A few weeks ago, I moved from Los Olivos (in the Santa Ynez Valley) down to Goleta, which is right next to Santa Barbara. So far, i've been riding and doing a lot more. Two weeks ago, I went to the parkfield race, put on by the Cal Poly Wheelmen. I took a few photos and got a shot for a project in the works. I took second in slalom and seventh in downhill. I had a shitty downhill run. No crashes, but I screwed up several corners and sections and probably lost 5-8 seconds. My practice run before that was dialed...

I got some photos up finally, that i've been behind on. I finally got the surf photos from the morning before Brian and Kelly got married. Here's the gallery: 09.09.06 - Surf Session Before The Wedding. Yesterday, I added photos to the California galleries: Unnatural California and Natural California. They've been blank since I got the site up in April, at Sea Otter. A month ago, I interviewed Brett Tippie after I was asked to by ridemonkey. Here's the final interview all typed up on ridemonkey: Brett Tippie's Life Story.

Yesterday was the first rain of the Season (okay, there was a little the day before...). It's been dumping at mammoth. I can't wait to ride some powder. The first photo is Heavenly, early in the season, two years ago. Yesterday, I went to Ellwood while it was pooring to take some pictures. The second one is from last night. On the way back home, I rode through the area with the jumps. I was slipping sliding all over, doing two wheel drifts and ending up on my ass. By the time I got out to the street, it was raining pretty hard. I was soaked when I got home.