u right

2012-01-26T13:56:00.001-05:00

its that time of the year. you know when nothing really happens, its cold, wet, snowy yadda yadda yadda.

so its time for the staff here(me) to clear the calenders for the next 45 days, kick our feet up and do nothing but watch law&order, seinfeld and play xbox (p3 once in awhile). you know typical wintertime shit.

2012-01-21T11:44:00.000-05:00

got shutdown for awhile

2012-01-18T18:20:00.000-05:00

lots of options out there. in the end went with the nokia n9. aka stillborn baby

2012-01-15T11:13:00.000-05:00

2012-01-12T21:12:00.002-05:00

2012-01-09T19:26:00.000-05:00

a failed attempt at updating the iphone has left me with a 32gb ipod.

so long iphone/ipod. time to move on.

2012-01-02T15:12:00.000-05:00

stumbled upon.

2012-01-01T16:33:00.002-05:00

New year, new gameplan.

2011-12-31T10:29:00.002-05:00

2011 sucked dick.

2011-12-29T20:24:00.000-05:00

New skullcandy kit.

Shoutouts for that care package. Extra props for hooking up my top mans from chocolate city, brad simms. You can find this man busting his gun all over the world. Here's a little edit of our boy laying the murdergame down out in tel aviv. Light work (con edison)

New skvr

2011-12-06T18:25:00.001-05:00

This saturday? Night at post bike shop, come threw. Chill.

2011-12-05T22:10:00.003-05:00

see this little video right here is the exact reason why i dont send footage out to those "want to see/ its mines/i want to make a little edit for myself" heads after the Chad Phaire incedent you think id smarten up.

huge shout outs to emman for using all his footage filmed in the last 12months. hopefully its takes the same amount of time to film another handful of clips.

2011-11-24T11:20:00.000-05:00

you be aight nigga, you tough right?

2011-11-14T18:19:00.000-05:00

run for your brother kid, run for your team.

2011-11-07T10:43:00.000-05:00

2011-11-02T00:16:00.000-04:00

friends mix3 from the 718video.

2011-10-25T21:51:00.000-04:00

i present to you, angelo loria

name, age and occuaption? angelo loria, going to school, and just riding.

where you from? staying in the brong right now, been living here all my life.

where do you ride at mostly, mullaly racetrack, or street? street and dirt mostly, and park sometimes.

where do you go to ride dirt here in the city? i usually go out to queens, or maybe go up to the heights. but if you want to jump some real jumps? go out to westchester.

how long you been fucking people up, how long you been riding? since i was like 14

what's the difference between the crew that you ride with now in 2011, and the crew you rode with in 2001? awe man i could say a bunch of shit. still riding with some people from back in the day though. back then it was more hardcore, nobody was gay. we didn't buy girls jeans and paint our rims pink. you know, back in the day, all black thing. keep it real. what more can i say

more hardcore, 35 stair gap, or 35 stair tailwhip? gapping it is way more real then a tailwhip, ill tell you that shit right now.

any sponsors or anybody hooking you up, anybody you would like to thank?. yeah, oba stanley, ben riding with him since day one, and all the real OGs, dennis mccoy, butcher, gonz, matt hoffman, dave volker, ryan nyquist. alot of the guys i grew up watching id like to thank

word.

frame = simple enigma frame v2.0

fork = simple

handlebars = T1 8.25 rise

brakes = tec77 lever, eastern cable, primo brakes

stem&headset = animal jumpoff over a fsa headset

frontwheel = alex wheel with primo tire with superstar hubguard

backwheel = alex wheel with animal tire

seat/post/clamp = animal clamp, primo seat and post

cranks/pedals/chain = primo powerbite, animal v2 sprocket w/ bashguard, nice pedals

2011-10-25T19:13:00.000-04:00

2011-10-19T21:50:00.000-04:00

went to the darkside. its only temporary though. im going to say, not impressed at all.

i dont know what you people see in iphones. they suck.

2011-10-17T00:35:00.000-04:00

back at the beginning of september, our french connect Brice Biangana (@The_mindfield, @Brice_eknows) came threw to spend a couple weeks in the city to work on a project. things got a little crazy and he ended up working with tafari smith on this little piece.

check out some more of his work here

and if your into the whole tumblr thing go HERE

.paris trip in the planning stages

2011-10-15T01:10:00.000-04:00

yeah man. been back from cali little over 2 weeks now. finally readjusted to the east coast (rain, long sleeves, hoodie, etc..) so anyway, yeah. we back man. YO WHAT UP SKINNY

Name, age, occupation?Karston "skinny damn you so fine" Tannis

26,Artist, curator, Director.

Whats your current mailing address?C-76

how long you been busting your gun?Just hit the 10 year anniversary! Started to long before 9/11 hit. Feels like yesterday.

Havent seen you around in a minute man, what you been up too? Been working on a few different things, trying to secure a future doing things I enjoy. I've been shooting photos, filming with the locals, cruising when I can. I've also been hand cuffin with the misses, hey boo!

Its chilly season now, how are you going to keep busy for the next 6 months? Besides the normal routine, I plan to take a trip to the west coast to hang with Barney and crew. They always make it fun. I also hope to visit some exotic international location, trying to catch up with B Simms in turkey.

Any sponsors or hookups?

Definitely have to thank everyone that's hooked me up throughout the years. Animal, Volume, Front Street, Minority, Tip Plus, Base Brooklyn, Bulldog, Lotek, 718video, Dah Shop, Bicycle habitat, etc. Thank you guys for hooking a brother up

frame= Volume Drifter

fork= volume genesis

bars= animal piff2

stem/headset= animal

seat/seatpost clamp= animal, animal wedge

cranks sprocket & chain=primo, animal sprocky balboa with animal pedals

wheels and pegs =primo cassette 8t, animal pegs + tires

yeah!

2011-10-07T07:52:00.002-04:00

cant say im not trying.

2011-09-27T00:13:00.003-04:00

Just wrapped up the last day of our west coast trip. Good weather,spots, and friends made this trip one to remember. Thankyou to Eric, Chris, Tyler, Eddie, and Kelly.
Peace Los Angeles. See you in the wintertime.

2011-09-23T16:17:00.002-04:00

stumbeled upon this gem at my friend eric's house here in cali. couple thigns are different from the final edit. including this first friends mix here. couple things rearranged, rewritten and refilmed.

wich brings us to this guy here, the kid who had the last few clips, david occasio. im not going to go on about how hes blah blah blah, and yadda yadda yadda. but 1 thing's for sure, and 2 things for certain, this kid has more bike control then anybody reading this thing, including you bob.

Name, age, occupation? David Ocasio, 26, Forest Restoration Technician
Where you from? Bronx

Been riding Bmx a long time? About 12 years

Any sponsors? Nope

Where you been hiding all this time? I’m in the forest working and on the road with my road bike.

What’s your favorite spot? Right now, its skate parks because everything is there. Ledges, banks, wedges, etc...
What’s up with those hub guards? Back in the day I always use to break my front spokes from grinding. I started out using the bottom of paint cans and then they came out with this fancy plastic stuff so I started using the g-sport ones.

What part are you most particular about or do you feel makes the biggest difference on

your bike? It would probably be the rise of my handle bars. I always stuck with handlebars with a 7.25 rise, but I’ll use whatever I can get at the time.
Ever do a back flip? Nope, but one day I will.
What’s your favorite grind? Switch ice pick grinds.
You had some footage in the 718video. What happened there? It’s just some footage that has been sitting in your computer for a while waiting for the right time to be released.
Ok that’s enough, anybody you would like to thank? I would like to thank my family and wife for supporting my BMX addiction all these years, Jerry, Gary, Oba, Emmanuel, everyone else who filmed me over the years, anybody who has hooked me up with parts so I can continue riding, Everyone who has ever supported, rode, pushed, and motivated me over the years. Thanks.

Frame = Sunday first wave 20in
Fork = Fit blade
Bars/stem, headset = Simple bars, simple top load stem, volume bar ends, and FSA impact integrated headset.
Front wheel = Odyssey hazard 36 spoke 14mm with G-sport hub guards
Back wheel = Primo balance cassette 36 spoke 14mm
Tires = Animal GLH front and rear
Seat/post/clamp = McNeil pivotal seat and seat post, premium seat clamp.
Cranks/pedals/sprocket &chain = Primo hollow bites 175mm, Odyssey twisted pc, 28T KHE sprocket (I think), and shadow interlock chain
Pegs = Animal 4.5 inch (og)
Brakes = Dia-Tech hombres with Odyssey monolever medium brake lever with Odyssey slic cable
Anything modified? I cut my handlebars a half an inch, cut my seat post, and I had to put some pins from my old Jim cilenski magnesium pedals into my left odyssey twisted pc pedal.

2011-09-20T02:05:00.002-04:00

Switch icepick on the upper deck. Crazy (see Vick Ayala)

Las -> Lax

2011-09-17T13:29:00.001-04:00

Next stop. Los Angeles

2011-09-15T14:35:00.000-04:00

travel day

off to vegas/interbike for a couple days. then out to california for awhile.

the crew is Andy gregory, drew the plumber, and myself

2011-09-12T18:50:00.001-04:00

what you see here in this fuzzy, grainy 3megapixel pic is what i belive to be the last copies of the video.

1,000 where made. i kept 400 for personal use and the intent to distribute. the other 600 where sold threw animal bikes. no wait....i think they might have 550 copies left. order HERE.

wich brings us to this next bit of news. since its been about a yr since the video dropped it's time we followed the tradition of uploading video parts. those of you who have been hiding under a rock or just started visiting the site would probably be interested in watching.

718video emmanuel torres from 718 Video on Vimeo.

lets take 5 minutes and get to know this guy a little better

name, age, occupation. Emmanuel Torres 22, Union Local 718
where you from?NYC
been riding bmx a long time?Long enough
any sponsors? Front Street NY, Flatline Shop, Crwwnd Industries, Minority Bike Co.
whats your favorite spot? Edenwald projects.
What part are you most particular about or do you feel makes the biggest difference on your bike? Spokes tight, rims straight, chain tight, bars high but not too high not like Brad, new pedals. I'm very particular about these things.
whats your favorite grind?Switch unlucky, over.
do you like life? That's a good question. I think I do. I should. I'm healthy, working and paying my taxes.
do you remember how long it took to film everything in your first video part? From around the beginning of the year to Fall season we were able to collect enough footage to put my part together.
was there anything you didnt get around to doing?, something that you didnt get to film? No not that I can think of. We got to ride a bunch of stuff and I just wanted to hit all my spots by me.
whats better online edit, or full video part? Any promos,commercials or trailers for a film should definitely go online. I think people should be able to see what they're spending their money on before they go out and buy something.

ok, itl be cold soon. any trips planned to where the weather will be warm? Some bozos are talking about Dominican Republic for Fall, but if not I'll just exchange my vacation days for cash.
oh yeah?. filming or working on any other jobsites or projects? I'm on strike.
any last words? Jesus Saves.

so whats your bike setup:

frame, fork, bars & stem =animal

headset and front wheel = animal

seat,seattube, and post = animal

cranks, pedals and sprocket = animal

backwheel & pegs = animal

any extras or modifications? =animal

2011-09-11T14:31:00.001-04:00

2011-09-07T13:19:00.000-04:00

lost/cant find the memory card to the digicam. enjoy the video stills

2011-08-31T02:54:00.000-04:00

hitting california/LA area after INTERBIKE. our host has some personal matters to attend to leaving the crew and myself to fend for ourselves(?) for a couple days. if any homies can help, holla at the god.

2011-08-25T23:23:00.000-04:00

if somebodys knows, or has the keys let me know.

edit might be finished in another week or so. in the meantime going to montreal for the weekend form some R&R. live long and prosper

2011-08-14T10:29:00.002-04:00

went out this weekend and got a couple more clips

barspins

2011-08-12T14:14:00.000-04:00

went out and filmed a couple things this week.

working on an edit. 7 minute song. should be good

2011-08-09T14:10:00.000-04:00

2011-08-03T19:20:00.001-04:00

peep this little edit joey put together for the dred on AM:PM BLOG

started working on a edit. but who knows when that will be finished. stay tuned

2011-07-24T20:59:00.000-04:00

bmx videoleague

more info HERE. who's down?

thanks to FATBMX.COM

2011-07-23T10:50:00.002-04:00

Heat has been off the charts the last couple days. Been keeping busy indoors reproducing, transfiguring, transcoding, and uploading sections of the video.

2011-07-21T12:35:00.000-04:00

NOKIA N9. check it out

nokia e6 and n9. 2 phones to look forward to next season

2011-07-20T23:38:00.000-04:00

upcoming activities and events

video will be online soon, 1 section weekly. along with some words from some of the riders involved.

got some bike checks in the works. those will be going up every tuesday until i run out of peoples bikes to take photos of.

trying to find some volunteers that have overgrinds on lock.

these pics where supposed to go up a few days ago but i couldnt find my camara

also filmed a couple things

now, lets talk about phones.

2011-07-10T21:30:00.000-04:00

oba will be late. YAKO

seen on bmxunion.com.

yo bob, where my ticket?

2011-07-04T17:05:00.001-04:00

2011-06-23T16:17:00.000-04:00

do yourself a favor. come out to this.

2011-06-22T19:46:00.001-04:00

2011-06-19T23:39:00.000-04:00

phone talk

Nokia E6 is coming to America, available for pre-order at Amazon - GSMArena.com news

2011-06-18T20:47:00.000-04:00

shoe game right, money right, everything right.

thanks to BIG R. from the grouphome for showing support

2011-06-16T10:50:00.000-04:00

ayo, yo yo yo. if you lurk on the ANIMAL site everyday like i don't then you probably saw this little feature when it went up about a week ago. some photos DOLECKI threw together from the trip that didnt make it into the article. it would be in your best interest to pick up a copy and read one of the greatest articles ever to be written in dig.

CLICK HERE B

2011-06-13T16:02:00.000-04:00

been filming the last few days.

also look for some better quallity, focused photos when we get the digicam back from the repair shop

see ya'll on wensday

2011-05-31T12:39:00.000-04:00

some shine time over on FRONT ST. Go read up on that, then buy a couple 2-3 shoes. unless you aint eatin.

2011-05-29T12:08:00.001-04:00

Hitemwitit

2011-05-29T09:09:00.002-04:00

Going to be doing a little remodeling/renovation work on the blog. Check back sometime soon. Or maybe next week, we might be finished by then. Who knows.

2011-05-21T00:49:00.002-04:00

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2011-05-16T04:31:00.000-04:00

recent activity

2011-05-11T13:28:00.002-04:00

edit- words by ed polio
On May 15, 2011 at noon we will be having a demonstration to support the rebuilding of Benjamin Soto Skate Park. As may you know, this skate park was located on Father Capodanno Blvd. in Midland Beach section of Staten Island, and was bulldozed by the NYC Parks Department on April 18, 2011. We NEED to have this park rebuilt for the kids of the community. This was their one and only skate park on the Island and now these kids have no place to go. Our goal is to reach out to as many people as possible for support of the rebuilding. We would appreciate any help you could give us in this matter. Your presence would be very beneficial. Please let me know if you will be able to attend to support.

Thanks

Ed Pollio

2011-05-10T10:42:00.000-04:00

new dig magazine should be out. road trip article from januarys trip inside. YEAH!

roadtrip photoflip

2011-04-30T02:18:00.001-04:00

Been a busy month. But we back now... Just looking for a good time

2011-04-04T00:22:00.001-04:00

We got some updates coming up. Stay tuned

2011-03-28T00:13:00.001-04:00

2011-03-23T18:01:00.001-04:00

been slacking on the updates. just know that we have been filming and doing some other shit over the last couple weeks. we going to be on a regular update soon you heard!?!

2011-03-12T23:18:00.001-05:00

2011-03-10T21:57:00.002-05:00

then going to this to chill

2011-03-10T21:31:00.000-05:00

this finally went live a couple hours ago after floating around the espn offices for the last couple weeks. song, opening clip, and ending have been "slightly modified". if we can get away with it, we'll post the original.

2011-03-10T10:53:00.002-05:00

audio's a little loud, but you should know the words. i do

2011-03-09T21:20:00.000-05:00

2011-03-08T01:04:00.001-05:00

2011-03-02T18:53:00.000-05:00

carhartt spring/summer gear up for view HERE

2011-02-26T11:47:00.001-05:00

Locked in another section for the video last night. Yeah

2011-02-25T18:20:00.001-05:00

2011-02-22T23:28:00.001-05:00

bike check and assorted questions HERE. courtesy of the minority report.

2011-02-16T01:56:00.000-05:00

video from last? weeks art show/photo/party/get together.

2011-02-15T13:19:00.000-05:00

in more important news. MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3
just dropped. so dont expect anything from me in the next few weeks. dukestevens on p3. who want it.? #nohomo

MORE INFO

2011-02-06T17:24:00.003-05:00

phone talk

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2011-02-01T19:20:00.002-05:00

Last day in warm weather...

2011-01-30T18:23:00.001-05:00

rode this spot the other day

2011-01-27T21:36:00.001-05:00

day 5 or 6 of the trip. not really sure. everybodys been producing. good weather, and lots of spots. even dolecki filmed a clip. ill write up some more next time. enjoy the photos

2011-01-27T01:13:00.001-05:00

first roadtrip of the year. santo domingo, dominican republic. Ralfy ramos, Ralph burrry, Nigel Sylvester, Andy Gregory, Rob Dolecki, and myself, been here a few days already. still have another week left. enjoy the photos

2011-01-13T13:32:00.001-05:00

We got stickers man

2011-01-03T01:36:00.000-05:00

sounds like a case for svu

2011-01-01T02:00:00.001-05:00

Happy new year

2010-12-24T22:26:00.000-05:00

2010-12-23T22:26:00.000-05:00

stickers soon, first colorway is white on black

2010-12-12T22:47:00.000-05:00

end of the world. end of filming

2010-12-09T20:09:00.001-05:00

New bike to build and collect dust until the weather warms up by about 20°

2010-12-08T15:16:00.002-05:00

shout out to this nigga bob scerbo

2010-12-02T12:17:00.000-05:00

2010-11-29T22:32:00.002-05:00

2010-11-19T11:43:00.001-05:00

2010-11-16T15:38:00.002-05:00

heres some video from the staten train jam from this past weekend

GHB Staten Train Jam. from Zack Schwartz on Vimeo.

2010-11-14T21:29:00.000-05:00

stumbled on this while browsing the SMART blog

2010-11-14T16:12:00.000-05:00

some pics from yesterdays jam on staten island. this was all i was able to get before i dropped and broke my camara

some more up HERE. video should be up soon.

2010-11-09T11:41:00.001-05:00

new NOKIA phone dropping early next yr.

nokia still playing games with 600$/ a n900 phone from 6 months ago that they still owe me. if they dont get it together soon we are going to jump ship to SAMSUNG permanently

2010-11-04T21:40:00.001-04:00

Staten baby

2010-10-25T13:02:00.003-04:00

Stolen from our friends in chile http://www.popoffbmx.com/

2010-10-21T14:22:00.001-04:00

damn baiii

2010-10-18T00:49:00.001-04:00

last weekend was the first of many trips to coney island. don't care to much for the spots, the boardwalk nightlife, and cyclone are the main attractions. later that night we all ended up at some vans party in willy b. no thanks to the people on the list that couldnt do anything for the squad. shoutouts and thanks to ED WONKA & COMPANY for recycling those wristands and guess passes. enjoy the photography

2010-10-15T14:08:00.001-04:00

2010-10-13T21:36:00.000-04:00

so my mk1 intermediate lens has gone missing. after turning my house upside down and making a few phone calls, the only possible explanation is that it has been stolen. wich is perfectly fine. since its the only lens (that type) with a crack in the glass near the bottom. i aint mad at you, whoever you are. because its a small world, and an even smaller city. but after god punishes you for what you did. and i find you. this is what im going to do to you

i feel sorry for your mother