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Bmxfeed Video?
Bmxfeed.com, everybody’s favorite bmx news service, just launched an awesome new feature a bmxfeed video page. It works magically (through rss) to pull the newest videos from your favorite bmx sites onto one page. No more waiting for lazy bloggers like me to make you aware of them. It’s cool, it’s hip, it’s like the future or something. Thanks to Jason Morris for putting it together as another free service to the bmx community. How awesome is that?
Leland Thurman
Our Good friend Leland Thurman of Shitluck fame, has a great write up on ChopCult courtesy of Mcgoo. Hell yea!
Three kooks in a lower rider…..
…..I am often reminded of things looking back at some on these old video clips. At one time in out short BMX history I recall Dave Parrick owning a little white mini truck. Could have been a Datsun? Don’t right remember. I do remember from time to time, Dave, James Shepherd, and myself would temp fate and try and make short road trips in this little truck. The question on most of our minds was, “Will this thing get us there and back?” And sure enough, most of the time it did. To the surprise of many people.
On one of our short trips we would often take, down to San Marcos from Austin to ride the SWT campus. This filming trip sticks out most of all to me over most any of the many other trips we took. Dave’s little truck didn’t have a radio at the time, and the short drive there was a quite one. Well on the way back to Austin, somehow the three of use broke into singing the Sanford and Son theme song. I wouldn’t really call it singing, there are no words. Dave was maned the lows, Sheps had the mids and highs, and I was on percussion. Now what was the length of that theme song? A minute? Minute and a half? Whatever it was, we had the extended version going. We made in all the way to Austin doing this for the whole 35 minutes. Good times!
Dave Parrick from edward koenning on Vimeo.
James Shepherd from edward koenning on Vimeo.
Brent Patterson
Out good friend Kim Boyle posted this over on his Blog the other day. So rad!
Two Holes
Its always refreshing when you meet a new person whom takes a part of their day just to create something funny or interesting with no payment, only because they enjoy it and want to share a piece of that with you. Frank is one of those people, hustling about town doing food deliveries via bicycle, playing music, hanging with friends, and creating something to share. Check out his blog Two Holes are better than one … where he shotguns a different beverage every day in 2010!
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Permasummer
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here at TLM. I’m stoked as hell to be a part of such a sweet website!! With all the copy and pasting the same old content on a lot of websites goin on these days its refreshing to have a great site like TLM that has quality original content. Hopefully i’ll be able to shine some light on the people/places I come across.
Since the beginning of June i’ve been traveling around. I dropped everything I was doing at home in San Francisco, moved my stuff into my dad’s basement, and hit the open road. Since then I’ve been to San Diego, all over New England during the FBM Gypsy trip with Holeshot, NYC and now Vancouver B.C It’s been nothing but good times and sunshine. For me summer is all about getting out and doin’ the most you can while it’s nice out. So with that said, I urge you all to do the same and freestyle it, bring out the friends, the bike, and even your dog!
John Iver's current setup. HIs awesome volkswagon bus, and his sweet dog finn.
Let’s Get Mystical
I’m still blown away by how good this whole video looks. Great job Joe Simon & Mutiny. Here’s the PA section because I have to rep, but you can watch the entire Let’s Get Mystical video now on the Mutiny website.
As seen on almost every bmx website.
Pink Motel Pool Party via Props
I Love My City!
Long Beach from John Hicks on Vimeo.
John Hicks is a 17 year old videographer from Long Beach. He sent over this sample of some of his work, and asked if we would show it. We were psyched on it.. Maybe you will be too!
Originality…
…is alive and well in bmx.
How To Be Awesome
Shadow posted this on their Twitter today under the name “special purpose”. Too good.
Bicycle MotoCross Action- October 1979
Tim Judge on the cover of Bicycle Motocross Action. The “on the cover” description read “doing the one-footer that he made famous…or made him famous, one or the other.” Not sure about all of that, I was always under the impression it was more for the “Leary” he had done. Either way, there must be a reason for Tim Judge to have gotten so much coverage in his time. He is a ruler for sure.
I actually started to post this for that sick picture of Bob Haro airing the crap out of that 26″ beach cruiser. Then the more I looked at the Webco add on the other page, the more I liked it. Clean, simple and to the point.
A gooseneck shootout was a common thing back in these days. Cool to see the changing styles and the evolution of the stem design. And of course there is Schwinn bringing up the rear and sticking with the single clamp design. And not to forget the clean look of those Tuff Neck stems. No wonder they were so popular. And I am not going to touch that Speedo fork ad. Too easy.
Some big time pros line up in the starting gate at the ABA Summer Nationals in Amarillo. I think the ABA needs to make the one-footed gate start a rule. That would go over real well with the racers.
Nice to look at some of the really old flat tracks these guys used to race on. Looking at that crash picture will Greg Hill taking the digger, it looks like they are racing in a gravel pit. Man I bet those were fun times.
Say what you will about BMX from this time period. A sport once trying to be so much like motocross, with the uniforms, the racing battles, and all the hype. It still just boiled down to riding a silly little kids bike on a track and having fun. Thanks to all of these guys for laying the ground work for what we have now.
Provided by Ed Koenning!
