Jolife vs GBH Ramps

Ahhh, i got this email from dig today, sign up for their updates on www.digbmx.com, and you can get me a subcription while your at it. Have a happy Christmas.

Kung and i have done an article with Ride on the short Profile trip we did with Wobbly, Craig Stevens, Phill Aller, and Mr Mark Mullville, its in the new issue apparently so er go get that and bring me a copy too. Here's a link to a little video i made of the only stuff i caught on the trip with my little digi camera, all at Motion Park in Bristol. I'm not sure whats goin on with the tune it keeps dropping out, anyway it Amon Tobin "Rosies" for anyone interested.

If anyone's after a 10.5mm Nikon fisheye, I know where there is one going second hand.

I've had these photos kicking around for ages, well since the jam earlier in the year anyway. For all things midlands, Homer has it covered...www.bcbmx.co.uk

Loz's nail on rail

Sunday before last there was quite a little gathering going on at the hip. Benson and Shawn shootin pics and a whole load of us ridin. Benson wanted to get a shot of Loz grinding the high flat fail round the outside which he was doing lastime he came down. He missed his peg and landed with his thumb betwwen his bas and the rail. He thought that he'd split it in two but later we found it sitting on the rail prisine clean. You can just about see it out of focus, in the foreground of that shot, that is'nt Benson lookbacking the hip, or Alex post slapping.

I was just (two hours ago) knocked flying off my bike by some woman opening her landrover discovery door in a hurry, trying to get her kids to their music lessons at blackheath concert halls. The same woman has come soo close to what she finally acheived today twice before atthe same spot, and i've had serious words with her about it before, she obviusly did'nt listen. I could'nt handle her panic. She and her husband were crouding me something awfull, and fireing questions at me left right and centre do you need a doctor, do you want some tea, fuck off!, all i wanted to do was beat the living shit out of them, but without getting their insurance details i rode off so i did'nt I'm fed up with people who are so self absorbed that they run a milloin miles an hour without care for their, or others saftey. I 'm seem to be constantly fighting to keep from being dragged into that kind of lifestyle and i dealt wiht the situation far better than they did despite having my sholder slammed into the very edge of an opening car door and being flung into the oppisite lane of traffic (in fact i'm lucky not to have been run down). I guess i've conditioned myself to beable to handle pain, confrontations, and crashes. This would'nt have happened if this woman ran her life in a more orderly way, taking time to think about why she's so stressed or at least agnolege it and take moment to chill out. I have a few ways to get away from monotony and frustration. Obviously bmx but that has become such a part of everyday life it gets mixed up with lots of tenstion creating stuff. A day out taking photo's or riding my big bike or both. But the most anger quenching thing i've found is having a fire, outdoors if possible and sitting so close it dries your eyeballs watching the metamophosis of the mesmarizing reactions. Do it alone so you hav'nt gotta worry about nutters throwing in fireworks or kicking it into your face. Get a girl round?, that can be pretty stressfull though. Drawing is possibly the most theraputic and rewarding acivity. Well enough of that i do'nt like computer screens so i wo'nt spend too long doing this but one more thing. for those who spend too much time around bmx (i cant get enough of it personally) and bmx video's , i like thought provoking films every so often and here are a few i liked soo much that i've gone and bought them.

Naked Lunch was written by William Burroughs and made into a film by David Cronenberg, its crazy and has the guy who played robocop as the lead character. In fact any Cronenburg film is usually a good bet especially Videodrome.

Testuo, the iron man is a japanize black an white student film, industrial sound track, completly mad. The bit with the organ on the train platform being poked by the woman with a pencil i swear was taken directly from my dreams.

TheVanishing, not the shitty remake, the real 1998 George Sluitzer film. You will never forget this film, i saw it when i was 10 with my mum cos i was ill and could'nt sleep it went on untill 2 in the morning but we could'nt drag ourselfs away from it. The ending gave me nightmares for years and i still think it affects me. I'm not claustrophobic but...

There you go then that was a bit of a Joe Alderson moment that was'nt it(www.prettyshady.com buy his video looks like its gonna be pretty funny), never mind bmx is a small world, too small sometimes. Oh yeah and socializing with cokeheads is never a relaxing experience, do'nt do it.

Some bmx next time i promise and more street furnature, yawn ohh ahh fuck tits sphincter breasts, my arm kills!

Well choosing the winner of the comp wasn't too difficult, only one person got the answer right (which was Leo Forte and Caleb Kilby)! Ash from St. Leonards on sea took the win.

Hello all, this was meant to be a short message to all of you thinking of traveling with a 20" cycle, or an emo hair cut or something like that.
Have you ever tried traveling without the bike? As an individual. Without anything to separate you from the next man? iPods aloud. It´s a funny experience and this is the sight from from own two poor vision.
All was going well, I had eaten, drank, and read and observed. Nothing worth reciting so I move on.
Next bar. Not enoghh money to buy a pint so I settle for half a Guiness. Sitting there listening to the various UK accents, (I am abroad) I decide not not to partake. Conversations about film. About special effects. etc...
Imagine the scene. Sat in a foreign bar and someone mentions a subject you can relate to. What do you do? Sit there and ignore them or partake in conversation. Remember your stone broke - less than 1 Euro to your name. So I trot over thinking the man´s from Ireland - no he´s mixed Euro race but excellent English.
Around this time I´m offered a drink. Pint Guiness + double gin. (try it). I eventually accepted. I felt like a prostitute. No company and a lonely piss head offers me a drink. I feel feel piss poor.
We chew the cud, more Guiness more gin (I´m broke)and we start takling proper.
He´s a coke fiend. Hs eyes give the game away at the first encounter. And he´s proper fucked up.
Why do I find these people or do I? Are they just out there waiting to be found?
Do theyt need finding? or is this us? A renegade crew of people who are desparate to confirm to something, or are we the total opposite.
Personally I couldn´t give a fuck. I spent an hour (maybe two) advising a coke fiend that in the grand scheme it´s not worth shit. Will he pack up - NO!, will he think - maybe. Will I feel good - FUCK YEAH. I spent the evening with someone who could have got me drunk at his expense.
If that really was the case would I be sat here writing now?
Patxe was his his name. I never forget a face but names - let this be a reminder.

I´ve had a few to many, if read this this and it makes no sense. Come back when I´m sober and have chance to edit.

Click HERE for some more photographs from the motion halloween jam. i have some B&W i should be in the dark room after christmas.

above: this photograph is a brief attempt of making it look like it has been taken with infa red film. also i havnt given up bmx as most of my friends think i have

The tag team bowl comp is back again at Epic...

Here are a few photos from Toby Forte and crew down under in Sydney...

Steve Bancroft at Motion, guess the trick before seeing the clip... Banners.avi

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