The person next to be is bloggin

I'm in the library and the woman next to be is writin a blog, I can't quite catch the url though, maybe i should tip her off to check me out. I was thinking about something similar last night, I'm gonna go blog searching, you know, for someone who I share interests or ideals with, but not someone I know, and just, follow their blog, kinda like a pen friend, but more of a crazy stalker kick about it. Now I word it like that, maybe not...

Anyhow just a quick one, I will write a proper blog with week, with photo's and stories and allsorts, this is just the press release...

In the next issue of THREE LEGS, TWO WHEELS

2000 feet in 2 hours

DOWNHILL - comeback?

FLYracing deal

I KISSED A GIRL, and i liked it

See ya'll soon

PS. Who's Tom?

hey ya'll

So its blog time again, I’m really falling behind, and I am sorry, it’s a combination of a few things I guess, havin a proper job, being pretty busy and most of all i suppose, being on the rock. All you lovers out there are from the BMX scene, and I’ve gone from being a small but social fish in a lake, being in the know about most things UKBMX to being the biggest fish in a small B&Q garden pond. I recon you should pin your hopes of this next blurb of text on the “being pretty busy” part and pray something interesting comes up... You still interested in reading?

First things first then, LIFE IS AMAZING, I’m suffering from karma, but not the bad kind. All the good things that I have done in my life I am gaining from right now. Work is good, but can’t really say too much, and you never know who’s reading. Basically, some people are of the opinion; “your only 22, what do you know?” But the important people aren't, so what do I care?

I have secured a deal for riding next year, with the added cost of getting off the rock for the national series I may struggle financially, so the local bike shop is sorting me out with a race kit and some gear to keep the bills down. I put him in touch with Rich at Scoop so this is his way of saying thanks, so don’t forget kids, ask Santa for Fly Racing and Maxxis goodies this Christmas. And on that note, thanks to Sutty for all the help this season, I’ll be running Hoops again for as long as you keep building them, best wheel builds you can get.
Today I got a phone call from the cafe close to the track, they sponsored the club a couple of years ago to the tune of a couple of hundred quid, and wondered if we were still after some funding. He knows the promo guy for a company we have all heard of and is going to pass on my number as he was asking about the club. If this comes off it will be big. Other club news, we’re in the process of getting a new container for storage and getting a porta-kabin for all other admin needs. The local police station has 5 BMX’s that haven’t been claimed for ages so will be donating them to the club. The winter series is going well, it’s the 1st time the club has kept going over the winter for as long as anyone can remember and its going great. 29 riders at the last race, and the winter doesn’t seem to be putting anyone off.
Was in Douglas on Thursday doing some Christmas shopping and got my first real teacher experience outside of school, followed into a shop by half a dozen giggly year 9 girls, “hi Mr Watney” the guys in the shop loved it, hilarious. Met up with Adam afterwards and hit up Costa (no Starbucks on the rock you see) the guy who owns it, well, is the franchisee, is an absolute character. I couldn’t work in there, the guy is a nightmare, fair enough its his money on the line but oh my days... think David Brent crossed with Terry Tibbs, he got a phone call and I half expected to hear “talk to me”. Quality mid shopping interval entertainment fo sure.

That was your update kids, keep checking back, and don’t forget to hit up ramseybmx.blogspot.com.

Its been too long

Jees guys, I hadn't realised that I've not really been posting until nmky.blogspot pointed out that I was MIA, and yeah, it's been 3 weeks. Krazy. So whats the news? not much really, same old, I love my new job, I haven't really been riding much, well much on the 20", I have however been gettin out with Skillz on the road on average about 2wice a week which is good, keeps the legs spinnin, plus a gate practice or a race I guess I'm doin enough considering its winter.

I have been posting over at ramseybmx.blogspot if your missing my illiterate charm. I was at the track on Saturday morning with Max sticking some surface down and mixin a jump up a little, well alot, sticking a new face on it and shifting the downside up 18 inches and about 5 foot back, so yeah, i guess not so little, woop. We had about 20 kids at gates and it was awesome, everyone was smiling, riding together and pushing each other, it's mental that some 11 year old kid smoothing a jump makes me happy. Ramsey BMX really is going places, and I'm at the wheel hahaha.

I'm as sick as a dog, I promise, I'll write soon. Oh yeah, and as of 2 weeks ago I've got a new position at the Cycling Association.

Yours sincerely

Juan Watney

Junior Development Coordinator
Isle of Man Cycling Association

Both ends of the spectrum

You know when you come here and read a post that just bores you to oblivion; the place just past a 5 minute conversation with Flemdog about clips and just before you hit a conversation with Gamble about his guns. Anyhow, thats been because of the lack of life going down over here and my unlimited posting time, well, things are crazy and I haven't had a spare second. I started work on Monday and its mega, I'll fill you all in when I get the chance. But as for spare time, yesterday for example, I was up at half 4 to give mum a lift to the airport, and got to bed at 0330 after a shift at nightlife, with a half hour kip on the sofa in the middle.

So just to say I haven't forgot ya'll,

Keep in touch yer x

So I've been busy, at last.

This week has been awesome, it's half term over here which has meant a weeks work, at last. Monday and Tuesday we ran 4, 2 hour "Cycle Skills" sessions around the island, with all 4 sessions being full. It turns out that out of all the sessions that MSR run, its the cycling ones that are always the 1st ones to fill up and the only thing limiting the amount of kids on the courses is the availability of coaches. On Tuesday afternoon we ran a course at the National Sports Centre in Douglas and had to finish 10 minutes early due to the arrival of Johny Bellis, team CSC professional road rider, World Junior Bronze medalist and most importantly, Olympian. The kids loved it, so cheers to Gee for sorting it out. He handed out some prizes and signed some autographs, it was a really good atmosphere, and the mums loved it.

Yesterday I did a MTB coaching course at South Barrulle Plantation, the Manx MTB Club have made a 5 k look there so in the afternoon we took the kids on it and they loved it, we where close to the end when I suggested pushing back over to a bermed bit of boardwalk for the guys to session when I looked at my watch and we had 5 minutes untill the end of the session, oops, time flies when your having fun. During the day one of the kids said I reminded him of one of his PE teachers, Ben Ayres, Ben taught at my school when I was there and I took this as a massive compliment. Its the small things these kids say and do that makes getting cold and wet worth it, that and nearly £14 an hour.

So I got my police check through on Friday of last week and get to start work proper at QEII on Monday, I'm beyond excited, it's going to be so good to get started and meet all the kids. Oh and talking of time flying, I've gotta shoot, got a "multi sports" session at my old school, for 5 - 7 year olds, hard work defined, fo sure.

Any idea how I'm getting close to 100 hits a week? It must just be you Farran yer?

Catch ya'll soon