I cannot describe to you how crazy that quarter is. It has a foot transition And goes to vert…
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I thought you will do a backside flip to tail or something the way you got prepared before hahaha
…but best is that we old farts have to show the youth that its possible to ollie an eskate
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Much riding.
And a dash of tinkering!!!
Thursday for lunch break I took the Demonseed to my new favorite trails.
It’s a super fun board for me to ride in this type of setting.
And I continue to be pleased with how well it gets around.
Pretty much every day I took the little dude to the skatepark after work.
He is obsessed.
I’m obsessed.
It’s awesome.
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Friday’s lunch break was back at the skatepark.
And after work we went back.
These are the last nice days, so we are out here getting all we warm sunshine we could.
@City-Blade-101 I’m an really proud of this one!!!
We swung by the skateshop after the park, and I was too tired to try to skate more so I tooled around on the Pint.
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Saturday we went back to the skatepark.
But it was kind of short lived…
I let a buddy try the board.
And I cannot seem to emphasize enough to anyone how touchy the throttle is, so he launched the board straight into the grind box.
I didn’t think it was that hard of a hit, and told him to keep riding.
And the board kept running.
I glanced at it, and saw something slightly off, and realized the enclosure had blown out…
Apparently I didn’t use quite enough gorilla tape on this one…
So then mandatory tinkering had to take place.
I knew I could get this little guy running again fast.
Plastic binder and Tesa tape were the bandaids of choice.
This little printed box has been great.
I hit it with some truck bed liner.
I love that stuff. But sometimes I screw it up. And and this was one of those times…
Oh well, it can’t possibly be very long before I break this board again…
I taped the battery down to the deck a whole lot…
And used Butyl Tape as a gasket/cement for the enclosure.
I didn’t take the battery apart. But it looks good.
Still charges to 41.7.
So I just taped it up.
Taped it down.
Back in action in record time.
Oh. I also sanded the deck down to make the nose look less jacked.
And off course. We went back to the skatepark!!!
There is also an RC park to take the little dude to, and it also happens to be an awesome place to ride the Pint .
Onewheels are so cool for parenting.
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On other exciting news…
I finally jumped on the 3D printer bandwagon.
I got an Ender V3 SE.
I wanted to Bambu P1S.
But the 200 bucks for the Ender was a lot easier to swallow.
I basically got it to make these shims for my new fancy fender for the GT.
And it worked for that!!!
So I need to figure out other cool stuff to print.
Stoked on how the GT is looking.
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Columbia seems like a magical place 
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There is some stuff to do. And it’s all easy to get to.
And mostly empty.
So it’s really up my speed these days!!!
Yeah Rafael!
This was easy back in time on pop sicle decks, but its not that easy with all the weight from the electrics underneath nowadays lmao.
Great feeling to just surf the bank.
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Oh man, do yourself a favour and save up for the P1S! Its the best tool you’ll ever buy!
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Damnit Future Man!
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I find myself thinking that more and more these days.
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Wow.
So apparently it has been 2 weeks since I posted here…
Slacking…
The delay makes it harder to jump back in…
So let’s see if I can find where I was…
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The beginning of November had some really nice warm temperatures.
As we got towards the middle of the month, it started to feel quite a bit cooler.
It’s a lot more fun to ride in the 50-60f (10-16c)range.
The 30-40f (1-5c) makes going out to ride a much more questionable decision.
Today for example is not going to beat 40…
So I skipped a lunch break ride, but will probably still use the Gravel Flux for school pick up.
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Speaking of dealing with the cold.
I “made” a new set of heated gloves.
These are way thinner than my previous set of heated gloves.
So they don’t block the cold nearly as much.
But they are far easier to wear!!!
Been my go to on colder days.
Just a few days back I also got my first set of heated socks…
And that is interesting.
Kept my toes nice and warm.
Definitely a good move
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This picture of the Flux was at my last session of Physical Therapy for my neck…
I have been kicked out and trusted to do my exercises at home…
My neck is ok… Kinda.
Not golden, not horrible.
Taking the Flux places is fun on the way there.
But sure is a pain in the ass to move it around inside a building…
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I have snuck in a few more skatepark trips.
But the dark and cold are making it really hard to get out there…
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I have recently decided handles are cool.
This is actually from taking boards to Physical Therapy, and having to lug them around on the Building.
I started with an Amazon Bull Bar for the Gravel Boi.
Then got a Maxfind handle for the Demonseed.
And most recently, a Backfire handle for the Gravel Flux.
I have pretty mixed feelings about how these look…
I don’t love that part…
I generally think less is more.
But the functionality is really nice.
I wish I could find a more elegant solution to put on the Flux.
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