Pull yourself together man

This may sound crazy but if go too long without skateboarding, I start to come apart at the seams. How long is too long? It just depends. For some reason this activity from my youth has become necessary for sanity. I don't skate enough I guess. Sometimes I'm too scarred. I don't want to crash. The stoke is worth the risk. I don't need to destroy a mega ramp or execute a perfect impossible flip to twenty stair hand rail to feel it. All I know is that riding a little wooden toy with wheels levels me out. I am thankful to be able to ride.

The way I see it.

I always wanted to be so good at something that my heros would want to meet me.

I posted this on FB and an old friend Named Fred pointed out that my kids are my "real" heros. It brought totally new perspective. Thanks Fred.

Backstory:
I had seen a pic of Hosoi and Cab and wished I could hang with those cool cats. That pic prompted my statement.

It's funny, My heros Hosoi and Cab were totally into my kids when we met.

Life... time does pass so quickly... I have plans... it feels like there is no time left to be what I wanted to be. Maybe I am what I wanted to be... I am trying so hard to enjoy every day for how much it is worth.... maybe I have had too many glasses of wine. Maybe everything is perfect.

Hello Blog!

Whew! I lost access to my blog for a while... and I was lazy (busy) and did not post for a long time. I really want to start posting to my blog again. I like the personal journal aspect of blogging, it's something that facebook lacks. I mean when you post to facebook EVERYONE see's it. I think I have grown to like the fact that few to no people ready my blog. It feels less scrutinized! I like it here!

The weather outside is delightful! 12-27-10

WOW! The weather has been unseasonably warm. 50+ degrees every day! P,A and Andrew came to visit the day after Christmas. Great weather and the best lil sibs ever make for an epic winter session. Two sessions today in fact. We hit the ramp once in the morning then again after taking the kids to Bananas fun park. Fantastic day!

PJ Slashing!




Kvon Backside. Some things never change.



Andrew, A.K.A. "Keanu"



Andrea kick'n.

One NEW song EVERY Sunday in 2010!!!

I am writing and posting one NEW song EVERY Sunday in 2010! The songs will be available for purchase on Facebook as singles. Albums will be available on itunes say... every twelve weeks. You can listen to full songs on myspace. Here are links:
HAIL THE SOUND on myspace
HAIL THE SOUND on facebook









Artistic expression

From the looks of my blog I have been doing quite a bit of photography. It's true, "shutter-bug" is my middle name... or something. Back to topic: 2010 means a new year and new focus on the artistic things that define part of "kevin". Why leave the camera on a shelf when you can be clicking away! I had an opportunity to work with the lovely Sarah on a shoot. Above are three of my favorite shots from the shoot.

The Ring flash goes back.

I purchased an Alien Bees Ring flash a few weeks ago for my photography set up. The Ring Flash gives you some crazy cool effects but it has to be plugged in to a wall outlet. The Ring flash is mounted directly to your camera so the cable to wall makes you feel like a dog on a chain. To further complicate things my so called big feet tend to catch stray wireing at random. I don't want my shoot to turn into a pull over, knock down session. In short, I sent the ring flash back and will likely purchase a conventional b800 flash head from Alien bees instead. Below are a couple examples of the ring flashes effect. ps You know what they say about big feet right ... "Big shoes".