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Blog 5.4
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On 5/9/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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If you haven't figure out by now... I'm somewhat of a "racaunteur." I have this tendency to go back a few years with the time-travel segment thing.
Such is the way that I am thinking about ALL those days Fluitt, Crowe, Smith, Meyer, and me used to spend chargin' hills behind our alleyways in Cen-Cal. Good times. Times before ALL the people.
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Blog 5.3
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On 5/9/2005
PD
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Here I am scraping a 21st place out of 23 entries. To skate this place is is soulful -- to CHARGE is SACK!
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Blog 5.2
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On 5/9/2005
PD
wrote in from
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Now two ways about it. Albuquerque is God's land of ditches. If there was no ocean, I'd live in a motorhome parked next to Indian School. It's funny, when we there there for that first Bear contest, we were convinced that someone could make a good living by providing skate-tours of all the local ditches to any out-of-towner who was willing to throw down.
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Almost Forgot...
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On 5/9/2005
HACKETT - BLACK LEATHER RACING
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30 MPH+ Rounding the second or third cone - 1st Indian School Outlaw Race
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Style is Everything
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On 5/9/2005
HACKETT - BLACK LEATHER RACING
wrote in from
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PD- I'll never forget the first time I won the Bear.
That weekend, we all rode the Indian School ditch.
I had finally found the cement vesion of the wave below...
The very first time I rode down it I was in a group of maybe
ten guys; Olson, Me, Coleman, Palmer, GBMIII, LOWERY, and a bunch
of other heads including - Yes, PD!
(This was a day or so after Biker Sherlock beefed and broke his collar
bone and got knocked out on his first run 20 feet into the ditch...so we were all kinda' tripping.
About 1/4 mile down the ditch you enter this tunnel that's dark, about 30 feet long, and only about 5 feet tall forcing you to croutch (at speed) and navigate
broken glass, dead rats, tennis balls and whatever else is in there...
I came flying down and all of a sudden I realize PD is in front of me and throws a knee slide into the tunnel right in front of me!!
PD, remember that run?
I'm glad we made it.
I'll never forget that one.
Welcome home.
HACK - FORMER BEAR CONQUISTA' DORA
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Blog 5.1
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On 5/9/2005
PD
wrote in from
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Okay... The workout program today: run on my crazy Panamanian neighbor's treadmill for a 1/2 hour, walk back accross the street to my house and ride my funky stationary bike, hop on my dirt moto and cruise the woods for awhile...
But what I REALLY wish I was doin' was this (taken last summer at a local "secret spot"):
Yummy!
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dunn bin rainin'
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On 5/9/2005 six
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good to see you _back_ (chaput too)
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OOOPPPSSS!!!
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On 5/9/2005 LookOutBelow
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FRANKENSKATER!
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On 5/9/2005
Farid
wrote in from
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What do get when you get crazies like Dunn, Smith, & Evans together to form a slalom "love child"?........................
FRANKENSKATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Maysey, LOOK OUT! HE'S ONE BAD MUTHA!
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Blogging!
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On 5/9/2005
Richy C
wrote in from
United States
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Hey PD, Your going to be charged to see how many fast racers there are now! As far as changing your Pump, I recomend Switch stance, Or handstand! Hanging five or Ten AlA Greg Taie, Hows about a Wheelbase of 10 inches or so, Hey go retro and run Road Rider 4s , Gilmore says Hoover bearings #1, Hey hows about skyhooks front and back for hopp pump! Kidding!!!!!! Good luck in the Hood!!!
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Paul is not "Done"
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On 5/9/2005
Farid
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Paul,
Thanks for throwing up (or should I say posting) my pictures and the kind words about them. Good luck getting back into shape. You are probably now walking arond like Fred Sanford, but like how I emailed you before, you are 2 months away from being Rocky.
"Uh, I don' know Mick, da course looks steep."
"COME ON ROCK! DON'TS BE SUCH A'S BUM!"
"But Mick?"
"SHUTS UPS AN' STARTS SWINGIN'!"
"Awsrights Mick."
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Blog 5.0
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On 5/9/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Ahhh... As much as I like Colorado, I'll actually be in Idaho that very weekend (June 10-12). Hangin' in Coeur D'Alene with my in-laws. Not terribly exciting, but I'll try to blog while I'm there. Hopefully I'll have a board by then. Hello to Gary Holl, Chaput and Barker.
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Back to Back
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On 5/9/2005
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Paul, It's good to have you back. And it's good to have a good back. I'm just coming back from another back attack. I'm going to try getting adjustments, stretching over my inflatible ball and doing excercise to get in shape for the ditch slalom in Albuquerque in 3 weeks.
I don't see how you guys are brave enough to work with all of that composite material. It makes me itch just looking at it. The boards look great though.
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Colorado Cup
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On 5/9/2005 cbark
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Come on out and change your Blog to "30-days to Colorado Cup".
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Indian School Pump
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On 5/9/2005 cbark
wrote in from
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Changing your pump? WHY??? When I first started skating again, I admired guys with a balanced pump, like you, Fluitt, Gilmour, Maysey. I never could figure out how to get balanced like that. Fluitt still teases me about my style (or lack of). After lots of frusturation, trying to be like Fluitt, I just decided it wasn't going to happen so I just tried to get as fast as I could and not worry about what I looked like. I still am trying to get more balanced.
Here's one from the past... What a weekend that was...
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#3
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On 5/9/2005
FLUITT
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PD,
Answering #3 below, check your mail box for a Priority package. 2 90mms and 2 107s. The Gold 107 is a rear only with the Tracker RTX base. Run it flat. The other mate to their Randal bases and you can run them front wedged positive 10-20 degree, or rear wedged negatory 10 degree. For TS try the Ferrari reds. For GS the 107s, with the Black one in Front.
I happen to know Matt is a Frontier Pilot and you can get those cheap tickets to their hub of DENVER. So I'd like to encourage you to come to the COLORADO CUP on June 11 & 12 to bro down with COSS and get your equipment tested before going to Hood. Just think of it as a warm up. Digs provided by Case De Fluitt. Friday night outlaw single lane GS on brand spackin' new black top (they are laying it today!) followed by BBQ and the Premier of Worlds 2004 DVD. Saturday TS and Hybrid at the famous Spyderco hill, and Sunday Dual GS at CoorsTek. Check it on the Contest Calendar.
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Blog 4.4
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On 5/8/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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This is a fragment of Farid's talent representing his earlier explorations into capturing the FEEL of slalom skateboarding. This was the second day (GS) of the Tahoe race in 2002. I was on a heavy, stiff board that Bob Turner made as a prototype GS board. The problem was that the resin never really "set-up " on the inside of the board. A few months after this photo was taken, I cut the board up to make a cut-down shape out of it. I could almost spoon out the un-gelled resin from the center part of the poor thing. I got a late start ouuta the gates with Charlie and ended up something like tied for 9th that day...
That was the day Kenny rode down the course -- totally nude -- after the event was over and decried: "The Angry Inch Has Made It's Appearance!"
Crazy.
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Blog 4.3
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On 5/8/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Success in racing comes down to the following:
1. Conditioning
2. Skill
3. Equipment
4. Technique
5. Experience
I am concerned that I am not prepared for numbers 1, 3, and 4.
Number one -- I'm outta shape
Number three -- I don't have the current goods
Number four -- I'm thinking about changing my pump
That's a tough nut to grind down in 60 days.
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Blog 4.2
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On 5/8/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Got my ass up and rode a bike out Vineyard Canyon drive this morning. Eighteen miles. Have to get up for a triathlon that my wife signed up for next week. Figured I owed it to her as I dragged her ass all over the US a few years back...It's a team deal: she swims, I ride, and another chic runs. Should be interesting dragging my fat hiney all over the bike route, wheezing like an old, retired asthmatic horse...
Thought about all the miles Kenny must have put on during his bike days... What a sorry sitch: skating and training totally by yourself in mid-Ohio. Who'd a thunk that the boy would become king? The main thing I want to tell Ken is that he, along with Robin, are successful in many ways. An old, cranky biologist mentor once told me, "Success is passing on your genes, nothing else."
Heavy s#@!.
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Blog 4.1
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On 5/8/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Saw Maysey today. He showed me what he's been ridin' in hybrid courses. A great Ick-made shape that he came up with, coupled with sweet Tracker off-sets in the rear, and a Radikal in the front. We could only talk for about 4 minutes. Too bad he's not livin' up in Cen-Coast Cali these days. Miss the hang time.
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Blog 4.0
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On 5/8/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Here's a badd-ass photo of Sir Charles running HARD at La Costa. There's a couple of cool things about this photo... number one, look at Charlie's facial: true grit! Number two: the ESSENCE of the shot. Farid has figured out HOW to photograph slalom... You gotta get it right -- and at the right moment, or it looks totally cheesy.
This photo should be ANY slalom afficianado's MF screen-saver!
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PD
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On 5/8/2005 Gary H.
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United States
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PD, well I haven't been on a slalom board much in the past year, I've spent more time on a Freestyle board and I'm feeling good about that. I just stopped by to say "hello" thank you for all your slalom training tips that you gave back when I rode for Turner. Keep training! Good luck in da' Hood!
-G-
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Blog 3.3
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On 5/7/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Da Richie Rap
Yo --
(I said) His name is Richie
brudda's sweats makes him itchy
If you jump him on a gate...
He gets a little bitchy
But that don't mattah
'Cause he digs the mad hattah
You ain't down wit dat...?
Sucka's gonna get ya fattah
(I said) Da Bomba's down da style
He's pumped a hundred mile
You wanna get some goat?...
...it's gonna take awhile
Da kid is a spinnah
(I said) A big-time winnah
He go the full mile...
With a full-blown smile
So do da right ting
Chuv PD some bling - bling
'Cause da man wanna sponsah...
He need a ring - ring!
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Blog 3.2
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On 5/7/2005
PD
wrote in from
United States
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Okay,
Did the basic sweat-style workout. Tomorrow is bike day plus I'm gonna do some Shinty in the afternoon with my bros...
Been thinkin' today about Richie... Yeah, as in Carrasco. What a machine. Goes everywhere, skates everywhere, and gets up at 5 in the morning on Monday and goes out the door to lay concrete or something heavy like that.
Dude. Major respect.
Super skater, super guy. And totally into La Familia... I'm all about that.
I think Richie needs a rap song.
--PD
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Who are you riding for?
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On 5/7/2005 BP
wrote in from
United States
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So Mr. Dunn... Who are you with and what are you riding?
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