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china, daily dozens, iphone, jay meador, jmart, Shanghai, skateboarding, Vans
- 12 Tricks – 1 Spot @ Shanghai Expo Park
- iPhone film/edit: jmart
DailyDozens w/ Jay Meador
25 Thursday Oct 2012
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Tag Archives: jay meador
A Palace in the Desert
09 Tuesday Oct 2012
Posted in Inner Mongolia
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alex hwang, brian dolle, Charles Lanceplaine, Inner Mongolia, James Capps, jay meador, legion of sorts, Ordos, patrik wallner, tommy zhao, visual traveling
Here are some photos from Ordos City in Inner Mongolia, China which we visited in early September to see if there was anything to skate. The crew consisted of James Capps, Elliot, Brian Dolle, Charles Lanceplaine, Patrik Wallner, Jay Meador, Gustav, Alex Hwang, and myself.
In the Mongolian language, “Ordos” means Palaces and from walking around the city, you def. notice all the unique architecture in the buildings; everything from the art museum to the library. It almost feels like a Greek city, with many massive statues standing everywhere. This is their art museum, which is a nice visit, showcasing the city design and the relationship between Mongols and Han Chinese over the past decade.
Elliot – Kickflip
Ordos City is known to be one of China’s ghost towns. A city built for millions of people, while lying almost uninhabitated for the most part. This made it quite difficult for us to find places to eat without going to the same food court everyday. It was also very much colder in Ordos than in Shanghai (where we flew in from) and trying to buy a jacket/sweater in Ordos was very difficult since… there was no where to find the stores!
A Mongolian wolf-skin bag on display inside the Ordos Art Museum.
Jay Meador – FS Air.
View from inside the abyss.
Jay Meador – Backside air.
When we arrived in Ordos, we were lucky enough to catch the tailend of the Nadam Festival, a yearly festival consisting of Mongolian wrestling, horseback riding, and archery (think Mongolian Olympics). We weren’t able to catch any of the games themselves, but with the help of the very friendly hotel staff, were able to catch the rehearsals of their closing ceremony…. if only it wasn’t freezing cold outside!
Brian Dolle severely rolled his ankle about an hour after stepping off the airplane warming-up in front of the hotel. With the help of numerous bags of ice and a full day of lying in bed at the hotel, was able to get back on the board within a few days!
Dolle – FS Wallride at the Art Museum.
Dolle – Ollie.
We took a day off skating to visit the Kubuqi Desert nearby to film the intro to our videoclip (which will be premiering this Friday alongside Patrik’s Meet the Stans clip at Arcade Bar in Shanghai).
Charles Lanceplaine and the homies.
Gustav is far from his home country of Sweden, getting a nice souvenir desert-tan to bring back to Shanghai!
Look out for James’ new FTC part which should be coming out sometime next year!
James Capps and Gustav.
Jay Meador jumping into the dunes.
Patrik Wallner sledding in the desert.
He was pretty thirsty after spending the day in the sand.
Tommy – Gap out to BS 5-0.
Dolle – FS NGrind 180.
Jay Meador – Ollie over to FS 5-0.
Gustav – FS Noseslide.
Elliot on the yellow brick road.
Elliot – Boneless.
Waking up and being out of the hotel by 9am is quite a feat for a large crew of skaters. Alex Hwang catching up on his beauty rest at the spot.
James Capps – FS Blunt.
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Ordos was an interesting city to visit! The city is full of locals that are enthusiastic for the future of that region! James Capps ends this post with a wallride as a ghost-lady walks by.
Videoclip coming soon!
Dali!
11 Monday Jun 2012
Posted in Dali
Kunming – Dali busride.
We’ve been in Dali for a week skating, hiking, & swimming!
A natural waterslide up in the mountains. Cyres was hyped!
Seven Dragon Maidens’ Pool.
Dali has these famous 3 pagodas that can be seen from the majority of the old city.
Dan Sonsrichai.
Jay about to get some.
We’re riding a horse to Wuhan. Later Dali!
Kunming!
10 Sunday Jun 2012
Posted in Kunming
Been slow on updates lately as I’ve currently been on a Vans China skatetrip from Kunming to Dali to Wuhan for the span of the month. Here are some photos from Kunming:
What lies outside the hotel.
This spot is also right outside our hotel. Jay Meador – Backside noseblunt.
Kunming is full of tranny spots!
A spot in the jungles.
Xiao Ji warming up.
After battling a trick for 2.5 hours, Xiao Ji came through with a banger.
We also went hard on this thing.
Sasha was on the trip for only 3 days, as he flew on to Beijing for a skate contest and then onwards to Spain/France for a month before heading off to a tour in Russia for 2 months! Hope you’re having an awesome time!
Black cabs, doe.
Post-KOTR
08 Saturday Oct 2011
Posted in China Skatespots, Video
Got back from King of the Road CHINA and went to visit my mom at my relatives’ in Huainan for a minute. Back in Shanghai now with a clip of Jay Meador cruising around at the Expo Park.
Hangzhou says what’s up.
15 Thursday Sep 2011
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The skyline looks like some crazy space colony.
The new. There is a huge grass gap at the bottom of this building.
The old. I want to buy a pagoda and live in it.
Shanghai has no mountains while Hangzhou is full of them. After midnight, you can bomb these hills and cruise for miles (which we did and someone got fucked up and hopefully Danny Fei will post the video up soon b/c it’s so epic!)
Rhino.
Mr. Hangzhou.
Jay just got back to China after a year and a half of living Stateside. First day of filming and he gets a board to the face. Welcome back son!
Xiao Bai holds it down!
GuanZhai warms up with a noseslide.
Andrew Szeto
19 Monday Jul 2010
Posted in Pictures, Shanghai Scene
I was cleaning through my hard drive when I came across these photos that Andrew Szeto took last year. Szeto lives in Ottawa, Canada, kills it on a skateboard and takes some rad photos!
Jay Meador – FS Grind. SMP Skatepark.
Alex Huang – Switch Heel. Zhongshan Park.
Kent. Century Park. (This picture was my wallpaper for a while, it’s so sick.)
Tommy Zhao – Backsmith. Science & Tech Museum.
Szeto and Pouchers. Nanpu Bridge.
If you’re interested in seeing more of this work, you can email him at crazyseed888@hotmail.com or follow him on his blog.
