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I grabbed this photo from the Official Alva Skates Instagram feed.

To me this photo contains everything good in skateboarding. A lifelong skater. The connection with “found” terrain not intended for skating. The enjoyment of a beautiful day. The flow just oozing from the still image. The perfect posture of…

The other day I posted a little video here and on Instagram. This guy Eric Early made a very nice comment (see image).

I’m just an old skateboarder. I’m not even that good anymore. I just want to skate. Honestly, all I’ve ever really wanted to do is skate. It…

A little slow motion black and white edit from the frontside carve.

A few clips strung together. Testing camera angles. Rat Bones wheels still rule.

Before the pandemic there was ONE nice hill for downhill skateboarding where I live. The area got redeveloped, but here it is during the golden years. I miss it.

It is funny how much skateboarders agonize over bearings and will buy really expensive ones when the bushings matter so much more.

Been home sick with “crud” for 2 days. At least I’ve managed to read about 1/2 of this, Best of Skate Fate Too, between long naps.

In honor of the passing of Larry Bertlemann inventor of the Bertlemann Slide , here a quick Bert I recorded in 2003 in glorious low resolution tiny format video.

During the two weeks I spent the weekends skating in Austin I felt awesome. Since returning to work and not getting to skate I feel like shit again. I think there is not only correlation but causation.

For my birthday I ordered myself a few things, including four sets of Rat Bones. I’ve been around long enough to know that wheels you really like might not be around forever. I figure 4 sets of these should last me a good 10 years, as I already had two…