Christian Spanring

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No Comply Tailslide

This is one trick I always admire when I'm seeing it in a video. People usually just drop it in, it always looks so effortless and casual. I want to get there!

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Here we go again...

Late March, warmer then it should be at this time of year, and first time out on my skateboard again after a longish Winter break. I had hoped to get a few more Snowboard runs in, but weather didn't really cooperate. After a solid March snowdump, the temperature

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Breaking trail

Since I chickened out yesterday, for good reasons I believe, didn't want to drive 3+ hours through a snow storm, I went up to Mt Cardigan today. According to OpenSnow forecasters, southern New Hampshire was favored by the storm. Something you could right there at the Mt Cardigan

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WAPOW

We lucked out for another day this week and got a solid amount of fresh snow last night and today. Not really sure how the drive was going to be through the ongoing snow storm, I got up super early this morning and headed out to Wachusett Mountain. I was

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A Northeast Powder Day

It snowed ("flurried") last night and throughout the day. Late afternoon I finally got to scratch that itch, and go out to lay down some turns at our nearby small mountain. It's as close as we get to a powder day around here nowadays. Being optimistic,

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Myoko, Japan

It was a very spontaneous decision to go to Japan this year. I was searching for a hut trip in British Columbia. Going up to a hut for a week, making it your base and do backcountry day trips from there. But all I found was booked up. So I

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Fresh snow

It snowed today. Finally! Instead of waiting until the next day to get out, I decided to drive out and take advantage of the thin natural layer. The mountain was mobbed when I got there. Even at night. Needless to say it was pretty much skied out, but it was

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Soft and warm

Conditions are far from ideal, it's warm and it rained a lot lately, but I had to get out and get some turns in. My expectations weren't high and I was kind of surprised how decent conditions were out there. Hat off to the snowmaking operations

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Sims Vanish

At the end of last Winter season I snatched a Sims Vanish on sale. The appeal of was its small sidecut radius of 6.1m, much smaller than any other board I had on my radar. It looked like an ideal board for those tight tree runs around here on

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BS 90

Gotta take advantage of those last warmer days we have, when everything is still dry, not snowy and especially not salted. Backside anything is extremely hard for me. One of the goals I have is to being able to backside ollie small hips. It's extremely awkward, but that&

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Back tail practice

We're getting closer. Still in backside pivot to tail stall land, but at least those are becoming smoother every time I try them. I'll get it eventually, it takes patience, and some perseverance I guess.

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Overwhelmed

I'm in Las Vegas this week. Before the trip I asked another guy who knows Las Vegas for a recommendation where to go skate here. He recommended Craig Ranch. So I went. Boy is this park is huge, completely overwhelming. Not sure how many bowls and banks and

Surf

Another warm November day

The forecast looked better than it really was. At most there were some knee-high windswell bumps, here and there, pretty unpredictable conditions overall. The zipping by kite surfers didn't really add to the fun. I've found them a little bit dangerous at times. It was often

Setup

Sphinx

After a little bit over 3 Months I upgraded my deck again. And wheels. And trucks. And bearings. All of it, it's a complete Christmas setup. My Trucks are ground down to almost the axle, 18 Months in use, while learning Slappies on curbs. The wheels are down

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Pre Work Session

Got out early this morning. According to the forecast, it's not until the end of next week until we see any swell again in Nahant Beach. And I wanted to try out the new 5mm wetsuit. It was gorgeous, although only with really small half Meter waves. I

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Pre Halloween Surf

The waves were so good today! Knee to thigh high bumps, no wind and super clean conditions. I stayed for an hour or so and caught 8 waves I'm happy with. I really feel like progress is being made since the start of this season in September. For

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Bank to curb

Sneaked in a 30 Minute session this morning after kids' school drop-off, and finally I've been getting a little bit more conistent in dismounting the bank-to-curb boardslide. I've been trying this the last couple of times I went to Lynch. So satisfying to roll away!

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Beautiful Nahant Fall Day

It was such a gorgeous Saturday at Nahant Beach, warm temps and practically no wind. I'm getting closer to actually surfing. Now I'm hanging out at the "real" take-off spots, and standing up on as much as other beginners. I'm still struggling

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A Nahant Thursday

It was too hard not to go to Nahant today. The forecast looked great, small bumps, no wind, with temps were super warm for fall. I first tried a few small broken white wash waves close to the beach. It worked, it was OK. Then I tried to get out

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Danielle and Earl

It's a big surf weekend on the East coast. Hurricanes Danielle and Earl are working in tandem somewhere out in the Atlantic, and sending decent swells our way. There was practically no wind and waves amounting up to about 1.5 Meters I would say, chest high or

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Vienna curb

I was too tired from the night before to work that curb longer, or a little better, but it's probably the best curb I've skated so far. Long, super smooth and waxed like there's no tomorrow. At the very least I got a few

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Austria

We're visiting Family & Friends in Austria. I brought my Skateboard to try a few old nostalgic spots here, like bombing the hill where I basically learned how to ride a board. I guess I was a little bit more fearless as a kid. Going down that hill,

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Ollies

Controlling Ollies, and getting the timing right, is one of the basics I'm often having difficulties with. This morning I put up a little cone to practice my Ollie timing a little bit. But then I'm not so sure how much I'll need Ollies.

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Skaterack

All the skateparks I go around here are fairly close. Close enough for me to bike there. It's quicker than going by car, and it's part of my warm-up, getting the blood going. Up until now, I was using a RVCA backpack with straps on it

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New Deck

After 3 Months on a Polar Surf Jr shape, I'm back on a Nora Wicked Queen shape from Welcome. I've spent some time on the weekend to set it up, well, mostly doing the grip tape craft project. Half way through I had my doubts about