Life is hilarious. When was the last time I wrote about life? Too long. I was watching Fully Flared last week and I came to a great little theory / lesson / analogy about life. I can’t remember if it was during Rick Howard’s section or not, but he hits a 10(ish) stair hand rail with a stopper at the very bottom of the rail. [a metal knob] He hits the rail and right before the stopper, he pops right over it. Super smooth. It was sick, I had to watch it over and over again. And over and over again. I mention to Becky that one of the MANY reasons why I’m not a pro skater [funny – I said there are many reasons] is that I’d focus on that fucking stopper and for the rest of the afternoon I’d be picking up pieces of my teeth. It’s like life right? It’s the same for motocross, snowboarding, riding your downhill bike or driving. If you stare at what you wish to avoid, you’ll hit it. With guaranteed reassuring certainty you will hit it, until you learn to look past it.