Longboarding on Campus

College campuses in general are not terribly small, sometimes getting to your classes on time can be difficult, especially if you have consecutive classes. Longboarding to get around the SFCC campus is one of the more popular modes of transportation. During any given day you can see a number of longboarders cruising around from class to class. Longboarding seems to be a pretty efficient way of getting from place to place quickly and fairly safely. For those of you out there saying “Oh those longboarders have no control they are a danger to everyone!” You couldn’t be more wrong; longboarders are probably less likely to run into other people than most of the people walking. This is partly due to the fact they are actually paying attention to where they are going, unlike all the people walking around talking on their cell phones. Most of the longboarders you will see on campus are in complete control making the board turn and go precisely where they want it to. Longboarding takes quite a bit of balance and skill; some of the more skilled longboarders have slide gloves that allow you to put your hands on the ground to do an assortment of different hand slide tricks.

The major points that separate a longboard from a normal skateboard is the board is a lot longer, the trucks(devices that hold the wheels) are longer as to be more stable at high speeds, and the wheels are usually bigger than normal skateboard wheels. College campuses aren't getting any smaller and every year more and more people buy longboards for campus transportation. All in all it's probably safe to say that we wont be seeing a shortage of these four wheeled cruisers anytime soon.

Street and Dirt Jump Mountain Biking

Flying through the air riding 32 pounds of steel in the form of Mountain Bike, in my opinion, is one of the most exciting things in the world and is one of my passions in life. Not many people hear or see the words mountain biking and think about people doing tricks at the skate park or people flying over dirt jumps; people might hear those words and think of guys in tight shorts riding cross country trails or guys on gnarly downhill bikes riding vertical trails. Don't worry you won't see me in tight shorts anytime soon or anytime in the future for that matter. But you might see me riding some urban spots.


Whether you see me riding in the street doing tricks on everyday obstacles such as benches, grass banks, picnic tables, or anything else I see fit to trick off of or over.
















You might see me riding at the skate park doing some technical tricks and you might find that strange. Most people see a mountain biker at a skate park and think that my bike is too big to do tricks, but I get a good amount of respect at the skate park because I can do the same tricks that a BMXer can do with a bike that's a lot bigger and much heavier.











Perhaps you would catch me out hitting the local dirt jumps at Beacon Hill. I don't think dirt jump mountain bikers get enough credit for what they do. Finding a good rhythm on a set of dirt jumps is one of the hardest things to get good at, judging your speed to try to get from one lump of dirt, fly 15ft or more through the air and aim perfectly so you land on another lump of dirt, might sound easy, but let me assure you it's not. Wherever you find me you can be sure to see me cruising around on my bike.

Hopefully you will never have to see me fall. Mountain biking is always fun but there is consequences. Getting hurt is a big part of mountain biking especially in the street and dirt jump aspects of the sport. There is not a day that goes by where I don't push myself to learn new tricks and dial in the ones I already know; the consequence of that is that not a day goes by where I don't fall. Not all my crashes result in me injuring myself, but it is inevitable that it will happen and when it does it's not fun. I have had countless injuries such as broken bones, pulled muscles, and infinite scrapes and cuts. My passion for the this sport greatly outweighs the fear of getting hurt and I think that that aspect is what sets mountain biking apart from other sports.


Mountain Biking is not just a sport, it's an extreme sport. Extreme passion, extreme risks, extreme pain, frustration, and love. Mountain Biking is my life.