DATE OF BIRTH
8/14/1900, lol 1987 man

HOMETOWN
South Central. Los Angeles, CA

SPONSORS
Darkstar, Globe, Kogi BBQ, PUSH Griptape, Wreckless Wax, Bones(flow), Thunder Trucks(flow), Ashbury Eyewear, Elm Company, Comune Clothing, and Active Ride Shope.

YEARS SKATING
6

LATEST TRICK
A trick I call the “Wrecklessflip.” It’s a fakie full cab with a bigflip, it’s gnarly!

FAVORITE SKATE VIDEO(S) OR SINGLE PART(S)
Favortite skate video is uumm . . . this is a tough one. I’d say its out of Emerica, “This Is Skateboarding” and “Baker 3″
Single parts: Marisa Dal Santo in Zero’s “Strange World.” I actually have a huge crush on her I dig skater chicks especially one that skates like that! Keelan Dadd in “Proof.” Theotis Beasley in “Debacle” and “Baker has a Deathwish.” Paul Machnau part in “United by Fate.” Chet Thomas in “Opinion.” Any and all Andrew Reynolds parts. Ryan Sheckler in “Superfuture promo.” P-Rod with “Time to Shine,” “Nothing But The Truth,” “Superfuture Promo,” and “Proof.” Antwaun Dixion: “Baker 3″ and “Baker Has A Deathwish.” Furby in “Via Marina” and “Baker Has A Deathwish.” Ryan Decenzo in some Red Dragon video which I forgot the name of and “Globe United By Fate 5.” David Gonzalez, Louie Lopez, and Luan De Olivera in Flip’s “Extremely Sorry.”

MUSIC YOUR INTO
Im into everything man except country.

GO-TO TRICK(S)
Nollie Front pop, Back heel, and Doubleflip that one always saves my ass.

FAVORITE SPOTS or SKATEPARKS
The Dirty R.I.P, Venice skatepark, Garvanza skatepark, Franklin 18, Hollywood 12 & 16, Paramount skatepark , and the X-Games course cause they always have a dope set up.

MOTIVATIONS
Rob Dyrdek,Kobe Bryant,Ryan Sheckler,Ryan Decenzo, P-Rod, TERRY MUTHA F*CKIN KENNEDY!

SHOUT-OUTS
Props to all my sponsers and those who support me, THANKS A MILLION!

Check this 10 tricks flick Reemo recenlty put down at one of his local parks.

reemo pearson 10 tricks from sergetheverg on Vimeo.

Meza Mania Mundaze will return shortly. Coming back strong!

Chris Brunner is THRASHER through and through, nuff said.

link to this photo on THRASHER Magazine website

BIRTH OF BROKE . . .
It was a hardware company first, David Bonwell, Sean Mynster and I thought of the idea in front of a 711 about 7 years ago

WHEN WAS THE FIRST PRODUCTION OF BROKE BOARDS, HOW MANY?
It was 50 boards and that was about 3 years ago

HOW MANY BROKE BOARDS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE, GRAPHICS & TOTAL COUNT
We have had 7 graphics and about 350 boards made

FAVORITE LOCAL PARKS & ROAD TRIPS
Probably Renette Park or Memorial. We go to San Francisco and Arizona about 4 times a year

ANY FUNNY BROKE STORIES YOU WANNA SHARE
There’s a lot of them . . . We got kicked out of a hotel in Arizona once from El Chris being stupid. It was right after a Chargers game, he had stolen an 18 pack and thought he was LT running through the hotel with it and got caught. And the best was when we gave a guy who just robbed a bank a ride home and didnt know until after when I saw that my car was on the news.

SHOUT ‘EM OUT . . . LIST THE CURRENT BROKE FAMILY
Jared Cheney, Steven Kashat, Stinky Mike, El Chris, Tanigi Valentine, Chris Gonzales, Johnny Nye, Connor Getzlaff / Skooter, Cory Evan Cox, Eric Handley, Felix Guerrero, D’on Harris, James Apodaca, James Washington, Joe Black, JuanCarlos, Richard Don, Brad Brink, Nick Munoz, Alex Mooney, Tyler Lee, Kory Penley, Oscar Mendez, Banger

Here is the latest in BROKE edits Bryan has put together teasing us for the upcoming BROKE III video brought to you by Mr Skandunas himself.

I know it may take a minute to load but this hand-tossed trickery is worth the wait to bake. Whenever I’m in SD I’m hitting these guys up cause they’re always down. I’ll be checking back with BROKE soon posting more photos and updated flicks so stay tuned. Check them out @ BROKEmyspace & BROKEyoutube

DATE OF BIRTH
March 18, 1945

HOMETOWN
Bell ,CA

SPONSORS
JSLV, Active Ride Shope LBC, VOX Footwear, FURY Trucks, SENSITIVE Skateboards, PUSH Griptape, & KONTROL Wheels

YEARS SKATING
About 6

FIRST TRICK
Danm. I have to say heelflip but honestly I cant heelflip for sh*t now, haha.

LATEST TRICK
Kickflip back smith backside flip out up Holly Wood High 16

FAVORITE TERRAIN TO SKATE
ALL OVER, I try to have fun and skate anything I can find

GO-TO TRICKS
Nosegrind, front feeble, treflips, lips & k-flip krooks

FAVORITE SKATERS
ALL THE HOMIES

MUSIC YOUR INTO
Anything girls can dance to and give me boners with

FAVORITE SKATE VIDEOS OR SINGLE PARTS
Evan Hernandez & P-Rod in “INBLOOM” and “THE RECKLESS” video

MOTIVATIONS
My girlfriend & parents

SHOUT-OUTS
Shout out to all my sponsors, Jay & Preebz over at JSLV, Ben & Ronson Lambert over at Kontrol, Sai at PUSH Griptape, Javie over at the SENSITIVE House, Aaron at VOX, & Brian Walnum

WEAPON OF CHOICE
Serge: Now I shoot with a Sony Vx2100

YEARS FILMING
Serge: Guessing like 5 years

FIRST TIME FILMING OSCAR
Serge: I remember about 4 years ago or maybe more when I first met Oscar. We were little kids when we started to film skating and riding the bus everywhere. I use to carry my little mini dv camera around, haha.

DO YOU EDIT YOUR OWN CLIPS
Serge: Yeah I edit all my own clips, I love it. The whole going out to a new city and filming, who knows what the day may bring its great. I get it done with Final Cut Pro

CURRENT PROJECTS
Serge: I’ve been working on making my own video. It’s gonna be called Sh*ts & Giggles. We’ve been filming for about a year now and it should be out by next year.

SHOUT OUTS
Serge: Oh yeah to all the homies that still skate. Martha from Mainline Skate Shop and all the homies I film with.

Peep SERGE’S blog for more footy and updates on his latest work. Here is some of Serge’s most recent edits with Mr Meza’s footy.

And check the goodies I just recieved from my friend Sai over at 7 Ply Distribution. PUSH 4 Life

The modern world around us is filled with distractions. We invent everything, to keep ourselves occupied. People wander through life texting, scrolling and numbly listening to headphones…blocked & insulated away from other human beings. The more the population explodes exponentially, the further we become from each other.

Bruce Lee said, “If every person would help their neighbor, no person would be without help.” Hell! I barely know my neighbors….do you!? If they are anything like the rest of us, at the end of the day, the six pack gets opened, dinner is consumed, the world is locked away ‘out there’ and TV is the new god! Sometimes, for many, the only comfort is the sound of ice falling into a glass of J&B scotch.

However, I digress. Skateboarders are an exception to this. We are usually quite fond of each other. Sure, we may talk smack on others, but as a whole, we will cruise together & hype each other up in a session. Its as though we share a special secret no others can know of. We are the fortunate few. We are not armchair warriors. We live our lives ourselves and not vicariously through another.

Krishnamurti stated that, “…if you live your life through the opinion of another, all you will ever see in yourself is the opinion of others.” Convoluted? No! It makes perfect sense. Society wants us to toe-the-line; follow the rules. Society wants us to obtain a few letters after our names & gain respectability…then be a slave to money until we die. That is safety for society. As skateboarders, we walk to the beat of our own drummer & refuse to go the path others would have us take. We are the fortunate few.

Thnx to all my pool pals—Skate Long-Ozzie
Blue Tile Obsession

NAME
Chris Brunner

DATE OF BIRTH
11/11/97

HOMETOWN
Laguna Niguel, CA

SPONSORS
Vans, Bones, Powell, Factor 54 & Liberty Boardshop

YEARS SKATING
Five

FIRST TRICK
Ollie

LATEST TRICK
Lipslide Bigspin

FAVORITE TERRAIN TO SKATE
everything–ATV

GO-TO TRICKS
Feeble, Lip Slide

FAVORITE SKATEBOARDING MAG
Thrasher

MUSIC YOU’RE INTO
Sabbath, Motorhead, anything that gets me pumped to skate

FAVORITE SKATE VIDEO OR SINGLE PART
FUN! and Mindfield

MOTIVATIONS
Cardiel. Skating with Oscar Meza and shooting with you!

SHOUT-OUTS
Chris Gonz, Deville Nunes, Jared Lucas, Rob White, Elliott Rebuck, Todd Miller and Ted Wueste.

Mr. Cox compiled all this footy over the weekend and put together a quick edit for our viewing pleasures.

It was awesome to finally meet David Serrano. Go peep DVS’s Shopliftin’ Battle where David helped Platform Skate Shop take the title for best video. He is crazy talented on a skateboard so it was a bummer when he busted his foot at the first spot. He’s got a few other skills as you can see by how great the video above was shot. David also showed us a remote lil skate haven at his friends ranch were they have a bunch of ramps & boxes. It was definitely a good time and I cant wait to chill again.

Tap it off with one of those kickflip back lips and call it a day.

Thanks to Mr. Seaholm, The KOGI Street Team, and Tony (Sheckler’s friend) for hooking it up with an awesome day in San Clemente. Thanks Everyone for checking out each Meza Mania!

NAME
Pierce Brunner

DATE OF BIRTH
November 11, 1997

HOMETOWN
Laguna Niguel, CA

SPONSORS
Vans, Bones, Powell, Factor 54 & Liberty Boardshop

YEARS SKATING
About 5

FIRST TRICK
Ollie

LATEST TRICK
5-0 to switch krook

FAVORITE TERRAIN TO SKATE
Street

GO-TO TRICKS
Nollie pop shuv

FAVORITE SKATEBOARDING MAG
THRASHER

MUSIC YOUR INTO
Rock, Hip Hop, Rap, Metal, Punk. All different kinds, depending on my mood. NEVER Country though.

FAVORITE SKATE VIDEO OR SINGLE PART
Arto Saari in Flip “Sorry” (the first one)

MOTIVATIONS
Just thinking about skating gets me hyped

SHOUT-OUTS
Chris Gonzales, DeVille Nunes, Jared Lucas, Peter Jasienski, Rob White, Todd Weuste and Todd Miller, All my homies at the skatepark

Walnut: VANS DOWNTOWN SHOWDOWN . . . WAS THAT YOUR FIRST TIME?

Oscar: I’ve actually gone each year its been going down. Downtown Showdown is a must for me, although this time was really amazing. Again I got to chill with a lot of homies that I don’t see that often. I meet a bunch of cool dudes while I was there so I had a blast mang! Thank Chris (Gonzales) for me again for coming through with the VIP passes.

Walnut: NO DOUBT, VANS DTSD IS MY FAVOREIT EVENT EACH YEAR. HOW DID IT COMPARE TO THE OTHERS YOU’VE BEEN TO AND DID YOU SKATE IN YEARS PAST?

Oscar: Once I got to cruise around a bit but not like this time. I got to skate as much as I wanted. Even though I wasn’t in the mix during the contest I still had a really good time cruising with everyone.

Walnut: HOW DID YOU LIKE ALL THE DIFFERENT SKATE FEATURES, WHICH WAS YOUR FAVORITE TO HIT?

Oscar: They were all pretty sick! Each was really different so that was cool. The Black Label 12 stair was my favorite for sure.

Walnut: WHICH OBSTACLE DID YOU ENJOY MOST WATCHING OTHERS SKATE?

Oscar: The FLIP pyramid ashtray! Just cause we had the best view ever, bird’s eye from the rooftop. So sick!

Walnut: WHO WERE SOME OF THE HOMIES YOU WERE SKATING WITH?

Oscar: Nick Merlino, Kevin Romar, Nick Tucks, Alex Valdez, Chaz Ortis, Ronnie Creager, and so many others . . . Everyone down there was really cool with me so I got to have a little sesh with all those dudes. It was unbelievable how chill everyone was. Thanks to all of them for that!

Walnut: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE WHOLE EVENT?

Oscar: Chilling with a bunch of new homies and shredding with everyone that was there.

Walnut: GOT ANY OTHER SKATE HAPPENINGS POP’N SOON?

Oscar: Well the next big event I’m taking part in is Damn AM so that’s a must for me! If anything pops up before then I’ll keep everyone posted on an upcoming Meza Mania. Maybe even cruise down your way and hit some new spots this week, that would be dope! Until then I’ll be skating in the streets having a good one with the homies.



Nick Merlino_ tre flip on the FLIP pyramid ashtray (from the birds eye view Oscar was talking about)

NAME
Gabriel Ekoe

HOME TOWN
Montreal Canada

SPONSORS
Empire Skateshop, Miam, & Dank

YEAR SKATING
The first time I stepped on a board it was 1989

FIRST PRO YOU LOOKED UP TO
Keenan Milton best combination of style and skills . . . R.I.P.

PLACES YOUR SKATEBOARD HAS TAKEN YOU
Miam , NYC, SF, LA, SD, Vancouver, hospitals . . .

CURRENT FAVORITE ALBUM
Michael Jackson -Thriller

GO-TO-TRICK(S)
depends on the spot…

TRAVEL PLANS
I haven’t skated Europe so I think that’s going to be my next adventure.

SHOUT-OUTS
Shout out to Island Crew , DimeStore Crew, all my skate homies . . . Lets roll!

I met Gab last year while in LA at this crazy mansion that Vivid Entertainment was occupying at the time. Sometimes when your on tour thats just how things end up. We chilled for a minute and I showed him a few spots around LA/SD. Gab came down this way again recenlty and here’s a few of the easy going photos we got. Maybe you’ll be seeing the hammers later.

Each board I put my hands on during the product shoot was flawless. If this is the first run from these guys no doubt we’ll be seeing more. Thanks WELCOME!

NAME
Oscar Meza

DATE OF BIRTH
10/08/91

HOMETOWN
Los Angeles Cali.

YEARS SKATING
Once I turn 18, it’ll have been 8 years.

FIRST TRICK
Shuv-it, dude I still remember how siked I was when I did that!

LATEST TRICK
I finally slapped nollie tres across the face. Trick was killig me to learn, but know lets just wait and see where I put it down.

FAVORITE TERRAIN TO SKATE
No matter what I’m skating I’ll always have a good time! Definitely wanting to be an all around skater, so I don’t really have a fravorite thing to skate. As long as I’m skating its all good.

MOTIVATIONS
Life itself. God. Family. Friends. The hood!

SPONSORS
Emerica Footwear, Destructo Trucks, JSLV Clothing, ELM CO., PUSH griptape, and MainLine Skateshop.

SHOUT OUTS
Everyone that hooks me up, “sponsors!” Walnum for shooting the best fuckin pix! my Filmer SERGE. And all the homies I usely skate with! FUCK yeah, MEZA’s BACK bitchessss….

NOW THAT YOU KNOW SOME BASICS ON MEZA, STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS EACH MONDAY
(Oscar’s been taking it easy lately due to a slight injury, get ready to witness some big things from Meza)
Its official . . . Meza Mania here on Mondaze.

If you didn’t catch it on FuelTV then peep this New Pollution episode featuring Mr Meza.

NAME
D’on Harris

AGE
21

HOME
Austin Texas and San Diego, California

SPONSORS
World Industries(flow), Broke Hardware, Capital Skatepark, Mom and Dad

YEARS SKATING
6

FIRST PRO YOU LOOKED UP TO
Stefan Janoski The King of Steez

FIRST EVENT YOU ATTENDED (AND MAYBE YOUR THOUGHTS FROM THE EXPERIENCE)
The first was probably some random Ocean Beach comp or something, I’m not really sure. But my most memorable was the ASR tradeshow about 4 years back, when it still had a lot to do with skateboarding and its future. I was walking with 2 friends of mine, Jared(Cheney) and Bryan(Skandunas) along the free skate course on my way to sign up for a Tradeshow comp. I had just met Kareem(Cambell) for the first time and I’ll admit I was still a little starstruck from it as I was chattin it up with my homies. Then I crossed paths with another star of skateboarding Mr. Theotis Beasly. Upon catching each others eye immediately all I could say was, “Theotis, dude, wow man you rip man. I’m proud of you dawg for real. My name is-” and before I could say it he said it for me. He not only knew my first and last name but he had also said that he watches my part on “Vitalskate.com” (r.i.p) and was hyped on it.The only thing I could think of was how many times Ive watched his part in the “Baker Has A Deathwish” video. We shook hands and left it at, “I’ll see you soon friend.” That day, not to be cheesy, changed my life. To feel like I was actually recognized and respected by someone whom I had respected and admired myself. That day I learned 2 things: That no one is too small for respect and acknowledgement and that not everyone blessed with a little stardom has to be spoiled by it. Thanks Theotis.

CURRENT FAVORITE ALBUM
Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californiacation” and Lil Wayne “Tha Carter 3″

SKATE VID OR INDIVIDUAL PART THAT MAKES YOU WANNA SKATE RECENTLY
Way too many parts but if it had to be 2 its: Sean Malto “And Now” and Transworlds entire “First Love” video

GO-TO-TRICK(S)
Tre flip, Switch flips, Front feebs and switch double fakie ollie grinds

TRAVEL PLANS
I’m trying to enter as many contests as possible. But traveling is expensive these days for flow kids. I’d like to go to Houston for the King of Chicago, to Cali for the Crossroads and hopefully somthin sick like the Dew Tour or somthing haha.

SHOUT-OUTS
tooo many here also/The family forever/Broke family/SD and its inhabitants/Stefan and Theotis, Mike Page and Amanda Huerta/Allen Dehn/Jacob , Alex W, Robert, Dom, Baby G. Ryan Gonzales and Aspen/El Cajon/Skum clique/Ryan Strader/Shaun Mefford/Chris “Uncle Summy” Summers/Ryan Shoreman/Che/Tyler lee/Anthony Baker/Everyone who hated on me and everyone who gave me love, i needed you both and of course Brian “Wally” Walnum Thank you all.

D’on is a true homie and a great skateboarder so you know we’ll be seeing more of him in the future. Keep up the good work Mr. Harris! Now go peep his skate vids on youtube.

I’ve known Chris for sometime now and he was the first real homie I met who was truly down for skateboarding 24/7. He has become one of my best friends and over the years I’ve come to know him as an adapter to any situation. We met sometime in ‘99 at the local skate shop where he worked, Hanger 94. Everyone knew him as a shredder so naturally we started skating and shooting pix together practicing different techniques with my 35mm family cam. Chris has always been able to find unique street spots and bring a creative view to the daily skate sesh.

So why do I see Gonz as a great adapter? If Chris ever feels a situation is wrong he quickly makes it right. Back in the day little Chris quit high school I’m sure not because he knew what he wanted to be but because he saw a different path. Growing up in El Cajon is chill although tough to get away from. As he adapted to the hustle & bustle of modern life he moved on to get a job at SoleTech selling the goods. Now we all know that money is the devil and dealing with it (especial sucks if it’s not yours) melts your soul so Chris found a way truer to himself. Gonz dropped the fake money and is currently a Visual Merchandiser for Vans where he only deals with the fun stuff, making sure Vans is pimped at your local shops and he does a damn good job. If you see him during any skate event he’s probably bbq’n gourmet hotdogs and making sure your stoked on waffle grip. He has a knowledgeable understanding of nature and is a great person to have around if your out in the wilderness. Say armageddon really happens someday soon, I bet there would be Gonz residue that survives and starts forming into some new species. He’s fuckin GonzGoneWild!

Now when we hang out things are no different. We still skate to have fun shooting pictures with our digital and film cameras. So this is why Gonz is an adapter, he makes things happen. I mean you’re here now peeping my blog and he made this.