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So much fun shit poppin off already this summer! Mostly, the riding has been amazing! Meliota and Kyle are killin it every time I ride with them and Dave did the biggest gap I've ever seen him do not too long ago. Also, Dave trucked a spine second try, for his first time. Shit was stupid. I recently got x-rays on my knee and shit is dialled so I'm a lot more confident and stuff is getting better for me. Went to Augusta with ShawMansBo this past weekend for some skatepark and street riding which was actually pretty rad cause that town is littered with spots! Went to Lewiston and met up with Tim Packard and got shit done at the huge concrete park they have there. Bikes are not allowed there, but it didn't matter too much that night and I got to session it once again. Psyched.

Few things

So busy, not enough time to ride sometimes. Anyway, just a few things to peep. First off, last Friday, May 1st was artwalk, it was beautiful, and Chris Shaw debuted Two Point Gallery. It was so fresh and the pieces on exhibit were rad. He's got the spot for a while and he's running it so go say hi, maybe buy something. DO IT! Next thing is the crew. Went on a little trip up to LA with most of the crew, the young guns, and the OG's. Rode APS, Meliota snaked a run at the no bikes allowed ill ass skatepark, modded Stans trails (which I am sure he's gonna kill someone over), rode street all day. Can't tell ya everything good I saw, but Dave 180 BS off a huge loading dock type thing, and Ballard sent himself on the jumps. Tim did a wall ride on a house whilst jawlin. Dave might have ruined a store shelf. Kyle did the best 720tailtap to fakie ever and did it brakeless with no bitch crank. Kyle and James are too good...Summer is pretty much starting to happen. Josh's deck got torn up and bonfired. There was barbequing, beers, baseball, debauchery and I got taped to a couch, not even drunk! Jeff Harmon is taking the best photos ever (peep it at Talk Of The Town) of the crew. Need to get his work to Ride or Dig for a scene report or just the Twiss and Meliota go nuts article. Seriously one photo shoot I witnessed involved Meliota 3ing an eleven set repeatedly just so he could get the right photo, and Twiss doing a Worcester gap to precision landing in the jungle of death. More partying and shit sure to come. More shredding when the knee water baby permits! I missed the trail jam to eat free pizza?! Yes. To see more fun, check back someday or look to the young professionals link. Kids are blowin up already and they're just getting started!

Get Some!

Seems like this past Sunday was the jumpoff to some real spring weather shit. I rode my bike all day with tons of heads, even rode a park, and my knee didn't get sore like an old man! I loves hot weather and skirts! Rode in a t-shirt, ate mexican and got drunk with Rodge, went to the MECA art show Friday with Sally and Rodge....so good weekend! Speaking of the MECA show, homies had some seriously amazing stuff on display! SethGould.com had some sweet candle holders fab'd up, Rachel, Eddie and Tamera (DTL crew haha!) had some fine pieces ( Rachel and Eddie had awesome prints, and I saw this sick teal cabinet Tammy built up. Have to see it all in real life to understand how good they were.) Also got to see Shahin and Ryan's paintings on display, super stoked to see them in there after watching those guys bust ass time after time on their stuff! Actually saw Shahin out painting on the free wall on Sunday while shreddin. Bad news was that Jay sprained his ankle bad this weekend on a lege manual to barspin off so he was neuched. Saw T-BO hit his head on some cobblestones as well...The Ferry Terminal is where you get non-bmxers to ride. First Adam Sawyer, then Zach Adams stepped up and shredded the ledges n stairs hahaha. Heat is good, loosen the joints, brown paper bag the PBR, underhanded manuals all day! Stop snappin chains everyone, thats how you lose teeth! Go Go Power Rangers! idk...

playonplaya

....and here's the exclusive, full edit. Just got the DVD from Rocco the other night while out riding. Pretty cool, enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hSlotU7fNs

Another video by Rocco

I guess that Meliota frequents the ghetto rink ramps and has learned a bajillion new tricks, so this is probably shit by now knowing him. Either way he's on fire 24/7. Hit this link to watch:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=60967346630

Juno what I'm sayin?

Just a lil bit about my exciting weekend. Saturday I spent the day with T-bo getting pizza and trees and then we jawled up to the Bath skatepark to meet up with Tim Packard. I managed to drink three Shipyards on the way up. Since I wasn't gonna be able to ride I figured, why not? Don't matter. So we get to the park and its so crowded (kinda glad I'm injured in the winter time!) Tim shows up late with like 30lbs of pressure in both his tires. After a valiant effort to pump them up with like three different pumps, Tim and I head to a gas station to find a compressor, but not before Tim slams into the chain link fence after coming in from a HUGE air. It was ridic...So Tim pulls himself together and we drive down the street bumpin Young Jeezy loud as fuck. He gets his shit straight and we drive back. In the parking lot of the library Tim busts out a fifth of Jager and we take some hauls off it. More fun! Well we head inside and the session gets going. I'm chillin talking to Kyle about his new Fit Hawk frame and I can hear tim from the other side of the mini/spine singing out loud to his iPod. Its now aparent that he has his armor on. I decide to grab my camera and take some photos (which I'll put up soon)Tim did some real good lookbacks, inverts, and toboggans, all while under the influence. He was squirrelly and all over the place, but shredding none the less. T-bo did some raped-out nosepicks for lack of a better term, then Tim got a flat and threw a plastic Jersey barrier while yelling at some kids. I thought he was gonna get kicked out of the place, but we all decided to pack it up and leave for a burn cruise with T-bo's girl Sarah. Problem solved! It was nice to be able to chill, party, and take photos since I'm still supposed to be off the bike for a while. When I got back to P-town, all my boys were at the crib and Oldenberg had bought me 36 PBR's. I was stoked to say the least! We had a few then went to Flatbread for pizzas. I had a veggie sausage pie(NOHOMO)then I had a beer at the bar and went home to watch Full Metal Jacket and drink more PBR. So Sick Saturday Night Fever!

Oh no......

Well lets see I got drunk tonight and ate nachos with spinach. Currently watching the Steelers kickin ass on the Cards. I would give a year of my life to ride properly for one day. All my friends are bitches. I am gonna be sick....

Oh my god!

Good news! I have been back on the bike three times by now, just taking it easy, but it's so nice to just get out to parks and chill with friends. My first time back on the horse was at Mike Michaud's jam at Rye Airfield earlier this month where I ripped Ballard's bike around the new section. I still can't really take a big bunnyhop, so not much went down. I have been to the last two Bath sessions and this week I brought my whip and did about 20 mins of riding. I was actually able to air the mini and do a few manuals, but I can't get too rowdy. I really forgot how to do everything and I'm still not 100% so I'm gonna make sure to wait til I am all all better to start re-learning all of my tricks (cause I have so many) haha! I love getting out there to watch everyone ride and its fun to just be around riding again. The psychological battle of "don't put a foot down" continues for me each time I even get on a bike, but thanks to Tyler, I'll have a roadie to ride come spring time and I plan on getting so strong on that thing that I won't even think about getting hurt! Fingers crossed!

Update

A lot of people have been ready for me to get back to riding and have been asking when I'll be good to go. I wish I had a clear answer! I am so ready to get back at it and the beginning of February will mark six monts off the bmx. I have completed physical therapy and have been walking and pretty much doing whatever without any problems. The doctor gave me no restrictions EXCEPT running, and hard riding. I still might need to have my knee scoped at the beginning February cause there could be a piece of bone restricting my range of motion. That's a worst case scenario, but it would only keep me out for a week. Thats basically the situation, I've ridden bikes, just not bmx bikes, and hopefully I can get back at it by the end of this month. Let the re-learning begin.....

Kyle Italian pastry chef wallrides where you can't

Happy New Year!

2009 already! Crazy. Seems like just yesterday 2008 was starting, yet here we are now. I'll be making my return to bmx in the next few weeks....so psyched!

Meliota 50/50 at City Hall and icepick at The Eastland thanks to Rocco.