What Goes Around Comes Around

Back in the '70s there was a harsh drought in Southern California. As a result of this drought, many homeowners could not keep their pools filled. Enter the Z-Boys. Led by then-kids Stacey Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams, the Z-Boys brought surfing to the pavement. When they discovered the dry pools - and that they could skate them - they began to pave the way for some of the most well-known skate boarders of our time like Tony Hawk, Andy MacDonald and Bob Burnquist.

The Z-Boys began experimenting in the vertical world by skating pools and helped further progress the widespread popularity of the sport, in a way, helping it become what it is today in all it's disciplines. One of the original Z-Boys, Stacey Peralta, went on to become one of the more successful of the bunch and later produced a documentary, Dogtown and Z-Boys, chronicling this fascinating point in time.

Now, looking at this sufferfest of an economic crisis that we're mulling through, I find it fascinating as hell that adults and kids alike in Southern California are doing the same thing the Z-Boys did; only this time around it's not a drought caused by weather that's keeping pools dry, it's the drought of our economy.

Going There

I plan to head to Japan for some ski time in March of 2010. Why Japan? Because it's the next Utah. No real details on exactly where the trip will go, but it will be good, for sure (hint: it's in Northern Japan). I don't want to spoil the surprise just yet. Now I need to get a passport. Finally.

Apple 8 | PC 2

That was the count of Macs vs. PCs as I walked into a coffee shop this afternoon. Here's some pics from yesterday up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Yeah, I edited the piss out of them.

Among Other Things...

The next 8 years are going to very interesting/exciting. Additionally, let us not forget to reflect and embrace how historic the events of yesterday were. Buckle up.

Laid Up - Laid Back

Every four hours I take a pill. This little pill makes the pain from my knee surgery go away. For a little while. Soon, I won't need the take the pills anymore. Every day my knee gets stronger.

That's right, I had knee surgery on Monday, January 12th. I tore the meniscus in my left knee while skiing two days after Christmas. The journey, from this point forward, only gets better.

Once Upon a Time

Once upon a time, in May of 2008, I went to Chicago with Tina. We spent an entire day touring the city with friends. The weather was beautiful, I took so many great photos and was so excited to get them home and upload them to my computer. The uploading never happened, as I lost EVERY photo when my camera's memory card was inadvertently reformatted at the end of that same day. The next day we made another quick round of the city before having to fly home. Here's a quickie:

B & W

We've been seeing storms romp across the valley and up into the Wasatch pretty regularly the past couple of weeks. I've been out of the game with a twisted (hopefully just a twist...) knee for last bit, so it's been great fun watching everyone else get excited about going up and enjoying the goodness. I've been enjoying the snow in other ways.



Cheers to a healthy season.

Phoblog

It looks like my blog has turned into a photoblog. Could I shorten that phrase to Phoblog? Or maybe Phob-log? Hmmm, I think so.



Check that out. A 0.125 sec exposure with a quick twist of the camera. Don't puke.