Today sucks I stubbed my toe when I woke up and my cat never came in when I called then he ran past me and streaked mud across the hard wood. You may have pictured me owning a bad ass dob but no, I own NumbChuck he is a tough ass cat though.
I may have used this already but I do not care, enjoy.
The raddest movie ever...
Straitlines Race ring. Trust me these things are a bitch to photograph by the way.
This email came in from a client in Europe, Marco and I had a great laugh over it and feel very proud to be apart of Straitline!
"Today I checked google street view, just out of curiosity to see what your facility looks like… actually it didn’t surprise me at all. Check the attachment :D
cheers
Marco Stasi"
Behold our personalized Google Map street view!
For you keeners out there, Google map 2-10019 Galaran road Sidney BC, V8L 5X3 Canada
Dexter sent me a mini vid from his past few weeks on Prevost in Duncan BC. Dexter lives on a Island off of our Island called Salt Spring, bunch of Hippies and draft dodgers and artsy peoples, so Dexter is lucky to have discovered the bike!
Sadly when you google Mnt Prevost not much shows up but down the page you see a single vid we did ages ago. Such a under promoted riding area. I guess that's a good thing for now though.
Megadeth Monday Monday is my excuse to listen to music when I get in on my Monday and... a great excuse to search for people who get messed up and we can laugh at them.
Title says it all, enjoy.
Unsure if people are paying close attention to this but most of what we make is borrowed from moto. Our stems all use the moto clamp for the faceplate, meaning top two bolts first, then the lower two resulting in a gap and equal bar clamp.
This is DJ one of Straitlines owners and head of all CNC bling on his moto looking cool.
Here is DJ not looking cool on his moto outside of our facility
Brett Tippie is in my email and that's a better place then on the phone, he can pop an ear drum with his stoke. This video was my favorite from the Stoke me out Segments and the clay cliffs is how I got into freeriding back in the day.
Mike was in town last night after flying up to Whistler to design the new Krankworxs slope style course with the Claw, Seminuk and Vanderham for RedBull. If you are not aware of it, Monster got the boot and Redbull is taking over and from what Mike explained to me, it will be redonculousy awesome.
We went out for some beers last night after a product design meeting and I do not feel too good as I type this. But I’ll power through like a champion and post a vid Mike showed me from Osiris Shoes http://www.osirisshoes.com/
Short and sweet…
Mike is also the new Head Coach at Camp Of Champions this summer so he is amped to have control over the compound and he will be redesigning the lay out there as well.
It’s been an awesome week around here, with the sun shining and friends like Christian in town. We took advantage of the weather and trail conditions to get in a fun day of riding big bikes. Another day, Jeff and I had a cool little sesh at the step-up, before heading over to Post Office. The classic sundown-seshes have become routine this time of year, but what’s new are some of the younger riders like Jared, Simon, and Fin shredding with us. Just a week ago they were doing run-ups into the line and now they’re flowing through with style and even throwing a few tricks! Stuff like that always gets me stoked to see!
Man Boxing is a ancient technique that I have honed into perfection and I want to share with you how to Man Box.
Man Box-ing is a simple and effective way to spread love joy and laughs all at once while you embarrass a friend who feels non of the above.
All it requires is a eager recipient and a public delivery point, no faceless depot boxes, only train stations/ bus station and personal door to door deliveries from local mail /Fed Ex / UPS and so on.
Below is my first Man Box sent to Ryan Berrecloth.
What is key to the success of a Man Box is a signature and a public location. They must sign for it in order to receive it so no matter what they say to those watching, or how they try and spin it off as a joke, they still signed it and no one believes them.
Here is my latest Man Box that I carefully packed my Company Banners inside for a video project called the 1080 with Justin Brantley, Tyler McCaul and Straitline’s Mike Montgomery destined to California.
Noting “all sales final” will help sell the realness of what's inside.
What I honestly have yet to figure out is how to send the Man Boxes without equal personal embarrassment. Because I too have to drop it off in a location that is public, look everyone in the eye and say it is a joke, then sign for it myself for insurance purposes.
So there are some flaws but in the end it is worth it and Justin Brantley had to sign for this over sized Man Tube when Fed Ex showed up twice to receive a signature. Another Man Box success story.
And if you haven’t seen the 1080 project yet, check it out and good luck Man Boxing.
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