kyle loza wins gold at x-games 14

it was an electric night at x-games 14. kyle loza brought a huge new trick called the electric death. he nailed it for the first time and it happened to be in competiton and live on tv. he wins the gold medal today and the world watches as freestyle motocross goes to the next level. i am very proud of the young rider from california. he rides for a team called "riders 4 christ". it is cool to see a christian guy make such a big impact on the world of action sports.

keep an eye out for nathan williams riding bmx. nathan is from nashville and rides on our bmx team, outcast bmx. also, look for corey martinez on bmx. and dont forget to watch kevin johnson. kevin was featured on our last dvd. this yar he will be competing at the x-games in a new thing called "speed and style". it is a combination of racing motorcycles and doing tricks. it should be fun to see. kevin is gonna try to backflip.

danny way crash... but rises again

are you watching the x-games right now? it has started, and it is already huge. danny way just crashed big on the mega ramp but came back to try it again. he tried it again and nailed it. amazing.
remember jake brown? he is the guy who crashed big last year and they played it on the news so many times. he is back on the ramp.
bob burnquist is giving people a huge run for the money right now. i have to say this is the most exciting skateboard event i have ever seen. these guys are true athletes

go watch the x-games, and be inspired and amazed

rain dancing

today i did a raindance. everytime i do a raindance it rains. you may think i am strange but it is true. it works everytime. if i go do the raindance it is guaranteed to rain. what is this dance you ask? my raindance looks a little something like this. i get all of the change out of my pockets and from under the seats and then jingle it around. then i put quarters into a machine. then for a few minutes i get the wand out and spray water and soap all over my truck. then i scrub it with a brush. i bend down and stretch and really put energy into it. then i spray it again with the wand. a few minutes later i look up and it rains. i dont mind the rain now and then but i wish it wouldnt rain right after me washing my truck every single time. if you ever need rain just call me and i will do a little raindance. my truck will be clean for 6 minutes and then it will rain.

get ready for x

summer x games will begin this week. this is the most exciting time of the year for me and millions of other bright young citizens. i plan to watch as much as possible this year. i am usually on the road and have to catch the late night reruns at like 3 in the morning.
i have been hearing some buzz about kyle loza. he has some big tricks that he will bring out this year. if you wanna check out kyle and see a little about his life then click here and check it out.

also keep your eyes open for kevin johson riding for the team faith motocross team. he is going to be competing in the speed and style competition. he is also gonna try his first competition backflip. this year is gonna be a very exciting year for the x games. it starts thursday. hope you guys have fun watching it with me. comment back here to tell me about what you liked most

criss angel attempts his last escape

this week criss angel will do his last escape. he said live or die this is it. he will concentrate on magic from now on. click A to see what is about to happen. criss angels show called mindfreak will be airing the stunt live for the first time. dont miss it.

canada:americas hat

today we had another "party with a purpose". we decided to raise money for a mission effort in canada. we raised $375 today by having our party. i am still amazed at how easy and how much we can do for the kingdom just by having a party.
here is what we did. we rode the zzzzipline, and we hit the ssssssssslip n slide, and we ate the food. i made 2 pork loins, 2 chickens, and auny made several sides and desserts. we had so much fun. we had friends here from atlanta and they decided that this is the funnest place in the world.
next time we have a party it will be a superhero party. we are going to make up our own superhero and get stupid. who knows what is going to happen.
this month was great. i am happy that we are able to make a difference in canada. they are right above us. they are like a hat. they sit right on top of america

community

i was reminded this week about how special our friends are. we actually have more than just friends, we have a community. there is so much to it. we live life together. we dont just plan a dinner and a movie 2 weeks from now and put it on the calendar. we are living life in a way that interacts with each other. i know that it is easier to do this because we are all single for the most part but i think that our lives intersect more often because we make an effort to intersect. i have some friends here visiting and they are amazed at how our friends and community work. tomorrow we are having a party at our house with everyone and we are going to have a blast. i want to make sure that we continue to live life together and make this life contagious.

so happy

i bought a dirt bike today.

so sad

i sold my dirt bike today. i almost cried. so sad

my boy lucas

my friend lucas had a birthday today. lucas is a pro bmx rider and leader of the outcast bmx team. he moved here last year from minneapolis and so far he is fitting in just fine. lucas is an awesome guy. one of the most unique people i know and he has a great heart for people. he just started a blog and you guys should check it out and say hello. www.outcastbmx.blogspot.com
happy berfday lucas

i got smart

today we decided to see a movie. we havent seen one all summer because we have been so busy. today we saw the movie "get smart". it was funny. i recommend you seeing this now and avoid the long lines for the sold out dark night. im sure that movie is good too but i wouldnt see it until the lines go down.
anyway, get smart is worth the 8 bucks or whatever. we saw it in the afternoon and got a discount on the price. thats the only way i see movies usually. it saves money and its the same movie. instead of dinner and a movie its movie then a dinner. whats the difference? just money.
so, go see get smart and you will get smart, steve carrell is the funniest guy. he reminds me of chevy chase. go see it, it is clean and funny. i hear it is based on a true story. nah haha

thankful for this life

today i went for a ride on my bicycle. i rode 16 miles. yea, it was a long ride. i had a chance to think and pray as i rode and it gave me time to realize some things. i am so thankful for the life God has given me. i forget how awesome my life is. i take things for granted. i think that there is something powerful about being thankful. i think that there is freedom in thankfulness. i cant explain it but when i reflect on Gods goodness and see how wonderful he has been to me, things seem to be ok. no matter what life is dealing me at the time if i look backwards i see how God has been so good and the future seems to be fine.
we wait for november to be thankful. we have made it a holiday. what if we were extra thankful right now? what would happen? how would we change?

vacation home

i am at my vacation home right now. i sound like a big timer when i say that. my home is my vacation home. since i am gone so much i consider my house my vacation getaway. i love it here. i am home for 2 weeks but i am on vacation as well. i am not working on any work stuff but i am going to play catch up. if you are gone for a long time things pile up and can be a beast to handle. we will be going thru 2 months worth of mail as well as emails and phone calls that have built up. i cant even tell you how many emails i have. i guess that is considered work. oh well, i have no choice. i will do whatever i need to do then stop and try to enjoy my time at home.

results are in

after surveying all of you faithful cool kids who read this blog everyday i have decided to keep the blackberry and not buy an iphone. it was an overwhelming reponse in favor of keeping my blackberry. that is good. it will save me some money and i will not have to worry with changing phone service. so, as of today, i will keep my blackberry and hope for the best.

please pray right now for greg hartman

freestyle motocross rider greg hartman was badly injured last night in cleveland at the ast dew action sports tour. he was doing a back flip when something went wrong. he is in critical condition. please pray for him to recover.
greg has been riding for teams such as team faith as well as riders for christ


greg is a very talented rider who has hopes of competing at this years summer x games in los angeles. please pray for greg and his wife.
i will update you if i hear word on his condition

im tired of many things

i just made it home from the long trip. we have been gone for most of the summer. it has been a great summer. i couldnt ask for a better team and staff to work with. we saw God move in such incredible ways. but...
im tired. im tired of being around a bunch of people and tired of airports and tired of driving, and, waking up early, staying up late, packing up the truck, checking into hotels, smiling, eating out, not being able to find the light switch, not remembering my hotel room number, getting lost, not knowing where the nearest grocery store is, not knowing where i am, and being away from my house, and my zipline, and not having a place to ride my bike...

ya know i have nothing to complain about, i have a great life. i am just glad to be home

it may be a crime

if you have been to my show in the past year you know the trick called love connection. it is my favorite trick right now i think. one reason i love it so much is because of the unpredictable behavior i get from my volunteers on stage. last night i got a kid out of his seat to come on stage and asked if anyone was single and wanted to join him. a girl raised her hand and jumped out of her seat. when she approached i realized she looked just like the boy. since the trick is all about me trying to hook up the couple and make jokes about them being a couple, i decided to check on things. sure enough she was his sister. i quickly sat her back down and got someone else to join us on stage. i narrowly avoided a disaster. i told the boy on stage that he should look into it but i think it is a crime to date your sister. i said i may be wrong but even in georgia it is illegal

iphone

All I have been hearing lately is iphone. I don't own an iphone. I guess the main reason I am still old achool with a blackberry is because I am with verizon. Most of my friends have switched to att and bought an iphone. I think it is a cool device but I usually try not to do what everybody is doing. I know that the cool kids are doing it so that is one reason I don't. I don't know if I ever will get an iphone. I need to be convinced that it is worth the money and the hassle.

Why have 1 device when you can have 8? Haha


So how bout you. Iphone yes or iphone no??????? Why or why not

warren the pro packer

warren is available for packing and moving. just call him and he will do it.

email be busted

my email is busted. for some reason my email is not coming to my phone. also, i havent had time to read email on my computer. i have had only a few seconds or few minutes each day to see my computer. i have a ton of email to catch up on. i will not have time for a while to even think about it. for all of you sending me email i want to say thanks for thinking about me. i just wish i had time to respond right now. its ok tho.

in other news. the show in minnesota went really well. it was fun. we had a big crowd and we introduced some new material and it went great.

from florida to fargo

we flew yesterday from ft walton to fargo. it was a long complicated day of flying. we flew to memphis then to minneapolis then to fargo. now we are driving to detroits lakes mn for a festival. when we left florida it felt like 100 degrees. when we got to north dakota it felt cold. it was 59 degrees when we got off the plane.
after having such a long week and a long travel schedule we needed to take a break. we stayed at our hotel as long as possible today. i slept in and tried to rest up before we hit it again. auny is very tired from all the work she has been doing. people dont realize that she works harder than me. after tonights show we plan to get to bed and wake up early to fly back to florida. we are hoping for a day off before the next couple of shows. pray for us so we can be rested and sharp. we wanna finish strong. one more week and we are done.

fun times at the beach

wanna see what we did. go to stephanies blog.

hands and feet

tonight we did another chocolate tasting for the hands and feet project haiti still needs help. there are children that will die unless we feed them asap. tonight we talked to will mcginnis from audio adrenaline. he is a big voice for the hands and feet project in haiti.
we had a party and raised over $2000
amazing night

chocolate rain

this is the hottest new artist sweeping the world right now. you gotta check out this singing sensation.



get ready to enjoy some quality entertainment

camp electric

last week i did a show at the coolest camp. it was called camp electric. it was very fun and different and something that i havent seen before. it was a camp for musicians. kids who wanna be in a band or do anything with music were invited to take part in a christian based camp. i was very impressed with the program. they had surprise artists show up and do concerts. people like toby mac, and pillar, and leeland, and others were all there to give these kids something to remember. tom jackson did seminars on performance and band stuff. check out the website www.campelectric.com

also watch the news clip here

if you or someone you know wants to start a band or be an artist then make sure you dont miss next years camp electric in nashville tn. i might even see you there.

quick thinkin

i dont know what the problem is this week but we have had some problems. the good news is that the audience had no idea but, we have had some technical problems. i have had to be quick on my feet this week. when things go wrong i kinda like it sometimes because it is a challenge for me. i try to problem solve and get thru it before a disaster happens. some things are unavoidable and somethings were just plain stupidity on our part but it has been weird. when i do a show there are hundreds of details that have to be right or else things fall apart. the good thing is that i have a quickness about me that allows me to play with the crowd orchange the routine and make it entertaining. sometimes a big mess up turns into the best thing that could ever happen. the solution becomes better than the original. tonight that happened. i was messing up something and trying to figure out what went wrong and it turned into a really funny bit. i am going to keep it in the show now. from now on i will do it this way to get the same funny result. i love when this happens. anyway, the past 3 shows i have had to be quick. i have worked my brain overtime. i am not sure why but i am not complaining. it keeps it fun.

the black canyon

i havent told you about the place i took auny after the show the other day. when we were in colorado we were near a place called the black canyon. it is the steepest and most narrow canyon in north america. maybe i did tell you about it. i cant remember. anyway, auny put up some pictures. go see
www.auny.blogspot.com

early flight to florida

we are at the airport right now. it is 615am. i love getting up early for flights. it is my favorite thing. i like going to sleep at midnight and then hearing the alarm 4 or 5 hours later. i tell ya what is really fun, standing in line at security and trying to keep your eyes open as they search your bags and look at your i.d. oh and i love trying to sleep on an airplane. the seats are so comfortable. also, i have plenty of leg room that allows me to feel like i am at home on my easy chair.

this morning we are flying to florida to do another week at superwow. i am ready to get there.

no fur for me

i dont wear fur. here are some reasons why i dont wear it. in no particular order.

1. i dont have the money to buy real fur.
2. i dont look good in fur coats
3. im not a lady
4. its not my style
5. i prefer cotton
6. i dont like fleas

nightvision festival

we are here in western colorado doing a festival right now. headlining is mercy me, kirk franklin, leeland, and superchik. there are about 15000 people supposed to be here. it is always funny doing festivals because you never know what it is going to be like. we are on stage in the afternoon in the middle of the blazing sun today and yesterday. as i was doing the glass walk yesterday i took off my shoes and walked onto the front of the stage and ouch. the stage floor was black plastic coated material. therefore it is very very hot. i scorched the bottom of my feet, again. i no like. i was fine tho. i did the routine and found a spot to put on my shoes and walked away.

here is another story. first of all, sound guys are sometimes great and sometimes they are not. and sometimes they are great for a band but everything else throws them off. i asked them to unlock the power button on my microphone so i could manually turn it on and off. they didnt like that. they wanted it to be on at all times so they could be in control. sometime between soundcheck and showtime they switched it back to "always on mode" without me knowing about it. as i was being introduced by the director of the event i put on my mic and got ready to go on stage. during the introduction she said, "he isnt going to pull a rabbit out of a hat". at that moment one of the tech guys from backstage said "no rabbits?". i responded to him saying," i guess you are not getting your moneys worth". and yep, it came thru the speakers. i was so mad at the sound guys at that point that i couldnt laugh. but after the show when i calmed down i realized how funny that was. she was on stage saying this and she heard me say that she wasnt getting her moneys worth. she was stunned. she stopped and looked back at me and paused. then continued to introduce me. it was crazy. maybe next time the soundguys will listen to me.

i have another show in an hour so we will see what happens today. maybe they will get there moneys worth today

my blog

has anyone noticed that i have a blog that i have never done anything with at www.brockgill.blogspot.com? i never knew it was there. a few years ago when i was trying this thing out i set it up. but when the web designer built the blog and website i assumed he used that url. i am still confused by the whole thing. i typed in www.brockgill.blogspot.com to try to see this blog but a different one came up. i had never posted anything on it. apparently people have been looking at it to try and find me. my true url is www.brockgill.com/blog. i think it may also be blog.brockgill.com. i dont understand these things. was anyone confused? did anyone find the other blog before this one???????????

zipline

americas got talent

if you watched americas got talent last night then you saw some american talent. the show is all about people that have a unique talent, strange talent, or something that people will find fascinating. i have not seen the show until this week.
my friend was on the show so i decided to watch it. you may have seen him, his name is dan meyer. he is a sword swallower. he is a very cool guy. he is a believer, and i mean for real. this guy really lives it. he is a very amazing person. he holds a world record for swallowing the most swords at once. he also has a noble prize. yep, he swallows swords and has a noble prize. check out dan meyer on americas got talent and see why he made it to las vegas. you might even see him on tour with us later this year for a very special something.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25207911#25207911
watch him on the today show here