Pool bust

These photos were from earlier this summer but I recently was just able to get my film developed. During our little drought earlier this year when we were blessed with weeks on end of great hot weather to ride bikes I had an opportunity to check out an old spot. It was the South side pool by my moms house. I scoped it out one night by myself on a solo session and realized that the hot weather had brought down the water level about 3 ft in the deep end of the pool and there was only about 3 feet left to be drained! I went back within a few days with Mac and we began to drain the pool. Unfortunately the place had been vandalized before we got there and also the neighbors ended up calling the cops on us and made for a premature end to the day and we never were able to ride the pool again. Luckily I left with new memories and some photos.... Enjoy!

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Boerman

Boerman gapping, past the snow, from the walkway to an icy parking lot. Photo by me, RV.

January Webby

A quick vid of an evening I spent hanging out with Pat & Matt at the shop, in Holland (Michigan, for you non-Michiganders [lucky bastards]), after hours.

The winter will probably consist of lots of this. Then, once winter breaks, we'll actually start filming for something full length this year (if you know what I mean).

BMX is Awesome (Jason Phelan is Awesome)

The world needs more dudes like this.

And here's some awesome riding from that awesome dude:

Quit the Scene

*I recently quit a shitty job in a shitty city. I met cool people. I met assholes. Some days, I'd come home and just write about what happened at work. All of the QtS segments are about work.*

Once upon a time, we could shirk off most of the shit that we’d catch from customers in between fixing and slinging bikes. Once upon a time, for me at least, I cared a little more.

When this game all started out, it was little things. At first, I’d put stickers on all of the repairs I’d do. Little stickers. Sometimes they were the same color as the bike, so they’d be really hard to see—unless you actually paid attention.

No one ever noticed.

Random Shots

This is almost un-bmx related. Almost.

I just like these pictures, for one reason or another.

As Seen on TV

Obviously, if you know me personally (or keep up with anything Run Jelly Pandas-related), you've most likely seen these already. Anyway, just a couple more shots from last Sunday to help get you through the middle of the week.

Bmx NEEDS a Crash Section Like This

Close-up, face-grinding, blood-smearing, crash section like this. NEEDS!

Busy as Bees

Well, the weather is finally starting to clear out the snow, here on the East Coast. This is good, so hopefully we'll be getting back in to more riding stuff in the near future.

Of course!

Because winters in a bike shop really are that slow.

I think a double foot-jam is in order.

Skiing. Biking. Crashing. Whatever.

Step one, get a bike and some skis from the trash. Doesn't really matter what, as long as the frame and fork are usable, you should be good. Though, probably, the simpler, the better.

Cut some shit up. Bolt it together.

Voilà! Winter fun.



Really though, staying upright and not bleeding are all on you from there.

Happy New Year!

Michael, Wes and I went out with sweet Mongoose for a little bit bigger test run than the snow piles outside of work.

Hopefully we'll get some more runs in, but I'll be uploading parts for them in near future either way. Apparently that's the only thing that snow is good for.

Belated happy new year, Philippines. And happy new year, Michigan.