This video is sick.
From Parker to Travis Barker.
This next video has no rhyme or reason but makes me laugh at donkeys.
Same with this one but these are cows.
I cannot believe they beat me to it!
Pastrana Tricycle speed trials.
Have a rad weekend, enjoy this Bubba clip.
This is old news to some but Tamas has come out with a sick little film he calls Brighter.
Straitline Factory rider Casey Groves has a segment in it, check out the teaser!
Well I’m off to catch a flight to Minnesota where it is –11 armed only with a light stylish jacket, bike gloves, one toque that matches my open toe air cast and anti traction crutches! Why because I am a man and the cold is good for you. And I need to attend a small bike show.
So check out this Banshee Amp video the Aaron did for the AMP starring local Mark Mathews, the kid goes pretty big!
2010 Banshee Amp from Aaron Larocque on Vimeo.
Also take some time to watch this video he did on a recent trip to Thailand, great job of capturing the vibe there, most of it was shot in hectic Bangkok and Hua hin, south of the city on the coast.
I have been to Thailand ages ago and I loved Bankcock and a funny story about Hau Hin where the King has a residential palace at the south end of the city. I was snorkeling along the rocky cliffs one day when scootering around head down eyes looking for fish. When I Pop my head up to look at shore all I see a beach full of every shell imaginable, totally found the mother load.
So naturally I start looting the natural treasures when I noticed two machine guns pointed at me from a tower on the cliffs, I somehow managed to ignore every warning sign and fence propped up along the cliffs. I basically shit my pants and this was about 15 days after 9/11 happened that's when the low flying fighter jets started making sense… Thai people are so touchy about White guys creeping up like navy seals.
So I did moonwalk back into the ocean where I cleaned my shorts and swam back with a rad story.
Enjoy the vid.
Thailand from Aaron Larocque on Vimeo.
I was on Camp of Champions blog today and saw some shots from their own builders who are shaping the Olympic Pipe as we speak.
Take a look at the size of this thing. I’d tube it maybe but those walls are higher than my house.
Now for those of you not from here, the Olympics arrived in the warmest winter ever, I am in t-shirts pretty much everyday, today there is a high of 16 degrees and Cypress Bowl is so dry, just look around in the background nothing but rocks. They actually have resorted to flying in fresh snow with helicopters, that's how bad it is!
The Mogul Skiing was all slush with the kickers frozen with coolant systems but we finally managed to take gold on our home turf!
Begg-Smith, the evil looking storm trooper on the left, is a West Van local who now rides for Australia with his dual citizenship… he got P’woned by Alexandre Bilodeau settling with a silver medal for being a trader!
And since I cannot ride a bike with my leg injury, lets stay on the winter theme..
A friend of ours Caja Schöpf sent us a update on her season in Europe.
“Hows it going? Lots of snow over in B.C.?
I'm fine, had a really good season so far and finally we got at least some snow as well. I attached some pics of different shootings, I had so far.
Greets from Bavaria,
Caja”
She looks innocent but she goes big, it is disgusting really!
Caja, and Andi Wittman may be arriving this summer and attend Camp of Champions, so it will be a cozy place to hang out in the summer and I hope I am past the rehab by then!
We have Just Released the Silent Guide in to the Market and Most went to the states and Europe and I think 6 in all were slipped out to Calgary where Gary snagged and installed the first Guide as a client!!
So he was like this kid finding out he did the first install!
And he also had a smart questions to ask about the guide too.
Question:
“Quick question on your silent guide. I just picked one up and installed it on my Knolly v-tach last night. Everything went super smooth and I’m very impressed with the guide, now I’m waiting for my second one to show up for my wife’s bike. Coming from a moto background I can appreciate the design.
Just wondering if there are any concerns with types of chain lube and their affect on the poly sliders? Some plastics don’t appreciate my favourite prolink gold lube.
Also rocking your pedals and loving them! Keep up the good work.
Thanks,
Gary “
Answer:
The Polyurethane Sliders are resilient to oil with a chemical resistance measured in years where sometimes with plastics the resistance is measured in hours. So many variables in play depending on the plastic types and the solvents used but Polyurethane is a safe bet.
Good and Valid question, Enjoy the Guide in Costa Rica, send pictures Gary and I will blog them again!
So I got this trick air boot on now and I pimped it with some stickers and pretty much lay back in the office chairs and make people do things for me. You can actually buy them for $200 and if you ever want out of something, weddings, events or work put one on and go with a great story!
Who is going to question your injury ?
I saw this video on Jeff Lenosky’s Facebook page, pretty sick car for Fiesta!
Then I saw this on youtube… so crazy and it claims no one died so thats good news!
“The 2nd annual “Ray’s Odd Couple Video Contest” has once again resulted in incredible performances and amazing videos – and one of the top presentations features Giant athlete and freeride legend Jeff Lenosky.
The contest teams an MTB rider (Jeff) with a BMX rider (in this case, Chris Aceto), and a videographer (Gardener Raymond) who work the course at Ray’s Indoor MTB park in Cleveland, OH. Over the course of three days, a total of 11 teams shot and edited videos which were all shown to a crowd of hundreds on Saturday night, January 30. Based off crowd applause winners are selected, and the team of Lenosky, Aceto, and Raymond took third place! Their video is featured here.
Jeff says about Chris: “…he used to hang out years ago at my trials demos trying to pop wheelies on my bike. Flash forward five years and he’s taken his brakeless technical riding style to a pretty high level. This was his first time ever riding in a competition of this caliber, and he definitely showed he's capable of riding in the big leagues!! The video was filmed and edited by Gardner Raymond who does lots of video work with DH Productions. He put together a clean edit and did a great job making us look good!
“Our goal for the video was to explore the park and try to create new lines or use obstacles in ways they might not have been intended to be ridden. Enough rambling......Watch!”
More information about the contest at
Jeff’s personal line of Straitline Components Pedals, with 24 karat gold pins available now everywhere!
Weekend Ride from Casey Groves on Vimeo.
