Brad and I are hitting the road this week. I'm really looking forward to hitting up this other skatepark in Greenville, SC that I haven't gone to yet. Rumor has it they even allow you to drink inside the park. So that means I won't need to divide my time between getting hydrated in the parking lot, and riding. We also need to hit this foundation spot again. One time we attempted to spend the night across the street from this place in Brad's truck and were woke up at gunpoint by the police. That's always a pleasant awakening right?
This was one of the first bike videos I ever watched and to this day it's still one of my favorites. It includes Garrett Byrnes' legendary roof gap, Chris Stauffer's x-ups and tabletops, Jay Miron drunk, and of course Van Homan's first video part that put him on the map. This is a must watch.
The 10 day forecast is filled with rain. Today looks to be the last window of opportunity as far as riding the trails go for a while. I'll be taking full advantage of that today under the watchful eye of Rambo.
I went down to the trails today to put in some work. The new line up at the top of the hill is under about 2' of water. The main (Yuengling) line is not under water but rather muddy. I raked all the leaves off of everything so hopefully things get dried out today and tomorrow. They might be ridable on Tuesday or Wednesday again, I've got my fingers crossed on that.
This is the last set in the Yuengling line, I'm not too supersticious but I really like to make it all the way through to hit this set first run. She's a roaster. You come down a landing that sits roughly 7' tall to hit this set so you can imagine how much speed is involved.
There's a new video out from the www.pawoods.com guys. It looks to be another classic. The dvd is $10 including shipping so you really can't beat that. The proceeds go to pay for their legal fees associated with getting their trails to be legit. These guys have leased the land that their trails sit on, and have gotten skatepark insurance for their trails. I couldn't imagine what a struggle those guys have went through jumping through all those hoops to please the owners of the airport which owns the land that their trails sit on. I really believe that there should be a law that prevents people from suing property owners if they get hurt doing something which they know they're at risk of getting injured. There's a few states which already have a law in place like this for ski/snowboard resorts keeping them from having to get insurance. It really makes sense to me. I guess congress doesn't see it that way though.
This picture made it into issue # 70 of DIG bmx magazine. If you're ever in Barnes and Noble you should check it out.
Here's the trailer for the PAwoods 10 year dvd. Check it.
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