Fuck BMX.

Cali B-Sides.

2010-05-06T11:59:00.002-04:00

So the race was a total let down. 40 motos? At a pro series national? That's a joke. Not even 2 full racks of pros, on the West Coast? Really? Fuck.
The sad part is that the only people is the one's who are being political and choosing sides... and for the pros... Rather than travel to the race that is more than likely one of the closest ones and make some money, they stayed home... Let down. Ruiners.

After flying to SFO, my buddy Ryan left me for the beginning of his vacation and a night out in San Fran. I sat and waited for a 2 hour delayed Johnny P and watched the Bike Cops do sprints through baggage claim.

Looking a fucking mess. Slept less than 2 hours in a parking lot after we finally found our way to the track at like 4am(the race was ~3 hours from SF). Totally shot.

Saw this dog in a pickup trunk on my way to 7-11 to buy round 1 of coffee and energy drinks. Luckily I cameup on a case of Monster later in the day...

Probably one of the best facilities I have ever been to. On top of a top notch track, they have a full set of trails going down the other side of the hill.

John decided not to race day 2. We decided we wanted variety. We day drank a little, did some shots, and then met Al Roybal and crew for dinner... Rather than order over priced drinks, we just brought all the rum and whiskey we had and ordered diet cokes. We tried going out afterwards but everything was fucked, so we just went back to the hotel and slept through most of Sundays race.

this little guy was at the hibachi grill... Never seen the siamese variety.

Worst hotel I ever stayed at. We didn't book a room, just winged it. They quoted 60 on the phone, we paid 54? no tax. I took a cold shower.

On our way to the track we figured we would get donuts. The donut store only had 12 donuts. We decided it would be funny to just order them all. They also refused to give me regular milk for my coffee, so i just went and stole a chocolate milk, took what I needed and put it back on the shelf. assholes.

Ronnie Gaska was riding Shoreham while I was away. Hell yea.

Todd Lyons was there. Wildman Wednesdays are awesome. I touched his nipple. He didn't know how to react. He flexed it out.

Catrick.

Mexican Flee Market sells the wildest shit. Here are some trading cards. I came pretty close to buying 2 puppies for $20 but John wouldn't let me.

Drove way to fast through these mountains in our race car. No clue how I evaded all police.

BMXMania creepin. Look at those bags under my eyes.

Australian stealin out olympic training spot. Everything is bigger than it looks.

... San Diego.

More to come I guess.

B sides of Texas.

2010-03-23T11:05:00.002-04:00

I was recently in Dallas covering the ABA BMX super nationals. Stuff from that can be seen here and here with a couple of galleries coming soon that I am currently editing.

The weather in Texas was one of the most miserable things I have encountered in a long,long time. Upon arrival Friday, everything was just fine. I went and bought a power inverter for my car so I would be able to work from there, wandered into a thrift store for some shitty tshirts and then I was off to the races... Unknowingly late.

I wasn't to late atleast. Everything was fine actually. And it was beautiful out, just as it was when I left New York. I even put my bike together and rode a cement park that night before meeting a friend for drinks and writing up the part one of my story.

Saturday is where everything went down a hill, fast.

I sat in the second to last row of the plane. As shitty as it seems at first knowing that, it is kinda awesome. You're the first one on the plane and last one off. Granted, I don't want to be crunched on that thing any longer than I have to, but there is ample space to put your carry on which in my opinion is kinda worth it. Somehow, our flight got to the airport a full hour early. Something about a lack of head wind. Maybe it was carrying the storm down?

I always shoot the jump into the first turn first. It's always a good shot, and allows me more time to scope out where else I am going to shoot from afterwards. Round 1?

The clay within the venue is way hard. My knees were killing me. To much calcium? there is a distinct line where it goes from pack like cement to loose as sand.

I've started to be come a connoisseur in shitty malt liquor and bum drinks. I meant to take a picture of my 6 pack of mickey's alone with my bottle of MD 20/20 next to my pile of thrift store shirts, but as typical, failed.

Ex single A pro racer James Corroza allowed me to stay with him Saturday night. this is his dog. My brother owes him $20 from 7 years ago. He didn't break any legs this weekend, but drank 3 margaritas and was lit.

Lit.

I made james and his girlfriend do shots of MD 20/20. Banana Red. Tastes just like Banana.

What the fuck is the deal with that? Really. What the fuck. Friday was in the 70's, Saturday was in the mid 40's and sunday just dropped completely off. It took me over an hour to make the 20 minute drive from James' house to the BMX track. I saw cars against walls everywhere and one on its side. Driving to the airport later in the day was like driving through a car battle field. Bits and pieces everywhere.

I was running later after the traffic sunday, so I parked in the grass... and immediately sank 3 inches. Had to borrow a tow strap and get someone to pull me out. Fuck yeah mud puddles.

This little taco shack was undoubtedly the best thing that happened to me on Sunday. On my way to the airport. Left myself plenty of time. and then got lost. Made it to the rental car dropoff by 1:15 for my 2:15 flight.... and still hadn't packed. Managed to put everything(i think...) in my bags, and pull my bike apart and pack that in 10 minutes freezing cold in a parking lot. It wasn't until I got ont he shuttle bus that I realized I still had the keys in my pocket. The driver hooked me up and took care of them.
My flight was delayed an hour. i looked like shit, didnt have time to change, was completely filthy. Went to the airport bar. Was granted a double shot and a jack and coke for $12.

Finally back in New York from a hellish trip, and this little asshole attacks me.

If you haven't watched Darryl Nau's day in the life on www.props.tv I highly suggest you do. It will inspire you to cook some sweet potatos.

All in all, I am just being a whiney bitch because I know New York had a fantastic weekend. I'm bitter about that. But fuck it, this too shall pass.

Happy Birthday Max.

2009-12-01T13:01:00.002-05:00

Max just yelled at me for never updating.
I'm lazy.

This kid is 21 now.

yo girl, what's your major?

2009-10-14T16:48:00.003-04:00

I slack.
Went up to Ithaca/Binghampton this past weekend with Hoey for the opening of the Nick Wilson Memorial Skate Park in Newark Valley, which is a small town in the sticks, with a population of about 1500. Nick Wilson died while fighting over in Iraq, in a town of 1500, that seems to hit everyone who lives there....
The whole scene was like something out of a movie. It was cold and rainy. The color guard was there. The Mayor was there. A priest was there. The police shut down the road in both directions for the ceremony where a bunch of people from the town were gathered. Nick's brother flew in from Texas(he's in the airforce) and read some words(i'm pretty sure that info is accurate, i might have people confused). It was a pretty surreal sight.
People rode bikes and had fun. The sun came out.

Aside from that. Upstate kids are pretty awesome.

Growing a sweeeet 'stache.

Kelly Baker, siked, throwing out Manmade stuff.

Steve Crandall punched me in the teeth and then handed stuff out.

The 7th Grade class in town made a bunch of signs that were posted all over.

People.

Nick Marzolino. This kid is the reason all of this happened. He wrote Nike a 150 word essay in a "why should you have a skatepark in your backyard contest" but instead of writing about why he should have a ramp in his yard, he wrote about how he wish there was a ramp/park to remember his friend in his town.

Jon Capozzi

After Toby(above) failed at shotgunning a rockstar, this little kid shook one up, exploded it in his face, and then pounded it. Pour Toby.

Little kids upstate like to breakdance.

I'm going to steal some photos from Brian Tarbell later in this post.

Mike Spinner didn't even show up.

This was the only run I took. Straight to flat nose diving.

Patrick the cat is fucking awesome.

I left my camera in Hoeys car with him while I disappeared for the night. This is what I got.

Endwell is hard.

Hancock and John Lee will be on LI this weekend.

Hoey. Artfag flare.

Chris Hancock is the more in control of his bike than anyone I've ever met.

Over under.

these are what I stole from Tarbell.

This photo is titled 'berr in a coffee cup'
Atleast I'm eating an apple though.

John Lee.

Wishes he owned a Lorenzo Scarf

Hancock.

Here's a Gallery
Tarbells Flickr
an actual write up about the weekend

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2009-08-18T14:40:00.000-04:00

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Keith Terra.

2009-08-14T07:31:00.002-04:00

I've had the AIM converation saved since the 3rd of July, and a .doc file named "sukadickterra" sitting on my desktop since last Friday.
I been slackin.

Keith Terra.

Ain't scared.

FuckBMX:
so when did you get into bmx, and how?

Keith Terra:
you could say that i got into bmx when i first learned how to ride a bike when i was 5. i remember within a week of learning how to ride a two wheel i was jumpin off curbs and darting into traffic in queens. and when i moved out to LI when i was 6 kids in my neighborhood had jumps at the end of the block and i would try to jump what i could. but i didnt get into racing till i was 8. a friend of mine that i played baseball with raced and shoreham. and one sunday i went there with him. and the rest is history

FuckBMX:
how long was it before you started racing nationals and traveling for bmx after you started?

Keith Terra
id say about two years. i did my first state series in 1990 when i was 10 and started traveling for nationals that year as well. i raced nationals before then, but only local ones within the tri state area

FuckBMX
cool, so how long did it take you to move up the ranks? what was your first real expert race?

Keith Terra
it only took me a couple weeks to move up to expert. i turned x by the time i was 9. i believe i turned up opening day in the 89 season. back then it was only like 5 wins to move up to novice and 8 to expert. i had a straight win streak to ex.

FuckBMX
damn, so you more or less only raced expert... did you win any titles? how many?

Keith Terra
yea..pretty much my whole race career was in ex and superclass. i didnt win many titles though. i did win #1 sate the first year i raced. and then i raced it for fun in 94 i think and won it that year as well. but i never got national #1. i got #2 in cruiser the last year i raced it in 93 i believe...yea..93...13 cruiser. wildest indoor grands track in memphis, tn. they had an over and under bridge.

1993 Shoreham BMX Country.

FuckBMX
thats sick, whats the wildest track youve ever ridden?

Keith Terra
fuck...theres been soo many. Evansville, IN was probably one of the best tracks. it was by far the fastest track i've been to. way faster then southpark. i thought the track was fast when i first raced it at 15 years old. then i went back there when i turned pro...and it was even faster.

Keith Terra
and of course shoreham from the years 93-98...the place was almost like trails. you had to be on your game to ride that place good.

FuckBMX
so how long did you race before you moved up to super class?

Keith Terra
umm...about 9 years
started racing at 8 years old..turned superclass when i was 17

FuckBMX
nice, how about a sponsor list? i know you went through some of the better teams in your day...

Keith Terra
yea..i've had a few...
my first sponsor was MCS/Eagle Snacks.
then there was Shoreham BMX country. that was a good team.
Rich and Gary Soper were on it along with Iarocci and myself.
Then Base picked me up. iwas real stoked on that. but i only raced for them for like half a season. shortly after Supercross wanted me to ride one of there crazy frames and ride for them. so i did...haha. good thing that only last about a year. then TNT offered me a ride and quickly took it. rode for them for a couple years. Then i rode for Standard bykes. that was the best team i was on.

Terra and Iarocci

FuckBMX
you were one sbc in it's prime... when everyone who was anyone outside of racing rode a standard... what was it like being a part of that?

Keith Terra
yea..i got on at a good point of SBC. it was pretty wild being a part of that. traveling to contests with people like Joe Rich, Sandy Carson, Luc E, Moliterno, and the list goes on. i mean i knew all those guys prior to standard. but i would only see them at the trails and other spots. i was never a part of something like that. things were real solid.
so it seemed...then i couldnt stand it anymore. its hard to explain.

FuckBMX
what percent hip hop would you say you are now that it's 2009 rather then like 1999?

Keith Terra
haha
i'd say the same
about .5%

FuckBMX
do you still play game boy on the regular instead or riding street spots?

Keith Terra
ha...i wish i did
i never had a game boy...and on that trip someone had one and i played it the whole time
haha

FuckBMX
so in 1998 you wrote a pretty infamous letter... i only know you as a loving young man, where in your heart did that letter come from? why did you decide to go through with it?

Keith Terra
boy i'm gettin tired of explaining this..haha

FuckBMX
i wouldnt have asked, but i heard you challenged him and catfish to a 3 way one night...

Keith Terra
well..it all stared that Nyquist came to our trails to film for a video without asking anyone. he showed up..filmed...didnt really talk to me or anything. and that kind of pissed me off.
and actually it was Robo's idea for the letter. and i went along with it. it wasnt really directed towards Nyquist. i just used him as an example. it was how these dirt jumpers were called trail riders. just cause you can hit 3 straight doubles...doesnt mean your a trail rider
and its the fault of the media...they labled them as one
haha..did i challenge him and catfish

FuckBMX
yea, at supes party...
you even called mulligan and possibly tunney to alert the media

Keith Terra
i called mulligan about presenting at nora cup
i remember that

FuckBMX
did he say yes?

Keith Terra
he said he'd think about it

This photo is shot by Mulligan, and stolen off Keiths Facebook. It's one of my favorite bmx photos ever though.

FuckBMX
if nyquist wins a cup, and you going to punch him in the kidney?

Keith Terra
haha..na. me and nyquist are friends now

FuckBMX
why didn't you guys fight that year at the Christmas classic? are there still I hate Terra shirts floating around?

Keith Terra
i didnt want to do it. it was a funny idea...but at the same time it would just make the both of us look stupid. parade us around like a bunch of clowns. no thanks
and i think supe's had one shirt. i think i have an "i love terra" shirt

FuckBMX
i'm pretty sure he actually made 10 of each...
did you win the dk dirt circuit that year?

Keith Terra
no..there were more. he sold a bunch at the christmas classic that year
haha..no i didnt.
i did make the finals though

FuckBMX
I just checked the facts, you would be happy to know that Foster won, and Nyquist didn't even podium.

Keith Terra
hahaha...hellz
got to love BF
actual living legend

.
FuckBMX
what were your top 5 trails to ride back then

Keith Terra
i'd say 7-11, oak park, posh, nam, drexelbrook

2008 Panamoka

FuckBMX
once sevs got plowed, how did long island change?

Keith Terra
it seemed like the scene broke apart
at sev's there was a huge session there every weekend.
everyone would come down..hang out..chill.
when the trails got plowed. it seemed like no one really saw anyone anymore. and shortly after that oak got half plowed down.
i moved to PA after the sev's got plowed. it felt like there was nothing for me on the island anymore

FuckBMX
thats crazy, was there ever a period where you thought that you might just be done with trails?

Keith Terra
no..never
but i almost fell off bmx completely back in 03
i was goin through bad times with some personal things....was drinkin too much...didnt ride for like 3 months.

FuckBMX
top 5 long island riders pre 2000?

Keith Terra
haha..pre 2000..hmmm...
Brian Iarocci, John Lee, Ronnie Gaska, Tim Strelecki, Matt Vietch
Vietch did the best switch footed tables i've ever seen....EVER

FuckBMX
when did you completely call it quits with racing? any reason? is there a comeback in the works?

Keith Terra
it was when i was 18 in 98. it was out southpark day 1. the reason why i quit i was gettin tired of crashing due to other people that dont know how to ride a bike...whether it being people fallin infront of me..or into me..or on me.
that race when i quit...i was superclass main and someone passed me in turn #2 to take 3rd place from me...i let him pass cause i knew i could pass him over the pro jump. but lucky me he unclipped and fell right infront of me.
walked back to the Standard tent, told Moliterno to take me out for day 2 cause i was done racing for good.
and a comeback...there might be

FuckBMX
tuesday nights at shoreham sound like theyre going to be pretty sick... it would be a good time to get back in it

Keith Terra
i'm thinking of it. but that track is sooo long.
haha

(Keiths Current Track time is 48.25 seconds.)

FuckBMX
i need to run to the store and buy some candy real quick... so heres a few questions.
1. top 5 trails currently
2. top 5 riders currently
3. best 3 videos you appeared in...
and then some thank your or whatever

Keith Terra
top 5 trails currently....Panamoka, Catty, Posh, Keyko, Bakers.
top 5 riders....BF, Chase Hawk, John Lee, Darryl Tocco, Aitken.
best 3 videos appeared in....1201, Base Neighborhood Superheros, Standard Domination

Keith Terra
thanks...i'd like to thank everyone who's supported me in the past and present. all the companies that hook me up. the whole Long Island scene and Miller Light.
Keith Terra
haha..maybe not miller light

This is a link to a tshirt. What the fuck?

I hope my text is formatted well enough this time around.

Trail jam... kinda.

2009-08-03T15:08:00.003-04:00

I had all of my camera gear in the car, planning to shoot photos...
but before the time came, the whole session died. Scott took it to the face pretty good and was out for a couple of minutes...
I was going to post a few pictures of the aftermath, but instead, heres a puppy.

And a clip of Nick.

Slacking.

2009-07-28T22:14:00.000-04:00

This kid got married.

Congrats Sean!

Ronnie Gaska Bike Check.

2009-07-08T16:48:00.004-04:00

So before Ron goes on his one man road trip to TN to win some mains I figure I should post this.... Oh, and this guy's birthday is Friday also... be sure to email him your birthday wishes.

Part Brand/Type

Frame: Standard 125RG 21"
Fork: Sunday Morning
Bars: Sunday TRIUMPH
Cranks: Shimano DXR 175mm
Pedals: Shimano 545 Clipless
Pedals: Mosh (DX Replica) (note from Patrick: they never get used)
Stem: Odyssey Classic
Sprocket: Rennen 4-Bolt 44 (soon to be 39th)
Chain: Sedis
Seat: Generic
Post: Thomson Elite
Clamp: Zoom Quick Release
Headset: Odyssey Integrated
Grips: Primo Stricker
Brakes: Tektro V
Lever: Tektro V
Cable: Odyssey Linear Slic
Hubs: Profile Mini Cassette w/Ti Driver
Cog: Profile 16 tooth (soon to be special Rennen 14th)
Rims: Alienation Deviant/Runaway
Spokes: Odyssey Butted Race Spokes
Nipples: Odyssey G Sport Nipples
F Tire: KHE Folding Dirt Tire 20 x 2.15
R Tire: KHE Folding Park Tire 20 x 1.90"
# Plate: Team Long Island

Total Weight 20.11 lbs

Ron also told me he had a separate column in his spread sheet that listed individual weights, but said "that shit is top secret, and you're just making fun of me."

This man was to modest to do a full on interview, but I got these questions out of him.

Why do you ride a more or less all chromo race bike when most other
people are riding aluminum and carbon?

I had two bikes, a chromo trail bike and an aluminum race bike. I felt like
constantly switching bikes was preventing me from getting 100% comfortable
on either of them so I decided to build a bike that I could use for both.
For a trail riding bike aluminum was out of the question and besides one or
two headset spacers I have never had any carbon on a BMX bike of mine.

What's with those crazy cranks?

The 'crazy cranks' as you say, along with the gigantic looking front
sprocket and the V brakes are part of the racing side. The cranks are super
stiff and the big gear and V brakes are just more reliable than a small gear
and 990 brakes.

With all the Sunday/odyssey parts you run, it hardly looks like a race
bike... What's the deal?

The Odyssey and Sunday parts were also on my aluminum race bike when I had
it. They don't scream race bike but that's just because they aren't marketed
towards racing. That stuff is light weight, high quality, and super strong.

Any shoutouts?

Yeah, a lot of people helped me get this bike together:
Chuck at Quality Collision, John at Sign Designs, Nuno at Odyssey, Rick at
Standard, and Steve at Bike Discounters.
Also, Rich Soper helped me out with some stuff and my wife Lynnsey gets a
shoutout whenever I get the chance.

I stole most of these photos from his facebook, but also shot some of them.

Check ESPN. ESPN South Park Gallery

I can't even steal a title from "It's Always Sunny..." because Tom already did.... The Gang Gets Racist.

2009-06-30T19:29:00.002-04:00

South Park is the best.
Good long ass weekend. Learned some things, Mike is a griller, Rich's favorite Disney character is Tiger and Ronnie Gaska is a legend more then we though.
Team Long Island is comin up.

We watched the first 2 seasons of "It's always sunny" on this trip.

The back seat of an escalade isn't made for 33 year old men.

Folding the seats down and sitting on top is just a temporary relief.

This tree got stuck the fuck by lightning. We had a crazy storm Friday evening.

Once the storm passed, Mike Grillkullen took out his 10 lbs of chicken that had been marinating for 2 weeks and got his grill on.

Rolled in style. It's a shame you don't have rims dugan, we coulda been ridin on blades.

Bikes.

Gaska kept telling us that he wasn't a big deal and to stop making him seem like one. Until the announcer started announcing. Not only was Ronnie the last to get announced before every lap, but he was referred to as "The Legend himself" This guy is bigger than jesus.

Crazy Al Cayne clockin some footy.

In his first moto of the weekend, the G-Man showed everyone that he was NOT fucking around this year.

Dugan is also starting his comeback tour.

At one point while I was shooting photos in one of Toms races, all I could hear was the dude next to him telling him how much of a faggot he was.

Mike Grillkullen hasn't quite got his swagger back yet, but be assured that he is fucking siked and that it will return shortly.
He unclipped this weekend and left his pedals and shoes in the dumpster. Flat pedal revolution.
I sometimes make things completely up.

The first step to getting big time is our factory sponsor?

Gaska earning a demerit. Flatter than a bottle of pepsi water?

Bivs making moves from the outside.

Grillin kilkullen still has a little swagger though.

I can't believe little Matt Polkamp beat me by so much this lap.

Gaska made it to the podium, Phil Potosnak is awesome.

Gaska, opincarr, Potosnak.

The gallery...

The files...

FBM - I love my bicycle weekend.

2009-06-22T09:26:00.004-04:00

Rain fucking sucks.
FBM's documentary premiered at the Bicycle film fest this weekend. The whole weekend was just a mess. The video was awesome though.
I got a new iPhone, so get ready for messy video clips, and hearing my obnoxious laugh.

Boston George and I got lost trying to figure out where I lived friday night. We never made it. We built these hoboshacks(might have just been him building?) and slept under the BQE until 10am.

This is a Film Festival, start hurting yourselves. English put me thru a table or 2 and Kelly punched me in the face. All in the good way, haha.

We had to ride our bikes to the other side of Brooklyn to meet up with people. We got caught in this rain storm. Noone wanted to pick us up.

Russel Barone won the long jump, something stupid like 25 feet?

You can't see shit in this one, but you can hear it. It's the director Joe and Steve Crandal giving speech type things after the video

Fuck BMXBoard. Kelly Baker, I love you.

The Nice!est guy in BMX, John Lee.

2009-06-15T21:42:00.003-04:00

John Lee is on every ones top 5, and is one of the nicest people around...

Photos stolen from Facebook, FBM and RyanHoey.com

FuckBMX: so your teeth all good?

John Lee: yup, i had a cleaning last week and no cavities and today i had a perodontical charting to check the condition of my gums

FB: so i guess we can start this with the typical 'how long have you been involved in bmx' question?

JL: geez, thats a tough one, i been jumping a bike ever since i learned to ride one, but i guess i started riding around 92-93

FB: what year did you start racing? around the same time?

JL: nope i started racing later, when i first got into riding i was racing R/C cars down the street from shorehame in wading river. There was a hobby shop called Latest Hobbies and raceway i would go there every sunday to race and one day on the way to racing i asked my mom to stop into bmx track to look at it
JL: but it wasn't unitl my friend brian waller and i went to track in 94-95 that i did my first rookie race
JL: shoreham was crazy then, my first race in 14 beginner has 1/8ths
JL: i didn't even race the main because it was midnight and my mom had to pic me up from the track and they were still running semi's
JL: plus my friend brian crashed over the doubles on the last straight and ripped the head tube off his MCS
JL: after that i didn't go back to shoreham for about a year and then really got into racing

Endwell.

FB: wow that's crazy... i thought you had started way earlier since Oak Park was already crazy by the time Shady Bunch came out in like '98.... How long did it take you to move up the ranks in racing?
FB: (after you committed to it)

JL: um... i moved up to novice locally after i got the 5 or 7 wins that you had to do. And racing nov at shoreham tuesday nights was fun, i did my National year as a novice,

FB: back then novice was an actual class i suppose, now it's kind of just a big joke... When did you start digging at Oak Park?

JL: man, novice was crazy then, i mean my first novice race i remember clearly. you had to be able to pick up and speed jump the camel into the first turn in order to be in the game,
JL: and everyone was pedaling over the first roller
JL: in beginner if you could jump the last doubles you could take it anytime, in novice everyone could do that. And open wheels at the time was really crazy
JL: As for oak park the earliest footage i have of that place is around 92-93, but i think i started digging there in begining of 92, it all started because Chris watson took me to sterits in patchogue after school one day and when all the older guys weren't looking i tried to jump a roller and case so bad that it turned heads
JL: they guys there told me i should build my own jumps to learn to ride, so i took there advice
JL: Originally Oak park was Chris watson and myself, chris got his learners permit and stop riding and at the same time James Zylowski, Ron Jones and Brian Waller started riding with me and we all built at oak
JL: When James, Ron, and Brian faded, Matt Vietch and Reid were right there

FB: That's pretty wild that it started because you essentially got kicked out of other trails... and then turned out to be a few years before it's time
FB: did you guys just like pedaling and going as far as possible?

JL: i guess it was being kicked out but it was done for the best, build at your own pace and build exactly what you like to ride and its all smiles
JL: at the time with oak everyone built practice tracks in some form, and we just liked to go fast and far, so you had to pedal
JL: 45/16 was my gear of choice then, 5th gear wide open

FB: haha sick

JL: but if we had a down hill when we started oak, we would most likely have still cranked and just gone farther

FB: haha, thats how it was back then though because everyone raced anyway
FB: what year was it that you got picked up by TNT and fell in love with the stove pipes?

JL: i never rode for tnt, but i always thougth the stove pipe was cool looking since i saw one on a tnt long fellow frame. Terra had bike with stove pipe, it might of been his chrome tnt, or the teal one, it was bad ass. But I worked at sayville bike works and we had a great working relationship with tnt, and when they decided to do a dirt jumping bike (KOD) they gave me the prototype to ride and it had a stove pipe.

Fresh.

I'm pretty sure this isn't even the stovepipe frame, dude just likes life.

FB: i think most people on long island know you because of sayville (myself included) how long did you work there for before disappearing tot he unknown?

JL: I started working there when i was in tenth grade so that is about 94-99, then i went away to college and worked there summers and holidays from 99-02, then when i move to bklyn, i would work at the shop on the weekends from 02 - 06, so that 12 years of shop time
JL: Working at sayville bike works was awesome
JL: Jeff is such an amazing guy. He is a great boss, but more important a great friend and like a second father in ways, not to get all emotional and what not but he is a big infulence in my life has always had my best intrest in mind.
JL: even through he set me up with z-tec, his heart was in the right place
JL: ha ha

FB: hahaha
FB: yea, to this day the only shops i ever go to are jeff's and bird's... the atmosphere in there hasn't changed a bit.

JL: i haven't gone to birds shop, but you know bird use to work at sayville bike works

FB: bird worked at tonys forever too, and that was my local shop, so he was someone i grew up around
FB: were you a big part of all the random parts that were produced? monkey and local bars, woody cranks, the 2 eddie frames and the infamous FUF's?

JL And speaking of Bird, that dude is amazing a hugh influcence on the LI scene
JL: Ya i am guilty of some of that, the monkey bars weren't suppose to be like that,
JL: but fabweld wasn't able to do a dual radius bar, but we didn't know that until 50 pairs showed up
JL: shoe did the local bars, i was away then
JL: and the woody cranks were and big eddie frame i had a part in
JL: the frame i did the geometry, but jeff was really wanted that gnarly gusset on it
JL: which was a bit over kill, but a head tube never popped off

FB: haha yea, and it was also like 1999... i mean... i bought one...

JL: the frames were made by a place in PA, smoresbourgh, and that dude made high end stuff, so the quality was there
JL: you should ask jeff to see the prototype of that one
JL: its a monster! ha ha, It took Ron Harters help with drawings to get it to look like a bike
JL: Ron Harter does inspection at shoreham some time, he is another smart dude with his heart in the right place
JL: ron helped a bunch with the race frame, Fast Eddie
JL: which was a great race frame, in my opinion
JL: I could go on and on about the fun we had at Sayville bike works, i do miss turning wrenchs at that shop, and the amount of bmx stuff we did, but it also got me to appreciate all bicycles

FB: yeah, i have a complete fast eddie in my basement, and Ron Harter designed the race frame that Lofreddo rides now ?I'm pretty sure
FB: So where did you go when you disappeared for a while? where did you go to college, what kid of degree did you get?

JL: Ron also helped Hyper with there race frame

FB: brb i have to run down to 40th st for a minute

JL: nice
JL: i never really thought i dissappeared. I moved away from LI because i was going to school full time at Dowling college and working full time at sayville bike works, digging, riding and between all that i wasn't getting a "college" experience. I wasn't meeting new people, i was going class, making money and feeling like i wasn't getting what i was suppose to out of school. so i transfered to Suny binghamton graduated in 02 with a BA in History and a concentration in Africian Studies

FB: word... what was the deal with you running stirctly gold rims for a while... it was like your signature back when...

JL: Do you remember ross bicycles?

FB: yeah

JL: they were based on LI and had hugh warehouses, Well they called us up and found boxes of 20inch rimes, in gold, blue, and red. they were single wall rims like araya 7x but made by sumo. Sayville bike works bought almost the entire lot of them because they were 2 dollars for the pair and came with an unsealed hub that needed to be rebuilt.
JL: i would relace it onto the sealed hubs i was running, but at first i would just rebuild the hub and run them until they quit on me

FB: haha
FB: how long did they last? how many sets did you go through?

JL: well you had to keep your self smooth with single walls and they held up great until i started riding skateparks. I would go throught a pair a year
JL: my moms basement i still have 2-3 pairs
JL: of just gold

FB: haha
FB: any plans to resurrect them?

JL: no need, John Wells at Sun ringle hooked me up with the last pair of gold big city rims he had and i put them on the new bike, so its back to gold

FB: haha i defiantly saw that and didnt even notice them
FB: so since you seem to turn up in everyone from long island's top 5 riders.... who are yours? past and present

JL: yes i saw i made it on a few and wow i am floored, to be considered in a top five with jay bone, joe rich, and bf is an honor
JL: Is this just riders from LI? or in general

FB: in general

JL: past: Drew Jenkins, Keith Terra, Robbie morales, Mike Griffin, chris moller
JL: present: Keith Terra, Chase Hawk, Brad Simms, Chris Hancock, Clint Reynolds

FB: I'm pretty siked to see Hancock on that list.

JL: Dude, i can't even begin to tell you the magic of chris hancock
JL: he is urban legend status
JL: kinda like Gaska
JL: mythoical

FB: haha thats pretty believable. he can handle a bike better than most

JL: he is great ti ride with
JL: you should have scene when he won one of the ECT la rev am contest

FB: word on the street is that you do the best no footed toboggans of all time... what's your secret witht hose?

JL: oh wow, i haven't done one of those since Darren called me out at the Powers Jam
JL: i dunno really, grap the seat and dip it

Feet still on, but certainly dipped.

FB: are you gunna bring one or two out this summer at belmar?

JL: i am not jumping that belmar jump
JL: i spent about 8 years pedaling full speed at the oak park doubles like 50 times a day. i am over it
JL: but i am sure going to watch the chaos

FB: haha

JL:this years belmar is going to be wild, its the last one we are doing so you gotta go

FB: i am going
FB: i told shoemaker i would sponsor him
FB: you guys need to spread the word that it's the last one
FB: on the topic of "you guys" how long have you been at last call for now?

JL: It has been 3 years in janurary since i been working for FBM/Last Call

FB: in that time, Nice! has started up... I heard a rumor that you were a big influence on that company name... can you verify that for me?

JL: Ha ha, its a group effort, but iw ould say Chunk should get the credit
JL: he would always nice and it kinda stuck

FB: haha, i have to say, when i saw the post saying you lost your nice guy status, i was pretty upset. minutes later though, i saw that you immediatly worked your way back up and took it back.
FB: i think the only question i have left, aside from the thank you thing, is asking about your addiction to mexican candy.... where did it come from, and what qualifies as mexican candy? can it be found in places that are no mexico?

JL: let me set the scene for you...
JL: i went on the first props rock n road fools and it ended in Austin at the T1 ramp. i got to ride the ramp earlier in the day with a couple dudes before the heavy hitters showed up. I went to a little bodega by T1 to get a drink and some snacks and they had a lollipop that looked like some corn on the cob.
JL: I am all for trying new types of candy, so i picked it up and went back to the t1 ramp. Imagine sitting on the ramp and watching Joe Rich, Taj, and chase shred the ramp. while sitting there eating the best/worst candy ever.
JL: It is sweet and spice at the same time
JL: and sends your mouth into confusion
JL: the last time i got a big score of mexican candy was in bklyn on Canton ave
JL: across from the soccor fields
JL: on the weekends

FB: haha, so do you fiend for the stuff now, or just enjoy it when it comes around?

JL: right now i burned out on it. People just kept sending more and more to fbm and i went crazy eating it,
JL: Hoey gave it a go when he was up here last week

FB: so it's almost time to leave work... thank yous and such?

JL: As for thanks, i would like to thank the entire LI bmx scene of past, present, and future,

FB: cool. thanks for taking the time to do this while running the distro

How deep do you think that water is?

2009-06-07T18:37:00.002-04:00

I feel like if I don't post something about the weekend, I am slacking.
Well, I slacked this weekend. Rode Queens and Brooklyn a little and then jumped into the East River.

My bike is still covered in silt. It sank like a rock and it took me a few minutes to find it... I was relatively worried. Some White Power dude was there shooting photos for a book on something and I told him he should shoot some of me. Hasn't emailed me yet.

Maybe next weekend I won't slack so hard.

That dude who had a part in Seek And Destroy... Brian Iarocci.

2009-06-04T12:17:00.006-04:00

If you've ever seen Seek and Destroy, you know who this dude is. If you haven't seen Seek and Destroy, you should probably find it and watch it.

Panamoka last Sunday

Terra photo from Sevs.

fuckbmx: so anyway...
fuckbmx: onto that interview thing

Brian Iarocci: ok, shoot

fuckbmx: how long have you been in bmx?

BI: 20 years. I started racing at Shoreham just before I turned 9.

fuckbmx: over the years you've had alot of team changes, who did you go through, both racing and not?

BI: Ah, the sponsor list....
BI: Well, my first team was the renowned Shoreham BMX Country team. Pretty much anyone who is anyone from LI was on that team at some point. I got to wear that neon yellow and pink uniform for a few years. Then there was Cyclecraft, another team I was very happy to be a part of. Brian Foster, Keith Mulligan, Tim Strelecki were all part of that team before I got on there. All my idols, y'know. I spent 3 or 4 years with them alongside Robbie Miranda and a bunch of other talented guys.
BI: After that I was on Diamondback when they tried to revive their BMX credibility from the 80's in the late 90's. That was fun. My first real "factory" team. I got to go to a lot of places I would not have gone to without the sponsor help. I also went through more frames than they were prepared for. I even had to buy my own bike near the end. Then Standard came along. That was another team of legends I was happy to be associated with. That's also when I started having sponsors for all-around riding, not just racing.
BI: Aside from those teams, I was hooked up with UGP starting at age 11 thanks to Keith Mulligan introducing me to Ron Bonner while i was still racing Novice. I had some other sponsors along the way. Simple Shoes, Victory Records, Profile Racing, GT hooked me up with parts for a while...also Odyssey before they were considered cool.
BI: I think that's about it.
BI: There was also the Super BMX team....i wasn't on the list on the back of the jersey...i had the "other" box checked.

Reppin Shoreham colors, racing cruiser.

fuckbmx: i actually remember those jerseys...
fuckbmx: so thats a pretty long list of teams/companies to ride for, most of that was in the first 10 or so years correct? if i remember in like 98-99 you were already on standard and kinda ended your 'career' with them?

BI: I actually have it about 7 feet away. I just found it in a box and washed it.
BI: Yeah. When i dropped off the map in 2000 or so I was wrapping up riding for Standard. I was racing a lot and not doing great in A Pro/Superclass and then I hurt my knee. They stopped calling me.

fuckbmx: your knees are the thing that kind of ended you right? what's the deal with them? blown acl's or just various problems? any surgeries over the years?

BI: Three surgeries overall. I had blown my right ACL out in 1997 and came back after that. They tell me there's only 10% of my ACL left and that knee is real bad with cartilage loss and bone chips. I was told by more than one doctor it looked like the knee of a 50 year old.
BI: In 2000 i blew out my whole left ACL at Woodward. I've had that one rebuilt but it never healed well. It still blows out if i turn quickly while walking.

fuckbmx: that sucks. so that's a good reason to take it easy with BMX... so with that said, you won't be racing any pro/ams at shoreham in the future?

BI: Let's just say that I'm training a bit for Tuesday nights under the lights.

Biv's might have to watch his back if BI races Shoreham... But biv's has clips and a better looking jersey now and diamondback is a joke now.

fuckbmx: your boy loffredo from the diamond back days won it last week without the use of clip pedals too.

BI: I won't clip in. Period.

fuckbmx: do you clip in on the mountain bikes when you're out riding trails? or do you stay true to your bmx past?

BI: Flat pedals all the way. It's funny, no one called them "flats" until clips came out.

fuckbmx: haha yea, i never actually thought about that...

BI: There were caged and platforms...that's it.

fuckbmx: yea, and now there isnt even caged.
fuckbmx: so 2 more quick racing questions and then let's move on....
fuckbmx: so that year that you won the saturday pro open(1998?) at Egg Harbor that also happened to be your birthday... what happened to you on sunday? did the power hour completely take you out?

BI: That wasn't my birthday. I was just so happy to finally win a Pro race of any kind that I went and got completely drunk on Saturday night.
BI: I was hoping for a Sunday rainout.

fuckbmx: haha, im pretty sure there wasnt a cloud in the sky all weekend
fuckbmx: and now to cap off the race questions... what was the best track/race you've ever been to?

BI: I think you have the video and I've never seen it. Add that to the interview.
BI: Wow...this may take a minute.

BI: Shoreham in 1996-7; South Park, PA; Evansville, IN, Monterrey, CA at the Sea Otter Classic, and there was one year at the ABA Grands on Oklahoma that was one of the wildest tracks i think i ever raced....maybe 96 or 97...The first turn was elevated on top of those cargo containers you see stacked up in port then it had a drop-off. Just a wild track. Way better than any indoor NBL track i ever rode. I never really liked the tracks...i just always found something on each track to make it fun, at least during practice.

Check out those fork legs.

fuckbmx: word, now away from the racing a bit. you "invented" the ruben wall right correct? what year was that? are you pissed that you didnt get any credit for it?

BI: Ha. That was when we had the mini ramp at LIB. I rode it so much I would just try different stuff. I forget what year it was but Terra has the picture to prove i did it about 3-4 months before it was on the cover of RIDE.

fuckbmx: do you feel like you got jipped? you could have won the Xgames with that

BI: Ha. I was always a step behind. All the teams i was on, tricks, etc. I wouldn't have been able to do it on those X Games courses. Those ramps were huge. I did it on a 4 ft. ramp with a really close wall. Besides, that trick mixed with x-ups and turndowns would have gotten me an early ticket home.

fuckbmx: i guess so... that was before style counted...

BI: Don;t get me started on that.

factory Cycle Craft.

fuckbmx: haha alright then, how do you feel "dirt jumping" contests should be judged?

BI: I got to ride one of those big courses once or twice. I rode the Gravity Games course in Rhode Island one year and was sweating bullets just trying to roll in. I couldn't even get over the box jump. I couldn't air out the quarter to get toit.
BI: They shouldn't be judged really. Those Elevation and Empire of Dirt contests are the right way to do it. Still, it's hard to judge a double tailwhip against another double tailwhip.
BI: I think they should get one run...no practice and see who makes it to the bottom. That would really be the only way to "judge" a dirt contest.

fuckbmx: that would actually be wild. based on the redbull videos, gary young would win.
fuckbmx: you use to enter jumping contests back in the day at races, leathers and all. did your killer nac nacs ever get you up to the podium?

BI: Nope. I did a few contest when they held them on some jump on the track. I don't believe I ever won one. I gave the DK Dirt Circuit a run one year and never qualified. I remember it specifically. 13th at the Christmas Classic, 28th in Orlando, 13th at the Ohio State Fair. They took 12 to the finals each time. It's a longer story but I told Steve B. I would never enter again after that season. The judging was BS. Both times I got 13th I was doing lines that no one else was and got no credit because i didn't flip anything.

fuckbmx: so we shouldnt expect to see you making a comeback this year at the DK Dirt Circuit in Ohio, or the belmar contest?

BI: Shit, I haven't even jumped a decent size double in a while.
BI: I'd like to judge though...get on that. You have some pull.

fuckbmx: what if they built a roller pump track and held time trials? i know you've been training on your 3 mile long roller section.
fuckbmx: my only pull is drunk dials...
fuckbmx: i'll get on it tomorrow night

BI: I'm in. I've been wanting to build an entire race series based on that. DC Shoes did something like that a few years ago. I think that's the future of racing.
BI: Racing needs to get smaller or much bigger.

fuckbmx: i disagree. most kids who race and are under 20 years old would rather pedal down landings/through roller sections rather then pump.

BI: It's two different styles of racing.

clicked.

fuckbmx: how do you feel about the direction racing has gone? you kinda got out just as clips were taking over...

BI: The downhill racing was OK, but needed to be refined and slowed down to allow for passing. I never got to race those races but i watched and studied it. That's when I blew my knee out...the first DH race at Woodward. Never even got on the track.
BI: I used to not count the clipped-in guys. I'd say I won the lap even if i got beat by 2 kids in clips.
BI: A short story about that is this...in 95 or so, Ribbie Miranda and I were on Cyclecraft....He shows up in Akron, OH with these pedals where the shoes clipin. He said he used them on his messenger bike in Washington DC and that you could get all this extra power. So i put the shoes on, got on his bike, took about 5 cranks and then leaned on a fence so I could get out of the pedals. Took the shoes off, threw them back at him and said "no one will ever do this, it's sketchy."
BI: 5 years later the only chance I had of winning a lap was if some clipper unclipped after the first turn. It totally ruined BMX racing for me. Tracks got mellow and it became a test of how many pedals you could take instead of actually having to think about where and how to get extra speed.
BI: Basically, I need someone to bankroll my racing idea and I guarantee I'll have 100 people show up to race and it'll be the most entertaining thing ever. The best part is that the best rider will win.

fuckbmx: personally, i'd have my money on tom bivona.

BI: He'd be up there. No doubt about that. I spent many years racing Tom and don't think I ever passed him once he got in front of me. He's on a short list.

fuckbmx: he's got the pump technique.
fuckbmx: who are the top 5 riders, past and present, in your eyes?

BI: Wow, i'm going to blow this one for sure.
BI: Brian Foster, will possibly go down as the best overall rider ever in my eyes or anyone elses.
BI: That Corey Bohan guy makes watching a dirt contest interesting.
BI: Dave Friemuth and Jim Rienstra are a tie for some of the most amazing things i've ever seen on a ramp.
BI: Street-wise...Van Homan pretty much has burnt it to the ground.
BI: I guess for racing I'd say...I don't know. Names come to mind but I'm not sure.

fuckbmx: ok, so break it down, top 5 racers before the year 2000.

BI: Hmmm. Gary Ellis. John Purse. Randy Stumphauser. Matt Pohlkamp. Brian Foster.
BI: Don;t even ask about after 200o. I have no idea. But the best I've seen since those guys is Kyle Bennett.

fuckbmx: yeah, i figured you wouldnt know anyone current

BI: I ran into him at the NORA cup two years ago when he won and felt very proud to have grown up racing with him.

fuckbmx: yea, dude is pretty much the best/most stylish racer out there... sucks that he blew up his shoulder at the olympics
fuckbmx: so here;s the big question. your top 5 trail spots you've ever ridden.

BI: 7-11, Posh, Push, Oak Park, Drexelbrook
BI: Back in the late 90's there were not as many spots as there seem to be today.

fuckbmx: but at the same time, back then it seemed like there were so many more dudes at the trails riding...
fuckbmx: what were your 5 favorite sections to ride?

BI: Everything at Sevs. Jacuzzi to the six at Oak Park, Quali's at Posh. Drexel had a 48 pack or something like that i could ride all day. Hamburger Hill at Nam was awesome. My paradise at Panamoka.

fuckbmx: are you going to come out of paradise at panamoka and hit the rest of the trails? possibly keyko?
fuckbmx: from personal experience this past weekend, i would go keyko first, it's alot less nerve racking

BI: I don't know, really. I'm not about to put any pressure on myself. If I've learned anything from riding/not riding for this many years it's that you have to go at your own pace. I would much rather ride the small stuff all season and maybe look onward to the bigger jumps in the future than feel that I have to jump the bigger stuff and end up getting in over my head.
BI: I'm starting over and I'm not comfortable with the bigger, steep stuff. I have a lot of fun keeping my back wheel on the ground.

fuckbmx: well as long as your riding it really doesnt matter what you're hitting... it's better then a couch

BI: Exactly. If I go to the trails and have 3 or 4 good runs through the rollers and berms and my knees don't hurt or blow up. I'm a happy camper.
BI: Years ago I was having fun pushing myself and trying to be good at hitting everything. These days I'm just happy to be on the bike.

fuckbmx: yea, i hear that, bmx is just bmx in the end.
fuckbmx: so say i was going to the new shea stadium. what spot int he food court would i go to for the best meal?

BI: So far...I highly recommend Blue Smoke. It's the BBQ place by the Shake Shack behind center field. The ribs are good and the pulled pork sandwich is great. I need to get to another game and hit up Catch of the Day. The taco stand there is over-hyped but the corn on the cob there is delicious.
BI: I plan to eat everything that the specialty vendors have by the end of this season.

fuckbmx: haha nice. i think i am out of things to ask, so throw out some thank yous while i steal photos from your facebook
BI: I thank the people at Advil and pretty much everyone who I've come across over the pat 20 years while riding or working in the bike industry. For better or worse everyone has influenced me in some way. And, my dad. He took me to every race i went to for the first 5 years i was racing. If I didn't race as much when I was younger I probably wouldn't have ridden as much overall I probably wouldn't still want to ride today.

95 Grands from tom on Vimeo.

Thanks to biv's for posting this video.

fuckbmx: a dude on spins beat you
BI: Yeah. Kevin Royal.

And I stole this from Darren www.manmadeclothing.com

70's and BMX.

2009-06-01T20:07:00.004-04:00

Fuck, trails are fun. This was my first 'real' BMX weekend this year. I can't believe it's June first. I also can't believe this is post 99 and I am still making atleast an update a week. Normally I give up on things for no reason.

Supes had a 70's party on Friday night. I RSVP'd with a "No I cannot make it" with plans to not drink a sip of the bad stuff this weekend. While I was at Penn Station to catch a train to Ronkonkama, I saw Glen Head up on the board and knew I had to go. I texted Hoey, he said he'd drive me home as long as I didn't get really shitty.... When I was changing trains at Jamaica, the dudes on the second train wouldnt let me on the peak train with my bike, so I had an hour to kill. I promptly walked to the nearest store and Joosed up.

This was the only photo I shot. Hoey ended up sending Terra in his place, Terra in formed me he was sleeping there, I got shitty fast and slept in broken glass on a pull out bed because supes smashed every bottle he could find at 5am. It was awesome.
Also, watch out for the SuperFly interview part two.... The bottom 5 people in BMX.

I have this photo saved as "sadshoe" on my harddrive. The first photo i stole from the Selden FD's website. Shoe's bike is in the top left corner of that... Everything melted off of it aside from his frame, fork, bars, cranks and axles. Fucking wild.

I gave shoe the bike I kept in the city because I don't really need 2 bikes, and also because I'm pretty positive he would do the same for anyone else. Terra hooked him up with some wheels cause mine were shot. One of the only 3 photos I shot at Keyko.

Shoreham has a pro open at locals and it is fucking stacked. That is awesome. BMX racing IS making it's come back. I stole this photo from Rich Soper before he gave me the OK. I hope him and Andy don't beat me up.

Dave blasting spine set. Panamoka is wild this year.

Hoey being Hoey.

Summer time.

2009-05-29T17:03:00.002-04:00

no trails or racing, but atleast bmx bikes.... Ryan and I went bar hopping. Bridges suck. Comedy shows arent funny.

start.

ballin.

there were no poles, so we locked to this mailbox as we indulged in $1 pitchers.

welcome to the johnsons, round one.

all the $1 dumpling spots were closed.

Pianos? We walked into the comedy club there, and managed to go from drinking $1 pitchers at royal oak to $8 margaritas there.

The Johnsons, round 2.

the bridge on the way back, and a bit drunker, fucking sucked.

free pizza at the Charleston.

on my way home i aquired a raccoon...

The secret life of... John "Superfly" Skavarla

2009-05-26T20:06:00.004-04:00

*edit*
I got this IM from Supes last night...

Superfly: image searck didn't work cuz its spelled "skvarla"

I wonder where I got the idea it was spelt "skavarla" from?

This is so clusterfucked. I was going to steal pictures from his Facebook, but instead, I am just going to do a google image search for both "superfly" and "john skavarla" That isn't working well.. So if you shot the photos I'm stealing from facebook, thank you.

This came up, and I think it's a good way to introduce our boy.

Fuckbmx: you ready?
Superfly: sure lets go
Fuckbmx: alright, so you're superfly, how long have you been riding, and how long ago did you quit racing?
Superfly: If I answer these questions wrong are you gonna kick me out of BMX?
Fuckbmx: woah woah woah, i'm asking the questions here
Fuckbmx:i'll consult catfish and see though
Superfly: been riding about 22 years i guess, i raced from age 13 to 23, I'm 33 now
Fuckbmx: so you grew up racing gaska, how was that?
Superfly: I think only raced him at Shoreham in Open Wheels, we are the same age but he was always a class above, when I was nov he was ex, when I turned ex, he turned superclass
Superfly: but I definately looked up to him
Fuckbmx: yea, mr smooth.
Fuckbmx: what was the most memorable race you've been to? i'm sure you've seen wild shit go down since that was when bmx races were actually wild, and they didnt have church and prayers before races...
Superfly:I think one of the craziest races I was in was an Open Wheels Main at Shoreham, it was a Stacked Main, Brian Foster, Rob-O, Timmy S, Justin Lofredo, Mulligan, a Poole brother, and Maybe BI, Bivona or Terra I can't Remember, and myself. IT was nuts, 1/2 the Main blew up in the 1st turn and I had nowhere to go but over the berm
Fuckbmx: haha nice.
Fuckbmx: i guess we can get away from racing now, i know you said you have allot to say...
Fuckbmx: so whats with all the trail drama?
Superfly: I don't know, Isn't there always trail drama, I'm not sure if its anymore than normal maybe just a lil more extreme

Fuckbmx: whats the spot your digging at now, is it still keyko? i know i saw photos with rock walls back there holding landings up...
Superfly: yeah, been digging at Keyko still, this is the start of the 5th season with this setup, I had jumps in there when I was 13, 20 years ago, Hopefully it keeps going but we got word from the Landowners that there's a possibility of it getting plowed in the Fall.
Fuckbmx: that sucks, atleast you'll have until fall(hopefully) if it gets plowed though... will there be a crazy putting keyko to rest party?
Superfly: I doubt it, we've been advised to keep things low key so that it doesn't get plowed. But if its getting plowed for sure and theres no stopping it then maybe
Fuckbmx: yea, might as well end it with a few arrests, right?
Superfly: I'd actually just rather just ride them till sunset with my good close friends, pour some beer out, and roast some hot dogs, real mellow like the lips
Fuckbmx: are the landings equally as mellow? or is 2009 all about the nose dive?

Fuckbmx: my interviews suck, by the way

Superfly: too old for nose dives, everythings real forgiving, mellow lips mellow landings, so if you fuck up you can keep going, I'm too old to stop and go back up the hill. So a lil mellower than normal I guess, at least thats what i've been told, You can decide for yourself. As Sal from Posh once said "I'm a grown man, if I want to go high I'll pull up damn it. These kids with their crazy steep lips."
Fuckbmx: word. well, i'm young and scared, so dont worry, there's no hate here.
Fuckbmx: are you disappointed in how un-punk rock bmx has grown over the last 5-10 years?
Fuckbmx: i mean, even from the shady bunch to NHSH the whole vibe changed... for the worse

Bangers.

Superfly: at this point I'm not really concerned with anything other than what my myself and friends are doing in Bmx, the rest of the shit that you see on the internet is almost an entirely different thing. I stopped looking at certain Bmx websites a few months ago, cuz I don't relate at all to whats going on with what they're featuring, to me it just seems like bad trend after bad trend, and too much about atttitude, its weird to me. But then again A bunch of weird grown men spending way too much time together digging and riding in the woods together is weird in itself too.
Fuckbmx: would you say it's fair to compare "that" kind of bmx to basketball? people always trying to get points for doing something... wether theyre 'just having fun' or just saying they are...
Superfly: I don't even know what to think of it so I don't really. I'm just stoked to ride trails with good people. Seeing how wild some of the InterStreetNet BMX scene is makes me appreciate how simple good times in the woods with some jumps and friends can be. Just green trees, blue grooves, and friends. Thats basically all I'm thinking about

Tabes for babes all day

Fuckbmx: so we shouldnt expect any banger parts with you doing random street manuals any time soon? gunna keep them to the roller sections/
Superfly: the last banger street clip I had was in Base's neighborhood Superhereos, it was a 1 handed feeble to no footer on a 12 in grindbox at a skatepark in Ohio. Thats what I'm all about.
Superfly: I actually did it as a joke, and somehow it ended up in my part
Fuckbmx: you also were all about sucking the cereal out of a box in that video using only a bowl. can we expect to see that happen again?
Superfly: That was a dream sequence, ful base uniform on poppin Whullies down the street, the cereal pops out of bowl and jumps back into the box

Speaking of dream sequence....

Fuckbmx: can we expect the full base uniform(and maybe some retro base reprints??) to make a comeback this year? my crewneck is getting a bit small.
Superfly: prob not, I don't see myself ever wearing a race unform again. And as for all the old superbmx designs, I have about 95% of the artwork still and could reprint stuff at anytime, but being that screenprinting is my business when I'm done I much rather go to the trails or the bar than print more shirts. But I did take some old shirts of mine and my friend taylored them XL back down to a normal size, been rockin them its a lot easier than re-making screens and they're already worn in vintage style.
Fuckbmx: is there any reason you stopped doing new origional super stuff? were you just sick of it and wanted to print 'as a job'?
Superfly: Basically the same reason as the question above. I do have new designs I just haven't gotten to printing them, after 15 years I'm burnt on printing. Plus I'm horrible at selling. Its way easier to print other peoples shit cuz that just comes to me and I'm paid. Designing, then Printing and selling your own stuff can be a lot of work, its hard. I get 2/3 rds of the way there then the shit just sits in a box. But there will be new SuperBmx stuff...someday
Fuckbmx: word. so back to bikes. over your years, i'm sure youve ridden at countless spots on the island. what were the most memorable trails that just always had shit going on?(aside from the obvious, sevs)
Superfly: Yeah obviously Sevs was known as the spot on LI but there were tons of other great spots. Every spot had its own style, Going way back Rob-o took me to the Genovese trails (the new Clinton) and going there was my first taste of what real trails were. Rob Micheline held that scene down. That was what it was all about, good trails and good people. Hooligan was real good but tough, it made you good if you could ride the place, Then there was Oak Park John Lee made that place awesome, and my old trails Port were also a favorite, riding with the Ghost on lips and landings made out of 1/2 sand 1/2 clay with carpets on them sounds shady but it was some of the best times in my life
Fuckbmx: haha i dug at genovese from the age like 12-15.... 3rd or 4th generation.
Superfly: haha awesome I didn't know that, I thought once they were plowed that was it
Fuckbmx: it kinda kept springing back i guess, always alot of kids out there
Fuckbmx: why do you think kids gravitate towards street riding vs. everything else? laziness?
Fuckbmx: i just put words in your mouth
Superfly: I'd say more of them needing instant gratification, younger kids are gonna look at what they see in the media which is 95% street and run out and try to do that. ITrails are few and far between and ts unlikely that some kid that just gets into riding is going to go out and find some woods and spend weeks building trails when its easier to have his mom drive him to the skatepark to hang out with his friends, or just go ride street stuff thats already there. It is what it is. To me it just makes the commitment to make something of your own more of a satisfying thing.
Superfly: you wanna finish this up another time? i'm losing daylight and I got some lips to work on…
Fuckbmx: round 2?
Superfly: sure you got good questions?
Superfly: how about in 5 mins?
Fuckbmx: sounds good.
Fuckbmx: as for good questions... nope.
Superfly: ok lets go
Fuckbmx: ok, top 5 riders ever?
Superfly: thats tough, but off the top of my head I'd say Mike Aitken, Brian Foster, John Lee, Joe Rich, Jay Lonergan
Fuckbmx: i know you're all about the trail bbq's so... if you were bbqin at the trail, what is the most important food product to pick up along the way? what are the essentials for a success?
Superfly: Jeff Allen gave me a bunch of coupons for free BallPark Franks so I get those, then you need buns and condiments, Oscar and Nick usually bring a big bag of coals that we'll get about 5 BBQs out of. Then we'll send a grom to the store to get more food if needed. But a dog or burger never tastes better than when you're eating it at the trails
Fuckbmx: how do you take your trail burgers?
Fuckbmx: i'm about to throw out a few questions and then shade out and get lunch.
Fuckbmx: jessica beil or jessica sumpson? This is kind of a trick question since theyre both busted now.
Superfly: cool send em thru
Fuckbmx: 2. how do you get a good gate starts? listening to the horns or watching the lights?
Fuckbmx: 3. where is the best place you have traveled due to bikes?
Fuckbmx: 4. why does ashlee simpson come on my random itunes so often?
Fuckbmx: 5. top 5 bands/songs.
Fuckbmx: 6 when can we expect you to guest answer the letters section of a major bmx magazine again?
Fuckbmx: 7. when is the next super video coming out?
Fuckbmx: 8. any plans to ever leave LI?
Fuckbmx: 9. should i come to the 70's party tonight? i might have swine flu
Superfly: i'll go backwards just to make it harder for you to copy and paste all this together
Fuckbmx: 10. what kind of frame are you riding? why isnt it an fbm?

Fuckbmx: have you seen how unorganized most of my posts are?

Superfly: 9. the 70's party is next friday
Superfly: 10. I got a Fit Van Homan from Rob-O a few years ago and its holding up fine. If I get a new bike maybe I'd switch it up and get an FBM.
Superfly: 8. I lived in Bklyn for a year but was coming back to LI almost everyday for the trails. Right now I have a pretty sweet set-up with working/living 5 mins from the trails and I have a sick group of friends here. It's pretty perfect, Its a great thing right now, but if the trails get plowed I'd consider moving somewhere else.
Superfly: 7. I was working on putting together a video of all old footage, I got a ton. But I've been slacking on that. Transfering footy then capturing it is a bitch. That'll be the prequel to "Live For Today", then the Sequel to it will be out in about 10 years I guess, so it'll be a trilogy thing, like yesterday-today-tomorrow
Superfly: 6. I guess if they asked me to I could. But I can't think of any reason why that would ever happen or why'd Id have the answers to their questions. They should just leave that to McGoo.
Superfly: 5. Top 5 songs right now...
Pulp- "Common People"
Grateful Dead- "Touch of Grey" (it's stuck in my head)
Donovan- "Season of the Witch"
Stiff Little Fingers -"Alternative Ulster"
Warren Zevon -"Werewolves of London" ( I put this song on the jukebox at the bar when I'm drunk then hit the skip button skipping everyone else's songs till it plays which usually leads to me being kicked out.)
Superfly: 4. Better question...Why is Ashley Simpson on your iTunes?
Superfly has gone offline.
Superfly is now online.
Superfly: my aim just quit, send me the 1st 4 questions again
Fuckbmx: jessica beil or jessica sumpson? This is kind of a trick question since theyre both busted now.
2. how do you get a good gate starts? listening to the horns or watching the lights?
3. where is the best place you have traveled due to bikes?
4. why does ashlee simpson come on my random itunes so often?
Superfly: 4. better question....Why do you have Ashley Simpson on your itunes?
3. Germany and Amsterdam
2. its all about the horns. my gates were never great

Who needs gates with a bike painted down the middle?

1. Not into either of them but I guess if I had to choose I'd have to pick beil, I heard Bam fucked Simpson so I wouldn't really wanna go there
thanks for the interveiw, if you want pics I might be able to get some for you
Fuckbmx: 2 different simpsons questions.
Fuckbmx: are you good at reading comprehension?
Fuckbmx: and thank yous?
Fuckbmx: and im robbing FB pics
Superfly: i answered both
Superfly: #4 and 1
Fuckbmx: oh shit
Fuckbmx: my bad
Superfly: thanks to the Glacier that dumped this sandbar here we call LI, thanks to Al Gore for inventing the internet. Mom and Dad, Moshi Moshi, all my awesome friends and Shoreham BMX

Fuckbmx: fuck, i forgot to ask how/why you end up on the news/tv/webvideos so often?
Superfly: back in the day whenever some tv or news show was looking for bmx riders for something they'd end up calling base brooklyn so Enos hooked up a few. There's also a talent agent NYC who somehow got my name and # and for some reason he thinks that, Myself, Nigel, and this guy Dylan who hasn't even rode in probably about 8 years, are the best bmers in NY. I'm not about to tell him whats really up, I just keep going with the weird gigs and usually end up up with a good story

Oh, and don't forget to go to SuperBMX.com to see me look like a douchebag twice in one party post.

BMX is awesome.

2009-05-11T22:48:00.003-04:00

Unofficial opening day at Shoreham. This was the first chance I actually had to ride the track because I was broke off all the other times I was there this year.
Big thanks to everyone who put in work, most notably Biv's, Gaska, Mike Kilcullen, the Sopers and Betty & Bruce Mulligan.
Track is smooth, fast and fun.

Time trials for the Pro/Am. Ron and Tom went 1&2.

Rich Soper, looking snazzzzy.

Hoey, showing people how it's done.

Myself, teaching hhoey how to cut the track.

Little kids are awesome.

I don't feel bad posting the closeups because I look like more of a douchebag than everyone else.

Bored at work, the Brien Shoemaker interview.

2009-05-05T15:08:00.002-04:00

This IM is my introduction for this thing. I don't have it saved, but the under lined words are "100% better then Terra"

AIM IM with Shoe.
10:53 AM
fuckbmx: you ready for your interview for fuckbmx?
Shoe: Ha yea
fuckbmx: how old are you, how long have you been riding and what was the last meal you ate before going vegetarian?
10:55 AM
Shoe: 28 and 1/2
Shoe: 16 years
Shoe: And I think it was Mc donalds
Shoe: Is that the whoe interview?
fuckbmx: haha no
fuckbmx: we just getting started
fuckbmx: you grew up racing... what was your most memorable race?
Shoe: Ok, I got a boring day of work ahead of me
Shoe: Fuck racing
Shoe: I don't remember any of it
fuckbmx: you grew up on racing, fuck you. what is your most memorable race? did you ever beat the heavy hitters like iarocci or terra?
Shoe: Its been like 8 years since I did a gate start
11:00 AM
Shoe: I don't think I could ever beat any of them. Maybe on my best day
fuckbmx: i dont think the bike you ride right now would even allow you to be on a gate
fuckbmx: so is that why you gave up racing to become the King Of Dirt? how many of those frames did you break?
Shoe: Yea its a iron horse road bike
Shoe: When mom and pop stop paying for the races, and your working full time and going to college its hard to make time for racing
Shoe: Shoreham stoped being fun
11:05 AM
fuckbmx: yeah, shoreham sucked for like 8 years. it's making a comeback though thanks to bivs and gaska
Shoe: How was opening day?
fuckbmx: haha, couldnt tell you, i fucked up my alarm and woke up at 8:30, in the city, looked outside and saw rain, and drank a 40
fuckbmx: in your time at TNT how many KOD frames did you break?
Shoe: Haha
Shoe: Only 1 I think
Shoe: It wasn't a bad bike
Shoe: So is opening day this weekend?
fuckbmx: yea, i guess so, the had practice, but no racing
fuckbmx: track has gotten good reviews
Shoe: Ill be the judge of that
fuckbmx: haha
fuckbmx: what is your favorite trick to do currently?
fuckbmx: we all know you love being a ferret at heart
11:10 AM
Shoe: People still say ferret?
fuckbmx: i think mostly only when describing cute furry animals
Shoe: What if your talking about kittens?
Shoe: They ferrets too?
fuckbmx: i guess they must be by my logic.
fuckbmx: now answer the question dick, haha
Shoe: Turndowns
Shoe: Easy trick and people are sooo impressed by them
11:15 AM
fuckbmx: what about in 1998, what were you into back then?
Shoe: Red heads
fuckbmx: how much did a trick with a redhead cost in 1998/
Shoe: Free for me
fuckbmx: thats a good look
fuckbmx: can you still do pendulums, or was that just chris havliks move?

I was reall actually surprised he said nothing about no footed cans.

Shoe: I can still do any trick I've ever done
fuckbmx: even suicide no handers? your seat is pretty low to keep up with the times
Shoe: I've moved up to tucks
Shoe: Ill jack the seat up and go suside
fuckbmx: you need to just get a quick release
11:20 AM
fuckbmx: tucks look better anyway though
Shoe: Nah, not if the suside is good
Shoe: Suside is so much crazyer
fuckbmx: definatly crazier, but its all about style now, you should know this.
Shoe: Is it?
fuckbmx: yea man, it's 2009
Shoe: I thought it was about having fun
fuckbmx: no way. bmx is serious shit.
fuckbmx: so my boy catfish is bringing back the dirt circuit for dk one weekend this summer, a 1 jump huck fest. are you going to win?
Shoe: Where is it?
fuckbmx: Dayton Ohio
Shoe: You gonna go?
fuckbmx: if you have room in your car, haha. i'll even sponsor you, i'll give you all the oriental ramen you can eat for a weekend, and 3 40's of ohios classiest brew
Shoe: Deal
Shoe: I lost my fuck bmx t-shirt
11:25 AM
fuckbmx: it's alright, i got plenty
Shoe: You me brian defina and chris havalick
fuckbmx: FBM's battle at the belmar is the weekend after the dk comp, think you can go 2 for 2?
fuckbmx: haha i saw defina last spring. he wasnt doing any sick tables though
Shoe: What's battle at the belmar? Drinking contest?
fuckbmx: haha, it's a dirt jump contest out side that bar in binghampton, followed by a drinking contest inside that b ar
Shoe: You gonna sponsor me?
fuckbmx: yea, i'm sure PBR will be cheap enough
fuckbmx: so how is quitting drinking going? i have a signed document from canada saying it was over april 1st or so
11:30 AM
Shoe: I only drank 1 time sisce then
fuckbmx: thats not bad.
fuckbmx: whats your favorite get up kids and saves the day song?
Shoe: I can't pick
Shoe: Close to home maybe
11:35 AM
fuckbmx: you're going to pick a cure cover?
fuckbmx: not even an authentic song?
fuckbmx: some fan you are.
Shoe: I donno
fuckbmx: some fan i am, confusing close to me and close to home, haha
Shoe: There ya go
fuckbmx: haha
fuckbmx: does it suck being allergic to cats?
11:40 AM
Shoe: I'm alergic to dogs
fuckbmx: oh really? just dogs?
fuckbmx: i guess that works out well with the kittens
Shoe: They live in the garage anyway
Shoe: Want one?
fuckbmx: kinda, but i dont really feel like taking care of it
fuckbmx: if any of the 10 people reading this want a kitten, get at me.
Shoe: They are really cute

Free Kittens.

fuckbmx: whats the weirdest thing that you have made for your bike so far? i know you use to have random rubberbands on your brakes and shit... i'm sure you've moved on from that...
Shoe: I have 8 ball valve caps
11:45 AM
fuckbmx: no wonder you arent a racer, so much wasted rotating weight
Shoe: But they are fucking awesome not weird
Shoe: Well worth the sacrifice
fuckbmx: true.
fuckbmx: whats the newest part on your bike?
Shoe: Terra gave me some bars
fuckbmx: haha
Shoe: Last summer
fuckbmx: were yours to skinny for him to dealw ith seeing?
Shoe: Pontiac first then new bike
Shoe: They weren't that skinny
fuckbmx: what kind of car do you have anyway... what have you done and what is still waiting to be done?
fuckbmx: anything less then 28 is to skinny
Shoe: 1970 pontiac tempest

2009 roadtrip machine.

Shoe: Droppin the motor this weekend
11:50 AM
fuckbmx: nice, what does your father think of you breaking the old VW bug tradition?
Shoe: He thinks I'm nuts for buying this big ass pontiac. And putting all this work into it
Shoe: Pext project is the beach buggy
Shoe: Next not pext
fuckbmx: what happened to the buggy you had with the sparkly paint?
Shoe: Yea, still got it
fuckbmx: also, how is your car with gas mileage during our economic and environmental crisis?
Shoe: Shitty
fuckbmx: well, it's good to know that you are looking out for our earth
Shoe: I make up for it by riding to work sometimes
11:55 AM
Shoe: I'm a vegitarian, isn't that good enough?
fuckbmx: haha i thinkt hey cancel each other out
Shoe: Good
Shoe: Lunch time
fuckbmx: so you have the choice of driving your car and being vegetarian, or driving a prius and eating white castle... fair trade.
Shoe: Ide rather walk than drive a prius
Shoe: Fuck that ide rather crawl
fuckbmx: hahaha why?
fuckbmx: theyre like space ships
Shoe: If they flew or somthing it would be a good look
Shoe: But insted of flying they just suck
fuckbmx: yea, flying cars are the wave of the future... 2015?
12:00 PM
fuckbmx: are you gunna get the pontiac converted?
Shoe: Never happen
fuckbmx: i think im out of stupid questions
fuckbmx: so i guess thank some people
Shoe: I'm good
12:05 PM
fuckbmx: haha dick
Shoe: Ha
fuckbmx: mr and mrs shoe, youre the best, your son is an asshole
Shoe: Its fuck bmx not thank you bmx
fuckbmx: fuck, 1 more question.
fuckbmx: how much better are trails with a good nosedive?
shoe: Hua?
fuckbmx: i heard a rumor that you werent into nose dives until like, last season
12:35 PM
shoe: I don't know what that's about
fuckbmx: well then, glad we could clear it up

Shoemaker family.

Go fast.

2009-05-02T20:11:00.002-04:00

It was supposed to be real shitty today. It wasn't. I wish I would have known it was going to be nice last night so I could have just got a ride to LI with someone after TGUK, but I didnt.
So I was in the city and amazed at how the day turned out, and just rode the road bike.

I guess I am catching a super early(late?) train to LI.

Trail season

2009-04-30T12:38:00.001-04:00

After not riding trails since September, and going to a few races, I am nervous.

warm up from Ryan H on Vimeo.

Stole the video from Hoey, www.ryanhoey.com

Woodbridge VA and plywood jumps.

2009-04-27T18:50:00.003-04:00

Ronnie Gaska is making a comeback.
Dugan, we need you around.

Plywood and ducttape....

"Remember how we packed this so we can fit everything on the way home"
On the way home we were down a tent thanks to a Tornado?

The G-Man, Mr. Smooth, Ronnie Gaska, making a come back.

But he still has to put in work.

Tom managed to miss the half of his class that went off the last turn and through a corner marshall and his chair. He also got multiple demerits including forgetting The Gman's jersey on his night table and not bringing a key to the hotel with us to dinner, and making us sit in the lobby for 20 minutes. Although that was a group effort.

I thought I had a photo of Nigel and Al together, but I can't find it.... Nigel, giving Kirsch a taste...

In his first 'real' national as an Expert, Nigel made mains both days. Sick.
But he still hasn't upgraded his jersey.

I made the same move in the second turn every lap. I was told to 'bring back a fucking trophy' by a dude I work with. I didn't want to bring him anything less then 1st. I love novice.

Look away.

Our hotel has a special room that was full of lamps. We didnt take any.

Al Cayne, clockin the footy.

Tornados?

This dog was so friendly.

Chris is a slacker, and didn't race. He still rocked padded shorts and clip shoes all weekend.

We smoked mad ounces.

We didn't have A/V to mini headphone plugs. Gaska told me if he didn't get to listen to NASCAR through the cars speakers, he would stop coaching me. Qtips, packaging tape and wire cutters.

There was a big Jesus convention at our hotel, and church at the track Sunday morning. I decided to set my Magic 8Ball App to "ZEN" on the way home, this is what it told me.

There's a bunch of random photos in This Gallery that goes with These Files.
Everything else is on BMXPhotos.net

Through the eyes of Crazy Al Cayne

2009-04-22T16:28:00.002-04:00

Crazy Al Cayne has been working his ass off to get edits up so he doesn't get back logged when we go down to VA this weekend.
check it.
CAC-TV

Egg Harbor Regional and $4 hotel rooms.

2009-04-19T15:29:00.005-04:00

BMX is coming back, just watch.

Tom just dropped me off at my office, so I am getting this shit up asap so I dont have to think about it when I get here tomorrow. That just made me sound way more official than I am.
This was TLI's warmup weekend before Woodbridge next week and we had amazing weather, and did pretty well.
We left at 2:45 Saturday morning because Tom wanted to be there nice and early for registration and practice and shit at 7. We got it right around 5:30. Fuck. Picked up PBJ and bread for a weekends worth of lunch and sat out in the freezing cold at the track. It quickly warmed up at was in the high 70's before we knew it... we raced and stuff, and then went to the same hotel Nigel, Al and girls were staying. The guy told me $60 on the phone, and when I get there, told me that if I wanted, we could stay in the room of some people who checked out, but weren't 'officially' out yet. He said they wanted to tip him $50 but paid by credit card, so he would give it to me for 50.. I got him down to a brisk $44. We went to our room, it was decent, aside from having the worst shower I have ever used in my life... But for $44, who can complain?
Then tom had to change his gear, as always. When he went to put his bike back together, he realized that he didnt have the big wrench he needed, and Al's cellphone was either off or out of service, so I pulled out the phone book to find a hardware store. What would fall out of the phone book but 2 $20 bills... Bringing the cost of our hotel down to a nice simple $4.
Tom ended up getting in touch with Al anyhow, and all was well.
Now pictures.

Nigel got a nice new bike for his first season in forever racing ex. I think everyone would agree that it paid off after seeing his races. Dude ripped it up. But seriously Nigel, now it's time for a new jersey.

Newell got a nice new baby for himself this season. The lack of sleep showed. Next time.

Alot of people will be siked on how much seat post is in this picture.

Tom has had better races.

Such as this one.

These cookies were really fucking good and only $5. Thanks Laurel/Chris.

Crazy Al Cayne looking 100 times better riding a 20".

Giacomozzo was killing it all weekend. I think he might be juicin.

I didn't even take this picture, I swear.

Nice tent.

As usual, The Gallery and The Files.
See you all soon!

Live updates.

2009-04-18T08:23:00.000-04:00

Check the facebook status and www.patrickryannugent.com

This update is pretty much because coaches wife requested it.

2009-04-04T11:47:00.002-04:00

It's kind of ironic that in my last post I said something about quitting drinking, and then today, I woke up on the tile floor, in the hallway leading to my apartment, at 9:30am... Yeah... Atleast someone didnt rob my phone, wallet, keys or money which, for some reason, were laying beside me. Haha.
Open bar parties are bad news for me....

Clearly 6pm is either a great starting point, or a terrible one...

This is lorenzo. We met him at the Johnsons where he lost this game of pool

props to the foreign girl who took this for us. (the random kid with a mustache is ronnie gaskas canadian fan club)

Lorenzo bought this girl flowers. I dont hang out with scum bags.

and then he bought us dinner

i like this duck and squirrel.

and also this.

My fire escape has the same view, only I am in harlem, looking over cetral park, and looking at(rather then being...) downtown when i see it.

Racing is making a comeback this year.

2009-03-30T21:40:00.002-04:00

Was digging at the BMX track this weekend, Tom Bivona and Ronnie Gaska spearheaded the operation along with a ton of other people while Shoemaker and I (mostly I) were being douche bags in Canada.
Then once my hang over finally wore off(I quit drinking) I broke my hand doing this...
So I didn't dig at all that weekend. But finally I got out there, the track is siiick. I didn't get to ride due to my broke ass hand, but from what I've heard, it's pretty much one of the best tracks around(aside from it's lack of being built into the side of a mountain... which is being worked on...).

First straight.

Jump into first turn(35ft lip to landing)

Stepup stepup.

Grumpy.

This photo sucks but this straight looks sick to ride.

Me owning these when I was 11 led to 1000 apologies to Brian Foster this past fall.
Now I own a fresh new pair that Jeff had at Sayville Bikes, although they are a size 4... I'm just gunna get them signed and mount them like boxing gloves.

2 quick things.

2009-03-25T10:16:00.004-04:00

Dave from Panamoka asked me to post something about the parking changes at the trails. No more parking in the dead ends, I guess people are pissed about it. So don't park there. Dave is not someone you want mad at you, when he smashes your face into the side of a house, it hurts, trust me.

Secondly, while Shoemaker and I were having a 4 day bender, everyone on Long Island rebuilt the BMX track.

here and here for pictures. Get siked.

Notro. Minus bikes.

2009-03-17T18:53:00.002-04:00

Wild weekend. All of these pictures are from Friday, I figured if I brought my camera anywhere, I would have forgotten it.
I don't know anyones names.

This kid let me throw his phone as hard as I could against a wall. The screen cracked. Spike it.

Needle and some sketchy kids.

I guess I was pretty pumped on this dog.

Fix that tie.

Bike show, eh?

We got lost trying to sneak in. We ended up just walking through the front door and past the people asking for money.

I bet he doesnt realize he's a douche bag.

Shoe decided to ride flat.

Catfish and I are BFF's now. It turns out neither of us are actually gay.

Brien K let us stay in his room. It was quiet, and piss free.

Grimy.

Jon Capozzi.

There are way to many dicks in the gallery

Team Canada wanted me to update my blog.

2009-02-28T11:34:00.001-05:00

Mike Roy, why the fuck didn't you come down anyway?

Florida.

2009-02-25T18:46:00.002-05:00

Florida was awesome. Perfect weather. Alot of riding. Some drunks.

This is Justins new back yard. I lived next door for versions 1-3, this is version 5 or 6.... Smooth as fuck.

Everytime I go down to Florida there's a little work left to be done, we got drunk and finished the back half of the bowl corner spine.

That dog is full grown, 2lbs.

What back yard doesn't have a trampoline?

I forgot that it gets fucking COLD at night in the winter, so went to Walmart and bought the cheapest sweatshirt and pants I could. and of course. Little dog.

The back yard doubles as a playground for Justins kids (10, 10, 2). The 10 year old twins(girls) skate the ramp too. Not pictured is the seesaw. This is my old roommate, Billy.

Justin Said he got his NacNacs from Dave Pawson back when he use to race at Egg Harbor.

I'm not sure why I am putting this picture of Geo posing up. With a kid throwing a whip.

Footdown.

After the pictures of Geo and I got plastered on the interweb, he came out and put this GLSA (Gay and Lesbian Surf Association) sticker on his truck. Welcome out Geo!

Some tunnel on the way home.

Winter Sucks.

Gallery
Files

Trail season...

2009-02-18T11:41:00.001-05:00

I just found this video on my old harddrive it's from the summer of 07.... I can't wait to ride trails. We're gunna get Woodview's main line running and BBQ running soon... Hopefully both can be in use by mid March like last season...

Woodview 2007. from Patrick Nugent on Vimeo.

March 14th, 2009.

2009-02-14T19:17:00.002-05:00

Spread the word.

Florida Ridaz

2009-02-12T21:59:00.003-05:00

I'll be in Sarasota from the 19th-22nd, lets ride bikes.

Oh and also, I'm sure most of you have heard of that professional ~~shit talker~~ commentator Catfish. Well a few nights when I was a bit intoxicated.... and one afternoon when I just wanted to be completely honest, I took it upon myself to kick him out of BMX because, well, he's worse then Kenan Harkin..... I guess I got on his nerves a little bit, he's being e-tough and calling me out on the internet(and I guess I'm being equally as lame for writing this, haha) but whatever. He calls me a faggot, but he's the one with the unicorn/rainbow stamp on him.
Call me gay as much as you'd like, but it doesn't make you anymore straight.

PS. you are obviously colorblind.
PPS. My momma is the best. Take that how ever you want cause I know you're going to make a lame ass joke.
PPPS. You haven't grown since 87'.
PPPPS. I don't care about holes.
PPPPPS. Everytime anyone looks at you, wether it's a picture or in person, they laugh.

I got nothing.

2009-02-10T23:16:00.002-05:00

Go here

Luke Swabs adventure...

And here.
This is why you're fat.

Deep Fried Peanut Butter-Covered Brownie Wrapped In Cookie Dough

The outcome...

2009-02-03T22:04:00.002-05:00

Only a couple quick photos...

Oven is fucked.

Glass int eh front door is fucked.

Darren is pumped.

Mang Jeffy and I

Round one on Friday.

Bike ready to go home.

part 3... there will actually be a part 4 at some point...

2009-02-02T20:31:00.002-05:00

I pissed on this pile of bikes 3 times personally, grips and seats. haha.

Other people pissed in this heating vent though...

Aww.

Singalongs!

I am so pumped on that kid getting carried out. I don;t now who is who for the most part, it's either travpol or typol though

His pants are off, but he didnt get anywhere with anyone

Jeff and I decided we should take our shirts off...
*edit* wow look at my fucking gut. Not a good look.*

This and the photo after it are in sequence...

.........

Bathroom party.

She was GTFO shortly later.

Passed out.

My most favorite person from Canada.

Piss defiantly poured out of his frame. Later on he bought the justin simpson pro model. He supports people who punch him in the balls.

It's funny that this whole trip was based around going to Rays, and this is the only photo I am posting from there...

Thanks again everyone, and Kyle Hartwell for manning the camera.
Gallery

Myspace files.

It's going to be a bit before the gallery works... and its like 1100 photos...

Ohio part 2, the noreaster.

2009-02-02T20:30:00.000-05:00

She didn't have to GTFO.

Spot the BMX pro/english teacher with a frame with lame graphics.

I can honestly say I am the reason he was this angry. I love you billy.

I punched Jeffy in the face a minute or 2 before this photo was shot. I'm sorry I hit you so hard, and all knuckle.

There is not a lock on the bathroom door....

As usual, I am surprised I didnt get my ass kicked.

Other Pat and urine.

I didn't go to Notro 08, but shoe and I are going to Notro 09 to get shitty with all of these people.

Snow ball fight in the living room?

Cheers to Kerry Sayre.

Thats what people look like when they get punched in the balls.

Responsibility...

I am proud of myself for helping this dude. If I was sober I probably would have pushed him over.

Ohio, Part one of 3....

2009-02-02T20:29:00.000-05:00

Fuck. This was one of the best trips ever. Not everything in the gallery is going to be work safe, theres only one or 4 photos that aren't though...

I would like the thank Jeff P for having everyone over. And everyone who let people stay at there houses/apartments/dorms so that not all of us had to sleep on the piss and vomit stained floor.

Jeffys apartment. Pre shit fest 2009.

10am Friday, checking email, skunked highlife.

Fresh coffee table paint job....

Getting the word out....

I was going to get jeffy to pose dead in the parking lot, and have a girl pose screaming at the national gaurd next to him... but i never got around to it.

Kerry @ chenga hooked it up with Tits or GTFO shirts, a bottle of MD 20/20, thunderbird and wild I. Thank you.

Kerry Sayre: mildly creeped out.

Mang, thumbs always up!

Leaving chenga... On our way to get some Hot n' Ready little caesars...

but not before getting more thunderbird for the night...

Tits or GTFO. She is not a lesbian.

Other Pat bought this with his meal plan. We bixed 4 with 1/3 bottle Thunderbird and then Jeffy, Mang and I pounded it...

Update one over.

Slacked hard on the Haven update.

2009-01-28T23:02:00.003-05:00

I don't even have an excuse.
Went to Haven with Al Cayne, Remo, and either Chet or Chad(or neither?) But his name is something like that.
It has been fucking cold.
I have been riding road bikes.
Going to Ohio tomorrow for a 3 day bender, with Rays MTB and Chenga thrown in for good measure.
Anyway...

Heading out of Harlem world after some delicious IHOP.

Al Cayne wore his alter-ego, Billy's, outfit.

You know how people always say shit like 'isn't your bike to small for you'?
Well what the fuck is this kid thinking?

Chet/Chad/Chat? Shreddin.
Some MTB kid went over the wall soon after.

Met up with Chris. Look how ready he is to go ride a BMX track.

I have no clue what this kids name is, but he shreds and is a totally nice dude.

Remo clockin footy.

Al Cayne, 2nd straight at south park this year.

Ben and Chris being business people.

Gallery
Files for whatever

Road bikes might be better then BMX bikes.

2009-01-18T18:15:00.003-05:00

I can't believe I just said that.
I am not afraid of the cold and snow with big wheels though.

Oh and buy some shirts.

I set up this web store so you don't have to feel like you're just sending me money.
FuckBMX via bigcartel

I'll post the other Fat Relics zine soon.

Get shitty in Ohio.

2009-01-16T15:17:00.000-05:00

Fat Relics Manifest zine, issue 1.

2009-01-11T15:39:00.002-05:00

It's winter. It snowed yesterday. I am going to Boston next weekend to hang out with some BMX kids... I am leaving my bike in my apartment in New York...

Thanks to Rich Soper for having this posted on his facebook. Click to see fuller size.

Long Island, circa the early 1990's.

Shirts...

2009-01-07T15:39:00.004-05:00

Ok, so I have these shirts now...
They're $12 shipped. or $10 if you run into me and I have some with me.
I only got like 40 printed...
If you want to do it thru paypal, send the money to pat@nugentphoto.com.
if you want to mail me cash or a check, make it out to Pat nugent, and send it to:
60 west 129th st
Apt 7a
NY NY 10027.

More old zines soon.

When Long Island use to run BMX. Thanks Keith Mulligan(you don't even know I am posting this) and Rich Soper.

2009-01-06T18:37:00.006-05:00

Rich posted a few zines from... 1991 on his face book. I was 5 years old in 1991, and didn't start riding bikes until 3-4 years later.
Everytime I hear stories of the shit that happened back then, I get jealous. It's funny how some of the big names today are in this first zine I am posting, it's called stewZ.

Ohh, and I am picking up the shirts from Supes tomorrow.

Oh, and I am resizing everything to keep it neat, but click the photo to see it full size.

Meatball is one of those crazy dudes. He was always at the bike shop when I was growing up. One bay he put his arm through a plate glass window at a bar and got totally fucked up. One day he came in telling us how the Sunday prior, he left $2(or whatever it cost) ont he counter at 7-11, and walked out with beer, because they wouldnt sell him beer, and then got hit by a car, and was worried he was going to be fucked for 'stealing' the beer.

Brian Foster and Ronnie Gaska. "Ronine Gaska likes to clean his bike as frequently as possible and is King Smooth." Some things never change.

I think the only time I ever knowingly met Tim Strileckie was at South Park 7-8 years ago. He wanted me to do the truffle shuffle. :(

Robo doing what we would now call a 'turndown.'

Part 2...

2009-01-04T10:09:00.002-05:00

These photos are so bad.

Random Ohioans sitting on a train trying not to look out of place.

Someone was shooting mortars off the roof at the new years party?
I am amazed that I actually have this picture on my phone.
I am hoping that some random people email me more photos from times square. we got in every group picture we could, and at some point i forced some random dude to take a picture of just me? I gave everyone business cards, haha.

Fuckkkk

2009-01-03T17:34:00.003-05:00

So when I said "there's a good story" i wasnt really expecting the story to keep evolving until 8am today?
I need to make a long awesome list of shit, but I don't want people to think I be slackin, so ehre's 4 photos....

After the sick party we found our way to in soho, we lurked the fuck out of face book, and people definatly posted pictures of us. people hated me alot more than they hated ohio. i was told i should "probably leave" quite a bit...

they had a table full of expensive alcohol, and rented heat lamps for the roof.
We were drinking olde e and putting stickers on everything, and i was making it rain business cards.
Why did noone email me shit?

that girl up front is from indiana or some shit?
see jeffy p in the bane shirt, and me in back drunk dialing.
I made a couple hundred calls int he last 3 nights. and numorus texts. Aaron Ross, if you are reading htis, you are the nicest dude.
Also thanks to people who hooked me up with numbers to call.

So from left to right, Jeffy P, some goth ass bitch from Ohio called Tim, myself and some girl from Baltimore who I really have no fucking clue why she is still texting me.

the ohio kids have alot of good pictures, so there will be more legit updates or somehting.

What a way to start the day..

2009-01-01T13:14:00.001-05:00

I will make a good New Years eve post later with the 4-5 photos I have, I am hoping random people from the night will email me either photos or death threats...

This is my first purchase of the new year...

There is a good story to come...

Panda Ice Cream Crew X FuckBMX shirts.

2008-12-30T11:21:00.001-05:00

Shit's dropping as soon as Supe's answers my IM.

I might put up family christmas photos soon.

Holidays at club shoe.

2008-12-22T18:21:00.003-05:00

Wow.
It was a fun night.
Thanks to everyone at club shoe. And everyone who made my camera not disappear. And everyone who shot photos, I'm siked to be in the album so much.

Gary Shoemaker is pretty much the man. Adam22, eat your heart out, I know you eyein up my shirt.

This is am IM i sent to shoe. The underlined sentence says "you are 100% better then terra."
The Last line says "I wish I was drunk enough to not remember this."

Darren "the bet" Meenan taking lessons from a pro.

Hoeys.

Zober's girl was not siked. haha.

I posted this picture of Nick making out with that girl a few months ago. I set it as the background on this computer. He got me back alter in the night.

You know how hard it is to find Joose on LI? Here I am preaching the good word.

Shoemaker Family.

Panamoka.

Shoe was trying to trade this shirt for my holiday sweater.

Fuck Christmas.

First and last sip.

Skill.

Look how cute and grown up my older brother is.

Drinks spilled.

We were telling secrets.

I would write "oh amy dont hate me cause i'm still in love with shoe"
But people would probably take it the wrong way.

Fine sponsor of the night.

Look at the sweet scarf. Keith is not a big fan of waking up in the morning.

Dance floor?

I owe my brother one for making sure I didn't die, or end up face down in the snow. Thanks again Sean!

Drink of choice.

Almost.

I really didn't want to post this. But I posted that one of Nick at Supes party, so I'd be a douchebag if I didn't make myself look just as bad. Nick ended up making out with her later on.

Gallery
Files for myspace.

Oh Christmas Tree!

2008-12-14T15:15:00.002-05:00

It's unseasonably warm today and I am not riding my bike. Went up state with the family Friday to capture a perfect christmas tree. It didn't get above 30 degrees. We were lucky if we hit that high.
My parents might hate me after this post.

Mom, prepared for the hunt.

Dad, even more prepared for the hunt.

Francis(dog falling on her ass) is not very good at walking on ice.

However, she is out new navigation system.

My brother and his fiances first christmas tree in there new house. It's about 3 ft taller then they excepted.

Crew. Cold Mountain. Plenty of ice.

Middle of nowhere.

My mom almost ate shit on this patch of ice. It was funny. It would have sucked if she fell though.

Champion!

Oh that thing under the tree? That's a dead body.
Carry on.

Dad, doin work!

Tennesee

2008-12-10T19:27:00.002-05:00

Chris went to TN over thanksgiving. Here are some pictures he sent me.

My Mother, ex Shoreham announcer and new volunteer to the NBL.

We come to your shit bar and do whatever we want. We're from the North so
we can.

Here is a Parrot that was in my hotel in West Virginia, aside from being a
Parrot in a West Virginia hotel, it was pretty normal. It said "Hello" when
you walked by.
(editors note: New Team Mascot.)

Chad Powers. who doesn't love him.
(if you break down on i95 in woodbridge, chad will be there for you in 30 minutes.)

This place is pretty good for a race, except the dust from the track gets
all over everything and including you for days.

"King Arthur" Bontorno. He hates when I call him Arthur, but he might be
one of the most stylish riders in the half ass pro class.
{i always saw this kid at races, and then met him at the louisville park during the grands, mad nice kid)

Chris sent some more, but I forgot to download them. The official race season starts in like fucking april, so from now until then, expect nothing but douchey photos, and once in a while a skatepark.

lukeswab.

2008-12-08T19:27:00.004-05:00

There was a post on BMXBoard last Tuesday from this kid, needed a place to stay in the city Wednesday-Sunday while he was at some seminar... Strictly Business..
I live in the city... And I was bored, so I said sure why not.
Got here Wednesday at like 12:30am, let him in and then went to bed, work Thursday.
In the days following a few random things happened... some aren't so random:
Parking Ticket.
"Crossing Streams"
No Drunk emails (I was slackin)
Dollar Pizza.
It fucking snowed.
We got invited to some "party" at some fancyass club by 2 gay dudes from CT while we were pounding 22's on 13th st. The party did not have an open bar, so we snuck out while they were checking there coats.
He beat some pool shark at pool.
He lost his car. It was a block over.
Mandatory white castle.

That's pretty much it.
Here's a picture of him solving a rubiks cube on the way downtown.

I am watching home alone. Chris sent me a bunch of stuff from TN to post up, will probably do that tomorrow.

Black(ed out) Friday.

2008-11-29T13:05:00.004-05:00

Supes had a party, I got stuck in a tunnel going to Penn Station from my apartment, so I didn't have time to grab my camera... When he makes a post, I will steal all his photos... I have nothing witty to say, and am kinda shot.

Thanks to Supes for having this shit, and the photos. www.superbmx.com for more stuff and a better story.

Yea nick... Get thatt!

Host!

Nice gloves Keith.

Gingerale.

Ont he dance floor.

LI Aitken Jam.

2008-11-23T18:10:00.002-05:00

So it was like 12 degrees once you factored in the wind chill Saturday... and pretty much everyone had atleast an hour drive to get out there.... and it was only put together like a week ago... but there was like 30-40 kids there, which was kinda awesome considering the circumstances. Kenny and the LIB dudes gave away a frame and some random stuff, people rode and froze to death. No ramp tramps and not much alcohol.
Thanks for everyone for coming out, I think the total raised was around $550 which is awesome.

I need to stop slacking and send my fisheye in to get the focus fixed, damn. Lazy.

Kenny ran the megaphone and soda ice cold water and hotdogs.

This is the only picture of Russell not smiling that day.

Ricky crankin shit.

Last week BF was giving Russ gate tips, now he's getting them from BI. I'm fucked next season.

Carnie clockin footy. I have an old ass Rookie sticker from 03 or 04 on my laptop.

Shit sucks.

Denny wanted to try to gap into the mini from the big wedge.... Not a good idea.
Or it's a 360 to fakie.

I took this from the top of a fence. That fence was ay to cold to be sitting on.

All day.

Russ wanted a little kid to win the frame real bad.

This kid won it. I barely know anyones names.

Hoey and I kept putting stickers on Kenny and Russell kept peeling them off.

Siked.

OG's. Think Hoey will update for once?

Russell, supporting the cause.

I seriously have pictures somewhere from like 10 years ago of this kid doing like 1 footed xups and shit at our old trails.

Tight trains were run for a bit. Just look at the bottom left of this frame.

Flair.

Tabes for Babes.

BI was on a bike.

Bikes arent supposed to be at that angle.

LIB crew.

Gallery
Files.

Max Trunz

2008-11-22T22:12:00.002-05:00

Aitken Part 2.

2008-11-17T10:15:00.001-05:00

Oh, and BF, sorry I was being such a douchebag all night.

Full house.

He didn't win.

Haha. Every picture.

Classy?

BF was giving Russ tips on how to improve his gate start. Racing is coming back in a big way in the next few years.

Evidence!!!!!

2008-11-17T09:43:00.003-05:00

If you cant make your way up a bowl.... Your a fat fuck....

-ill bill

Mike Aitken thing at Haven.

2008-11-16T17:24:00.006-05:00

Word on the street is like 5-6g's got raised last night, fuck yea. Props to those dudes for putting that shit together, I'm pretty sure everyone had a blast last night.
Ohh and thanks to Jeff for sending Kevin to pick me up.
You might notice the photos getting worse and worse as the night went on... and most of them are out of focus.

Who gives a fuck?

Ohh, and if you have any kind of bike with a motor on it, don't bother letting me try to learn how to ride it in the parking lot of a BMX track. You'd be doing both of us a favor.

Darryl Nau was the MC of the night keeping everyone siked, and rockin Blacken gear.

I don't know what the deal is, but Supes has to run a Blacken head tube sticker until next November, photographic evidence!

Long Island crew. Jamin Burgess, I have no clue why I have your email address written down?

I bought one of these T-Shirts for $5 and then immediately gave it away. Fuck. If I gave it to you, let me know, I want to make sure it's in safe hands.

BF killin it, Blue Falcon style.

Terra's bag was up for grabs. so hoey rocked it. Hoey wore a helmet all night but didnt ride a bike once.

Either I was following these girls around all night, or they were following me. There's like 100 pictures of them. Get that shit Max!
If you were the girl named rachel? I was supposed to send you photos thru myspace or something? All I know is your name is rachel.

LIBBMX.com

Look how strong Jeff Allen is.

Supes, take what ever photos you want, I posted a picture of you pissing.

BF FuckBMX!
I'm sorry I heckled you so much last night.

Jeff Martin, my boy from when we happened to live in FLA at the same time. Damn those girls got around last night.

Bitches are siked. Gotta get the steely in there.

I got Gaska to sponsor Max for the table contest. He didn't win. Punk bitch.

Terra doin work and looking all legit and shit.

Double fistin.

Race crew critiquing everyone's sprints towards the box jump.
Thanks for getting me home safe Coach!

I found out today that I was in BF's face more then I realized, and told him to flip me off.

But seriously, those Airwalks were hot.

Fucking awesome.

Kids were begging to get hit int he face.

Siked?

I think these kids won the wall ride contest?
I have no clue really.

Seriously though, what the fuck was tookie trying to do?
He face planted the wall.

Thanks to Jeff Allen for getting me a ride to the park from the train, and Gaska for driving me home(He told me it was defiantly NOT ok to throw up in the prius.

I am so siked to have a photo with not only BF, but Gaska, at the same time.. To bad botch snuck in, and Bivs got it out of focus. Ducks.
Gaska rocked those airwalks too, it's all good.

Fuck, there's gunna be another update with more shit tomorrow.

Here's the gallery.
And here's the files for you to steal for your blogs and myspace.

Aitken shit.

2008-11-13T18:57:00.002-05:00

So everyone know's by now that Aitken got broke off bad. There's a jam for the cause this weekend at the park in New Haven. Word on the street is that some people aren't going because he doesn't 'deserve' there money, and that F-IT should pay all his bills cause he didn't have insurance and shit.
That's fucked up.
It's not all about money, it's also coming together as a community(check out www.crazyalcayne.com 's videos in Harlem on Election night if you dont know what that means). Sure the dude id going to need money, but more important, and probably more motivating then money at this point, is seeing tons of people having a good time, because fuck, I'm sure he'd rather be at any of the random jam's then laid up in a bed, and recovering.

Bikes Kinda.

2008-11-13T18:54:00.003-05:00

Went to the banks Sunday. It's fucking COLD.

I think the kid in the RedSox hat's name is Rob. Regaurdless, he's from Jersey, is good at bikes and had a flask of Jack with him when Ben and I met him at the banks.

Dollar Dumplings!

What a wak update.

Kevin Nobles...

2008-11-11T21:29:00.003-05:00

So Kevin (the gay kid pictured in the last post...) broke his back the other day. Haven't really got any details, he can walk move and stuff, so atleast there's that, but he's going in for surgery tomorrow morning...

I Remember Halloweeen?

2008-11-03T16:16:00.003-05:00

Not really. BMX sucks.

I really don't even know how the camera got in the house, but I did email Gaska to make sure it would be alright for me to throw up...
That email went something like this:
On Nov 1, 2008, at 2:24 AM, Patrick Nugent wrote:

> Gaska I'm shot gvaves with biydhereleer Deere doijbg white at
> bonkbke on sireyyb rti suaoaoiuht dayesv aubsayznMm! Fhxn userl ever
> haha fuxxn

While I was 'napping' people decorated me. Fuck you botch.

I hate this dog.

About half of the people there threw up at some point...

I like balloons.

The party was hosted by a gay porn star.

Payback is a beautiful thing.

It's nice to know someone else was in worse shape though.

Tom filmed gates to figure shit out for next season.

Gaska is ashamed of himself because his bike shop use to sponsor crazy karl at kadge.

Gallery
Files

Squirrel

2008-10-31T12:34:00.002-04:00

Bivona sends me countless things to post, and all I do is put up a picture of a Squirrel that I fed.

2008-10-30T13:10:00.001-04:00

Been slackin like crazy, Tom reemailed me the nascar photo a few days ago, I just slacked.. and now the photo wont load, fuck.
There will be a real update next weekend.
Go watch Bossler get carjacked.
http://teamlibmx.blogspot.com/

Up errywurrr

2008-10-23T11:03:00.000-04:00

Antioch, IL.

Theres a picture at a NASCAR race I have to put of too, but I don't have access to it right now... As well as 30000 pictures of Gaska that Bivona sent me(including a BMX Plus!) cover...

Ill Bill loves the fattys.

My soon to be wife....

2008-10-23T11:00:00.002-04:00

did you get me cigs pat?

Happy birthday Tom.

2008-10-21T13:31:00.003-04:00

Bivs turned 30. Gaska can ride again(like a 10 year old Novice, but still fucking awesome). Trails is dope.

If a stick figure and frosty the snow man had sex, this would be the outcome.

Zober, basically naked, shreddin.

Steven Adams, wam bam

Shoe's been harassing me to make this update. He's been doing this trick as long as most of us have been riding.
Once the camera comes out, hes a showoff. He did all the tricks he still knows.

Who needs focus? Happy birthday.

I ended up choosing the picture where I look totally out of it. Crew at Biv's birthday thing.

No leg muscles. Master's watch the fuck out in '09.

Betty Mulligan is the only person with a brain at Shoreham. Unfortunately, the rest of the people that run the track prefer flat ground, grass, tires sticking out of rollers and sand as opposed to a BMX track...

Bivona going chainless again.

Gaska and trails. Dude's back in the game.

Gallery
Files

Videos...

2008-10-18T11:39:00.004-04:00

Bivona sends us all of these emails with vintage Long Island/Ronnie Gaska bmx stuff. It's awesome to have something to see at work.
Here are a few of the videos he sent out this week... Look at Sevs in 95-96, and compare it to Panamoka now... When I just started riding(right around that time) I would make my parents drive me to sevs so I could watch. And then when I was like 13-14 I would ride my bike there after school just to sit around and watch.
So I have to say thanks to all of you guys, because if you were dicks to me back then, I probably would have thought BMX was fucking lame.
All the videos play at once. Haha.

Sevs and Gaska at shoreham, 95-96

Rich Soper.... When shoreham had "real" jumps.

Gaska. Triple Step.

Happy Birthday Keith.

2008-10-13T11:47:00.003-04:00

On Oct 12, 2008, at 7:45 AM, sikid92@aol.com wrote:
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Haha Saturday was Terra's birthday party... I sent that email to Dugan, Gaska and Bivona at 3:48am...

A little while later I picked a fight with Dave. The side of my head is a little sore, thank you Max and Matt for saving my life, haha. A couple hours later Dave and I went around trying to force people to drink vodka?

These party photos really fucking suck.

I apparently told Shoe he was my hero ~100 times. I even ran into his parents and told them he was my hero. Here he is in the haunted house.

Steve was supposed to go to work at like 3am, but dave turned his alarm off, so he went to the trails instead.

I really have no clue how they were riding.

Dave built me this roller section to practice for racing. It might be all I ride next year. Trails got intense.

Just incase anyone wants to see...
Gallery

2008-10-10T13:20:00.002-04:00

PSP's...

2008-09-29T18:21:00.002-04:00

So I sold that PSP I found on my 33 hour journey to some kid from BMXBoard who happens to be active in the army... I'm sure Gaska will be siked about the outcome of the PSP although the circumstances suck.

Link to the post.

So.. I was coming back from the gym with my friend and along the way we stopped to talked to some guys from our tent. "You all are fat asses, eating pizza after your ruck march". About fifteen seconds of conversation followed.
We started walking back to our tent, which was about 30-50 meters away (or a good 15 second walk) when I hear a whistling/rocket noise. I look over and see a smoke trail and then a big explosion. A lot of debris and shrapnel come flying toward us and we start running towards the explosion. We soon realized it was our own tent and we ran towards it, despite some woman telling us to get in the bunker.

We get inside and the tent is filled with smoke, one of the Army Sgt's comes out with a phone and we start searching the tent. Two guys went down.. one with a broken leg and shrapnel all over his arms and legs. The other guy had shrapnel up and down his entire body. We eventually get them out and sent to the hospital. They survived and are doing fine, but were sent to Germany.

The room where I store my shit was destroyed. ..chem gear, clothes, etc. The friend I was at the gym with, not only was his room completely obliterated, but on fire too. My PSP I bought from sxebmx a week ago was in there. He's lucky he wasn't in the room because the rocket landed and exploded right where he sits.
Stoked on the guys eating pizza, if they weren't eating Pizza Hut.. me and my friend would've been fucked.

Even more fucked up... the night before my dumb ass stayed in my tent when a rocket alarm went off. I told my friend (the same day my tent was destroyed) that I slept through it and it didn't matter since 90% of the rockets don't go off. Six hours later my tent gets blown up...

Ever since ten we've been getting rocket attacked every night now. I'm just waiting for the next one tonight.

Even better news, they have found White Phosphorus in the rockets they've been shooting at us.

Moral of the story: Don't sleep through a rocket attack, your tent will get blown up.

edit:

So... there was a few Belgian news articles about the two Belgian soldiers affected (unaffected) by the rocket. The articles stated that the two Belgian soldiers "disregarded their own injuries and ran to the aid of American soldiers". There is a photo of the Belgians being unloaded off a C130 in stretchers in Belgium as their Prime Minister is giving a thumbs up.

Well... the real story is that the two Belgians were not injured at all.. they lived two tents down from us. The Army Sgt. was inside the tent and went to work the next day. The two Belgians stayed in the bunker the entire time and didn't do shit. As soon as they got to the hospital they were complaining about their back hurting and 'hearing loss'.

Big high five to Belgian news media.

Gugan get better

2008-09-25T16:22:00.001-04:00

Dugan had knee surgery today. Ronnie Gaska is 'walking' again. I'm pretty sure Al is in a sling for a few more week. Team Recovery in full effect.

Wow. Impressive.

2008-09-23T19:15:00.002-04:00

So the kid who shops strictly at the diesel store calls me gay. Should I take offense to that? Thats like a "straight" guy doing gay porn 'just for the money'.

Seriously.

Button that top fucking button, tighten that tie. Fucking DETAILS dude.

In BMX related news, Al Cayne posted a bunch more shit from the grands, www.crazyalcayne.com and my bike almost just fell from me ceiling for no reason.

Ryan Fucking Hoey

2008-09-23T15:49:00.001-04:00

Each week we will have a Ryan Hoey fact from his younger days ranging from riding in the back of vans to skate spots to LIHC shows.... To the girls he never hit on or talked to and complained about.

Hoey Factoid 1 - Ryan didn't speak at all for the first 6 months we knew him

Fuck you Pat I hate your face -ill bill

OHHHHHH Snap..... No He Did'ent

2008-09-23T08:08:00.000-04:00

Let me explain something to the retarded readers of fuckbmx, well we all know you must be retarded or live in Montana, Kentucky or some other ass backwards state to be reading Fat Pats "Blog". I wouldn't even believe half the crap this kid writes for the simple fact this fat ass wears girls pants.... would you trust any guy wearing chicks stretchy pants? Maybe he needs the stretchy'ness?

Fuck you Pat

-ill bill

What's more homosexual then a pink uniform and stickers?

2008-09-22T21:06:00.005-04:00

Roller skaters named Ill Bill.

Jeff told me he wanted to make an update, so I gave him the password. He likes Greygoose and roller skates... Actually, he's to homo for roller skates and just sits behind a desk now.

Ben got shit on leaving the banks today.

www.crazyalcayne.com put up part one of the grands video. Shits dope.

1999?

2008-09-19T00:49:00.007-04:00

Editors Note: Pat still looks about the same. He likes to think he lost all the weight but Pat is on a road to become a morbidly obese man, living with his parents and calling Sean to turn him so the bed sores' dont get infected

-ill bill

Bivona sent me a ton more photos today. Makes me glad theat I got skinny.

a foot shorter, but the same weight. Fuck.

We all look so little in that group photos. Lets see, I'm there, my brother Sean is in there, bivona, Russel Barone, Kenny Hirsch, Willie Carrier, John Able and some random kid who I forgot. Oh, and that kid on the left of Dugan is James Carozza. John met his wife when she and James were dating, haha.
Also on the Page is loffrado, Bird(he owns bike shos now) pj melphi(he smokes crack now) harley kelly, john daly(he's training for the winer olympics, quit BMX after breaking both his wrists a the grands one year) and scott kenny's the third random dude on the bottom.

Old ass riders dinner. I still have that BASE shirt.... It's probably to big for me now.

Lee is still wearing that fucking helmet. He also doesn't like FuckBMX, and stickers being put over the back license plate of his car in Kentucky...

Tom Bivona showing us why he was #3 to Brian Iaroccis #2. Z-TEC!

I guess Biv's got around? He probably still has all of these uniforms somewhere.

What would this update be without Gaska in it? worthless.

Pink is for girls.

2008-09-18T00:45:00.003-04:00

One day at the trails, we got on the subject of pink bikes and the 80's. Ronnie Gaska assured me that he only had pink stickers on his bike, and only rode them because it 'paid entry fees' so I couldn't really hold it against him.... Until today. Tom Bivona has a Shoreham BMX archive in his basement and dug up this photo of Ronnie Gaska beating Loffrado... Pink and Blue! Old ass TNT leathers.
I have to throw some credit to Justin for his number plate though, pure class.

In other news, www.crazyalcayne.com broke his collar bone and got some stitches doing sprints. Team Long Island is half dead right now.

Mark your calendar.

2008-09-09T21:49:00.003-04:00

So in one weekend over the summer, Ronnie Gaska went from Hero to Cripple.

Rick Thorne, watch out, there's a new biker in black in town.

Holiday road. part 4.

2008-09-04T17:04:00.004-04:00

Last page of this.

Bossler getting work done. Kinda.

Check out Bivonas slick new jersey.

Hancock making his coach proud.

Don Olsen fucked up Shoreham(it might have alot to do with the NYS people sucking...) and then punched bivs in the gut.

Louisville is dusty as fuck.

Giant Salt Lick.

That dude in Red almost got into a fight with Bivona. Biv's is a firm believer the Rubbin is in fact racing.

Bivs passed that guy in red. This is the red guys tire marks from the pass move...

Windy as fuch.

Trying to make coach proud. I was more crooked then an Opincarr.

Nigel made us all proud and pulled a 3rd in the main. Fuck yea.

Louisville in the rearview.

GPS sending us nowhere.

I'm not a good reported, no pictures of chris and nigel with trophys, noone with there fancy new numbers, not telling you what number anyone got, etc.

heres the gallery and shit finally. Hopefully I'll see you all soon.
Gallery
Files

Part 3. Bonafide hustla makin my name.

2008-09-03T16:51:00.001-04:00

Megan catches on quick.

Tom Bivona. Can't do this shit with clips... Won't be doing this again.

"What wrong with handling balls gonorrhea?"

.2 seconds later I cased the fuck out of that jump.

Chad Powers might be one of the most well liked people in BMX Racing.

What is wrong here?

They call this an 'establishing shot' Really though, it's just some tents and a dust storm.

jodiendo a tipo más salvaje en el ciclocross

Radical Chad. www.PowersBikeShop.com

Balls everywhere.

He seems like a nice enough guy. Just needs to figure out what the fuck a straight line is.

Leland is opening up www.crazyalcayne.com to new demographics. Here he is explaining how a turd came out of JTML's asshole. "Check out shitluckclothing.com, if you go to shitluck.com, it's just gayporn"

Grands. Part II

2008-09-02T16:40:00.000-04:00

I'm actually preloading all this shit Monday night.

No clue who this kid is. That might be child porn though.

Potosnak fell victim to Opincars lack of steering in the main, but is a nice dude.

That sticker was off the trailer by the next morning. Assholes.

A Streiby and the dude from BMXMania. I don't think they are siked on FuckBMX.

Can yo believe that Al Cayne still rocks a PC? Dipsets got plenty more...

Everybody Poops.

CACTV

Newell went from last to second in EVERY moto.

Not so flattering.

Team Cayne and Team Cummings. I think Daniel was most pumped to be at the Grands than any of us. She'll be on a cruiser soon.

Mother fuching grands. Part 1.

2008-09-01T19:20:00.003-04:00

I have way to many photos to post in one update.
First off, I'd like to say that John Dugan and Ronnie Gaska were greatly missed this weekend. Team Long Island will be back in full force soon... Or in April...
Now I'd like to say thanks to the crew, weekend was dope. I'll prolly write more shit with each entry cause my mind just locked up, we got home at lie 6am, I slept till 9:30 and have kinda been up since.
I'm gunna post like 10 or so photos per update, and the gallery at the end.

Normally I keep the photos in order... But fuckit. MIA is Hancock, half of bosslers head, ad most of Megan.

This was my first time at Waffle house. Lee Kirsch is wearing socks and sandals and is probably angry from all the pretzels hitting his car at this point.

This kid ate shit for no reason. Stuck in his clips.

Our room came with a free 1 hitter(which is packed and ready to go) and 4 BL Limes. I pocketed the 1 hitter to give to Justin at Panamoka.

I think this started it all. Lee passed out, the heat was turned up to 80, a coffee table was placed over him, and his door was closed.

Bosler right before getting pushed into a wall.

Betty Mulligan didn't want me to run cardboard this weekend, so she made me this plate. I ran it, but only after some sweet mod's.

Crew at the best park in the country.

99% better/smoother/faster then the grands track.

Fuck thecomeup, We Run The Net.

What you can't see. I am totally copping a feel of Tom's ass, and Bosler is licking his neck.

As of the current time, all the images are still uploading, so if you're checking this, and it's Monday evening, check back later.

All the fuck, no BMX.

2008-08-25T15:54:00.003-04:00

So the BMX team, minus dugan, got together for dinner. I decided to ride my bike there, and fell for no reason. Broke the stunna watch, and ruined some nice clothes and broke the auto focus on the fisheye. minutes later Biv's picked me up.
Went upstate to relax a bit.
No bikes.

Fuck a 3g.

Fuck a Cripple.

Botch's first cell phone. Coach is proud.

More cow bell.

Broke ass stunna watch.

Pop's is good at fishing.

Look at that monster.

Fuck a Manhattan.

My mom is going to be really angry when I tell her to look at this.

Drunk off nights sky.

Nothing to do with Fuck. Everything to do with BMX.

2008-08-24T19:15:00.001-04:00

Everyones favorite redheaded step child made this edit. Chedda Nick probably does in fact eat dick.

Untitled from mario on Vimeo.

And MAx makes me feel like a slacker for not riding trails more.

LI trails from Maximilian Trunz on Vimeo.

I just saw Dugans posse on broadway.

2008-08-20T22:12:00.002-04:00

So yea. I think everyone(aside from Ronnie Gaska) is kinda burnt out right now.
Umm, the Montauk park isn't worth the drive unless you're going to just stop by it on your way somewhere(like Montauk...)
Mulally how ever is awesome.
And some gay dude came onto me because he thought my bike was cute. but he promised that he wasn't coming on to me... right.

Mulally. Kid up front is a russian exchange student, kid in back is a shredder on Bulldog. I don't know anyones names there.

How random is this miniramp in a Financial building on Park Ave? It has been skated, was marked up.

Ronnie Gaska loves the rainforest(and the HOV lane)

33 hours.

2008-08-10T15:21:00.003-04:00

So I was subpoenaed to be in court in FLA yesterday as a witness in a trial.
No sleep Thursday night.
I left my apartment at 3:30-4 am. Got to Penn Station at like 4:15, in plenty of time for my 4:51 train.
Ate a slice of pizza.
Get train, transfer at Jamaica. Get to JFK at about 5:30-5:45 for my flight at 6:45.
Get my own row of seats in the second row on JetBlue. Passed out before takeoff.
Woke up 20 minutes before we landed at about 9:30.
Picked up my rental car, Seabring, 10am.
First burn out, and ebrake around a turn 10:05am.
Drive to Port Charlotte because that's where I have to be for my deposition at 1:30.
Get there at 11.
Go tot he mall and buy a bright eyes cd and cup of coffee because I'm bored and need car music.
Drive through my old neighbor hood. See a piece of the ramp that use to be in my garage set up ont he side of a random road.
Cover it in FuckBMX stickers.
Go to Panera Bread.
Buy a cup of coffee and steal the internet. 12:30.
Go to court. 1:15pm.
The lawyer who I'm supposed to be hooking up with good testimony kinda sucks. Didnt word his questions right to get answers that would help him; I wasnt going to lie.
Be a sarcastic asshole for 80% of my deposition.
Ends at 4pm.
4:30, go chill at my old bosses house(who the suit is actually against...)
Play with dogs.
5:30 pm, head out.
6:30pm, pick up my friend Geo, go get food.
7:30pm, decided we should go to the mall across the street from the dope skatepark in Naples to pick up high school bitches.
7:35pm, decide to pick up his bike so we can go to the special bike session that happened to be happening from 9-12.
Finally roll up at like 9:30m skip the mall.
Ride and chill till 12.
Go to 7-11 with Geo, my old roommate and my old neighbor, chill and shoot the shit. 12:30am.
Go to McDonalds for some eats. 1am.
Sit on a curb in the parking lot and eat. 1:10am.
Have a trashy pregnant girl try to sell us drugs. 1:20 am.
Take a group photo with said girl for FuckBMX. 1:22am.
Leave McDonalds. 1:30am.
Go to Walmart because the only clothes I brought with me was what I was wearing +1 tshirt. 1:45am.
Buy gym shorts and change in the bathroom. 2am.
Drive Geo home. 3am.
Go to the airport. 4am. drop car off.
Starbucks, steal internet. 5-6:30am.
Board my plane at 6:45.
Wake up at 9:15am over queens because the dude next to me opened the window.
Land at 9:30am.
Realize that the 2 exit rows in front of me were completely empty the whole flight. 9:32am.
Get the airtrain. 9:45am.
Arrive to Jamaica, and realize there is a random bag int he train car. 10am.
Take said bag.
Get train from Jamaica to Penn, 10:22am.
Get to Penn, walk to my friends studio.
10:45am.
Open random bag of mystery.
Loot:
2 boxes of cubans.
1 psp.
4 games.
no form of ID(I was actually planning on returning it).
(edit: I actually turned on the PSP(Ronnie Gaska hates PSP's) and there was a login screen for his myspace/facebook(along with plenty of random porn, haha) in the histroy, so I emailed the kid saying I had his shit, havent heard back yet...)
Go to Chipolte. 11am.
Go back to the studio and chill for a bit. 11:30am.
Catch train home.
12pm.
Arrive home. 12:45pm
Not mentioned is the assumed fact that I used the ebrake around every turn, did reverse 180's any time i had to turn around and did a burn out at every traffic light.

Fuck a rental car, B.

This use to be a part of our old garage bowl.... Justin and I threw it in the woods about 16 months ago... Now kids ride it again.

You think your economy is fucked?
Florida sucks, don't move there.

When I first moved to Florida, my exbosses dog just had a puppy, his name is Duke. We use to see who could slide his fuzzy fat ass the furthest across the tiles. I hadnt seen him in 16 months, and while we were standing around shooting the shit, he was laying on my feet. Puppy love.

Geo shredding the transfer into this bank.

Justin left and Billy right, siked on FuckBMX stickers.

It's twice as fun as it looks. It's like cement trails.

Rad i fucking tude.

Noone told me this special bike night was happening, so I rode a borrowed bike, and bowling shoes. the only extra clothes I had brought with me was a tshirt...

This is the dude that runs that Street One shop that was written up in ride. I forget his name, but he likes the Redsox, and punching walls.

Me and the Florida crew, plus one fucking whore.

Gallery
Files for myspace and shit.

Broken.

2008-08-07T19:57:00.004-04:00

Fuck, dugan broke his knee.
I don't know what's going on this weekend. Going to Florida for tomorrow, might go to the Belman, King Of New York, or trails Saturday evening/Sunday though.

Fucking fuck.

Echo open face helmet, indistinguishable jersey while wearing shorts, high white socks, caged pedals, 1992.

Oh shit, forgot to say thanks to bivs for digging up the Gaska photo from his BMX archive.

a day late and a dollar short.

2008-08-05T20:20:00.003-04:00

So I updated this shit like an hour ago, but blogger decided not to let things work.

Gaska is still broken and can't walk for another 6 weeks. Dugan might be broken. Tom and I might fly to the grands and camp.

Everytime I drive out east on the 25a Bypass, I pass this little memorial for Jesse Schuchman. Drive safe.

Hasn't left the house in weeks. 24/7 NASCAR and a beard.

Leg Bender.

www.FuckShorty.com Ronnie Gaska's dog hates me.

Since Hoey got Lasics, he has to wear these glasses for 4 more weeks. Thanks for truing my wheel!

Nick hooked me up with all weather tires.

Dave and Justin.

Nicks last summer sunday.

Fuck.
Gallery
Files.

batman.

2008-08-04T19:52:00.000-04:00

So instead of updating, I'm at IMAX.

meth mouth mayhem.

2008-07-28T19:03:00.004-04:00

Bridgewater didn't suck as bad as anticipated. But god fucking damn, someone needs to move there and be a dentist.

James Carozza's ex girlfriend gave us these directions. They included a note to kick butt. Once again, we didn't look at the directions until we were way off course. Luckily, Bridgewater is the same distance off the Thruway as it is from 17. Now only if Googlemaps didn't lie as well.

We took a detour through Albany to get milkshakes at 5:30am because they were on sale.

Fucking quitter. On his next lap, he flipped the gate.

Everyone brought there dogs with them. Dogs are awesome.

John saw a fire in the third turn during his second moto. His first instinct was to stomp it out. Once he stomped it out he punched the ground alot, broke his knee.

Al Cayne don't give a fuck. Xup with the narrowest bars in the world.

On this particular run, my top speed was 42.5mph. My unofficial top speed for the weekend was about 45mph though. Shorts and a tshirt.

We slept 11 hours.

Kids kept eating shit right infront of us.

Hancock and I were in different race's this weekend, so we both got 1st place plaques. Here we are in practice.

Hey Becky, John fucked up your car.

Not only was Al Cayne the only one making moves after the first turn, but he went from 8th to 2nd in his main while running over a cone. I guess leaving his janitor keys on the bench made all the difference.

She said she didnt have time for a picture with me. We got it anyway. Her boyfriend is not psyched.

This was most of our drive home. Fucking shitty.
The Gallery.
The files.

Now go do some sprints and eat healthy for the grands.

Ronnie Gaska: Temporarily fucked.

2008-07-25T18:08:00.002-04:00

Stolen from www.ronniegaska.com:
"As you may or may not know I have broken my left leg and severely bruised my left shoulder during the running of the Masters class main event on day 2 of the Music City National in Nashville Tennessee. The leg injury is a Tibial Plateau Fracture which is really more like a broken knee. The doctors have not evaluated my shoulder at this point due to the severity of my leg injury but I do know that no bones in my shoulder have been broken. After getting a second opinion it has been decided that the injury to my leg is far too serious to chance letting it heal without surgery.

I have been scheduled for surgery at St. Charles hospital on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at 8 AM. The surgery will include the addition of a metal plate and some screws that will hold the broken section of the bone in place (an internal cast) so that there is no guessing at how the bone will heal. There are also some floating bone fragments that will need to be removed. The surgery will be followed by 8 weeks in a brace with 0 weight being applied to my left leg, followed by physical therapy.

I was also informed that there is a good chance that I will lose some range of motion in my left knee. I was told that I would not even be able to think about riding BMX for at least 6 months and that it is possible that I will not return to the level that I was at when I got injured.

They tell me I will be in the hospital through Sunday, possibly Monday and that I will be in excruciating pain.
I will try to post updates as frequently as possible.

Thanks to everyone for being positive and being there for me!"

I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone when I say you're gunna be in my thoughts this weekend dude.

He's going to be making this face alot.

NYPD.

2008-07-25T10:47:00.001-04:00

This was Eric Hayden in 2001.

This is Eric Hayden in 2008.

Follow this link for the story and video.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=6285351

Rain.

2008-07-24T19:01:00.002-04:00

Been raining and shit all week.

This was Chris and Ronnie Gaska's weekend.

Here is the story:

Since I was hurt for Pa., and nearly perfected at the Shoreham regional, there was no reason for me to do the Bethel race. And since Gman needed another race, why not check out Tn. The only reason I wanted to go was, A. to see Jack Daniels place, which you couldn't drink anything on Sunday, and B. to get a cowboy hat, which I got, but at a gas station for $12.99.
So I got this sweet deal on orbitz for about $500 which included rental car for 4 days, air travel, and 3 nights in a hotel. Things were looking pretty good. Then Ron calls and says he might not be able to go because his boss had a heart attack at work. Fearing that I might be a lonesome cowboy for the weekend, Ron suggested that I write a country song about it. Luckily Ron was able to go and no song has been written yet.
On track again, I was stressing about the $100 fee for bringing a bike on a plane each way. With bribery my only weapon, and the fact that it has never been successful, I wasn't feeling paying $200. Luckily, with the new system where you have to pay for extra baggage, I was able to elude NWA with my "3/4 Length Leather jacket garment bag." $75 bucks back in the pocket!
So everything was cool, got the bike safe, got the car, then I head over to America's Best Value inn. After upgrading the room to two doubles instead of a king, I learned that $100.38 was the total for the 3 night stay. The upgrade cost another $60.
Hotel problems: Half dead roach on the floor, his buddies trying to sneak down the fan in the bathroom, must have got there heads chopped off, custom TV stand made of TV, airated sheets custom from cigarettes, cobwebs to trap teradactyles, broken table, balcony with a chair from a Freddy movie with custom window only access, dirty sheets, dirty towells, dirty ladies working the joint, and people cleary old enough to buy cigarettes, asking to buy some off me.
Racing: Gman does well, makes mains and gets everyone talking about him. I overheard Holmes, Richardson, and Becerine talking about Ron during practice. The gate was a little slick, before they grip taped it, then dremmmled it. I made the main on Saturday, but the slow guys left for Sunday and I inherited the trait.
Sunday, Ron gets a slow start put picks up a ton of speed coming out of turn 1. He crossed paths with O Show and down he went. I think that if he wasn't clipped in, he would have put his foot down and destroyed the whole leg. A tibular plateau fracture will keep Ron off the bike for a bit, missing the grands.
Luckily Ron made it out of the hospital and we made it back safe, but minus my bag that has my clothes, electric toothbrush, clipless pedal shoes, and my $12.99 cowboy hat.

See you next weekend

Chris

This was there TV stand TV.

We listened to a whole lot of Gwen Stefani.

Find Tom Bivona.

"this is how a professional athlete goes to the hospital"

2008-07-21T19:12:00.003-04:00

*edit, forgot the gallery link
Gallery
Files to download.
When a team splits up, catastrophe is inevitable. The G-Man broke his leg in Tennessee. Fuck. Whose going to coach me now?
The rest of us did good in Bethel, and wanted to be on a road trip so much that we stretched the drive by an hour and a half each way! This was also my first experience of everyone splitting a bill, and everything working out first try. Incredible!
Once I hear more from Ronnie Gaska and Chris, I will make an update from there race. All I know is they had a roach infested hotel, and there TV sand was an old TV.

MapQuest only works when you look at the directions. We left 7-11 at 4:15 for a 2 hour drive, we didn't actually look at the directions until 10 after 6, and we had gone an hour in the wrong direction. AND we missed fucking 29A.

When this is the first thing you see at a BMX race, you kind of wonder why you went...

Go Bananas. Button up shirts win mains.

This photo sucks, but www.CrazyAlCayne.com skidded around most of the first turn on his head. He wears full protective armor though, and managed to escape with only a couple cuts on his wrists, and tire imprints on his shoulder. DIPSET.

Another one bites the dust.

Crew.

BUTTON UP SHIRTS WIN MAINS. cardboard number plates help.

It turns out that if you open every application on a computer, it locks up. That's what you get for not having an iPhone for Bivona, a bunch of frozen computers.

If someone buys me this, I will wear it at the christmas classic. Fuck, I'll even rock it at the grands. If they have XXL get that, XL is ok though. I'm a fat girl.

Dugan testing an off road truck. When we went offroading, dugan smashed his face.

A clean bike is a fast bike.

Someone who was driving by yelled "Put that thing away." no joke.

One of the few actual riding photos. Al Cayne, have a life nationals.

John Lee emailed me saying Hancock was trying to get all perfects for the grands. If I had known that, I would have let you win. We were the only real race of the weekend. All 4130, no clips.

"can I have some of your pretzels" 'are you fucking serious?' "yeah" 'its probably not a good idea.... ok!' then john got hit in the face by salty rods.

Bridgewater is going to suck next week.

Tabletops.

2008-07-14T18:47:00.002-04:00

Real mellow sessions both days this weekend. Kinda weird. Next week the trail crew is going to Catty, and Panamoka Racing™ is splitting up and going to some races. Thanks Rich, for photos from Saturday. I don't even have any sarcastic captions today.

Nick.

Dave.

Max.

Ronnie Gaska.

Vanilla Ice.

G-Unit

2008-07-10T22:36:00.003-04:00

One Sunday a few months ago, Tom Bivona showed up to Shoreham with an old copy of BMXToday that was in mint condition, with an article about BMX tracks. I made fun of him for having old, mint conditioned, BMXToday's in his basement. He said it was Gaska's. I gave Gaska shit for it.
Turns out, I have piles of old BMXToday's in the basement at my parents house, and this is a gem I found in one of them.

Click on that photo to see the bigger readable copy of the article.

What the fuck?

BMX is fun.

2008-07-07T11:34:00.003-04:00

4th of July weekend. Trails, party, thats pretty much it.

Ryan Hoey. Proper Table. Wedge Jump.

Zober Whip. He got fucking worked later on in the night.

Zober and Steve ran a sick whip train.

Brien Shoemaker keeps heckling me to update. He just went to lunch.

Ryan Nyquist, eat your heart out.

There is no such thing as a stupid picture
Just stupid photographers

Watch out for the edit on www.RyanHoey.com

This happened to me on the fucking roll in. I'm disappointed.

It was either Saves The Day of the Get Up Kids.

Zober, after going down the slip and slide, and a little to much to drink. Hardly Sober.

Tom Bivona came out!

I need to turn that fucking wheel.

Style like a mother fucker.

Here is the Gallery
Here are the files.

Random shit from the last few days.

2008-07-03T11:09:00.003-04:00

Is there anything not awesome about this?

Ben loves them supermans.

This was how I packed for South Park.

Fact: I am more of a pussy about taking my feel off now than I was 10 years ago.
Cape Cod.