Another round....

I've been sessioning hard with the local boys on Sundays. These guys can rip. Like the Japanese riders on Diversion 5. I've got some photos I'll be putting up here soon. Good stuff.

I've been working on some stuff, but mostly just the same old tricks. I'm keeping with tradition. Tazmanian Devils and barflips. I don't know anything else. Actually, last Sunday one guy asked me why I don't try any new tricks. I was pissed about that. Pay attention to your own damn tricks, buddy.

I'm waiting for a video from you guys. I wanna see the Salem crew ride hard. Send Paul over here to do some filming. I'll show you guys the spot I carved out near the women's university. Holy shit, dude, if you guys saw that place on video you'd be peeing yourself. There's a spot near this construction site and there's a constant flow of nothing but young hotties walking by. I can't describe it, you just have to see it. I'll try to get some pictures up. Another round...

Kevin's Forks

Kinda silly to have cranks on the bike AND the forks, but whatever.
~J

WHAT?!!

Ok, I had a great session today with Paul. Steve came along and brought his camera so I could get a little stuff on tape. I pulled a bomb. Yeah, it is something I have worked on before off and on. Well, I pulled it. I am going to put the vid up so you guys can check it out, so I am not telling here.
Another thing I pulled was a hang-5 out. Watching Justin do his kicked turbine 5's, I kinda got stoked on them, so I worked for a little while on kicking to 5 out of my turbine steam stuff. I did one, though it was weak, but I pulled it and it is a good out, which I need.
Get well, Coach. Get well, Sarge. I am well, stick a fork in me.
~J

Mellow Ride

Well, I think I have done what I set out to do by taking off my brakes; remind myself why I use brakes. Nowadays I pretty much want to be able to get on my bike and do tricks. Sans brakes I end up working hard to "fill the gap" that brakes take care of. It's cool to roll around, but I am into some really fun switches, which I know I COULD do brakeless, but it would take more time. Who has time?
Not I.
So I am getting a cable tomorrow and I will be rocking the clinchers by this weekend.
I had a cool little session, tonight. The accomplishment for the evening was rolling hang-10 into half-packs with relative ease on the Salem shit-surface. Big bumps, rollies, etc., but I got into them over and over. It was nice. then I was trying sw/steam into pivoting into backwards karl-kruizer and trying to roll "under" into a switch karl rolling forward...make sense? The little half-hiker/undertaker thingy...nevermind...
See you this weekend, bitches!
~J

Weekend update

Ok, Joe wants to put some footage together this weekend, so if you guys can come out and possibly bring a light or two (or pitch some cash for some) that would kick ass! I know that Justin has done a little filming, and Joe has done a little more, but I haven't seen much filming going on...kinda sporatic.
It's really hard for me to film because I want to ride when I get the chance, but maybe we can divide up some of the chore for the goal of having a quality vid by the end of the summer. What do you say?
~J

Vidgets

Click here to watch 'Afternoon-of-Spin91'
Ok, here it is. Nothing major, just getting my feet wet. Joe lent me his camera, so more to come!
~J

Video

Well, I tried my hand at a little video making. Joe lent me his camera and I shot a little and chopped it up to get my feet wet. I am going to keep my eyes open for a mini-dv camera. Editing this stuff in digital form is too easy. I uploaded it, but aparently it is a pain in the ass to get to, so I am working on getting you guys access to it. It is fairly large for what it is, 18 mgs. I am sure there is a way to compress the file and make it smaller, which I will do.
For now, Joe says I can use the camera for awhile, so I will be filming whenever I can and possibly get some footy on a regular basis.
~J

Serious Bussiness

Ok, suckas! The gloves are off, now.., er, I mean brakes. I can do the flip from sw/steam to Pegahawk, so I'm alright. I think I am ready to learn the half-bar to half-hiker brakeless, too. I will put the brakes back on before summer, but for now I am enjoying the barely controled chaos of a brakeless bike!
~J

Ten-HUT!!

I just wanna say that I feel really warm and fuzzy about the Sarge right now. It's pretty cool that Paul's my friend. Hopefully I will get a fair amount of riding in this weekend, with Abby being at her friend's house for most of the day. Then sunday I'd like to ride, too. I miss my bike. I haven't gotten more than an hour's worth of riding in at any one time in quite awhile.
~J