PT PT PT!

I've been riding long enough to have more than my fair share of injuries, but this one really sucks. I'm shredding these sticks til I can walk in a few weeks, after re-learning how to move in physical therapy...crazy shit! Knee explosion=worst vacation I ever took.

I stayed with my mom til the 26 staples were taken out and the swelling went down in my knee, now I'm back, but still down. At least now I can chill out and have a beer instead of tripping off pain meds!

Listen to Cursive

Cursive-The Ugly Organ. I first got to listen to it in it's entirety on a foggy drive up to the Allen's Sebago homestead. During the final track,'Staying Alive',I remember thinking "holy fuck I don't want the trip to end!" The entire album is amazing and that last song gives me chills every time I hear it, especially at the end where the choir is singing 'the worst is over.' This record should be on everyone's iPod, no questions asked.

New park/new horse

Just tried to vote for the park design and do some ass kissing on the msg. board. Not sure it even worked, don't think it did, but oh well. Vote for design #3. Shit's got a 3-hip pool and street elements too.

Tyler is loaning me his road bike as soon as I can walk again to help my recovery from the knee surgery. Pretty fuckin awesome, dude. Ima get soooooo jacked! HGH! MUSCLE MILK! PROTEIN! Watch out James Meliota, you'll have competition once I get over this, son!

Peep the skatepark deal here:
http://thephoenix. com/BLOGS/abouttown/archive/2008/09/17/pick-your-favorite-sk
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PICK UP THE PHONE, BITCH!

Oh man, classic. Before the Sidekick and the iPhone were even around, there was the Tyler Way foam phone.
Gotta love it......

Eastpak/Woozy video

If you remember a little while back I posted a video of this dude Stefan on here. Well this is him and Bruno Hoffmann shredding. Dude's have such good riding syle...makes me wanna go ride real bad! What do you think?

Stefan Lantschner & Bruno Hoffmann Eastpak & WOOZYBMX Section from woozybmx.com on Vimeo.

Make you feel that way....

Illes, Meliota & company doing big things. Every time I see new edits from these kids I get so pumped, especially now while I'm injured.


P Town Streetbeat from Edwardboy08 on Vimeo.

Just when things were getting good....

In an unfortunate turn of events, I was injured randomly and severely this past Thursday night. I was kickin it at the crib with Jason and Jason and we had just finished watching the Shook video 'Like Totally' and I was pumped to ride. I went out on a chill solo mission and ended up meeting up with a bunch of random dudes from out of town and we set off to hit some spots. We were riding the courthouse stairs and just as we were all almost done with the spot I decided to give it one more hit and manualed the top step, dropped to flat, and while carrying a good amount of speed went to 180 over one of the grates in the sidewalk. I got the 180 around, but the speed threw me off the bike and my front foot was first to hit the ground taking all the force and speed and in turn, snapping my leg. The dudes I was riding with were a big help and offered me a ride to my apartment, but we all quickly realized that I wasn't able to get up. So once again I took an ambulance to Mercy hospital where I soon found out that I had broken my leg and pulled the ACL away from my knee with a fragment of the bone! Fun times! Friday morning at 10 AM I went into surgery and the surgeons were able to fix my leg with two metal plates and re-attach the ACL with Kevlar. This meant that I wouldn't need a second surgery so needless to say I was stoked. The recovery is going to take awhile; 6 weeks non weight bearing, and physical therapy for the next two months at least. The staples will come out within the month and I am already re-learning how to walk with crutches again. Getting back on the bike isn't even a concern anymore, I am thinking more long term and making sure I stay on top of PT and heal corectly. I'll start to ride stationary bikes followed by road bikes and go from there all while working out and doing leg excercises (as I type this I have my leg in a machine that bends the knee for me to increase mobility.) I am stying positive thanks to family and friends being so good to me and coming to visit (thanks for the Hustler cards, Rodge!) I just got out of the hospital yesterday and I have a long road to recovery, so once I can walk on two feet again you'll be seeing me out and about probably just taking photos of all these young shredders who still have the ability to shred! I'll be happy to just get outside and chill with everyone again once possible. So while I'm laid up, keep riding and be careful out there!

Photos soon (it's hard to get out of bed!)

Update time, more to come shortly!!

What up? Its been a while since I have been able to get online since we moved, but the new crib is fully up and running and there will be photos and the regular shit up soon. Recently got to go up to Hopkinton and shred with a bunch of homies. That place is awesome! James Meliota and I were running on fumes on the way back home haha! Gotta get some footy and photos so email me or myspace me or send shit to my phone! I just didn't want people to think I was done with the blog, I've just been real busy and I don't have internet until we get a router, so until then I am doing this from my work computer. Everything should be back to normal fun times soon...

Get out of Portland while you can, summer is almost over!