nathan Que Sera mini ramp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S5JZzkx_bQ

nate kankle break skracher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2FfOoqC-M

noseblunt transfer vid link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfYBVA1vJk

flipkik blunts r e z

kick flicking into blunts are WAY less scary than flip kicking outdunno why wouldn't get'em when filmed before, here's a quick redeemer

more skate jammin

more of me skating..
this is surprisingly bad quality. metube accepts 20X larger file size so post higher res there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw3OZOQ4etg

"duke of hazzard" Blockhead, bluntflips

finally got a good bluntflip filmed! tossed in a little slowmo at the end
pat got his first blunt fakie, then cab out of one today!
filmed that for the blunt learners clip am planning, FIVE people have gotten it here. :)
after that he was stoked for a bit so grabbed the camera and here are my clips. got multiple other bluntflips, my first flip into blunt but wasn't filmed but is way easier than flipping out.
mike was shredding always learning new stuff that i'm stocking clips of.
i also added old masonite on the decks squaring it up better with the coping making it easier to get out of tricks so greg stepped up his blunt from the micro to 3' and i got mine switch.
it's a strange satisfaction battling fear of pain and failure with creativity, effort and persevering until accomplishing something you've never done.

has been three weeks without recreating the bluntflip magic! painstakingly figured out the mechanics and was feelin it coming together so went in and grabbed the camera, turned it on and got the 1st clip.
lotsa just blunt testers with nollie and fakie bump lockins, switch too.
blunt day! prover not pukera boring vid but was proud of efforts paying off hah

blunt flip fakie 1st ever WOOP

new move
put a lot of effort into this.
have blunts and flipkickers pretty good so started dabbling with the flip out. went crazy tryin to get this one for an hour and a half or so straight until threw up... and took a break..
until greg, mike and pat mobbed out.

i spent a LOT of time during construction thinking, trying to figure the perfect offset for the micro insert so that people could learn blunt fakies on there like i did and still have it fit in for everything else it can be used for. once built it'd be an ordeal to try to change more than build higher on what's already there.
it's been sweet seeing it work out! once they'd tried and figured them out, then by really digging in and WANTING it enough for a big commitment effort of going for it a lot while being willing to fall for glory more people keep gettin em.
greg was the first to learn them here, then nate did and now john has too just yesterday! all of them blast their pop out and have landed multiple perfectly clean. (bluntlearner montage in the works, more people still pushin it to get theirs)

after only about a week of blunt fakies greg was already testing flip outs, the day i'd barfflip failed!
we'd been shredding a while so got into battle royal over 1st to get blunt frontside. that he learned on the spot taking me out, even though i'd done them on the micro before. so moved on to flip fakies.
we started getting really close taking our falls committing and putting it down so mike grabbed the camera and i got this battle royal as soon as he had it focused.
and the days war with blunt flip fakies with a couple more to back it up.

rebuilder transition

wanted to show the transition from outside to new indoor setup but would like to eventually go back and make something with shots from every setup i've done since moving here. :)the ramp was fun while it lasted but barely skateable by the end. this is footage from the last day it was intact before we tore the masonite off, removed the middle flat, and with six of us barely hefted the pieces into the shed. behind the rubble i set up the micro ramp and skated it under cover for a couple months before really digging in on the huge 8'S Ramp project i'm now skating. don't think this is all i've got on it! just a midnight solo warmup flow to kinda show what it's like.

gorillaz crystalised (xx cover)

brakes

so we did fix the brakes, and replaced an annihilated rotor, new oil, and filter and i've been back rollin. oh yeah.
other than that in pointless news, i ruined my phone with morning dew, so traded two days work for an iphone! it's actually a frickin POS because of apples proprietary nonsense but hey, kinda fancy.
ender's ruling as usual. i woke up to squashy cuddles and face kisses, not a bad way to greet the morning.
he just did a new trick! was sitting here typing this and had him go grab my shoes from the other side of the room and bring them over, then his collar too! now we're geared up.
oh yeah

John Wayne

'Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway'

break brakes broke

i got "lucky" today when i was running errands and stopped by davey's to drop off his ipod he'd left at my house. the brakes on my truck have been grinding for two weeks, but i haven't made the time to do something about it. as i was pulling into the driveway something CLICKED loudly and the right front tire seized up. CRAP! i couldn't see anything from the outside, but when i gently tried a little reversing something sheared OFF and fell out!
so now i'm at davey's with no brakes and probably not enough money to fix them.

could easily have been MUCH worse lol

rental house

i just resigned the lease for the house here in ferndale! have been here TWO years, going for a THIRD and can hardly believe it!
the owner wants to sell, so i may try to work out a lease option with a down payment/deposit at the end of this next year. we'll see ;)

shed micro skating

hadn't posted for a couple weeks so went out to the shed on a rainy day to film something but it ended up being too long and boring to post for another couple weeks.. was too big to fit on blog, so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfbDfu6NXo

just another day..

switch hardflip

this is a brand new move for melanded a perfect one right before but wasn't filmed. was over it, going to leave and got this on the way out.