Long Time No See

Betty When You Call Me, You Can Call Me Arv from RV Henretty-Jornales on Vimeo.

Here's a selfie.

Angeles Jibs from RV Henretty-Jornales on Vimeo.

Two Shots (No Chaser) - Street

Zeeland, MI

 I shot this at f5.6, 125iso, and 6 seconds.

 

I'll usually try a couple different settings to see what I like best. After the jump, there's another shot, cropped slightly differently, and shot at 8 seconds rather than 6. There's also one other shot from a different spot, shot at 5.6, 200iso, and 8 seconds.

Scrapple (Extended)

That whole jazz about trust is in the end. People are weird. I wouldn't trust any of you random mother fuckers if you came up to me on the street.



Scrapple. (Extended) from RV H-J on Vimeo.



Also, there was a dude walking around, asking for money, and trying to sell shirts he had painted... If you agreed to give him a buck or so, he'd stick his hip out toward you and have you put the money in his pocket. I think he just wanted to be touched.

The Heat is Upon Us

As summer is getting closer, and things are getting busier, inevitably, I'm getting slower about this. A few things:

-The shop is getting busy, which basically means ridiculous hours dealing with ridiculous people. It's Lynn, there's a lot of fucking weirdos and characters.

-27 is nothing like 22, 18, or 15. All of you kids have way too much energy to ride. I'm jealous.

-People are strange creatures, and, for some reason, will put quite a bit of trust in people they don't even know. (*Video explanation of this, later.)

More photos from the last couple of rides, after the break.

These are the Daves I know.

Lately, what with work being a bike shop in the spring time, I haven't had too much time to really get out and ride. Luckily for me, the Daves live just a couple blocks from the shop. They're two brothers, they're both awesome dudes that have plenty of years of riding ahead of them, and awesome attitudes to boot. And their driveway rocks.

Dave 1 (David) got a new frame the other day.

Dave 2 (Davy) picks up tricks faster than you can pick up sticks.

Bringing spots back to life.

Do you remember those riding spots that you went to when you were younger, and then stopped visiting for years?

Sneller and I ended up re-visiting an old wallride next to what used to be Menards in Holland, MI. Yesterday was a nice break from the cold and wind we've had here lately, so we decided to venture away from the skatepark and ride some real obstacles.

This wallride has been around since I can remember (even before I started riding bmx). It's a perfect grass bank which leads up to a grippy brick block wall.

After not being ridden for a couple years, the bank has become soft and dense. It took a little bit of rake, shovel, and broom work to get runways ridable again, but things started to look good after just an hour or so. We were even able to get a few runs at the wall before the sun went down. At the top of this post, you can see that Sneller has already been getting comfortable with his runs!

This spot is nearly perfect, with plenty of space for speed. The Menards which used to occupy the area has moved, so the whole lot is now clear. My only concern is that a Save A Lot across the parking lot may have some employees who don't like people riding bikes in their area. So far, they've only been giving us looks of curiosity rather than annoyance.

I'm excited to ride this spot more and more as the weather gets better! -Pat Ellis

Some Random

 Little Javi is a shredder. Here, he's not doing that. Street portrait.

*(I looked at this picture on a different screen, and it wasn't as dark as what it looks like on the computer that I'm viewing it on now. So, if you can't see it clearly... I don't know. There.)

Weather is Better

Rode all day, did a little shooting as RJP.
Got a few okay shots. Eat 'em up.

Little Javi and Devon.

A Minor Collection of Mishaps

Andrew McDonald


Pat Ellis


Justin Cooper


I fall more often, and more awkwardly, than all three of them combined.
-RV

Fly Rice

Pat Ellis -- gap

Spinning Waffles

Until I stop being so lazy, and finally put together a little edit (which may take a long fucking time, because I can be pretty fucking lazy), I'm just going to upload little snippets of what we do. And, by "we," I mean other people, because I'm typically holding the camera... and I suck.

*In the clip: Mr. Cooper