Fat Tuesday.....
Well tonight is the last night to for the nitty gritty, then you can purge yourself of your sins and begin your fast. Ah hell it's Portland, everynight is a night for the nitty gritty. Have fun and stay out of trouble. Throw a few back for me.-ben
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Injured Reserve...
is quickly filling up.
As you may know Jeff Landtiser broke his foot a few months ago. I got some pics from the dude and they aint pretty so be warned. He was supposed to go into the doctor last week to get all the screws taken out. I haven't been able to get a hold of him to see how that went. I will let ya know when I know.
Jeff broken foot.Jeff Xray.Jeff Screws in foot.Also Jesse Whaley took off Friday night for his Failure Bikes Road Trip. Well Sunday I received the following picture. This one also is not very pretty, be warned. He said this was a rail hop into a bank gone wrong. I haven't been able to follow up with him, but he said that there will be stiches. Fun Fun Fun.
Jesse Knee.
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Battle ground and St. Johns Park designs....
I received this from Jason Hendricks yesterday, peep it out. I hope you guys like these parks.
"Attached are pictures of the new Battleground Skatepark. that is north of Vancouver, WA. The park should be built by grindline and might allow bmx. There are still meetings coming up, so stay posted for dates and stuff. Also the Peir Park (St. Johns) final design is attached."-Jason Hendricks
Battleground Skatepark Full Overview
Battleground Skatepark Bowl/Tranny Area Detail
Battleground Skatepark Street Area Detail
St. Johns Overview
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I wanna be a balla, Spot calla...
If you aint gonna share yours, I'm gonna share mine. At least what they
look like. Shad eat your heart out.
Photo: Hirsch on the carve.
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Warning only PDX not so much BMX news today...
I received this from Ryan Sher last night with the subject of: Pdxbmx, you won't...........
But I will. He sent me a pic of his Boston Celtics beating my Portland Trailblazers.
"My beloved celtics beat your portland trailblazers, 102 to 96. Suck it."Dang I though we wre friends. Oh well, we'll get em' next time. Hopefully better news than this to come. Have a great weekend.-ben
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Video Premiere
Dont forget kids,
Mutiny Road Trip DVD Premiere is tomorrow at
GOODS at 7 PM. Be there.
-Slo
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Say what?
Well I was fianlly able to stir up enough trouble to get 12 comments on one post, not bad. The site is making a comeback!
There is a bit of news today.
First off I think
GOODS has the new
Animal Video in stock. Pick it up before it's gone.
Mike "Came Up" Hoder will be down for a little bit. Think back to Criminal Mischeif, Van Homan's section, 20 Stair Rail that he manualed. If look look just past Van you will see a big white marble wall. Well Mike decided that he was going to wall ride down it over the stairs. I guess he made it with a foot down on the first try. On another try he was pedaling full speed towards the wall ride, when his chain broke. I guess he flew out of control down the stais and slid on his head good enough for a bald spot. Damn son, whoop that trick and get well.
I think something in
Chipotle food has addicting qualities. When I moved here I couldn't stand the place. Now after it being the frequented lunch joint, I have cravings for the crack.
Stop by
www.defgrip.com or
www.vultbmx.com and peep
Rich kickin it with
Paul Wall, Nelly, Bun-B, Travis Barker and the Biker in Black. Damn intimate location and a live
Grills performance, I knew I should have played hookie from work, now what it do?
Eddie Cleveland heads out in the morning to
Austin, TX. for an
Empire Contest. He will be staying with his new boi
Chase Hawk. I think Eddie has been sleeping in preparation for trying to keep up with Chase's Party Life. Have fun Eddie, go get em' boi! Austin has no idea...
That's not it...
Jesse Whaley is also heading off tomorrow for a
Failure Bikes Trip. I am not sure where they are heading, but I think the plan is to stick to the dry and warm weather. Alright that is officially a full lid.-ben
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Birthdays!!!
So there are 2 birthdays today. Check em out!
First up is Allan "Bogues" Parker. A big Happy 24th Birthday to the Alaskan Man in Charge!!
Next up is everyones favorite lil' Hailey. A big Happy 20th Birthday to her too!! Thanks for the burrito Hailey!!
Okay, thats all I got for today. Be sure to wish these two sweet peeps a Happy Birthday the next time ya see em.
Peace-Slodogg
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Really having trouble here....
I really don't know whats going on around the hood.
I recently completed a design for a street area that will be added to the big spot vacted by the Beaverton Vert Ramp. It is real nibbly ledge stuff, manual pads, and some real good flat rails. Nothing to crazy. But good enough for me to wish I was getting to ride it. I don't know when it will be done, but I am gessing it is for summer. The best part about the summer and Beaverton, that right, the helmet nazis.
I guess I will leak a little pic of what it is going to look like.-ben
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Stuff and some other stuff
So the new Animal video "All Day" that everyone is talkin' about lately is shipping to shops right now. It should be in at
GOODS early this week. Call and bug Shad every day to see if it's in yet!
In other news,
Chester Blacksmith had a recent bout of bad luck including a rather hefty traffic ticket, and having to spend his rent money to get his car out of impound. Send all rent donations to GOODS and we'll make sure he gets it. Seriously, help a brother out folks!!
In case you didn't know, it's freaking freezing outside!!
Myself
(Slodogg), and
B-Dubbs are now Valentine Dunk twinsies. Yessss!!
That's all I can think of for now, email me some news if you have it. Peace
-Slo
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Toronto Metro Jam Info...
Toronto Metro BMX Jam
March 3-5, 2006
Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto International Bike Show
Toronto, Ontario CANADA
$12,000 U.S. Pro purse / Expert prizes
$1,500 U.S. Oakley Hard Trick contest
Sponsored by:
Orchid Footwear, Little Devil, MacNeil, Kink, Oakley, Dose Magazine, Primo,
RideBMX Magazine, Props Visual, Battle Axe Records, and Ten Pack Distribution
February 19, 2005 – Vancouver, BC Canada
With the Toronto Metro just 12 days away and the Pro class almost full, we've already got some of the the biggest names in BMX already signed up for our 6th annual contest at the Toronto International Bike Show. With guys like Ryan Nyquist, Morgan Wade, Gary Young, Dave Osato, Corey Martinez, Bas Keep, Chris Doyle, Kye Forte, Van Homan and Kevin Porter coming, you just know the riding will be wild, and the styles will be all over the map.
The Toronto Metro and big video premiere's have become synonymous, and this year will be no different. MacNeil's road trip video 'San To Van' will follow the team of Gary Young, Alistair Whitton, Robin Fenlon, Nick Halsey, Harrison Boyce, Josh Nendza and veteran road tripper's Dave Freimuth and Jay Miron as they head north on the 1-5 from San Diego to Vancouver hitting up parks and street spots all along the way. The premiere goes down Saturday night at 9:00PM at the Bloor Cinema, and 850+ person theatre not too far from the hotel district where most people will be staying. The show is all ages and open to the public.
At the Metro, local BMX shop Hogtown Sports and mail order 3Ride will have booths in the BMX area selling all the latest parts, clothing, videos and shoes, and Orchid will be on-site showing off all the newest shoes for Spring '06, and if we're lucky they'll have samples of the newest line for Fall '06 with them too.
Watch for the Metro ads in Dose Magazine the week leading up to the Metro. Dose is a daily magazine that can be found on the streets and in the cafes of Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver – it's a source of information, ideas, and tools for young Canadians, by young Canadians and we're stoked to be working together with them.
Registration info:
Maximum of 80 Pros – and it's almost sold out.
All registration is handled by Ten Pack Distribution at (604) 421 2229.
$100 US ($120 CDN) Professional Entry Fee
$50 US ($60 CDN) Expert Entry Fee
Visa and MasterCard only for registrations.
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Harold Hunder R.I.P.
For any of you out there that have spent any part of your life on a skateboard know who Harold Hunter was. He was a Pro Skateboarder for Zoo York, starred in the movie KIDS, and was a core part of the New York Skate Scene. He was also a huge supporter and had great love for BMX. Everytime I saw this cat in a video or read something that he wrote, I lost it with laughter. Harold Hunter is gone. Anyone who had the opportunity to know/meet him realizes what a unfortunate event this is.
RIP Harold Hunter, you will be missed.
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Trail Jam....
Got this in my email today. Check it out.-ben
"It's about time for another Bechelli Trail Jam. I forgot to put it on the flyer, but the jam is a Benefit Jam to help raise money for funding of a new public cement skatepark here in Redding that will allow bikes."
Click on flyer for larger version.
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Really a lack of....
news to post today. As you can see I make tweaks to the site pretty much everyday. I have some big plans to get this thing rockin' in full effect again. I have some non-riding related info. to pass on.
This coming week
Armory Skate Shop is releasing the
Hawaii Dunks and I think they are releasing all of the other SB stuff right now. So if you are a sneaker head or one in the making, get on that, you got some catchin up to do.
Back to BMX related stuff....
The new
RideUK has a
Bruce Crisman Interview. It is quick and to the point. Def. worth checkin out.
In that same issue there is even a
Rich Hirsch Interview about
Lotek. It is a pretty funny read.
There is also a ton of other good content so find yourself one and check it out.
Hmmm, Odyssey Stuff is going to be off the Tofu racks this year. I think that's it. Oh yeah, don't tell them I told you that.
You will notice a
Poll Added to the site. It really is just for something to do, were not trying to track you for the man. It is just a fun way for me to see if people are actually still visiting this thing. There is a bit of a bug with it right now. When you vote or check results, the stupid thing has pop-ups. I am working on that, give me a bit of time.
I think I will leave you with this parting shots of sorts that I shot of
Mike Ardelean a few weeks ago with the new Digi. Cam.
If there is anything you guy's want to report or if you have something you want the readers of the world to peep email it in to either Slo or myself. We'll get it up in a quickness. Hell send me some pics of you shreddin or of what you like to shred. This site is yours, take advantage of it. Wow, i guess there was something to write about after all.-ben
Mike Ardelean, Corner Air Barspin in a crazy ass ditch, who ha!
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Mic Check 1 2 who is this...
Slodogg's back ta business, lets go, AYE! Aight fools I'm mobile on this thing now too, the RAZR is in full effect! Big ups to B Dubbs for sprucing up the site even more! Aight more later. -Slo
Aight here's a little more new for ya. The
Mutiny Roadtrip DVD will be premiering at
GOODS on Saturday February 25th at 7 pm. Of course it will be free and always a good time. Be there fools!!!!!
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Time to get out there...
and start looking for new spots. Don't forget to share em.-ben
Come to find out, yesterday was also
David Camacho's Birthday. Happy Birthday to you too.
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Valentines Who???
So today is that wonderful day of consumerism. This is when the ladies get nice gifts and the men get shafted. Well hopefully the ladies are getting shafted too. I heard that it is supposed to be Steak and Blowjob day for men, no wait, that's March 20th. But still, that doesn't sound too bad. Anyway back to the hearts and stuff. Nevermind, I'm gonna skip that stuff.
Heard that it was snowing really hard in Eugene. Could be a coke party gone out of control, or the meth lab known as Springfield could have finally blown up. I guess there is a chance that it is just plain ol' snow. The only thing we have falling from the sky around here is ash and pollenand I guess the ever so random xtreme dudes and stunt guys too.
The best part about today is that it is pdxbmx.com co-founder, the real web guy, old schooler at heart with tricks that still baffle any new schooler in girl jeans, sponsored smoker, former Coon Rapids resident, twin city roamer, member of kiss wanna be, clown costume gardener, dick on the mantle, Seinfeld on the Tivo, Lead Singer, back up drummer, Ben Davis wearing, studio in the basement builder, terrible 1er, odyssey lever hatin, baby blue bikin, friend to all, watch out he'll knee you in the balls, day of birth. Happy Birthday Jamie McParland.
I do beleive that he is clebrating his b-day down at the Hollywood Bowl tonight and do I ever wish I could make it. Here's to 32 Jamie, and here's to 32 more. Your newe levers are on the way.-ben
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Kick ass weather!
I hope everyone has been out taking advantage of the amazing weather that has been going on. I know that I would be if I wasn't so busy here with my shop.
Went and checked out my trails yesterday but a nice mudslide on the hillside by the trails that spilled out into one of the main lines and some drainage problems rendered them unrideable. Oh well. Once it dries out some more this spring they will be rockin again. Has anyone heard whats up with the Edge in Springfield?? Is Dave Thom finally going to get the F out CoosBay?? Can we keep the daily post going? Stay tuned kids, same bat time same bat channel. -Brice-
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I can now post straight from my.....
mobile device. This is pretty cool, I love technology. I think I will add this little bit and pictures I have of Eddie Cleveland gettin' loose. These pictures are from a open house/BBQ Ride BMX on friday. The BBQ was also to celebrate Keith Mulligans 10 years with Transworld Publishing. Back to the pictures....
You see Ride also shares their building with a Motocross Magazine. The guys from that mag had a rad little quad that people were playing around with. These pictures are some time after the session started and Jeff Landtiser scared everyone riding the quad with his broken leg. Keith was pumped on how crazy Eddie and Jeff were getting and he set up this steep kicker ramp. As Keith set the ramp up, Jeff was already barreling down the street. Jeff saw the ramp and proclaimed, "Ah shit......" With an ease of the throttle, he then get fully back on it and blasts off the ramp.
The entire crowed stood stunned and watched Jeff land nose first and then the sparks go flying. The quad looked like it blew up, but nah, Jeff rode it out. Jeff jumped a few times and then Eddie got ahold of the ride. Eddie hit the ramp soooo fast and went so high and far. In this pic you can see a black blur seemingly under Eddie. That blur is Jeff on a little kids tricycle.
The BBQ was fun. Jesse Whaley was also up in the piece destroying the mini ramp. It was a little feeling of home in a new place.-ben
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Well it looks like I gotta take this one....
It looks like my co-pilots aren't going to step up and post, so I will, again. I received the following email from non other than
Asa P. of the
Italiano Bici Familiano. It read like so:
"Saw that you are updating on pdx a lot and I'm stoked I have something to read every night when I get home, got some news for you from Portland too. Kyle Karlscene is in town filming Ben (Hucke), Vince (Kroff) and Ryan (Mills) for the Premium Video and I continue to look handsome. Talk to you later crusher.AsaIt great to finally have some news that I didn't have to dig up. Thanks Asa.
To stay on note with the previous news. Premium rider, former pdx'er and huge fan of Dial-a-Pizza, Joe Riley was in a bad accident during his Mega Tour trip. I think this is the second time he has gone on the Mega Tour and the second time he ended up in a Hospital. Joes tire slid out on some coping during a manual and he was thrown to flat rupturing his spleen.
Joe was taken strait to surgery and spent a week in the hospital with doctors changing their minds everyday whether to remove or leave his spleen in. Turns out the temporary fix they had done started healing over the week, so he was lucky enough to keep the spleen.
I had a chance to hang out with Joe today and he has been changed quite a bit by this accident. He is in good spirits and is making a healthy recovery. He should be off his bike for at least the next 2 months. I can't wait to see him killing it again. Get well soon Joe.
I guess that is all I have for today. Keep coming back, seems like there is something new everyday.-ben
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You asked and you got it....
Well I was a bit inspired hearing from at least one of you peeps out there. They asked for the site to be bigger, so you got it. I think I am gong to work on getting this thing working all propper like again. Maybe pictures, I really don't know. Just keep hittin the comment's. If you want anything put up on the site, email it to me. No holds barred, we'll see how that goes. You will notice the little email envelope next to every story. You can click on those to email the story to your friends. There is a catch, I think you have to be a member of
www.blogger.com to use that feature. So you choose if you want to register.
Also look for our group on myspace.
pdxbmx group Have a good night.-ben
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Turning 30 never felt so good...
I was invited to go on the Megatour with Solid Bikes in January, so I just had to go. Especially since I was turnig 30 on the end of the trip. I had so much fun with all the Solid guys that I can't think of a better way to leave my 20's behind and step into my 30's. I slept on a beach in January with some close friends, wich I thought was crazy since it was cold and just dumping rain back home in Portland. Even though I was one of the old men of the crew I felt like I still produced some good footage. Check out the video around summer time. Peace and Love to all my friends -Andy M.
Solid's Mega Tour Crew
Smile for the camera!
Sleeping on the beach in January.
Propsarazzi.
Happy Birthday Andy.
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Rollin, Rollin, Rollin....
Well it seems like we are some sort of roll here with the site. He have posted useless information for, including today, 17 days. I hope you have enjoyed it. If you look at the bottom of our stories you will notice that you can comment on most of them, so lets do that. I really want to see if people are still checking out the site. I know I have said this before, but i think I have some really cool stuff planned for the site. Hmmmm, it would happen if we could get some crappy weather around here. Stay tuned for tomorrow, I am going to post Andy Merrall's quick story about his Mega Tour Journey and life after your 20's. Till then, have a good day.-ben
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No Dice!
Well folks, it looks like the Salem indoor has hit another delay. I guess they didn't have all the insurance worked out by Monday for their projected grand openning. Not sure when everything is supposed to be ready, but I'll post info as soon as I get it. Until then, just keep waitin!!!
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Other Stuff....
If you are interested Tyler Bergstrom's part that won him the
FBM Sponsor Me Contest follow the link. You may want to right click and "save as", the file is 70MB and may take some time to download.
View VideoI have a quick story from Andy Merrall about his Mega Tour experience. Keep checking back for that, it should be up over the next few days.-ben
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Random Surfing....
I was cruisin the web and I found this on the
FBM site. It is pretty rad. Take a read and see what Crandall had to say.
"There has been some chatter about our pic for the Vid comtest, and the winner, Tyler Bergstrom, Tyler called me this weekend, from Shads cell phone, at Goods in Portland, and he was stoked. Some People thought Tylers part wasn't filmed good enough, or that he didn't do enough tricks, I don't give a shit, here's a couple reasons we picked him, His buddies are laughing in the background while they filmed, he wrote FBM on his beer gut and ate shit with no shirt on, we never heard of him, he was riding a piece of shit bike, and it looked like him and his friends love BMX. Simple enough, it was just cool, filmed shitty, spots we've never seen, and it had Ted Nugent, and I hate Ted Nugent. Alot of the other entries were amazing, and the guys who sent in tapes, some of them were flat out badasses, and can probably all get sponsored. We gave Tyler a bike for his efforts, no big deal. Maybe we'll do it again next summer."
Congrats Tyler, the FBM crew are really a budch of good guys. Have fun.-ben
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Rumor has it...
So the rumor is that the new Salem indoor will officially be open for sessions this Monday, that's TOMORROW!!
While helping out on Friday night there was still a little bit of masonite to still be put on, mostly on things like the bowl corners. Other than that everything is just about all done and ready to roll. James Cox and crew have been working their asses off to get this place rolling and it's finally coming together.
I'll post session times and prices as I recieve them, until then it's word of mouth folks. The place is pretty damn dialed so I suggest that everyone go check it out ASAP!
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ANIMAL video at GOODS TONIGHT!
So this is a cheap way to keep our streak of posts going, but hey, what can ya do. As if you haven't heard about it already, the new
ANIMAL VIDEO "ALL DAY" is premiering at
GOODS BMX, TONIGHT, at 7 PM.So BE THERE!!!
-slo
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Saw the Animal Video....
That's right tonight was the Animal Video Premier here in LA. The house was packed with ton of people including Animal Riders Edwin Delarosa, and Tom White. Shane from Animal and George K from
www.cantstopthekicks.com are also in town visiting the westside.
I am not going to ruin anything about the video, but go check it out Saturday the 4th at Goods. For more info on that look at the next post down.
Slo i tried to get ya a purple stem, but no luck playa.-ben
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Groundhog Day!!
Just in case you all didn't know, I sweat the movie Groundhog Day, starring the one, the only, Bill Murray!! It's sooooo good! You should go watch it right now if possible!
Keeping the post streak up for today B-Dubbs!!! Woulda put up something yesterday but I was doing what I do best, hanging out with under age girls! Jeah!!
Happy Groundhog Day everybody!!! Don't forget to come to the Animal Premiere at GOODS on Saturday @ 7 pm.
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How many days....
strait is this with posts? I was hoping that i wouldn't have to write something today, but it didn't look like anyone else was going to step up to the plate.
Rode with Dean Dickinson tonight. That dude damn near gives me a heart attack everytime I watch him ride, always on the edge. I will give him props on some really good lines though.
Keep your eye's peeled for Rich around PDX sometime soon. I think he has to take care of some shop buisiness.
I am pretty sure that Mega Tour wrapped up yesterday and I only know of 2 different fights that PDX'ers wre involved in. Not bad.
I guess that is it for today. If you want to see anything up on the site email me and let me know.-ben
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