Stop! Collaborate and listen, Straitlines back with…

High Five to anyone who finished the blog titles lyrics, you know how old you are!

So I just flew back from Hong Kong and boy are my arms tired!

Check out Adam Krals video, it made me smile after such a long flight -I was in a plane, never actually flew with my arms. http://www.pinkbike.com/video Adam lives up island and his racing attire caught my eye.

We attended, the Taipei show in Taiwan, typically it is a show to meet manufacturers for outsourcing but we went to meet our Asian distributors. 

Sadly the events in Japan made it a bit stressful as we watched the heat up on tv at night but all and all it was a fun show. Pics to come.

 

Cheerio!

Fogelsode S2 #9: Brett's Cali Trip Part 1

Brett Rheeder showed up to Cali a few days ago, so we started his trip with a few solid step-up seshes.  We started talking and both wanted to work on 3ing drops, so we went for a little evening scout mission, stumbling across a sweet spot, and built it the next afternoon.  The run-in was a bit sketchy, with a steep sandstone ledge into some soft sand before the boards, but offered plenty of speed into the long soft landing.  We noticed a car nearby, and unsure, decided it would be a good idea to leave, cutting the session short.  Brett’s still here for a few more days so look for more to come!

Fogelsode S2 #9: Brett's Cali Trip Part 1 on pinkbike.com

-Fogel

Mike Montgomery's New Bikes

Greg made the mistake of giving me access to his personal blog account. I then hijacked his account and added myself as a contributor to his blog. I do not contribute much, but when I do I make sure it counts. In the fall Mike Montgomery asked for custom painted bikes. I told him it would not be a problem to do his Amps up just for him. I did not tell him that I was also planning on doing his other bikes. Custom paint for Mike, top this Greg ...

Mike's Legend:


Mike's Spitfire:

Mike's Rampant:

Keep Riding.

Rob Dunnet

Jack Fogel in X Gon Give It To Ya!

Straitlines, Jack Fogelquist Signed with X Fusion suspension a while back and he was pumped.

I saw this X video today and it had a great vibe, check it out.

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Video-Teaser-X-Gon-Give-It-To-Ya-2011.html

Only Jack can pull of this music selection!

Fogel's Summer Adventure from Jack Fogelquist on Vimeo.

Mike Montgomery backflip cliffhanger !

Being the proud owner of a few freestyle motorcross games, Mike doesn’t impress me that much but I can understand how you guys get all excited on his new tricks. But I have been landing this stuff since Moto x on Xbox came out. Until I see a true double pits to chesty, Mike is an okay freestyle rider.

 

Maybe at camp of champions this summer he will impress me with the DPTC.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/184934/

 

This is me behind the lens trying to act impressed to fit in, but I  told Mike many times I have done this so many times in my xbox game it has lost its excitement. 

Not saying that doing the trick from the couch versus in person, I do understand that the blisters from the controller are not as bad as the ones from biking but they are dam close!

Sample music made from a bike!

Rob at Banshee Skype’d me this link and it is a great way to start the day.

The best clients are guys who own your stuff and make creative web edits that you have had nothing to do with. Pure enthusiasm and stoke.

Full story here http://www.pinkbike.com/news/sampledbike-2011.html

NKOTB stands for awesome!

This scene was cut from Ryan wants to Stoke you out! All because you guys missed the epic era of NKOTB and it made no sense unless you were up to  speed.

 http://www.vimeo.com/16718203 Pass word "straightline" proper spelling unlike our true brand name.

 

And feel free to check the final cut out and you be the judge http://www.pinkbike.com/news/ryan-berrecloth-episode-2--the-island-

 

And yes I personally own two limited edition still in the box Donny and Danny dolls. Laugh at me know but I have sent them on a world tour first to rep our Austrailian national DH team and to announce their new world tour. Next is Britain, where they will over see Straitlines Team MTBCUT in their national series then Germany.

Here is Danny (left) and Donny (right) catching a tan in Melbourne Australia after being unpacked with our race rings by Ty at Groupe Sportif. I think Danny has been using tan in a can…

Camp of Champions bad ass team!

Stoked on this team for Camp… 4 of our riders will be repping camp and the sport in general stoking the hell out of kids.

Casey Groves

Mike Montgomery

Jack Fogelquist

And… Brett Tippie our new member.

 

http://campofchampions.pinkbike.com/blog/cocproteam.html

Oh and here is how I first really met Tippie outside of his free ride movies.

Its a good story,stay with me.

We were at Sea Otter classic heading to the Race Face Mansion party -better known as the sausage fest party- in our luxury Camp of Champions bus.

I so thoughtfully bought a Hello kitty piñata, 2 flats of Coronas and candy to stuff the piñata with.

 

Arrived fashionably late with 2 our house warming gifts…

We carefully hung it for the festivities to come…

Then Tippie came out of know where, removed it to what I thought would be a better place for us all to enjoy… but then this happened.

Brett lost control and showed us how he breaks piñatas…

The pinata never stood a chance…

 

Then out of know where Casey groves ripped its head off and wanted to become a human piñata…

 

So we gave him a beat down!

That's how I first met Brett, at a sausage party with my Hello Kitty pinata.

 

But back to camp… it is going to be a awesome year up in the mountains.