Physical Therapy

I am 2 weeks into my physical therapy after my knee surgery. Bending my knee and getting it back into shape is the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my whole life. It is a lesson in patience and will. Plus, the doctors say it will be better in a month the way I am going now. 30 days is a long time and a lot can happen. Everyday I can bend it a little more, the better I feel.

This foto was taken a few days ago, only after I had my stitches taken out (oh did that hurt!) and the swelling had shrink by over 1/2. It was the size of a small melon before.



This is how it feels everyday trying to bend it. i am straining just like this to bend it to a 90 degree angle. I bet my neighbors love me right now...


At least I have a goal in site... back on my board by the end of April. I need to kick into gear but it has only been 3 weeks since my surgery. I can walk a bit now so life is a lot better.

So many video projeckt are jumping off now... PITCREW, Radio Skateboards, Search and Destroy... just to name a few....

Projekt 5.1 premiere is Friday in Hamburg.... See everyone there and don't forget to wear your 'Jan Kliewer has a fan club' t-shirts there. Time to send more mails and make some more movie magic happen.

bis Freitag!

Another amazing 'Blueprint' Moment

I have to thank Dan Magee for the being the genius he is. Thank goodness there are companies like Blueprint.

Del...

This is one of my favorite Del songs of all time. It still gets me hyped after all these years. This is an example of good hip hop that is timeless.

Another Video Projekt already???

It seems like once you finish one project, another one jumps into your lap right away. After wrapping up Jan Kliewer's part for Projekt 5.1, I have jumped back into the hotseat to start working on the new PITCREW video. With a full fall schedule already, I am going to have 6 weeks to wrap the whole project from start to finish. Seems like a long time but it really is not in the span of things. The time flies by so fast it feels and I am also producing stuff for 'The Daily Habit' on FUEL TV in between. I am looking forward to vacation time in December for sure!

So over time, the shop team has changed. People who were skating a ton a few years ago are now working and just skating for fun. In other hand, the younger guys have stepped it up and now are the new faces of the shop. And you cant forget there is always the younger ripper who has come into his own and now is ready to step into the spotlight for the first time. That is the brilliant part of shop videos. No two will ever be the same.

The premiere for the new PITCREW video will be in November. There will be a new trailer sometime next month. So in the meantime, check out the old trailer, Zach Lyons part from the last video, and one of the new faces on the team Benji Ross.

Enjoy the weekend...

PITCREW



Benji



Zach

Jan Kliewer and Projekt 5.1...

I am currently working on this video projekt here in Germany called Projekt 5.1. It is a one skater working with one filmer. I am personally teamed up with Jan Kliewer and stoked to be a part of it. Now with crunch time coming, we have to wrap the part up by the weekend.

Here are two parts for you to check out in the meantime of Jan. Get your fill of Jan's shred sled skills here in anticipation for the new part...

September 28th... mark your calenders!


Cliche : Bon Appetite




Jart: Now or Never

Bobby goes Pro

Congrats to Bobby Worrest for going pro.. It was just a few years ago I remember playing 'tricks for Chipotle' and trying to wrap up his part in the PITCREW video, 'Where I'm From.' After dropping 5 more parts in the next two years, Krooked finally gave him that board. I want an autographed board for the collection Bobbo...

To be reminded why Bobby has his name on a board now, check out his PITCREW part and 'Get Familiar' part and go skating...

Where I'm From:


Krooked:

Now that I am a blogger...

For all that don't know me, my name is Mark. I am a kid who loves his skateboard and his video camera. Somehow I have found a way to make a living (or even part of it) for the last 10 years with my favorite things in the world. More about me later... lets talk about what is happening with me now.

I ran into some trouble in Italy earlier this year. Due to legal reasons, I can only say it involves a crazy girl, her hot temper, her hate of skateboarders, ill will toward non-Italians, a broken vx-1000, Italian police, a torn ACL and MCL ligament, and spending 3 days in jail with Michael Mackrodt. If you don't know who he is, he skates for Element Skateboards. Once the drama is done with and I tell the world and be shot into 3 minutes of my '15 minutes of fame'. The whole story will be told soon enough.

Due the actions of the girl's male friend in the situation, i had to have acl replacement surgery on September 4th. I know have the respect to every pro and amateur athlete who has ever come back from this injury. So after a 5 day hospital stay and time to start the recovery process, it looks like I will have a considerable amount of free time to update my blog more than once a month. Instead of 8 hours a day of skating and filming, it will be Yahoo, Youtube, and crazy black man videos my friends seem to always find. There are crazy white people to don't get me wrong but they are nowhere near as fun.

So for the skateboard side... big ups to Alex Mizurov for winning the Amateur 'Game of Skate' this year. I just went on a road trip with him this year and I was impressed. It is hard to go off a hype of winning a flatground game but the kid did it. He has flip tricks but the kid is more than just that. Looking forward to the Projekt 5.1 part from you. And we need to go off the mission when you come to Berlin next time Alex. Ich habe spots für dich!

Jan Kliewer's Projekt 5.1 part due this week. Thanks for the shout out Michel. I am handling it....

more useless information to come your way soon...

lights out from Berlin...