Real food.

I know it's been quite some time since I last posted here.

As most of you know, I'm a big proponent of sustainability and today's post is all about self sustainability.

Here's the recap of the last year in a nutshell. Stress, stress, stress. What this led to was fatigue, difficulty maintaining my usual positive attitude and sleeplessness. (although, to be fair, I've never required much sleep, but interrupted sleep is the worst!)

Here's the remedy. Raw foods, vitamins, fish oil, exercise.

RAW FOODS: At least half of each meal consists of raw fruits and vegetables (organic mostly). Processed foods have been reduced to less than 25% of my intake.

VITAMINS: Multivitamin that includes spirulina (aka super blue green algae). Nutrex Hawaiian Men's Multi-vitamin with Spirulina Pacifica is my choice.

FISH OIL: xtendlife's Omega 3 / QH Ultra with ubiquinol

EXERCISE: Treadmill 20-30 minutes 3 times a week so far(fast walking/light jogging) as my old knee injury from high school prevents heavy prolonged impacts. And running. Not running as most people think of it, but parking far out in the lot running from the car to the market door. Running while playing with the kids. Running because it's fun like when we were little and we ran all the time!

RESULTS:

• More energy than I've felt since I was 19 years old!
• More positive outlook and mental clarity than I've had in years!
• Feeling of happiness and well-being knowing that I'm using food as nutrition as it was intended by nature.
• Happier family (as they're eating real food and loving it and we're all enjoying feeling better, more energetic and happy to be supporting local and organic farmers.

You may be wondering what drove me to these changes. Fair question. I've long been concerned about where our food comes from and the steady decline of family farms. After watching Food Inc. and King Corn I started getting more interested in making a change. Seeing Food Matters pushed me over the edge. If you've not seen any or all of these documentary films, I strongly encourage you to do so. Watch Gasland and IOUSA while you are at it!

After a few hours well spent watching these films you'll understand what is meant by those bumper stickers that say "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!"

Change starts with ourselves. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Be nice.

Peace

Longboard count up to 5!

Now that all of us are riding, we finally have an equal board to rider ratio.

1. Madrid Wave Rider 39" concave deck w/kicktail
2. Madrid Swirl 42" concave deck id Swirl 42" concave deck
3. Madrid Pavement 46.5" flat deck (x2)
4. Madrid Skull 46" concave deck w/kicktail (my current favorite)

If all you know of skateboarding is the short boards you rode as a kid (or bought for your kids), you owe it to yourself to check out the current lineup of longboards. Whether you're looking at gentle slopes and bike path cruising, bombing mad downhills or commuting in style, there are plenty of great options out today and many made stateside. As you can see from our lineup we like to support Madrid as they offer quality products at fair prices and manufacture in the USA.

We have a mix of Gunmetal and Gullwing trucks and are split on our preferences so far. I swapped the Gullwing Charger trucks on one of our Pavements with the Gunmetal Double Barrels on the Skull and am very happy with the change. Next up is a set of 70mm Cadillac Cruisers with a 55mm contact patch for the Skull. Will post an update once I've ridden them for a bit.

Kick-Ass Lady Longboarders carve down a mountain in CA

Carving the Mountains from Juan Rayos on Vimeo.

After recently renewing my passion for skateboarding, I came across this terrific video of girls in CA carving down a mountain road with some awesome moves.