# ditch (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ditch. Page: Feed: --- ## [Contests and stuff](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/08/17/contests-and-stuff.html) _2026-08-17 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ This past weekend, World Freestyle held their yearly big contest in Kassel, Germany. I haven't skated in a freestyle contest since the 2019 contest in Paderborn, Germany. I honestly consider myself "soft retired" from competition. I just want to skate. The idea at this point in my life of practicing for a contest really takes all the fun out of it. I didn't feel like this before the pandemic. But… ## [Skateboards and Artifacts](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/08/03/skateboards-and-artifacts.html) _2026-08-03 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ After seeing a conversation on Mastodon about Sony eliminating the ability to buy the actual game discs for Playstations, my wife and I had a pretty intesting conversation about the value of physical artifacts to human beings. Albums, CDs, cassettes, books, stuff you collect, etc. Buying lots of stuff can of course become compulsive consumerism and possibly even HOARDING! However, as my wife… ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/08/02/yesterday-after-a-hard-hour.html) _2026-08-02 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Yesterday after a hard 2-hour aikido practice I went to a skatepark fundraiser and skated in the Texas heat for an hour. I took my “street freestyle” board - 8.25" wide pops with Indy 149s and some 53mm Bones wheels. I’ve been riding a 9" wide board with 169s or Ace 55 for so long now I was kind of shocked at how much quickly handling the narrower trucks are. Today I am pretty… ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/07/08/i-started-brainstorming-my-part.html) _2026-07-09 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ I started brainstorming my part for the upcoming Neverwas 10 video. This year I am not worrying about filming new things. I just ant to film a part with flow, that shows the way I skate at this point in my life. I want to make something beautiful - or at least a beautiful as something with me in it can be. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/07/02/pursue-the-flow-in-all.html) _2026-07-02 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Pursue the Flow in all endeavors. That is all. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/27/test.html) _2026-05-27 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ I grabbed a couple of shots from an old video and put them on Instagram. Apparently people liked it. Am I an influencer now? ## [Episode 91: Alva And Other Stuff](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/14/episode-alva-and-other-stuff.html) _2026-05-14 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ In this episode I talk about some recent skateboarding experiences and videos that have touched me. ## [Yammering on about boards...](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/13/yammering-on-about-boards.html) _2026-05-13 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Been thinking about skating a lot more than actually skating of late, but at least it’s on my mind. Currently enjoying two main riders. I am settling into my Big Board Years I suppose. Big by today’s standards. Right now my mission is to enjoy the flow. I want to improve my skills on transition a bit, and maybe even on coping, but don’t hold your breath. If anything I’m… ## [Alva, Flow, and Groove](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/11/alva-flow-and-groove.html) _2026-05-11 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Fair warning. I’m about to go on about Tony Alva again… Every few weeks I do a YouTube search for new Tony Alva footage. From what I can see, Tony doesn’t go out “to film.” He goes out and skates, and maybe someone shoots some video, and maybe some of it is pretty good, and maybe it ends up on YouTube. Such is the case with this video below. After watching this video… ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/10/march-skateboarder-magazine-steve-olson.html) _2026-05-11 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ March 1980 Skateboarder Magazine. Steve Olson street skating article. Photo by Ted Terrebone. ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/r0B27JiUGlCp) _2026-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/10/this-is-how-a-footed.html) _2026-05-10 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ This is how a 2-footed Nose Wheelie should look. Tail high. Body centered and relaxed. Photo from Independent Trucks ad. Thrasher Magazine, August 1981. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/05/10/skateboarding-goal-never-do-an.html) _2026-05-10 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Skateboarding goal… Never do an ollie again. Easy goal. I was unlikely to do any ollie tricks anyway. ## [want...to.......skate........](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/04/09/wanttoskate.html) _2026-04-09 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ It has been almost 2 years since my normal practice spots were demolished as the city rebuilds the municipal complex. Sitting here at work today, it struck me that the death of those spots really killed a lot of my skating. They were so convenient. Driving past the location every day it looks like at least another year until the construction wraps up, and then who knows what will be skateable, if… ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/03/31/there-are-a-few-skateboarding.html) _2026-03-31 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ There are a few skateboarding videos I go back to over and over. This is one of them. I like the message. I like the clips of Alva just skating down the street. Skating down the street is what it’s all about. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/30/as-a-kid-starting-skateboarding.html) _2026-01-30 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ As a kid starting skateboarding in 1976 my parent didn’t know anything about it, didn’t understand anything about it, and didn’t care too. They tolerated it. That was the best I could expect. It was enough. I remember wishing that they did get it, like some of the parents of my skater friends. Now, as young senior citizen, I’m glad they didn’t get it. It was mine. No… ## [Resolve](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/30/resolve.html) _2026-01-30 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ A Texas skateboarding legend died yesterday. A lot of people are thinking about him. We’re on this planet such a short time. Things are rough in this country right now, but I’m not going to let the orange dickhead steal another day from me. I can do that without closing my eyes. We have to face the future with bravery and resolve. ## [Death Part 2](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/30/death-part.html) _2026-01-30 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ A couple of weeks ago I wrote this post ( Death ) about the impending death of Texas skateboarding legend Jimmy Gonzales. Well, he died yesterday. Appropriately, the tributes and memories are flowing from skateboarders all over the place. This all has me thinking about how these things we do – skateboarding, gaming, music, whatever – the things we share a lifelong passion for with… ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/25/gang-of-four.html) _2026-01-25 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Gang of Four ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/24/never-gets-old.html) _2026-01-25 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Never gets old. ## [Subculture is dead...](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/23/subculture-is-dead.html) _2026-01-24 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ This article, SUBCULTURE IS DEAD: THE ALGORITHM ATE THE UNDERGROUND came across our radar at Neverwas Skateboarding today, on our Discord server. I checked out the rest of the site, and honestly it’s not my thing. I found it kind of douchey, but I did think this article was really good. So maybe I’m to quick to say “douchey” for the rest of the site. Just not my thing, and… ## [Open-source Screen Sharing with Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Hfw16dg4Voaa) _2026-01-24 · **Sponsored**_ WebRTC screen sharing with simultaneous mouse & keyboard control; viewers join in browser. ## [Wheels](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/13/wheels.html) _2026-01-13 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ I ordered these wheels a few weeks ago. I’ve had the smaller versions of them and the slightly larger versions. They’ve all been pretty good. These are the 56 mm ones. I’m thinking about bumping up my wheel size to 56 mm from 54 mm on my ditch board. 2 mm might not seem like that much to a non-skater, but it makes a difference. Significantly smoother roll. A little bit more inertia. A little bit… ## [Skateboarding and Excitement](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/11/skateboarding-and-excitement.html) _2026-01-12 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ When I was 18 and about to graduate from high school, one of my mom’s friends asked her if I was excited about going to college. My mom’s response… “Bob doesn’t really get excited about things.” She was almost correct. Not quite. And she knew that. When I was a little boy I’d get so excited about Halloween I couldn’t sleep and she’d have to… ## [Episode 90: Fort Worth Ditch](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/06/episode-fort-worth-ditch.html) _2026-01-06 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ In this episode I talk about some skateboarding stuff that I’ve already talked a little bit about unblock posts. But you should listen anyway. ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/06/same-clips-in-slomo.html) _2026-01-06 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ Same clips in slo-mo ## [(untitled)](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/05/my-friend-carter-got-a.html) _2026-01-06 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ My friend Carter got a few good shots of me and Dale skating the ditch in Fort Worth yesterday. I’m the guy wearing the wool flat cap that was way too warm for the day. ## [Written Records](https://bloftin2.blog/2026/01/05/written-records.html) _2026-01-06 · b.loftin2 skateboarding_ In March 2021 we’d been through some rough times. First of course we were still in the pandemic. I’d been working at home for months. My wife had been through chemo and surgery. A couple of weeks after her surgery we had the coldest days I have ever experienced here in Dallas. About 5 days of temps 5 degrees F and below. Total stress helping my wife post-surgery and worrying about the…