So....

I just made a twitter to follow my room mate. Its probably gonna snow on friday which im stoked for because I want to go snowboarding. Also Jazzy is coming this week!!!!!!

Kooked up Koala out

Ballin

Nothin like an early evening basketball game

Koala out

FRESH FRAME

Whats up! Today has been busy, with playing competitive soccer and what not. This past Friday I received a call from my dad saying that my new frame has landed! Behold; the Jamis XCT2 frame complete with MonarchRT shock!



Few different things from this frame compared to my last frame;
- Hydroformed tubing
- Tapered head tube
- 130mm of rear wheel travel
- WAY better shock
- 12mm through axle rear

Im very excited to get this bad boy built up soon and start hitting the Bellingham trails and hitting some big jumps!!

Koala out

Finally...

Picked up some new climbing shoes! 5.10 coyotes. Climbed for two hours yesterday and they felt solid as all get out. It's so nice being able to utilize my feet again!


Klimbing koala out

Beer for breakfast

Nothing like waking up in the dorm and walking out on my deck looking Into the morning sun with a nice cold pale ale to start my day.

Khill koala out

The final beginning of the end...

Today marks the first day of classes on the last set of schooling years. I have been at Western for a few days now and have realized that no pictures have been taken.... Expect a photo diary coming soon to a theatre near you.

Kollege Koala out.

The end result...

Of deciding which shoes to bring to college.

Koala and my kicks out

Chill out!

Got my new issues of DIRTmag and DIRT RAG in the mail today, got my singlespeed geared up and fixed and I have tomorrow off. Sweet times!

Khill koala gone

The end of a frame

Well actually it's the third ending to this Parker frame. A true piece of shit ;) well it's finally being warrantied for a Jamis xct frame. Should be pretty cool

Stay tuned for a future report
Koala out

Alright guys....

Here's the deal. I totally slacked off this whole summer on the blogging bit... I know. I'm sorry. I'm going off to college in exactly one week so I assume that I will start posting some new stuff finally. Way too much has happened over the summer to describe on a blog. So, if you know me, ask me if you want to hear. If not, get to know me. Thats all for now gents and ladies.

Koala out.

Race results

Hey all, yesterday was the very first Washington Highschool mountain bike race! There was a super turnout with plenty of riders from all over racing and having fun. Im definitely stoked that I was able to take part in the beginning of something that is only going to grow with time. The race was held at Fort Steilacoom park and the track was a 4mile loop with a few major climbs and two decent descents. And the last mile was across open fields which made it a leg sapper :P Anyway I raced in the boys varsity league (which meant we rode 4 laps equaling 16 miles) and I placed 3rd with a time of 1:30:08... only 12 minutes behind 1st. The other two guys ahead of me are cyclocross racers and are also completely sponsored so I was pretty stoked with my result. Looking forward to the next race in about a month!





Tired Koala, out.

Back from orientation...

Hey all, I spent my whole day up in Bellingham for the WWU admitted students orientation day. It was pretty cool, I really love the campus up there, nice and out-doorsy. Basically just took another campus tour then I sat through two different class overview lectures, CBE (College of business and economics) which is what I will most like major in, and then later Psych♥ There will definitely be a minor degree in this at least. I paid my official "I will go to your school" fee last night so it's 100% official, Im Bellingham bound! And then on the way home from the days events I stopped in Marysville to purchase my new college-commuter bike from a guy named Ben. Meet the SE, full rigid, steel framed, single speed, 29er, machine that will carry me to all of my classes, appointments, work and of course just playing around.... and what a pretty color too :)



Green Koala, out.

9 months...

Today marked the last day of my work with Vans. It has been exactly 9 months to the day working with the team and it has definitely been super fun and a great introduction to the working world. I will be going up to WWU tomorrow and then I have a bike race on Sunday, expect some good posts! And next week work officially begins at Bicycles West!!! Needless to say Im super stoked on it! To hold yall over, here is yet another after-ride picture of myself getting home today after enjoying the brilliant, radiant, hot, sunshine here in the pacific north west!



Klean Koala, out.

Procrastination

Yeah.... i know.... I procrastinated again. Basically I've decided that no matter how determined I stay, my work load is just so insanely frigging high right now that Im not going to be able to keep any ultra constant posting going on.... although i can promise some good posts this weekend, and possibly even some good action photos ;) Stay tuned for that. And in other news, I will only be with the Vans team for another couple days before I officially transition to Bicycles West as a full part time employee ;)

Sorry for being such a crappy blogger recently. I promise you it will get better <3

Koala, out

Awesome ride!!!

Again, I've been slacking on the posting. Well I am on a slight break now... the final countdown if you will. I have completed all of my IA's for school and now have a 1.5 month study sesh before exams!!!! So get pumped! Bike race coming up on the 3rd of April, getting the school team together! WOOT. And going to start working over at bicycles west in the next couple weeks. Big things are a happening!

Anyway here are some aftermath pictures from a ride last week, I went out and tested this beautiful Trek Remedy 8. Handled awesomely over all the wet and muddy roots and rocks, climbed well, and descended ever better. All in all i would give it a 4 out of 5



Boy do I love me my muddy rides! And also my beautiful girlfriend ;)

Killer Koala, out.

HOUSE!

Sorry for the long time between posts, school is really starting to heat up and the work load is getting even more intense. Who know that was possible?? Anyway, My friend and I decided today in art class, that we are going to build a legit house! Only catch is; its only going to have 9 square feet of interior space. One wall will just be a door and the adjacent wall will be a cut out "window" and exterior counter. We are still in the planning processes but here is a sneak preview of one of my beginning schematic sketches...



Konstruktion Koala, out.

NEW components!!!

I got some shiny new pedals from my dad the other week. They are specialized cr-mo pedals in the anodized champagne color.


They are about 2.5 centimeters tall and have a fairly narrow foot platform, luckily it feels perfect under my feet. The pins that come stock seem to be easily replaceable with any common sized threaded bolt/screw and also they grip well. All in all im loving them so far. We will have to wait and see how well and how long the will hold up ;)

Contents of ze box :)

So my amazingly awesome girlfriend got me the best gift ever for my birthday :) A panini press!!!! SCOREEEE

This comes at a perfect time as im getting ready to ship out to college in the latter part of this year. So breakfast, lunch and dinner its going to be panini's!

Thanks again babe ;) ♥♥♥



One full Koala, out.

Temporary art project...

So my latest art assignment is to create a temporary art project. My original plan of splashing water onto a canvas with dry pigments rubbed on totally failed. So i decided whats more temporary than food? And food can be art! So since im lazy i decided to stick with a simple to make, but looks good dessert and made a photographic timeline from production, to completion, to deterioration. It will be done tomorrow night so I will upload some pictures of the finished project, BUT for now.... Here is a picture of the dessert i made, photographed, and had to eat. It was a tough job but someone had to do it!



hmmm.... I still am curious as to what is in my box though!

Baker Koala out!

Whats in the box?

No for real, whats in the box jazz??

:)))

Koala.

Sick beats from VA. reppin the 540!

This is a newer vid from my friends out in Virginia. In order of appearance, Era, Clips, Beejay, Tacia, and Ja-p (Devante, Chuck, Beejay, Natacia, Japelle.)



Koala out!

New digs!!

Hey, sorry for the sporadic blogging recently. I've been super busy with work and school. The weather has been steadily getting better and I will try to stay on top of blogging more often ;)

Recently I have won a new Transition saddle for my bike which is brown leather and has a super sick pressed design on it. See below :) So far it's been really nice and comfy and looks pretty at home on my bike.


And then two days ago our friend Kurt, who owns Bicycles west up in Lynwood, gave me a free set of Bontrager FR4 tires!!!!! Otherwise costing me a whopping $120.oo!!!! I rode them on the trails for the first time today and they hook up sooooo well! Good feeling fresh rubber again.


Other than that i might be going snowboarding this weekend if the conditions seem fair. Keep you posted.

Koala out.

Dinner Guest

So quick catch up, I went to duthie hill (a sick mountain bike park) on sunday and had a blast! The jumps, berms and trails were so much fun. And it was awesome seeing so many cool bikes around :P Definitely gonna head back there sometime, and take some pictures and video next time too!

So today i left at 6.30am as usual but went to work immediately after school, then got home at 6.46pm.... long day :P Sat down and did all my homework before i decided to eat something too. So by the time i finally sat down to eat something it was 10 something at night.... luckily though someone came downstairs and kept me company at the dinner table. Thanks Munchkin!



Good night, Koala.

//\\//\\lines//\\//\\

So we had a sub in english today and were watching a MacBeth movie, I though to myself "There's no better time to start a new drawing" So I did. Over the last few weeks I have come to notice that I have fallen in love with drawing lines. This is due to the fact that my girlfriend LOVES drawing swirls on her papers when she doodles, and I guess it finally rubbed off on me too... thanks babe :)

Anyway here's the drawing I did finished last night;


And for some unknown reason, it will not let me flip this upright :( I apologize for that...

So i started tracing the edge of my credit card in order to get those rounded corners on the rectangles and then the shapes that aren't like the other were just free-handed on there. I outlined each box with a thick black line and then traced random lines through each box to create pattern. Then using two slightly different sized fine black markers I drew in the finer lines.

So it wasn't completely black and white i decided to do just one box in color which I'm quite happy with the way it turned out.

What do you think?

MORE FRESH GEAR!!!!!!

Ok so now that I look back on my blog, I've gotten myself a lot of fresh gear lately :P But it has been oh so worth every penny >:D

My e.thirteen LS1 chainguide got to the bike shop yesterday so I went down and picked that baby up.


It's exactly what I've been wanting to do to my bike for about 2 years now! Finally ditched that clunky 3 ring crank for the single ring/ chainguide set up! SCORE

The final product looks as such....


And there's nothing I can do on my own that is more relaxing than working on my bike :)

Chill Koala, gone.

Math Internal

Oh how I kind of sort of don't love thee one bit :)



Mathematical Koala out.

FRESH GEARRRR!!!!!

Thought i would share with you all some new stuff thats going on my bike and also some new riding threads!


My sister gave me some new ODI Ruffian grips for xmas and I LOVEEEE how they feel. Super low profile and ultra ULTRA grippy. Definitely recommended.


BOOO YEAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!! Brand new Raceface evolve DH crankset! Im so stoked to get this on my bike! I ordered an e.thirteen LG+ chainguide from the bike shop to go with this bad boy so that should be in tomorrow or thursday... more to come on this ;)


And finally i bought myself some actual riding shorts. They were on sale half off so i had to grab them. Im stoked for the color because they will match my full face and also they just look plain cool :P They have a detachable chamois/compression short liner which is ultra comfortable and looks the business too!

Well thats all for now... more to come when my chainguide gets here!

Mechanic Koala out.

Hello there!

I just got back home from possibly the best vacation I've ever had in my life. I flew home to Sweden and got to spend new years and a lot of time with my amazing girlfriend and also got to see a fair amount of my other friends which was super nice! I know i havent blogged since last year so I'll start it going again ;) I got some sick new shoes for xmas and i also bought myself some new ones from my buddy in Sweden, pictures of those to come later! I also got this really cool black cardigan from my girlfriend for christmas which i REALLY love!

Koala out!