Yesterday we took Riley to a short class on “scent training” or something like that.
It involved me rubbing a mixture of smelly treats on my shoes, shuffling across the grass to create a trail and periodically dropping treats, and then my wife following him on his loose leash while he followed the trail to the end, at which point he celebrated with her.
By the end of the hour Riley was really getting it, and it was super cute and heartwarming to see my wife and our dog celebrating is success!
The previous post, in which I do an end-over to Frontside Fakie 360 — I posted that video on the OldSkaters reddit. Someone commented “Very Alva!”
This was very pleasing to me.
That is all.
My new friend Noah, who I met at StupidFest this year, sent me this video clip of me doing that same end-over to frontside fakie 360 at Zombie Baby ditch. Always fun to have stuff like this just materialize. I like this view – it shows the ditch really well.
10/6/2026 will be the 20th anniversary of the first posting on this blog. That is crazy. Is it turning out that this blog is actually my life’s work?
I’ve had this Cockfight Skateboards deck for a few months. With the death of Frank Gardner I for some reason found myself compelled to set it up. Thanks, Frank. Seriously. I will seek to honor you with every ride on this beast.
Setup – can’t remember what they call this shape. Indy 169s, 1 thin riser, 54mm 95a OJ Nomads.
This will be a damned good board.
