My Longboards

I like longboards. Here are photos of the ones I made.

The Red Rocket
I made this one before my mission.  It was a way to get to and from work a couple blocks away, mostly.  I like it a lot.

It's 8-ply, 2 1/2 or 3 ft. long, and the grip tape is glow-in-the-dark!  I need to touch it up a bit, but it rides perfectly.  The trucks (Randal 180s), wheels (Sector 9, 76 mm, 78a), and bearings (Reds) are about 8 years old or something, and I love 'em.

My New One
So, I don't have a catchy name for it or anything.  I just call it my new one.  I've had the wood for it for ages, but was never quite sure what I wanted to do with it.  I bought it from the wood shop at Provo High one year through Corey Rowley.  This is what I ended up doing.

This one's 12-ply, which is important, because it's something like 4'8'' long, which may be nearly double the length of the Red Rocket.  I'm not sure, though, 'cause I've never measured them.

Josie kindly purchased the trucks for me.  They're interesting; they've got a spring rather than a rubber bushing.  I love the way they handle, actually.  There's something that feels surfy to me.  It's more what I think surfing might be like than other trucks I've used.  The wheels are Orangatang In Heats (75mm/86a).  They're grippier 'cause the corners hard, rather than rounded.  I like the way they look, too.  Always a plus.

I like making longboards.  A lot.  If only they weren't so dang expensive to outfit with trucks and wheels, y'know?  I'd sell 'em.

I should make some to sell.  Hmm...

My Favorite Comedian: Demetri Martin

Here's a drawing of his:

Demetri Martin on WhoSay

And here's a video:

Colbert on Mormons

I like his coverage of this:

London's Trouble

View Woolwich Looting in a larger map

The above map shows the locations of the video below on the left (taken 8 August 2011; the language of the video may be offensive to some viewers), and the flat I lived in when I first got to England as a missionary serving in the Welling Ward on the right. Just up the street from the video's setting (in the direction the police are retreating toward) is the Sainsbury's where I did my shopping nearly every week for the four-and-a-half months I was serving there. Next door to that is the building that Jing, my first Chinese investigator lived in.

The Sky news report below was filmed on Lavender Hill, which is right by the Clapham Junction railways station (the busiest in the UK, I believe). I remember, just north of what the video shows, Elder Müller (from Switzerland) and I looked for a former investigator. We also taught a man from Ghana and his family. Jim was his name, if my memory serves me. It's scary stuff, y'know?

The reason I'm posting all this, I guess, is that my mission is kind of a big deal for me. The things happening in London are really scary for me, because I know the place, and I know people who live there.

... Anyway, there's that.
I hope it's over soon.