Jason things

I'm leaving for Houston tomorrow  morning.  Nice and early.

Ah well, at least I enjoy flying.  I even enjoy sitting in airports. It's comforting somehow.

I'll be blogging and facebooking my experience down there as I visit Johnson Space Center.

I'll also, of course, blog my visit  to this little mecca:



Stay tuned!

I know you all probably don't care, but I just want to post this so I can track my progress.

Had quite an amazing weekend this last weekend.

It started with me going to one of the most magical places I've been.

Hood River Skatepark

It's 1/2 skatepark, 1/2 nature walk.

The best part was when we went up to the bowl.

We had a nice little session going. The other guy I was with was doing 50-50 grinds up on the 9' wall.  The challenge was on and I started hitting it pretty hard as well.

I was nearly hitting grinds on it... on the biggest bowl I've ever skated.  It was an epic day.

2 days later I took the kids to Pier Park.

I swore I'd do something that's been haunting me for a while.

No, not the vert drop in, although one of the guys I was with was doing it. It's on now.

Instead, I focused on the "Mouse Hole."


It's a 9' roll in that rolls right into a giant 20' full pipe.

There's no flatbottom, so it's a quick transition from going down to going up.

Here's what it looks like from the entrance.


(Not pictured: pants crapping feeling looking down into the pipe)

I stood on my board with my hands on the doorway.  I was in position. My heart was pounding.

I was about to let go, but that self defense mechanism kicked in and said: "No. Don't do this. Try it again some other time."

I took a slight step back, but then I refused to be controlled by fear.

I focused on the opposite wall and rolled in successfully.

I went around a bit, feeling the total rush and climbed back out of the pipe.

My adrenaline was pumping, and my hands were literally shaking. I hadn't been scared like that in a long time.

Then I went right over to the entrance, only this time I started up as I as I possibly could.

1....2......3..... go.

Successful roll in.


It's only May and I'm doing things I've never done before in my life. I can't wait to see what the rest of  this summer holds.

But more then just doing cool stuff or going big, I'm really stoked that I was able to conquer my fear.  I was able to see that panic hit and then shut it down.

My motto the past few months has been: "Are you scared?  Then do it.  Twice."

And I did, and I feel incredible.