Maryhill 2009

Maryhill 2009 concluded last night with Pat Switzer taking the win in Men’s Downhill.  Coming into the weekend it seemed to be Scoot Smith as the favorite.  He had won the event the last two years.  Once the quals started Mischo Erban then looked to be the favorite.  Leading the pack after the first qualifing round and setting a new course record on the second qualifying round.    On race day he won every heat up until the final.  Then it was all about Pat Switzer.  Battling the elements he took out a heavy field including Mischo, Scoot, and Douglas Silva.

Balance team rider Mike Snyder had a solid performance over the weekend.  He qualified right where he wanted to be in the middle of the pack.  He made it through his first heat on Sunday, but then ran into a little rain prob on his next heat.  Our downhill model “Zoolander” is getting closer and closer to being complete.  I am very stoked to release it and I have to say that it is unlike anything else out on the market right now.  A hardwood speedboard, Get Stoked!

Love life,

Tom

Don't Forget to take time and Skate!!

Lately I have been pretty full out.  It has been both the height of the longboarding season and we have been selling more boards than ever.  It is also the height of the waterskiing season.  So I have been spliting my time between the building boards in the shop and going out to the lake to train for the next Pro Tour stop.

Needless to say I haven’t been skating too much besides the daily commute to work.  That was until today when I pretty much forced myself to head out and skate.  I hit up a bank I have been hearing about for months.  I never got specific directions, I was just told it was somewhere in downtown Salt Lake.  Well I found it, and it became one of the best sessions of the summer.  It turned out to be a 10ft high bank that sloped down a 200ft parking lot.  

I ended up staying until dark.  Even though it was still plenty lit and I also had plenty of other more productive things to do.  But it didn’t really matter, I was enjoying life, and enjoying my Platypus.  It was a great night and it really refreshed my soul.  Now tomorrow it is off to Maryhill!!