Freestyle Now squad member Paul Chamberlain has been living large in his home city of Sydney. Coming off from his trip in New Zealand earlier this year, he and his wife Jen are now proud parents of a healthy baby girl, Beatrix Keates Steingraeber Chamberlain. Paul sent in an update of what he has been up to lately, read on…..
Paul in New Zealand hitting up some hitch hiker action.
“What can I say, I’m now a father and pretty happy about that. Beatrix is perfect. Coming up to Beatrix arriving I have been busy. Lots of riding. Putting a lot of time and thought into my teaching and developing new curriculum and revising the method that I use for teaching pronunciation. Finished off the current course on Thursday and have been compiling and organising materials. Sounds boring, but for me it’s actually pretty interesting and exciting to think that I’ll have a lot of gold teaching material in the bank for subsequent courses.
I’ve been listening to a lot of heavy metal recently. Particularly viking, pagan and folk metal. The adventures of Youtube recommends put me onto a Latvian band called Skyforger a couple of months ago. They’re awesome. I use to only listen to blues music, but times change I guess. Not sure how much I can learn from the Norse Gods about childbirth, but it’s a bit late now.
I have ridden a lot over the past year. Haven’t had more than 2 days without riding, which I’m stoked about. Touch wood. We moved in to a new house a while ago with a small garage, and I now got it ready for some riding, 20 minute sessions between domestic bliss and fatherhood. Moving more towards a less flowing, more technical kind of style with some changes of direction. Got plenty of ideas brewing in the garage to unleash on bigger spaces. I’ve found that listening to music motivates me a lot when I’m in the garage too. When I’m outside I don’t need it because things are happening.
I guess that’s all. I’ve been shooting a few pictures just like everybody else. Bought an interesting leather jacket today and drank 2 coffees. Did some trains at Dulwich Hill skatepark with Brodie Butterlegs.
I’ve just reread this and it’s heaps weird. It’s like a 55 year old single man’s conversation with his beloved Scottish terrier. Time for another tea and a lamington.
Clockwise from top left – Paul’s bike with new bars ready for the garage sessions – One of Paul’s students drew a picture of Paul on the white board, nice work – Paul in the latest issue of 2020 bmx mag, story from his trip in new Zealand (go and get yourself a copy) – Some more riding in New Zealand.
