts sink, but they weren't looking for us- they kept going straight. We somehow end up back at R.I.S.D and try to devise a plan to get the car without getting arrested. Geoff and Alan walk over to scope out the scene; great, the cops are there. They come back and we freeze a little more until Geoff and Bryan just go for it. They got the car and drove it to where we were, and we ran full speed towards it. Geoff popped the trunk, we threw the boards in, Shaun tossed the camera bag in, then we sped off back to Massachusetts

We were originally only going to stop in Providence for a fw hours before making our way to New York City for a couple of days. Rhode Island never turns out well for us


-Mike Fork