darryl is filming the the new ride video, so im pretty siked to see how it turns out. its a cool concept, with some really good riders so it should be good. here is a video that ride just posted about it. tony is always keepin it real on trips, and stays hating on everything, thats why he is the
Monday, August 17, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
surgery
i am finally going under the knife to get my acl fixed. it has been almost 4 months since it first happened, and i have just been chillen being a bum. im siked to finally get surgery and work on getting better, and not just rotting away all summer.
in related news, Heino called me the other day because he heard i was a pill popper. he called pretty worried, because i guess some kid told him i had surgery and all i was doing was "poppin pills, drinking beers while on pills, and lifting a lot of weights" the kid said i was going crazy. hahah i haven't even got surgery and become a pill head yet, but i thought it was funny some one would just make that up and tell him.
im out the door to the hospital right now, i will post some pics when i get home. i will have a ton of free time so hopefully i will be posting more often.
in related news, Heino called me the other day because he heard i was a pill popper. he called pretty worried, because i guess some kid told him i had surgery and all i was doing was "poppin pills, drinking beers while on pills, and lifting a lot of weights" the kid said i was going crazy. hahah i haven't even got surgery and become a pill head yet, but i thought it was funny some one would just make that up and tell him.
im out the door to the hospital right now, i will post some pics when i get home. i will have a ton of free time so hopefully i will be posting more often.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
seany boy
im sure everyone has already seen the video of sean, aaron, and danny killing it at the dew. they did some crazy shit, and definitely deserved the win. make sure to go vote for them over on the ride website. give one of them an extra $1,000
B hunt and Zak were also at the dew. brian said he had a streak of bad luck. he had planned to be the triple threat (park, vert, dirt) but do to a fractured ankle, he only rode park. Zak made it through the open qualifier in dirt, so big props to him. im not sure how he did in the contest but im sure he was killin it.
the updates have been slackin, i think charlie and darryl gave up. i might just have to step my game up and start posting more often.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
back home!
after a 22 hour trip and a ten hour layover we finally made it back. the trip was awesome, thanks again to all the locals and I.H bike shop. heres a video from the trip. enjoy
.
.
Kink Taiwan 2009 from Kink Bike Co. on Vimeo.
Friday, May 29, 2009
two days left
taiwan has been awesome and the locals are sick. they have been taking care of us since day one. bringing us to cool spots, driving us where ever we need to go, we couldnt ask for anything better. big thanks to all them and IH bike shop. besides having a torn ACL and not being able to ride, this has been one of the best trips the team has been on. we have seen a bunch of crazy things, been to the sickest beach and stayed in the best hotels i have ever seen. not to mention everyone has been killing it. sean invents tricks on a daily basis, its crazy to sit back and watch him just session a spot without even trying. i will put some pics up when i get home but for now check the kink site for pics.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Taiwan!
the kink team and i are in taiwan, we got here a couple days ago and it has been awesome! besides it being 95 degrees and humid as shit everyday everyone is siked. we stayed in the best hotel i have ever seen, it had a flat screen tv in every room even the bathrooms! the locals have been really cool and they have showed us alot of cool spots. the food is crazy, and riding around the city is bizarre. its not unusual to see a family of four on a moped at anytime. anyways check the kink site for pics.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
AOTC= Attack Of The Crappy-ass-dvd
I'm no professional MX video critic or anything, but lets face it, everyone pretends to be so I might as well try to fit in.
Now, I guess I am a little biased in making this review. There's kids in it that I grew up riding with, and I've met the kids making the thing and they are certainly stand up guys. However, I'll do my best not do talk this shit up in spite of it all. So, without further rambling, here it is.
This video sucks. No lie. Like I said I'm no professional, but I definitely know the components of solid video these days. To start things of I didn’t see nearly enough scenery footage. No one was standing in a field or riding aimlessly down a side street or a bridge. I think there was only one shot of the Boston skyline, and lets be real, there are way prettier things to film than the Prudential building. What the fuck guys?
Moving on to the music choice, I was shocked when the video ended and I could only recall hearing one single rap song. Not to mention most of the other crap that the sections were edited too was some up-beat shit my parents would listen to.
Anyways, with the music choice being so boring I was hoping the filming and editing would maybe help cover it up. No such luck. It almost brought me to tears how rare it was for the camera to follow a dude down an entire city block to finish up a line, or how most of the filming was done in the daytime from a respectable distance. If you’re not zooming in on some weird shit like a flower or some bricks and them BAM you zoom out to a dude shredding a handrail, you are not up on your filming game. Bottom line is get your shit together AOTC, I’ll be surprised if this DVD sells a single copy.
All this complaining and I haven’t even touched on the riding yet. So without giving away any of the mediocre maneuvers that kids produced, I’ll fill you in on the good shit that you won’t see in this video.
There was a total lack of 1 ft. tall ledge footy which basically destroyed the movie right then and there. When I got halfway through and realized that wasn’t the style of this crew I almost puked and shut it off. Powering through my bout with nausea, I also came to notice how curbs were being almost entirely ignored. Why bother filming anything if it’s not going to end with a 180 off a curb?
With all this intense disgust going on in my head I was insanely relieved when it got to Chris Saunders and CB Combs split part once I realized there would be some freecoaster action about to happen. Oh how wrong I was. Everyone knows the reason the freecoaster was invented, and that is for long ass sliders. Down streets, hills, nice smooth skate park floors, whatever. Clearly these kids didn’t get the message and it more or less ruined their part.
I was excited to see my friends Jake Frost and Dave Deltoro’s part so I could make sure I was totally better than them. To my amazement, they both kicked ass. This pissed me off so much I fast-fowarded to the next section so I can’t even comment on them.
The mix sections actually looked like kids put in work (both editing and riding wise). This was unusual so I ignored them entirely and skipped on to the “real” sections. Unfortunately due to the lack of all the vital stuff I mentioned earlier I had to turn off DVD and watch some web videos on BMXboard to calm myself down. So, I didn’t get a chance to see Chris Zepieri and Craig Pasero’s parts. From what I hear though, after a an entire part of filler clips their last couple bangers might be worth buying the DVD alone.
So, I would definitely suggest buying this video. Not for the riding, fliming, editing or overall feel, but because it makes a really cool looking coaster for your coffee table.
So go check out the AOTC blog and tell them how much their video sucks.
Now, I guess I am a little biased in making this review. There's kids in it that I grew up riding with, and I've met the kids making the thing and they are certainly stand up guys. However, I'll do my best not do talk this shit up in spite of it all. So, without further rambling, here it is.
This video sucks. No lie. Like I said I'm no professional, but I definitely know the components of solid video these days. To start things of I didn’t see nearly enough scenery footage. No one was standing in a field or riding aimlessly down a side street or a bridge. I think there was only one shot of the Boston skyline, and lets be real, there are way prettier things to film than the Prudential building. What the fuck guys?
Moving on to the music choice, I was shocked when the video ended and I could only recall hearing one single rap song. Not to mention most of the other crap that the sections were edited too was some up-beat shit my parents would listen to.
Anyways, with the music choice being so boring I was hoping the filming and editing would maybe help cover it up. No such luck. It almost brought me to tears how rare it was for the camera to follow a dude down an entire city block to finish up a line, or how most of the filming was done in the daytime from a respectable distance. If you’re not zooming in on some weird shit like a flower or some bricks and them BAM you zoom out to a dude shredding a handrail, you are not up on your filming game. Bottom line is get your shit together AOTC, I’ll be surprised if this DVD sells a single copy.
All this complaining and I haven’t even touched on the riding yet. So without giving away any of the mediocre maneuvers that kids produced, I’ll fill you in on the good shit that you won’t see in this video.
There was a total lack of 1 ft. tall ledge footy which basically destroyed the movie right then and there. When I got halfway through and realized that wasn’t the style of this crew I almost puked and shut it off. Powering through my bout with nausea, I also came to notice how curbs were being almost entirely ignored. Why bother filming anything if it’s not going to end with a 180 off a curb?
With all this intense disgust going on in my head I was insanely relieved when it got to Chris Saunders and CB Combs split part once I realized there would be some freecoaster action about to happen. Oh how wrong I was. Everyone knows the reason the freecoaster was invented, and that is for long ass sliders. Down streets, hills, nice smooth skate park floors, whatever. Clearly these kids didn’t get the message and it more or less ruined their part.
I was excited to see my friends Jake Frost and Dave Deltoro’s part so I could make sure I was totally better than them. To my amazement, they both kicked ass. This pissed me off so much I fast-fowarded to the next section so I can’t even comment on them.
The mix sections actually looked like kids put in work (both editing and riding wise). This was unusual so I ignored them entirely and skipped on to the “real” sections. Unfortunately due to the lack of all the vital stuff I mentioned earlier I had to turn off DVD and watch some web videos on BMXboard to calm myself down. So, I didn’t get a chance to see Chris Zepieri and Craig Pasero’s parts. From what I hear though, after a an entire part of filler clips their last couple bangers might be worth buying the DVD alone.
So, I would definitely suggest buying this video. Not for the riding, fliming, editing or overall feel, but because it makes a really cool looking coaster for your coffee table.
So go check out the AOTC blog and tell them how much their video sucks.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)