Novato Bowls and the Headlands Center for the Arts

So Sunday we went to Novato, Casey and I did anyway and we hit the bowls for a while, and he was working on a bunch of grab airs out of the pipe…I wish I could do that stuff, but I’m so concerned about slamming my knee again, I’m even wimping on the rock -n- …

Likes and Dislikes About Skateboarding

Likes Sound of texture Eating shit (falling skateboarding) Story/Scars Sense of wonder Meeting people Identifying friends United community, like runners You know who isn’t a skater by their “air” Finding new spots to skate Doing things you’ve never done before Putting the deck together with custom grip tape Unit of time as one skateboard (for …

Been a While Since Skating

So I haven’t been skating a whole bunch, as Kev has moved out, and he’s the one I skated with mostly. Plus I’ve really been concentrating on getting a job. I have been working with Comet for a few weeks, on just some little things, but that should be picking up soon… I’m looking forward …

Inspired by Richard Tuttle

I got to see Richard Tuttle speak on Friday, it was quite a lecture. He started out by showing 59 slides, Title, Date, Dimensions, Collection. It would have been pretty “Punk Rock” to stop right then as a J. Hittner put it. But honestly he was speaking so slowly and abstractly I was wondering if …

Marin With a New Comet ProFlex Park 36″

I went to Novato on Sunday again, with just Casey, I rode the new Proflex- it was awesome, but took a while to get used to such a big piece of wood. I also taped up the new park deck, and I really like the way it’s got a more angled nose and tail. Casey …

Northland Bowl Ridin’

Yesterday Casey and Brian and I went up to Novato, I brought the new clunker, a 8.5 in piece of maple with 57mm spitfires and a pare of 180 Randall II’s It’s fast as all get out in the bowl, and and we just had an amazing time. Casey just wore one elbow pad to …

Grindin’ and Flatland

Monday Kev and I went to Haight and skated ledges at a high school whose name slips my mind right now…I had a great day working on flatland stuff, got a nollie for real, worked on skating switch, and almost got a pop shuvit down…Kev massive trey flips and a few crazy switch things that …