"And now... The best band in the known universe!"

Mute Math IS. I have seen Mute Math live in concert three times. I hope to see them again soon. I walk away from the show thinking "I can do that. Why, WHY haven't I been doing THAT all along?"
-kvon

The Ten Minute Run

Not hardcore, maybe considered anti-Skater attitude... none the less, skating for exercise has benefited me in every area of my life. I started doing this one day when I was home from work for lunch. I didn't have time to pad-up so I just jumped on the ramp and went for it. (I've had my share of skate related injuries and I don't want anymore pain so when I skate without pads I don't try anything.) I skated for ten minutes strait, without stopping. Fakie, pump, kick-turn, Grab kick-turns... after ten minutes my muscles were pounding. Thus the ten minute run was born. This type of workout on a daily basis has given me more energy for full on "pad-up and attack" skate sessions! Try it. It takes discipline to refrain from pulling tricks, but be diligent. Focus on the building / warm up aspect of the Routine. Set aside ten minutes to ride for your health. And quit smoking those @#$% cig's!

About the pic: This is a self portrait using the D-50's timer. Do you know how hard it is to get a timer shot with the skater near the top of the turn? My Body position is weird in the shot because I was trying to float up there as long as I could hoping the flash would pop.
-kvon

Wow! Are you o.k.babe?

My wife rocks! She is an Awesome snowboarder, wonderful mother, gourmet cook, artist and skater! She has only been skating a little while but her approach is very aggressive.... maybe too aggressive. Here is a mini-ramp clip of my sweetie from a few weeks ago (before we built the new ramp addition) you know how this ends... don't worry, she wasn't hurt, go ahead and watch the clip a few times and laugh... she and I did.

Mulberry Blues

Cloud cover cooled the desert to seventy-nein degrees. The heavens threatened rain. "There is time for a quick session" Optimized the lone skater. But the Mulberry tree had other plans. The shade that once proclaimed an open invitation "Build the ramp here!" now shook its angry branches in the wind. Purple Death rained from the sky. The skate warrior fought valiantly, wielding push broom and water hose. The flat bottom battle field was now a wasteland of sticky-slick berry blood. All his His efforts were foiled. Could he call for reinforcements? No. Reinforcements would not come [they were on a skate trip to Crested Butte].
"I GIVE UP!"
"YOU WIN!"
He lamented, shaking his fist toward the twisted leafy overhang. For a moment all was silent... and then it came.... the ominis sound of natures power filling the the back yard with fear...
"I am the Mulberry tree! My roots grow deep in this soil." "I was here long before that sorry pile of dimensional lumber and screws." "If you stand in my way, I will paint you Purple!"

The minute I got the ramp clean, a gust of wind put me back at square one.

ya, so I didn't get to skate today. I tried... I REALLY tried.

I found it!

Last Wednesday night I went to g-ma's house to pick up my brother P. When I got there he handed me an beat up skateboard. "It was my old NASH Executioner. Wow! What an incredible piece of poo... and yet it has historical significance with me so I will have to find a place for it with my keepsakes. I think I actually learned to kick turn on that old Nash. I bought it at Dave Cook sporting goods in 80.... something. I never liked the graphic. The "EX" was the only pig shape that I could afford at the time. It was not my first skateboard. I owned several banana boards. One banana board was pretty cool. It was orange plastic with a small kick nose and tail. I wish I could remember the name brand.

P's So called ghetto ramp

Ghetto ramp shows up at the best place on earth!
Or maybe it is "The ramp formerly known as ghetto ramp". P dragged this thing all the way from the eastern slope in the back of a U-haul. It was pretty beat up and looked dangerous, so we thought it was a good idea to go ahead and skate it. A few days ago P scrounged together a few extra bucks and bought new masonite surface for the ramp so we had to sess (or "sesh" as P calls it) the ramp today.

In rare form. Ya wont see very many pics of me skating without pads or a helmet.My lil bro rocks!

Ramp art. Turn Jackers BE WHERE!
My sib's are Rock Starz!

Happy Grand Father's Day Bampa!

Here's one for the FAM!
Bampa [center]is small in size quick in movement. He's a regular Jackie chan. We got him out on my mini ramp the other day (It was great). He goes and goes and when the work's all done he sits down in the recliner and catches a few z's. I love Bampa. I think I got much of my energy from him (but then again, we are a whole family of energizer bunnies).

I [top left] am the oldest (and smallest) of three skate-rocker siblings. I have three kids [all over the pic] of my own and I am loving every minute of it. Mom [not pictured] wanted a picture of the grandkids (and the great-grandkids) with Bampa. My Nikon sb-800 flash only had enough charge for one shot. Next time I'll just yell..."no great-grandkids are allowed to look at the camera. Than they will mind!