The Up-Earlies

This morning we are heading to Kona. It's 6 am and Old Lew is up... You see, it's a "you gotta slam a Red Bull for a late session at Johnny's backyard spine-ramp so you don't fall asleep at the wheel getting the crew to the couches" thing. Late-night RedBull plus kind of old dude equals The Up-Earlies...

It's actually kind of nice. having some solitude on a crazy trip like this.

So last night it was Johnny's ramp. we got the invite around 3pm for 8pm and go there around 920 to have it all to ourselves. We were pretty wiped after sessioning Bay Creek for 4 or 5 hours. Bay Creek is a fun park because it has a lot of "features", besides its flow-bowl and mini-half/snake runny thingy...

There are jersey quarters, actual jersey barriers, an over-vert quarter, a wedge-to-wedge right next to a wall, curved benches in the top central... a huge wedge to bank, and plenty of rails and a giant four and on and on... you can post up on something and session it (volcano, plain blocks, yada yada) with folks and then move on.

The copings and edges are all proper, and the folks there are pretty cool.

You all know that Joshy made mincemeat of the inner workings of his elbow, there, last night. We had a great meal at Wendy's after and all got to enjoy laughing it off. Josh is a hoot. One thing we all like about him is that he always laughs off the fear and the pain of skateboarding. All of us are facing fear and pain all day long on this self-inflicted joyride. Josh really shows a brother how to do it with style.