I’m not a real skate fan, but I enjoy getting on my Arbor longboard from time to time. I saw this on the news last night and thought I’d post it. Consider it a bonus for Video Friday. There are several different angles of the launch at the end of the video. BTW, check out how the shoes launch on impact.
As promised in an earlier post, this is the video of me riding a mechanical bull at the Teton County Fair.
When I was 14, a region Boy Scouts of America sponsored a biathlon in the mountains outside of Mt. Pleasant, UT. I didn’t have a gun or skis, and the rest of my scout group didn’t care to participate. But I wanted to, bad. So I borrowed a crappy .22 from a neighbor and my dad’s seldom used X-country skis. I had my mom help me make a sling out of denim to carry my gun and was ready to go. (never mind I had only been on X-country skis once previously.
I crashed a lot, my gun jammed at the second shooting station, and I broke my dad’s ski binding, but it was a great time.
Although the rules have been changed a bit in this video, it reminded me of my experience as a teenager.
Last week I was in Ouray, CO and spent a few minutes at the Ice Park. I wanted to see what it looked like with all the ice and the climbers. Here’s a good clip of the festival.
Here is a quick post from Silverton, Colorado. I didn’t take much time to edit it, but at least I got something posted.
I spent the morning with my family at the Valley of Fire, NV. Here is a quick video of The Cabins. We also went to Overton beach. The marina was gone because the lake is down so fare, I’d estimate it to be down well over 100 feet. I’ll try to post a photo later.
For our closing keynote today, Brian Regan will be performing. Unfortunately for me, my plane leaves before he gets started. I had to go to Youtube to get my feel. Unfortunate I had to leave because he’s funny.
On Stage 17 of last year’s Tour de France, Floyd Landis made an amazing come back by gaining 8 minutes on the leader, (most of which he lost the day before when he bonked) putting him in postition to win the Tour. However, we know that afterward, the French botched a drug test on a questionable urine sample that subsequently caused Floyd to be banned from cycling.
I suppose as Americans, we live for the come-back story, a rise to victory. It’s easy for us to assume that Landis is innocent. With all the uncertainty surrounding the circumstance, it’s hard not to think the French were not pissed off (pun intended) at being beaten by another american. (The US has had a corner on the Tour for years because of Lance Armstrong.)
I think what is happening is unfair to Landis, but I don’t care enough to send money.
This post is for my new friends from Symantec and PWC. This video is a sunrise from the top of Timpanogos; only this view would beat the one from my office window.
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100 Hikes In Utah A hiking guide I co-authored with Steve Mann describing 100 hikes, for both novice and expert, throughout the state of Utah. |