LOL... why didnt they teach me to poo in japanese class?

Ive been feeling this all week!

Big L - Put It On

guilty pleasure... im sorry but i like her music

Whatever its bubble gum pop that sounds like AQUA, fuck you... lol shes Canadian, makes her own music and was on doghouse records now get her music for free at daytrotter.com!
LIGHTS @ daytrotter

OMG the best thing ever!!

double LOL

LOL...

so awesome!

Im really into this

the world needs more of this show right now!

I hope this means its coming back! please please little 7 pound 8 ounce bundle of joy baby Jesus Christ bring the Muppets back

back on

sorry for the absence TERRIBLE blog is back on! ive been busy as hell adjusting to going back to school and let me tell you that it has been anything but this...

The Salad Days...

Despite being involved in many different scenes and listening to all types of music deep down inside i always have been a H/C kid. Here's some classic footage of some classic bands that shows how amazing and influential the hardcore scene was on the east coast during the 80's starting with a great interview with live footage from Judge, then Gorilla Biscuits final show at CBGB's in its entirety, some Rites of Spring Footy, an entire Youth of Today show at Club Anthrax back in '88 and to end it an interview with Ian Mackaye back in the salad days... enjoy

Judge




Gorilla Biscuits



Rites of Spring



Youth of Today



Ian Mackaye from Minor Threat

A Quick Photo Summary of my Weekend

carnys

william spencer

apparently this guy is seen as un-legit... to me he resembles a different path of progression from the old school. anyway you look at it what he's doing is pretty creative, pretty bad ass and pretty original.

iphone photo

After a few hours of shoveling the park was fully cleared today. Kasper brushing the rust off D-whipping the pyramid hip, he didnt want me to post this because his feet came off the pedals when he landed... tough cookies

The Perfect House

The Architectural Review has a post on the most perfect house ever built... ramps in every room... i would be happy with just a ramp in the back yard. Hit the link for the article.

the ramp house

Amazing Photo

new job, new iphone

apparently my Itunes library was impressive enough to score me a job DJing at Rayz Board Shop. Its a pretty sweet gig, i get paid to play music off my macbook and i make my own hours. I also got my Iphone today, its pretty kick ass, took this photo with it...

recycled joe rich

Here's an interview I did with Joe Rich for the now defunct Canadian BMX scene website FYSbmx.net. It's from almost a year ago, i like it so im posting it on my own blog...



1. with Taj leaving T-1 and you traveling as much as you do how have you found a way to maintain a progressive direction with T-1? like finding the time to put a new stem into development, considering that everything that T-1 creates is usually breaking new ground.

- Well, to be honest, I've had to limit my traveling quite a bit since then. Especially over the past year. I've been feeling the weight of "running in place" a bit. By this, I mean that with all that I have to keep up with in order to keep it all going at T1, I find it hard to pull up the inspiration for new concepts at times. Whether it be for an ad, for the website for for products. Its tough. For me, I rely on friends that are involved for much of their help. When I didn't have as much responsibility to worry about, I found that my brain was much more free and open for ideas for formulate. I was out and about more, so I was taking in more from that which was going on around me. It is much tougher for me now. Especially since we have had so much good stuff come out in our past. And that was when there were 5 people here at T1. The new stem idea is all John Povah's doing. I had actually spoke to John about some of his ideas. I told him that I would be stoked to make some of them a reality. It would help him out because I could pay him for his efforts, and it would help us out because it would be having some much needed new products. So that one is going nicely. Right now, I just want T1 to be something that gives a good feeling to people . . . including myself. We will do things as we see fit for us, even if that puts us on a different pace than everyone else that's doing a company. i see a lot of new stuff coming out that is just "different", but not necessarily better. I want to make sure what we are doing is a step forward for us.



2. you always seem to be putting thought into things and looking for good experiances so what was the best trip/experiance you went on this past year?

- Thank you for that ! I'm glad that you are getting that feeling from things I have been involved with. To me, the experience is the best part. Its something that I will always keep with me throughout my entire life. And sometimes those experiences can help me during other times that aren't so great. I always feel that I learn when I travel. I learn something more about myself . . and something more about the rest of the world. It feels good. Even when I learn the harsh lessons from it. That's life. Its not always roses. But I just try to take the tough times and learn from them. And that will bring me one step closer to the day I get to smell the roses again. . . Last year, I'd have to say my favorite trip was the "going to" and " coming from " part of Interbike last year. I had 2 friends from Spain along for the ride, as well as my good friend Logan Balbirona who has lived in Austin for the past year. Its fun to share the good sights and fun places I've learned from taking that trip time and time again. Its like watching kids in a candy store. Its pretty awesome.



3. BMX seems to be filled with haters and shit talk these days but i rarely hear any about you or T-1, how do you think youve managed to gain so much respect for you and your company in the BMX community? and do you have any advice on keeping your head above the heated BMX waters?

- I'm not really sure. I guess if anything, I just go about my ways. I try not to waste too much of my time with worrying what everyone else is up to. And regardless if I'm paying attention or not, I try to remember that everyone is entitled to do what they want to do. Of course I don't agree with it all, but at the same time, I don't have to. I figure that people do what they feel is best for them. There are so many variables that can go into a decision. And there is no way that I could ever understand all of what that could be just by reading a post on a message board. We only get total control of one thing in this world, and that would be our own actions. That's why I do things the way I choose, and so forth on the other side of the coin. Simple as that.




4. speaking of politics who would you want to see win the nearing election... my votes for crandall, even though hes not running.

- Oh hell yeah ! That would mean that there would be a national holiday for drinking coffee . . . that alone would make the world a better place.


5. what else can we expect from T-1 and the rest of the T-1 family in 09?

- Well we'll have to see. I've never been that good at planning too far ahead. But we have a few things on the horizon. Obviously the new stem, some new frame changes. Some frame additions. The bars and pegs have been revamped a bit. We have an entire new softgoods line coming out. I want to do another zine and a new website as well. Oh yeah, I'm going to start on a new video too. And once again, it won't be following the norm as far as format goes.



6. still rocking the fist rule on you seat post?

- I never heard of that one before, but I think I could get my fist in there. And my knees are happier for it !

random ipod 10

heres 10 tracks selected by shuffle on my ipod, just to give you an idea of that ive been listening lately

1. Ignant shit - Drake feat. lil Wayne
2. My President Remix - Young Jeezy Feat. Jay-Z
3. Persistant Vision - Rites of Spring
4. Sabotage - the Haunted
5. Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
6. Heartless Remix - Rick Ross feat. Kanye West
7. El Paso - Jason Anderson
8. Get Em High A-Trak Remix - Kanye West feat Common
9. At Your Most Beautiful - Last Days of April
10. Lets Trade Skins - Great Lake Swimmers

Amazing bike! but i would never ride it!

highsnobiety.com had this amazing bike posted, the company that makes it is Aurumania, its 24k gold plated with over 600 Swarovski crystals imbedded into it in various places. Comes hand delivered to you anywhere in the world by guys wearing white gloves all for the low price of 80000 Euros... hit the link for more info

Auramania bike

Eric Hillen will be famous pt. 2

remember when i made that post about eric hillen saying that we wanted him to get sponsored by transition bike co.? well he did... hit the link to Trannys webpage.



Transition Bikes blog

Emulgator?...

this is close to an art project that ive been planning for a couple years, im not going to let the cat out of the bag until i actually have some stuff done on it. hit the link to watch the videos and to get the run down of exactly what Emulgator is.
Emulgator

Mustaches

Mustaches are dope...

Theresa Sapergia

This is the gallery art of the woman whos doing my tattoo, its pretty dope if you ask me! she was one of the instructors in Concordia's fine arts program and now shes teaching at UNBC

hit up her webpage and check out the rest of her stuff

Theresa Sapergia

Graffiti

RIME, PIMP MY TRAILER! from Young & Balding Productions on Vimeo.

art. check
crazy trailer trash. check
dogs in costumes. check
all bases covered!

Jersey Joe is actually a well known graffiti artist who's managed to turn is street art into a lifestyle and a career, check his web page the guys amazing!

jerseyjoeart.com

Tattoo

Got some new work done on my tattoo the weekend before last, heres where its at now. We decided to change a few things and the changes added a few more months work to it but it'll be worth it!

BMX

theworldsbestever.com has an awesome slideshow of some classic 80's BMX's hit the link and check them out
80's BMX bikes

LTV Squad

I'm jealous of these guys... they document their explorations of forgotten parts of NYC. One of my favorite things to do is just to explore, especially exploring everything about large urban centers. Next time i go to a big city im going to try to do as much of this as i can!
LTV Squad

dumb trends

hahahaha... this is true for Vancouver too. Minimalism is cool and all but not when it destroys your knees, and for god sakes, stop showing up on your fixies and doing lame ass 'tricks'. I almost think that both scootering and rollerblading where more tolerable then these people... Heres what it looks like on film, take note of how awkward and stupid it all looks

This really appeals to me!

Mutant Bikes Club! Crazy bunch of artists and bicycle fenatics from San Francisco, something i can relate too. Ive actually had an idea in my head to do a gallery show with a whole bunch of "artistically modified" bicycles... hit the link and watch the video! gotta love their creativity and passion

Mutant Bikes

posted on Hype Beast
and psfk

Eric Hillen will be famous

i was in Prince George all last year and i realized that no one there was filming the local riders which is kind of stupid considering that there are lots of good guys to film. When my friend Wayne moved there i knew that some filming of him had to be done, and then when me and Wayne got together we decided that our friend Eric should ride for Transition Bikes. So long story short, heres the videos I made of Eric, and we should find out in the next couple weeks if Erics riding for Transition.

Tattoo

so when i was about 15 i started getting into tattoos, i kept thinking of great ideas that would cover my whole body. Tigers fighting unicorns through the rings of Saturn... a rabid ET tearing through the skin on my chest... all fantastic ideas but i held back and said to myself that if i still wanted it in 10 years then i would get a big tattoo. So her i am at 25 and i started my full sleeve. I decided on Japanese style, mainly because of the practice and the tradition of tattooing in Japan which i found to be close to my personal beliefs. The more i educated myself in the research i was doing the more respect i had for the traditions and the meanings of the art in japan.




Ive been through 3 sittings totaling about 12 hours of work and this Friday I'm in for 6 more hours which will bring the art down to my wrist. The art is of two different dragons and ocean waves splashing though them, with possibly a small boat being cast in the waves and a few other things that will help to tie the whole piece together. I'm a little less then half done and I'm not expecting it to be done until April or may, ill keep things updated after every visit.

welcome i guess

Welcome to my blog, to be honest i started it to motivate me with my art. Art being writing, photography, videos and music, so this will serve almost as a public fourm for whatever i end up creating, and for whatever i find inspiration in. So with that being said, i'll be posting whatever works i feel fit too and whateveres inspiring me in the mean time so comments are good! party time!