Jake Ashcraft Photo - Photo Journal of Southern California Action Sports: January 2009

The Tattoo Show in Murrieta California with owner and tattoo artist Jake Wells

A friend of mine, Jake Wells, opened a new Tattoo shop (The Tattoo Show formerly Sideshow Artworks) in Old Town Murrieta a few months ago. I have been meaning to get over there and check it out but just been so busy. Jake has been wanting to shoot some photos at the shop and get some shots of the crew. Luckilly this morning, I was on a way to a shoot and all loaded up with all my camera and lighting equipment when I get a call from my client saying they wanted to postpone the shoot until next weekend. I was kind of bummed but I figured I would take advantage of the situation so I gave Jake a call and told him I would be by in a bit to shoot some photos.

Check out some of the rad photos we shot today.

Monster Energy Supercross - Anaheim Two 2009

Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it to Anaheim 1, we had a wedding to shoot and you know how that goes, gotta make that cheddar!

With so much excitement that came out of A1, I couldn't wait to get to A2. All in all, the race was good but I was hoping that Josh Grant or Josh Hill would pull something out of their ass. However, it was nice to see Whindham up on the podium. Bubba won as he usually does. And surprisingly, Chad Reed was up on game! At one point, his lap time was 2 seconds faster than anyone else.

I put together a little gallery with some photos. Click Here to view them.

Answer Racing party in Corona

Last night I headed up to Corona to check out the Answer Racing party. The party was goin off! They had Wahoos's throwing down some mean fish and chicken tacos, plus the had some of their athletes signing autographs for some fans. Athletes included, Bubba Stewart, Nick Wey, Kevin Windham, Ronnie Faisst, Grant Langston, Nate Adams, Ernesto Fonseca and a few others that I can't think of at the moment. Even Malcolm Smith was hanging out!

Of course the Red Bull Vodka's were flowing because you know how Red Bull does it. And best of all, I got to see some friends I hadn't seen in a while.

I managed to snap some photos as well. Click Here to check out the complete gallery of photos from the party.

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