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25.11.10

Gateway to the Keewanau

Bank to rails of the Houghton/Hancock area.















































*Not sure why Justin never posted this, but I'm going ahead and doing it for him because I think it's cool. -- RV

24.11.10

All very badly done, but a preview, nonetheless.




Sidenote:

Apparently even watching the HD version isn't really HD because I don't have a fancy Vimeo account. But, whatever. You get the idea.

18.11.10

Mondays aren't as good as Sundays (and some stories from the past).

Monday was pretty much a worthless day. Aside from getting some new Profiles onto my bike, the rest of it was shit.

I managed to crash badly enough on my bike that I went to the hospital. I'm full of scrapes and bruises. My wrist is pretty much useless. I lost a small pump that I purchased that day. I also am pretty sure I concussed myself, and I tore a hole in the T-1 hoodie that I bought the day before.

Now I am bored. So, in light of my uselessness, here are some pictures from some time ago, and some explanations/stories for each...


14.11.10

Sundays are good days.

Today was one of those laid-back days of riding when the weather is just a few degrees away from being too cool. It was good, though. Very good.


This ^ is a cement slide. It's the kind of slide that normally requires you to put a piece of cardboard under your ass and do some kind of dynamic death drop onto the face of it and go.

Or, you can ride it with your bike...

12.11.10

The best spot

This super sweet copper slab was put in Presque Isle recently, and it has got to be the best spot in town. Hopefully I will get some more shots of it before winter hits.

8.11.10

Just a thought...

I've kind of been thinking about maybe getting more people on board for this. Still staying in the bmx realm, of course, along with all of the life that goes along with it, but as we grow up and move on/away, it might be kind of nice to bring more flavor into this.

Just curious as to what other people's thoughts are.

Why we ride.

I've always loved these kinds of little vids. It showcases a rider, but really isn't about the rider himself.














 All of the people that I know that ride come from different backgrounds. Some share certain commonalities--like the town that they grew up in, or the heroes that they look up to--but most, if not all, are drastically different from one another.

The people that I ride with now, the riders from the edges of the Boston area, don't share much background with the people that got me in to riding (my cousin and friends from the metropolitan areas of Manila in the Philippines), and don't share much background with the rural riders of my birth town back in Michigan.

Mannerisms are different. Speech patterns are different. Clothing and modes of transportation are different (insert water buffalo joke here).

But it really doesn't matter where they're from--there's always that unifying idea of escape and decompression. That's what makes bmx such a beautiful thing. That's what each of us that rides shares in common.

5.11.10

Surfs up

I think it's sweet that people bundle up and go surfing when it is cold enough to snow.



1.11.10

Homie Vids

I guess this really belongs on here, as well. Unfortunately, I'm a bit lazy to re-copy the embed codes, so here is a link.

It'd also be cool if any of you other gentleman posters could provide us with links to your vids, or preferably embed them.