WUSKC

Here She Comes..

2010-02-04T20:57:00.000-08:00

Mother Nature is about to show her ugly fucking head again...

WEAK! I'm growing very tired of this. Actually, I'm far past that. Move me the FUCK away from Kansas right now.

Well, on a cooler note, we got the new 'Vertigo' shop decks in at the store. Mildly newer shape-a little less concave and still buttery. My 2nd favorite graphic yet. Also got wheels to match! So come get some.

Vertigo Decks from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian O. on Vimeo.

All In a Day's Work..

2010-02-01T05:37:00.000-08:00

So, it snowed once again on Friday night.

This time the snow was minimal, so I figured a trip to OP to put some work in was worth it. Myself and 3 other dudes put our heads down and got the entire park shoveled in about two hours. By Sunday morning, it was 100% ready to go. So next time you see me or Litchkowski, be sure to give us a big high-five :)

Here's some goodies from yesterday. Yeah, even I got a little buck. Enjoy! And if it snows again...come lend a helping hand in shoveling. Always worth your time!

Snow is Gone at OP! (2) from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian O. on Vimeo.

The Weather is a Tease.

2010-01-26T21:14:00.000-08:00

Enjoyed Saturday's nice weather in Lawrence with Big Dreams, only for him to jump down the 8 and get herra sore herra fast. Stopped in at White Chocolate and hollered at those fools too.

Sunday was a bit more cold, but still managed to get out with Schrock, Weston, and Clinton.

Oh yeah, who had those sweet OP lines? ;) I'll give you a hint-he may or may not run this blog.

1/23/2010 Weekend Throwaway from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian O. on Vimeo.

You Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief Now

2010-01-20T21:39:00.000-08:00

Definately a far cry from the last picture I posted outside my house. IT'S MELTINGG!!!!!!!!! Go skate!

Well, we did go skate. After a week's worth of shoveling and hard work, we've totally dried up OP. Adam and Justin were itchin' to get some clipz.

No Snow at OP! from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian O. on Vimeo.

On a side note, Dreams and I always make it out to Hunter's shows. This one happened to be at the Booby Trap in Topeka on the foggiest night I've ever seen in my life. I was wasted and Kevin had to drive back through the fog. Here are some sweet phone pics.

YOUnited Nations, KC Style

2010-01-12T13:24:00.000-08:00

As most of you already may know, Wes Reeves and the crew made it into the top 17 finalists for the YOUnited Nations contest on The Berrics.

Help represent KC by voting a 10 for their montage when it gets posted within the next week or two!

Don't forget to vote a big 10 for TC and the Dankman when their shit gets posted!

If you live under a rock and don't know how to get to the Berrics website, the link is on the list on the right side.

On a side note, I highly considered editing a YOUnited Nations montage, but then you all lurksters would see the new-new Studio footy... ;-)

Snow'd Up

2010-01-11T05:56:00.000-08:00

Mandamn this snow has been frustrating.

All parking garages we used to skate during the winter are all major busts now, and of course, the indoor has dug itself a deeper hole and the opening date, or if it'll even open, is now unknown.

So what's a skateboarder to do??!?

We're 1/20th of the way there. It's a work in progress.

Come and help out if you feel like you need some excersize!

And now a heat wave! Let's do this, global warming.

Studio Mini Massacre

2010-01-07T11:30:00.001-08:00

If anyone knows Joel and Weston, they know how capable they are of fucking a mini ramp up. This montage on the Studio mini is no exception. You can typically find Joel skating it every day while he's working in the shop.

Joel & Weston-Studio Mini from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

Enough is Enough..

2010-01-05T05:41:00.000-08:00

If I wanted this much snow and this bitter, unforgiving cold, I would be living back in Milwaukee. This is just ridiculous...

SEDLEC OSSUARY

2010-01-03T20:02:00.000-08:00

Rang in the new year at El Torreon Friday night with some good old fashioned fucking metal.

For those of you that didn't know, Hunter Hallman (one of Topeka's finest), plays in a badass metal band, Sedlec Ossuary. They frequent the Boobie Trap, and other bars alike, so if you can, check out one of their shows, and pick up some fuckin' badass merch too! Support!

2009 Year-End Review

2009-12-31T15:54:00.000-08:00

Well it has been quite a roller coaster of a year. It's the end of the decade!

So much has happened and 2009 has gone by faster than any year I can remember. Ever since Bryan passed in March, everything has become a blur. Great skating, great friends, tons of footage, and great memories for this year.

I put together a little edit of my personal favorite clips from the various park montages I've made this past year. All the way back to January 1, 2009 (Clinton's tre flip lip run at OP was on new years day, and most of OP8 was filmed on that day as well). This stuff doesn't include blog minutes-there was already a 'best of' for those, duh!

Enjoy and have a SAFE and happy New Year! DON'T BE STUPID TONIGHT.

Best of 2009 Skateparks from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Topeka and Such

2009-12-30T14:34:00.000-08:00

As I said in the previous post, there's a mix of Topeka footage in this montage. Some from a hella cold day in late October I think, and the rest from the last warm day we had in November while filming Kevin's day in the life. I threw some of the throwaway footage in there that we filmed on da streetz.

Enjoy you some J-cash.

Topeka Dos from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Hard Drive Clean Up

2009-12-29T09:14:00.000-08:00

I dug deep in the depths of my external to find some of this extra park footage that was collecting dust. This stuff ranges from blog minute extras, park montage extras, so on etc. Seeing some of this is making me stir crazy--the snow has outworn its welcome!!!

I also finished something from the last few times we went to Topeka. One time being the first gnarly cold we had back in October, and the most recent time (the last fully warm day) in November when we filmed Kevin's Day in the Life (coming soon). I'll put the Topeka stuff up tomorrow.

Hard Drive Park Throwaway from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal

2009-12-25T17:10:00.001-08:00

and Happy Holidays! Have a great Christmas and safe New Year fools!

Happy Holladayz! from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Not A Day Goes By..

2009-12-23T21:56:00.000-08:00

That I don't wish this dude was still with us.

Miss you everyday Bry.

Indoor Extras

2009-12-22T21:39:00.000-08:00

Here's a hefty amount of the clips that didn't make it into the montage. And no, it's still not officially open. Holla!

Indoor Throwaway from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Briannnn

Driving InTEXTicated

2009-12-22T12:58:00.001-08:00

So I'm driving home from the bank up Nieman from 135th on my lunch hour, and wonder why there is a firetruck and two cops parked on the grass. I see no accident. I look to my right and see this:

This was probably 200 yards from my house. Pretty sweet how she came in from the left and missed the trampoline. Don't text and drive when you're driving down a curvy road. Dumb bitch.

-Brian

Street Throwaway

2009-12-22T12:45:00.000-08:00

Just around Thanksgiving I threw together some footage that won't be used for anything for you fools to check. Appropriately titled, "NO SLOWMO". Har har har.

Enjoy!

No Slow Mo from Ride4Ever StudioSkate on Vimeo.

-Brian

Sk8 Dice--LEDGE!

2009-12-22T12:36:00.001-08:00

Kevin, Kyle, Joel, and the homies take the Sk8 Dice to the box at OP!

Untitled from Ride4Ever StudioSkate on Vimeo.

-Brian

Sk8 Dice--Ledge/Rail!

2009-12-22T12:33:00.000-08:00

Adam, Clinton, and Reggie show you whats up with some flatbar Sk8 Dice. Pick them up at Studio now!

Rail//Ledge Sk8 or Dice from Ride4Ever StudioSkate on Vimeo.

-Brian

KC Indoor is Back??

2009-12-22T12:14:00.000-08:00

....Well, almost.

A couple weeks ago we took about 3 days out of Cory's building schedule to break the park in. The park itself is done, but he has quite a bit of work to do to get up to code for the city building permits.

The park is epic--far surpasses the old KC Indoor. Kind of cold in there, as he's only heating the mini-ramp room and the upper viewing area, but if you're shredding, you won't be cold right?

Anyways, here's what came of those 3 days skating the park with Studio, Escapist, and other homies. (Watch for my tech-ness!)

-Brian

BACK FOR GOOD!

2009-12-22T12:11:00.000-08:00

Things have been crazy lately, and obviously I havent paid much attention to this as of late. But I'm back for good now.

You'll be able to find things on here that won't be on the Studio site, as well as things that are on the Studio site (but will have epic captions and stories).

So don't let go too fast, look out for more posts coming after the first of the year!

-Brian

A Few Things

2009-10-14T20:34:00.000-07:00

WWW.RIDEFOUREVER.COM

I had Dillon post the brand new Young Gunz montage today, you should check that out-dudes ripping!

Filmed a day in the life with Dewayne on Saturday for the GroupFly site, as well as the Studio site. That's done, and should be on grpfly.com and Studio pretty soon. Then on Sunday went to Topeka with the homies and bared the 40 degree temps to handle some shit. Filmed a small portion of clips at Mousetrap park, so look for that little tage here in a day or so.

Other than that, just keep checking RIDEFOUREVER.COM for updates that I can't post on here!

-Brian

Special Edition Blog Minute-Josh White

2009-10-04T20:11:00.001-07:00

For some reason, I never envisioned Josh as liking Grandview park as much as he does. The first time we talked about a blog minute, he was always calling out Blue Springs. However, Swoger also had been calling that one out for a while. So I think this may have been a compromise. In any event, we went back to GV four different times I think to finish this, each for different lines/areas of the park. Well worth it for sure-enjoy this special edition Josh-tage.

Special Edition Blog Minute-Josh White from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Back Again...

2009-09-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

I've been getting a lot of "I check the blog every day and nothing is ever new! Wsup Brian!?"

Here's the skinny of it all.

Basically you should go to WWW.RIDEFOUREVER.COM.

I'm very limited to what I can post on Warmupspot now that the Studio website is up (hint hint-thats why everyone should straight up just go to RIDEFOUREVER.COM)

Now, everything I make may not end up on the website as fast as I'd like...but it's there regardless. Right now the team section has street clips up, and there will be several montages posting soon--i.e. the new Young Gunz section, featuring up and comers in the area that I've noticed. There will be two coming out over the course of two weeks, both of which are done.

Anyway, thats the lo-down. I'll be going back to Grandview with Josh White for a 3rd time tomorrow afternoon to put the finishing touches on his special edition blog minute. Love that dude, so good. Look for that tomorrow night into Thursday if all goes as planned!

So here, the new OP edit, OP10. The lights are on as of last Tuesday. Go enjoy like we all did (and do every night).

OP10 from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-BRIAN

New Round of Blog Minutes...

2009-08-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

On deck! Went out on Saturday morning before it got god-awful hot with Josh White to Grandview and finished Part 1 of 2 for his blog minute. His will actually be a special edition type Blog Minute. I'd say more along the lines of a "Recruit" on the Berrics. Full Grandview part to a song and everything. Judging by the first part of it, this will be one to top other Blog Minutes.

Other than that, just keeping steady with filming for the Studio video. I finished a rough cut of the official/un-official promo for the video. All that's needed now is a name! So look for that promo to drop here in the next few weeks.

Is anyone other than me SO FUCKING READY for these 90+ degree days to be over with? I don't know how much more of it I can take. But, you gotta do what you gotta do!

So, what did we learn from my update? Look forward to Josh's Grandview montage next weekend, and the official Studio promo in the next few weeks. I have some other goodies in store in the interim period.

-Brian

Zero Demo and some shiiiit

2009-07-27T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hey dudes. Sorry its been a hot minute-I've been working on some other shit and not really doing too much park-ish filming. Tony Schwintyenberg was right when he asked, "Not a whole lot on blogspot...Studio video??" Lots of progress lately-all the dudes are handling. Some more than others (coughschrocksuckscough). But in any event, shits going down. So maybe I'll put some throwaway type shit up on this bitch.

In more recent news, some fellas from Zero made KC as a stop on their summer filming trip and stopped by OP to hang out.

Zero @ OP from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Milwaukee Sessions

2009-07-10T13:36:00.000-07:00

Went back home to Milwaukee with my girlfriend over the 4th of July weekend to skate and chill with all the homies. Hung out at Summerfest and enjoyed seeing my family. Great times! I even got a run in this at the most buttery ledges everrrr. Thanks Krusick!

Here's YouTube, because Vimeo's quality on this video turned out horrible.

Skating: Me, Erik Switzer, Sam Freyberg, Alex Carpentier, and Pat & Andrew Murphy.

-Brian

Dog Days of Summer

2009-06-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

These 90+ degree days have been wearing on me. Just standing outside sucks the energy and motivation straight out of me. Skating has now become a chore. Even filming sucks. These clips were from last weekend. It had been raining on and off all day, and the sun finally came out. With that rain came so much humidity it was barely tolerable. My shirt was instantly soaked. I'm tired of Kansas' summer already-all over again. Can't wait to be in Milwaukee for the 4th of July weekend!

We started Josh's blog minute at Grandview and only came up with the first warm up clip before it started pouring. The new Lees Summit park is my new favorite worst park. You won't be seeing me there again unless I have to. But Josh and Kevin killed it!

Dog Day of Summer from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Go Skate Day '09

2009-06-25T21:45:00.000-07:00

Etnies KC Go Skateboarding Day '09 from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

Damn..no Sheckler! etnies dudes that showed up: Malto, Mikey Taylor (lurked), Kyle Leeper (lurked), Jose Rojo, Devine Calloway (lurked), and Davis Torgerson.

Lots of beer, sun, and fun. I did my best-sorry if I missed something tight! The clips pretty much go in order of the day-8am to 6pm. Contest to contest, etc etc.

Thanks to everyone who came out and made the day the sickest GSD KC has ever seen! I hope next year can be 10x as epic.

-Brian

Battle of the Boxes

2009-06-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

Wow, its been a while. Its been a turbulent and bittersweet past few weeks. Some hard times and some good times, but nonetheless, I'm back on the grind now.

Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday to the Battle. Anders helped me out with some longlens on this.

Battle of the Boxes from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

For Those of You That Don't Know

2009-05-27T17:06:00.000-07:00

Filmers like me can get steezy too. Photo courtesy of the Lawrence mini, and SkatePerception's own Matt Brown

-Brian

A Day With SkatePerception's Finest

2009-05-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

Well, the video explains itself, but I picked up Steve LaClair-owner and runner of the top skate Film/Photo website/forum from KCI, and we met up with Tim Melonakis, Dave Carulli, and Matt Brown-all established homies from SP. Clinton helped me out while I was driving, as you can see.

We barged some parks and had an epic day. Skate cameos include Clinton, DeFreece, and Spencer White (Dave filmed all of my clips with his camera, so I'm not in it, haha).

Anyway, enjoy!

SkatePerception Day from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

KCVM Penn Valley 'Tage

2009-05-13T09:45:00.000-07:00

This was supposed to be the "Featured Park" montage for KCVM, but as you can already tell, Drew and I both got caught up in other things and blew it on that. Anyway, this is all from about this time last year-within a month at least. All old, all filmed with my old 2100, minus two clips. I thought this tage was sick at the time, then I filmed A-Smith's and Josh Crane's blog minutes! Haha. Anyway, enjoy this oldie from last year, it had to go.

KCVM Penn Valley 'Tage from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

2009-05-06T20:13:00.000-07:00

As of yesterday, C-Hodge managed to get a couple bowl runs in at Penn Valley before the Cinco de Mayo party started. Filmed this in a rush before the park became overwhelmingly crowded for the BBQ. Enjoy. Oh yeah, and Byron Minor won the best trick yesterday with laserflip down the dirt gap. I have no footage though.

Happy Cinco De Mayo! from Anders Newman on Vimeo.

-Anders

R4E/Studio Website!

2009-05-04T21:29:00.000-07:00

WWW.RIDEFOUREVER.COM

Ok so its not 100% done, but the bulk of it is, and it is dooope. Go to the TEAM section for bios, photos, and videos. The bios are up, and the website dudes have all of the team clips that I gave them, so they should all be up soon.

Look for another blog from me on the Studio site itself, with herra more montages and video clips--street and park alike. Also, I'll be working on another Studio video promo as well. Oh oh oh and a Welcome to the Team Weston type shit. Should be sick!

-Brian

Congrats to Anders on his 3rd post on here in 7 months

The Kronicles of Ropo, Pt. 1

2009-05-02T11:04:00.001-07:00

The other day Joe James, Josh Crane, Chris English, Byron Minor and Brad Bozarth got down on a ropo session. As many of you may know, all these dudes destroy the park on a daily basis.

The Kronicles of Ropo from Anders Newman on Vimeo.

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in forever but more will be coming from me in the near future.

-Anders

Oldie But Goodie

2009-04-26T20:16:00.001-07:00

Made this sometime in '08, just a bunch of footage from the funnest spot ever in the middle of Brookside. And possibly to the most retarded song I could find in my iTunes. Enjoy.

Edgeville 'tage from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

PS-I merged my Vimeo account with the Studio name, as well as mine, because the R4E/Studio website will be dropping in the next few weeks. I will have another video blog in the team section, as well as hosting team clips, montages, etc in full quality-courtesy of the website host. Get hyped.. looks so ill so far.

-Brian

Friends Throwaway Pt. 2

2009-04-24T19:11:00.000-07:00

Got bored once again and compiled any and all friends clips (anyone not on Studio) over a year old, or ones that I know I won't be using in the Studio video's friends section. Wooohooo

Friends Throwaway Pt. 2 from Ride4Ever/StudioSkate-Brian Ondr on Vimeo.

-Brian

Special Street Edition Blog Minute-David Thurn

2009-04-21T21:38:00.000-07:00

If you don't know who David Thurn is, well, most people may not know who he is. But if you don't, you need to! Underground tech maniac, skate ninja, and skate dancer. Dude just looks too natural on a board, and Slabs is his playground. When he approached me with the idea to do his blog minute at Slabs, I was totally down and psyched. Something new and fresh, and I don't think he could have handled a better one at any skatepark, anywhere. He's also filming a part for another local video coming out later this year by a homie of mine, Tyler Noah. Just type in David Thurn on PooTube and see how long this dudes been teching around KC, and even Seattle. Enjoy!

Blog Minute-David Thurn from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Adam Litchkowski

2009-04-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

I've known Adam since he was a wee little skate rat, with a huge curly afro-like hairdo, and a small bag of tricks. He's since started ripping super hard, so it was only fitting that I throw him a blog minute. Some things haven't changed though-he's still a little skate rat, and can always be found at OP.. right after he gets out of school, and right before he has to go home to mommy for dinner!!

Blog Minute-Adam Litchkowski from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Friends Throwaway

2009-04-09T13:30:00.000-07:00

Got super bored, and had a bunch of friends footage from the last year and a half collecting dust in my hard drives. 3/4 are clips from the old vx2100, and the last 1/4 are good ones with my new vx1000. This is all footage from everyone who is NOT on the Studio team, and shit that I won't use in the friends section of the Studio video, or anything for that matter. I still have a shit ton of older, unused friends footage, so maybe if I get this bored again, I'll throw together Part 2. But in the meantime, look forward to the Studio video!

Friends Throwaway Pt. 1 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Josh Crane

2009-04-06T08:25:00.000-07:00

After a little hiatus from blog minutes, Josh Crane brought them back with a bang with his at Penn Valley. Here's to more to come!

Blog Minute-Josh Crane from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Barge for Barrow

2009-03-31T18:19:00.000-07:00

Such an epic day! Got to OP at 10am to shovel, had it dry by 2pm. Kind of at a loss for words for that day-let the video speak for itself. Thanks so much to everyone who came out and supported!!

Barge for Barrow from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Featured Thrasher Event

2009-03-26T22:30:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Shawn Strange, Barge for Barrow is featured as an event on the Thrasher website. Copy and paste the link below to view it:

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=441&year=2009&month=03&day=29&Itemid=45

-Brian

Barge For Barrow

2009-03-25T06:39:00.000-07:00

If Bryan loved doing anything, it was skating OP for hours on end. So in his honor, we at Studio Skate Supply are putting on a memorial skate jam BBQ for him on Sunday, March 29th. Hot dogs hit the grill at 4, but come out whenever you can to shred in his honor. I'd also encourage you guys to attend his formal memorial on Saturday the 28th at 2pm at Hillcrest Covenant church.

Come and skate! Or just hang out! Free food!

-Brian

Shredding for Bryan

2009-03-19T06:28:00.000-07:00

Bryan's funeral was today, and it was one of the worst and hardest days of my life. It's hard to talk about and I don't want to say much, but I will miss him so much; I do everyday. Please try and make it to his memorial on Saturday, March 28th at 2pm at Hillcrest Covenant Church. I will be playing a video I made for Bryan-you won't want to miss out.

On another note, the day of Bryan's passing was also one of the hardest days of my (and others') life. You might think that skateboarding would be the last thing on everyone's mind. However, its really all we could do. I had plans to skate with Bryan that day-it was so nice out. He would have wanted to skate so bad, and we would have. So it only seemed proper for us to all skate in his name. It was really hard, but all the homies managed to seriously get down for Bryan.

Shredding For Bryan from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

R.I.P. Bryan Barrow-10/27/1991-3/14/2009

2009-03-14T18:13:00.000-07:00

As you all may know by now, our good friend Bryan Barrow passed away late last night/early this morning in a car accident.

Bryan was the most caring, compassionate, and down-right gnarly dude I've ever met. He was the most selfless person I have ever been friends with-always caring of others before himself. He was always so down for everything-never complained at a spot, always wanted to skate anything. We just recently put him on Studio, which was going to be the start of everything. The Vans rep was going to be in town on April 1st, and we had planned to go out today to handle a few more things for his tape--which would have landed him on definate Vans flow. But God took him too soon from us.. and I won't be able to finish his sponsor tape for him, and he won't be able to get free shoes every month.. or have his finished part in the Studio video.

My deepest sympathies and compassion go out to the Barrow family. Erik, you too bro.

From me to you Bryan...

Bryan.. you have no idea how I'm feeling. I can't even put to words and express everything.. I miss you so much already bro, we had some damn good times, and you got a lot of amazing footage. Man I'll never forget that bail you took at that track flatbar.. you hit your face so gnarly! Worst bail I've ever filmed! I'd so much rather you have a busted up face right now than gone man.... You were supposed to throw hammers today man!! To get your tape ready for Vans! We had plans and everything... Not a day will go by that I don't think about you. I hope you heard what I said this morning in the hospital room man... Shit popped off at OP for you today-everyone was shredding for you, as will it tomorrow. I know you'll always be with us when we're skating. I love you bro, rest and skate in peace. No one will ever forget you, ever. Everything from here on out is dedicated to you.

T3 Availability

2009-03-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

T3 now available at Escapist, Studio Skate Supply, and Midwest Skateboarding for $14. If you don't have one yet, you're seriously blowing it pretty hard.

-Brian

When the Sun Goes Down..

2009-03-09T06:27:00.001-07:00

Shit pops off!

Generally the best times at OP always happen at night. Can't wait for long summer nights just chilling at OP.

OP9 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

PS-

TODAY MARKS THE 12th ANNIVERSARY OF BIGGIE'S DEATH. PAY YOUR TRIBUTES TO THE GREATEST!

May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997---RIP

-Brian

Studio Teaser

2009-03-02T06:35:00.000-08:00

In case you missed the premiere, here's the teaser I played before T3.

Go pick up T3 today if you didn't get it at the premiere! And check out my trick in the 2nd friends section, along with the most epic Biggy/Michael Jackson track ever!

Studio Skate Supply Teaser from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

TGIF

2009-02-20T06:52:00.000-08:00

Wheew. Thank god its Friday, long work week. Anyway, since I don't have much to offer at this point (holding off on the 'This Week Last Year'), I figured I'd give you a tentative schedule for blog minutes. Keep in mind this is a blog minute only schedule, I've got a few other things on the back burner I can put out for you as well. But here it is as follows:

Nick Owen & Jsmallz (OP)
Weston Sparks (Shawnee)
Josh White (Grandview)
Spencer White (Banner)
Kyle Swoger (Blue Springs
Josh Crane (Unknown)
Justin Hackel (Lawrence)
Max Chilen (Unknown)

Got a few parks never been touched, so look forward to that. Especially the White brothers! Sorry the updates haven't been as abundant lately. Working full time during the week will do that to you. No worries though, plenty of more good stuff to come!

-Brian

Studio 'Lines' Decks

2009-02-16T21:58:00.000-08:00

New decks just came in at Studio.. the best shape ever! I wouldn't want to skate another board!

Ever want to play Schrock in SKATE? Well if you did, I don't think you'll want to now! **First one to message me on MySpace with the correct amount of tricks Justin did in this commercial gets a free pair of 52mm Studio wheels! In the meantime, hit up Studio and pick up one of the new boards!

Studio 'Lines' Deck from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

**CONGRATS TO JAYME BARAJAS ON GUESSING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TRICKS--37!

T3 Premiere Info

2009-02-16T07:32:00.001-08:00

If you don't know any of this already, you're blowing it, but I figured I'd refresh your memory. Be there or be hella fuckin' gay!

T3 teaser from tcdankman on Vimeo.

-Brian

Broken Cam

2009-02-15T21:06:00.000-08:00

Looks like I have a loose connection in my camera. Should be fixed relatively fast, but til then enjoy some glitchy footage.

-Anders

Cam Glitches from andersnewman on Vimeo.

Of Course I'm Still Around

2009-02-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

I just started working full time again this week, so blog minutes, park montages, whatever won't be AS frequent, but still consistent nonetheless.

The new boards as Studio are in, and they are sick as fuuuuuh. Schrock's welcome to the team ad/video will be up, as well as a commercial for the new boards. And hell, maybe even a blog minute thats been in the works for too long now.

So I just wanted to keep you all posted, look forward to things to come this weekend fools!

-Brian

Blog Minute-Brian Ondrejka

2009-02-05T08:10:00.000-08:00

By popular demand, I just had to do my own blog minute. I set my camera aside and let Anders handle it for me.

Pretty good for a filmer! Haha.

Enjoy--Thanks Anders!

Blog Minute-Brian Ondrejka from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Forgotten & Un-Used Park Stuff

2009-02-02T09:10:00.000-08:00

Sometimes I accidently forget a trick or two in a montage (very rarely), and sometimes during the filming of blog minutes, other people are ripping and I see it necessary to film them, only to realize "Where is this footage going to go"? Well, my question has been answered. Here's some forgotten footage as well as a couple throw tricks from different parks and such. Enjoy

Forgotten & Un-used from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

The Best of the Blog Minutes

2009-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:00

Turns out I'm the all time greatest editor and handled fitting Kevin's tricks just fine. Haha.

Anyway, I compiled all of this based on what I think were some of the best tricks from each blog minute. I'm sure some would disagree, but I'm pretty sure there's a ton of really sick shit either way. Just play me in SKATE the next time you see me and we can battle it out.

Best of the Blog Minutes from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Coming Soon...

2009-01-27T23:32:00.000-08:00

So I just finished editing the Best of the Blog Minutes montage, and realized that I forgot Kevin's tricks. Ballsssssss. So it'll take me a day or so to figure out/go back in and re-edit some shit. It's super sick though, so look forward to that.

Like I mentioned before, I have a shit ton of unused and forgotten park stuff, so in the midst of this shitty winter weather, I'll probably throw a montage together of that stuff.

Other than that, there will be a lot more skateboarding soon. This weekend calls for the 50s on Saturday, so go out and shred!

-Brian

A Year Ago This Week

2009-01-26T09:24:00.000-08:00

Looks like old man winter will have his grip on KC for the next week. And you wont catch me filming in 20-some odd degree weather fools. So for lack of better montages, time for another year ago this week.

Surprise surprise, first one's another parking garage bench session-

A Year Ago This Week-Pt. 1 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

Second one is from this same week as well. Pretty epic Skate Valley session. Man even though it was a long ass drive, I wish we had a fuckin' indoor park now!!

A Year Ago This Week-Pt. 2 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

If I don't have anything else in the next few days, there's gonna be a "Best of the Blog Minutes" montage. I also have some unused/forgotten about park footage, so look for either one of those soon too.

Here's to better weather.

-Brian

Studio Topeka

2009-01-20T08:11:00.001-08:00

Yesterday Bryan, Clinton, Luke, and I all barged out to Topeka to meet Chafe and get some clips. Topeka has so many great non-blown out spots. There will be many more trips to come. Here's some park footy and street throwaway.

Studio Topeka from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Totally Done

2009-01-20T08:08:00.000-08:00

If anyone remembers TGPs from Through Being Nice (which you should), this will bring you back. Tron, Max, J-Lo, and Kevin-hella done at Shawnee.

TGP's from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

New Studio Wheels

2009-01-19T07:40:00.001-08:00

Kevin shows everyone whats up with the new wheels now available at Studio Skate Supply.

Kevin DeFreece Studio Wheels from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

2008 Skateperception Montage

2009-01-16T17:31:00.001-08:00

Every year Skateperception does an annual montage compiled of clips sent in by hundreds of users, and only the best looking clips get chosen. They just put it out yesterday, and Anders & I both had clips that were accepted. Mine was Schrock's late flip over the rail in the beginning of the 2nd song, and Anders' was Josiah Gatlyn's switch frontside biggie down Market 10, also at the very beginning of the second song.

We rule!

Go check it out, http://www.skateperception.com/viewvideo/18467/

-Brian

Blog Minute-Wes Reeves

2009-01-15T10:27:00.000-08:00

The Dankman is at it again at RiversLide. Only one noseslide in this though, haters! Wes kills it for days.

Don't forget T3 comes out in a few weeks. Stoked!

Blog Minute-Wes Reeves from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

EDIT-So I'm at Papa Murphy's tonight grabbing some pizza with my girlfriend and this dude who I don't even know pops up from behind the counter and asked me who had the next blog minute. I was kind of taken back by the whole thing and didn't even think to tell him that I just posted this one. So, dude who works at Papa Murphys and is stoked on blog minutes, this new blog minute is for you.

-Brian

The Kansas City Shuffle

2009-01-14T20:30:00.000-08:00

Drew Paussa is my good homie, and also a fellow filmer (when he's not tearing shit to shreds cause he rips harder than he films!) and is putting out his first video sometime this year featuring all the Northland homies--Josh Conway, Jake Myers, Alex Stimpfel, Zach Doelling, and many more. Its gonna be sick, so you should all get hyped for that, as well as Drew's part in the Studio video, which will be even sicker. So peep his teaser and get stoked!

The Kansas City Shuffle Teaser from drew paussa on Vimeo.

-Brian

Street Cred

2009-01-13T20:41:00.001-08:00

Not really! Malto's blog minute is indeed featured on the Transworld site, but I guess they forgot to mention that I filmed it. Hopefully by the time you read this it'll be fixed.

-Brian

Studio Lawrence

2009-01-13T00:13:00.000-08:00

Wasted an entire day of getting kicked out of everywhere on campus in Lawrence last Friday, and lo and behold, ended up filming at Lawrence park. I was stoked to meet up with Chafe though! People always wonder how to spell his name...I simply reply B-U-T-T-E-R-Y.

Don't forget to give Dewayne's blog minute a bunch of lovin' too. Wes's will be up sometime this week.

Studio Lawrence from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Dewayne McMurry

2009-01-12T08:19:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the repeat on blog minutes at RoPo, but the dude just loves to manual!

Went to Lawrence this weekend also and filmed some stupid park stuff, that'll be up later today.

Then in the next few days you can peep Wes's blog minute at RiversLide. And no its not all noseslides!

But first here's Dewayne just manualling his life away.

Blog Minute-Dewayne McMurry from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Sean Malto

2009-01-08T08:23:00.000-08:00

The one everyone's been waiting for..

While Sean's been back in KC, he's been greatful enough to handle a blog minute for me. Needless to say it was for sure worth the wait! Thanks Sean!

Look for this to be featured on the Transworld site, Etnies, as well as Crailtap in the next few days or so.

Blog Minute-Sean Malto from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

OP8

2009-01-06T08:47:00.001-08:00

Yes, another one. The newest montage with all of the sickest and freshest new shit starting off the new year!

OP8 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Malto blog minute countdown...1 or 2 days...depends on how generous I'm feeling ;)

Blog Minute-Zach Doelling

2009-01-05T00:00:00.000-08:00

Another virgin blog minute park..Independence! If you don't know who Zach is yet, you should. He rides for Switch, but rarely ever leaves Independence. Look for a lot of his shit in T3 this month. Kid eats rails for breakfast..

On deck for blog minutes...Malto! Already handled. Look for it later on this week.

The new OP montage is almost done too.

Enjoy!

Blog Minute-Zach Doelling from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Josh Thompson

2009-01-01T21:36:00.000-08:00

First blog minute virgin skatepark, good ol' Grandview.

Hope everyone had a good New Years eve and day. Got all the homies together at OP today to handle some first tricks of '09. Got about 6 1/2 tapes to log right now..so look forward to that tage hopefully tomorrow. PARTY LINE!!

Blog Minute-Josh Thompson from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Last Day of '08..

2008-12-31T14:13:00.001-08:00

Make it count!

I rarely go north of the river unless I have to, which is why I let Drew handle this Un-Pleasant Valley footage.

Untitled from drew paussa on Vimeo.

Josh Thompson's blog minute will be up next, then Zach Doelling...so insane. Look forward those, they're just chilling on my hard drive waiting to be seen by all of you.

Oh yeah, and I filmed some stuff for a little last tricks of '08 montage, which will be pretty sick too.

So look forward to all of that goodness coming this week

In the meantime, enjoy tonight and get buck!

-Brian

Blog Minute-Garrett Olinger

2008-12-30T08:24:00.001-08:00

Just hours before Garrett boarded a plane back to Atlanta, he handled his blog minute at OP. We'll miss you Garrett!

Blog Minute-Garrett Olinger from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

5 Tricks with Bryan Barrow

2008-12-29T20:27:00.001-08:00

5 Tricks with Bryan Barrow from andersnewman on Vimeo.

-Anders

Butter Box

2008-12-29T08:04:00.000-08:00

Looks like we're getting a break in the weather..! Me, Kevin, JW, Justin, and a few other heads decided to take one of our butter boxes from the shop and load her up and take it to a parking garage since at the time most everything was wet. Lo and behold, we got kicked out pretty quick, so we ended up taking it down the street to a buttery tennis court-which ended up being such a good idea. Here's everyone clownin' on one of the boxes.

Butter Box from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Before Old Man Winter Showed His Ugly Face..

2008-12-27T13:41:00.000-08:00

We were killin' it! So here's a little edit of some shit that went down at OP and Penn Valley before all of our dreams got shat on with snow and rain.

Before Old Man Winter from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2008-12-25T08:42:00.001-08:00

From me and Anders. Hahaha. Have a great Christmas everyone.

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Happy Holladayz!! A Year Ago This Week..

2008-12-24T08:38:00.001-08:00

So I was looking through my old hard drive trying to see what I had done last year this week, and I came across this parking garage edit with Drew, Jake, and JW (I think I even have a gay little run in it too) from 12/27/07. Good thing I used this Kinks song last year before "What The F*$% Is A Bachinsky" came out! There were like 3 or 4 of these garage montages I never posted anywhere but SkatePerception, so many of you may have not seen this yet. Ah, how things have changed since then. New camera setup, new shop, all kinds of goodies. This was the closest thing to Christmas I had made last year, aside of the Turner 'tage Round 2. The weather isn't too frightful right now, aside of a little snow, and it's actually supposed to be like in the 60s on Friday (wtf??!) So until then, enjoy this little parking garage edit from this time last year and have a great and safe Christmas!!

A Year Ago This Week from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

PS-I'm 85% sure Malto will have the next blog minute.

PSS-I think that I'm going to make this whole "A Year Ago This Week" a regular thing.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Dan Askew

2008-12-21T22:01:00.000-08:00

Most dudes that break the 30 year old mark generally show their age in their skateboarding. With the exception of all of Dan's bonelesses and no comply tricks and other 90s flatground moves, Dan rips like any of us! Although he still grunts every now and then when popping a trick, he still gets the job done. Dan, you're welcome for getting you to do tricks you wouldn't normally do. Everyone is gonna dig this!!

Blog Minute-Dan Askew from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

2008-12-21T21:59:00.001-08:00

Most of the homies from the Skate house came out on Friday afternoon to help re-finish the mini at the shop. After a lot of pulling out nails and wood Friday night into Saturday afternoon, it was finally (for the most part) done. There's still a lot that needs to be done (coping-wise and ceiling), but for the most part its hella buttery and super solid. But don't ask if you can skate it. Here's a few of us getting absolutely WILD Saturday night.

Studio Mini from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

PS-Kart, I hope this gets you off of my back for a while

-Brian

Blog Minute-Joseph Lopez

2008-12-17T10:23:00.001-08:00

As most people would know, this is only a fraction of what J-Lo can do at RoPo. This is his home turf! There would have been more, but due to inclement weather, his minute was cut short. This is still pretty insane though..enjoy!

Blog Minute-Joseph Lopez from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

R.I.P. Coffee Curb

2008-12-15T20:48:00.001-08:00

As some of you may already know, Coffee Curb has been officially deemed unskateable. The original rail next to the ledge has been extended further to make the ledge nearly impossible to skate. This is a tragedy to many, as well as myself...RIP!

Photos courtesy of Ali Yaqubian.

-Anders

Blog Minute-Aaron Smith

2008-12-15T08:25:00.000-08:00

A-Smith is hands down my favorite photog ever. If you don't know, he's an intern at Transworld (his blog here), and when he's not in KC, he's either in Cali covering all of the top events, or back in Georgia at the Savannah Art school. I've known A-Smith since I was like a freshman in high school. He'd always be killing it at OP, doing crooks all the way down the kinked rail. We both made apperances in our first skate vid too, Lights Camera Skateboarding. Who could forget Rough Copy too? Haha, oh to be young again. So this blog minute was actually quite trying. The first day it was cloudy and super shitty, and started raining after 10 mins. It ended up snowing, so the second day we went back it was super wet and shitty everywhere. Finally, the last day we thought everything would be good and dry, which for the most part it was, except for the main ramp you go down was out of the sun all morning, and was covered in ice. So being the dedicated filmer that I am, I swept and dried up that bitch like it was nothing. A funny story about the ender-Asmith was like "Hey Brian I'd watch out I'm just gonna jump on it real quick". So I back up and don't bother filming. Next thing I know, he jumps on to nosegrind and rolls away first try. SWEET! And he didn't want to do it again. Oh well, let the ender speak for itself. Also noteable, Rod makes a guest appearance for the ender, starting an epic back to back! Enjoy!

Blog Minute-Aaron Smith from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

J-Lo/A-Smith Battle @ Rosedale

2008-12-14T22:15:00.000-08:00

First one to make it to 10 tricks!
This is just a prelude to each of their blog minutes...coming this week!!

J-Lo & ASmith Rosedale Battle from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

New Dragonfly Decks @ Studio Skate Supply!

2008-12-11T08:06:00.000-08:00

Here's my first crack at editing non-skateboarding. Super cheese commercial for the new decks! Enjoy and go get one while you can!

Studio Dragonfly Commercial from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Rod Harper (and then some!)

2008-12-09T22:20:00.000-08:00

Golly gee, the blog minutes are just stacking up in my hard drive! Rod's has been handled for about a week, but I decided to wait a little bit to post it. The anticipation is what makes it ten times better, right??! I sneak previewed this at the skate house for ASmith's birthday party on Friday, so some have seen this. But for those who haven't, boy you're in for a treat. I try not to be bias, but this is undoubtedly the best blog minute by far. However, J-Lo filmed a bunch for his, and is already over a minute..can he overtake Rod? Alright, I'll shutup. Here's Rod's amazing minute and some change at his and Joseph's home turf, RoPo.

Blog Minute-Rod Harper from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

I also wanted to share this clip of first, Malto 5050ing this rail first try, and then Lovell and this power-tripped dude. What you see is only a fraction of what really went down. As Ryan and I were both getting in the car, the dude straight up threatened Lovell's life. More words were exchanged after I pulled out, and Lovell left the guy with a parting gift of a lugey all over the guy's truck.

Lovell & Friend from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

Not done with this post yet! Just wanted to share a photo ASmith took of all of the homies in the bottoms this past weekend.

That's all for now! Get psyched for J-Lo, ASmith, Wes, Max, and Malto. Coming sooner than later! All in the works.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Kevin DeFreece

2008-12-08T08:15:00.000-08:00

After 3 different trips to OP, the little kids finally cleared out enough so Kevin could handle.

Blog Minute-Kevin DeFreece from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

Coming Wednesday...Rod Harper. So fucking good.

You can also look forward to..A-Smith, J-Lo, and Malto.

-Brian

30 Degree Blog Minute-Alex Stimpfel

2008-12-04T15:34:00.000-08:00

Blog minutes coming in like crazy this week! And I've only been back in KC since Sunday night.

Okay, so this one isn't exactly a minute. I've been pretty consistent about all of them being exactly a minute or a minute and some change. However, some folks' blog minutes should really be blog HOURS. 2 1/2 tapes this afternoon for 50 seconds of footage. Fuck the cold weather already. But really though, I won't complain until there's snow on the ground...knock on wood. Coming next Monday..DEFREECE!

Switch or nollie anyone?

Blog Minute-Alex Stimpfel from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Blog Minute-Dillon Aguilar

2008-12-01T23:03:00.001-08:00

If you didn't already know, Dag kills tranny. He loves the curves at OP, if you can't tell.

Blog Minute-Dillon Aguilar from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Milwaukee Sessions

2008-12-01T07:28:00.000-08:00

Like I said in the post below, I hit up Cream City with another filmer I know and his crew. Most cool, fun, did I mention consistent?, group of dudes to skate with. We also got to street skate the next day which was, as you'll see, pretty damn insane. Looks like I got out of Milwaukee just in time though, as the snow warnings kept coming in the day I left. Enjoy this!

Milwaukee Sessions '08 from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Ah, Milwaukee

2008-11-28T08:36:00.000-08:00

So refreshing to be the fuck out of Johnson County for a bit. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I'm taking full advantage of all the Miller and Pabst products that I can while I'm here. Today I'll be hitting up Cream City skatepark to meet up with a few dudes I know and film a little something to post here when I get back. Cream City is hands down in the top 3 best skateparks in the Midwest. See you when I get back to KC. Go skate!

-Brian

PS-Today marks Black Friday. Get you some good deals! Just don't get trampled to death like a greeter did at a Wal-Mart this morning. Be safe!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27T15:16:00.002-08:00

Get down on dat OP son!

Ondrejka's in Milwaukee til the 30th.

-Anders

Dope New Layout

2008-11-25T11:11:00.001-08:00

I made a new banner, colors, fonts etc. Hope you enjoy it for the time being.
I'd also like to take this time to let everyone know about the Black Friday sale at Ride4Ever and Studio.

Be there.

-Anders

RESURRECTED.

2008-11-24T17:08:00.000-08:00

OP7.

OP7-The Resurrection from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

Footage that didn't make it into the actual montage:

OP7 Throwaway from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

-Brian

Blog Second

2008-11-19T18:21:00.001-08:00

Today I filmed a little clip in the Penn Valley Bowl. Today marks the last day of nice weather, unfortunately. Enjoy the golden.

Blog Second from andersnewman on Vimeo.

-Anders

Blog Minute-Bryan Barrow

2008-11-17T11:18:00.001-08:00

Bryan killing Lenexa. Watch for more Barrow footage..kid is on the come up!

Blog Minute-Bryan Barrow from Brian Ondrejka on Vimeo.

-Brian

Now Open..

2008-11-17T11:12:00.000-08:00

The Studio @ Ride 4 Ever.

Come get some!

This Weekend Marks..

2008-11-16T21:32:00.001-08:00

The beginning of a new era..
OP7-The Resurrection..

(photos by Dillon Lyon)

Prepared?