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NEW RIDING PICS EVERYONE!
Less than two weeks ago. Sadly it looks like the end of decent outdoor riding for this year. Either way, here we go again..

Gliding no handed with accidental bling.
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No handed Crackpacker came a little too close on this shot and got unfocused but check the shadow.
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Going into Guillotine to Smith Decade.
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Halfpacker by grabbing the rear peg instead of seat.
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My one footed rolling Crackpacker was captured for first time ever on camera. I worked for this shot, believe me.
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Jumping and switching feet from switch footed into regular mode and back.
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Now here i don't know what i'm doing. Aborting mission i guess.
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End of session. (IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Timo2F/Ajokuvia/MeilahtiFreestyle18-10-200616.jpg)

If we're lucky here with the weather i might be able to provide one last batch of outdoor riding photos for your enjoyment, but i'm not promising. Anyway, thanks again for watching the same tricks over and over..

-Timo

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From the previous sunny pictures to a photo taken today...

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Crapload of snow came in with capital C.

We'll it's the end. Officially. Sunday was the opening of the indoor season -once again. Sucked. Felt as if there was no summer anywhere in between. It was like continuing where we left at late march -snap- a time warp and here we go again.
Imagine 40 riders in 1000 sq. meter indoor skate park with transitions, boxes, jumps, rails everywhere and being the one of total 2 persons that are flatland riders trying to survive on a slippery floor, constantly avoiding crashes with street riders and you get the idea how psyched i am about all this.
For those that spend time on computer, there's now even a live web cam footage streaming from the very indoor park-Here-
Us BMX guys are there on sundays and mondays after at 18:00 our time, i have no idea what's that in your time zone but anyways, and you can always google the time zones. I'm guessin it's either your morning or early noon etc (in USA). depending where you're located at.

Well, whenever the indoor nightmare and snow sucks you can always release some tension by doing this...
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..yep, building you very own stone fence (or should i say "stonehenge"). You see, the old fence was disintegrated so i decided to build new one of all stones i could found within the premises. Crowbar and shovel came in handy, til the earth freezes for winter. Oh yeah, i'm talking about the canoe/kayak shack premises and yeah, this is voluntary work cause i have too much spare energy apparently.

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That's it, i'm going to bed. 'Nite.

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By premises i meant ofcourse property. Wrting this stuff with a english dictionary on the other hand ..lol.

[COASTY]

Your country looks beautiful in the snow as well as the summer. Such a nice place.
Looks like your still having fun riding though. Thats the main thing.
Me, well we're having a major storm at the moment. Hail ,rain, wind the lot. And it's summer!!! * t f??
This is what it's supposed to look like!
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This is what it looks like right now.
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[ November 08, 2006, 04:45 AM: Message edited by: COASTVL ]

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COASTVL, thanks for the compliment. The second pic looks out of this world.

December 2nd, lets see what's new at this end. I turned 33 in nov 19th, weehee! I never thought in my early 20s that i'd feel pretty much same in my 30s. Beside s that i just got home from riding, or cruising cause the flatland spots are all wet yet it hasn't rained in two days. Currently we're having the warmest december in years, its almost like spring again with the exception that it WILL get worse, sooner or later.
Riding? At the indoor park once a week, hating every moment of it, mostyl, but what is there to do (other than moving out the country to warm climate). With this in mind it's cool that we're still able to ride outside in dec. 2nd! that hasn't happened in a while.
Some doomsday photos from couple days ago at the shack:

No, that's not moon. It was raining.
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The wife and the automatic light.
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The "PacMan" shot. Look carefully. And that still isn't the moon but an accidental drop of rain taking new shape in the surface of the lens. For a PacMan fan like me this is positively eerie stuff.. maybe it's a sign? I told ya, "doomsday photos". "A Huge ever-growing pulsating PacMan that rules from the center of the ultraworld". Or something.
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This is my favorite. The water level was high, like it is usually at this time of the year, cold, windy, rainy, you name it. Nasty but beautiful in weird way.
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This is the usual "activity" (besides turning those rocks of my own weight) at the shack during fall/winter time, eating and drinkin hot cocoa or tea and relaxing, doing nothing. Im focused on the timer, that's why i look somewhat angry in this shot. I wasn't.
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Someone might wonder by now what's the deal with the canoe shcak and why i'm always putting up these photos taken there? Well i've been a member of the particular canoe club (MV short for Melaveikot, free translation, go on laugh.. "The Paddle Buddies", lol) since i was three and i could say i've spent half of my life there, so it's like a second home to me plus it's very close to few excellent local flatland spots.

Cant think of anything else to write about for now.
Later,

-Timo

[ December 02, 2006, 01:03 PM: Message edited by: 2FRESH ]

[Jarvi]

Great photos, both Timo and CoastVL. CoastVL, hope you don't miss the 'big smoke' already. Timo, that Pacman shot is cool. I really must walk around more with my camera in hand, although I'll remember to smile when looking at the timer.

The warm weather is here now which means bushfires and more water restrictions. No watering of grass, no washng cars unless you use a bucket, no sprinklers other than certain times of the day and house with odd numbers on odd days of the month and even on even days. But, if you can put that aside for a while, plenty of time to ride.

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Woohoo!
For the first time ever i was riding outdoors in december! This is the latest i've ever been outside with the bike cause usually it's been either snow or too cold. It's wasn't warm either, only +8 in C scale but enough for ridign and it's record breaking warmth for december.
Couple crappy photos from today, it was already getting dark. Remember that in these nordic latitudes the sun sets already around 3:30PM. The ball court was fenced for hockey training, thanks to warm weather there isn't any ice yet so it's still fully rideable.

Switchfoot Junkyards into a Ropearoni-sh ..thing.
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Halfpacking again.
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Looking tense.
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-Timo

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[rant]Ok, found out today that my electric guitar i played in my youth has been stolen at some point from my parent's locked basement. They had broken into every single storage space. Not too happy about that i must say.
So if somebody ever sees anyone ebaying a dark wine-red, electric guitar made by italian company -Eko- from late 60's/early 70's, with two chrome pick ups, dark neck, white plexi with hand painetd "FF" for the band "Fear" at the bottom of the body, let me know.
I will then F---ing fax/ship myself inna box where ever the seller is.
Right now i hate half of the world with dishonets people and the fact that is snowing. AAARRGGHH!!! Damn it!! ...And i cant even spell the word "dishonest" right.
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[Kurt.]

LOL Timo - I love your sense of humour! I've never much been into flatland but you make it look very cool.

Sucks about your axe. Mongrel dogs.

How's the weather now mate? - must be gettin' coooold.

Cheers Kurt

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Cheers Kurt, i'm on a mission. Hey, flatland doesn't just look cool, it IS cool. Right? Haha!

THe weather? Minus 5 today, getting colder just like you predicted. Anyway, i broke all my previous records in how long it is possible to ride outdoors (sorry i've been going on about this outdoor thing more than the law allows me to) So the record for this year is dec. 11th cause the day after those bunch of earlier photos the ball court dried out to perfect condition.
Here's some from the 11th:
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As for the guitar, well not so much because of value in money but the sentimental value. The guitar is from mid 70's, bought by my now passed grandma (RIP) to my uncle who then gave it to me in the mid 80s. It just sucks so bad knowing it ended into some crooks hands who doesnt have the appreciation for it or for anybody's stuff for that matter. F-ing criminals, i'm gonna get you!! And i will find that axe sooner or later. And when i do...

Searched the amazing internet for some/any pics of it and found some. So the specific model was Eko "Manta" from 1975, made in Italy. Budget piece stick really but worth more than gold to me. Here's how mine used to look after i photoshopped a mis-drawn band "Fear" logo at the bottom of the body but who cares, hey i was a teenie weenie back then.. The logo was painted with some enamel paint so i won't be easy to remove without leaving marks. The gray plexi piece under the knobs was white on mine.
(IMG:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/Timo2F/Sekalaisia/MystolenEkoManta.jpg)

Reward promised if anyone spots this!!
Thanks.

-T