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Every once in a while a newspaper will show up and do an article on me. Most of the time they’re local papers and I rarely get a copy unless I stay close by. However, with the internet it is sometimes possible to find the articles and I just came across one from December when I was in Spokane, WA. You can read the whole article by Clicking Here. The article itself was on a local jump rope club in the Spokane Area, but they did mention me because I performed at one school that was involved with the club. Below are the relevant segmentsRead More →

I just spent 5,000 miles flying round trip to eat some pancakes at Pancake Pantry in Nashville. Before you pack your bags and head to the airport to follow my stellar example, I need to point out that this wasn’t planned. Don’t get me wrong, if ever there was a breakfast place deserving of hours of flying, it just might be Pancake Pantry, the food was stellar, but I am a bit too frugal to make that kind of trip. I was scheduled to do a show in Kentucky last night. I caught a midnight flight out of San Francisco, connected in Cincinnati and endedRead More →

Every once in a while Alicia or I will overhear a comment after a show as we’re tearing down. The other day we performed at an all Kindergarten school in Kansas. As we were packing, Alicia heard one little boy tell another, “He stole all my moves, now what am I going to do?” I guess I somehow destroyed his evil plan to take over the world through jump rope. Normally I feel that students walk away inspired, but for this little guy…I’ll let you be the judge.Read More →

Ok, so I was driving between schools about 2 weeks ago. We were out in the middle of nowhere in Kansas. During a lull in the conversation with Alicia, I looked up and I saw something that honestly shocked me…camels…and zebras. And not just one or two, there was a herd of camels…and zebras out there grazing…in Kansas. Yeah, that’s what I thought. Alicia and I are planning on going to Africa next summer to teach some jump rope and I was really excited about possibly seeing a zebra while there, but my first viewing was in Kansas. Oh well, it just goes to showRead More →

Yes, you read that right. While in New Zealand I had the opportunity to put on a quick demo in the crater of an active marine volcano. Alicia and I went out to White Island Volcano last Sunday. It’s about 90 minutes by boat to the island from Whakatane, which I must admit isn’t my favorite mode of transportation. I was very grateful to finally get off the boat and onto solid, albeit steamy, ground. From what they told us it’s the only active marine volcano in New Zealand and boy was it neat! Before the tour we requested to do a few “odd” picturesRead More →

It’s been quite a while since I last posted to this and for good reason. I’ve been busy. I am currently in Sydney, Australia and will be here for another 10 days before heading over to New Zealand for the first time ever (yeah!). I’ll be posting a few things I’ve learned from some of my experiences sometime in the near future, but I wanted to give a quick tour of what I’ve been doing since I got here. I started the tour in Blayney then quickly headed to Cowra then Wagga Wagga (one student I talked with told me that Wagga was such aRead More →

I am finally on my way home! After months of non-stop travel, I have one flight left and then a 10 hour drive, but at least that’s it for a while. Last week I spent a couple days near Asheville, NC and while flipping through a tourist magazine, I saw an add that really stood out to me. A guy holding a unicycle and standing in the woods. I stared at the picture and thought, “I know this guy”. Sure enough, when I looked at the bottom it was Dan Heaton. Last year sometime Columbia Sportswear signed a sponsorship deal with him and have beenRead More →

The preferred method to pay for bridges and roads in the East must be tolls. I have spent a ridiculous amount of money on them over the past couple weeks and the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania should send me some cookies for my support…or maybe they already have. For some reason, a fair share of the last few trips through a toll both has been a source of great excitement in my truck. You see, I have a giant Schnoodle that travels with me and a good portion of toll booths notice her head trying to squeeze out the window everyRead More →

About 2 weeks ago I knocked off 2 more states from my “Haven’t Performed List” and boy were they beautiful. I went up to Massachusetts and performed at a middle school and a few elementary schools before heading into New Hampshire. I’ve heard for years that New England has some great scenery and it was nice to finally put that to the test. There was still some hard packed snow on the ground (much to the joy of my dog who is a snow fanatic) and the weather was in the mid-50’s. Every school I performed for was great and I really enjoyed my timeRead More →

A few weeks ago when I met up with Tim Hannig and he was showing Alicia and I some tricks (I also did a quick demo for his kids), we also had the opportunity to sit down and share a number of marketing ideas. We both shared what has worked for us, what hasn’t and what some ideas for the other would be. Networking is important! It’s funny how often businesses try to operate in secret so that nobody will know what they’re up to. Don’t tell, they’ll steal our ideas…or something along that line. I hate to break it to you, you’re missing out.Read More →