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This week's cover I did

Lucky fools.

Aloha,


I have been very lucky to have extremely talented people as my friends
Some of the best creative rippers in the world...
People with insatiable appetites for life.
Aloha Nui Loa.

Favorite Ditch

I've been meaning to post these photos.
I passed this ditch for over a year and never seen anyone skating it.
I would always ask my local skate friend "hey what's up with that ditch? We should go skate it."
The stars never aligned. So I said fuck it, I'll go skate it myself.
This ditch goes farther than I could skate it. The part I did skate went for about 1/4 mile and kept goin'.
The whole thing on a perfect slope. Not too deadly, just enough to scare you a little, but have a good time too.
Perfect. Hardly any cracks and debris.
I walked up to the top and kept riding the banks downhill until my legs were about to collapse. It is a stoking place and is still there. Maybe I should go skate that thing again tomorrow? Shit.
-Mandog

Latest Cover

Here is this weeks Honolulu Weekly Cover I did.
I put my sunglasses that I bought on St. Marks St. NYC on Ba Rock.
We were supposed to run a painting from Honolulu Art Academy's Asian American Art show.
But I didn't think it would make people pick up the paper. It was a painting of Bush and some other Military people in a Persian style. So I said off the top of my head. "Why don't we put some shades on Barock... everyone will pick up the paper". And the editor and art director were down. I had fun doing it. The Cover almost feels like my sketchbook...
or better yet, I feel like I a visual dj to Honolulu. I get to choose what the island sees. Let the island see through my eyes.

Signing off.
Aloha
-Manny