4Q conditioning

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2012-01-30T10:35:00.000-08:00

oakland minute #7

2012-01-26T20:57:00.000-08:00

i used to live like a rake in a young man

the left side of
this sign reads a little weird

young corbin

recharge

huge human turd right out
of right side frame

you blew it oly

maybe i'll start being
a photographer and start
using my full first name and
middle name

this guy broke down choppers
to me with mastatbatory vocabulary
he said "cool bike" then told me
the things he would change. next
year he will be a builder and i'll
be an asshole.

so true.....

2012-01-25T10:32:00.000-08:00

thanks dan!!

2012-01-23T10:39:00.000-08:00

Hi Max,
Thought you might enjoy these photos of my father. First one is of him on his bothers triumph in about 62' Track Jacket was made my my grandmom, says"fazol's motorcycle and surf shop" Second is him on his honda with 6 over front end about 74'. Lastly is a gasser style go cart he made in 65'. All pictures are taken just outside Alantic City NJ

cheek to cheek

2012-01-21T20:17:00.000-08:00

..justin from salinas sends these of his pops..

2012-01-19T09:58:00.000-08:00

oh shitttt!! tonight.

2012-01-17T10:26:00.000-08:00

going to visit my
friend nick from the -cormans-
tonight, if you're near come
out.

......back then.

2012-01-17T10:16:00.000-08:00

i first posted this photo four years
ago... it was taken about 12 years ago,
this was beginning. my first frame, bought
from a front yard in Oakland.

I get the news I need on the weather report.
I can gather all the news I need on the weather report.
Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile.

Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where,
And we don't know where.

Here I am..........

repost of some old gold

2012-01-14T17:55:00.001-08:00

..the ol de-rake the frame

2012-01-13T16:04:00.000-08:00

-glorious-

2012-01-12T20:24:00.000-08:00

...jon...

2012-01-11T10:48:00.000-08:00

scott pommier
sent me this photo
of my friend JOn enjoying the
golden hour on the pan i built
for him.

...the sunsets have been so good lately.

2012-01-09T11:05:00.000-08:00

Stewed, Screwed & ........

2012-01-06T17:30:00.001-08:00

....steak knife...

2012-01-04T20:39:00.000-08:00

Steak knife - there's a hole in my head
Steak knife - you're gonna be dead
Steak knife - it's a heavy change
Steak knife - say goodbye to your brain

There's a hole, there's a hole in my heart
Dick hurts, chop it apart
Fuckin' sheep, I'm on the rag
They got my balls in a plastic bag

I think I need a doctor - to look inside my head
Every time I love a girl - I stab her in my bed
I see my life - in visions crimson shape
I see my life in hell - there's no escape

There's a hole, there's a hole in my heart
Head hurts, chop it apart

Steak knife - there's a hole in my head
Steak knife - you're gonna be dead
Steak knife - it's a heavy change
Steak knife - say goodbye to your brain

....Johnny and i rode up to Napa yesterday to visit my friend Josh.

2012-01-03T12:16:00.000-08:00

.....happy almost new year....

2011-12-31T14:24:00.001-08:00

...=== WES LANG ===...

2011-12-29T21:31:00.000-08:00

this crazy fool is at it again!
wes has just finished up some new stuff.
it's looking so good.
thanks for sending it over buddy.
WES LANG BLOG HERE

gonz on his panhead in tokyo

2011-12-29T12:05:00.000-08:00

leading up to xmas2011

2011-12-26T16:36:00.000-08:00

the claus's

my god daughter did this

young sonny corbin

yea the beard makes you
feel insecure...because
you're insecure. but the leggings
make me trendy.

squareing out the freaks

about to ride through
a cloud of cocaine

age before beauty

pony boy curtis and stuff

hella norcal pony boy and shit.
tight...dogs

jack and jim hooked me up

got mom a new bike

got fonz's greatest hits record

xmas am ride

-jerry buttles-

2011-12-22T14:07:00.000-08:00

this kid jerry came by the shop to take
a couple photos... i met him randomly outside
the coffee shop. which is one of my favorite
ways to meet people... in person.
when he came over he told me about his
grandpa that lives down in fresno and how he used
to have a bike shop down there and built a
bunch of bikes.
lil did i know his grandpa built a couple
of my favorites.. the one pictured below
and BIG ARMONDS bike. fucking crazy.
nice to meet you jerry...
check his photos here

finally....... whoa ho ho. shirts and stuff

2011-12-19T11:36:00.000-08:00

got some stuff in the store....
gonna do my best to get it to
you by x-mas.... but can't guarantee it.

LINK TO 4Q STORE HERE

amazing detail

fountain print came
out really cool

to those that order... thanks in advance.
enjoy.

crop circles

2011-12-15T21:34:00.000-08:00

-show class-

2011-12-15T14:08:00.000-08:00

calender...... get em here

= 6" over = trailer

2011-12-13T10:43:00.000-08:00

60's halloween party

2011-12-12T11:40:00.000-08:00

the rush......

2011-12-07T18:33:00.000-08:00

speaking of -hawaii--

2011-12-05T11:53:00.000-08:00

a few months back.....

my friends at ROYAL HAWAIIAN POOL SERVICE
and i teamed up to do this guest board.
check them out....

went to -hawaii- a few months ago.......

2011-12-05T11:44:00.000-08:00

and my friend eric anthony snapped
these photographs

me and guy cliff jumpin..

legend jef hartsel
was the coolest dude..
and was ripping.

4Q BIKES.... i added some more photos

2011-12-01T11:31:00.000-08:00

this was the beginning

built this beater pan
pretty sketch

scott's shovel

4Q knuckle

VL Shovel

the 69er original

i did an fxr once

sean's triumph

46 knuckle

tore it apart and made the
grim raper
knuckle

jon's pan

69er part2

joe's genshovel

baby j's triumph

ron burgandy / tears of a clown
started as pan

buyer wanted a knuckle

downtown oaktown

2011-11-29T14:19:00.000-08:00

ken goto photo

..this one never gets old.

2011-11-27T17:33:00.000-08:00

dual carb stroker
barger

it's a beautiful day to be alive

2011-11-26T11:07:00.000-08:00

happy turkey day

2011-11-24T13:27:00.000-08:00

some words......

2011-11-23T14:14:00.000-08:00

Haven’t been writing too much on here lately…

Once
A long ago I asked Mark Gonzalez to paint me a painting, he turned to me and explained that for him, painting has to done be done at the right time, the right time being a time when he is inspired to paint. I’ve always held onto this moment I shared with him. I was young and a fan of Mark, and I just wanted some artwork of his to hang on the wall. The crazy thing was Mark had come to visit me, to skate my ramp, and to just hang out. This would be a dream for most skaters, and it was for me, but somehow the idea of him making me a painting was like some sort of stamp that would solidify this new friendship. Looking back I realize how much I wanted from people in my early 20’s. The man-child times of my life could be so damn confusing. I think Mark saw that I was some sort of idiot savant…. I locked myself in my warehouse and just skated. I over focused on it, ate right, stayed in shape and obsessed over skating. It was pure and from my heart, but in ways it was almost sick. A young man should live and let the world challenge him, but my challenge was skating and pushing myself. I would travel far and wide in those days but it was more just to get to skate something new, it was foolish of me not to see the experience of travel in a bigger picture. It took me a long time to find myself and to let me be myself. It took distancing myself from skateboarding for a certain amount of time, it took me submerging myself in night school classes, and a huge awakening was learning how to build my first motorcycle from the ground up. It was me alone in the garage struggling mostly, fucking things up at times and succeeding at times. It was a proper and much needed balance. Though it was just about a decade ago, it was a different time as far as building a bike goes, now there is such a network through the computer with other chopper enthusiasts, and “how to” information. I see nothing wrong with this, and to judge it would only point out my age and insecurity. But I would never change a thing about the way I got to experience my first build. I was inspired by others at the time, but you know there is that feeling when something really finds you that is so deep, it’s like falling in love, it’s unexplainable. It grabs you by the heart and by the nuts and it drags you around. It’s someone else’s first rock show that made them become a musician…or the first time you held a spray can to a wall and you knew you wanted to be an artist, maybe a photographers first look behind a lens. That feeling when those chills run up the back of your neck and into your brain, and you look around and ask your self if this is an ok place to scream at the top of your lungs. And when you get it, you are just so thankful it found you. It may not be forever, it may transfer to something else, but you welcome it and you grab onto it. For me it’s been skateboarding and motorcycles…. I don’t have to prove it by saying for LIFE, it’s just the things that have found me. I’m not just passing through, but at anytime I would welcome something that would challenge me and consume me the way that they have. It is a personal trip…and we are individuals, no matter how hard others will try to box you in. Recently I had an older friend that I look up to tell me “you know man I just can’t figure you out”…. I took it as kind of odd when he said it because, first off what the fuck are you doing trying to figure out someone you have already accepted as a friend. Days later looking back on it I took it as a compliment. I don’t really want to be “figured out”. I enjoy individuals that keep me guessing and surprise me. Shit I can’t figure myself out most days. I’m the only one that lives inside this head/body so I don’t think anyone can truly figure anyone else out. I couldn’t really figure Mark out back then, and why he just couldn’t paint me a painting on the spot. Now of course I get it and the lesson is learned. The funny thing is Mark and I skated my ramp that night like two men gone mad. I tucked myself into bed that night around 11:00pm and at 6:30am I heard a tapping on my door…..
“hey Maxi, I made something for you” mark whispered

when I went downstairs Mark had painted me a painting on the wall next to my ramp. It was fucking giant. Ten feet high and about Twenty four feet wide. After our skate he was feeling inspired. Thanks for the lesson Mark.

.....this life.

2011-11-21T13:36:00.000-08:00

grab the bolo by the horns

2011-11-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

my friend lil sara has
started an etsy store:
sundown special

-4th annual 69 mile ride-

2011-11-20T18:22:00.000-08:00

wanted to thank all of you that came out.
definitely the tightest pack that ever rode
out there. a whole crew of girls, "bro's" from
LA. young men, old men, brisk weather, brandon
officially rides a motorcycle now, cassandra
is still a maniac on her bike, johnny=sales,
sacto ronald made an appearance, grown ass man
makes another year, sacramento= thank you, a chubby
sober nerd even got some action, pommier= murphy's law,
it was a good time.
"thank you so much for doing this, i've been waiting
for it all year"..... is the best.
till next time.

i don't got too many photos.

so I'm going to -do it-. this saturday.

2011-11-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

it would be awesome if you came.
bring any bike you want.

i'm going to have some shirts for sale
with the image below.seriously.

-depends- will be written across the back
of the shirt in "old english"
or "old engrish" if you come from japan.

get gas for your "hawg" before the ride leaves.

the lingo.....

2011-11-15T10:44:00.000-08:00

you got your first beard
and your denim vest.....
now you got the lingo.

gonna try to do this this weekend sat or sun depending on the weather.

2011-11-14T11:26:00.000-08:00

tons of free shit
and a massive amount of sponsors.
Awards:
longest doo rag.
shortest dong.
bloodiest burn out.
best crack

bike awards:
newest old school
&
oldest new school

-dennis hopper-

2011-11-13T11:52:00.000-08:00

every rose has it's thorn

2011-11-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

you got gold.

2011-11-09T18:02:00.000-08:00

out in the desert.

2011-11-08T11:15:00.000-08:00

took this photo the other week
when we skating palm springs.

wire 1977

2011-11-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

yas&yas

2011-11-06T20:06:00.000-08:00

these guy's came by
are were such good dudes.
yas-1 has the company "HWZN BROSS"
the make all kinds of cool chopper
shit. he was tattooed in japan by
freddy corbin 12 years ago... so jason
did a good tattoo in him and i did a fucked
up one. good times Yas.

Yas-2 has the magazine frontend
he does it all himself and puts
out a real good magazine. super
chill dude. so good to hangout with
you guys.

--sonny--

2011-11-04T18:46:00.000-07:00

me an sonny barger 2004

....some shots from sunday.

2011-11-03T10:56:00.000-07:00

..it's a -duncan- kind of night.

2011-11-02T19:51:00.000-07:00

-freddy on vice-

2011-11-02T10:57:00.000-07:00

my friend and brother
freddy corbin has a really
cool video interview type thing
on vice magazines website for
their -tattoo age- series.
CHECK IT OUT HERE

just finished this pain-t job.

2011-11-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

brandon from mullins chain drive
made this amazing little tank for
my friend alex.
i just finished painting it.

Yesterday was golden.

2011-10-31T11:30:00.001-07:00

Good times with friends.

bro-zil -FELA LA PUTA-!

2011-10-27T21:13:00.001-07:00

was lucky enough to get
to go down to Two wheels Brazil!!
great show, great times.
here we go... brazil!

world

jesus dave!! stunt finger.

yep sorry paulo.. and i didn't get
a photo of dave's first ever tattoo
above these beauties.

tat zappin

sign my mailbox...
sorry guy, almost as
good as the Teutuls signature

yes sir

"i said put you arm around my
girlfriend!"
ok no problem

Paulo spared no expense
he even had to show up our
partying by hiring the original
party animal. SPUDS.

they love their meat down there

who farted?

josh is the coolest

west and east

mr and mrs joke king
lazer eyes

Paulo -Eddie-Chrys- Daniel and Ava
thanks so much!!!!! great times!

gonna check out of the blogosphere for a few days.....

2011-10-19T20:12:00.000-07:00

see you soon!

it burns a little. just at the tip.

2011-10-18T13:47:00.000-07:00

so romantic!!

one from the road....

2011-10-18T13:43:00.000-07:00

my buddy =WES=

2011-10-14T11:47:00.001-07:00

has a show in denmark....
congratulations wes..

insane as usual.

every day i'm hustler-ing.....

2011-10-14T11:40:00.000-07:00

just wrenchin bro

one hand on the kill switch
and one on the throttle

do it in the dirt?
down and dirty?

jonah... your mag
is on the back of the toilet.
thank you sir.

... It was a good day to hit the city-

2011-10-13T19:07:00.001-07:00

..the family truckster...

2011-10-10T14:24:00.000-07:00

honky lips!!!!

sell your minivan....

2011-10-10T14:15:00.000-07:00

up in canada.....

2011-10-10T14:13:00.000-07:00

check em out...
help em out...

good hearing from you darren

..the next level

2011-10-09T21:01:00.000-07:00

bikini
barefoot

...face merkins.

2011-10-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

amazed exciting

.... andy's ramp ....

2011-10-05T18:43:00.000-07:00

....the older i get the harder time i have
remembering the year of old photos. i'm
guessing this is 1993...i"m riding venture
trucks which i only rode for a short time.
but it might be 1992? It's a slob air but
looks a lot like a regular footed indy nose
bone. Kevin from thrasher
had sent this over months ago and it just
sat on my desktop. I clicked it today and
stared at for a while. At the time this was
taken this ramp was "andys ramp"... but we tore
down "bryces" ramp to get it over to oakland.
after "andys" it became "wiggys" and after that
it became "kevins".... i think we moved it
over from sf in about 91? Now it's josh's place
and it's a different ramp..but it's been a skatespot
for almost 20years. I knocked my self out on the vert
part of it real good one time... out cold, twitching
and talking to myself on the flat bottom. MRI to
the brain. Cardiel jumped through the rafters and
Curtis died there... another dude tied a noose to
his neck and was going to attempt suicide by
rolling into the ramp, but was interrupted by
one of his bros. Every drug has been shot,
smoked, and snorted at the ramp. I'm sure the
ramp has torn at least 50 tendons.
The ramp was pretty ghetto in terms of its
dimensions...12ft wide vert?? pretty stone age,
and the low part was way to mellow, but man this
ramp would get torn to shreds during heavy
sessions. Coco, julien,cards, gluehead,sarge,
phelper, and so many other visiting psychopaths
would rip this ramp. It was pretty nuts because
you could blast a 6 foot air and then transfer
down to the low part and do the latest disco
lip trick. the transfers from
low to high were the funnest. but it could be
a very humbling ramp... Dozens of times
a non local would show up to show his stuff,
and end sitting down. And shit when it
rained out, it was the place to go. Those nights
went off.
I look at his photo and just realize how
precious spots like this were to me as a young
man. They were my living room, my bar room,
my boxing ring, the highest mountain,
and greatest book ever written. So i guess
that's the point of this ramble.

...1967.

2011-10-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

is this fun?

one word........

2011-10-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

....epically triked....

2011-10-03T14:14:00.000-07:00

..thanks gus!!

2011-09-29T12:35:00.000-07:00

my buddy gus sent this photo
of his pops and godfather.
nocal way back when.

--4Q-HQ--

2011-09-28T11:26:00.000-07:00

my buddy
billy childress
took these photos

me&tom

2011-09-25T18:54:00.000-07:00

troy from
-chico moto-
sent me this photo
and i am stoked to
say the least.

weedeater

2011-09-24T15:45:00.001-07:00

trip out......

2011-09-21T15:22:00.000-07:00

some shitty photos
from my new york trip.

we got started right out
the gate.bradley
about to take me to outer space.

when tom fugle asks you
to help him kick his bike
... you kick harder than
you've ever kicked and then
you piss your pants.

tom and bill

my new lower back tat

the show was so good.
tons of bikes and folks

johnny got a frame..
thanks eric!!

empire state background props

riding in NYC is intense,
potholes bigger than cars.

dave and wes
heavy moment

wes doing his thing
amazing space, rad dude.

oakland and chicago in NY

to everyone that makes this
show happen... thankyou!!!
still trying to find my mind.

the white knights in the
house of kolor!!! you guys
killed it.

Tom Fugle

2011-09-19T19:43:00.001-07:00

Was completely amazing out in
NYC. Inspiration.

WKITHOK

2011-09-17T12:41:00.001-07:00

John Copeland

Thanks John

Brooklyn Bound

2011-09-15T06:41:00.001-07:00

-the dream weaver-

2011-09-13T21:39:00.000-07:00

i started this project a few months
ago with my buddy jason. it started as
a tired clapped out stock shitbox.
my friend toby re-did the motor and
helped when he could. jason started very
green, but picked up shit very quickly. i would
point him the right direction and he would
always be eager to try the rest. he's one
of those rare people that removes ego from
learning. it was inspiring to be around that
sort of attitude. it was a lot work, but work
with a friend a lot of the time just feels like
hanging out. thing runs great and is super tiny,
i shortened the shit out of the hardtail and
everything just fit together. i don't get a chance
to mess with triumphs much so it was a welcome change.
congratulations jason. you earned it.

pin the tail on ol lady?

2011-09-11T19:33:00.000-07:00

-the saviours-

2011-09-08T19:33:00.000-07:00

my friends the saviours
made a new rock video...
check it out!!
they're out on tour now.

CRETE'N from Simon Chan on Vimeo.

- ride the lightning -

2011-09-07T21:45:00.000-07:00

Bordertown

2011-09-05T13:52:00.001-07:00

Goodtimes

josh kurpius

2011-08-26T17:29:00.000-07:00

hi josh!
my bike almost looks
like a toy in this photo.

n o bullshit. over 30 years of only top ends. father and son. tried and true

2011-08-26T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hannan's Machine Shop

21050 Mission Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94541-1825
(510) 581-5315

knuckleheads get you all the babes..... and dudes it turns out.

2011-08-26T17:24:00.000-07:00

some folks just spell it out for you.

2011-08-26T17:20:00.000-07:00

mister pommier

grampa???

2011-08-26T17:19:00.000-07:00

2 randoms.....

2011-08-25T12:07:00.001-07:00

isaac's garage

john's twin cam

get slap-ped

2011-08-22T10:56:00.001-07:00

the kids over at slap
magazine have started a new
article to that kinda focuses
on skaters and what they do
off the board.....
they came over a we talked
a bit. it's not whacky or
crazy. it's just conversation basically.
check it if you got some time.
slap mag

oakland minute #6

2011-08-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

did this with michael schmidt the other day.....

2011-08-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

thanks michael!!

Max Schaaf for 2 Wheels Brazil from Michael Schmidt on Vimeo.

i went to .ATR. and all i got was these lousy photos

2011-08-19T14:28:00.000-07:00

i met jason a few years ago.
what can i say i have thing for jasons.
sometimes you don't have to question
a friendship, it just works. there's no
need for constant phone calls, one upping,
of phony chit chat. real talk, real time,
or maybe just real gay. either way... jason
and his ATR are
goodthings and i'm glad to call him a friend. slightly chubby.

your turning violet, violet

tits..check. guns.. check

measuring johnsons

...change....

2011-08-17T10:46:00.000-07:00

my lil ron burgandy/ tears of a clown
is headed to brazil within the next day.
it's headed to the two wheels brazil
bike show...
but a change had to come...old ron's heart
now pumps to the rhythm of a knucklehead. it
was a difficult change... i loved the bike
with the pan but sometimes you got to not
fight it and and move forward. i really want
to build another pan anyway.. now i got the
motor. but i do really dig it with the knuck.

listen all the way to the end.
fucking amazing.

help these dudes out.....

2011-08-15T08:38:00.000-07:00

check this version

Hey Max,

we're in this build your own spot contest sponsored by Vans and Spitfire - the shop vid with the most votes wins cash to build more shit. The plan if we win is to build more stuff to skate under the bridge so i was hoping you might be down to hook us up with a link and tell people to vote for us on your blog.

just a request.

link is below
http://skate.vans.com/spitfirebyos/fiveone_video.html#ooid=NyZG5wMjqmGkLQyTIlBQx-U_BtojVCsm

have a good weekend man!

-perma shirt-

2011-08-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

whoa!

thanks adam

-yo joe-

2011-08-13T10:32:00.000-07:00

so fresh and so clean

paulo thanks so much for making me this
joe king helmets

i been going through some old posts...

2011-08-10T18:18:00.000-07:00

it's been a few years since
i started this glob.. here are
some randoms from the last few years.

... also check out -the selvage yard-
for a little team work they did with
scott pommier
thank you guys!

still one of the baddest

tim lehi

rocky is the first
and only team member on
4Q

I'm trying to perfect his laugh

it's always been a problem

my ex girlfriend

the baddest mother fucker

how many skateboarders
does it take to ride a bmx?

van halen oakland 1981

2011-08-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

fry-day knights

2011-08-05T10:04:00.000-07:00

My friend Brad is opening
a barber shop. The location is a lil tricky. It's in the the little
alley that runs parallel with telegraph ave. Kind of across from tattoo 13. There is a opening thing there tonight, cruise over before the cruise night.
Congratulations Brad.
Temescal Alley Barbershop

.... and then cr-ooze by the cruise night
Royal Jokers

4Q-HQ

2011-08-04T09:26:00.000-07:00