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Message 11657 (10. Dec. 2009 22:01) (All next)

Jay (videos by Jay) (pictures by Jay)
The Tucson Footage.....aka Virtual Vert gets Real!

Hey Kids!
Happy Almost Weekend! I thought I'd get us all in the mood for the weekend AND for some sk8ing by sharing my most recent JayTV episodes. This is a 2-Part series thanks to Animoto. I had an Awesome time in Tucson with the folks AND the parks. Everything was gr8.....except that DRIVE. About 1000 miles round trip. What is that, like 1,600 km? Crazy drive.
And after the 1st 1/2 of it, approx 9 hours in a small car with my awesome wife, incredible baby & 2 cute little dogs, we went to the 1st sk8 park & it was Fug'n 40 degrees F. That's like 2 degrees C. And I DON'T LIKE THE COLD!!!! So you'll see me barely skating with my hoodie on under my helmet. Man, was it cold. But both my Dad & I had been waiting for awhile to make a Virtual Vert session an Actual Vert Session so we were going to sk8. Even though there wasn't actually any vert!
We had a MUCH better time on Day 2 hitting parks 2 & 3 in the daylight. The trannys were bigger (there WAS Vert!), the sun was warmer & we were in our element. Check it out:



And the REAL reason I coerced the whole family to park #3.


This Bonnie Bowl was 12 feet deep & teardrop-shaped. That red pool coping was ABSOLUTELY buttery Perfect! The pool was smooth, the transition was just right for the size of the pool (I'm guestimating 10.5 foot radius) & NOONE else was sk8in it! Plus, can you dig that sign or what?!? Rollerskaters ALLOWED! I fug'n love it! Oh yeah the canyon was 5 feet across & NO, I did not even TRY to air it. Though I would have if Dad had put on his sk8s. He didn't know it but I'd planned to ATTEMPT an homage to Brothers Duke & Desi by attemptimg to air Ben over the canyon, but since he didn't lace up @ park 3, I didn't even try the transfer. I know, I know. Excuse. But it was BIG!
Oh my captcha is "transborder lassos" not sure what that means but we WERE very close to Mexico while in Tucson.
OK, well, I hope you all like this one. It was really cool getting to sk8 with my old man. Looking forward to him coming to Vegas to sk8 702's Vert ramp with me (it's MUCH easier to get on/off the vert ramp as opposed to in/out of pools, Dad!). It's gonna be cool.
Hey People, will you let Ben know that bigger really IS Safer when it comes to transitions & falls w/o injuries. As hard as it is to accept what your parents tell you, I know it's even worse hearing shit from your kids! LOL! Seriously, people, he's our current reigning "Oldest Skater Still Skating" @ 62. This is something relevant to us all, Kids! He's setting the current mark. And with every day of continued sk8ing that mark goes higher. Now, I don't know about the rest of you guys & girls, but I for one want to sk8 until AT LEAST 62! So, we need to extend to him the "umbrella" of our combined knowledge won from hard-knocks, experience & years of doing this thing.....this 'Craft' as Ben so eloquently put it, that we ALL Love, so he can keep on keeping on.
Thanks. Looking forward to seeing Joe's footage assuming there is any.
PEACE.............
Jay

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