Day 735
DIET
Sweet potato cakes filled with red bean paste!
EXERCISES
Warmed up with some stationary 180 jumps on my longboard. From there I moved onto 10-15 minutes of jump rope. Then I finished with 3 circuits of planks.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
None.
COMMENTS
Spent the day tweaking my longboard. Gripped my trucks, put in bearing spacers, and switched out my bushings. I can't wait to try out this bad boy.
I received more supplements from the Online Bodybuilding Federation contest that I came in second from. Here is the haul from the OBF so far. I'll post some reviews for the things I try.
Competitive Edge Labs' Suppress-C: Topical cortisol control agent.
Animal Cuts Sample: For fat burning.
Animal Skullie: Keeps your head warm 
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Universal Sticker: Company that makes Animal products.
Driven Sports' Activate Extreme: Testosterone booster. No worries about low testosterone!
Driven Sports' Adrenalean Sample: Fat burner.
Applied Nutriceuticals' Bio-Mend: Pretty awesome anti-oxidant product... Will probably be using this sometime.
Fusion's Omega-Oil: Fish oil... Will probably be using this within a few days when my Sam's Club fish oil is done.
Fusion's Purple K: Creatine... Will give this a go when I finish my Green MAG/Green Bulge.
Fusion's Shut Eye Sample: Muscle sleep enhancer... I've always been interested in this product. It is common knowledge that you build muscle at night and this may aid in the process.
Fusion's Fubar Sample: Pre-workout.
Fusion's Sub Q Sample: Fat burner.
How to Regrip a Longboard (Loaded Dervish Edition)
I decided I wanted to regrip my loaded dervish longboard because I wanted to be unique. The loaded spray on grip still had lots of life in it but I needed to redirect my stoke someway constructive over my winter break. Here is a step by step tutorial on what I did.
- First figure out the length and width of your longboard. The loaded dervish is 41.5'' long and 8.5'' wide.
- Create a photoshop document with these dimensions. 41.5'' and 8.5'' was what I used.
- You can pull an image of your longboard from the internet and use "CTRL + T" to transform and resize the longboard to the size of your document.
- Then create the design you want on top of this layer.
- Here is the final photoshop file that I created for my loaded dervish with the custom design I want on my longboard: DOWNLOAD
- Save the photoshop file as an image: DOWNLOAD
- Then convert the image into a PDF file so you can print it: DOWNLOAD
- When you print, hit tile all pages so it does not scale your image to one page.
- Once everything is printed cut out the white border and match it up to your longboard to see if everything fits right.
- Cut out your design. Use an exacto knife on the fine details.
- Flip your design backwards (if you don't, your design will be reversed when cut out) and trace the stencil on the back of your grip tape. I am using Paradox Grip from MuirSkate.com
- I used a sharpie to just trace the outline roughly. The highlighter signifies the sides of the design that will touch an edge of my longboard.
- Remember to leave extra room on the borders of the design that will hug the edge of your board. Later, we will file it down to create a very clean border on the actual board.
- Cut out the design using sharp scissors and exacto knives for detail. Again, REMEMBER to leave room for the EDGE sides.
- Cut out all your pieces and again overlay it on your board to make sure you like the design.
- Now it is time to remove the old grip or spray-on grip from the longboard. I used the scrap pieces of the Paradox Grip tape as well as some smoother sand paper I bought at Home Depot.
- First take your design and trace it onto your board with a pencil.
- Try to remove the grip only in the area you want to apply the design.
- Take the scrap grip tape and rub it until the spray-on grip is gone. Finish off with the sand paper to give a smoother feel.
- Blow off the dust and wipe it with a damp paper towel (just a TINY bit of water) to remove any lingering saw dust that may reduce the stickiness of the back of the grip tape.
- Once the surface is ready, apply the grip tape design.
- For the designs that touch the edge of the longboard, we will need a nail filer.
- Simply use long smooth strokes to file the edge of the board to remove the excess grip tape for a nice clean look.
- Do this for the rest of your design pieces.
- Once everything is complete, clean up and enjoy the beautiful new grip job!
- Optional Steps... Gripping your truck!
- I decided that gripping my paris trucks would help me better be able to perform manuals. The process is the same as gripping the board.
- I overlay-ed grip tape on the truck, I filed the sides down with my nail filer and then I poked holes from the back with a sharp tool so my nails could fit in.
- I finished by filing the inside ellipse down using the methods I talk about above.
Some more pictures...
Longboarding at Home
Nothing beats the sweet smooth pavement of our cul-de-sac. Here is just a snapshot of where I have been practicing my slides!
Longboarding Fail
Going to take a shower, but I'll tell the story when I have time after my next few days.
Back to College!
On my way back to the university! Senior year! I have too much junk... But i'm excited for the upcoming semester.
JS-Kit Comment System
Hopefully this is the final comment system that I will be running on this site. The reason I like this system is that it allows anyone with one of these accounts...
- Flickr
- Gmail
- Yahoo Mail
- OpenID
- And more!
Essentially you'll be able to "log-in" and comment on my posts while giving yourself a unique identity. You can add your own personal flare with an avatar and everything. Please help me test out this system. Here is a short video on how it works.
Let me know if you get an email when there is a response to your post.