Whatchu Talkin' bout, Willis?

Hey now, I figured I'd chime in too. Some of you know me but for those who don't, I'm Sean Sweeney and write under the name XsSpeed. Up until last month, I wrote for The Horse Backstreet Choppers magazine for 10 years. I have been building bikes part-time since 1996. I'm not from a gearhead family - I just got interested in fabrication and learned on my own (and took some classes). I grew up skateboarding and although skating was my life from 5th grade on, I was never all that good. Here I am in 1983 on my 1/4 pipe.

Luckily, my 12 year old has gotten into skating, so at 45, I got a board and started skating again. I also play bass, sing backup vocals, and write songs for my grunge/punk band Soulful Aggression. We're playing this thursday at the Recher Theater in Towson and the Sidebar in Baltimore May 12th. Come check us out. I hope to contribute some cool stuff to the magazine and this blog. Thanks to Rich and everybody for asking me to be a part of something new, fresh, and pure. Stay Cool, Sean