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And we’re back! After a week off, thanks to me slacking during Texas Toast, we’re back on it with the Products: column! This time around we’re going to take a closer look at the new Mike Aitken signature MotoMike frame from Fit Bike Co., the Forever top load stem from Subrosa, the PolyCarb pedals from The Daily Grind, the Freedom bars from Freed Bikes and the Protocol heat-treated cranks from Madera! Ready? Alright, let’s do this!
It’s always a good day when a sample of new photos pop up in the inbox, especially when it’s from Devon Denham. This time around he had a batch of photos featuring the likes of Grimaldo Duran, Dylan Stark, Mark Burnett, Cory Wiergowski, Nick Bullen and more for us to check out! As always, the photos are dialed and something you’re going to want to check out! Let’s get into this to see all 14 photos!
Over the weekend, the 3rd annual Texas Toast Jam invaded Austin, Texas. Riders from all around the world made the voyage to this BMX mecca with nothing but good times in sight. Between the actual contests, the after parties all of the amazing people who were in town for the weekend and the weather holding out, the weekend was the perfect example of what BMX is all about — having fun.
After missing out the past two years, I decided there was no way in hell that I could possibly miss this one. I finally had things line up and I was able to make my first trip to Austin happen, and it was one of the best experiences I could have had.
I’m sure over the past few days you have seen a ton of coverage from the videos and photos that have surfaced. I quickly decided once I saw 20+ cameras out at all times, that I was going to make this trip a vacation and not about work. I took the slacker route and took my time to get my photos together instead of rushing to be the first one with coverage from the event.
After sifting through the 350+ photos I had on my memory card, I was able to narrow it down to 34 of my favorite photos I shot from the weekend where I compiled them into a photogallery for your viewing pleasure. Let’s take a peek!
This past weekend was the last stop of the year for the Dew Tour in San Francisco, California and I decided to take a trip up and put in some work. I stopped in Santa Cruz to shoot a session with Ron Wilkerson at his favorite skatepark, I worked on an upcoming project with Drew Bezanson for Red Bull, shot a feature with Chris Doyle for ESPN, stacked some future TTL content that you will be seeing soon and also managed to shoot a little bit of the downhill street contest on Sunday before heading back home to Los Angeles. I have shot contests for so many years now that when it comes down to it, I am always looking for an excuse to do things a little differently. Everyone is on the same playing field as far as photos go and everyone is shooting the exact same thing. I decided to try and mix it up a bit and put together a few animated gifs from the contest to show something unique and it’s always rad to see them come together.
It’s that time again for us to scope out some of the latest BMX goodness from a few of your favorite brands! This time around, were going to take a closer look at a bunch of new items like the new Chase DeHart signature “Dehart Slick” 2.40″ tires from Cult, Ben Hucke’s signature Local bars from The Shadow Conspiracy, Aaron Ross’ brand new signature MotoRoss frame from Sunday Bikes, Michael Beran’s signature Berto pivotal seat from 34R and then wrap it up with the 2014 District complete from Volume Bikes. Ready? Let’s do this!
Today’s column is all about a single photograph that I shot a few months ago. It is crazy to think that a single photograph could have so much of a story to tell and that is one thing about the still image that will never go away. No matter how technically advanced we get as a society, even if they try to pull stills from Red Camera video and use them as “photographs” that’s fine. I’m good as long as no one ever tries to call a video still a photo because it’s not. Shooting with film has an entirely feel to it compared to digital. Although as a photographer I think in detail about every shot that I take whether it’s film or digital, I still seem to spend a little bit of extra time to compose and dial in my photo when I’m shooting film. Not only that but film just has an entirely different look to it and that is part of the reason why I love it so much. You can’t re-create the look of film with a digital camera; it’s just not the same. Sure, they have apps, and plug-ins and preset filters that try to mimic certain styles of film but at the end of the day, it’s just not the same. There is also an old legend that photographing people on film steals a piece of their soul and a little part of me, as weird as it may seem, believes that. That brings me to the story behind this photo. If you want to find out what’s going on here, keep reading.
Saturday… What was I supposed to do today. Oh yeah! Volume 76 of Products:! Alright… That was cheesy. You try coming up with 76 different intros, haha. Back to the point! It’s that time of the week again to dig into 5 fresh BMX products that you just very well might want! This week we have the Front Hubs from The Daily Grind, the Trooper pedals from Demolition, the classic GDH 3-piece cranks from Profile Racing, Hoang Tran’s signature Villicus Prime frame from Subrosa and the Shawn McIntosh Mac 3 complete from Fit Bike Co. for you to get a look at! Let’s get into it!
We might be a day late on this one, but you know we wouldn’t leave you hanging like this! I mean this is our 75th edition! This week were going to take a closer look at a few parts that will be perfect for decking your setup with! We’ll start things out with the Scream sprocket from The Shadow Conspiracy, then we’ll check out the Mind Control stem from Cult, the new Current tires from Sunday, the Broc Raiford signature Bourban bars from Volume Bikes, then we’ll wrap things up with the new colors for the Freedom frame from Freed Bikes. Ready? Let’s do this!
