OK, so the second Girl/Anti hero tour, also known as Beauty And The Beast II, is wrapping up and I'm sure some shit went down. Like the first tour they probably have tons of footage, and we'll get to see our fair share of park destruction and wilderness hyjinx when the video comes out. Until, then we'll have to leave it to our imaginations.

Here's 10 things that may of happened. Once again this stuff may not of happen, it's 10 THINGS THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED:

1. Koston was tied up by the Anti Hero guys with Vans and Vox laces, and forced to watch evey pair of his Nikes burned. Until, Brian Anderson who's also on Nike, and is fucking huge, came to his rescue.

2. Marc Johnson got drunk and passed out in the van before they got to a demo.



3. Brian Anderson broke all his and the rest of the Girl team's boards.

4. Tony Trujillo and Frank Grewer showed the LA guys how to skate concrete-gnar-transition-parks.

5. John Cardiel did some fixie tricks.


Photo: Barrie Bloor via http://www.barriebloor.co.uk

6. Alex Olson complained.



7. Mike Carroll accessorized.



8. Andrew Allen ran out of socks, and was forced to skate without his socks pulled up to his knees for once.



9. Girl traded Malto for Robbie Russo.

10. The Anti Hero team's Wizard staffs were bigger.


Photo: Patrick O'dell via www.epiclylaterd.com.

Marc Johnson is on board, and apparently Stella too (photo: Mike Mo). Not Reynold's daughter, Stella, but the beer Stella Artois, which by the way has been around since 1366. That's amazing! That Belgian company has been getting people drunk for 643 fucking years. And Marc Johnson has been getting drunk for almost 20, and he's quite good at it. I got hammered with him a few months back at Gallagher's in Huntington Beach, and it was good time.

Speaking of good times, this Beauty and the Beast tour looks like it's going to be chalk full of good times I'll keep you updated.

Hollywood and the Bay Area have combined again, and set sail today. Well, actually last night, but that's beside the point. The vans are packed and already starting to smell like armpits and farts, and the parks have been entered into the navigation systems, so let's see what transpires.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you better pull your skate-uneducated-head out of your ass. The Beauty and the Beast tour, a combination of epic proportions, Girl x Anti-Hero. Yuppy meets gnar.

If you're around here's where they'll be:

August 8th, 3pm, Hailey Skatepark, Hailey, ID
August 11th, 3pm, Mobash Skatepark, Mobash, MT
Glenhaven Skatepark, 3pm, Portland, OR

Here's some raw clips from last year's tour, via Mike Carroll and Rick Howard:

The Agenda trade show went down last week in Hurlington Beach, aka Nike Town. I'm calling Huntington that because at the same time the show was doing it's thing, the Hurley US Open of Surfing was in full swing down the street at the pier. It seemed Hurley/Nike took control of the town for a few days, there were hats everywhere that said, "HB," with the "H" a Hurley logo. Not that that's a bad thing, because the Hurley/Nike/Converse crew really saved that contest, which had been ruined by even bigger non-surf/skate/snow/BMX corporations over the years.

Anyway, back to Agenda. It's a show that is geared for the brands that don't really fit in at ASR and Surf Expo. The core-skate/art/fashion brands of the industry were all in attendance. They've been having this show simultaneously with ASR the past few years, offering limo rides right out in front of the ASR doors to their show down the street. Now, that they've picked their own date, which allowed the brands to completely focus on Agenda, the show was much bigger. Let's hope the ball keeps rolling.

Here's some MORINformed pics from Agenda:


The Death/Wish Shake Junt booth.


The floor you had to walk on to do some business.


Shake Junt Art.


Brigada was right next door.


They had party favors. Before I get an email from some irate mom, it's Parmesan cheese.


Three skateboard bosses who are also Brigada team riders: Reynolds, Thomas and Ellington.


Speaking or Jamie Thomas and Erik Ellington they were outside having a smoke.


Then it was off to NHS. Here's the Anti-Hero booty line.


Some more Anti-Hero decks.



The new Real line.


Diamond Boss, Nick Diamond, was hanging.


Speaking of bosses, The Man Behind the Stone, Volcom CEO, Wooly, was cruising.


Art being created.


Some girl wanted her picture with MORINformed's drunk ass.


Some of the new Girl line.


Chocolate decks and Fourstar hats.


This guy tried a little too hard to get to Agenda and became a PCH casualty.


Vans has a Sex Pistols line coming out.


RVCA's theme was "Uke's...


And Guns." Sounds like a Waianae party.


A view from the balcony of the Hyatt.


A closer view of the beach in Huntington during the US Open.


I'll leave you with the Skullcandy girls.

Pat O'Dell has just dropped the third installment of the Beauty and the Beast Epicly Later'd series. Click here to check it out. I like how they had censor the beers, but not Grewer smoking a joint at the beginning, when he's kneeling down by the tent. Does that mean the beers were censored because of a corporate, pay-us-money, or we'll censor your logo thing, like over at MTV? It can't be because they want to censor beer drinking, and not weed smoking, right?

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Viacom owns MTV and Vice, further evidence to the "pay-us-money" theory.
Anyway, check out the video, because Pat O'Dell makes rad fucking videos no matter how the companies he works for conduct business.