More from the Artbike/Goldsprints at NAHBS

Spotted a couple of things on Bryan's blog...

Garrett Chow vs. Shawn Wolf


The Indy Crew, shot at Momentum Magazine's photo booth setup.


Ahh, good times.

The future ain't what it used to be - Part 1

They say time flies when you having fun. God knows this can't be any more true considering that our Slow Sunday jam videos seem like they were just yesterday. It really is safe to say that Mash was a huge catalyst in the explosion of fixed gears. Of course I tend to focus a bit more on tricks, but the Mash premiere in New York City was a huge turning point for the future of things to come on the east coast.

At the Mash premiere we saw a huge disparity in the types of tricks that people were getting into. Mr Dirty 130 himself (John Prolly) was riding a blinged out white pista concept on a HED3, Tom was riding his Brooklyn Machine Works for the first time ever, and Wilis was still on his GT with his signature aerospoke. Regardless of the vehicle looking back the tricks seem haggard and its crazy to see where things have come and they going. All that aside, the scene in NY was huge and big things were about to come.

One of the most significant things to come of the Mash premiere was meeting John Prolly and Luke Stiles for the first time. Both these guys would grow to be great friends of mine. Luke became a great mentor to me in many facets of my life. John became my verbal punching and my go to guy in NYC. I owe tons to both these folks.

This Slow Sunday video was the first time we hung out with John and Luke following the premiere. We rode with a great crew: Wilis and Josh Snyder came up from Philly with us, we met Pablo, Joey Krillz, Kyle Demers, Stoned Tone, and a number of other folks I am forgetting. It was a great day that lead to many more.



Ride/Relax!

Lance Armstrong vs. the LiveClean Devil

Here's the video of the incident that I'm sure everyone has seen the photos of already...



And in case you haven't seen the photos yet...

Tracko.

Tracko in the house

As mentioned in an earlier post, I had the pleasure of meeting Kyle Kelley from trackosaurusrex.com during NAHBS. I had hassled him about sending in footage for the last Bootleg Sessions vid and he never got around to it (something about crashing hard and getting a bad concussion... panzy). This weekend he was ready to go though, so we went out on Sunday and hit the streets of Indy for a few hours.

We didn't have much time, and it was windy (20+ mph gusts) and cold (about 30 degrees), but Kyle muscled up (no socks!) and we got a few decent clips down. Plus, I was able to capture a scene of him becoming best friends with a security guard, the footage of which will unquestionably be the most touching part of any of the three Bootleg vids.

So, for those of you who have always wondered if Kyle actually rides his bike, the answer is yes!

All-City frame photos

Jeff from All-City sent over some photos of their new track frame. Looks super sharp. Especially digging the logo bridge detail on the rear dropouts...!





Hey Jeff, is Sam getting on of these?

Urban Velo #12

Saw the guys from Urban Velo at NAHBS yesterday, and was completely blown away by the studio they had set up to photograph the bikes. Those guys are serious pros, no joke. I wish I had taken a pic of their setup and of the camera that Brad was using...

Urban Velo #12 is available online now, and our girl Julie Benedetto is on the cover! Get it here.



I dig the Seasame Street themed graphic they made for #12 too...





That song is the jam!

Macaframa Screening & BSv.3 Preview

Last night's screening was amazing. Tons of people there, and everyone loved both the preview of Dre's part in Bootleg Sessions v.3 and Macaframa. Here's Shawn Wolf addressing the crowd beforehand...



Afterwards everyone was so stoked to ride that we all braved the brutal cold (just over 20 degrees) and hit up Pan Am plaza for about an hour or so...



This has been an unbelievable weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped out getting everything organized for last night!