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I had no real goals in the new year past “keep riding” but I ended up surprising myself a few times over the past few months. I still stayed in the literal box (both the garage and the same old tricks I normally do) but I also experimented outside (and over) the box. Here, as always, is the rundown for all three of you that are curious.

00:00 Jan 1, I did the best undertaker to peg to peg decade of my life and I’m sticking to it.
00:13 Elbow glide to double juggler to invisible hand to hitch: It’s fast but I did cross hands on that go around. (Also yes, I figured out elbow glides in a circle to keep them in the garage….)
00:29 Then I went nuts with elbow glides, which you’ll see in this video. This is elbow glide to double juggler to around the world while listening to the National in a garage.
00:46 Because I’ve done a lot of ndertaker to peg to peg decades in the past year, I decided to reverse the order. This might look easy but it drove me nuts.
01:00 More elbow glides. This time with a brief backwards rolling elbow glide that is so brief that it’s more of an acknowledgment than glide.
01:17 Power mower to to peg to peg decade. Did I ever mention how bad I am at regular decades?
01:27 Inside circle switch elbow glide to peg to peg decade. Nothing crazy but it felt good.
01:40 Lung spin to rope-a-roni to peg to peg decade.
01:53 An appearance by the Captain’s hat and a left-handed elbow glide/hitch combo.
02:14 The neighbor’s landscaper was mowing the lawn and somehow I persevered.
02:34 Invisible hand to hitch to invisible hand to seat grab juggler to one-hand juggler.
02:54 Power mower to undertaker to rope-a-roni to peg to peg decade. I kinda went nuts with this combo the past few months.
03:05 Elbow glide to four seat grab jugglers to one-hand juggler. I should be more proud of this but I hate my yellow underwear band sticking out.
03:28 Inside circle switch elbow to half lash to rollback to whip to smith. This is a throwaway but it felt good so I’m running with it.
03:42 One of those supposed to be stylish non-bar turning lawnmowers to undertaker to smith.
03:53 Not gonna mention the president’s name here but I did this on the day when he must’ve done something bad cause I’m listening to a song called “Dead Eyed God.” It is the supposed to be stylish non-bar turning lawnmower to undertaker to rope-a-roni to peg to peg decade.
04:06 Double barspin undertaker to rope-a-roni to peg to peg decade. This took about two hours to get right.
04:15 Kerosene 454 re-released their second album and I listened to it a lot the past few months. This is more elbow glide to juggler nonsense.
04:32 I also brought it back to Botch a few times. This is a double juggler to left-hand elbow glide to around the world.
04:53 I don’t even know. Don’t judge me.
05:02 Again, I don’t even know but I must’ve been channeling 1995.
05:14 Brian’s white whale: I’ve never been able to do a backside walkaround. This is the closest substitution I’ll get to. I’ve been thinking about this position for literal years and it always baffled me. Finally, I decided to spend a few weeks trying to make it happen and this is the result. I slept well for about a week after finally landing this.