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!

Moving, Editing, Dealing With Fucking Jetlag

Hey, all! Just a little update, here. I (RV) am now living in the Philippines. Packed up my bike, camera in the bag, and hauled my ass over here.

While I'm still dealing with the effects of jet lag, and whatever this bronchial infection thing is that I picked up before I left Michigan, I finally managed to finish Pat's edit (after a few software battles that kept me starting over from scratch).

Anyway, here's his new edit, doing things for 42North and Run Jelly Pandas:




Oh, and if anyone lives in the Angeles City area, and knows the spots and would like to show me around, it'd be pretty effin' sweet if you'd do that. Just message me here, or through the Run Jelly Pandas page. Thanks!

- RV

Badlands, SD

 

Pat & Chance

Our good friend Pat has a new little edit out. Damn good. Pat rides for LCF Skate & BMX, out of Holland, MI. Good people, good shop.


Pat also put together an edit for another fellow from Michigan by the name of Chance Garrison. I've personally not met the dude, but I've only ever heard good things about him.

Michigan knows how to ride.

A follow up to eating.

I'm purging the annals of my photo collection. I promise, it won't be too messy.

Just a couple more shots of some of the fire antics that, for whatever reason, are a normal thing in my family. My father, in the first two shots. 

Goodbye, Philippines: A two part ender. (Part one)

 I've pretty much run out of what pictures I have (with me/from this roll) of the month in 2009 that I spent with family and friends in the Philippines. The sad part is, I still have several rolls that I have yet to develop (if they'll still even turn out); both slide & standard film. Eventually, I swear, I'll get them developed. I just don't know where to do it out here in Mass.

This was, obviously, the first shot on the roll--one of those lessons learned about advancing the film far enough forward before shooting.