Ridin Dirty South

Deep South Memphis, lies a place called Trife Street. Strange things happen, even stranger things result. Taylor Bradley lives here, shreds here and writes about it here.

FU CRUE returns.. mobbed deep.
These guys rolled into town deep this time. What was supposed to be 5-7 people turned into about 15 dudes lurking my house out. Thats enough people to blow out they're own session just about at every spot. It was fun though. We started at the park every day, and then took it on street missions. At least someone got a trick at every spot, some folks even got multiple. Its hard crewing up that deep and getting things done but the FU CRUE doesn't fuck around. Hammers is the word for the weekend. Come back soon!

Skate fuel. They put this on everything!


This was the first spot we hit with the whole crue. Its a nice drop into a crusty bank on the other side. fun.


Eric and Shane ready to fuck around




Brothers!!


Got some Relief in the form of a package of shoes and other swag.. Thanks Daniel, your the man!


Hit up this forgotten spot right in Midtown. It went off here with lines and sick tricks that this spot has just been waiting for. Christian, Shane, and Angel, from Nashville, and Jake from Jonesboro currently own this spot.


University of Memphis was the last spots we all hit together. I had the worst stomach ache and it was freezing, so like many of the others, we sought shelter inside the school while the others braved the cold to get hammers. Forrest 5050 and fs boarded this rail, I didnt get a photo. But check out Jake trying to feeble this rail with Daniel Haney, former rail master, getting BGP's. Thats an epic shot!




The FU CRUE has had a long standing fan out about Haney so the fact that he came street skating with them was the best! Fun times guys.

This is the first trick that we know of to go down on this rail. He was trying to pop over the other side but never got it. This is one of the many 5050's he did, this one is for sure throw away so I hope Dee doesn't care that I post is.

Minnesota Memphis
A couple of guys from the land of lakes came to Memphis on they're way to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. They met up with Dump and partied with him and the next day we partied at my place on Trife Street. These dudes wanted to go hit up some street so we took em to a couple of spots. These quick clips are just one of the spots we hit, but its probably the best. Im not a very good street tour guide sometimes. David from Minneapolis nailed a few tricks in about a half hour.





The quality isnt that great or anything, but they are cell phone shots. Anyway, just trying to post something new. Other than those guys cruising through, its been a slow week.

Frontgrinds!!!
Another one from Jordan Whitten. This time its another Portland trip edit from last summer. Footage was supposed to all go in the Trife Video but Hambone decided not to use it for whatever reason. Its a little lengthy so sit back and enjoy the shit!

Tnell ripping
A little edit put together by Jordan Whitten at Tobey skatepark. Homie Tyler Nelson getting a few lines down. Fool is super consistent. This probably took 10 minutes to film.

Cooper Skateboards Promo!
This shit is good! I don't have too many clips in it but who cares, check the other homies getting some! Well edited/raw footage style, with killer tunes and zombies. Some Memphis shit for sure! These guys are legit as fuck, backin me and im backin them! Check this shit out! COOPER SKATEBOARDS

Cooper Skateboards Promo from Cooper Skateboards on Vimeo.

Torture Weather Street Mission
Today was the odd kind of storm brewing weather that was cold then warm so everything is all moist and humid.. Welcome to Memphis. We decided to take it to South Memphis to try and find some spots we've never seen. We were somewhat successful in looking at some spots. Hamilton High had some pretty gnarly rails and a ditch with potential. Airways Middle had these tall ass rails that Forest and Darius may have been the first skateboarders to fuck with. And somehow, South Memphis led us to South Haven and to the High School there for.... another rail! That of course only Darius and Forest skated. Sometimes skating street involves not skating...

Cracktown, this spot is really fun but today it was really wet. Its hard to see but where the crack in the wall is, its actually a lip you can grind.

Hamilton High is way gnarly!

These rails are pretty fucked up too. Darius FS board, Forest caveman board...

This wasn't the land, But Forest got it plenty of times, I just suck at taking cell phone pictures. He was trying ollie over to manual, he just got the ollie, So did Darius, as well as a sick tail drop off the top ropes

Sip Cup Man Grind
Getting the speed to stand up grind the deep of Kanis is pretty legit! It may not look that way, but if you've skated the hole, you know! "Not So" Little Jack gets a man grind in the deep end of the beast! photo by Tyler Nelson, stolen from instagram. Suck it SOPA

Blackout!
While the rest of the internet was blacking out, we were at the skatepark! Dump with a sick ass feeble fakie on the barrier, what the fuck! Check all the cell phone angles. Dump is the shit!

Little Rock, Bambei Gets Savage!
Warm weather for a winter day, good crew, Kanis, Street, Riverview, Vino's! Took it to Kanis and had an all out jam with just the crew we drove up with Bambei, Tnell, Swamp, Sippy, and Me. Will Erhle met us up there too. There are a few new and newer things at Kanis like the doorway grind and the steep quarter. They also recently built a polejam and a ledge. We were actually able to ride the hole too. Sick lines going down by Bambei, and Jack and Swamp were getting some too. Jack was raging fs grinds around the shallow pocket which is pretty steep and ultra crusty. Swamp getting fs airs off the hip and I even got a little in the deep end. When we went to get some food, we decided to bomb down Battery, in the car... Tnell said he thought he may wanna go for it so we stopped. Bambei didn't think twice and just took off down the hill. If you have ever seen that hill you know how fucked up it really is and only a bad ass would go down it. He made it down and wanted one more go, but Battery fought back and Bambei got severely served! He caught speed wobble and fell, sliding about 15 feet and ripping everything from his skin, to his pants and shirt! We went to Vino's after that and stuffed ourselves with calzones and pizza, and had several chugging contests with they're awesome beer. After establishing a cool buzz, we took it to the streets. Bambei got good and loaded to make sure he wasn't feeling any pain. First spot was Double Tree banks, sick brick banks that have been in a few pro videos. We got a few lines there, Tnell shut it down with a kickflip into the first bank, then down the set, and front 360 into the bigger bank. We went over to the Pavilion because it was close and we were losing light. Kicked it off with a stair sesh that Swamp even got down on with street grabs and boneless down the 8! Jack was being a pussy and wouldn't ollie over the handrail with me so Bambei of all people, broke off and pretty inebriated, stepped up and popped over the smaller set rail, and then the bigger set rail! Bambei is FUCKING SAVAGE! Since it got dark, we decided to hit River View for a couple of runs and maybe a beer or two! The session continued to go off with Jack speed lining the bowl and Swamp doing Swamp Stomps everywhere. All and all, it was yet another epic day in Little Rock! That place is fucking great, even if we always get eaten alive when we go there! SPRING BREAK FOOL!

Backseat Squad, Swamp, Sip, Tino


As Darius said, "typical" photos by Tyler



Pictures can't do this hill justice. Respect Battery, you don't wanna fuck with it!


As with the hill, pics can't do Bambei's road rash justice..

Nothing a few beers and some frozen peas can't handle!


Vinos with the crew

Tyler is so wasted!

Feeling better already


I'll apologize now for the shitty filming, I didn't realize he was going down it and just acted fast! This is the time Bambei made it! Not even footage does this thing justice..


Get on the road with your friends, go skate new stuff! Try new shit! Go fast!

Nice Weather..
Today was the nicest day of the week so far so of course we were lurking our skatepark. Gotta love the fact that you can go up to the park, and see all the homies skating. This picture just reminds me of what a rad crew I have to skate with. Little Jack came up getting picked on so hard by us,still does, but that man rips so hard. Jed is one of the best skateboarders to ever come out of Memphis, just natural with great style. And Bambei is savage as fuck. This is a photo stolen from TNELL's instagram of tobey park on a nice Saturday afternoon.