NYC

Because my wife is awesome at everything she does...last week she was awarded a short trip to New York for a special event with Kelly Ripa and some famous cake dude boss guy to help raise some skrilla for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund http://www.ocrf.org/

Being it her first time in NYC...I decided to tag along to offer some of my super fresh body guard skillz.

We stayed in a fancy nancy hotel located in the southern region of Manhattan...it was pretty trick...they had music playing for us when we checked into the room and stuff like that. It even had a little balcony thingy with a door so I could step out and snap some photos. Here is an example.

Since Diana had some home-girlz to build cakes with on Tuesday...I had to find a gig that would tide me over for a few hours. Luckily, an old friend who goes by the name Andrew Pratt had recently moved to the city and it just so happened that he wanted to hook up and take me out and show me around a bit. A week prior...he actually stumbled upon this rad little skate shop across the river in Brooklyn, you might have heard of it before, (KCDC) http://kcdcskateshop.com/ ....he said it had a mini ramp that was similar to the Junction ramp so I figured it was worth the trip.

Overall...the shop was pretty chill and the three dudes workin' it were super cool too. After seshin' out on the ramp for a while...Andrew and I chatted with one of the fellas for probably 45 minutes or so about local sk8 spots. He was a Brooklyn native so he sounded real genuine as he offered-up geographical sk8 scene info and handed out verbal invites to Andrew to kinda welcome him into the NYC sk8board community. They had a meaty variety of shop t-shirts with designs done by local artists and what not. In order to pay my respects to the generous hospitality...I purchased this one...it fits like a glove.

Diana and I are very excited about returning to the big apple in the future...and I'm pretty sure it would indeed make a great sk8board trip with the homies as well.

Thank You & God Bless

SNOW GOT YOU DOWN?

Don't let it bother you...go get one of these: http://www.ambitionsnowskates.com/

I kinda want one. Anybody here in DSM have one? They like it?

Watch the videos...I was amazed at how much pop and the amount of flip/rail tricks are feasible on these creations.

Post your thoughts please.

XTREEEEEEEME!

Hhahaaa...I wonder how long this fella will live.

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Skated Saylor with my brother-in-law yesterday.

<<<<<<< This guy. Thanks for the bro-time Carla.

PS: I watched Monty shred the bowl for 5 min. and it was amazing.

G-L-O-R-Y

http://www.blackboxdist.com/archives/podcasts/view/?id=129
G-L-O-R-Y: A new skate game invented by John Rattray.

And since I suck at the flat ground skate...maybe I can hang with some of you at this game.

Let's play it...Saturday night at the rink!

Heath vs Kirchart

This is sooooo cool: http://emericaskate.com/content/news/heath-emerics.mov

After watching this...I think he may be able to give Chris Cole a run for his money. Go get 'em Heath.

Sponsor Me: Zach Stow

Check it out on the Thrasher site NOW!

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo&Itemid=90&video_id=293