We've visited Albuquerque the last two summers and are completely smitten with the city and the people in it. Along with Ray Chavez and Grant Biederman; Mikey has made the two trips especially easy on me. He (along with the others mentioned) have basically laid out a menu of spots to skate, which is so much more appealing than just going to the park in city X and not talking to anyone. It's nice to go somewhere and not even touch a skatepark, aside from a mini-sesh at "bum park" and skating Indian School, which might as well be a skatepark (in a good way).
It may not be the best, most thought out idea adding someone to the team that lives in a different state- but if we did things the right or easy way this thing would've never been started. Either way I'm super excited to have another friend on the team and he's even offered to help with art and some Shark Bait stuff. So, this is going to be a ball for all involved and I'm super stoked on everything.
Yours,
Brad