frecklin, its delicious.

so the sun is out, the air is warm and people are riding bikes. or running. or hiking. or climbing. as long as its outside is great. me? im sitting at the shop working, waiting patiently for time off. sitting and waiting. always waiting.

not that work is bad, i like not being broke, and this week is spring break, which means im going into the woods with my bicycles everyday, as opposed to the 1 time in the past 3 weeks.

wow. now thats how ya train. anyways i'm riding around on something new, new to me at least, and thats kinda cool. everyone likes new toys, especially when they're 24 pd slalom bikes. well maybe just me...

anyhow, heres my tentative schedule for rides this week, i'll be signing autographs for the first 45 minutes of each appearance, so be sure to arrive early so you can get a good spot in line.

sun- mtb ride in pisgah, followed by life living and goodtime funhaving. prob the hatchery at 330ish. hit me up and lets pedal.

mon- long ride from the horse stables at 9 am. yeah im getting out of bed, and doing something different than the usual, im thinking a squirrel gap-laurel mtn-pilot rock mess. get on it!

tue- no idea. lets do something fun!

weds- again, no idea.

thurs- heartbreak ridge ride! pretty stoked about this. 4ish at black mtn.

fri- clempson freeride brah broseph session. huckgnar.

sat- jesus is my copilot.

sun- ?

sprinkle it all with healthy doses of pumptracking, dirt jumping, and generally awesomeness and you've got the break.

lets do this!!!!

dano out.

ever since i was a seed the only thing promised to me was a penitentry.

-Tupac



Tupac ain't dead, y'all. he's hiding out with Elvis up in Canada. whistler to be exact, heard that dude can throw a mean tabletop.



A conversation i had with my momma the other day got me thinking a bit. usually talks with my mom go along the lines of "i need money" followed by "tough shit". we were talking about school though, and she was telling me to buckle down and handle my shit, cause i got nothing to fall back on. i didn't really think about it too much at the time, but a little later i was out riding and it popped back up in my head, this whole college thing. i was thinking about this time last year i was flunking out of school for the 4th time and barely getting by down in gville. i was floundering and going nowhere, except to the bar. fast forward and I'm here, life is good. stressful at times, but good. i guess what I'm saying is I'm here and this is an opportunity that i didn't really deserve but I'm gonna run with it as far and hard as i can, cause like my mom said i got nothing where i came from. my plan is to make this my motivating factor for the next year, school and racing wise. we'll see where it goes.



don't worry though, I'll still get drunk and throw cans in the fan.

somethings never change.

dano out.