ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

Tod, way to go in Athens! Thanks, too, for the loan of the Grippins on Friday--um, and Saturday, and Sunday, and Monday...oops.

CF,

Thanks man, you brothers are great... Tell Alan I've got an idea!?!? he knows my #

I know I gotta loooong way to go....but FNA !! I love racing and the training that goes with it...
Nice to be home to chill and start thinkin about the next one...

Talk to you guys soon, T.O.

tod,you brung it.you did what every amatuer here dreams of doing.................making the pro cut and then knocking off a current world champ only to leave town with everyone talking about you and you have nothing to say.i got to witness that,thanks and congrats bro.cf

woke up in my clothes again this morning
don't know exactly where I am
I should heed my doctor's warning
he does the best with me he can
he claims I suffer from delusion
I'm so confident I'm sane
it can't be an optical illusion
so how can you explain?
shadows in the rain

Hopefully the rain expected for Saturday will be delayed.

See you all tomorrow!

I'm thinking of adopting the name "Jay-B". Watch for my new CD, "The Very Pale Album" on Dagger Records. It's all skate-related songs. The first single will be "99 Problems (But a Ditch Ain't One)." Just keepin' it real, yo.

well Joe, you always DID have the coolest rides

JBH...man...how do i keep up with a schtik like that?

Harms and CB,

I'm one step ahead of you guys. Last year I rode my unlimited and pvd's.

This year I said WTF.

I'll be riding the Wonkavator.


Nobody push the red button, or else.

Joe

Drove in? Check. Arrived late? Check. Smoked the course? The jury's still out on that one.

Dunno if Rick's going to set the same course, but if he does, expect a lot of sideways g-forces, i.e. BIG offsets.

Typical internal monologue on last year's course:

There's no good way of discerning
How much longer to keep turning;
Oh, my God, my quads are burning
And my guts are really churning...
Yikes!

Hit one cone and you'll be learning
Instant DQ you'll be earning
For a "rebate" you'll be yearning
To the top you'll be returning
Stand in line!

Dammit Oles......i didnt need to read that...

Here's what the voices in my head have been singing to me for months...(no lie...dont ask)

There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a'blowing?
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a'glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes!
The danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!

Stop the boat.

Youre going to get there WAY earlier than us, we'll see ya on the hill
As for that dang hill....we've been riding what we THOUGHT was a GS hill last fall...but it may as well be flat compared to their hill.....i'm geeked for it though...should be a riot.
(and why do i get the feeling that you'll rip up the course?)

and i've got to learn how to do those quotes

Jon....didnt you drive in last year too?....arrive late....and smoke the course?......aint gonna mess with a winning formula are ya?

I'mmmm forrr eh-verrr your-rrrs............................................... Faith---fully..........

There, now try and get that outta your head...HeHehe


Man, I wish I could play guitar like Neal Schon....


Anyways Chris, I get to Atlanta at 9:54 fri. morning. I'm makin plans to pick Mr. Sydia up and head on over to Athens.

As much as I ride bigger hills around here, I've never really set any big GS courses.
I'm looking forward to Trade st. It'll be my first GS test....

Will you hold my medical card for me?



JBH wrote,

"so maybe the word normal doesn't apply"

Uhh, we'll just leave it at that....

In a normal world, we'd roll in on Friday around midday. Then again, we're dealing with me, Goad and several others, so maybe the word normal doesn't apply.

nah, i aint tryin to bust chops, just wake your ass up from hibernation!

....i had NOTHING to comeback with that last one though........

we can let Bruce lyrics slide....that's american apple pie

But dammit Tod....if you bust out with Journey songs in Athens you may get a good ole fashion Tar and Featherin'....

heh heh....(see there, i can talk real tough as long as i'm not lining up against ya!)

First warm Blatz is on me.....what time do you fly into Atlanta at?

Brother Jon....what time do you arrive?

Bara started this thread tryin to split my peas....I'll probably end up owing him a PBR somehow
for the favor....

Lookin ferwurd ta seein y'allzzzzz

Hey Chris,

You didn't trip over anything runnin to the puter to crack my nards did ya???

Now that be some funny sh!t.

Best of ss.com (X)

See you cats in GA.

Tod Oles wrote:Paul,
You-n-me, we just be Drifters.....loners on the range of life. We've left the "born to run" adagein the chaff of our youth and now we, "just run" alas to be born again....

Well Ole Neil put it best when he sang...

"Know when you see him,
Nothing can free him.
Step aside, open wide,
It's the loner."

Hey Chris,

You didn't trip over anything runnin to the puter to crack my nards did ya???

man....good thing SOB didnt hear you talking like that before you got in the hot tub..

Paul,

You-n-me, we just be Drifters.....loners on the range of life. We've left the "born to run" adage
in the chaff of our youth and now we, "just run" alas to be born again....






Well at least till the weekend is over.....

Chris Favero wrote:tell paul graf he aint no dagger,he's one of the boys from illiNOISE.cf

Does that make me a Freak Brother???? I alway consider myself the one and only "Eastside Dagger"

pg

The weight limit postings have finally been lifted off the roads out here, so I'm free to start bombing again....

oles is down playing it.he dont post because he is too busy runnin those big hills in jo davies county.you ever been near where he lives,big time hills.tod ,see you in athens should be fun.tell paul graf he aint no dagger,he's one of the boys from illiNOISE.cf

Forgot about Expedia.....Jeez it's hard keepin up with you worldly types....

Wife's workin on it, Thanks for the kick in the ass, Later, Tod

Expedia....Delta from Detroit arives at 1:39 pm......Sundays flight out is at 2:29 pm....we may make it one earlier or later depending on what the boys say...round trip from here is 203.40 with taxes.....you should be less from there.....

Travelocity or Orbitz????

The snow is never going to melt...get over it and move on

ok..on to the other stuff

We're getting into Athens early Friday afternoon...around 2:00ish....i'll let you know the times when i book...there's flights in and out every hour and it's pretty cheap from here, should be cheap from O'Hare too.....Rick has got lodging taken care of....Scott O and Craig are for sure...so is Favero....Fadell is likely but not positive yet...if he goes, he cant race.

46 people are signed up....a quarter of those have won championships .....helluva crew

should be a great time

Nah, Just ain't got no lead in my pencil....


OK, seriously,

Just got good news today on my knee... I'm free
to start training on it. So what's the synopsis on your itinerary?

And actually, I am waiting for the snow to melt....what's it to ya?

Get your name on the sign-up for Athens!...watcha waiting for, the snow to melt??