highway to hell
Is it hot in here or am I crazy? 

Super 8 again.  Wow.   As promised (to myself), I have definitely been riding my bike on this trip.  I intended to ride Louisville Wednesday night, but it rained.  I rode street on Thursday in Evansville, Indiana with Ernesto, Frank, Mark and Neal from Dans, along with some ripper locals.  It was super fun and we hit a lot of good stuff.  Besides the blood sugar crash I had and a confrontation with a local wankster, who threatened to "go back to the crib and come back with my squad", it was great. 

Here's Frank dialing in my bike at Dans--Frank is insanely good on his bike (and at working on them).  I'll post pics if Ernesto sends some over--wink, wink.  Thanks, Frank.

I rode Louisville last night and filmed some Lo-Fi video with Junkyard Stew.  There was also an "art-jam" going on there, which was cool.  The Louisville skatepark on a summer Friday night...a total free-for-all.  Teen drinkers, teen parents, creepy adults and all kind of action.  Good times.  Today I rode the crazy weird park in Dry Ridge, Kentucky in blazing heat.  The only other time I've ridden there was with Davey Coop in very early '07.  It was about 15 degrees then, and we were swerving around ice patches.  It was very much the polar opposite today.   There are a couple shade trees to offer some relief, but it was a scorcher.  A little boy named Noah made me awfully homesick though.   I would love to have some kind of jam at that park, just because it is so bizarre...

It"s really smooth and well-built, but it's on a hill and really tight.  Beyond that, it has a snake-run and pool that is so small and ridiculous (plus, it had a bunch of crap in it) that I didn't even ride it.   I had a blast despite the mars-like conditions.

   Tonight, I was at a demo for the 'eS skate team in Cinci.  Everything was going well (at another weird, tight park) and things were wrapping up when  a dude had a seizure of some sort and fell and hit his head.  He was unconscious and bleeding and it was a very traumatic scene.  An ambulance and the police came and he regained consciousness, but it was something I won't forget anytime soon.  All I could think about afterward (as we're driving away and going to dinner) was that guy going to the hospital and trying to understand what and why that had happened to him (apparently it hadn't happened before).  I wish the best for the guy...

      I've seen bits and pieces of the X games and it just scares me.  I'm really afraid that someone is going to get seriously hurt (again) and even worse.   The Danny Way Mega-Ramp thing was just absurd.  Ernesto and I were watching it after our ride and were just dumbfounded.   It was like a Rocky movie except that it was real life.  On the other hand, the "real street" event was awesome.  Dunno what to think about any of it....

Super 8 art (?)

Monarch at Birdland the other day.  I can't wait to get home and continue the upgrades.  THe Miller High Life Grand Prix is slated for the Saturday of the Labor Day  weekend.  

  I can't wait to see these little feet again, too.  This is the first photo that Dylan Luke Towne ever took!

   PS  I know this Angelfire blog-site sucks.  It is almost impossible to post a comment and I have my issues with it as well.  I have a new blog under construction, so don't worry.  Shout out to Go Go Reiley in Scotland!  Also to Alan from Dans who gave me a copy of Rad (the movie that ruined BMX).  I'll leave you with one last amazing photo, which I stole from the the Church Of Choppers website....

   This photo says a thousand things to me....