As of today Patrick Davis Meehan has downed a ridiculous 26 Gallons of milk. Thats 98.43 litres of Milk, so close to cracking 100.
Moo.
JW
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Someone should buy Pat a cow.
It's been a little while since my last update on Pats milk swilling.
As of today Patrick Davis Meehan has downed a ridiculous 26 Gallons of milk. Thats 98.43 litres of Milk, so close to cracking 100.
Moo.
JW
As of today Patrick Davis Meehan has downed a ridiculous 26 Gallons of milk. Thats 98.43 litres of Milk, so close to cracking 100.
Moo.
JW
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
California Dreamin'
Over the last week Benny, Jase, Patto and I drove out to California, spent 4 days in Truckee, competed in the Revolution Tour and drove back. We got home last night, so I thought I should blog about our exploits.
Last Tuesday (The 2nd), we left our humble aboad in Breckenridge and hit the road. Our vehicle of choice was the Red Rocket. It took us a solid two days of driving to get to Truckee so we over nighted in Ely, Nevada (seriously the middle of nowhere... Google Earth it).
On our second day of driving, among the vast amounts of dessert and nothingness we were trecking thru we could see a tree up ahead that looked like the Womping Willow from the Harry Potter movie. When we drove past we noticed that it wasn't the Womping Willow but 'The Shoe Tree'. We convinced Benny to turn around so we could check it out. The Shoe Tree is a pretty big tree in the middle of nowhere literally covered in peoples shoes that they had thrown up there. Between the shoes that had missed that were on the ground, and the shoes in the tree, there must have been thousands of shoes. We all scurried down the bank and acquired some dirty old shoes that had fallen to the ground so we could take our own turn of hurling some shoes into the tree.
This video is made up of photo's I took of our first two days travel:
The next two days we shredded at Boreal Snow Resort, training for the Rev Tour. The pipe was a really nice shape, little bit filled in from the snow they had got in the days before. We didnt do much else for these days. We played alot of pool at the house we rented which was right at the Tahoe Donner Ski Resort. Actually we did see this awesome Shnook helicopter that was searching for a snowshoer that got lost in back country on Tuesday.
The Revolution Tour was on Saturday. Pat and I were in the first heat and Jase was in the second. Pat and I both landed our runs. Pat scored a 21.7 on his best run which put him in 17th overall. I scored a 29.2 on my first run and a 29.1 on my second, this put me 4th in my heat and qualified me 5th for finals. Jase got 21.6 which put him right behind Pat in 18th.
This is my qualification run:
In finals I was a bit tired. I still put my run down, but not as clean as I did in Qualifications. I ended up in 8th place, which I am really happy about since my main goal was to make finals and finish top 10.
On the way home we had a pretty stock standard drive on the first day. We slept in a sketchy Super 8 motel in Salina, Utah. On the second day when we reached Grand Junction the Digital Hwy Signs and people in shops were saying the I-70 was closed. So after we got a little problem on the van fixed we hit up Hooters for lunch. Needless to say we were all very excited about our first Hooters experience.
After lunch we continued driving, sort of ignoring the notifications of the road closure, hoping it would open by the time we reached Glenwood Canyon. This didnt happen. When we reached Glenwood Springs (About 1.5 hours from Breck) sure enough the road was closed and there were whispers of it being closed until the morning, or even days. Based on this information Benny manned up, told me to study the map really well because we were going to drive around. This detour made our trip and extra 4 hours long, and took us within 40 miles of Wyoming. Crazy.
This photo is from the Denver post:
All in all it was a really fun trip, and one I'm sure I wont forget.
Until nextime. JW
Last Tuesday (The 2nd), we left our humble aboad in Breckenridge and hit the road. Our vehicle of choice was the Red Rocket. It took us a solid two days of driving to get to Truckee so we over nighted in Ely, Nevada (seriously the middle of nowhere... Google Earth it).
On our second day of driving, among the vast amounts of dessert and nothingness we were trecking thru we could see a tree up ahead that looked like the Womping Willow from the Harry Potter movie. When we drove past we noticed that it wasn't the Womping Willow but 'The Shoe Tree'. We convinced Benny to turn around so we could check it out. The Shoe Tree is a pretty big tree in the middle of nowhere literally covered in peoples shoes that they had thrown up there. Between the shoes that had missed that were on the ground, and the shoes in the tree, there must have been thousands of shoes. We all scurried down the bank and acquired some dirty old shoes that had fallen to the ground so we could take our own turn of hurling some shoes into the tree.
This video is made up of photo's I took of our first two days travel:
The next two days we shredded at Boreal Snow Resort, training for the Rev Tour. The pipe was a really nice shape, little bit filled in from the snow they had got in the days before. We didnt do much else for these days. We played alot of pool at the house we rented which was right at the Tahoe Donner Ski Resort. Actually we did see this awesome Shnook helicopter that was searching for a snowshoer that got lost in back country on Tuesday.
The Revolution Tour was on Saturday. Pat and I were in the first heat and Jase was in the second. Pat and I both landed our runs. Pat scored a 21.7 on his best run which put him in 17th overall. I scored a 29.2 on my first run and a 29.1 on my second, this put me 4th in my heat and qualified me 5th for finals. Jase got 21.6 which put him right behind Pat in 18th.
This is my qualification run:
In finals I was a bit tired. I still put my run down, but not as clean as I did in Qualifications. I ended up in 8th place, which I am really happy about since my main goal was to make finals and finish top 10.
On the way home we had a pretty stock standard drive on the first day. We slept in a sketchy Super 8 motel in Salina, Utah. On the second day when we reached Grand Junction the Digital Hwy Signs and people in shops were saying the I-70 was closed. So after we got a little problem on the van fixed we hit up Hooters for lunch. Needless to say we were all very excited about our first Hooters experience.
After lunch we continued driving, sort of ignoring the notifications of the road closure, hoping it would open by the time we reached Glenwood Canyon. This didnt happen. When we reached Glenwood Springs (About 1.5 hours from Breck) sure enough the road was closed and there were whispers of it being closed until the morning, or even days. Based on this information Benny manned up, told me to study the map really well because we were going to drive around. This detour made our trip and extra 4 hours long, and took us within 40 miles of Wyoming. Crazy.
This photo is from the Denver post:
All in all it was a really fun trip, and one I'm sure I wont forget.
Until nextime. JW
Friday, February 26, 2010
Ouch...
The boys and I have been training for the next Revolution Tour stop in Boreal, California, which is on next Saturday the 6th of March. In training we have all been trying to put together a run for the comp. The run I am working on is a Cab 720, Front 5, Tail Grab, Front 9, Back 9...
Whilst working on this the other day, I popped... a little bit... off the wall on my front 9 and things went a bit wrong.
Check out this video >>
I think it just goes to show that
a) I'm lucky (only bruised my foot, and got a little roughed up), and
b) Nitro boards are made strong (Not a sign of damage anywhere)
I will let you know how the Rev Tour goes soon.
JW
Whilst working on this the other day, I popped... a little bit... off the wall on my front 9 and things went a bit wrong.
Check out this video >>
I think it just goes to show that
a) I'm lucky (only bruised my foot, and got a little roughed up), and
b) Nitro boards are made strong (Not a sign of damage anywhere)
I will let you know how the Rev Tour goes soon.
JW
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
BadAzz
Today my freind Badaz (Anthony Badagoff) tried a double cork on the Freeway line a Breck. He got pretty close, it was a very comendable effort. Check out this clip filmed by Tyson Pollard.
Check out Badaz blog @ http://badazbreck.blogspot.com/
Peace. JW
Check out Badaz blog @ http://badazbreck.blogspot.com/
Peace. JW
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Patto 'Harry Potter' Davis Meehan
Patto has been a regular in my podcasts, mostly because he is a funny bloke that makes me laugh on a regular basis. So this is the set up...
Our Acrobatics/Gym coach from NSWIS Anthony (theres was a post about him hitting his first box a few weeks ago) decided to stay out here in Breck for an extra couple weeks. Due to accomodation logistics Anthony's bed was no longer available in the coaching house, so Pat (the gem that he is) gave up his bed for Anthony. So this poses the question: In a 3 bedroom house, with 4 guys... where will pat sleep?
Our Acrobatics/Gym coach from NSWIS Anthony (theres was a post about him hitting his first box a few weeks ago) decided to stay out here in Breck for an extra couple weeks. Due to accomodation logistics Anthony's bed was no longer available in the coaching house, so Pat (the gem that he is) gave up his bed for Anthony. So this poses the question: In a 3 bedroom house, with 4 guys... where will pat sleep?
Monday, February 8, 2010
Rev Tour - Copper
Hey Hey,
I've been a tad lazy with my updates. I had to reinstall my computer because of some supervirus! but its okay, after a night in the infermery my lappy is okay!
Anyhow, last monday (the 8th of Feb for those playing at home) Jase , Pat and I competed in the USSA Revolution Tour at Copper Mountain.
The boys were drawn in Heat 1 and I drew Heat 2. We got really lucky with the weather today in comparison to the training day (sunday) when it was overcast and the light ridiculously flat!. Pat and Jase competed in the first heat while I was inside drinky crappy American coffe. Patto posted a 26.6 on his first run then had a throw away second run score. Jase got a 24.00 and 23.00 on his second run.
After an hour of so it was my time to ride. My run was Frontside Air, Backside 540, Frontside 720, Cab 720, Front 5... I landed my first run pretty sweet but was lacking in height, and my second run I kinda messed up my Front 7. In the end I posted a score of 25.8, this put me in 20th position. Patto came in at 18th and Jase came 26th. I was aiming to make finals (Top 16) so I was a bit dissapointed. However it was my first real comp since the Copper Grand Prix in December 08 so I guess I have to keep that in mind.
The next Rev tour is in Boreal California at the start of March so hopefully I can prove myself there.
I've been a tad lazy with my updates. I had to reinstall my computer because of some supervirus! but its okay, after a night in the infermery my lappy is okay!
Anyhow, last monday (the 8th of Feb for those playing at home) Jase , Pat and I competed in the USSA Revolution Tour at Copper Mountain.
The boys were drawn in Heat 1 and I drew Heat 2. We got really lucky with the weather today in comparison to the training day (sunday) when it was overcast and the light ridiculously flat!. Pat and Jase competed in the first heat while I was inside drinky crappy American coffe. Patto posted a 26.6 on his first run then had a throw away second run score. Jase got a 24.00 and 23.00 on his second run.
After an hour of so it was my time to ride. My run was Frontside Air, Backside 540, Frontside 720, Cab 720, Front 5... I landed my first run pretty sweet but was lacking in height, and my second run I kinda messed up my Front 7. In the end I posted a score of 25.8, this put me in 20th position. Patto came in at 18th and Jase came 26th. I was aiming to make finals (Top 16) so I was a bit dissapointed. However it was my first real comp since the Copper Grand Prix in December 08 so I guess I have to keep that in mind.
The next Rev tour is in Boreal California at the start of March so hopefully I can prove myself there.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Foxey!
So the Grom team called us up just a few minutes ago and told us there was a fox in their backyard. Pretty excited, Jase and I hightailed it over there to have a look. We fed it a few left overs and got pretty close to it. It was pretty awesome. Heres a couple of pics.
Rev Tour is on tommorow. Will let you know how I go.
JW
Rev Tour is on tommorow. Will let you know how I go.
JW
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