1976 checker marathon

We only owned it for about 3 weeks..but it was fun.

Two sesh day.

 

 It is not very often, but ever once in a while I get in a two sesh day.  One at the skate park and one on the long board. This was one of the quickest two sesh days on record- getting both in in little under a hour and a half.  I am continuing to work on my Coleman slides...as the video shows- i can use them to stop..but i would like to be able to roll out of them.  I guess being able to stop on a skateboard going fast down a hill is a serious step forward though.

Un named Basalt Ridge. Hayden, Colorado.

                The Pictures below are a little grainy- regardless of that, they document a great trip to Colorado.  We were staying in what could accurately be described as "God forsaken" and/or " God Blessed."   The location is North of Hayden, Colorado....which is west of Steamboat.  This was the first opportunity that i have had to take my kids climbing outside or real stone.  Both of them thought it was fun, and perhaps even really got into it? 

We took a hike to a large basalt ridge that is about two miles in length and of variable quality. I would not suggest this place as a destination for rock climbing. Actually i would discourage it...especially in Colorado a state in which there is such a high quantity of high quality sites.  However, because we could walk to this ridge it made an easy target. 

View of Ollie surmounting the final buldge to the summit.  The south face of this ridge, at this point is probably 150 feet or so.  It is situated very high on a hill, so the exposure is great.

Looking East down the ridge from the summit.

A spot we called " the red face"  probably 5.2 or so

The base of the Red Face. I brought along a belay device, but the hip belay really proved to be more useful.

The rack i brought along was very minimal. 25 foot of static rope. 2 harnesses, 1 belay device, 5 random nuts, two cams and 4 biners. I was not about to try the large face with out some serious cleaning. The Basalt on this ridge is choss at best.

My boy got his first lead in. granted it was a traverse..but he lead it none the less.

He placed gear and everything.

A number of random pics

Large bugs, banks that if cleaned up, could be sweet skate spots in kalamazoo and grand haven, twelve gage bar ends for scott bars, and stickers available for a SASE.

This bank sits unused while skateboarders do kick flips in an empty lot across the street.

This one would need some work...but would be worth it.

Paying the Price of radness

   Paid the price of radness at Charlotte Skate Park. The video emphasizes how lame my skating is.  I was skating pretty well before i got my trucks hung up and smashed my face.

5 stitches later- essentially 100 dollars per stitch.  Price of radness = 500 dollars.

Henderson neighborhood sliding.

Skating by your self isn't that great for filming.

I was working on my coleman slides, and i am getting the hang of it..

The neighborhood around the henderson castle is a great place for me to longboard- close to home and it an evening cruz here is like a great evening ski...a little bit of work..a little bit of fun.

Upjohn skatepark...stoke killers strike.

Waking up early one morning and coming down to the local skate park and finding it covered with sand and new graffiti led me to believe one thing....that some knucklehead middle school age student came in and tagged and then....just to add emphasis to the anti-skater sentiment of the tags....threw sand everywhere.  

This of course made the park completely un-skateable.  Turns out....it was actually the contractors who were let in to sand blast the graffiti off....they did this on International Go Skate day.....and then left all the freakin sand in the bowl...so you still couldn't skate it the day after...or the day after.

talk about killing the stoke.

especially with sand everywhere. 

exactly how i felt after getting ready for dawn patrol, having the park to myself...only to find it covered in sand.