Starting to Warm Up!!!

I'm getting excited about the weather. Seriously, it's starting to get warmer outside, snow is disappearing, and you know what that means. Time to skate. I don't know what you've got for your skate scene, but I'm going to take a little longboarding trip down Provo Canyon in Utah once it warms up where I am. Get air and a view of nature as we cruise down the asphalt path between the trees and cliffs. I just asked Jordan Sprinkle what he thinks about that. He thinks he'd like to be sponsored and travel more. I respect that. Welcome to the B Team Jordan.

Anyway, so it's time to toss out that old warped and tattered skateboard, grip up a fresh deck with new bearings and hit the streets. I love the feel of a fresh skateboard deck as the tail hits the pavement and lifts off the ground.

And of course there are those on and off days, snow, no snow, rain, melting snow, etc. Those are the days when I practice a few tricks indoors with my Softrucks complete. Softrucks are legit! I must admit.

Kicktail Longboard

I set up a kicktail longboard for myself and rode it to work today. Sure there was some snow on the ground, but the streets were clear enough to ride it to work. It was really something. I was able to grip it with several sheets (and pieces of sheets) of Jessup. Don't know why... We have Longboard Griptape available, maybe I just wanted Jessup, and I wanted to do something a little different. I made a little design for the grip. It's interesting to overlay griptape on a longboard as part of a design.
Anyway, so here I am. Longboarding to work, I make a pit stop to see an old friend. I tell him I can kickflip this beast. (42.5" x 10" the standard skateboard being 32.5" x 7.75") Not to mention the trucks and wheels are also quite larger in size than your usual skateboard trucks and wheels... So I'm leaving his house and I tell him to watch. I place my feet and there I was airborne with this massive chunk of wood, metal, and urethane flipping underneath me. All I'm thinking is I hope this 10" wide 8 ply board doesn't find its way to my shins. I land somewhere within the 42.5" available landing space and roll away clean. Nailed it. Later I call my friend and all he says is, "It was kinda mob dude." ...!?! Alright, that's cool. I'll work on my longboard kickflips I guess.

Jared Rich