Used to be into sandwiches, not sure what's going on with my life right now

Found this clip today:
http://www.bobshirt.com/NSNG/PatBrennen.html

Remember watching this part fresh out of a hard days work at the local high school. Get home, eat a snack, watch a video, go skate. Even though this was nearly the Powell dethroned days, I enjoyed a couple parts in this video. Chris Senn, Adam McNatt. What happened to McNatt? He was at the top of the heap at one time. It's funny that they still use the shaky "in out" cam on this one. It's like they paid for the technology when they made Propaganda and wanted to get their money's worth. "Can we at least get a couple nauseating shots with the shaky cam?"

This was right around the time when slick bottom decks were prime time. I believe Santa Cruz was the first to brand the idea and my skatebro, Branden, had the Tom Knox version. I eventually got an Alien Workshop Dyrdek slick. It was before pros had a new graphic every month, so I had the slick bottom version and the wood deck with the same graphic albeit a different shape. I would go on to have many a slick bottomed deck. Some worked better than others. The Mark Gonzales mac 'n cheese deck for example, was just a cheap laminate. Great graphics though. I loved the frag out of that one. Branden had the G&S Shannon May slick with the model graphics. I had an ATM Gonz slick that would bend when you stepped on it. Weird time for skateboarding.

RIP Pat Brennen. (360 late shuv)

Cinderblock session

Tonight saw a session in Port Rich's famed warehouse section of town. We've got a block set against the wall and we sesh it when we get the chance. Rod was throwing down some switch tail stall variations as well as no-comply stylings on the flatground both front and back. Chris came up with some ollie to tail attempts and a backside axle stall. I went for the frontside axe stah, and really couldn't hold it for more than .5 seconds.
Listen, last week I frontside pivot axle stahled the fuck out of that thing. It was surrounded by the dust of broken cement. Destroyed. I also did a frontside nose stall to revert. Some peeps say "Go big!" I say go small in a big way.

Also enjoying a few fresh ales this evening. And a Santa's pipe.

Ollie to box of Purina Cat Chow

Home is where the heartache is, and when I got home my cat was aching with the pangs of hunger.
After realizing she had no food, I grabbed count deckula and hit the streets in search of something that would support a healthy heart and immune system for my cat. Approaching the inch high curb at the A-plus, I ollied one and a half inches to clear the beast.

360 flip to fakie dream sequence

Last night I had a dream. I was 360 flipping a long board. It felt great. I was kicking the back tail and flicking the front foot just so. I lost 360 flips a long time ago, but there was a time when they were semi regs.

I put a new board together last night. Worst grip tape job ever. I don't know what I did wrong. I taped it up, hit it with the wrong end of a screwdriver then cut it with a blade. I have a problem with yellow stained tops. When I cut the grip some of the top was exposed. I took a black sharpie and colored it in.

I took it for a ride to get a hoagie. I bought some Spitfire Streetburners. I was riding into 30 MPH winds so I didn't really feel the streets burning underneath me but I love Spitfires nonetheless. I don't really see a reason why anybody should ride anything else or anything less. The hoagie was okay. Nollie backside 180 may be one of the best tricks of our century.

Also frontside pivot on a curb. I can't really think of anything better.

Prom night falls on a Wednesday.

frontside pivot

Skateboard blog. This is my first or maybe last blog. I ride a skateboard. I am rapidly approaching 32 years. Why am I here? Just wanted to get into the blog game really. Check me out. When I buy a new set of wheels i put them in my mouth like a donut. My wife caught me doing this and asked "What are you doing with the fucking wheel?"
I told her, "It's the only time you can put the wheel in your mouth. Once it hits the streets, it's history."