"There would be a power of fun in skating if you could do it with somebody else's muscles." --Mark Twain

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Why I Suck at Having a Skateboard Blog.

While there are many reasons I suck at many things, maintaining a skateboard blog and keeping it even somewhat current is proving to be difficult.  Why?  Well here are just a few of the reasons:

1) If I get to skate more than once I week I'm super stoked.  That's right I said once.  Between a wife, two kids, and a full time job, once a week has been the norm for all too long.  Twice in a week and I start to feel like I don't suck too bad.  But that rarely happens.  Now it's not like I don't at least ride on my skateboard every day, but I'm talking about skating, not pushing across the street to the store and ollieing the curb.

2) I am and will probably always be a bit on the anti-technology side of the spectrum.  This spans across my whole life.  I have never been good about taking pictures on vacation, or taking video.  I always tell myself to remember to capture some moments with these techno gems, but I don't.  I tell myself it's because I'm too wrapped up in actually living life to stop and document it.  That's the kind of things lazy people like me say to justify their behaviors.  Oh, and I spend less than 2 hours a week on the internet.

3) My skateboarding ain't worth documenting. 

So, there it is.  The last one being the biggest problem my "skateboarding" blog has.  But, not to fear, I do have a few new pics of skate adventures. 

Building a mini-ramp in the backyard.  Skeleton is third generation, thanks to Darrin Hill.  It's gonna be tucked back in the sticks for some nice shaded summer skating.on

Went to Vegas recently.  Skated Desert Breeze (Sami Baca's home park).  Rough as shit, props to those who rip it.  See, I only took one shitty pic.  I suck.

 




And finally, found this spot out near Liberty Lake on Seward Road.  I'm sure plenty of Okie skaters have skated it, but it's new to me, and fun.  I think it has the potential to be a good out-of-town DIY spot.  Just my opinion.








Just needs a parking block and some butter.