New U.S. Eagle Distributor..

DSA is now the U.S. distributor for Eagle Sport metal cores!
Visit www.dsascooters.com today!

With 3 riders from Arizona riding for DSA show some support and buy from them. You wont regret it.

Visitors

Plans have been changed, Tyler and Stefan are not coming anymore.

See you guys at SD4.

Charles Doidge...

This just make you giggle..

__YOUR GIRL AND YOUR SCOOTER__

---You spend lots of money on your scooter
---You spend lots of money on your girl

---You would drop anything to be on your scooter
---You'd drop anything to be with your girl

---You don't ride other people's scooter
---You shouldn't ride other people's girls

---You take your scooter out of town to have fun
---You take your girl out to have fun

---You'd fight for your scooter
---You'd fight for your girl

---Your scooter pisses you off, but you still love it
---Your girl pisses you off, but you still love her

---When your scooter gets you angry you can give it a toss
---When your girl...nevermind

Update:

Charles and I are now authors for the AZ Scooter Blog!

Expect more posts from both of us :)

Also, Stan Smirnoff is in town.

I got a chance to take some photos of him the last couple of days, here's a few of them:

Check back soon for new updates.

Ridee

Hey everyone! Remember the best thing you can do is to go out and ride your scooter!

So go ride! shred the gnar!

A.S.C. Crew Update

For those of you who dont keep up S.R. here.

Charles Doidge

Dalton Kennon

Sean Cardwell

Bret Lentine

Casey Chinesaz

Garret Wimer

Benny Rosales

Matt Porter

Travis amon

Josh Farol

The reason for the decrease in members is because Charles felt there were too

many people on the team so he reduced the size, now that there are less people

on the crew there is a higher standard of riding for A.S.C. .

Casey Chinesaz Photo Gallery

Q&A With Nate Hughes

Name: Nate Hughes

Age: 17 years young
Location: Livermore CA/The Bay
Sponsors/Teams: Grape Slushies, Nor Cal Scooter Team

How long have you been riding: Ive been riding for 2 years and havent stopped.

Who influences you the most as a rider:One rider that definetly influences me is Anthony "Twan" Bustos because when hes in livermore hes always pushin me to go bigger and now i do haha.

Who is your favorite rider: Two favorite riders are Twan and Stan Smirnoff

What are some of your favorite tricks: Some of my favorite tricks to throw down are front scooter flips and whip/bar combos

What are some other hobbies you have: I enjoy playing the guitar and im definetly into girls

Are you sponsored: Im currently not sponsored but itd be cool if someone came along and sponsored me.

What type of music do you listen to: i listen to a variety of music its quite exquisite

What is your favorite terrain to ride: I enjoy park as much as street. heres an average day for me: http://vimeo.com/6002127

Hows your setup do you like it: pro model, rad crowbars, dsa fork, pirate reinforcements, front proto wheel, back wheel hep greg eagle. its dope

How did you get into scootering: Igot into the art of scootering about two years ago from a friend Tyler Garcia, he called me up and said bring a scooter so thats when i learned to tail whip ;)

What are your plans for the future: In the near future i might be moving to AZ and what not and im definitely gonna keep riding

Who is your favorite person to ride with: My favorite people to ride with are Garrett Wilmer, Casey Chinesaz, Tyler Garcia, and Twan.

What is the Cali scene like through your eyes: Hmm... I think cali is way different than a lot of other states most of the scooter scene here is down in so cal and its startin to hit more up here in nor cal but i really think scootering is starting to have a positive effect on kids and the way they ride. Oh ya myspace.com/natehughes

Wedge Edit

One night at the local park me and Conor Hamilton oh and Aj.

http://vimeo.com/6113910

Q&A with Tyler Wheeland

Name: Tyler Wheeland

Age: 15

Location: Socal :)

How long have you been riding: 1.5 years

Who influences you the most as a rider: Uhh it all depends. I know our riding isn't the same at all but monky def. influences me more than anything. That kid can do ANYTHING.

Who is your favorite rider: Honestly I dont have one. Overall; matt ogle, mat mckeen, and stan. Then prolly everyone on Dxg/951. There all so dialed riders.

What are some of your favorite tricks: Tuck no handers, bar indys, and switch 1 footed tables.

What are some other hobbies you have: Driving around with my friends and throwing water ballons at cars. hahahah.

Are you sponsored: Eagle flow team :)

What type of music do you listen to: Hardcore stuff, and some rap stuff.

What is your favorite terrain to ride: Nice flowish park. or a butteryass ledge.

Hows your setup do you like it: STOCK with metalcores and bars.

How did you get into scootering: Rode when i was younger then just did it again.

What are your plans for the future: Ride, get a car in 6 months, thats it. haha

Who is your favorite person to ride with: My friend brandon and my friend stefan. then the dxg/951 guys

What is the Cali scene like through your eyes: A bunch of kids who just have fun.
All the san clemente kids and murrietta kids i dont count as scooter riders cause most of them are just stupid trendy kids who buy stuff premade and everything. Some are pretty cool tho. The scene where i live (LA) is alot more fun orientated.

Sean Cardwell

most of you have probably seen this but here it is anyway.

http://vimeo.com/5773278

Update!

I am sorry about the 2 week lagg, Ive had some imporyant things come up and havnt been able to do any updates

Arizona Scooter Crew "Ride Day"

Date: August 2, 2009

Time: 7:00 P.M. - close

Occasion: Charles Doidge Birthday !!!!

Welcome Conor Hamilton

I have asked one of my closest friends to help me with the blog.

Show some love!!!

A word from Shelby Grimnes

"Hey everyone, I just wanna apologize about all the crap I've talked the past couple months. I was just caught up in drama and it caused me to say things I didn't really mean. I've realized that what I did was wrong and you guys definitely didn't deserve any of the crap that I said. I respect you guys for what you do, because you do what you love and that's all that counts and I should of realized it earlier. So I truly am sorry. Thanks and see you guys around. -Shelby Grimnes"

AZ Week

New AZ video from "Twan"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZsd5BQjCn8

Q&A with Conor Hamilton

A really chill Az shreder.

Name: Conor Hamilton

Age: 13

Location: Scottsdale, Az

How long have you been riding?

4 years on and off, but now I ride every day.

Who influences you the most as a rider?

Im gonna have to say Stan Smirnoff, cause were good buds and he has taught me a bunch of stuff.

Who is your favorite rider?

I don't have just one but here's some Stan Smirnoff, Cary Mosbrucker, Tyler Bonner, Rory Coe, Elmer and Brandon Kilbury.

What are some of your favorite tricks?

Overclicking Turdowns as much as possible, Tables, Cancans, Nacnac, and im bring the X-up, back.

What are some other hobbies you have?

Riding bikes, trying not to smoke, hanging out with peeps, and having a good time and the Iphone.

Are you sponsored?

Currently im riding for SW Scooters and Grape Slushiez.

What type of music do you listen to?

rock and technoish beats

What is your favorite terrain to ride?

Park.

How's your setup do you like it?

Nah I hate it its crazy heavy.
I cant tripple whip or whip to much stuff.

How did you get into scootering?

My sweet mom got me an "old a", then I got a "new a" the I got the legit "pro model" and it started from there.

What are your plans for the future?

Quit smoking, ride my ass off and go to Washington.

Tell us about your injuries and how you got them.

Well I knocked my teeth out twice from bikes, broke my jaw and broke my face from bikes. Ruptured my spleen from go peds and laserated my liver from scoots.

Who is your favorite person to ride with?

Ummmmm prolly monkey mcmoran he is super chill and down to earth.

Thanks Man...

In the life of Sean Cardwell

Ich Heise Sean Michael Cardwel. (German fo' my name be Sean yo). I am not sure I how long I have been riding scooters. It was a year after scooters first came out. When I first got my Sharper Image kick scooter with the totally awesome wheelie bar! Yea thats right wheelie bar. I count that as when i first started scootering.

I was just like Charles Doidge and I thought it was cool to bunny hop up and down curbs for a few years. Then some kid down the street blew my mind when he landed the sketchiest tailwhip I have ever seen. I started trying them and it was probably into my 3rd year of "riding" that I landed my first tailwhip. Horrible by today's standards but it was epic back then.

About two years ago I discovered Coedie Donovan on Youtube. From then on i saw what the sport could be. I ride everyday if im not sore. My local is freestone and I love to shred the spine and hip there. Yeah scooters aren't allowed there but most the locals are chill with me, so I ride there alot. There have been alot of fun times running from the Po' Po' haha.

I ride for the crews A.S.C. and Grape Slushies(I started GS). GS started after watching Reno 911 and LOLing out loud at Nick Swardson's prison gang the grape slushies. We thought it would be funny to have scooter crew called that. Bret and I are the only two left of the original four.
So ya that is a look in my life.

Q&A with Cristobal Macias

Get to know some people that don't live in Arizona

Name: Cristobal Macias

Age: 14
Location: Allen, Texas

How long have you been riding?
I have been riding for 1 year.

Who influences you the most as a rider?
Mckeen and Tyler Bonner influence me the most.

Who is your favorite rider?
My favorite rider would have to be matt mckeen.

What is your favorite trick?
My favorite trick would have to be anything with barspins, like bar-to-whip, rotors and such. and barspining gaps.

What Are some other hobbies of yours?
I like to go to concerts and just chillax with people.
Ooh im pretty good when it comes to guitar hero (;.


Do you have any sponsors? I ride for Dallas Scooter Crew (D.S.C.).

What type of music do you listen to?
I listen to screamo like; Bring me the Horizon, Iwrestledabearonce, The Devil Wears Prada, but I also listen to stuff like Nevershoutnever, Romance on a Rocketship, and such.

What is your favorite terrain to ride?
I love riding street and some park. Im not that good when it comes to vert.

How is your setup, do you like it?
The setups okay, but my bolts are pissing me off, since they squeak like a mofo.

How did you get into scootering?
I got into scootering when I kept asking my friend if I could see his scooter, I learned how to tailwhip and it just went on from there.

What are your plans for the future?
I plan to ride as long as I can, and hopefully go pro so I can ride until i die.
Ohh and I plan to move to AZ.

Ride Check with Conor Hamilton

Name: Conor Hamilton
Age: 13
Location: Scottsdale, Az
Sponsors/Teams: Grape Slushies, SW Scooters

Bars - Proto Wing

Fork - SR V2.2 Threadless
Wheels - Eagle Sport 110mm Spoked, Eagle Sport 100mm Full Core
Deck - Micro
Grips - ODI Longneck
Compression - Proto Brass Knuckles
Bar Ends - ODI Plastic
Grip - Blue Griptape
Clamp - Proto Brass Knuckles
Headset - Top Chris King, Bottom Stock
Brake - Stock Micro
Renforcements - Micro Box
What part do you break the most? Fork

In the life of Charles Doidge

My names Charles Doidge, I dont remember how I came across a scooter but I have been riding one for 6 years. For the longest time I just went up and down curbs and thought it was the most badass thing. Then I would go to Freestone and bomb down grass hills and start jumping things. Then after a year or so of messing around I took it into a skatepark. Hella noob status.

I did not know of other riders or any tricks. A couple years later, I came across some people, then the Razor Pro Model came out. From then on I started trying to ride. To this very day scootering has been a huge part of my life. From all the time I put into riding them, fixing them, meeting new people, traveling, making some money, getting in fights, geting in trouble for riding scooters and making great friends.

2 or maybe 3 years ago now, I wanted to make a legit crew for all the gnarly scooter riders in Arizona. So i made up "Arizona Scooter Crew", (A.S.C.). Im so glad i did, from making videos, taking photos, making websites, talking to it about people, and helping people get better. Give the noobs out there something to look up to and have a goal to get better.

I ride for fun, and it has always been like that. But i want something for other kids to look up too because I never had that. Honeslty, if I never rode a scooter, I would not have these same friends and I would not be where I am today at all. 98% of the guys I hangout with ride scooters. Ive had soo many laughs from scooters.soo many jokes. I would not trade it for anything. Yeah, id say im differnt from other riders. I dont try to get really good, I just do whats fun, I push myself sometimes but not as much anymore, i just like riding everday and seeing my friends improve. Then again were all differnt.

"Favorite 5's"

Fav. Fast food? ............................................Jack In The Box
Fav. Type of Music? .......................................Rap

Fav. Type of Riding Terrain? .............................Pyramids

Fav. Hobby .................................................Hunting

Fav. Rider? .................................................Ben J. Friant

Crazy Benny

front flip benny asc

Grape Slushies

-Sean Cardwell

-Bret Lentine

-Charles Doidge

-Dalton Kennon

-Alex Steadman

-Adam Stahlecker

-Dustin Nooner

-Taylor Mefford

-Sam DeChristopher

-Travis Amon

-Tyler Wheeland

-Chase Adams

-Conor Hamilton

-Nick Darger

-Matt Porter

-Nate Hughes

-Micheal Lavelle

A bunch of "Fresh" locals doing nothing but having a great time everyone on this team knows how to shred and knows just how to have fun <3

Arizona Scooter Crew

-Charles Doidge

-Dalton Kennon

-Sean Cardwell

-Bret Lentine

-Casey Chinesaz

-Garret Wimer

-Andrew Collentro

-Benny Rosales

-Taylor Mefford

-Austin Avalos

-Matt Porter

-Micheal Lavelle

-Travis Amon

-Dustin Nowak

-Daniel Komlos

Wanna join ASC?

1. Have to live in Arizona

2. You have to be a friend of the crew, its not just about how good you are on scooters.

3. You need flow,style,big trick and not just flyout

Charles Recruits new riders.

Wanna Promote A.S.C

1.Tell your friends

2.write A.S.C. on your scooter

3.put this on your myspace http://www.myspace.com/arizonascootercrew

A.S.C. is the 1st legit scooter crew in Arizona

2 years and still going.

Twan.

Anthony "Twan" Bustos is in Arizona from July 8 - July 15

Now Leaving Arizona with a broken shoulder

from a 9 stair rail

Az Parks

Arizona Has Amazing Concrete Here's Some

Mcdowell Mountain Ranch Skatepark/Skateplaza

This Park is akwardly amazing people dont go here very often

but when they do its an amazing session

there are currently no locals

Tempe Skatepark

Arguably the best arizona park

it varies in courses anywhere from wallrides downstairs to vert walls at 12 ft high.

one really chill really good local

-Dalton Kennon

East Valley Skatepark/Reed

Very Good skate park !

unfortunately it is smack dab in the middle of the ghetto.

The Closest locals are

-Alex Steadman

-Taylor Mefford
-Bret Lentine

Pecos Skatepark

The park was awesome until they changed the rules.

now you have to have a membership to get in

this was one of my favorite skateparks

well it is right down th street from Tempe so !!

Freestone Skatepark

Another one of Arizona's "Golden" skateparks

tons of locals ride here, yet scooters are not allowed and it is a bust

most of the skater locals dont like scooters and tend to get us kicked out

but the scooter locals are really good and really chill !!

Some Common locals are

-Charles Doidge

-Sean Cardwell

-Matt Porter

-Ernie Porter

-Austin Avalos

-Dustin Nowak

Superstition Shadows Skatepark/AJ

This Park is great it has a little something for everyone

The tranny here is perfect the locals are cool and but the park is kinda

far from everything but it is well worth the drive.

the locals are all acceptional riders but unfortunately I know none of them..

The Wedge/Eldorado Skatepark

This is my home park and honestly, I love this park but I wouldnt exactly call it the best

there is a cool scooter scene here all the locals are really good.

the main scooter locals are

-Casey Chinesaz

-Garret Wimer

-Travis Amon

- Conor Hamilton

-Daniel Komlos

- Daniel Ward

Welcome

Welcome to Arizona Scooter Blog. My name is Travis Amon I am 16 years old and have been scootering for about 3 and 1/2 years now. I felt the need to make this blog to help the growth of scootering. I figured that staring out with the place I live would be a large step. The goal of the blog is to inform you of the status and conditions of Arizona riding and Arizona riders. Enjoy the blog.