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February 10, 2006
Park Monkeys
So with the lack of fresh snow but with the skies still clear and sunny we have been hitting the park.
Rails, boxes, jumps and spines have all been hit at ever increasing speed and with slightly more daring and convidence each time.
Spins while in the air still elude me (pretty sure I could do a 180*) so I've been working on grabs. I can do an 'Indy Air' (grab front of board inbetween bindings with back hand) quite well and I've been trying a tail grab, unsure if this is the right order to progress but it feel retty good :o)
We've got some video of our various antics so I might put together a small montage of our epics.
We took some photos of our expedition yesterday around both mountains, these can be seen in the photo album - "Paddys Back". However I recommend not looking at them if your job/life revolves around sitting in an office cubicle and cummuting hours to work somewhere through a concrete jungle... you have been warned!
Anyway, in other news SK bought a new board, a K2 Mix. She felt her current board was a little stiff and wanted something with a bit of flex for the park, after demoing a couple she got this one for cheap though work.
The artwork is pretty cool - 'Andy Warhol' meets 'Desperate Housewives' I think.
Ben also bought a new board, a K2 Titan. He's demoed countless boards trying to find the right 'do everything and anything' mix and eventually found it. The artwork might give small children nightmares, but it's still cool :o)
Today Ben and a old friend from work have hit the hill they (Bens friend) wants to do some double blacks... so Ben has followed. Should be interesting.
SK and I are about to go for a Dustys breakfast and then hit the park again - although I'd quite like to do some tree runs... we'll see what happens.
Posted by edwardnorthridge at February 10, 2006 09:37 AM
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You knew I'd look... damn you! You knew! lol
Posted by: Ralph at February 10, 2006 11:53 AM