Saturday, December 17, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Long over due....again.....
No news is good news. Hosted a bunch of Streetboarders at our house in May, short trip to Barcelona in June and a trip to Japan, again, with Dylan in July. You can follow our adventure on our two Instagram accounts.
Otherwise just been super tired. I've been taking an hour nap in my car during lunch during the week. I have another MRI and see the DR. in two weeks so hopefully we will figure things out.
We will be at volunteering at the Silicon Valley Brain Tumor walk on Sept. 10th next Saturday so if you are in the area feel free to join us.
http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/TeamraiserEvents/SiliconValleyBrainTumorWalk
We will be at volunteering at the Silicon Valley Brain Tumor walk on Sept. 10th next Saturday so if you are in the area feel free to join us.
http://www.braintumorcommunity.org/site/TR/TeamraiserEvents/SiliconValleyBrainTumorWalk
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| Mt. Fuji Summit, Approx. ~4:30am |
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Moved to tears...
Damn-it.... forgot to publish this..... Long overdue.... this was scheduled to post on June 16th of last year....
Your network of friends used to be within a 5 mile radius when we were younger. No computers, no internet and only a single home phone, connected by a chord no less, that if it was busy you were out of luck until they were off the phone. The world is a much smaller place now and my network of friends reaches all over the world.
I've been around the world with "my streetboarding family". China, Spain, England, France, Japan and more. We're always having such fun and it's like we have never been apart. Skating and hanging out like we see each other every day
Little background: Streetboarding is most similar to snowboarding. In that you are connected to the board via bindings. You can check out some of Colin's and Christian's edits.
I've known "Bob" (Ismael Calvo) for more about 15 years. He's was a rider for Dimension Streetboards since the beginning (aside from 10 or so years since I have kicked him off the team in Spain...). He call's Chile home but spends a good deal of time traveling and skating with his friends.
I was in San Francisco with Ismael and friends about 1 year ago. Just as I was recovering from another battle of my own. Bob was determined to 5-0 a huge rail and it didn't end well. I have never witnessed a crash this bad, I seriously thought he broke his back. (4th slam in the intro). To this day I'm grateful and amazed that he can walk, let alone skate.
When we are together he is always asking me "what keeps you moving forward". I don't know really, family and friends. I do know that others are in worse situations than me and for that I am grateful.
If I had to describe Bob's skating in just a few words it would be: Dedication and Style. The video below show's you what I mean. I didn't know that Ismael was working on a video until the "coming soon" video came out like a week ago and since it's been released I have probably watched it at least 100 times.
Ismael Calvo - Strap In To Live from Colin Horan on Vimeo.
Your network of friends used to be within a 5 mile radius when we were younger. No computers, no internet and only a single home phone, connected by a chord no less, that if it was busy you were out of luck until they were off the phone. The world is a much smaller place now and my network of friends reaches all over the world.
I've been around the world with "my streetboarding family". China, Spain, England, France, Japan and more. We're always having such fun and it's like we have never been apart. Skating and hanging out like we see each other every day
Little background: Streetboarding is most similar to snowboarding. In that you are connected to the board via bindings. You can check out some of Colin's and Christian's edits.
I've known "Bob" (Ismael Calvo) for more about 15 years. He's was a rider for Dimension Streetboards since the beginning (aside from 10 or so years since I have kicked him off the team in Spain...). He call's Chile home but spends a good deal of time traveling and skating with his friends.
I was in San Francisco with Ismael and friends about 1 year ago. Just as I was recovering from another battle of my own. Bob was determined to 5-0 a huge rail and it didn't end well. I have never witnessed a crash this bad, I seriously thought he broke his back. (4th slam in the intro). To this day I'm grateful and amazed that he can walk, let alone skate.
When we are together he is always asking me "what keeps you moving forward". I don't know really, family and friends. I do know that others are in worse situations than me and for that I am grateful.
If I had to describe Bob's skating in just a few words it would be: Dedication and Style. The video below show's you what I mean. I didn't know that Ismael was working on a video until the "coming soon" video came out like a week ago and since it's been released I have probably watched it at least 100 times.
Thanks Bob for continually pushing Streetboarding forward but for the kind and thoughtful ending. It brought tears to my eyes.
Ismael Calvo - Strap In To Live from Colin Horan on Vimeo.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Monday, April 4, 2016
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
New Year - New Outlook
Can't believe its a New Year! Exactly 365 days since my surgery last year.
2015 was a year that challenged me like no other, but here I am, starting my tenth month of chemo. I'm "carpet bombing" my system for 5 days straight then taking 23 days to recover. Just as I'm starting to feel better, with more energy, I start another round. Only 2 more months to go and then I'm officially done.
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| Rosicrucian Peace Garden |
I've promised myself to spend a lot more time with family, with friends and just having a more positive outlook on everything. I have my days, like everyone, but I hope to keep my stress level in check and just focus on enjoying each day.
New Year, new job (still at the Bank) and new outlook. Going to try to enjoy the little things...
Happy New Year
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