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Spidey Sense and Military training: My spidey senses are still working from my years of doing this kind of stuff. I can hear the trucks coming from way off.  I feel it more than hear it.  In the army I did reconnaissance and they taught me a trick to increase hearing resolution:  You cup your ears and open your mouth and it increases your perception. First it’s a feeling and then it’s a faint sound.  And I can hone in on it and focus on it as the sound grows.

Donnie Sandusky from Hamboards shares his experience meeting up with the crew at the beginning of the trip.  The good, the bad, and the Andy.  

The Push: A Skateboarding Relay Across the United States

Today, the team of Paul Kent, Miles Kipper, Andy Andras, and Rick Stubblefield will attempt to set the fastest known time for a skateboarding relay across America. The push began on the morning of June 20th in Williamsburg, Virginia and will finish in Newport, Oregon. Read on for history on previous cross country trips and details about this trip.  More posts to come.

Why the Badlands? One day in early spring 2021, my podcast co-host Josh and I were out taking photos and testing a new type of ultralight backpack....