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BOSTON: July 4th, 1996
Lovely (rainy) shot of guy on BMX. Yes, he has a name, and yes, I forgot it.
He also skates.
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We're under the Mass Ave bridge. This is the year it rained.
And Victor was here, too. You can see Donnie and Sarah in this pic.
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Still under the bridge.
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More bad pics.
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It was a disposable camera.
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Closeups would probably have been better.
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BOSTON: July 4th, 1998
Me and Jason. This is one of the guys who made me want to do backcross.
He is ultrasmooth. And he's a butterflier, too.
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Jason on the left, Donnie on the right. This is the Storrow course
from the top.
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Mike, Donnie, me, Nicholas and Lisa after a quality day of skating.
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The infamous bag. 60 cones, full gear, change of shirt and socks, camera, etc.
All that you need for a full day of conage fits on your (aching) back.
It's a Lowe Alpine Contour Mountain 40.
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BOSTON: July 4th, 1999
Group pic!
(top) Dave, (forgot), Heemin, me, Boop, Mike, Tony and Bruce.
(bot) Amy, Dave!, Donnie, and the legendary Damon.
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Same as above, but Donnie is smiling.
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Me and Boop.
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Me and Dave!.
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Donnie. (Me and these darn camera angles)
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Group pic with some NYers who came down.
(back) me, ?, ?
(front) Scott "ShadowCat", ? (guy who did backcross in big daddy. yes, thee guy. Awesome skater.)
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Another pic with the NYers.
?, ?, me, Scott, ?. I apologize for forgetting the names. And yes, I lost the contact info.
So give me a holler!
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BOSTON: July 4th, 2000
Ahh, the Storrow course. About 11.20am.
Not sure who's coming down. Yes, that's independent.
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Group pic! The early crowd.
(top) Bruce, Nicholas, Ollie, ?.
(middle) ?, Noriko, Michael, Jesse, ?.
(front) ?, ?, me, Dave!, and Dorothy.
And on the left side there, that's Mark Breithaupt, I think.
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Closeup of above (sans )
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Next 3 pics are panning the homebase for the 4th.
People in the pic:
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Pan 2.
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Pan 3. Yes Ollie, we see you.
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Me and Heemin. He's still really fast. And I taught him backcross! I'm so excited.
The student has become the master. :)
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Group pic with some of those I learned from. The legendary Juice (on left w/o shirt)
and JP (in yellow). I'm next to JP, Dave!'s in front of me, and Mark with his buff self
is on the right. Oop, and there's Ollie on the far right.
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View of course starting area from homebase.
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View of the course from the starting area. See what we have to deal with!
That's Nicholas in no pads (ok, wristguards), Ollie, Mark, and dunno.
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Me and Jeff, after a long day. Hmm, I seemed to get alot of pics of Jeff.
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Me, taken by Steve. Not a flattering pic, but I am advertising Nantucket Nectars!
I'M A JUICE GUY!
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Nor is this one. At least the finger is down. Hey, I was taking off my gloves!
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BOSTON: Memorial Drive: July 1996
me doing backcross. Ooo, look at all the people.
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me doing what appears to be backtoesnake, even though I could say it was backtoecross.
Yes, that's Donnie on the left. Not sure who's by either tree...
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Another backcross pic.
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A group pic with backlight issues. Katrine, Matonis, Hiroshi, Ray, and Ollie.
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Bruce! He's even more buff in person.
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Mark and Sarah. My dad's hiding behind the tree for some reason.
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JOSH! That's the amazing Joshua Grant. Ollie's behind him, not sure about the two on
the curb, Mark and Sarah still in the background.
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That's Juice. The one, the only, the amazing Juice. Hmm, looks like Bruce on the left;
Not sure who's on the right.
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BOSTON: Memorial Drive: July 1998
Group pic. Donnie, Mike, me, Matonis, and Hockey John. Dave is downunder. Yes, really.
(ok, it's more like in front, but he is in Australia) Oh, and random cyclist. Gad, is that an old
Cannondale with aluminum fork?!
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DUDE! I've temporarily forgotten his name, but he says if you do he responds just as
well to Dude. And here, he just got some new skates. That's Boop on the right.
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Post-Grendel's pic!
(back) Mike, can't see, Boop, Hockey John, me
(front) Donnie, Mark, Dave, can't remember.
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BOSTON: Memorial Drive: July 2000
Look how buff Ollie is. Ooooooo... And sitting is Tom, Dorothy, and Noriko.
Nice stance there, Ollie.
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Tom, Dorothy, Noriko, and can't remember the other two. Who's foot is that on the right?
Why it's....
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JAY! You should see this guy on ice skates. Doing jumps on HOCKEY skates. Amazing.
He never falls. (And if he does, he usually gets up before we can ice him)
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Jay, without the smile. And yes, he rarely has two of the same wheel.
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Jeff.
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Jeff and Dorothy. I told you I had alot of Jeff.
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me and Mike, the best skater in Boston. Skate of choice? LAX style boot circa 96,
Roces aluminum frame, and heel retention straps.
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Nice pic of the Memorial Drive course, though one has been taken down.
And what a bunch of friendly people! (From the top, Jay, Alexi, can't remember,
Noriko, and Ting)
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Dave (as in endus) and Jordan (as in ..... Jordan)
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me and Kevin. (In the background, Alexi, Noriko (I think) and Jeff)
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BOSTON: MIT
The MIT course at dusk with Misha starting a (probably fwd cross) run.
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Johnny Chang and Misha (just finished the run) at the MIT course.
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A pic of both MIT courses setup. Yup, that's Johnson. And yup, this is pre-TVman.
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Here's me trying to take a pic of Johnny in flight.
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Here's another. Photog skills sorely lacking. Jumping skills all there.
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Another pic of the MIT course with Misha.....and random target, I mean student.
Ooo, the 2nd course is setup as well.
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BOSTON: Misc
Dave Brown, Dave Greenwood and I with some rugby(?) chicks who stopped by the Common course
to watch. We love spectators.
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Group pic with Michael, me, Noriko, Alexi, and at the bottom, the famous (and infamous) Donnie.
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Me in a tux on skates.
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Me, blurry, in a tux on skates in front of Jay's room.
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CHICAGO: August 1998 and July 1999
The Chicago slalom course on the day of the airshow.
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The course being attacked by a giant baby, while Chris starts a run (on the 6' course).
You can also see a plane in the background. Yes, the speck.
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Chris and I after skating a bunch.
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The heat is getting to Chris. You know, dehydration and all that. :)
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Chris, Lauren and I.
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Chris, Lauren and I again.
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Chris and I looking sweaty. Not that you could tell the difference from the other pics,
but now we're standing up.
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MISC
Inside view of my left skate. It's a '97 Roces Madrid with Lowrider (Alumitech, whatever) frame,
and yes, 78mm wheels (Hyper For Racing Only (Circle-R) 78mm 83A). I had to grind down
the front boot bolt. Really, it's not that bad; you just need to use the right Dremel bit.
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Outside view of left skate.
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Back/bottom side view of skate. These pics were taken just after stickering.
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