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brockel-man or myth?

2009-04-21T02:16:00.000-07:00

wrote this for jeff pulliam's english project and since it wasn't my grade I kinda got a bit ridiculous with the help of Melissa and Jeff took a few notes here and there.

There once was a man named Robbie Brockel, who was a warrior on and off his skateboard. He drank pints of Steel Reserve and could eat 10 Jack in the Box tacos in one sitting, “no problem.” Many people recognized he was a prodigy and began to resent him and tried to compete for his high celestial title. This was “no big deal” for Robbie because he was betrayed by his wizard mentor Peter Hewitt several years prior with a poisoned 40oz of Steel Reserve. The formula in the poison contained magical stardust that was created to kill Robbie but had an adverse effect and made Robbie’s mustache thrive. For a while Robbie felt as if the mustache meant nothing but he soon learned that it gave him the courage to take his skateboarding to the level only an immortal could accomplish. He soon realized the power behind this magical facial hair and discovered the mustache could manipulate his brain and talk to him through a naturally occurring phenomenon deemed impossible by Einstein himself called Mustache Mouth. Not only did the mustache have the power to take him to the top, but it also had the power to take his mind and make it vulnerable to dangerous and life threatening situations. After a while of being put into these situations and succeeding with “no problem” there came a point when Robbie knew that going up was no longer an option. However, the mustache had a very different and very grim idea that could either take Robbie to AZ God status or the grave. Soon enough the mustache suggested, taunted, even pleaded and did everything in its almighty and demented power to get him to gazelle flip the abominable, the blood curdling, hair raising, you bet your ass you won’t jump down this and live to talk about it, the beast itself. El Toro. Though he knew he had it in him to do it down 9, 10, even 12 stairs, El Toro raised a red flag. Not only did El Toro make Robbie quiver in his own skin due to its enormous size and shroud of danger. It also made him question his motive to achieve AZ God status because El Toro is a place where people go to become one trick wonders, not a place to gain regard as an AZ. God. Now, becoming a one trick wonder is one major no-no in becoming anything close to resembling an AZ. God and El Toro is the perfect place to accomplish such a feat; Simply because it is so massive, so incredibly breathtaking, so marvelous and mortifying all in one instance that it can not possibly be one upped in any future trick one could ever fathom going for. With all of these things said, Robbie knew that going against his mustache was a smart decision that could very well save his life goal of being recognized as an AZ God skater. However, Moustache Mouth had a grip on his mind like a vice; Anytime Robbie even thought against the idea of gazelle flipping El Toro, Moustache Mouth would sedate him and make him feel bad for going against everything that made him what he had become. Robbie knew what he had to do. Though the Wizard Hewitt had poisoned him, Robbie’s only option of success lied within Hewitt’s cauldron of potion that only Robbie knew about through tapping into his Moustache’s secret hair follicles of thought through lucid dreaming and astral projection. Hewitt granted Robbie the potion, recognizing all of his talent and proper aspiration, even with such a condition as Moustache Mouth. Robbie took one last look at what had made him, one last glance at torment. Now, a toast; in one hand Robbie yielded a steel reserve, the other, the potion. Upon drinking the potion the moustache vanished, the earth shook, time stood still, and it is even said to this day that it was the singular cause of Vesuvius’ eruption. Robbie went on to lead a successful life without his moustache, realizing that AZ God status was not necessary or even possible. It turned out to be a fable created by John Rob Moore just to see if Robbie would try and accomplish it as a joke, knowing Robbie’s competitive esteem. Robbie shrugged it off, said, “no big deal, bro!” and that is the legend of Robbie Brockel.

If you listen closely in the hour between 4 and 5 am it is said that you can hear the shrill cries of the Moustache in the wind as it was sucked into Hewitt’s forbidden chamber forever… Or will it be forever?

holy fuck!

2009-04-21T00:03:00.000-07:00

this guy is fucked! hahahahahahahahaha

coming out

2009-04-20T21:43:00.000-07:00

wee?

2009-04-18T20:37:00.002-07:00

not gonna spend much time trying to describe anything, here are some digital photoz.

me, someone, justin, jeff. psyched, jamie's art show. sick shit, jamie!

spotted a sick moon bounce, here's some photos

more art show shet

jeff wants to cut me, i just wanted to peck that cheek, justin!

a couple women haha

leaving to go to a party, jeff played on ma crutches.

DANCE PArTY

that's our jeff, crowd surfing!

and me, scandalous, gay. :)

the

2009-04-18T20:37:00.001-07:00

hey, yo, hi

2009-04-17T13:54:00.000-07:00

out for a lil bit with an ankle injoowy

new

2009-04-14T07:41:00.000-07:00

though things are nowhere near stagnant or redundant, i'm thinking i'm ready for something new. summer couldn't come at any better a time.

song from the incredible heima, i suggest you check it and or the entire thing out

easter and the day before

2009-04-12T23:47:00.000-07:00

this is a bunch of joke around footage we got with some flying squirrels and off cuts of what actually went down at one spot on easter right by our house before our easter dinner that jordan's wonderful mom made us!

the rain!!! noooo!!!!!!!! soaked the spot, zizzo is hyped.

fuck yeah, the sun came out and dried our spot better than jeff stevens' towels. sorry about soaking them, j!
we got a lot of good clips at this spot and a lot of joke around ones you can see in the video at the top of this post!

after that spot we went to jordan's house and got some marvelous ham and candy! she gave me my very own easter basket and all the homies one as well. fuck yeah, jordan's mom! dinner was amazing, you're great!

jo and lil' jo.

nick played with jo's flying squirrel! these things are amazing.

jonathan played with this one and seconds later it pounced on me and attacked me!

then seconds after this one chuck bass decided to pee all over me!

jon and chuck bass

fell filming, forgot to post this earlier so this will have to do.

then we went to a new spot and nicky got a line!

day before easter

2009-04-12T23:39:00.000-07:00

PHOENIX GOT WET!

so a couple carloads of us looked for something sick to skate.
andddd we came up on nothing.

nick, looking psyched! we love you, come back to arizona sooN!

we ended up at cowtown, here is kody and johnrob admiring a skate video.

went outside to a beautiful rainbow!

went to a party and this is all i got except a ping pong ball i stole and some footy of a bro sipping red bull. i'd upload it but i don't wanna get beat up, sorry dude!
we got kicked out of the party and jeff was our magical designated driver!

i've been blowing it

2009-04-11T03:43:00.000-07:00

but i've also been nailing it. doing lots and lots of particularly productive things; it feels nice. i've four rolls of film to get developed to post here but in the meantime i've got some other goodies.

tyler franz, jake keenan and daniel came down from Albuquerque for phoenix am. Tyler and I got some footage for his part in my upcoming video, fucked up friends. Jake, tyler and a lot ( i mean a lot ) of others got down at tempe park for a montage i'll put right below this text. Nick zizzo is also here, visiting from florida. he's in the montage too.

here is tyler, the video describes him perfectly. always going for it and getting broke off!

that's all for now, i've been blessed with the flu? and pink eye. wonderful. more updates soon, i think. probably not.

2009-03-25T01:37:00.000-07:00

cookie krizp

2009-03-16T12:15:00.000-07:00

to end the night, we made an enormous cookie with ice cream all over it. here's the cookie, as shown by johnrob and mel.

saw a huge thing, i thought it was a hummer til just now.

so a couple friends decided they'd pose with said thing.

skateboarding today

2009-03-15T03:55:00.000-07:00

ryan sublette, at our apts., pre-gaming. justin and i doodled my grip a portrait.

we walked to a secluded spot of the infamous cactus ditch

hung out a lil bit

got tans, massages

jonathan did something super crazy!

justin got a trick

artsy boy

zach almosttt got something so gnarly

went to another spot, ryan got a trick.. peeping the footy

filmed justin doing this tre with the digi cam

the end! more soon babies

pataY!

2009-03-15T03:53:00.001-07:00

we went to a party somewhere

then ryan and justin fought over a grapefruit

naturally jeff joined in and took them both out

then a dog got stuck in a twee

i'm back

2009-03-15T03:51:00.001-07:00

jeff pianki

2009-01-02T01:32:00.001-08:00

Here's a fellow Michigander, skateboarder, and musician. Jeff Pianki! get hyped on how cute this video is!

check out more of jeff's music on his myspace and youtube!

yes!

2008-12-31T14:56:00.000-08:00

happy new year!

a taste

2008-12-29T19:12:00.001-08:00

of what i will be doing tomorrow at 10am. expect a new modern montage soon!

Michigan Mania

2008-12-28T15:03:00.000-08:00

this is what yesterday looked like due to fluctuations in temperatures here West Michigan. One day it was like 9 degrees with a couple feet of snow.. the next, 60 and flooding. and fog, so much fog! I'll have a gooood update really soon :)

More Nobodies

2008-12-26T14:20:00.000-08:00

Well, just one. Today's update is sir John Kight reigning from Howell, Michigan. John is getting married soon so if you see him tell him congratulations and good luck. Here's his part in We Are Nobody, I love ya Johnny!

Jonathan Pierceahhhh

2008-12-23T11:54:00.000-08:00

Jonathan has to be one of my favorite people ever and it just so happens that he kills it on a skateboard. Here he is in Grand Haven, Michigan. Summer 08'. I'll update with more Jonathan soon. enjoy!

Oh and

2008-12-22T14:18:00.000-08:00

anyone interested in music ought to get a last.fm account!

Ah, Winter.

2008-12-22T14:14:00.000-08:00

Since being home, my sleep schedule has consisted of sleepless nights and dreamy days. I arose at 5 pm today. Sleeping in is one thing but this seems a bit overboard. Anyway, here's another We Are Nobody part, Tyler franz.

We Are Nobody

2008-12-21T14:36:00.000-08:00

Copies still available I guess, haven't really marketed this video at all... Anyway, I'm snowed in here in Michigan, 5 foot drifts and its 7° right now. Awesome. Here's fellow Michigander and friend, Mike Bush, as seen in We Are Nobody. Enjoy!

Welcome Home?

2008-12-19T23:53:00.000-08:00

Today I traveled from Arizona back to Michigan to catch up with my friends and family for a couple weeks. I'm hoping I can make a couple indoor park montages while I am home and stay busy in the snow. It feels great to be back! Anyway, today's update is a new friend to the PHX. connection, Gary Cook. Enjoy.

DEEZLE!

2008-12-18T14:15:00.000-08:00

This update is about my boy Deezle! Such a rad guy, check out his blog!

Hardflip in grand rapids, MI. photo:sam murray

Dirty Brett & Chris Mango

2008-12-17T20:46:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of friends of mine! I'll update here and there with some random clips like this one just for something. Plus, Mango does art that you should look at!

Thrash Trash

2008-12-16T22:35:00.000-08:00

Here I will begin posting a semi, if not fully, daily update. To start it off I bring you a montage I made tonight of some throw away footage that was either not filmed good enough or I'm not using it in the video. So without further ado, I present you video update 1, Thrash Trash.