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Wolfshark ... video and ad

Okay, I thought I'd posted this earlier ... maybe I did. Maybe I'm losing my mind.  Anyway. Here is the Wolfshark. Wolf worked with the folks at Landyachtz to design this board ... But I'll let him show it to you himself.

Record length STAND-up Slide !!!

Okay, It wasn't apparent until Wolf came home with friends with meat for the bbq, with raves of his feat and video footage to prove it ... but wow, that's a long slide. Previous record holder Kevin Rimer, slid 160 feet on his board, no small effort there! Wow. So, Wolf marked down this epic distance in chalk on the road, then the tried and tried to slide over it ... and not on his knees, hands or anything other than his wheels. His efforts paid off!!! Watch and see!


Wolf - 162 ft Stander from Merrick Wildash on Vimeo.

Wolf and Mike and others

I have to say that I enjoy watching my son, Wolfgang (Wolf),  skate, especially on youtube.  Now, does this make me  a bad mother? It isn't that I don't enjoy watching him skate live, I do, but in all reality there is just so much more to see in the footage of a co-rider's go-pro, where hours and hours if not days of footage has been edited down to a nice a tidy, rather fun bit of video, with music added and usually humour. I've spent many days behind bales of hay watching for my speedster breeze past once every 40 minutes or so.

I say to him, 'cool! nice slide.' Sometimes I even venture into the skate-language and utter praise of , 'Siiiick!' That was 'gnarrrr'.( I don't think he notices.) I never miss a chance, like today over dinner to comment on a new video ... 'and where was your shirt?' I would love to say that my son follows all the rules, but I'd either be lying or delusional if I did. He does wear a helmet, gloves, shoes, kneepads (almost always). and ALWAYS leathers when racing.  The footage below is not, NOT a race. It is a cruise.  There are careful distinctions to be made.

I heard rumour of a new board coming out soon.... LY... I've seen it in the Concrete wave so I'm no longer spilling the beans. But Wolf is 'stoked,' with the Wolf-shark, soon to be available. We're thrilled for him too.  Very cool. (that's mom-speak for siiick)

Go Eh Team, Go! A Video reflection

Vernon DH 2010 News

Three o'clock in the morning and I woke in a chilled sweat.  I heard clattering coming from the kitchen.  My blood boils.  I've been woken for their third night in a row because my nearly 18 year-old has taken to being a night-owl and thirsty/ hungry and noisy in the middle of the night.  I stormed down stairs to stop the noise and hoped to return to sleep... Of course it was my fault for being a light sleeper, and grumpy... aghhh.

On my way back up stairs, I peeked into Wolf's room.  He wasn't home yet when I went to sleep, so I thought I'd check and see if he was in... His bed was empty, unchanged from Friday afternoon when he departed to Vernon for his first IGSA Race.  He has his packing to a bit of an art, and can stow his tent, sleeping bag and all his gear and clothes in less than thirty minutes.  He has a tendency to underestimate the amount of needed clothing... but that's just me.

My heart crashed around in my chest... empty room, three thirty... I thought he'd be home.  Then I became sane for one minute, and checked my blackberry.  No messages, good news.  No worry.  Right? I thought.  So I checked the web, and as I suspected in my mid of the night daze, Vernon was a two day race that didn't finish until six pm Sunday evening.  He'd be home Monday.  I sighed and then went back to sleep... sort of.  I actually scrolled through the IGSA website trying to find the final results.

It became clear that Kevin Reimer came in first, followed by Douglas Silva,  and Zen Shikaze, with  Max Erwin in forth.  Women top rider was Brianne Davies.  The rest of the results weren't posted at 4am... So I finally went to sleep.

Over breakfast, I flipped open my computer and browsed the posted results.  I prayed that Wolf qualified... and he did.  I hoped that he'd get through the first round.  He did.  He made it through to the first quarter final matchup.  His was the first heat, consisting of Kevin Reimer, Max Erwin, Jesse Tynan and Wolfgang Coleman.  A tough heat, to be sure.  The results above tell the tale; Reimer and Erwin went on to the Semi finals and to the top.  Wolf went on to the Junior round.  He is still sixteen an is going to race juniors and open as long as he can.

On a blistering day at Vernon (up to 30 C) clad in leather- from head to toe, Wolf came in 2nd place in the Junior division, after Alex Tongue and ahead of Mike Slota.  Well done gentlemen! Way to go Wolf.  

There is a lot of other news from Vernon DH 2010, but my job here is to spread the news of Wolf.  Here is a photo of my speedy son--from Gold Rush Challenge.  I will post photos from Vernon when they are available, but for now this will have to do.

Here is the link to the full list: IGSA final results for Vernon DH 2010.

Too much Steeze? How could that be?

Landyachtz has posted my son (the speedy one) on the team page! Official and all;)
More steeze than someone his age should have... they say.

here is his team page info:
landyachtz team
you can click on his photo, or go to the link directly below. It's a slideshow of his riding.
Wolfgang Coleman

fun!