So I named my new puppy after the best little girl’s wakeboard on the market…Bella! The name also means beautiful in Italian. It looks like I’m going to be able to have a CWB doggie life jacket for her next summer too!
My home lake (Lake Oroville) got lower than I’ve ever seen it, and it’s a deep resesevoir. Although we didn’t get to hike waterfalls and wakeboard out of caves like last year, we made the most out of the low water by bungee jumping off the bridge! My first two jumps last year were more about accomplishing a conquest and more fear than adrenaline; kinda like when I see a rail that I want to hit which doesn’t look that fun but I would never forgive myself if I didn’t try it. This time was different though because it was a full moon and you could see everything while diving off the 240 foot high bridge. I went with the same people who jump with Byerly, Grubb and Nelson.
Some other summer highlights include having rode pretty well in the Reno pro tour stop, winched/jibbed a natural log in a creek, rode in the Spanky Beavers Rail Jam in an Olympic style swimming pool, went camping/riding at a lake near the ocean and then winched the ocean, rode a few local contests, helped try to construct a backyard rail pool, and tried new tricks (succeeded with some). Shawna has been killing it lately. She was the first of the two of us to ever do a spin, and now she’s hitting all kinds of spins consistently. (grabbed, front and backside, and getting really close on some tricks I don’t think girls have done yet) She did pretty well in Worlds too, for the gnarly rollers. Shawna and I also have an interview on http://www.superhumanmag.com/content/view/658/92/
I started fishing, skeet shooting and am about to start hunting again. I haven’t done any of those activities since I was twelve, but now that I’m having to buy all my own food I figured why not earn some of it in a less expensive way? Last night my friends and I performed at an amateur music showoff in downtown chico. I played the easiest acoustic part and only messed up once! My friends are amazingly talented though!
Lana, the winner of the Diamonds are forever contest is coming from Minnesota to our house soon. Can’t wait to show her what Norcal is all about! Well I hope you all are having a great summer!
Layder!!
-Raequel
