ISSA - International Slalom Skateboarding Association

thank you so much for the video tway good memories hope to see you all at ball mountain
julie really love the vid too

Hahahahaha!! Dude, keep the extension cord! It's my gift to the Tways!

MB got some sick footage. I would love to get a copy of her tape for the archives. Leo, is there anywhere we can meet this week? Maybe lunch in NC? If not, I'll drop the news off at your casa before Thursday. I'll be in Norwalk tomorrow around 3pm.

Adam, A fast GS would work as long as we don't encounter a similar moisture problem as last year. Recall TK's killer GS...I saw several folks go down with numerous 4 wheel drifts. It was a shame we had to pick it up and move down to the sissy hill. Keep your fingers crossed.

Your Turner sounds sweet. I have a British Racing Green NN that I will never part with. It too is tricked out with Shaggyized fulltracks and OJ's.

Tway, you know my answer already. if you can fit them, put em on!

by any chance can i get a copy bfore thursday so i can send it home?

i still want to see cnova's son pictures and Marybeth video.


Leo

at the dam we need a super fast gs!

and i just got my vintage woody all setup.......restored black needlenose with tracker fulltracks and c-62's

Thanks. The vid keeps the memories alive and a smile on my face. With Leo's permission, I'd like to add his pics to the end of the vid then render it to DVD. Fatboy, you'll get the first copy along with your extention cord and a few other misc. items. Leo, I also found a socket wrench. I'll post a pic in the farm lost and found section later.

Adam,

I really want to do the Ball Mt. Dam gig again. I know Joe has tried to contact PSR to get permission from Ranger Rick. If it does go down, it looks like it will the first or second weekend in Oct. I'll keep ya posted.

I also would like to make the festival in NH. I'm waiting for clearance from the wife. I do agree with Karl in that as many people should be able to sign up but only the top 36 make the field. With time an issue, they may have to run single elims.

No sleep till Brooklyn...

Nice Coda Tway. Me hung over, taunting the Canadians. How about me singing or beating the snot out of Julie? Nooooooo, lets get Joe after Rob wakes him up way too early.

Otherwise I really liked it. Nice use of Janes addiction.

Joe

Tway - You rock the house! Much thanks for an amazing video!!!

~Chris

yah really, tway, thanks for the memories bud!!!

awesome video tway!

tway-san!!


Brilliant as usual!!!

can I buy a DVD to show friends?

it really sucks that i couldn't stay for either after party.....and seeing the video just makes it worse

any word on the dam this year?

that looks great Tway!!. I had such a great time at the farm. I always have a blast when I come down there. I cant wait to come and do it all over again. My crock still smells like beer!!

the video is saving now....can't wait to watch it. it's been too long since i have seen a tway production, i mean....no time to hate production.

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

Tway, i am so glad you got my fall on video, i was practicing the whole year for that!!!!!!

http://www.tway.org/videos/farm6open.wmv

97mbs
25min

Thanks again to all who came and made this a very special event. Also a SPECIAL thanks to all the sponsors that donated swag...Bulldog Skates, Z-Boy, Tracker, Pocket Pistol, Longboards by Fatboy, CHIxILL, Mile High Skates, Skaterbuilt, Split Fire, 888, ISSA, Boars Head, Concrete Wave, Seismic, Kebbek, Sk8 Park of Ottawa and Custom Designs by Joy.

I'd also like to thank TK for setting 2 awesome courses. I think his stoke has been rekindled so maybe next year we'll have another 2 day affair.

Above all...thanks to Laura and Bob for devoting their entire weekend to help run this event. I have no idea what we'd have done w/o you guys.

Peace out,

Tway

Yeah! Nice pics Chris! Ever since I've seen the first pictures of sayreville on the net, I've been wanting to hit that place.

thanks leo
nice pics chris the skatepark looks great [/img]

Not Leo quality sadly but a few nice shots

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgregor/se ... 241121531/

~TG

you'll see how it looks when the full resolution pic gets to you.
Danilo, i'll send it to you as well

i have the same as you guys what a good spirit
the farm rules
see ya soon everyones

That's funny Leo...we have the same screensaver. I was going to post a couple of runs from Sat. before heading out to Ohio but the wife just said "if you don't stop editing that video...you're a dead man". So I'm off to load the car.

I AM STILL FEELING THE FARM BUZZ!!!

To the Kebbekois

Mig, bro, you killed it this weekend. We're all super proud of you. That recovery was UN-FREAKIN-REAL. Enjoy your deck, you earned it! FROMAGE!!!!

Julie, your pics are awesome! Thanks for the kind words and just always being so so so friendly and positive. Dan you're the coolest drunk I've ever met. I will follow your advice and keep smiling.

Pierre, always a pleasure to pick your brain and learn from you. I hope you end up making it out to Toronto for a couple days! Thank you for the advice and the praise, it will keep me focused on my goals.

Rookie, I never really hung out with you before, but I'm glad I did. You're a really chill guy, I look forward to skating with you again.

To all the race organizers:

You should all be so psyched that we're all still REELING from the sheer awesomeness of the race. We owe you a huge thanks!!! I had a dream last night that I was carving around cones on shady lane, and I don't need to tell you I woke up smiling. Thank you for that!!!

Nice pics Julie!!! Thanks Mig

Joe - I have Folson Video - Dark and you can't see much but the audio is clear.

I'll send it over when i get home from work.

~Chris

I just cant believe it. overwhelming to say the least.



Tway. i knew you were going to like that pic. its actually my wallpaper on the pc. feel free to use it. the pics are on the mail.


Leo

William Tway wrote: Hell maybe we'll do another 2 dayer....stay tuned.

YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! Please Tway, at least a last one! Please! Please! Please! Please!

Big thanks once again to you and Alyssa, Joe and Kate, TK, Cnova, Laura, and Bob for all the work you guys did so we could have the best of times! Also thanks to Marshall, Molly, and their parents for everything they did for the frenchies.

And here are Julie's pics http://www.hatem.ca/julie which include our 2 pitstops at Curtis BBQ in Vermont (Thanks Joe I, that was the best suggestion ever!).

anybody get any video of "Folsom Prison Blues"? Tway missed it.

the words of this video remind me of the finale video from last year.

we really should run a long fast course at the dam this year

Gonna buy 5 copies for my mother....

Leo you did it...the cover of the Lewisboro Ledger in color no less.
The paper only recently started prining color.
Killer pic of Patrick Switzer flyin' down Shady
and a sick pic of the old man in B/W on page 17. THANKS!!!!








With your permission, I'd like to use the pic of the fire pit for the cover of the DVD...
which is just about done except I'm heading for Ohio today for the next 5 days.
I'll post it up late next week. This one is hard to keep short.
Right now I'm at 17 minutes and still have the vintage and the party to go.

Thanks again to everyone who came.
For me it was one of the best farms to date. The course setting was stellar.
I especially love the reaction of all the first time farmers.
Hell maybe we'll do another 2 dayer....stay tuned.

btw. feels nice to beat a canadian.

You deserved it amigo.

~Chris

they are up. more pics at the site.


btw. feels nice to beat a canadian. (now for real. the mind game was yours. i saw you getting tips from Dave, and i thought. oh well, theres goes the spot. gald to meet you dude.)

omelette avec fromage au chevre lover

Well I've finally gotten home and now it's time for my "What I learned" post as well as my/our thank you's.

First off a HUGE thanks to Joe & Kate, The Tway Family, Mrs. D, Rob & Lisa and the Fatman himself for offering up their homes to give us a place to crash. We'd be poorer and smell worse without your hospitality.

Another huge thanks to the race organizers for putting on, and pulling this event off without a hitch.

And a special thanks to Dave Pirnack for the coaching and inspiration. Your the man Dave!

Other thanks go out to:

- Nick for tending Bar (Keep pourin' em strong Nicky!)
- Rob Sydia for getting me into this
- Leo for taking pictures
- Nicky for being Nicky
- Sassy for taking pics and cracking us up
- Destiny and Scooter for driving and providing directions to make sure we got back to Canuckistan in one piece
- Finner for being hit by a snowplow
- Anthony and Tyler for the unrelenting dick and fart jokes

My memorable moments and thoughts of the entire weekend/our vacation:

- Daniello + Alcohol = Johnny Hug Monkey. You rule Daniello "FULL BAG DUDE!"
- Marion is the coolest scary looking guy I've ever met
- Joe I does a mean "Folson Prison Blues" cover
- Fatty sings the best Gun's and Roses harmonies and plays the stand-up bass like an animal
- Pirnack could open his own Pottery Barn
- Scooter was in Devo
- CNova is not the guy you want as a wingman if your ever trying to sneak into anywhere with a guy snoring so loud it sounds like he's swallowing his tongue.
- The Farm has the best Mexican food north of the Tijuana Border
- Fatboy doesn't mess around when it comes to Italian Pastries
- Fatboy does also not mess around when it comes to falling in the garbage juice lane of Broadway in NYC
- Skating pool for the first time rocks!!!
- If push comes to shove Jersey folk are willing to sue elevator companies about weight restrictions.
- My girlfriend can bail like a champ and come up smiling
- The Quebec/Kebbek crew are the coolest people ever!
- Absynte goes down like a mix of paint thinner and cheap mouthwash
- Julie loves Pocket Pistols
- Leo for giving me someone to gun for next year
- John Gilmore has an extra frontal lobe in his brain that houses skate and turtle knowledge.
- Given the correct variables if you go for a pee in the bushes at Tways a homosexual hummingbird will appear and try and land on your pecker

Thank you to everyone from Lisa and myself (I'm sure we forgot to thank someone). We've been grinning ear to ear for the past few days and can't wait for next year.

Much Love,

~TG

more pics to come!, more riders, more angles, more weird stuff.

keep checking the site.

post it and let the chips fall where they may

also, I'll need to see the Keith Hollien rodeo pic

oh yes i have. but are you sure you want to spend the rest of your life in prision?

nick its the new saltboy i guess.

No pics of te Bartender?

Wow Leo.......

Wow

Saturday Pics are being uploaded at this time. check often.

if anyone would like the full res pic. send me a PM

Leo


www.kodakgallery.com/lojeda/slalom

Here are my pics (not too good)

JoeI


fast Julie!


fast Molly


Marion Carr


Cfav


Julie, always smiling


Molly


Léo


fast Danilo!


The Rookie


Scooter




Adam


CIV


Lisa


Keith (blue pen) Hollien


Léo


fast Molly


The Champ, David Pirnack


Stylin' Julie


MigZilla!


Civ


Rookie




TK


JoeI


Julie ready for Hybrid




Rockin' Rookie with his Misfits socks

great pics everyone!

and thanks again for the weekend Tway, look forward to riding with you again at the Dam

anyone know what helmet Pirnack was wearing?

Noah man, thanks for putting up with all of us and throwing one hell of a race.

Noah, you deserve the props!, taking pictures with one hand and without framing or focusing at all!.


on a side note. i just wrote to the major camera manufacturers to start building left handed cameras.


more pics to come!

leo

BIG UPS TO THE PHOTGRAPHERS!!!!


hey leo, any new photos up? So far all I see is the first day.

I know the novatny's had some sick shots too! LETS SEE EM!

Due to the overwhelming number of entries in the 48+ Division, I only posted the top 4.



Scooter,
We need Fly-Wheels next year to take down the good doctor.


Thanks Noah and Leo for the Sick Pics!!!

Awesome weekend! It REALLY hurt to watch, but I had a blast. Thanks for the memories...

My pics are never as good as Leo's, but here's a few....

after a total of 652 pics, i am in the process of editing and choosing the good ones. so far, here are a few. check back often cause they are been uploaded at this moment.


www.kodakgallery.com/lojeda/slalom


Leo

i have had a day to decompress,all i can say for me,BEST RACE EVER.the hills were great,the hospitality,off the chain.Alissa,thanks again so much for having us at and in your home.The camping scene surreal,it was a full on tent city!joe,tk,tway,cnova,you guys really pulled one off.how about the timing people,full on volunteered 20 hours,no timer glitches,Gilmour in the mike,flat screen monitor to check times,or his hot girlfriend,in the skimpiest of f-1 auto dresses conheading!the weather!how about the dude in the hammock snoring so loud you could hear him anywhere on tways property?
the highlight?standing next to tway,Fatboys Band rockin out,looking at each other with massive grins,all i could say was-RIGHT ON HAMILTON!
thanks so much to all involved for everthing.pics coming soon,cfav

Congrats of pulling off another great race dudes. My plan was to be there, Joe I had disscussed my arrival and departure, prior to the contest and what vintage board I was going to ride. Then my knee went out. I plan to be there next year. Congrats to DP and my friends from the Great White North. Wish I could have been there. Your Amigo Eddy TEXAS OUTLAWS

A word from our winner....

http://www.tway.org/skate/dave.wmv

What an epic weekend! Meeting so many new farmers really rejuvenated my stoke.

Thanks to everyone who came and helped

I'll post the TPD / Vintage results tomorrow.