Internet fame and plans

Posting regularly is definitely not my strong point - I have been distracted by all sorts of things, but what's brought me back to earth and into the realms of skating is having my good friend Gbemi interview me for AllAroundSkate. Being frank, it's a little scary being interviewed - I always worry I'll come across as a dick! On the other hand I'm honoured and chuffed that he feels that it's worth putting me on a europe-wide blog, so I hope you enjoy reading it :) .

 It also reminds me of my neglect for this one! Recently my skate focus has all been about XSS - indoctrinating/stoking this year's freshers into skating more and skating lots more, getting involved and really immersing themselves in the scene. And it's been awesome. Our first session? We ran out of boards to lend. Our second session? Ran out of boards to lend. We're still thin on the ground, and it's a month and a half later! Everyone is clamouring for gloves, for boards, for sessions and for it to NOT RAIN. Its excellent, and it's only going to get better as the weather improves :)

My plans for the next month you ask???
Here's what's in store:

1) Sourcing some imperial allen bolts for the benefit of XSS, and Reskue skate store. They'll be about the same price as most shops if we can find a good supplier.

2) Prototyping some gloves, with a view to teaming up with Jamie's Puck Shop if they're successful. More news on that later, like, when I have money.

3) Getting some XSS teeshirts/hoodies done up so we all match when we attend events. If they seem popular we may extend to do some non-team teeshirts for general sale.

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5) Profit! Well, any profit made from any of the above will be going towards future events or club gear. Now the club has so many members we are going to shred through gloves, mangle boards and wheels and probably use up our 1st aid kits at a rate of knots. Stoke the scene! YEAH

6) Start chatting to the council about running skate events. And writing the 9001 page risk assessment to go with it.

7) Breaking myself doing some traditional hard-wheel sliding

8) once broken, catch up with 4 other draft posts I've been meaning to throw into the information bucket that is the internet for about a month now.

Skate more!

timmy