Steve Crandall

Coffee sipping pilot of a red FBM frame and a Nikon camera.

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Jim Bagg

Is that A deer on the bike?

This is Jim Bagg, a guy I used to work with. His real name is jim Bagg, and he lives somewhere between the space engineering genius world in his head and the unfortunate meth mouthed reality of an eccentric backwoods survivalist. He is kooked. Not a bad guy, but definitely the only person I have ever met who wants to be a caveman, and also killed a deer, gutted it, mounted it on his bicycle and rode it home…. More Jim Stories Soon.

This is not Halloween!

Haulin ass. and neck, and remaining carcass...

Serial Killer BMX stunt tattoos?

This gem was seen on Growing Like Grass. via Ernesto Rodriguez. Stunning!

Derrick Girard!

The Maniac…

Go on!

The Replacements

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Lou…

Somewhere along the way, if you are lucky enough, your heroes become obsolete, and your friends replace them…

Here are some of the folks who contribute to this site…

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KB.

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Lou, Forgash and I, Karaoke riot –

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KB again

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Santa…

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Forgash!

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Leland!

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Evan Veditti!

Andrew Forgash!

So my friend Andrew Forgash Calls me tonight laughing in hysterics, amidst his cheer he tells me the following; his high School 10 year reunion is coming up, to which he has no interest in.

The former class president finds him via his website email, and some google searching, explaining she is in charge of getting in contact with the entire class. Andrew responds by creating a new email address- TheandrewforgashMemorialfoundation@Andrewforgash.com, explaining how he was killed, and writes this fictitious news report to attach to the email.

from New York Times
26 Year Old Crewman Dies in Sea And Three Men Are Missing

A crew member of a clamming boat died and three men were missing last night when their 84-foot boat floundered in rough seas and sank in the Atlantic 13 miles off Manasquan, N.J., the Coast Guard said.

One of the vessel’s owners, Pete Long, said the boat, the Grim Marria, appeared to have been swamped by 8- to 10-foot waves so vicious that a Coast Guard rescue boat had to turn back.

‘They were taking water over the bow,’ said Mr. Long, a co-owner of L.A.S.S.D. Enterprises in Cape May, N.J. ‘If that happens and water gets down into the tanks, once it starts to list it won’t recover.’

The Coast Guard received a distress call from the boat around 6 P.M. An hour later, the crew member, Andrew Forgash 26, was found by a Coast Guard helicopter, floating in a life preserver and alive but unconscious. He died at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune two hours later, a hospital spokeswoman said. ‘He was named a hero by the surviving crew members for the lives he saved and his efforts.’

At one time it was heard that Mr. Forgash was on fire, due to an electrical explosion. Still helping others.

Although Coast Guard rescue teams were to continue searching throughout today, Stephan Godsbey of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic City Group said that with water temperatures in the 40’²s and barely any debris visible on the water, the outlook for the other three crew members was not bright.

‘He was a strong swimmer, maybe the strongest in the crew. but he was in the water for an hour,’ Pete Long said of Mr. Forgash, ‘and that was definitely too much for him.’

The Grim Marria left Point Pleasant, N.J., about 50 miles south of New York City, sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday for a 24-hour trip to dredge for ocean quahogs, a large species of clam usually canned or processed into breaded clam strips, Mr. Long said.

After an uneventful trip to an area somewhere between 15 and 30 miles out, the Grim Marria was returning home when the seas grew rough, Mr. Long said. Neither he nor the Coast Guard knew what caused the high winds ‘“ more than 30 knots ‘” and rough seas off Manasquan.

When the helicopter spotted Mr. Forgash, floating and holding a flare, a swimmer was lowered into the water and wrestled him into a rescue basket.”

When Andrew’s mother started getting calls and condolences, she freaks out on him, and he laughs… questioning if it’s ok that he doesn’t feel bad.

Simple Shapes

The thrill of the hunt, and the endless possibilities, that come out of one simple shape make for a good adventure, no matter what. Howard Tarpey shot these gems, and we wanted to share them… Great pics, simple forms, good times!

Stay the f*** out!

Carve that sucker...

enter....

Random disruptive sequence.

Aaron Warren.

2:10 give or take...am or pm

Hey! It's the Get Loose Crew!

Full Pipe gallery by Howard Tarpey

Thanks for sharing the pics Howie- Get Ridiculous!

Homemade splint...

This particular photo takes place in the Pittsburgh in the summer of 2007, at a bike comp. The two people in this photo are none other that Kelly Baker, and one Ben Bean, AKA 4th grade. 4th’s nickname was given to him as a joke, about his level of proficiency with reading and writing. He embraced this joke, and is now widely known, and simply as 4th grade. Kelly is nothing short of a legend… Any rate, as seen above in said photo, 4th is practicing balancing beers on his ever growing beer gut, and Kelly is showing off his homemade splint for his freshly broken hand. This particular splint consisted of a 6mm allen wrench and toilet paper,he also has a butterfly stitch above his eye.

The day was billed as an old school Dirt jump comp with corporate sponsorship , at a friends house, who also had ramps and non contest style jumps, so we drove down from new york, to ride, hang out with friends, and have a good time. The only problem was that rained… and that meant 2 things, Beer consumption and restlessness. Midway through the afternoon, amidst scattered storms, and attempts to ride, Kelly managed to drink at least a 12 pack, likely more, and smoked a bowl out by the contest hucker, at which point, he simply said ‘“ ‘fuck it’, and tried jumping the 30 foot virgin dirt monster, sinking in to the soft landing, flying over the bars, and KO-ing himself. Within an hour he was walking around, pounding beers, half dazed, and mostly hammered. No big deal.

The part of this story not shown in this pic, is how the contest site/ residence turned into a campsite, with dozens of tents and hammered bikers. At some point we were all hammered, 4th grade had gone out on a beer run, and Kelly had passed out for the night in the driveway on a childrens foam swimming pool mat type thing. People were scattered all about, sleeping where ever…

At this point, 4th grade comes back from his beer run, after most people are already done. and Kelly is sleeping right in the Driveway, as he’s pulling in. Some people are cautiously watching the driver coming down the driveway, not sure who it is, and not sure if the sleeping body, or the driver are aware of each other. The answer is NO, and Kelly wakes up screaming under the car, and somehow pops up from underneath, pounding the car, yelling ,’pull it over, Pull over dude, you just ran me over….’. everyone knows Kelly is a badass, so no one is sure how serious the situation is, or if he is hurt at all. Out of the SUV pops 4th grade proclaiming apologetically, ‘holy shit dude, I thought I cleared you..’ to which Kelly replies ‘well YOU FUCKING DIDN’T…’ several exchanges were made, and it eventually the situation diffused itself. Kelly, with a broken hand, stitches, a swollen eye, and now freshly runover by an SUV, simply states- ‘dude, that foam pad totally saved my life….’ In the distance, a man known as ‘˜English Pete’ can be heard yelling ‘4th grade, you’d like to just run over a legend in an auto…’ in a strong english accent, and we all fell asleep laughing.

Me and Mike Watt…

Lou Barlow, Murph, mike watt, and a dude with a corona…

The people will survive
In their environment
The dirt, scarcity, and the emptiness
Of our South
The injustice of our greed
The practice we inherit
The dirt, scarcity and the emptiness
Of our South
There on the beach
I could see it in her eyes
I only had a Corona
Five cent deposit…-the minutemen

– I got to hang out with a legend. I was in Awe.