My Johnny, UAB and Novakane (mindless blabbering)

I found a new love.
His name is Johnny.

And I'm gonna ride him all day tomorrow.
Maybe all night, too.

:-D

Sorry, no boys. Johnny is actually my new Arbor bamboo longboard from my new favorite hang-out, Novakane, out in Clackamas.

So, today was fun. At noon, Jeff and I went out to Glenhaven Skate Park and the little one in West Linn with Novakane's UAB (Urban Assault Bus) to take pictures of candidates of the skate team that Novakane's owner, Jason, is trying to put together. And Jason totally reminds me of Skip in "Lords of Dogtown." Haha! Oh, and I think we're taking the bus up to the mountains, so it'll be hella awesome.

I just love what they're doing to keep the sport alive: they bought a short bus and painted it black, making it the UAB, keeping kids out of trouble, keeping kids interested. They're also doing a canned food drive for the Oregon Food Bank. I just love it.

What's also interesting is that I saw people of various ages skating, biking, roller blading and "scootering" at the parks. I also saw people of various different age groups there: little tiny kids, early teens, mid to late teens, even dads! Oh, and the dads are GOOD!

Then, we went back to Novakane Skate Shop. It's this cute little shop out in Clackamas, where I met Johnny and fell madly in love with him. Haha!! I also finally met Jeff's other sister, Jenny, and her husband, who also graduated from LO. So Jeff, Jenny, Paul (her husband), Melissa (Cupcake Meliska! - Jeff's other sister) and I all went out to dinner, had a grand time.

Today was just so much fun. :-D