This is another waaayyy back post. this was taken at “honda hill” in cary, NC. It was a place for bmxers and hellraisers to come rip it up. The land was supposed to be developed, so dozers came in and carved out a hillside in the woods. When the money ran out they abandoned ship and left a sweet place to ride. It had walls up to 30′ tall that we would ride up and/or down. This photo was taken on “the cliffhanger” where you would jump a steep 7′ lip and have to clear a gap of about 2′ to land on top. Basically a glorified fly-out step up. I spent all of my summers roasting in that deep, clay dustbowl. Its where I met most of my best friends–its funny to think about how many people from high school I never talk to, but I’m still tight with all my BMX bro’s from honda hill!

summer is a great time to live in Portland. It totally makes up for the rainy winters. This weekend I went to see the Goonies at Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown. Pioneer Square is dubbed “portland’s living room” and they host a bunch of free events throughout the year. It’s also a good place to chill if you’re riding around downtown. Lots of crazy people watching as the MAX(train) unloads there. how’s your summer going?

Our friends over at Dig like the Timber seats. We think you will too.

way back thursday doesn’t have the same ring as “whens(day)” trust me, I know this. But when you decide to use compressed air to dust off your computer keyboard, It might not function properly afterwards… oops! Moving on, this here is a photo of Kris’ first and last day of smoking. It was a fine Erie, PA night. I think we were getting ice cream and somebody found a cigarette. Why not smoke it?! Kris was involved in a heavy hitting BMX house for a couple summers. Doyle, Mike Szczezny, Aitken, and Bennett all lived the good life riding all day and laughing all night. Live it up boys!

Brian Yeagle has spent the last week cruising around the UK with Chris Doyle and Stew Johnson. The trio is filming for Anthem II and their travels have taken them to the Red Bull Empire of Dirt. This contest will be nothing short of amazing. Yeagle isn’t invited to ride, but has been riding the course. In fact, he’s been riding it brakeless. RideBMX has launched a new site and is delivering non-stop content from the event. There are some photos of Yeagle on here that are ridiculous. Think about the fact that he has no brakes. Check it out here.

The new Verde Timber seats have arrived. Available in two styles, Pivotal or Railed, in 3 different colors: black, white, or brown. Bike shops should call The Greenhouse BMX Distribution at (614) 777-0900. Consumers should call their favorite bike shop.

this was a couple falls ago (get it? falls?! sorry). I was having a good day, the weather was perfect, I felt good on my bike.. Normally I don’t go upside down. I have on occasion done the “backie” and felt the urge that day. It was a set of doubles with a long slow lip and I messed up my rotation and flipped waaayy too slow resulting in this image, and landing on my head/shoulders. I’m happy I can laugh about this photo now!

Our good friend Don Pendleton is the first designer profiled in a new series from Mumble Magazine titled Little Giants. I’ve always enjoyed Don’s artwork and it’s amazing to see how much great stuff he can crank out in a very short amount of time…especially considering he has the messiest desktop I’ve ever seen (mine’s pretty close) and still runs OS9 on one of his computers. Check out some of Don’s work after the jump or visit some of his sites: elephont and Darkroom Labs

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So, I posted the flier for the STOCK video premier, then I posted last week’s will stroud moment. It’s only fitting to show the cover of the video. Hopefully you won’t take it as me boasting (that’s me on the cover). Will and Cory put out a banger of a video with this one. I know I spoke highly about it in the previous post. It just captures a time in my youth that was a turning point in my life. It gets me psyched to see all the web videos people are putting out there. It may seem watered down to everyone else with all the videos popping up, but when it comes down to it those are your memories and accomplishments with your friends. It’s a good feeling to look back at all the good times. Cheers to that, and hope for many more to come!

dave cranks a lookback on our recent trip through the west.