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Mutiny Web Vid

Mutiny just raised the bar on Web vids. Check it.

James' Ramp

James had a good sesh at his ramp today and sent over some pics. So for the first time in who knows how long, I'm posting some photos on DirtySouthBMX.com... Enjoy.

Do you fakie?

Terrible One is holding a "Highest Fakie Air" comp at the ramp on Feb. 2nd. And, why the hell not? More on the flyer.

plainlife

I love you Robbo, but...

Maybe I misunterstood the hype. Maybe I imagined the hype. Either way, I was all wrong about Fit's latest team video, "Fitlife."

I dug through the magazines and browsed the web sites, looking for the early talk about Fitlife, trying to find those passages that promised a BMX video with a new approach — a new direction. I came up short. Wasn't Fitlife supposed to approach this project with a unique perspective, focused on riding culture more than lines and tricks? Was this promise? Was this rumor? Was this merely illusion?

The product of over 2 years and an estimated $15,000 worth of riding, filming and editing, Fit's "Fitlife" is nothing more than a can of Play-Doh squeezed through the Play-Doh Factory and cut into 10 small pieces with that shitty plastic yellow butterknife. If Fitlife was set in a new direction, it must have swung a hard left at $10,000 Blvd.

The riding in Fitlife is excellent, no doubt. But it's dry. It's pressed from a cookie cutter and sprinkled with a crappy soundtrack, not quite as nostalgic as the "Demolition" vid and not quite as original as the earlier Road Fools hits. Hit mute.

Does Fitlife get you pumped to ride? Possibly. It at least gives you the itch. Is it the new direction that it was promised, rumored, or imagined to be? Not even close. Is it worth your time and interest?..

... Shit yeah! It only costs $10 $16!

- Colin, sometime near Fitlife's debut

06.04.07

The Skatepark of San Marcos is open to the "public." Ride with caution.

southern exposure

Grab a copy of Dig 58 for a couple pages covering a road trip through Texas, namely Austin and San Antonio. Always cool to see new lines on spots you may ride everyday (in a global publication, nonetheless.) Dig's got a new Web site going, too. Not my favorite incarnation--almost like they lost their paint brush, but that's just my taste. Check it.

01.31.07

Traffic is good for the soul, or at least for the long drive to work.

The dark room where I get paid to clack away on a keyboard, building websites, is about 50 miles from my apartment. There are two main routes from New Braunfels to Boerne—a lonely state highway through the Hill Country and an Interstate trifecta flirting with San Antonio's outskirts.

For the longest time, I made the dreadful, lonely trek everyday up Hwy 46. The roadway was empty but winding—scenic but lifeless. My impression was that taking I-35/Lp 1604/I-10 would be hell with all the traffic and shitty Texas drivers. My impression was ignorant.

On Hwy 46, I'm an unlucky bastard on a long drive to work. On the Interstate, I'm crammed stop-and-go with America's workforce. We're all out here to provide for the family we miss. We're all in this together.

It's love-hate, but it's far from lonely.