We pulled into the hotel to check in and were pleasantly suprised by the lay out. The host hotel (Holiday Inn) was very kind to us. They had a pretty nice indoor pool and hot tub that I was in constantly. We stopped at the site to say hello to everyone and get the low down on what was goin down. Pretty much hotel shred, so we went back to eat and get some kickin done.
We found a really nice area called... KeyStone Room A I believe. We set up there and were relatively quiet for a while. More and more people heard where we were kickin, and more and more people showed up. So it was a pretty full room and I decided it was time for some music. I'm not sure what time we started, but I was one of the first in and last out. I do and don't regret it at the same time. I'm really happy I stuck it out to the end just to say, hey, I stuck it out and shred my heart out. But then the rest of the weekend was pure hell for me. I had a couple highlights - atomic drifter > ps whirl > twirl > run - that one took a couple tries. Also hit pixie ducking xbody rake, neat.
It was great seeing everyone again, I got to shred with a large handful of people. Let's see if I can remember some names... Taishi, Caleb, Jake, Brad, Matt C, Ben R., Chris O., Dave C., Paul A., Scott B., Scott ?, Ryan T, and others I haven't mentioned. I'd like to do a midtypeout shoutout.
First off, Waylon for takin a shit load of time and heart to help fix my shoes. That definitely doesn't go unlooked, I'll post some pics and vids of me shreddin in them. Unfortunately since I didn't have my G-units, I had to use Wayways that had huge toe boxes, I couldn't do my normal pixie/fairy play do to lack of consistancy. So I did a lot more atomics and my hips are still a bit sore from it ! Anyways... my boys in Pittsburgh for taggin along. Caleb for showin me a good time in Pitt. Iain for makin me laugh and pullin out some mad crazy white boy dance moves, namely 'Discovering Mad Cow'. Jake for partyin with me and chillin throughout the whole trip. Cleavens for bein the madman he is, hookin me up with a great bag, and just overall good friend. Brad for being my best friend. Tyan Rhomass for makin his way out, I'm not sure if he understands how excited I get when I see him each time. It's always like a big suprise when I see him, I love watchin him shred, such style ! Taishi for keepin me on my feet the whole first night and shreddin till the bitter end. Very cool guy with some impressive calves and shred, haha. Ben Roscoe for showin me those neat Nylon lavers and some interesting mods, nice guy, should be a good shredder in a couple months. Chris Dean (James the australian) for showin me his ultimate style. Matt Cross for shreddin the hell outta my lavers. He also offered to help me with my shoes, I don't think he knew what he was gettin into, haha
. Bevier for lettin me taste a large pitcher full of pale ale of some sort & of course shredding like no one's business. I wish to one day have a fraction of his string diversity and length...one day...one day. Big ups to the big G.O.D, just kiddin. Big ups to Nathan Pipenberg for showin me some trully sweet kicks, haha. I wish I could have shred with everyone there, but I was way to sore and sick come Monday. Anyways, onto the event. So I shred all night and we had to clean up the room until it was spotless. Word was that the hotel was a bit pissed at us using the room the whole night. So we cleaned it up as we all united and were a cleaning force to be reckoned with. Then next day I kicked a bit, but was just too damned sore. So instead of kicking horribly all night, I Just called it quits and drank all night. I had all sorts of beers and just blacked out later that night. I was talkin to Caleb and we came to the conclusion it was cause I took a 2 week break prior of no drinking. I started drinking on a relatively empty stomach, I was dehydrated, and I started drinkin in the hot tub,
. So yeah, After like 8, I don't really remember anything ! Other than waking up and feeling like hell. I was sick and sore, sooo sore...so drunk and hungover. The next day was definitely the best day weather-wise. It was so nice, those gorgeous blue skies scattered with white clouds. It was a really nice day to be hungover and miserable. I just gimped around and watched people shred. Oh yeah, thanks to Aiden and her babyspider proof sleeping bag. So yeah, I was watchin shred on the grass and all of a sudden I see this dog head pop up above the bush next to me, scared me a bit. This dog was HUGE !!! It was really nice and I talked to the owners. They had another dog that was droolin like he just ran 10 miles in the desert. The biggest dog was 140 lbs and she said he used to be 170 lbs...
. I'm wierd with dogs and have a huge comfort with them. I told Aiden to get a picture of me kissin the big drooly dog on the lips. I went in the first time and got scared and ran off the first time. There was drool goin eeeeverywhere. So the second time I start goin in and I'm like...6 inches away from his face. The dog suddenly starts shakin his head to shake all the slobber off his face, that stuff when all over the place !!! Gross ! Anyways, we said all of our goodbyes to everyone around 3 PM. It was hard leavin the event and saying goodbye to everyone. Big props to Joe and Brenda Solonoski for holding this event for... 21 YEARS!!! Wow. Also Pete Irish did a great job mc'ing the whole thing and gave his presence out well. A couple odd wording of footbag titles, but nonetheless, great introductions to all the freestylers... My favorite... "David Clavens, one of the Worlds best...US Champions .. !!" hahaha. Pete was namin off all these players and their World US status and got to Dave and said that, too funny. I wasn't there for Beviers introduction, but I heard he said somethin like. "Gordon Scott Bever, one of the World's, finalists many times" - or something like that, hahaha.
Anyways, I'll post some of my choice pics.
At the rest stop actin a fool. My whistler has been really good to me thus far & has kept the police off my tail.
Peopel walking vertically.
Windmills.
Partyin on one side, and shred behind me.
Marilyn vs Steve
Mauthiea getting some footage while the veterans spectate.
Brad checkin out some different colors while Nathan eyeballs them from afar.
The mod crew at work.
Nathan's LE lavers.
Overlooking the shred site.
Brad in Harrisburg, wonder what he is thinking about.
Myself in Harrisburg thinkin - Where the hell are all the food tents ???
I like this picture. I think Harrisburg has some interesting design and architecture.
Drinking infront of the Pennsylvania Bar Assoction. Note the green booted kid.
Labradoodle staring at a sipasipa.
Delicious Teriyaki chicken that has horrible consequences.
Chillin on the steps.
Taishi hitting my request. Eggbeater > Op Symp Whirl > PS whirl. Took him a while, but he eventually nailed it like a champ.
Pete keepin it interesting with one of his many many many skills.
Bottoms up to you Scott for getting into the Hall of Fame.
Cleaver will be the next World's Champ.
CHUG CHUG CHUG !!! ( so I could mix 1/2 antifreeze for my car.)
CHUG CHUG CHUG !!!! ( so cold, but for a doubly good reason!)
Mufasa, I thought he looked like the demon dogs from Ghost busters. Nice dog though.
No manners.
Note the amount of drool on the ground.
Lavers vs Quantums. Of course lavers won, bevier was wearing them.
The official quantum pose. that or xbody...
Flash !!! Ahhh ahhh !! He'll save every one of us !
That clipper just got cleaved. In all reality it was prolly something rediculous like alpine mullet or something.
Netbag is pretty fun to photograph, much easier than freestyle.
Mr. Penny showin off his killer shark socks.
He's pretty good at freestyle too.
GF crushing me with his intimidation stare.
One of the coolest freestylers ever.
Cinnabon kept me awake on the way back home.
Space ship abducted my cinnabon from me in the parking lot...oh wait, that's a light poll.
This made me laugh, so I thought I'd keep it around. I'll try to prove you wrong Kev, but unfortunately, you're right thus far. Things are great now, but somehow I know there are many more windy turns for every week. I'm trying to learn all the do's and don'ts to relationships. It's a hard thing to learn, I never even knew !!
Qphox: I just read the last bit of your blog John, and I wish you the best of luck with your woman issues.
Qphox: I'm pretty certain that it will always be a losing battle.
