FBM will be entering the complete bike market. Check them out HERE.
Useless fact: I remember buying FBM shirts from wing-ding at South Park race track in PA many many many years ago. Confused?
Travis Collier, the man behind all the illustrations for Fremont, has a dope photo feature up on the Lotek/Fremont zine that was shot by David Lang. Aside from being quite the illustrator, Travis happens to be an amazing flatlander with a signature seat and frame that will be out soon with MacNeil. Oh, and Travis just graduated design school and landed a job at one of the best design firms in Vancouver!
Check out an interview with Eli Platt on the Subrosa site about his new frame that is dropping on the 16th.
Jordan from Vimby just hit us up with some info on a showing of Rad in L.A. Check out what he had to say:
“Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know that some friends of mine have a guerrilla drive-in @ a location in downtown LA and it’s always a load of fun. This weekend the feature is RAD! And homie asked me to put some shit on blast for him so riders show up to watch it. Basically going to ride into downtown or something like that, eat tacos, drink, beer, sit on bikes and watch RAD!”
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Robin Fenlon kindly sent over a preview of the upcoming Ride UK, in which Dan Lacey graces the cover and continues his turndown assault.
Click below for cover and spreads.
The crew over at Dig Magazine have launched a new re-designed site that you can check out HERE.
I just got back from Mexico where this years Red Bull Elevation comp was held. I was down there on judging duty along with John Povah, Fuzzy, Ryan Barrett and Beringer/Nasty (Nasty had to fill in for Beringer on Saturday). It was a fun exciting new experience, and I was psyched to have been given the opportunity.
Everything went pretty smooth during the comp, and I’m sure everyone had a good Mexico experience. The riding was top notch and Dave King, Elf, Magilla and Nick Halsey put together some rad jumps again. Check out Ride BMX for results and some pics. Thanks to Red Bull and Jay Miron and his camp.
Below are some random memorable tidbits from the weekend:
In keeping with the LA theme, Rickey Kim has launched the 22nd issue of his Evil Monito magazine online, under the theme “Neighborhood Folk” which spotlights Echo Park and surrounding hoods. I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but the first thing that caught my eye was this eye-opening article about the homeless population in Downtown Los Angeles.
Knowing I’m a Ghostface superfan, Vinnie Sammon was nice enough to gift me one of 500 Zoo York / Ghostface tees with the accompanying skate deck. This collab between Ghost and Zoo York was born of Ghostface’s longtime love affair with the Iron Man / Toney Stark story throughout his career, with Ghost using both names as two of his aliases (which are listed on the shirt).
Ghost even starred in a scene from Iron Man, which unfortunately got cut from the movie before it hit theatres, but not before a personal phone call from Favreau who apologized did his best to make up for it.
This Thursday May 15th, Los Angeles will pass a law making it illegal for taco trucks to stay in one place for more than an hour. Failure to comply will result in fines up to $1,000 and possible jail time, despite the fact than most taco trucks have designated curb spots which their customers are familiar with, and some of them even pay rent for those spots.
If you live in LA you already know the importance of the taco truck, so go here and here to read the stories (above photo borrowed from the LA Times website - thanks) and then go to this website and sign the petition.
Maybe if Los Angeles lawmakers made it illegal to, let’s say, drive 55mph in the passing lane on the freeway, they could unclog traffic and actually help fix one of LA’s many problems…… As far as I can tell, the ability to enjoy delicious Mexican food at your convenience for dirt cheap prices is not one of them.
