Tryna keep current

         Alright lets hear it for bi-monthly posts!!! I should be posting AT LEAST once a week but life gets in the way of that sometimes. This time around I got good news, some music, some art, some photos, and an interesting reflection to share. First off lets start with a board that I dotted, followed by another board that I'm currently dotting/skating. I'm happy to announce that I've been asked to be in an art show coming up in May that happens to be bird-themed so these ones, and some more to come, have to do with our feathered friends.

This ones called "Snaggin one"

 This is the middle of a 3 part piece. On the next board I skate imma dot the head of the bird and display it on the right of this one, then on the board after imma dot the tail of the bird and display it on the left. All three will fit together to form one awsome bird above some flowers. I've never done a 3 parter but I'm givin it a shot. I think itll be dope!!! Check it out in action:

I was at marginal the other day when my buddy Tim snapped a photo of a kickflip that I was flickin and I noticed you can totally see my grip graphic! I gotta get more deck-displayin photos like this. 

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           MUK ROOF PROGRESS - I've emailed grindline, the maker of the muk park, to get the plans of the finished park so I can make a 3d model of it and put together a convincing video to pitch to potential investors through kickstarter. Grindline has not gotten back to me quite yet. Other than that, I've come into contact with my buddy Mark Wojton, who built the roof over the hood river park. He says that the roof will be around $300,000 for the Muk, and will get me a more accurate estimate with an explanation about what exactly the funding will be contributed towards as soon as he can. Getting a roof over the muk is gonna be tedious and difficult, but it's totally possible. All we gotta do is find the right steps to manifest that reality. Next up is gettin those plans, researching, 3d modeling, interviewing, more researching, video editing, posting, picthing, funding, organizing, building, completing, and about a billion steps in between. Ill keep ya posted.

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           SOOOOOOO my last post had to do with my new job as being the Northwest Nomadic Rep/Team Manager. It took a little longer than expected to get the tools for this endeavor, but now that I have em I have finely gotten started. Check it out!

          Got the postcards and the catalogue that I've designed to get this ball rollin. If you want to see the postcards, just scroll down to my last blog, and if you want to see the catalogue, click here. 

          Imma be rollin' through every skateshop in the northwest to drop this stuff off and to talk to the buyers about Nomadic. I'm a little nervous, but I got a great outlet that I can tap into for advice, and I've already made my few sales!!! Three shops down, 23,845 shops to go. Wish me luck!

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       Been JAMIN' lately! Playin lots of music by myself and with the homies this last month, especially this last weekend. My favorite person in the world to jam with was in town for a couple of days and we cranked out some pretty tasty tunes. It felt soooo good! At one point we had 6 people playin instruments and a few people freestylin' all at once! Love it when that happens. Got in a late flatground skate sesh too that night. SUPER FUN. Shoulda recorded the whole thing. Most importantly the jams. Oh well there's always next time right? 

       I thought that March would be the month that I was able to release a full legnth album from my musician alias Beatzlogic, but I feel like before I do, I gotta have an absolutely BANGIN song to end it with. A "gamechanger" if you will. I thought that this one was it, but in my heart I heard "...nooooot quiiiite". It's still a dope track and I love how it turned out, definitely one of my best in my opinion, but iono it didnt feel like it shoulda been the last song that I add to this cd. I even sampled a book on tape that I'm currently listening to. Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything". Never really done that before. Anyway, I'll stop talkin your ears off now so you can peep the track already.

        Ill keep the world posted about when the actual album release will happen, but until that rolls around I'll just keep enjoyin playin and producin to my hearts content. 

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       LASTLY, I wanted to share a thought I had on the way up to Mt Baker yesterday with my brothers. Jonas was driving his red Explorer, Tim and Tyler were in the back, and I was rollin shotgun. We hadn't even started to see snow yet when I started thinking about a decision I made earlier. I thought that I should leave my backpack with my sketchbook in it at Jonas' apartment right as we left for the mountain instead of bringing it along. This is because I thought that I probably wont do any sketching anyway and I could use the extra legroom. But now that I didn't have it,  I wanted it. Bad. This was the perfect time to sketch! I started thinking "Man I regret not bringing my backpack...tottally shoulda brought it". Then I thought about the whole concept of regret, and what else that I regret in my life. My mind was instantly filled with shouldawouldacouldas. 

       But then I realized, once again, that there is no possibility of changing the actual decisions that I have made in the past, and the only thing to do from here is to accept it and use the knowledge Ive gained from the experiance to benefit the present and future. Somebody call Obviousman quick, we got a doosey. But really though, feeling regret is natural of course, when you make a decision that in hindsight doesn't seem to be the right one, but it is also pointless to dwell in. Instead of getting stuck in the shitty regretful feeling of a past decision, acknowledge it, and move on to have it serve you and those around you in the present to create a better future. I mighta forgot my sketchbook, but there was no changing that now, and besides, it was BEAUTIFUL out! This turned into a great opportunity to soak up some nature, listen to some amazing music, and chat with my bros. 

       One of my buddies once told me once that, "When one door closes, another door opens". I'm pretty sure he didn't make that one up, but it's very true nonetheless. It's pointless to kick it in upset about that door closing, when the only thing that will actually benefit your life is finding that other door to walk through, that be it an actual door, oppertunity, or a new way of looking at things.  

       Anyways, that's just my philosophical side talkin. I know I'm only currently 23 years old, got A LOT to learn, and not really in a position to be "spittin knowledge" and all that, but iono this might help someone feel better about something someday, or just look at something differently from a more insightful perspective.

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Thanks for tuning in y'all. Ill get back you you in a week with more...i hope :)