Colorado

Last week was spent east dodging bad weather and doing 7 shows.

This week will be spent out west in Colorado doing shows .

Riding in the high elevation is always a treat . (sarcasm)

Many miles

Starting today , (Feb. 8th , 2010) I begin a stretch of 8 shows in 5 days, (actually 4 days cause one is all travel)
I will leave home in about an hour 5:30 am and will not get back until feb. 14th .

My last shows are on friday in the state of Virginia.

Next week I will be in Denver , CO. and the week after that I will end in St. Louis, MO.
three week tour ? SEND IT !

Business

After my show yesterday north of St. Cloud , I went to the printers to pick up the new 2010 Stunt Team brochures and business cards.

The stunt team website can be found at www.bicyclestuntshows.com

I had a conferance call this morning with some Big-time clients. I think it may be quite fruitfull (no pun intended) !
I am looking forward to 2010 and many shows.

Next week I am heading to the East Coast for shows= Virginia

I have shows in Wisconsin at the end of this week .

Stay tuned...

2nd parade of the year and its only Jan. 30 !!!

Yesterday was a good day with a couple of school shows in SW Wisconsin.

Today was the St. Paul Winter carnival Torch-lite parade.

it was abought 5 degrees and my front brake cable actually froze up 3/4 of the way threw!

A new client I am working with paid me well to do these last two parades. They have one more lined up for June. This is all a build up to the week long tour of shows I will be doing with my team in mid june .

More shows on Monday here in Minnesota ...

PARADES

I hate parades ! Always have , always will . Yet I still do them , for the money. Call me a sellout , I dont care.
I like school shows because of the kids and the influence I may have on them in a positive way.
I like the shows I do with the ramps and my team. It is just rad to rip it up in front of crowds with my team !

But parades , they are lame !

I call parades the "blue collar " work. It is a constant show every 20 feet. People always yell things , like = Do a trick , Do a flip , I can do that or like yesterday , "aint you to old to be on that little bike ?"
I like to give a lot when I do trix for people , but in a parade I need a minute to catch my breath .
People just dont care.
I will continue to do parades ( I have 3 more booked this year) But ,
I DON'T HAVE TO LIKE THEM.

oh and by the way , it did rain on my parade yesterday ... still did it and got paid .

Saint Paul Winter carnival

It is a known fact that I hate winter and all things cold.
Today is an event in Saint Paul and it will be quite the challenge.

If I did not get paid good I would of not booked this.

This will be interesting !....!

Wisconsin death trip

That may be a name for an album by the rock band Static X but to me and my friends it has been a term we hae used since 1998' .

It is what we call the road from Minniapolis MN. heading east all the way to illinois = HWY. 94 , if you will.

This run is always so long and boring. I have done it at least 100 times.

Last night I left Racine WI. and headed on the death trip to home after three shows.
It should of took about 6 and a half hours.

Once I hit The Dells , it was raining/sleeting, Not good when it is below 32 degrees. I seen 4 cars in the ditch upside down or on their sides , a jackknifed semi and numerous cars in the ditch. One car came up on my rear and hit the breaks and did a 180 behind me into the ditch. I was lucky.

All the semi trucks ( the ruler of the roads) were doing less than 40 miles per hour from the Dells to Eau Claire !! it was glare Ice and I was lucky to make it threw safely
it took me hours longer than expected .
I got home safely at 3:35 AM.

Wisconsin Death Trip !