Early Grab Skate Video

The day after New Year's I took the ramp to a parking lot and skated for a while myself. I shot some video, and I just figured out how to post it. This is some sad stuff, but I am proud. Check it out.

I need to skate more.

Work has been tough lately, and it has been hard to find time to skate. It is hard to progress and improve when you only skate once every week or two. I am going to try and skate some this weekend, but we have been having more rain again.

This sucks!

I thought it was bad when it was raining and I couldn't skate, but now

it's been sunny for two days, but I am too busy at work (5am - 8pm).

Skating this weekend for sure.

Holy Sh*t, here comes Mongo.

I skate mongo, excuse me.  So Ed told me a while back that the way I

skate is called mongo.  I skated like this for years back when I was a

kid, I had no idea I was such a reject.  Skating mongo is planting your

back foot and pushing off with the front.  This, I've been told is a

very bad thing.  But last night I was watching the intro to Tony Hawk's

Skateboarding Basics video, and after describing regular stance and

goofy, he and his teaching partner went off on me and my peoples.  All I

have to say is, I am who I am.  Were also called punk footed...



Mongos and Punk Footers of the World Unite!

Benihana Anyone

So after the holidays and all the rain... we had a small break and Ed and I skated the launch ramp Ryan and I made. I think I was able to increase my altitude from 2" to 4". I like to consider it a 100% improvement. Ed just kicked ass.




We have plans for him to lauch over my truck in the near future. Stay tuned.

1987

So I've decided to include some of my embarrassing past...



Your author, circa 1987, my first real board. I had one of those plastic ones, but this was my first deck. I got it at Modells, which on Long Island was like a cheap Walmart. My Nash (maybe Ash) missile board was a big fatty, with an almost flat tail, and no nose. All I ever did on this board, was roll down my driveway and skate around the local tennis court. I used these same truck for two more years though.



Check out those feet. I should have tried landing healflips back then....

more to come in the future. happy new year.