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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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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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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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Hard Drivin’

January 18, 2010

The past couple of years have seen the rise of a strange branch of motorsports, an uneasy alliance between the ‘Xtreme’ generation of sports sponsors and the motoring world that’s resulted in a new event in the X-Games and chaps like Ken Block (I still have a Blockhead cap somewhere, cheers Dennis!) earning the respect [...]

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Skate and Create

January 15, 2010

So this post was inspired by a little video that I came across recently, which includes Ian MacKaye (amongst others) talking about how life as a skateboarder changes your perception of the world around you.
It’s funny because it’s this exact same conversation that I’ve had with so many other people (BMXers mainly) through the years. [...]

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Cheap lenses ftw indeed…

August 22, 2008

Taking a cue from Wes, I recently picked up a Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/2.8 AIS lens off a friend of mine. It’s MF but produces some pretty amazing images and is super sharp assuming you nail the focus. Here’s a few ‘test’ shots I took of the Nike SB / Crazysmiles toys made to [...]

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Southsea Skatepark… Not dead yet.

October 26, 2007

“You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to ‘Prevent Portsmouth City Council closing Southsea Skatepark in September 2007.’
The Prime Minister’s Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here: http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13600.asp“
The bit that we care about:
However, the Government understands that the council has had a change of heart and that Southsea [...]

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Gary Nesbitt, RIP

October 3, 2007

Some really bad news. I got an email from Taylor and there’s a bulletin on Myspace about this, so I’ll leave it in his words.
Recently our world lost one of its finest members. Gary A. Nesbitt’s body was found in the San Diego Harbor on Sept 29th. Gary has had a tremendous impact [...]

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