Burning out, flatland bmx, family man

So, my daughter is here. She arrived on the 7th and she’s here for almost 2 months. Last summer she was here for only a month, and the summer before that We both lived in California so it was easy to see her. In true other brother fashion my daughter is half white. lol What did you expect. She’s been going 100mph since she got here, I understand because when she’s at home she’s one of 7 kids. Here she is the one and only and she can get all the attention she wants. But real talk, she’s running me ragged. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life (keep in mind I spent 5 years in the Marines) was to tell my daughter that my wife and I are getting a divorce. She’s known my wife for a little over three years and she lovers her. I waited to tell her when she got here. She cried, I felt like shit, and then she got over it. Although she still mentions her at least once a day.

Before my daughter arrived I found myself riding less and less bmx. First i let someone borrow my helmet so that canceled out all the skate parks that require helmets, add to that I was hanging out with friends left and right. Learning new tricks takes time and doing the same tricks over and over again at the same place over and over again was getting a little boring. On top of that its hard to coordinate riders sometimes. I hate riding street/park by myself. I get unmotivated and I wind up leaving the park hella early. I’d rather just ride street but its hard to get people together to ride street often.

I met a friend through twitter of all places that was a new flatlander living in PA. It kinda pumped me up and reminded me that I started out riding flat. And that I could ride flat alone for hours. So, I ordered a flatland frame. I got a Hoffman Strowler and it will be here Wednesday. I’ve had 2 other Hoffman flatland frames before, the EP and the Momentum. I also had a volume mid (Andrew Farris where are you!?) and before that A Hoffman complete that I started riding flat on. Oh I also bought a DK signal when i got back into riding flatland when I lived in San Francisco.

So In light of recent events, heres some pics of my former flatland setups and a video of The Man; DAY SMITH. The flatland other brother himself.

Here’s a new video of Day Smith riding flatland with a helmet cam.