Slackin!

Yeah, I've been slackin as of late but hey it happens. You get busy here and there in the jobs that pay money and the things that don't pay money (like blogs) fall by the wayside. anyways I'll be spinning it back up again on and off but in the meantime lets see what else is happening...

In the world of snowslash-yay-in Kevin Jones did this interview with EXPN, or ESPN action sports or whatever the hell they are calling themselves now. Hee's the summary: KJ was/is an amazing rider, got fed up with snowboard politics or industry contracts or whatever and split to go become a fly fishing guide. Now he's filming for a video part. Oh yeah he's going to do it on his own. Mostly it sounded like every other "why I left" story from action sports where these plot lines usually fragment is around why the leave it can usually be classified into the four following groups:
A. Drugs - Hosoi, Etc
B. Over it - Craig Kelly,
C. Old (but still in it yo!) Kendall, etc
D. Headcase - Scotty Wittlake

No word yet on which group Kevin fell into. From my perspective KJ fell into the "whatever happened to..." group. Usually I classify him as "whatever happened to Kevin Jones the amazing snowboarder who gave birth to Stephen Astephens career?" But, that's just me he did rack up lots of great video parts blah blah blah. Overall, I'm interested to see what he comes up with. He's been outof the game and now he's rolling back in. Hopefully it's on terms he's comfortable with.

On the same note of things interesting and connected only by a micorfiber of reality. I wonder if Kevin ever used to tell fly fishing clients: "I used to be a pro snowboarder". A quick rip down memory lane is always a treacherous journey when referring to the glory days (which is why never achieving your full potential is a blissful thing) but if that's hs or your thing check out You Will Soon's "Yeah I used to Skate post". Simply put this is an awesome reality check for everybody who claims it rather than does it. I actually remember being a "yeah I used to skate guy" back in 1999. Wow, I was ten years younger and acting 30 years older. Good thing I pulled myhead out of ass and strted skating again.

Finally on the skating front Alpine skate Shop and Convoy have got $99 completes. Good wood from a local company and Chris doing his best Crazy Eddie impersonation:

Alpine Convoy Summer Stimulus Package from Alpine Ski Shop on Vimeo.