My friend, @surfyskatey tail taps Shell Bowl in Oceanside in early 1980s. jgrantbrittainphotos.com #jimalesi #shellbowl #skateboarding #skatephotography #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain https://www.instagram.com/p/B1kX4aglSjC/?igshid=1brbi9yxjl0bv

Must have been cold this day at the Del Mar Skate Ranch around 1979, good thing I had my pet caterpillar on my top lip to keep me warm. That’s @kim_cespedes standing in the background and the Keyhole is deckless. 📸 @surfyskatey #kimcespedes #jimalesi #delmarskateranch #moustache #skatephotography #jgrantbrittain https://www.instagram.com/p/B6UYPAclVhN/?igshid=1il0cf5ak8xv7

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I went on a beer run to Seaside Market in Cardiff-by-the-Sea and facing me was a photo(on the right)of a younger(19) Me skating in 1974 and the very first skate photo(Kyle Jensen on the left) that I took in 1979. @duckfootbeer did a series of 25 Old Bro skate photos on cans by my friends Bill Billing and Jim Alesi and I. Look for it! #duckfootbrewing #oldbro #kylejensen #jgrantbrittainphotos #jimalesi #billbilling #skatephotography #delmarskateranch #grantbrittain #jgrantbrittain #hazypaleale https://www.instagram.com/p/B1MEFDcl-Ac/?igshid=91oursa5n19w

Tonight starting at 6pm at @blindladyalehouse there will be a @duckfootbeer and @oldbro4life Tap Takeover of the Old Bro Hazy Pale Ale and Cans will be available too. I will be there in person and my photos on cans including this one of me getting an imaginary tube ride in 1974.😬🥴🤓 #duckfootbrewing #duckfootoldbro #blindladyalehouse #jgrantbrittain #oldbrobeer #normalheights #hazypaleale #craftbeer #sandiegocraftbeer #skateboarding #beersandcameras #billbilling #jimalesi https://www.instagram.com/p/BvCuDK3HPPd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=189u408i8iapw

I am doing a Pop-Up Photo Show tomorrow, Sunday from 12 noon to 4pm at @socalskateshop in Mission Viejo to coincide with the last stop of the @duckfootbeer @oldbro4life skate photo Can Launch Release of the Old Bro Double Dry Hopped Hazy Pale Ale(take breath or insert commas). 1pm, There will be a Best Trick Contest and at 4pm, we’re heading down the block to @highparktaphouse for a Tap Takeover featuring the Old Bro and cans will be for sale. There are 25 cans so collect them all🥴. Snow photo by @pjepix #socalskateshop #duckfootbrewing #oldbrobeer #billbilling #jimalesi #craftbeer #skateboarding #skatephotography #highparktaphouse #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain https://www.instagram.com/p/BvYBwx8nmPB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1byoo0qtng9x9

My Zine in the mid-80s was “Airzine”. Back then, you would do a Xeroxed zine on your area and feature your friends, these are two of my best friends @b_ray and @surfyskatey Fun times! Photos: jgrantbrittainphotos.com #airzine #skatezines #billbilling #jimalesi #shellbowl #skateboardingisfun #skateboarding #jgrantbrittainphotos #jgrantbrittain #grantbrittain #cantdeleteskateboardinghistory

This is one of my oldest friends @b_ray We met one day in 1978 at the Del Mar Skate Ranch where I worked. We were talking and found out we had Kneeboarding in common(not on skateboards, Surfing man). I got him a job there and we became the best of friends. Bill, @surfyskatey and I made a few runs out to the VC Reservoir in the early 1980s and those were the best of times, that place was perfect. Bill Billing is still skating and surfing and enjoying life in his mid 50s, may he live long and prosper! Photo: Brittain #billbilling #oldbroskateboards #jimalesi #skateboarding #vcreservoir #skatelegends #delmarskateranch #jgrantbrittain #jgrantbrittainphotos #grantbrittain #valleycenter

I worked at the Del Mar Skate Ranch starting in 1978 with Jim Alesi and Bill Billing. The top photo was taken in the early 1980s and the bottom is 2016. Photos: Sonny Miller and Sage Brittain #delmarskateranch #billbilling #jimalesi #oldbroramp #skateboarding #theskateboardmag @theskateboardmag #grantbrittain