19/11/2006: Eiffel Tower
vert...
... Really cool and wonderfull!!! A very good vert installed by Taig Khris Events at altitude 56, so the coping is at about 59m from the ground, hhuhuhu!!! My new skates are also cool: confortable inline boots with steel grind plates: I'm now ready to face the cold temps and to grind the winter rusty copings!!!
30/6/2006: Champigny
sur Marne Huge Ramp...
... Is OPEN!!!! After some sessions, I finally dropped in sidestance and parallel!! Not easy to get used to its 4.2m, but the basic grinds are coming back, the coping slides really well, and the ramp curve/material is smooth, hard and grippy, so far so good!!!!!!!! Swann tried it with its BMX, and took some picts and a video (just click on the picture).
2/4/2006: New video and
BLOG...
... Now you can add some comments to this website on my blog. I added also a video at Bures ramp. It was also the opportunity to test the BIOS Helmet: lightweigth, super-ventilated, and no I didn't crashtested it. On this last point the BIOS company advises a resistance 6 time stronger than the norms. Hope I will not need this bonus!!
19/3/2006: Spring is back ,...
... after a long cold winter, freezing temps are over!! I finally could test my new bowl bomber PF from Rollergirl: super fast and still grippy on masonite. They are also more directionnal than the 95a. They sound nice but.... I wonder if they will still grip on wood. My sons are back on the skatepark and try skateboarding in the ramp.
24/2/2006: Cold long winter...
... as since november the temps don't reach 4°C,, however there is no much rain, so I can still skate outdoor!! The helmet helps to keep ideas warm during the sessions and I bought the definitive dew/mud killer: in 5min the ramp is clean and dry and I have warmed up!! On the other hand side stance snowboarding was really great this year...
1/1/2006: New video from Montpellier skatepark!!!
Finally could test the 4m ramp at Montpellier skatepark: steel is fast and so smooth. However, the temp were still low (0°C) and my back was hurting, only one afternoon was way too short, but so good!!! Could do some airs, and slides again on a 4m
<-------- Grind kind-------------
---------------Air------------------->
10/11/2005: Too bad: RPA definitively closes just before winter.
18/10/2005: New videos from Corsica!!!
Only familly windsurf: Tanguy
first starts, Swann and Timothée navigates by force 6 without harness:
17/6/2006: New Quad videos!!!
15/6/2005: CHUUUUT! Just bought lowcost agressive inline skates from Decathlon.... Well at 89.90 euros complete I have new boots. By the time I fix them on my quads, I can try side stance on inlines!! UHUH!!!! I am thinking about a UFS adaptator for the new combo.
14/6/2005: The cool guys from the crewstibat put a blog about me
at http://crewstibatalex.skyblog.com
. Their video section is impressive and quite funny!!!
Winter/ spring 2005 : Try to have 2 Sessions by week at RPA
and Bures . My kids now try figures with their skate board: we built
a small grind box and they try grinds, slides and ollies on it.
12/2004 : Argh!! Even in North
spain it's cold. Well in 1 week, we had two warm days at
Palafrugell skatepark in spain. The skaters are really cool there (www.braveskate.com
)
12/2004:BRR!!! The ramp
at Bures is frozen on its dark side. Well after removing the ice it's
perfect! The coping slides better than usally... Even at RPA it's to
cold!
Sat 13/11/2004: Rainny
day.... I've modified the grind blocks: added inox thin plates for
longger side slides and epoxy plates for better grinds (and longer
lasting trucks). Now rusty coppings shouldn't be sticky.
Sat 6/11/2004: succeeded a new trick by avoiding a bail!! I wanted to make a backside 360, but did a 180 to close to the copping that finished on side stance grind.....
Fri 11/10/2004: The website is now clean and the video section updated.
Sat 30/10/2004: On Bure ramp, first run with Bowl Bombers/China reds (thanks to rollergirl), the grip an comfort of soft wheels with the speed of fast ones. I'm impatient to test them on the 4m ramp.
Thu 28/10/2004: Great RPA session (6h) with my 3 sons and one of their friends. We all progressed:
- Timothee now starts alone from the top of medium ramps
- Tanguy also starts alone from the top of the small bowls
- Swann improved is slalom skills and side stance skating
- Finally vert on my inverts on the 4m and first side stance grinds
- Swann and Mathias skated 200 times the wave's loop..... Good start for Mathias who is (was?) a beginner
Fri 15/10/2004: First starts side stance from the top of the 4m ramp: Hu!! Great adrenaline discharges!