The last month or so been pretty busy for me, although most likely a bunch of stuff that isn't of much interest to readers of this blog. The biggest time-eater has been replacing our bathroom. First of all we had to take everything out, then...

After a short, sunny session on Saturday morning, I've hit double figures for ramp/bowl skate sessions. I'm officially hooked. 10 so far is pretty good compared with the poor performance of 2007 and 2008. I think the summer of 2006 is the only...

Last night's skate sesh at Redcar was pretty awesome. The three of us - Dave, Dan and myself - all skated well. For myself, I think it was the best I've ever skated. On the mini-ramp I had the spine transfer working easy, stalls around the...

I think the only way to get better is to push yourself by trying new things. Sometimes when I skate, I don't really know what tricks to try next. I'll think of something, or see someone doing a trick, but when I try it it turns out to be way harder...