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I've been around the block since that last post...

Traveling is gnarly these days.   Plane tickets are outrageous, flights are packed and oversold and the delays are ridiculous.  It took me over 15 hours to get to California and 13 hours to get back.  I don't really sit around at home (or ever) so I get a little nuts in the airport after four hours with nothing to do.  A definite highlight of many of my trips to the gold coast are visits with Dave Davenport.  He always picks me up, with a dialed bike ready for me to ride and takes me to session whatever we can fit into our schedule.  This time is was a lone session at UC Irvine, but it was super fun as always.  Here's a really terrible phone pic of Dave doing a skinny, up/down manual.

Dave rules and I can't thank him enough for providing me with an escape from a long week of meetings and shoe talk (which I actually enjoy--it's just nice to break out).   I got home to find Birdland ravaged by the weather.   I'm not going to complain about my trails getting torn up from the rain with all the flooding and disaster going on in nearby states, but I can't believe how worked the jumps got.  I'll take this as an opportunity to build them up and dial them in.   I started tonight.  The first set is taller and the landing is a little longer.  I rebuilt the 270 berm (again!) and I think it's getting closer.   My buddy PJ came over on Saturday and took a digger on the spox.  He was riding it really well, but a front wheel wash out resulted in a face impact.  He's okay.

      My wife and I took Noah to the Kalamazoo  Speedway on Saturday night.  It was the "Night Of Destruction" and they had all kind of hillbilly shit going on.   School bus races, blind fold races, burn-out contests and this last-man-standing thing that was basically a demolition derby in a circle.  It was awesome.

Noah loves the school bus races.

   Davey Coop recently scored a new ride...

Nice.  Vintage MCs are pretty sweet.

    Buc-E and  Hanan from Veteran BMX held a jam and cook out at the Charlotte park this weekend.  I imagine there will be photos on their site soon.  Sounds like it was fun, with the exception of Hanan accidently giving her bike away....

   I know it seems like I am blowing these guys up excessively, but there are some really cool trails videos on the Deluxe site.  I dig their scene.