Two Day Trip Update...

the last two days have been all about chilling and riding in the Florida sun. click below for the wonderfull details.

--Flip

Port Orange FL.

Yesterday (Monday) we arrived in Daytona Fl. and spent a few hours chilling on the beach. After a while we found a bike shop and asked the fellow about local skate parks. He told us of a little city made cement park in a town called port Orange just outside Daytona so we went to check it out. When we arrived we had big smiles on our faces. The park wasn't fery big but looked CRAZY fun. It was full of super tight trannys. eveything was about 4 feet tall and vert. Check a fw of the photos below to see what we mean.

Crazy things that went down at the Port Orange park:
1. Hatfield 540 tailtaped the vert A ramp thing.
2. Squrriel KILLED the hip (and almost his wheel)
3. Flip didn't really do too much
4. Josh flowed very fast and did cool jump tricks using the grind ledge as a ramp.
5. Evan did some cool tech roll back half cabby stuff
6. Joe Gall jumped over the 4 foot vert A ramp wearing nothing butsome cut off shorts and flip flops.... CRAZY....the photo below of it doesn't even give it justice.

Flip / nosepick on the 4' vert quarter

Squirrell / tuck on a scary hip

Crazy Joe Gall / Shorts, Flip Flops and a 4' tall vert landing

Mission Skate Park (Orlando)

Today (Tuesday) weheaded to Orlando to Ride Mission Skate Park and the Van's skate park. Mission is a wonderfull park Chad Degroot and ALex Krause (owners of Mission) did a very good job of using the little space they have and build a park that flows very well. Also meating us a Mission were Other Albe's team riders Stevie Jessome and Ron Thomas. Stevie was on vacation with his girlfrind lisa in Vero Beach and decided to come ride with us for afew days. Ron also was on vacation with his lady Angie in the Keys and also wanted to come ride and cause trouble with us. We all rode Mission for a few hours. I think it was the best place we've rode on the trip so far. All our guys rode really well and the locals there kill it. Mission Highlights and photos below.

Stuff that Went down:
1. Josh flowed fast as heck and impressed the locals when he over icepicked the 8 foot vert quater to back over
2. Flip dented the hell out of his bike trying some kooky far fufanu.
3. Evan learned toepicks on the subrail but not untill he took it once or twice.
4. Hatfield did some curved wallride 360's
5. Joe Gall filmed a bunch and then killed the plae on his skate board.
6. Stevie and Ron arrived and flowed the like they had been riding all week
7. Squirrell owned the place. Toe picks on the big wall ride, Oppisite curvedwall rides to 360 out as well as big turndowns and inverts over the spine.

Evan / Failed attempt at a toe pick on the sub rail

Flip / the trick that pretty much killed my bike

Ron Thomas / Albe's Special guest barspin to disaster in the vert wedge thing

Stevie Jessome / fufanu on the subrail

Joe Gall /Curved wall ride on his board

After leaving Mission we headed to the Van's park in Orlando. The park looked MUCH better than the Van's park in Michigan. We were all ready to ride when the Van's people informed us that the Albe's Memebership expired. this means that myself (flip) Josh, Squirrell, Stevie and somebody else would have to pay full price ($14) The guys that had valid memberships went in and rode while a few of us said screw it and went to eat. The session ended and now all 9 of us are heading to a hotel to get ready to head out and have a good time in downtown Orlando.

later

---Flip

p.s. i know there is about 43452345 typos...you try typeing and driving at the same time.....