Good Ole Days

Here it is.

Austin in Good Ole Days

I uploaded Good Ole Days onto Youtube. Check it out on my account. But, ill post it soon.

Lack of updates

Basically, ive had a broken wrist for a few months now, and I am almost ready to get my cast off. I also am looking forward to filming again, so ill be back on that horse soon.

First things first though. Eric, Scott, Morgan and I are looking for a singer for our band. We got five songs and one performable cover. We will record the songs this week. This is one of the reasons why I haven't been updating lately. Got a new edit in the works though.

For now, enjoy this British prank call to a pizza place.

What the Fuck

Nyquist Kills Menlo Park

A Day in Ryan Nyquist's Life - More BMX Videos

Saw this on SJ

Stay Fit Video Premier

This premier is happening on a thursday.

Surgery November 13

Yes, I'm going in again. After that's done, I can finally heal properly. Get School out of the way, and go skiing. Last winter I wasn't able to ski because of my knee surgery, so I hope that I can make up for lost time on the slopes this winter. Come on El' Nino! Bring the THUNDER!

Promeo and Wes Edit

594 edit from Wes Rhoe on Vimeo.

Saw this on SJ

Hell On Wheels 5 On Sunday

You probably have heard already, that Hell On Wheels is this weekend. As of now, it is pretty cold in the city. However, the temperature on Sunday is supposed to be near 70 degrees. I'm pretty stoked considering I tried riding today, and strained my arms hopping on a flat rail today due to the cold.

Anywho, meet at Delores Park at 12 PM. After the jam is over, there will be a showing of the new Mutiny video, "Lets Get Mystical." I already know that a lot of people are going, so I hope to see you there.

No World Seiries For L.A.

Thank you Philidalphia! We don't need to see Dodger blue in the show.

Hopfully the Giants will have some better hitters, and can take the west for the first time since 2000.

Offense seems to be the problem for all San Francisco teams. What the fuck?!

Worlds Largest Snake Found Dead!

Fuck this video.

ICP Fest

I guess this just happened. At first I wasn't sure if these were highlights from the movie Idiocracy or not but SJBMX posted a link to these photos. This looks like it was pretty much a white trash carny festival, so check out what America.... is also about I guess.

Lets Turn The Hospital Into a Bureaucracy

About four weeks ago or longer I fell and sprained both of my wrists. The left one wasn't so bad, but the right one felt really bad. This happened at Redwood City skatepark. I was trying a double peg to 180 on the tall ledge behind the vert wall. I locked into the double peg, and I was about to pull up and inward for the 180. The instant before I could, my front peg slipped off the side of the ledge. Right when I realized that I was going to hit my face on the cement, I put my hands down to avoid hitting my face. To be honest, at this point I would have rather had a broken nose than two sprained wrists.
Funny thing is that, my left wrist healed on schedule that I thought it would. A week and a half to two weeks. The right wrist on the other hand, is at basically the same state as the left one was when I first hurt it four weeks later. There have been a few days where I have thought that it was past a state of recovery where it would be ok to ride again. I was wrong at least twice.
What happens when I try to ride in this condition is that I have no confidence in my hops or ability to balance on rails at all. When I try to ride, my hop is so off balance that I end up landing front heavy and my wrist must hate me for that. But this is really getting old now.
Four weeks for a sprain to heal seems like a long time for me. So I'm going to see a doctor next week to see if I broke or fractured it. People have told me that I should have done this sooner. The reason why I didn't is because I can't really afford a doctor visit right now, and I didn't think that there was anything wrong. Earlier this week I tried to go the the San Francisco State University student health center.
When I went to the health center they made me take a number and wait to see the next doctor. When it was finally my turn they said that I needed an appointment before I came in, and that I needed to make it on the same day. When you make your appointment you come in, pick a number and then maybe the doctor will see you. This seems like they are practicing nationalized health care. If you want to see how a real hospital will operate with nationalized health care, take a trip to the San Francisco State University health center and tell me if you are still in favor of that idea.
Today I called my doctor who operated on my knee and I have an appointment for an x-ray and diagnosis with no same day appointment, take a number wait, and hope to be helped. There is no clear answer to health care. But to turn the hospital in to a bureaucracy is wrong(not that they almost are), and no ones lives are going to get saved that way. "Are you suffering from blood lose? Take a number, wait in line behind Jill who has a cough. The doctor will be with you shortly." I'm in favor of keeping the system the way it is. Even though I am still paying for uninsured people to have work done on them.

Fucked Up's Damien on Records

"Are you the fire or just another flame?"- Fucked Up

Bay Air Bust?

This weekend there was a contest at the new Bay Air ramps in Oakland. I didn't even set foot or tire inside the place. One reason being was they were charging $10 to get into the place. They would charge more to ride in the contest. Needless to say this was a contest day. Normally it would cost $5 to ride there.

I'm pretty sure that I am not the only rider around who has a problem with paying to ride. Anyone can ride street for free. One can ride a skatepark for free(if you don't get a ticket). I know that these are wooden ramps and wooden ramps usually cost money to ride for their up keep. But another outdoor wooden park opened up not to far from Bay Air called Hood Games. Hood Games doesn't charge people to ride their park. So if my broke ass is in Oakland and I don't feel like riding street, I would go ride Hood Games.

Now, I'm not rooting against the place. I'm just trying to paint a picture of what I think the future has in store for Bay Air. Most of the time outdoor wooden parks don't charge people to ride. The YMCA in Pleasant Hill did for a little bit, but then they just let people ride for free. In my oppinion the only type of park that should be able to charge people to ride are indoor skateparks. One reason being is that when it rains, there is a place to ride. As for outdoor parks, they still do need to pay rent for the space they take up. But I'm not sure what the deal is for Bay Air. Hood Games is a city park I think, so that is why it is free to ride there.

Austin made a really good point about the place, and that was that the local pros didn't really take a liking to the place for many of the same reasons that I stated. But this really isn't good for Bay Air's sake because it is the local pros that know people from outside the local scene. And when other riders come into town, they sure as hell are not going to ride Bay Air or maybe not even be reffered to Bay Air. If a park isn't a positive thing in the minds of the local big names, then your buisness is going to croak.

"You are being shagged by a rare parrot"

Year Of The Rat

Year of the Rat is a vinyl album that Fucked Up released this year. I just bought it , and I have to say. I liked it way better than Year of the Pig. The second song on the album, First Born is musically incredible. This band is in my opinion the best hardcore band to ever exist for their genre of hardcore. Fucked Up is so progressive as far as music go. Especially hardcore/punk. Right now I have First Born of repeat. First Born is unlike any other song that I have heard before. It is very melodic, slower paced. But you still get that hardcore feel. In fact this song is pretty much a ballad. During my life so far, First Born might be one of my favorite songs ever.

Red Lights and Bikes

Saw this on SJBMX. I thought that this was funny because it was posted under Hell on Wheels 5. As for Hell on Wheels 5, I don't think that i'm going. There are a few reasons why I don't want to go. 1. It will get shut down by the police. 2. These jams are a pain in the ass to ride in. 3. My wrist is still not ready to ride. 4. The new San Francisco Chief of Police is trying to change the way S.F. law enforcement is run. 5. When police see a jam going down at a spot. It will either get capped or be a bust.
But I might go anyways. Ill see how I feel by the 25th.

Summer And Spring B-Roll

Colorado Trip Part 10(the last episode)

What a great trip. So fucking awsome!

Colorado Trip Part 9

Two parts in one day. We should have filmed at the skatepark there, even though that park was kinda lame. Price Utah!

Colorado Trip Part 9

This is one of the more sobering experiences I've had. Our friends from Colorado made a memorial for Billy Hammer at the site of his death, which was on the Montrose County line. I forget what the name of the road is, but it is not a conventional name at all. Something like Mesa 120E or something like that. The road I guess is a back road that connects Delta to Montrose. Like Austin was saying, this was surreal.

Stolen Bikes

This is the first time that I have ever had something stolen from me and couldn't get it back. It's a really shitty feeling, and it changes the way I live in the city. The thing about living in the city is that it is a pain to drive to most places, and when you get there the city slaps you in the face with a parking fee. So if one can avoid driving from A to B then that opption would be prefered. A bike is a very usefull tool in a place like this.
To my dismay, Scott's and My bike got stolen from 1 Embarcadero. Right next to a Bank Of America teller, with a security camera pointed right at the bike racks.
The thing that really strikes me about the entire situation is that in San Francisco, there are a lot of people walking around. My bike lock was all that remained and it was cut by what would have had to have been bolt cutters. How is a random person or persons able to casually walk the streets of San Francisco with bolt cutters either in their bag or where ever they have them, and no one keeps an eye on them. That's not to say that no one should own a pair of bolt cutters. I have a pair in my car that I use only to get to hard to reach BMX spots. But I never walk the streets with them in plain view or in my bag. It is amazing that someone can get away with a bolt cutting crime in a major population center like San Francisco.
Whoever it was, they made out really well in this crime.
Now, I'm going to have to become a patron to Muni if I can't ride a bike this week. And no fucking way am I riding my BMX bike to school. I wouldn't lock up that bike anywhere and leave it for a few hours. If you the reader thought that I was talking about my BMX getting stolen, be thankfull that it wasn't. I'm happy it wasn't, but still angry about the whole thing though.

Colorado Trip Part 6/7

Theses consist of the day at Black Canyon.

Colorado Trip Part 5

At that point of the trip, we were all pretty beat. I dont think we rode anymore after that. We pretty much just chilled out and made our way back home. Such good times in Montrose.

Michael Moore Blames Capitalism for Meltdown

The San Francisco Chronicle has an article about Moore's new film where he blames capitalism for not everyone being able to have equal opportunity. This is infuriating.

Colorado Trip Part 4

The best one so far! I want to go back to Montrose!

I Before E Except After C

This is probably the golden rule that will help me pass my English Exit Exam otherwise known as JEPET. I've noticed that without spellcheck, I can't spell words like view, believe, severe, or any word with ie in it. Just in case, I did use spell check there. Veiw, beleive, seviere is how they would be spelt according to me. The four years of German that I took in high school are partially to blame for this everyday mistake.
In German words like sein, dein, mein do not follow the English rule. German is very similar to English where words look similar, and sentence structure is almost the same with a few exceptions. Notice that in German the rule is E before I. Well, the rule is which ever letter makes the predominant sound goes second. It could be the other way around though and look like an English word but have a very different meaning. Example: Die Kammera ist kapput, und ich hab kein Geld fur ein anderes. The word Die in German is the feminine gender for camera. That word follows the English rule. Or I could have said: Mein Kammera is kapput, und ich hab kein Geld fur ein anderes. For everyone who wants to know what I wrote, it is the camera is broken and I don't have any money to buy another one.
Basically after four years of studying German, I learned more about English than I did in normal English classes. But in my opinion, English classes in California don't do a good job explaining sentence structure. This is the case in high schools though. In my jounior year, my teacher was still trying to teach the class proper sentence structure. That was a bit of a shock to me. But I hope that I still remember enough about English that I learned in German class for this English Exam.

Anyone Still Interested in the NORA Cup?

The Come Up posted who all the nominees are this year. I wish there was a betting pool for this thing.

My picks:

Ramp: Bestwick

Dirt: This is tough, but probably Doyle

Street: Definetly another tough one, but I'll take Rob Wise because he had an interveiw in Ride earlier this year that contained some of the most rediculous photos that I have ever seen.

Flatland: I can't vote here just because I don't keep up to date on who's the one in flatland.

Race: Same in this catagory as well.

Video Part: I haven't seen Davey Watson's Shola part, so I'm going to go with Garrett Reynolds – Writing on the Wall. I chose that over Colt Fake because Reynolds did more tricks on crazy obsticles where as Colt Fake just hucked. Double truck down a block 4.

Video: Better Off Dead gets this award though. All the sections here were rediculous. Colt Fake, and Rickey Bates both had unbeleivable parts. Writing on the wall had two great parts as well, but Mike Spinner is not a video part rider. That part is really painfull to watch.

HARDTIMES.CA - Fucked Up's MySpace Blog |

HARDTIMES.CA - Fucked Up's MySpace Blog |

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This is an interveiw with Damian and Ben from Fucked Up, which I found on the Fucked Up myspace. It is a really interesting conversation about their experience in the Hardcore cercuit. However it is almost a year old.

Colorado Trip Part 3

Rifle, CO!!!! Sick ass skate park! Really cool town too. 2B is doing a great job with these things. I can't wait to go on another trip.

Obama Calls Kanye West a Jackass

Click the video to listen to the commentary.

Holy Shit.....

We rode this spot, but I didn't see this line..... FYI this is NOT the fall that put him out.

Colorado Trip Part 2

I am lovin these edits! This is really great to see because by now, I can't remember everything that happened in its entirety on the trip. This video doesn't show it, but after I fell on that hand rail security called the cops so we had to dip. That is actually the first time that I've seen that bail on film. But god damnit, I was ready to pull that thing after that. Now it just pisses me off that I didn't pull it. Ill be back SLC!

Colorado Trip Part 1

Good stuff!

Hardly Stricktly Bluegrass 9

It's happening in October in Golden Gate Park like it does every year! Here is the flyer for bands that are playing. If you like the blues, then come out to San Francisco to see some great bands play!

Jam Video

This is one of the jams that we recorded last weekend. It is also a sample for what we have coming up as a new band in the next few months. We are going to play the blues!

Bay Air, Oakland, CA

This kid Adam that I know built a skatepark in Oakland with the help of one of his friends. I know this courtesy of SJBMX. This is probably old news by now. It is 5$ to ride there unless you are an Oakland native, then you can ride there for free. From what I hear the ramps are solid, so I'm going to check them out tonight. Here are the directions to the place.

Spring and Summer Video is Online

I hope the quality gets better. This is just a quick edit of the clips accuired over the last few months.

San Francisco

Tonight is the first night that I will be spending in the city by the bay. I already rode down to the corner liqour store on my mountain bike and the neighborhood is awsome at night. It is a little bit louder than I thought it was going to be in the day time. I wrote that because Jason asked me if this was a quite neighborhood or not last weekend. To answer that question, Ingleside is louder than Downtown Berkely.
I found a really cool hubba ledge for left side grinds today and that's about it as far as riding goes. Today was basically just a move in day and getting settled in day. In the mean time after finishing homework assignments, I edited a video. The only problem is that I dont have enough disk space to save the finished product on my computer. And that also means that I can't put it online. When I go back to the East Bay this weekend I will see if I can give a disk to 2B and he can upload it on The Over Show's youtube page.
This weekend should be pretty chill. Due to state budget cuts, I have a five day weekend. Today I was struck by a group of student and faculty activists protesting the state budget cuts. "We are the students, Mighty Mighty Students, Fighting for justice, and our education." That is what they chanted. It was amazing to think of how right they are. Mine, and many other student's education is in the hands of the state government. And that can't be more wrong. I wounder if Austin, Jason, and Neil have the same problems as I do when it comes to getting into classes. California is really fucked up right now. But California has been a bad place ever since the frontier days I quess.
Anyways I will try to get this video online and submit is to SJBMX.

Closing Up This Week

I don't have any pictures to post before these rants. Maybe when I get my computer installed in my new pad ill be able to post some pictures.

Anywho, school was pretty laid back for the most part. Did my homework on the beach which was tight. After enjoying the weather in San Francisco, I felt the need to ride real bad again. So then I trucked it to Menlo Park. By the way if you have ever driven on Interstate 280 before, 85 miles per hour doesn't gaurentee you a spot in the fast lane. That is by far the fastest freeway in the bay area. My truck was shaking when I tried to keep up with the fast lane traffic. No dice.

When I got to Menlo Park Skatepark, I immediatly started to snake the crap out of everyone there and didn't make a whole lot of friends if anything. I was just in a zone of ride. It doesn't normally happen to me that I get in a riding mood like what I experienced today. Probably for 20 minutes straight I just rode without stopping. When the park got too crowded I went for a street session.

There was a ledge outside the park that is about bar hieght and reasonably slick. I got a few smith grinds on it and was pretty juiced. Then I felt a craving to ride something else. There were spots that I have seen around downtown Menlo Park in the past, so I went to look for them. As I was riding around town, I couldn't find anything at all. This is weird because usually when I drive around towns, I always see spots worth sessioning, but when I ride my bike I can never find anything besides a curb cut. After about half an hour of riding around it was dark and I finally stumbled upon a handrail that I have been sweating for years. Besides a double peg grind, there is much more that can be done on it. It is a 7 stair with rails on both sides that are solid. Not only that, they have ledges on the opposite side of the stairs, so if you were to stick your front tire over the rail like you were to hop into a crooked grind, you would get into a rail/ledge feeble grind. The catch to that is there is a little kink at the end of the rail and the ledge ends early. Not much of a run up either and who cares about the landing. There is also a flat rail on the side of the building which I failed at a few years ago and my bike went tummbling toward a parked car and hit it. Anyways, I got enough courage to hit the rail after riding around town for an hour. So much more can be done on that thing though.

After that I went back to my car and drove to Redwood City and rode a pole jam that I found the day before and it was almost a disappointment because it was too short. However it was the perfect steepness. To say the least it was the best pole jam I have ever ridden. Why does it seem like there are more pole jams on the east coast?

I'm really looking forward to school finishing tomorrow. Ill get to go back to the east bay and get caught up with friends and family. Next week I also get to move into my place. Only thing I will miss is a skatepark to go session in the afternoons homework permitting. Street riding I quess. Can't wait to get back to the East Bay.

Disorganization at its Finest

In the fist of a state budget crisis, there is literally no time to be disorganized. No time, as a student, an employee, a boss, and especialy a teacher. What a mess I saw today. Luckily I enrolled in the class on time and have no worries about getting into the class besides the placement test. Literally half the students who showed up to class today were trying to add the class. All the chairs in the room were filled, and students lined the back and sides of the room. It was the most absured sight I have ever seen in college.
The teacher arrived five minutes late. As he spoke he seemed very intimidated by the 50 plus students looking at him waiting for instructions about the course. He was able to state the obvious about the course if one read the syllabus. Something that I was hoping that he would explain, he has no idea. That is the new mandatory placement test that every student has to take before being able to take the class. He said that it was a brand new idea, and he had no idea of the details about the test.
Aside from telling the teacher that I was present today, there was no point in driving to the city today. I wasn't trying to add the class, but I laughed at the fact that the teacher had about 20 students who were trying to add and he forgot to bring the list of students on the waiting list. An akward silence on that note between teacher and panicing students. How is he supposed to belive which students are on the waiting list now? There were only two spots on there to begin with and then I heard a few students whisper to others claiming that they were on the waitlist. I thought that was a great tactic. Some students actually left the room when they heard more than five say that.
No homework after that and the day was done. However at this point, I am getting kind of tired of riding Menlo Park Skatepark. The street section is too small. The banks are too small, and the bowl is always crowded. There are lots of lines in the bowl though, but I am really craving street sessions. The downside is that I don't know who to ride with out here. There is no one that I know my age that likes to ride street. I know there is a lot of street to ride out here, but it is kind of boring to ride street alone. Not to mention it looks wierd to other people too. I saw two pole jams today also. If I dont have any homework or assignments to do tommorrow, then I will try to ride some street at night. Who wants to join?

This Week On The Peninsula

This has been one of the weirdest weeks for me. For one thing, I started school at San Francisco State University. I am still waiting on one of the tenants who is currently living in the house, which I will be living in to move out. As for now, I am staying in my grandparents house while they are visiting some friends in Chicago.

Last night I arrived and had dinner with my grandparents and talked about a few things with them simultaneously. After dinner I went outside to move my truck out of the way and to my surprise the the Giants were in extra innings against the Rockies. I parked my truck and rushed inside to watch the remaining part of the game. The game went into the 14th inning still 1-1. In the top of the 14th, Edgar Renteria hit either 0 or 1 out triple down the right field line. Travis Ishikawa came up next and drew a walk. Euenio Velez was up and just came off of a recent slump. He gets a pitch to hit and lines it in the left center field gap. He clears the bases with a triple and the Giants take the lead 3-1. I was just as stoked as Velez was after that play. Randy Winn was the next batter up, and drew a walk. On the next play a ground ball was hit to the second baseman, he failed to tag out Winn, Velez scored, but an out was recorded at first. 4-1 Giants. The inning soon ended but, at this point I(and probably every other Giants fan) thought that a 3 run lead going into the bottom half of the inning would be easy for the Giants defense to hold onto. Problem was that Bruce Boche was dealing with his 11th and 12th string pitchers. In my opinion if Boche would have left Brandon Medders in the game the Giants would have won by a run maybe. However Boche pulled Medders from the game and brought in Justin Miller to walk the pitcher who had his bat tied to his shoulder as well as the next batter. The bases were loaded and Boche goes to the bullpen and brings in Valdez. The bottom of the barrel of the Giants bullpen. I think he walked in a run right off the bat, but another batter later the unbelievable happens. Fastball right over the heart of the plate. Ryan Spilbourghs crushes a ball over the right center field fence. A walk off grand slam. It is very rare to see one of those. Especially in the bottom of the 14th inning. It was the worst loss that I have ever seen. One of the most disheartening too.

I had to tell that story because I am hoping that that isn't a metaphor for my future of living on my own. It wasn't easy sleeping after watching that game though.

What I did come to realize though is that SF State is basically like a community college. What a hoot. I'm pretty sure ill feel right at home here in the city. Plus there are many street spots that I need to explore. Today was an easy day of school because we just went over the syllabus in all of my classes.

After school I headed straight for the Menlo Park Skatepark. I found a bunch of lines in the bowl and even one in the deep part of the bowl. Basically just crusin' looking for fun lines in the park. There was this one guy at the park who asked me to guess his age. 20? 19? 17? 16.... Damn this guy did not look 16. His beard was as full as mine. He then started talking about how he was sponsored by some skatepark building company yadayadayada. He left for a little bit and when he came back, he seemed pretty insistent on "competing" with me. At least that's what he was getting at. Competition is basically what I try and avoid when it comes to bmx, but I said ok, lets go to the street course. Nothing significant went down in the street course, but I can tell when a rider wants to flex their muscle to basically say that they are better than you. That kid isn't going anywhere though. He ditched his study hall to ride the skatepark. That is not a good decision or at least as far as priorities go. Just a word from the wise. I don't care is school isn't your thing. At least TRY and graduate high school. No one should feel sorry for poor decisions in the long run. The other locals seemed to be down to earth though.

It has been a while since I updated this blog, but life goes on you know. Tomorrow is ahead. As Robert once said "you gotta keep on keepin' on."

Colorado Trip Trailor

Basically the most epic thing I have ever witnessed is what is being described. That trip was definetly one of the biggest highs of my life so far. If I can ever get out of California, I want to live in Colorado. Life is so much more simple over there.

Bay Area Hardcore

This is a new site for up and coming hardcore bands in the Bay Area stretching out to the Sacramento area. Eric Fernandez runs the site. If you dig hardcore, then you should definetly check it out. The Bay Area Hardcore page is now under the links, and there is also a myspace which ill link later. Basically this page is designed to be "the come up" for the local hardcore scene.

Hook Day Video

New Video by Addy One Day in Oakland

Clips of Austin and I that Addy filmed.

Dinosaur Jr. "Over It"

Saw this on the come up. Great band.

Two photos by Zach

Found these on Zach's flicker which im going to link right now so that it isnt so hard to find. One is Jason Sykes doing a turndown ON MY BIKE! Best one that has ever been done on it. Im jelous. And the other one is Hucker doing a flip at Warriors of Wood.

2B, You should have saved this footy!

Scooter: Addison McNaughton Bar-Spin Over 12stair Rail 5/27/09. from The Over Show on Vimeo.

Addy barspin over 13 stair rail.

Wallenburg Skate Contest

I want to see a full edit of this contest.

Staying Local Getting Shit Done

The photo has absolutly nothing to do with the post that im about to write, but whoever runs Looking For Gold posts some really great photos.

No luck on jobs, so we filmed a few clips today at the home town ditch. Tuesdays are always a shitfest at the skatepark, so it was definetly a day for street riding. I dont know what's been up lately, but ive just been tired recently. It must be the weather. Tomorrow possibly ride the city and film a few clips. If not tomorrow than definetly thursday.

Since my summer is going to be over in 18 days, I figure that I might as well ride and have as much fun as possible before having to get back to the grind again. The things we do for our futures...

By the way, I really want to take a trip up to Sacramento to ride some skateparks and some street real soon. Hit me up on here or the myspace to organize something.

Smith

Found this on Zach's flickr account.

Addy Riding SF

More photos from that day on The Over Show website. Plus I also spotted a sequence of Addy barspining over the 13 stair rail in downtown Walnut Creek on the myspace. That looks amazing!

S&M/Fit Customer Appreciation Ride

This should be pretty fun if your into street jams. I most definetly am going to this.

Update on Things

I sneezed so hard the other day that I pulled a few muscles in my back, but I plan on riding later today. Also I logged onto my youtube account and saw that even more of the videos have been disabled. Unfortunatly for some, the files dont exist anymore. But I just uploaded Jason's edit on vimeo, and that is where everything else is going. Youtube just doesnt make the grade anymore. Ill post Jason's edit soon. Also look for Austin's edit, Keep on Livin, and the Walnut Creek Winter Edit on vimeo soon.

I havent been updating this site so much recently because my knee is better. That means more riding needs to be done when there is no school. Cant wait for San Francisco next fall.

What happened to Modern Day Witch Hunt????? A few people have asked me that question. We do still jam, but we are dropping that name and all of the songs that we used to play. We have two new songs and new equipment. Now we just need to record and find a singer. And a band name.

New Video On The Way

Get pumped!

Finals, BMX, Looking for Gold(job)

Last weekend was 'hella sick,' and this week is going to be terrible. Followed by another 'hella sick weekend.' This long semester is finally coming to a close, and to say the least was better than the ones in the past. Although now I remember how much of a bitch it is to leave my grade in the 89.0 range and have to struggle for the next 1.0. People tell me it isnt good to be stressed, but if your not stressed then how can you achieve anything at all? The days of 'ill do it tomorrow' are over now.

Well, yesterday Some friends and I attended the Sunday Up Up and Away premeire at the Pyramid Ale House in Berkely. It was a great time during and after the show. The video wasnt what I was expecting, but others seemed to like it. There were some awsome clips in there, but it was no Nike 6.0, Forward or Please Kill Me. By that I mean it isnt a timeless film. It isnt a video where people will talk about in 5 years. Arron Ross had best part in my oppinion. One big mistake that I noticed was the Chad Shack(the dude who edited the video) didnt divide the video into chapters so that the viewer cant skip through sections. That makes me think that he was in a rush to get the video out. The ride session after was awsome though.

Video Still Pictures

I took a bunch of still shots off of the footage that I have, and here are some of them. Austin's pics are a barspin over a rail, and a footplant over the hubba at Walnut Creek. Zach's pic is a dub peg in the Liberty High Pool(dont know if it is still empty), and my pics are dub peg on a wall and a rail ride.

Any who, im going to try and get back on the horse for real now. School is almost over, and that means plenty of free time over the summer. Then San Francisco here I come. Yahoooo!

Scrape the Town 3 Video

VIMBY - Scrape The Town 3

What a day that was. It was fun, but we didnt get the ride the AAA walls for very long. Cops pretty much shut it down. Seems to be the way street jams go though. Will I go to more??? Most Definetly.

Same Day as Scrape the Town

nor cal jump jam from kurt russell on Vimeo.

This sounds more chill, and even includes mud wrestleing. Not sure of which one to go to now.

Updated Scrape The Town Flyer

A little promo for what's in the works

Enjoi.

One More Week Until Spring Break

The semester system is a real drag. The sun is out, and that makes it really hard to do school work when I know that I could be riding or just being outside. Five more weeks of school total not including spring break.

Anywho, the photo above is Austin coming off of an Ivy Wallride in Oakland. Zach took the Photo.

Scrape the Town 3 Apr 19

Just checked SJbmx, and apparently there is a Scrape the Town deal going down. I missed the last two due to injury, but finally I can make this one. Who's down to go?

Joke or No Joke???

Im sure that right as I started getting better I saw this........thing that defeats the purpose of riding a bike. Is this a joke or does the dude at Red Endo really think that he's made one of the most brilliant inventions in the history of bikes? His plea for flow riders is hillarious where he describes how logical it would be to run these pedals. Click the link up above to see what he said. The racing one is my favorite by far. Trying to win a race chainless sounds real effortless and fun. With that said, im pretty sure it actually is a joke. He should have waited until April 1st for that one.

Addy @ Fairfield Sk8 Park

Hella sick. TOS madness

Finally Spring!

Daylight savings has finally kicked in, and that means a lot of things, but most importantly the street sessions can last longer. It has been six months past my surgery, and I can finally ride again. Riding feels weird now, but amazing at the same time. Tomorrow I plan on riding the city tomorrow. Its been a long time, but there are a lot of places that I miss seeing on a regular basis(Hubba Hide out, The trannied jersey barrier spot, the end of fisherman's warf) First things first though. Show in Berkely @ 924 Gilman tomorrw night. Come out and support our band!

Austin @ Meet The Street

2hip:Meet the Street. Austin McNaughton 10/11/08 from The Over Show on Vimeo.

Thanks to 2B for the edit. Big bussiness!- I spelled that wrong.

Few more photos Zach took.

Found these on his flicker acount:

Im so pissed that I know im not going to be able to ride until next week. School and having to make deciions about where to go and what to do about it suck right now. Bachelors of Arts degrees are basically useless from what I learned last week. Gotta get the B.S. (Bachelor of Science not bullshit.) San Francisco or Pleasant Hill next year? That is what I have been contemplating. The crazy city life doesnt really sound very appealing right now either. Sociology class doesnt glorify city life one bit. It just makes the city seem like the most depressing, visious place to live. An example of weak communal ties, and that is something that I dont feel like having or not having for that matter.

Hit in the balls

Recent Pictures by Zach

The only photo that Zach didnt take is the gap to wallride that Austin is doing. That was by Brian Greer.

Winter Video is finally online!!!!

My computer finally allowed me to upload this video. Vimeo kept on making my comp freez, so I had to settle for youtube. Enjoi.

Lack of Posts

Sorry about that. Ive been riding more that my knee is getting better, so there should be some content to post real soon. Videos pictures and more.

Bear Interveiw

Trying to interveiw a bear indoors......... Whos idea was this?

This is Broken

What a Fucking Idiot

How can this come across as a good idea to someone?

Fuck The Velvet Underground

They decided to block Get The Fuck Out because I used on of their songs in it. This is going to start pissing more people off besides me if artists want to be real kill joys about getting royalties for their music. I didnt make any money off that video, so I dont see what the big deal is? I've learned my lesson about using songs in videos though. Never use songs from lame artists that are stingy about song rights. Suck on this VU!

Get The Fuck Out from N.E. Man on Vimeo.

New Full Length Video?????

This is just an idea, but it could possibly come out to be legit. Maybe..... Zach wants to edit a video, since I'm kinda sick of editing videos and making my computer fuck up all the time. This is just a possibility, so dont shit yourself just yet. To late......

In other news, Robert is coming back to the bay area for a week! Looking forward to good times. I havent done a knee update in a while because I figure who gives a shit right? Fuck it, here's an update: BMX is way harder than I remember, and im terrified of falling even though I know, it's not that bad. Im still scared to re-tear my acl. I feel really weak on a bike, and I cant do most of the tricks I used to do. The worst part is that I cant hop as high as before. Now im desparatly trying to get that back. I drank way too much during my time off of my bike, and now im making up for lost ground by riding, and running everyday. It helps to be unemployed and have a deadline to be out of the house. If Scott reads this and says "Drinking too much?? pshhhh Your not drinking enough." My response now would be "If drinking everyday isnt enough, then I dont know what is. I already feel like shit all the time even when I dont drink."

But, yea. Possible video going down. Fuck hospital bills, credit cards, and people who always offer to sell you shit when you dont ask to buy it. I would have asked you mindless fuck.

Something New.....Kinda

Josh doing a table on the hip at WC photo was taken by Jeremy, and Zach took the one of me jumping the hip at what looks like Alemeada. To be honest, I dont remember that picture being taken at all. Pretty cool effect though.

Old Fuck Answers Wrong on Weakest Link

Sucks to be that guy. He didnt help his team, and he is now the laughing stock in the bmx community. Like it even matters though. I dont even remember the dude's name, he will only go down as the guy who didnt know what bmx was on the Weakest Link.

Fucked Up on MTV in Canada