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Saturday, 27 June 2009
Warren and DC in the Tri-State Eeerrrrea!
Ride with us or collide with Us!
About to get back in the wave, only ones repping the shorts look, everyone else wore wet suits, idiots, or just hardy? You decide..
Warren, day 2 at the beach more sunshine, less wave, but still a rad day!
Long Beach Promenade, like a postcard, i loved it here.
We met Grant on the beach, he had lots of moody gold he was trying to shift, i didn't trust him one bit. I think it was the glasses.
Warren throwing shapes in-between topping up the tan - Yo!
I loved this bit of graffiti, simplicity, sometimes is the key to success, i didn't believe it for a moment, but I still liked it.
Warren killing it at Worthless.
Grabbing some light refreshment. LI style.
Treat of a trip. I'll remember it forever.
About to get back in the wave, only ones repping the shorts look, everyone else wore wet suits, idiots, or just hardy? You decide..
Warren, day 2 at the beach more sunshine, less wave, but still a rad day!
Long Beach Promenade, like a postcard, i loved it here.
We met Grant on the beach, he had lots of moody gold he was trying to shift, i didn't trust him one bit. I think it was the glasses.
Warren throwing shapes in-between topping up the tan - Yo!
I loved this bit of graffiti, simplicity, sometimes is the key to success, i didn't believe it for a moment, but I still liked it.
Warren killing it at Worthless.
Grabbing some light refreshment. LI style.
Treat of a trip. I'll remember it forever.
I don't like Midtown, but Warren does...
I hate it in fact, don't ask me to go there! My face says it all.
Warrens face just says <3.
Warren always gives me shit for having massive calves, then we saw this broad, I wonder what she is squatting? Sheeeeeeeet. I'm on the left getting my tense on, and I don't even come close!
We got caught in a crazy storm, it was beautiful.
Warrens face just says <3.
Warren always gives me shit for having massive calves, then we saw this broad, I wonder what she is squatting? Sheeeeeeeet. I'm on the left getting my tense on, and I don't even come close!
We got caught in a crazy storm, it was beautiful.
I got a little bit lost, but i'm finiding my way again..
Sometimes life throws at you difficult scenarios, and I know in the grand scheme of things, and peoples every day struggles, what I have to deal with is not a big deal. In fact its nothing really, its a little bit of emptiness caused by the loss of something I fell for. I guess those that read this will know that I met someone here and everything happened very fast. A little too fast perhaps? I don't know, I can't put my finger on it, and I suppose I can't really say where it went wrong, but it hurts a lot and I feel like a bit of me fell off.
It's a combination of things, i'm here in this crazy place, with not many connections, and when something occupies your time and thoughts so much, and then suddenly, is cut off, it leaves a void that is difficult to fill. Friends, skype, music (lots of music) my bicycles, the rocks, deadlifts and camaraderie in the gym, walking along the street listening to music thinking of anything except you. That'll fix it I suppose. But it's hard, and when the one thing that made everything else seem so good leaves, its difficult to re-work the balance.
Anyway, I'm getting there.
I am blessed with a family that help me so much, get me through a lot of my worries and offer me clarity in situations where i'd otherwise struggle to see clearly. And friends that offer me an ear to bend, and advise. What RB.com said bought it home. Don't worry about the small stuff, and it's all all stuff. Don't sweat it..
This week Warren Harper was all up in NYC's grills riding and colliding with the best of them, we held it down in the surf, on the rock, in the gym, on the mean streets of New York, at the dance hall, at the bar, grabbing mussels and beers, talking about everything like we used to. Although I know I wasn't all there, i'm sorry Bruv, i'm working on it. I was so stoked to have you here and now you've gone, I miss you a little bit.
We took 2 trips out to Long Beach once in the zipcar and once on the train. Highlights came from racing rudeboys off the line, doing donuts in McDonalds car parks, raving it up to the large beats on offer from our popular MP3 devices and just having a good time.
I have never surfed before and Big W taught me the basics before I took it to the wave, I had such an awesome time, and I got a real taste for it, the swell is not massive in Long Beach, but the wave is long and barrels nicely (apparently) I was stabbing in the dark really. I managed a few longish rides and I was absolutely buzzing from it all.
One scary moment on the Thursday where I was so shattered and I got caught in the rip, and pulled towards the rocks, being a n00b i tried to swim against the rip rather than out to sea and get pulled beyond the rocks, but I got spotted by another surfer dude and helped through it - Flip. Hectic.
Tanned though, Yo!
It was just cool to have you here, catch up, watch flight of the conchords, not be in work, laugh and chat rubbish with you man. Can't wait to be home and get things up and running like old times.
It was a treat having you here man, and I hope you took a little bit of NYC home with you.
Next up on the visiting schedule is AT.. Bam! We'll be getting our climb on, rave on, and laugh on i'm sure.
A few random pictures to follow from Big W's stay here, i feel lucky, and getting myself on track again. Love you like a Brother man.
It's a combination of things, i'm here in this crazy place, with not many connections, and when something occupies your time and thoughts so much, and then suddenly, is cut off, it leaves a void that is difficult to fill. Friends, skype, music (lots of music) my bicycles, the rocks, deadlifts and camaraderie in the gym, walking along the street listening to music thinking of anything except you. That'll fix it I suppose. But it's hard, and when the one thing that made everything else seem so good leaves, its difficult to re-work the balance.
Anyway, I'm getting there.
I am blessed with a family that help me so much, get me through a lot of my worries and offer me clarity in situations where i'd otherwise struggle to see clearly. And friends that offer me an ear to bend, and advise. What RB.com said bought it home. Don't worry about the small stuff, and it's all all stuff. Don't sweat it..
This week Warren Harper was all up in NYC's grills riding and colliding with the best of them, we held it down in the surf, on the rock, in the gym, on the mean streets of New York, at the dance hall, at the bar, grabbing mussels and beers, talking about everything like we used to. Although I know I wasn't all there, i'm sorry Bruv, i'm working on it. I was so stoked to have you here and now you've gone, I miss you a little bit.
We took 2 trips out to Long Beach once in the zipcar and once on the train. Highlights came from racing rudeboys off the line, doing donuts in McDonalds car parks, raving it up to the large beats on offer from our popular MP3 devices and just having a good time.
I have never surfed before and Big W taught me the basics before I took it to the wave, I had such an awesome time, and I got a real taste for it, the swell is not massive in Long Beach, but the wave is long and barrels nicely (apparently) I was stabbing in the dark really. I managed a few longish rides and I was absolutely buzzing from it all.
One scary moment on the Thursday where I was so shattered and I got caught in the rip, and pulled towards the rocks, being a n00b i tried to swim against the rip rather than out to sea and get pulled beyond the rocks, but I got spotted by another surfer dude and helped through it - Flip. Hectic.
Tanned though, Yo!
It was just cool to have you here, catch up, watch flight of the conchords, not be in work, laugh and chat rubbish with you man. Can't wait to be home and get things up and running like old times.
It was a treat having you here man, and I hope you took a little bit of NYC home with you.
Next up on the visiting schedule is AT.. Bam! We'll be getting our climb on, rave on, and laugh on i'm sure.
A few random pictures to follow from Big W's stay here, i feel lucky, and getting myself on track again. Love you like a Brother man.
Sunday, 7 June 2009
It's just business, baby!
Yes!
Big Big Big! Weekend!
I think i was due it after what was a pretty tough and thankless week.. I busted out a couple of 12 hour days, lots of stress, no lunch break to catch a breeze, and worst of all working until almost 10pm on a friday. It just isn't cricket. What what.
Anyway, the money will be incredibly useful and i'll spend it on loose cars and fast women. Or something like that.
Anyway, its all over now, i was feeling a little lost for the weekend, the weather had been appalling and my friend Giorgio called friday afternoon and told me he thought the race at Kingston Point would be cancelled, i was bummed. So i worked through the day and at around 8pm Giorgio called back.. "Daaaanial, they call, and they make a race, we go kill these fu**ers!" I laughed out loud, he is a funny dude!
So in the morning i got up at 5am, and headed out to Astoria Queens to connect with my entourage. We'll call it the Hispanic Connect. There is Giorgio a Chilean, living in the US, William and Danial from Ecuador, and a fast young yowth, Enzo Perez, a Chilean, now living in Madrid and visiting for 2 months. A fully psyched yowth in it for all the right reasons.
They are all awesome, and although they speak very good English, the majority of the time they converse in Spanish (obviously) but i was never made to feel the butt of anything, and they were all awesome, such a good vibe between them and you couldn't help be infected with their laughter even if i never knew what was being said. I'd get a translation often enough though!
So we headed to KP and it was a beautiful day, i registered with the NBL and entered my class 26-34 (ouch, what an age bracket) and the Pro Open, which was payback.
The track wasn't hard and by lap 4 i had it nailed, lap 5 i hit the pro section, and overshot the 1st one by miles, still went for the 2nd but wasn't carrying enough speed, ditched the bike and rolled out, lap 6 i got it on point, squash it down baby!
A cool family vibe, awful commentary, the national anthem, a parade lap, lots of American flags and just general patrotism that i got fully involved with, hand on heart and everything. God love America.
Holding it down for the UK!
The racing was big, i won motos in my class, and straight to a final where i finished 2nd. I got a medal and was pumped.
Pro open was a lot harder, i got a 3 2 2 in motos which i was very happy with, then in the semi i was in 5th in the 2nd turn, i was like, meh, i'll take the pro section, i overshot the 1st to land to flat and had that horrible feeling of knowing i had not enough momentum to make the 2nd, and too much to stop in time, it was another bail into the pit of death and i went over the jump to collide with a rider entering from the fanny line. Oops.
So i was out, dang it!
Anyway i got a medal, so whatever.
I made some connections, got interviewed by Crazy Al Cayne a comedian, actor, film maker and racer from Long Island who was funny as hell, i met a few guys from other tracks and got invited to ride trails and open sessions with them, so i was stoked it went down!
I was just so happy to be on my bike, racing, having fun, meeting people and feeling like i hadn't lost the pull in the downtime i've had since i last raced. In fact, i think it has done me good having the time of doing other things. Warren, you were right all along!
I was meant to go to an Architectural Ball thing with Kate, Justin and Mia on Saturday night, but it never happened, I was kinda stoked on that anyway as the week and the days racing had taken its toll and i was pretty beat, Kate and I had dinner, beers and watched Liam Neeson kick the shit out of Eastern Europeans in the film Taken, which i love!
Brunch this morning was off the chain, i had the best eggs benedict i've ever had and Kate went for what was quite possibly the fluffiest, tastiest looking omlette i've ever seen, even better than Matts at 51JR, which were pretty shit hot.
I then went for a ride in the park, listening to some heavy new drum and bass from Calibre, man he is tight! and then got my climb on for a couple of hours, a cool dude from Colorado was there and we got chatting, he gave me some useful tips and i felt better right away in my slight change of form. I love the Worthless boulder in central park, a real challenging rock, with lots of problems and so much variation. The picture shown below is at the beginning of a lovely traverse which eventually gets up to about 10 feet, i think its rated a V2, i've not made the final move yet as its a right slapper.
Hopefully the week ahead will be a little less stressy than this one, and i'm psyched for more BMX time in the coming days - Got the love back - Believe!
Check out Calibres new drop - Shelf Life, Volume 2. It's deep.
Big Big Big! Weekend!
I think i was due it after what was a pretty tough and thankless week.. I busted out a couple of 12 hour days, lots of stress, no lunch break to catch a breeze, and worst of all working until almost 10pm on a friday. It just isn't cricket. What what.
Anyway, the money will be incredibly useful and i'll spend it on loose cars and fast women. Or something like that.
Anyway, its all over now, i was feeling a little lost for the weekend, the weather had been appalling and my friend Giorgio called friday afternoon and told me he thought the race at Kingston Point would be cancelled, i was bummed. So i worked through the day and at around 8pm Giorgio called back.. "Daaaanial, they call, and they make a race, we go kill these fu**ers!" I laughed out loud, he is a funny dude!
So in the morning i got up at 5am, and headed out to Astoria Queens to connect with my entourage. We'll call it the Hispanic Connect. There is Giorgio a Chilean, living in the US, William and Danial from Ecuador, and a fast young yowth, Enzo Perez, a Chilean, now living in Madrid and visiting for 2 months. A fully psyched yowth in it for all the right reasons.
They are all awesome, and although they speak very good English, the majority of the time they converse in Spanish (obviously) but i was never made to feel the butt of anything, and they were all awesome, such a good vibe between them and you couldn't help be infected with their laughter even if i never knew what was being said. I'd get a translation often enough though!
So we headed to KP and it was a beautiful day, i registered with the NBL and entered my class 26-34 (ouch, what an age bracket) and the Pro Open, which was payback.
The track wasn't hard and by lap 4 i had it nailed, lap 5 i hit the pro section, and overshot the 1st one by miles, still went for the 2nd but wasn't carrying enough speed, ditched the bike and rolled out, lap 6 i got it on point, squash it down baby!
A cool family vibe, awful commentary, the national anthem, a parade lap, lots of American flags and just general patrotism that i got fully involved with, hand on heart and everything. God love America.
Holding it down for the UK!
The racing was big, i won motos in my class, and straight to a final where i finished 2nd. I got a medal and was pumped.
Pro open was a lot harder, i got a 3 2 2 in motos which i was very happy with, then in the semi i was in 5th in the 2nd turn, i was like, meh, i'll take the pro section, i overshot the 1st to land to flat and had that horrible feeling of knowing i had not enough momentum to make the 2nd, and too much to stop in time, it was another bail into the pit of death and i went over the jump to collide with a rider entering from the fanny line. Oops.
So i was out, dang it!
Anyway i got a medal, so whatever.
I made some connections, got interviewed by Crazy Al Cayne a comedian, actor, film maker and racer from Long Island who was funny as hell, i met a few guys from other tracks and got invited to ride trails and open sessions with them, so i was stoked it went down!
I was just so happy to be on my bike, racing, having fun, meeting people and feeling like i hadn't lost the pull in the downtime i've had since i last raced. In fact, i think it has done me good having the time of doing other things. Warren, you were right all along!
I was meant to go to an Architectural Ball thing with Kate, Justin and Mia on Saturday night, but it never happened, I was kinda stoked on that anyway as the week and the days racing had taken its toll and i was pretty beat, Kate and I had dinner, beers and watched Liam Neeson kick the shit out of Eastern Europeans in the film Taken, which i love!
Brunch this morning was off the chain, i had the best eggs benedict i've ever had and Kate went for what was quite possibly the fluffiest, tastiest looking omlette i've ever seen, even better than Matts at 51JR, which were pretty shit hot.
I then went for a ride in the park, listening to some heavy new drum and bass from Calibre, man he is tight! and then got my climb on for a couple of hours, a cool dude from Colorado was there and we got chatting, he gave me some useful tips and i felt better right away in my slight change of form. I love the Worthless boulder in central park, a real challenging rock, with lots of problems and so much variation. The picture shown below is at the beginning of a lovely traverse which eventually gets up to about 10 feet, i think its rated a V2, i've not made the final move yet as its a right slapper.
Hopefully the week ahead will be a little less stressy than this one, and i'm psyched for more BMX time in the coming days - Got the love back - Believe!
Check out Calibres new drop - Shelf Life, Volume 2. It's deep.
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Brain Fail
Sometimes my brain just doesn't work that well. I like to think I have a marginal amount of intelligence to string coherent sentences together and rouse a laugh, and be able to do my job, but sometimes, my mind is just like, nah, not today boss.
Today is a bit like that, it takes me ages to type, it takes me a second to register what people say to me.. Wait, what?! Things just didn't pan out.
So over the day i have recieved a few things that made me laugh, and made me feel a bit better. Mainly because this is exactly how I think, and that is generally like an idiot. And I love yoghurt too.
Today is a bit like that, it takes me ages to type, it takes me a second to register what people say to me.. Wait, what?! Things just didn't pan out.
So over the day i have recieved a few things that made me laugh, and made me feel a bit better. Mainly because this is exactly how I think, and that is generally like an idiot. And I love yoghurt too.
Monday, 1 June 2009
No need to be so crabby!
Music is incredibly important to me, it can lift my mood, bring me through something diffcult, allow me to focus on something, silence my thoughts when i need them to be silenced and inspire me in every aspect of my life. I love music and I love to share it with people too.
Today was pretty tough, getting up before 6 to head to the gym, having a hard session in there, then walking to work to endure a tough 12 hour stint working on the worlds most awkward projects.. Music kept me sane and driven today. I left the office just after 8 and i felt pretty flat.. I had my popular mp3 playing device on shuffle and Mistabishi - View From Nowhere came on, i instantly felt released and lifted from my state of mind, the rolling piano, the smooth vocal, the tight snare, its beautiful. And as i strolled to the subway my walk became a bounce and i felt lighter and over it all.
I love Mistabishis deep production, every song on the LP is a smasher, and i never get tired of it.
Anyway, I had a wonderful weekend just gone, taking the Friday off work to head down to Maryland with Kate to go to her old friends wedding in Maryland. She asked if I wanted to travel down with her which I did, an opportunity to have an adventure with her, out of the city, to a new and different place was right up my alley.
On the way we stopped at a liquor store and a waffle house, we never ate there but i thought i'd take the opportunity to take a picture of me, like I was on my way to the Nascar, with a quality American beverage for pure unadulterated drinking pleasure.. All i needed was a wife beater vest, a truck cap soiled with old engine oil and a bag of chewing tabacco and i'd be all set..
The weekend involved the most amazing crab cakes (for which Maryland is famed for), a drinking game or 2, incredible weather, food and drink, wonderful company and meeting a lot of pretty cool people. The English charm worked a treat - Hardly.
The setting was amazing, the parents of the Bride live near Chestertown in Maryland, and right in the heart of Cheapasake Bay (i think) which is just a beautiful place. I was in a total zen like state for the day, listening to the waves break gently on the shore line, the sun coming through the tree canopy and the breeze coming off the water.
Weddings are tough at the best of times, say you know the bride and groom and everyone there, there is so much mingling and running around that its difficult to relax.. So there is me amongst the Brown and Harvard graduates and under-graduates with my HNC from Sheffield College and my English satire.
I had a lot of fun though, met some lovely people, and like I said the do was wonderful, the bride and groom, old friends of Kate's move to NYC this week, so Kate is psyched and I look forward to meeting them in perhaps a more relaxing setting! It was a beautiful day though, and I enjoyed being there. Plus you looked buff!
When we got back to the City I jumped on the whip and headed out to Cunningham to ride the trails, which were running so nice. I had a blast sending it, and it was exactly the perfect ending to a really nice weekend. I also met some cool guys from Spain and Chile that race and they kindly offered their services in driving me to race this coming weekend to Kingston Point. Which i am psyched on! It has been a while since I raced and i'm hungry for it.
I feel pretty strong on the bike, but it' been a while since i gated, so who knows how i'll fare! I think i might race superclass, and there are 2 pro sections so it sounds right up my street!
This week is going to be tough at work, but i'm looking forward to the weekend already, racing, some drinks and fun and frolics.. Oh you know it!
Today was pretty tough, getting up before 6 to head to the gym, having a hard session in there, then walking to work to endure a tough 12 hour stint working on the worlds most awkward projects.. Music kept me sane and driven today. I left the office just after 8 and i felt pretty flat.. I had my popular mp3 playing device on shuffle and Mistabishi - View From Nowhere came on, i instantly felt released and lifted from my state of mind, the rolling piano, the smooth vocal, the tight snare, its beautiful. And as i strolled to the subway my walk became a bounce and i felt lighter and over it all.
I love Mistabishis deep production, every song on the LP is a smasher, and i never get tired of it.
Anyway, I had a wonderful weekend just gone, taking the Friday off work to head down to Maryland with Kate to go to her old friends wedding in Maryland. She asked if I wanted to travel down with her which I did, an opportunity to have an adventure with her, out of the city, to a new and different place was right up my alley.
On the way we stopped at a liquor store and a waffle house, we never ate there but i thought i'd take the opportunity to take a picture of me, like I was on my way to the Nascar, with a quality American beverage for pure unadulterated drinking pleasure.. All i needed was a wife beater vest, a truck cap soiled with old engine oil and a bag of chewing tabacco and i'd be all set..
The weekend involved the most amazing crab cakes (for which Maryland is famed for), a drinking game or 2, incredible weather, food and drink, wonderful company and meeting a lot of pretty cool people. The English charm worked a treat - Hardly.
The setting was amazing, the parents of the Bride live near Chestertown in Maryland, and right in the heart of Cheapasake Bay (i think) which is just a beautiful place. I was in a total zen like state for the day, listening to the waves break gently on the shore line, the sun coming through the tree canopy and the breeze coming off the water.
Weddings are tough at the best of times, say you know the bride and groom and everyone there, there is so much mingling and running around that its difficult to relax.. So there is me amongst the Brown and Harvard graduates and under-graduates with my HNC from Sheffield College and my English satire.
I had a lot of fun though, met some lovely people, and like I said the do was wonderful, the bride and groom, old friends of Kate's move to NYC this week, so Kate is psyched and I look forward to meeting them in perhaps a more relaxing setting! It was a beautiful day though, and I enjoyed being there. Plus you looked buff!
When we got back to the City I jumped on the whip and headed out to Cunningham to ride the trails, which were running so nice. I had a blast sending it, and it was exactly the perfect ending to a really nice weekend. I also met some cool guys from Spain and Chile that race and they kindly offered their services in driving me to race this coming weekend to Kingston Point. Which i am psyched on! It has been a while since I raced and i'm hungry for it.
I feel pretty strong on the bike, but it' been a while since i gated, so who knows how i'll fare! I think i might race superclass, and there are 2 pro sections so it sounds right up my street!
This week is going to be tough at work, but i'm looking forward to the weekend already, racing, some drinks and fun and frolics.. Oh you know it!
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