I love it.
It's funny when dudes get pissed at their bikes and throw them. I've never done it.
Hanaan and Matt from Veteranbmx.com posted a bunch of sweet pics from the Dowagiac jam.
Here are some FODs in action on MCs. This is my old pal Jeff Venekamp kicking ass (at left) at the XR75 Nationals at Red Bud in Buchanan last weekend. He ended up a respectable 4th.
And here's Clint Baker, getting busy on his PW50. Nice.
Joe's Pizza in Plainwell, Michigan is the best. I love that place. I remember when it opened. I was probably 13 or 14. It was a long ride there from where I lived but totally worth it. Except for the time I crapped my pants after eating there and my friend having to ask his dad if he could borrow the car to give me a ride home. "Well, why does Scott need to go home right now?" 20 questions from my friends super nerd dad (also a teacher at my school) while I stood there with poop in my jeans. I haven't had any such incidents since moving back here this summer and we get Joe's a lot. One time, when I was a little older, my dad heard from someone that dudes were selling weed at Joe's and he told me not to go there anymore. He called it "dope", not weed. I skipped a week but went back. It was the first place I played a video game, I think. I won't even tell you what game it was, it would make me seem even older than I really am. I bet PJ posts a comment about this one.
I took Noah on the road with me last week and we had a good time. It was a lot of time in the car (almost 1200 miles!), but with a little help from ELmo on Noah's DVD player, we made it through. We stopped and took in the great outdoors a few times.
We stopped at almost this same spot on the way up and we were wearing tee shirts. Three days later it was 30 degrees colder, but at least the sun was out. The pic above is from the snowboard video premier we went to. Noah handed out stickers and was stoked.
Happy birthday to big time Deliverance supporter and sweet dude, Stephen Anthony Crandall. You're not getting older, you're getting nicer. Nice. These pics are from a sweet nice trip last year.
I'm pretty sure Crandall's middle name isn't Anthony, but it has a nice ring to it.
I've been working on trails here and they are getting better. I think that big trail bike I built up is starting to crack, which is a bummer. I worked out there tonight with the miner's light on, so we'll see tomorrow what I actually built.
Sorry for the lackluster report on the Dowagiac jam. The pics tell a nice story, but it should be noted that THe White Lotus did some good stuff and Dave Moon did some really good stuff, including the aforementioned ice-over, which was and still is ridiculous. Jeremy Ball did a flair on one of the crazy quarters too. It was a fun time and I'm really thankful to everyone that came out and especially to all the folks from the Detroit area for making the long trip. I sold almost all the one-off tees I made too, which is nice.
Nice.
Sorry about that first pic.
Sean Newton photography.cam
I found a better video hosting service and here is the that same video, only better....and here is the web edit for Fresh Air Cure. I'm really excited to have this web video stuff up and running. Originally, I wanted to put Fresh Air Cure out on those little 3 inch DVDs, but it actually cost more than regular DVDs. It seemed ridiculous to put an eight and a half minute video out on a full length DVD.
I rode Kzoo tonight with Sean Newtron Bomb, the White Lotus and UP Mike. Here are some rad pitures of Mike and the Lotus, shot by Sean, of course...
Note the Lotus' stache and Mike's shirtless approach, even in October. He should be wearing a red and black flannel shirt. I think I just renamed him "Lumberjack Mike". It was a fun session.
I got the new Props Rock and Roll Road Fools today and it's super good. Davey Coop has a couple clips and a speaking part. I love Props, especially the Road Fools series. Check it out.
Sean took the pics with my camera, so they aren't up to his usual hight standards (I think the photos are great, but I know he was kind of bummed with them and can do better). He's a Canon guy. I'm a Nikon guy (who still doesn't know how to fully work my camera).
I love trails, even my small, weird ones. I'm considering some rebuilds now after having visitors.
PS Ryan Garvock still comes to this site. He told me so himself.
Speaking of celebrities, my old friend McGoo posted on nice comment under the "Biltwell" post. If you go to their site, you will see McGoo's latest MC build, which is a site to behold.
On the mend are both FODs Chris Hatfield, who has a new bike built up and is riding strong again after his broken ankle and subsequent surgery and Kelly Baker, who broke his hand a few weeks back and just got his cast off. I know it's hard on Kelly to not be able to ride, but he's shredding vicariously through his chillins.
I probably should have called 911 tonight when we saw this instead of taking this picture, but, uh, I took the picture instead. Poor guy...
It may have been there for awhile, but I just noticed that on the FBM site, you directly purchase Deliverance product. Dans Comp has lots of stuff as well, including Bar Bags. Albes has some tees, too!
It's raining today, but next Sunday's forcast for the Dowagiac jam is 100% nice with a 100% chance of radness. Here's a shot of Fro, guilty as charged with both forcasted elements in place.
Yesterday was gyped day. My wife and I spent over 40 dollars on dinner somehow and are still trying to figure out what hit us. I got shorted 37 cents on a check because the cent amount wasn't in the box on the far right of the check (note to self). that over-priced, starchy dinner came back to haunt me after Sean Wildebeast Newton and I drove almost an hour to the Dowagiac park. We got there just before dark, rode for about 10-15 minutes and then it was just too dark to shred. We waited for a few and the lights came on (albeit slowly). We resumed the sesh, and I started feeling lightheaded with a clammy sweat. It's some sort of blood-sugar crash that I've experienced for years, although not very often. I think it's really a vegetarian problem. If I eat a bunch of starchy carbs and no protein, it burns off really quickly and shit goes haywire. I found a smashed up granola bar in the bus, ate it, and I was normal again. Unfortunately, the weather had taken a nosedive and monsoons were coming in. The rains hit hard and fast and we were back out. Two hours of driving for twenty minutes of BMX. Dammit.
My friends McGoo and Bill Bryant run Biltwell, as well as being the main guys behind Snafu. Goodest dudes ever. Bill's Triumph is a site to behold.
