Closing Up This Week

I don't have any pictures to post before these rants. Maybe when I get my computer installed in my new pad ill be able to post some pictures.

Anywho, school was pretty laid back for the most part. Did my homework on the beach which was tight. After enjoying the weather in San Francisco, I felt the need to ride real bad again. So then I trucked it to Menlo Park. By the way if you have ever driven on Interstate 280 before, 85 miles per hour doesn't gaurentee you a spot in the fast lane. That is by far the fastest freeway in the bay area. My truck was shaking when I tried to keep up with the fast lane traffic. No dice.

When I got to Menlo Park Skatepark, I immediatly started to snake the crap out of everyone there and didn't make a whole lot of friends if anything. I was just in a zone of ride. It doesn't normally happen to me that I get in a riding mood like what I experienced today. Probably for 20 minutes straight I just rode without stopping. When the park got too crowded I went for a street session.

There was a ledge outside the park that is about bar hieght and reasonably slick. I got a few smith grinds on it and was pretty juiced. Then I felt a craving to ride something else. There were spots that I have seen around downtown Menlo Park in the past, so I went to look for them. As I was riding around town, I couldn't find anything at all. This is weird because usually when I drive around towns, I always see spots worth sessioning, but when I ride my bike I can never find anything besides a curb cut. After about half an hour of riding around it was dark and I finally stumbled upon a handrail that I have been sweating for years. Besides a double peg grind, there is much more that can be done on it. It is a 7 stair with rails on both sides that are solid. Not only that, they have ledges on the opposite side of the stairs, so if you were to stick your front tire over the rail like you were to hop into a crooked grind, you would get into a rail/ledge feeble grind. The catch to that is there is a little kink at the end of the rail and the ledge ends early. Not much of a run up either and who cares about the landing. There is also a flat rail on the side of the building which I failed at a few years ago and my bike went tummbling toward a parked car and hit it. Anyways, I got enough courage to hit the rail after riding around town for an hour. So much more can be done on that thing though.

After that I went back to my car and drove to Redwood City and rode a pole jam that I found the day before and it was almost a disappointment because it was too short. However it was the perfect steepness. To say the least it was the best pole jam I have ever ridden. Why does it seem like there are more pole jams on the east coast?

I'm really looking forward to school finishing tomorrow. Ill get to go back to the east bay and get caught up with friends and family. Next week I also get to move into my place. Only thing I will miss is a skatepark to go session in the afternoons homework permitting. Street riding I quess. Can't wait to get back to the East Bay.