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It’s about time – The Birth of Big Air

February 18, 2010

Finally – Mat Hoffman is being honoured by a documentary that covers his legendary status and contributions not just in BMX Freestyle but for extreme sports in general. I kind of feel like although he’s revered by most people who know about bike riding, he doesn’t always receive the wider recognition that he so badly [...]

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FUCK SKATEBOARDERS

February 11, 2010

Naa, not really. But most people are only too aware of this whole “skateboarding vs. BMX” bullshit that’s been going on for some time now, brought to a head more recently by both sport’s popularity in the wake of the X-Games as well as irresponsible articles by the likes of Thrasher Magazine. As a direct [...]

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My Hackintosh, one week on.

February 10, 2010

Hackintoshes have always seemed like way more effort than they’re worth to me. Custom kernels, problematic updates, random crashes, it all flies in the face of why you use an Apple operating system (and computer) in the first place. While I can appreciate the hacker aesthetic, I’ve never really had the inclination or patience to [...]

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Excellent Italian Greyhound

February 9, 2010

Unless you’re a real dog lover (or you’re ultra bored), you’ll probably want to skip to about 2:50 for the appearance of the one and only Todd Trainer, Uffizi, and the rest of Shellac. :
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Bay Court Hotel, Anglesey

January 29, 2010

Went out for a drive today to blow the cobwebs from the S62 V8 as it’s stood unmoved for five weeks now, and we came across this place out in Benllech, Anglesey. Couldn’t resist snapping off a couple of shots, indeed I wish I’d had a bit more time to explore. I [...]

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Stories of the poor and unfortunate

January 27, 2010

Here’s a quick entry to pimp my friend’s new site: Now, get off my stage. Ry’s writing under his pseudonym has appeared in many places (including Revolt Magazine), and it’s awesome to see him consolidate this into one place which is going to be regularly updated.
“If you are interested in what I [...]

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Best turndown in BMX?

January 25, 2010

There have been a couple of fun questions posed recently on Dig Magazine’s site and on TCU regarding two of the most subjective (i.e style over substance) tricks in bike riding – tabletops and turndowns. Sad thing is, even I overlooked this guy when it came to the last question – Keith Treanor. Keith was [...]

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Firefox Add-Ons for 2010

January 25, 2010

I flit back and forth between Safari, Chrome, and Firefox but always end up using the latter as my ‘main’ browser for one simple reason – the plugins. While Chrome may be quicker and Safari launches faster and has better text rendering, Firefox can’t be touched for one simple reason – the vast array of [...]

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Life o’ Fids

January 21, 2010

Still trawling back through the old email archives, there’s some quality – and long forgotten – shit in here:
08/04/1997
“hi nick – i went to marseille skatepark last weekend. it ruled.
here’s a photo of fids and a girls ass.
later – will”

That picture of Fids is nothing short of classic. Click to make big.

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Dirt

January 20, 2010

Back around ‘96 / ‘97, myself and Ben used to update a little website that we named ‘Dirt’, with some reviews of BMX videos, music, and information on various ’scenes’ around the UK. The inspiration came mainly from Kieran Chapman’s eWire e-zine, and while it was fun to do at the time we lost interest [...]

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