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been stacking jumps and taking photos . . .
steve ran off with the camera and came back with these . . . funny some of them are already different.
i took a last minute ferry ride to connecticut for a few days (which is maybe even worse than new jersey) to be max and nicks personal photographer. we went to the new haven park 2 nights and went to the local trails and i did some raking and smoothing while nick and max rode in the dark and in the rain. max lives in a box which also happens to be stuck under a rock, and moving to connecticut didnt seem to help him any. . . but thanks to max for letting us stay and eat his food and let us play indoor frisbee, and thanks to kevin for showing us the trails.
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I remember halloween. Caught a case cabin fever so I went upstate to cane around for a few days. Taking pictures in Oswego was fun (and cold) and the Kink/Redbull jam in Rochester was a good time. Thanks to Ryan Souva and family for a place to sleep for 3 nights. Stacking season has begun at the trails, everyone has been putting in work while I’ve been trying to heal. Can’t wait to fill the valley with dirt piles, I just hope it doesn’t get too cold this winter.
drove out to Bethlehem again with quietbrian and max, it was sunny when we left, rained in NJ, and sunny in PA. the catty jam spot was a wash out for the day so we made it over to posh. days like that are what bmx is all about; good friends from every corner of the country all in one small patch of woods behind some houses, all there to do some nosedives and kickouts. really couldnt ask for a better crowd of people that day. however, people have been getting injured a lot lately, including myself. and apparently ive been walking around interbike and riding with a broken foot for 2 weeks. what a downer to a perfect start to the autumn trail season. hope everyones gets better soon
this country’s healthcare system is broken, help mike and his family
check 5050bmx for more info
and MikeAitken.com for updates
get well soon
Went out to Posh with Supes and Mr. B Tuesday, saw Tom and Ed from Austin and a few other Illinoisans and Englanders I’ve seen before… real laid back session and dialed trails and trains and landing side by side on the last jump. I was like a kid in a candy store, except the kid is 24, the candy is dirt, and the store is the woods. Thanks again to Jay and Gilly for a great time. That night I shacked up on the print shop couch and Supes and I flew out to Vegas Wednesday morning 6am. After multiple trains and a 3 hour pit-stop in Long Beach California, 13 hours later we were in Vegas. What followed was two and-a-half days of craziness and debauchery that ended up feeling like a week. NORA cup party is always a good one, check SuperBMX for a future update and ridiculous photos. I was the most sober person in Las Vegas yet I have the hardest time finding my car in parking garages. I had a great time meeting old friends and new alike, giving out videos no one will watch twice, and I don’t think Gary Ellis was too psyched I was him for Halloween. Got to visit grandpa Hoey which is always a great time.. Can’t describe how wild vegas was so I’ll leave you with some of the very few pictures I took. Special thanks to Billy Dies for hooking up the V.I.P. and to Darryl for the hotel floor. Really appreciated.
Rode at Baker’s Acres Saturday and Sunday. The trails were so much fun, and everybody there was so nice and hospitable to us. Kelly Baker is one of the nicest and wildest people I’ve come across, riding an 18″ bike with a huge chain and clock around his neck, and blowing up rocks in a fire. Fisher throwing huge tailwhips, Nate doing tboggs and inverts, and Kie from Australia killing the place. I also managed to manual across Nicks head and hands while crossing over him where 2 sections meet. Afterwards, we made the crucial Shortstop Deli stop which may or may not have been the highlight of my trip. To me, this is what BMX is all about; spending the weekend with your friends training all the lines at the trails, racing and passing each other, eating bananas and roasting corn on a fire, and of course blogging. Huge thanks to everyone who made this trip awesome: Nate, Nick, Ian, Bentley, Keri, Kelly Baker and family, all of the locals at the Acres, Crandall, Kie, Big Job, Fisher, John Lee, JPR, Hancock, and everyone else I met.
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Did some work on Nate and Nick’s trails on Thursday, getting them one step closer to being dialed in. Dug with Bentley most of the day while everyone was at work and school. Checked out some hippy party that night and played UNO until 4:30am. Went back to FBM with Nick Friday and helped JL and JPR some more and looked at 5 floors of wild car storage with man-made sketchy illegal parking garage ramps. Afterwards we rode Endwell trails with Opie, John Lee, Chris Hancock, and a plethora of young locals. Had a good roller manual and flyout session.
