Kelowna!

Man, it was nice to be back there. There's something about going home and everyone's excited to see you. I feel like the last week was packed one hundred percent with good times, a few things have changed, but the things I love about people remain the same. It seems like BK is as tight as ever, especially with Penticton park, the beach and after session meals. Desson is still a filming maching, I think we must have shot a minute or two of good footage in four days of riding. Ridgeway has that quiet way about him, and before you know it he's throwing down some major line; he kept talking about how Andrew is going to the olympics. I met a couple new people this go around too, namely Ryan Hiebert (who's had photos on here before) and T1's cousin c-mo. For all the crazy tricks that went down, the funnest thing was just doing trains in the bowl... Penticton's bowl is amazing, and about the same size as the entire new Anchorage park. So here's to good friends, and riding sessions into the night...

The new Weakerthans album has been leaked onto the net if anyone's interested. I don't usually post about music, but they're my favourite band of all time, for many sentimental reasons and thus far the album is sounding awesome. I'm pretty sure right now I'm listening to a song about curling, that is probably some kind of metaphor. There is a song called "Elegy for Gump Worsley".... dang. I'm not sure if I'm ready for such an intense dose of Canadiana this soon after vacation, but that is by far the best idea for a song ever. John K. Sampson knows how to write a lyric. Listen carefully, it's all very insightful metaphor. The aphormentioned lyrics do something that only great songs do- document a particular time and place in society. You could listen to their albums in fifty years and capture a piece of what Canada was in this era. That's my sell for now....

I still have to put together a scrap edit, maybe this weekend if I can get away from the math.