better tell those hot heads "stay cool" or exit, 'cause im the exception to the rule.
so today was my second to last full day in pensacola. i went to bed at 2 am, 2 hours earlier than my typical bed time of 4 and still woke up at the same time i usually wake up at ( 1 pm ). that's a lot of sleep. regardless, evan and i went and met up with his friend robbie from alabama. he's a rad kid who had this girl with him who rode around all day on some junkie ass mountain bike with a really complicated kick stand.
we rode this bank to ledge that was really fun and i did a barspin to pedal stall to 270 and evan did a long carving manual to peg stall. it was good. we filmed it. it was also the first time i did a disaster on a decent bank to ledge.
so then we went to big chris's ramp and waited for the ramp rats to finish up. then went to downtown mobile and evan charged this 7 stair rail and grinded up it. he didn't pull it til a few tries later but him and robbie both got it done and it was rad. evan tried to 180 out of it which is kind of bizarrely good and he almost pulled it. we rode more street around there too and that robbie character really impressed me, he almost pulled this manual on a kind of thin ledge to gap 180 into some grass with no brakes. i guess he rides alone in alabama like constantly which is what i should be doing and plan on doing.
right before we left downtown i tried to grind up the rail though, i was stoked that i went for it even though i probably grinded up half of it at most. the fact that i went for it a few times made me stoked since any time you grind up a rail its a big bunnyhop and a really weird feeling. theres a perfect rail to grind up in new york though so i'll be stoked to get back there and try it at the police plaza. i know i can do it you just have to go so fast to get to the top of a rail and ride out clean that its challenging to jump that high going that fast.
so then we went to some dead man wallride that it would be ridiculous to see someone try. then to this bank to rail/fence thing. i filmed this kid eric doing a pedal pick on it which was rad since it was way above handlebar and evan took a picture of me doing a wallride on the side of the rail, on the uprights and hopefully it'll come out good.
so yeah that was my second to last day here in short ( or in long ). tomorrow i'll probably go riding again and then it's the lucero show at x park. i'm totally stoked on it, probably moreso than i've ever been for a show, they're so good.
then miami til the 4th. so basically i'll be back in nashua in like 5 days, that is so fucked but pretty cool too.
we rode this bank to ledge that was really fun and i did a barspin to pedal stall to 270 and evan did a long carving manual to peg stall. it was good. we filmed it. it was also the first time i did a disaster on a decent bank to ledge.
so then we went to big chris's ramp and waited for the ramp rats to finish up. then went to downtown mobile and evan charged this 7 stair rail and grinded up it. he didn't pull it til a few tries later but him and robbie both got it done and it was rad. evan tried to 180 out of it which is kind of bizarrely good and he almost pulled it. we rode more street around there too and that robbie character really impressed me, he almost pulled this manual on a kind of thin ledge to gap 180 into some grass with no brakes. i guess he rides alone in alabama like constantly which is what i should be doing and plan on doing.
right before we left downtown i tried to grind up the rail though, i was stoked that i went for it even though i probably grinded up half of it at most. the fact that i went for it a few times made me stoked since any time you grind up a rail its a big bunnyhop and a really weird feeling. theres a perfect rail to grind up in new york though so i'll be stoked to get back there and try it at the police plaza. i know i can do it you just have to go so fast to get to the top of a rail and ride out clean that its challenging to jump that high going that fast.
so then we went to some dead man wallride that it would be ridiculous to see someone try. then to this bank to rail/fence thing. i filmed this kid eric doing a pedal pick on it which was rad since it was way above handlebar and evan took a picture of me doing a wallride on the side of the rail, on the uprights and hopefully it'll come out good.
so yeah that was my second to last day here in short ( or in long ). tomorrow i'll probably go riding again and then it's the lucero show at x park. i'm totally stoked on it, probably moreso than i've ever been for a show, they're so good.
then miami til the 4th. so basically i'll be back in nashua in like 5 days, that is so fucked but pretty cool too.