Waiting for a Comeback

I cant say enough about how awesome this video part is. That second to last clip has got to be one of the gnarliest things done on a BMX bike ever. Lets hope this dude gets back to killing everything in his path. Or not, its just BMX.

Ill try to post something better than random stuff I like tomorrow. Mabey, mabey not.

Motny Python and Fishes

A match made in heaven!

Madness!

Tony Cardona sure has life sorted out. Live in a shack, party and ride. He does all of them well but the latter is his claim to fame. Here he is summarizing what BMX is all about in a 20 second video.

Youtube Gold

Title say is all. Enjoy.

Shitluck Roadtrip

SHITLUCK "ON THE ROAD" from LELAND THURMAN on Vimeo.

This is on Leland's Vimeo account so its fair game. Everyone kills it in this video but Cameron Wood and Chet Blacksmith really shred. I recommend turning the volume off for the frist song in the intro.

Mat Roe Sobp

Stoked On Being Pumped - Mat Roe from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

The shot 15 seconds in is amazing as is the last clip.

Whats Up!

Well hello there. I'm going to be the guest blogger for a bit. I'm not the greatest with technology so bear with me. My name is Drew Kukura and I'm 16 years of age and reside in some not so interesting south Houston, Texas suburbs. Ive been riding for about 6 years or so and very much enjoy it. So anyway enjoy the above video of my friend doing some flatland in a wheelchair. Hes only been in that thing for a week and hes already shredding!

Jason Levy

Bean and Bissell's favorite rider. This dude was in the first Aspire video bunny hopping onto stacked shopping carts. He is one of the most creative riders out there, I'll give him that.
Seen over on ITG

Guest Blogger

I'm looking for a guest blogger until Wednesday. Anybody interested? If you are email me at bikehines@gmail.com and we can work out the logistics.

Abe

I've really been interested in Abe Lincoln lately.

Animal Vid

Old ass Edwin shit. Animal son.

Black Sparks Seattle Skateparks Tour

I'll be heading up to Seattle finally this Saturday. Super pumped to sip coffee, chug touchdowns, and enjoy some of the best concrete Washington state has to offer. My tour guide will be non-other than the man of many faces, Mr. Scott Wu.

AKA: Mr. Petie Philer



Prescott Pop


Cesar Agustus

I'll be updating every once in awhile when I up in Seattle. Hopefully, I can get some love on the site from Mr. Lokes. The dude has seriously been lagging on posts, post-grad party. The guy graduates college and goes on a 2 week bender. He deserves it though, the dumbass picked microbiology as his major.

Damn You Nike

I hate Nike but I love these commercials. I think the Cavs will win tonight, after that they're dick out fo' sho'. I hope they prove me wrong, so we can all watch Kobe drain jumpers in the kings face.

Kink In Taiwan

Badger and the Kink team are in Taiwan right now. That would be a kick ass bike trip. Go here and check out some of the photos KC posted with his shitty digital camera.

Jesse Romano

jesse edit from jesse romano on Vimeo.

This is Jesse, I've been talking to Jesse since Clicked started a year ago. In that time he's been progressing like an out of control forest fire. Here's the old bio I did with him back in December. Sponsors be on the look out for this kid, he's only 16!

Battles- Atlas

Organic electronica, could be one way to describe these guys. Singing through a whammy pedal, and looping everything in perfect cycles, these guys are crazy good at what they do.

Jones' Big Ass Truck Rental and Storage

This dude is making me laugh my ass off.

Jones' Good Ass BBQ and Foot Massage

Nicknames

let the dollar circulate from THEYAINTREADY on Vimeo.

Noodles, chatterbox, and shitpants are in this edit. I decided to post it because those are the best nicknames in BMX at the moment.

Protest Update

I have had great success with sponsors! The product toss is going to be nuts.
Thanks to:
Sputnic
Shadow Conspiracy
Subrosa
Empire BMX
Animal
Ajo Bikes
Ride BMX
Psychic Flying Monkey
S&M Bikes

We are still looking for help, donations, and sponsors. If you are interested please contact me at bikehines@gmail.com

Everything is going as planned please keep spreading the word, that is the best advertisement. I will have fliers next week and they will be in every bike shop I can think of. If you would like to help distribute fliers I will kick you down a T-shirt and stickers. We can do this.

Let bikes in!
Tell your friends!

I Feel Tampa's Pain

The riders in Tampa are going through the same bullshit we are. It's a good read. How long will this segregation last? I hate politics.

The Not So Daily

Kim K. bikini pics! Hell yeah! Drew I know you're down.
Can someone please explain this Dawn commercial to me? Is it real? Either way it rules.
Unintentionally gay rap lyrics, some funny ass shit.
Most awesome nut shots Vol.III AFV eat your heart out.
You gotta love Telemundo
Lake Havasu home of pasties
Porn star gets out of ticket by giving a BJ. That works?
Katy Perry is hot

Red Bull Now With Cocaine!

Scientists in Germany have discovered trace amounts of cocaine in Red Bull Cola. Check out the whole article here. Problem is you'd have to drink 12,000 liters to get a significant dose. Boo

Bissell NAG 1

Bissell took his 6th win this weekend in Albert's Turkey. He told me he's hanging up the cruiser for the rest of the year until the Grands, and will be racing his class bike from here on out. Tucson nationals aren't too far away, I think everyone should go out and work on their gates. Washed up race rematch, fools.

Tomorrow We Work: Dan Cox

TWW - Dan Cox from Joe Cox on Vimeo.

In my opinion, Dan is one of 3 people who can actually use a free coaster properly.

Happy Memorial Day

FBM Gypsy Caravan 2

Guess which two dudes made it on the Gypsy caravan tour this summer? Probably the two dudes right here, huh? Yep. Krimzen/Gutter Crew guaranteed to boost the level of entertainment. Maybe Grady will make a post on how these dudes got on board, and what he expects to accomplish out of the tour. Sounds like a damn good time, FBM, beer, and a caravan.

Sasha Grey Interview

Right here completely work/library safe.

FIT Driver's License

DIG Interview: Garret Byrnes

Dig put an old interview they did with Garret Byrnes in 2002 up. Super good shit, check it out here. They call it classic, can 2002 be considered classic? That's like putting Match Box Twenty on the classic rock station. Hell no Matchbox, you're a bad band, bad band, go lie down.

Mike Hoder

Mike Hoder from Lotek on Vimeo.

The great northwest, son. 8 days.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Ben Burkett AKA: Fabio sent me this little ditty. He said it reminded him of Tucson. I don't really get it, though. Is it because we have attractive women? I think it's because we all use to be vegetarian, but everyone has fallen off that wagon. Anyway, enjoy your holiday weekend and eat a fucking hamburger with a chick in a bikini.

Rodney

My dad looks like Rodney, don't tell him I said that.

History 101

“ Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica.” - Abraham Lincoln

From The Vault

Here's the 2nd and last (as of today) photo I had in BMX Plus! magazine. While working at Point X camp in Temecula, Ca. Chris Miracle and I got the opportunity to do some bike tests. I got the "Mr. Nasty" I mean "Mr. Lucky" from Diamondback. It's kind of ironic because I feel like Mr. Lucky for having the opportunity to work at that meatballs camp with skateparks. The only thing I'm bummed about (definitely not the turn down, probably my best to date) was the fact that they spelled my name wrong. It's not like the fucking ketchup, oh well.


Here's Miracle getting the job done and about to be in need of some dental work. Damn son relax. You should have seen him wreck that fucking poor Taiwan tin piece of shit. I think at one point I was like, "dude, Chris it's just BMX plus don't kill yourself." But, in true Miracle fashion he gave it his all, and it was entertaining as hell.

ps. click the pics for giant versions and my scrunched face.

The Daily

Some solid acting right here.

Let's do the daily...
Gays confuse children and Christians confuse the hell out of me.
Is it me or does Hayden have a huge bulge? Penis or hairy muff, you decide.
Great Tattoo for Magoo.. I got mad rhyming skills.
Masumi Max is dope, I wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating Pringles.
This is the weirdest Nintendo Wii game ever.
Paris' panties
Thursday night tata gallery
I'm down with this dirty bird edit for realz
Guess who got invited to the Xgames
17 sexiest suicide girls.... I can't decide, I'm going with all of them
Best porno mag of all time

Soundbite Website

I just found this cool site that has tons and tons of soundbites. They have a Family Guy category. Check it out here.

FBM

Another nice little edit from the Fat Bald Men.

Jesse's Wash

Look familiar Tucson?

Hound Dog Taylor

My favorite Blues/Rock player of all time. He's not known for great guitar playing or vocals, in fact he told people this a lot:
"When I die, they'll say, 'He couldn't play shit, but he sure made it sound good!"

Blues players referred to him as the mysterious six finger man, due to the fact that he had six fingers on his left hand. It's more of a nub though and really didn't help him play guitar. He was also know for playing shitty ass Japanese made guitars in the 50's and 60's, that and the help of an old Sear's amp Hound Dog got his nasty tone. Check out Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor right here.

Worried

I'm worried about myself, I really don't understand what exactly I find funny anymore. I feel that I've been to the end of the internet and back, everything and nothing amuses me. As I stare into Gary Busey's eyes I see the present and past colliding in a ball of fire. My bike rests inside my house, while I sit in the back of a warehouse hoping to amuse the few who frequent my address on the avenue of barren wasteland and porn. This calls for some AFV.

Savage

I decided that I hate Michael Savage too much to include him on my lefty-political, mind-manipulating blog. So from now on it's just Savage. This episode Dan takes his letters to his favorite bar and let's the people within it hand out advice.

My wife and I have been married for eight months, and I love her very much. However, we don't have sex much, maybe three times a month. We've seen a therapist a few times, and it hasn't changed anything. I still love her, but my needs haven't been met and I'm frustrated. Due to my frustration, I posted an ad on Craigslist—not to cheat but to just get some erotic interaction via the web. I only sent a few pictures back and forth. However, my wife found the e-mails. I apologized and said I never wanted to be with anyone but her, but that I just wanted to feel like I was desired. My wife has asked me to move out for a while, which I did.

Are we effed? I know what I did was horrible, but I want to make this marriage work. I love her, and I don't want this to end it.

Confused In Salt Lake

• "Since you live in Salt Lake, I'm going to assume that you didn't have sex with your wife before you got marriaged [hic], and so it turns out that you and your wife are incompatible. Next time, try the milk before you buy the cow."

• "A lot of men make the mistake of initiating sex by just being like, 'Hey, let's fuck.' Try this: Rub her shoulders, offer to make her a bath, give her a foot massage. Then eat her out, but don't ask for anything. Do this for two weeks. Show her that you want her to enjoy sex. If it doesn't work, sorry, you're fucked."

• "You have four separate problems that are now, through the magic of synergy, combined into one big one: Your wife's not into sex, you live in Utah, your wife made you move out, and you're using Craigslist (what the fuck?). Time for some radical honesty: Tell her exactly how you feel and what you want. Insist she do the same. Don't censor. This will either finish burning your marriage to the ground or maybe—MAYBE—allow you to start dealing with each other like adults."

• "Hey, Mormon Dumbfuck: She asked you to move out. It's already over! HELLO?!?"

What They're Doing Now

Dr. Evil

WTF of the day

Really?

Chase Hawk

Chase Hawk ODSY Web Video from Chad Shackelford on Vimeo.

Tons of Phx. footie. Those blue banks are so steep and nasty I really don't understand how the fuck he airs them.

FBM Spring Edit

Troy Merkle

Troy Merkle California adventure! from Stolen BMX on Vimeo.

Pretty impressive hybrid mix of flatland and street.

Do you believe?

This was the only thing I could think of to follow an interview of that caliber. This song still gets me excited to ride my bike.
Maybe they should remake RAD and have BF as Cru Jones, and Todd Lyons as Hollywood Mike Miranda

Ryan Fudger Interview

Majority of my interviews on Clicked have always been via email. I ask somebody if they're down to answer some questions, they reply, I send said questions. The shittiest part about it is I don't get immediate interaction with the person, I don't get to indulge on the questions I ask, and I always get stuck wanting to ask more. Not to mention most of the time people from the bike world will never write more than one sentence. Ryan didn't have a problem with words.

Photos and captions courtesy of Ryan, unless noted.

I’m going multimedia. Rachael Finley rendition.

For the last few years I have been hearing a lot about periodicals slowly meeting their demise. It hasn't necessarily been about BMX magazines, but just news in the paper form losing to the Internet jockey. Granted, BMX magazines are similar to porno mags, in that they are more about the pictures than the actual articles. So, what steps is Ride taking to make people feel they need the actual hard copy in hand, and what are you guys doing to differentiate yourselves on the Internet, compared to sites like mine and say the come up?

I’m not going to say that Ride is selling more than it ever has. But I truly believe that the magazine is better than it’s ever been, and we have the Internet to thank for that. We’ve removed all the bullshit; all the boring, monotonous things that we had to do to be “all encompassing,” and have rethought what goes in the magazine. Most everything (I say most for the sake of being incorrect) we do in Ride is exclusive to it. I’m well aware that we can’t beat online in speed and quantity, so we focus on quality and exclusivity. And I’m going to admit the print vs. web model is something we haven’t fully embraced; I feel like we’re slightly understaffed (a dedicated video guy would help) to do all the things that would really link the website to the magazine. But we do our best right now…and it’s only going to get better.

Regarding other websites, I’m just going to say that I don’t see a single website as competition with the magazine. The Internet as a whole, yes. A single website, no. And, I’m not really one to come out and say a bunch of shit about who’s number one and stuff, because I generally believe if you have to repeatedly tell people you’re the best, then you’re probably not. We’re the number one magazine in the world. Our website is number one with six million plus page views and over 250,000 unique visitors every month. NORA Cup is the biggest party of the year and this year is somehow, magically going to top the year before with the Stay Fit premiere and more in the works. And, we’ll talk about this more soon, but we’re doing another video that’s about to start at the end of June.

Really, I love the off-quilter and un-informed comment that Ride is going out of business or going all-online. Just because a kid/guy/whoever can post something, doesn’t mean they know shit about the way things work. And although people may immediately think of Ride as a magazine, we’re a media company. And that company isn’t going anywhere.

"I’m here to have a good time, and you should, too."

I'm sure there are a lot people that don't know you once ran a local scene website called sandiegobmx.com. I frequented your site a lot, man that was what almost 10 years ago? How did you end up starting that site, and how did you transition into the current position you have at Ride?

It all started on a Commodore 64. I was telling these kids in Illinois how the scene was here in over on Internet Relay, and they said I was full of shit, so I took the first digital camera, which was the size of full grown Rottweiler, and showed them what we were all about. Spare a few antiquated technologies, that’s really how it happened. I just started the site to show how good everyone was that I was riding with on a daily basis. It never really hit me how big the site had become until I already had the job at Ride and Alan Foster (get well soon!) told me that it was the fifth most popular website on Transworld BMX’s reader survey. This was behind like danscomp.com and harobikes.com, you know? I remember seeing that and thinking, “Well fuck, that’s dead.”

As far as getting the job at Ride…I had sandiegobmx.com. I was also doing the Socal Regional News for Ride at the time—an unpaid job. I was also pretty involved with the Dirt Bros, doing their website and things like that. Working backwards, Vic Murphy was the guy that put in a good word for me to do the Regional News with then-editor Mark Losey. I had also filmed a bit for Props and I had done some writing work for both fatbmx.com and Ride UK. At that point, I was getting asked to do things—or certain things were falling in my lap—and I was stoked to do whatever it was, for free. I put a ton of effort into each project and I did everything that was tossed my way. One day, I got an e-mail from Losey asking what I did for a day job, and my response was, “it doesn’t matter, I’ll quit right now.” Basically, on the DL at the time, they were going to fire Scott McElweny (sp) and were looking for another editor. I guess most people don’t realize this, but at that point, I had never even clicked a frame off in an SLR. I wasn’t a photographer. I was a website dude, a graphic design student, that aspired to be a video guy. So, blah blah, I put together a resume and some writing samples…then I get asked to come up with several concept articles, twists on features, and additional writing samples. I do all of this, and finally I get asked to come up to the Ride office. And since this whole thing has been such a process over about three weeks time, I’m thinking, “Alright, fuck yeah, I got the job at Ride and they just want to tell me in person.” So Gary and I drive up there with the idea that we’re going to go somewhere else, I can’t remember where—it must have been Los Angeles or further—and I’ll get this dream job real quick and straight chill. And, I must have been completely oblivious, because I went into the conference room with Losey, Toth, and Brad McDonald and they began asking me a series of questions. I was caught so off guard that I hardly remember a thing. The only fragment of the entire interview that stuck was my response to the idea of quitting BMX, to which I replied, “I always said I’d quit riding if I knocked my teeth out.” Whatever I said must have worked, because about a week later, I locked in the job. And, to this day, I’ve had upwards of 50 stitches stacked on top of each other in my chin and haven’t lost a single tooth—neck-stretch for the fucking sky when you’re about to land on your face. Oh, a few months after I got the job, Losey told me, “Next time, dress like you actually want the job.”

Video screen grab of fun times. Two hours after this face slap, I landed on my face again…but way worse.

"I don’t even respond to the letters sober anymore, there’s no point."

Do you miss the freedom of running your own site?

It’s been seven years. I can’t even remember if I was an asshole back then or not. I think I must have been, but really, I remember being positive about most things…probably because San Diego was awesome. Despite what probably is the common belief, I rarely get my wings clipped. Earlier this week Keith had a two minute voicemail from some dude’s girlfriend that I called a “little asshole that no one wants to hang out with” in the Letters section. And I’m not saying Keith was psyched to get the voicemail, but he didn’t sit there and tell me not to give an honest response. He saw the humor in it all, just…you know…he’s not trying to get some psycho broad cussing at him for some stupid shit I wrote when I was six Pacifico’s in. I don’t even respond to the letters sober anymore, there’s no point. I’ve been doing this for 73 issues...multiply that by how ever many letters per issue and coming up with a unique thought needs a little brain juice. So I have to sauce up and think outside the box… And, to anyone out there thinking you have some new idea or angle: between McGoo, Sheps, and myself, I doubt there’s much left.

How long have you been taking photos? What is the current set up you use to shoot BMX. Who is your favorite rider to shoot?

Just as I mentioned before, I started shooting photos about a month after I started at Ride. I had shot a 2.1 megapixel digital camera and some point and shoot stuff when I was a kid, but I never, ever, considered myself an aspiring photographer. I feel like an asshole, because I don’t want to say shooting photos is easy in any sense. But, everything about shooting a “technically sound” photo is committing yourself to a set of rules, or a checklist of circumstances, and sticking to it. Look at the best photographers within BMX: Zielinski and Dolecki. They’re the both the most anal-retentive dudes you’ll ever meet...and they won’t take that in a bad way whatsoever because they know it. Does shooting a technically sound photograph make you a good photographer? It’s not everything, but it surely helps. Those dues, besides knowing the “rules” are willing to geek out hard enough, take the 20/30 minutes to make sure everything is right while most guys feel the rider’s laser-beam-eyes in the back of their head and are just like, “fuck it, it’s good enough.” If you’re some ADHD kid, you’re probably going to be horrible at shooting photos. But yeah, I shot way off on that… My bags these days are pretty bad. I carry anywhere from five to two camera bodies (Canon Mark II, Canon 1V, Hasselblad 500cm, a point and shoot, etc…) at least two flashes (two Quantum Q-flahses), but sometimes three, and who knows what sort of mishmash in between. I’ll try to include a photo when I actually send this over, but no guarantee. With riders, I don’t really have a favorite anymore. I used to love shooting with Morgan Wade because it was always something wild, but now…I sound like I’m offending Morgan…I’m down to shoot with anyone who’s confident with what they’re doing. If someone is sitting there staring at a setup, taking 45 run ups, and freaking out, it stresses me out so bad. I don’t want to be the guy that was there when something went wrong. I’m just trying to do the best job that I can do, have the rider psyched at the end, be psyched myself, and make the magazine good, you know?

What's your favorite move on the BMX?

Personally? I feel like I’ve never had more control over my bike than I do now, but I’m just not down with throwing myself down huge rails anymore. I don’t have any problem with taking a fall, but it seems to hurt—like can’t ride, hurt—way more lately. In the last three months, I’ve landed on my face three times, dislocated my shoulder, and had bags of meat for hands. But, of late, I’ve been trying to lock in a bunch of grinds-to-jump over stuff, but who knows. We were working on a Long Beach web vid, but I’m not sure where that’s at. I happened to film a couple of random clips during Sean Burn’s interview in Ride, and he messaged me the other week about the head-slide photo that was on my blog. And, and, blah, blah, I’m going to give up the better of the stuff that I’ve been filming for the Bone Deth video. I know the video is going to be absolutely fucking outrageous, so I’d rather be a part of that.

Love this spot…I need to take some people out there. Another drop in photo

“Be about it, don’t blog about it.”

5 People you would punch in the face

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

I thought about this for a while, and realized that I’m never the first one to throw a punch. That’s probably why I’ve been losing fights lately. Really though, I’m fucking 27 years old…fighting sounds outright dumb when I think about it right now. I’m not saying I’ll never be in another, but I couldn’t think of one, let alone five.

Editors note: I got the idea for this question from facebook of all places. There are these polls that I try not to take. But, five people I want to punch in the face...had to do it.

1. Bill O'Rielly

2. Michael Savage

3. Anne Coulter

4. Tim Duncan

5. That Pitchman guy with the beard who's always yelling

Having a last name like Fudger I would assume you are always on the defensive, but why do you always come off so salted? Other than telling me my questions better be superb, I've never had a salty interaction with you. But, I hear you have a bitter side is there any truth to this?

About two months ago, my girlfriend lost the only key to one of my cars. I had to call some locksmith, which I was quoted $175 over the phone. The guy came, did the job, and tried to charge me $400. I got him down to like $300, but I was still really unhappy with the situation. When I gave him my debit card, he made a comment like, “Heh, you must have gotten a lot of crap.” And my response was, “Why, you want to say something?” It’s sort of like, yeah, you got three jokes if you’re clever—get the fuck over it. My dad’s last name is Fudger and I haven’t seen him since I was three. I was looking into changing my name to Kelly, my mother’s maiden name, when I got out of high school…then I slacked…now it’s whatever. My only gripe about my last name is that it turns into one of those auto-nicknames…but my real friends know that I prefer to be called Ryan, not “Fudger.”

As far as being salty…I have opinions, and I’ve never been one to not argue to get my point across. As I get older, I sort of feel like I take the side stance like, “well, you’re fucking retarded, but that’s up to you” as opposed to a few years back when I’d not only tell you, but try to get you to realize it, and then change your ways. I’m over that, though…just as no one is going to change my mind, I’m not going to change some retard’s mind.

I don’t ever seeing have a problem with you, Mike.

What do you love about BMX?

I love riding BMX a lot more than talking about it. I think my new motto for people is, “Be about it, don’t blog about it.” I ride every week, multiple times a week, and I generally push myself to do something I haven’t done before.

Filming is hard enough, I don’t bother shooting photos ever. This is pretty old…it’s a bump jump to drop-in at Pala round. Photo: Kevin Conners

What do you hate about it?

It’s like anything you know a lot about. For a while, it was something I was looking to escape. What was my outlet for frustration became my actual frustration. I got past that a long time ago and enjoy the simplistic side of riding for what it is. I know this is a basic answer, but I don’t really have anything better. Okay, I hate that BMX is so shallow that when I was on my way to go shoot photos of Mike Spinner, he asked, “Sooo, do you ride bikes?”

If there was one thing you could change about it, what would it be and why?

I’d bring in a bunch more money so some good dudes who haven’t caught a break could stop working some shit jobs.

Photo: Nuno Olivera

"We go to the strip club with all the boys…I walk in go right to the ATM machine"

What's a normal day at Ride like?

A normal day. My fingers hurt from typing, by the way. I’m trying to think… Usually it starts at around 9am. Frat Tony, Jeff Z, and I carpool to the office. So it’s any combo of who’s-driving-who. Today was deadline, so I got in the office, checked my RSS feeds, checked my e-mail, gathered news from both of the above sources and copy pasted them into the…12,746 Word document…I then e-mailed at least six companies about the retail prices/specs on some products we’re featuring in the issue. Talked to Jeff about what to change about a bio of Roman Tencza that we’re doing. Put in the advanced copy of Primo’s Nice Try DVD into my computer…it didn’t work…tried another computer…watched a couple of sections that I was dying to see since I missed the premiere. Went into a two hour meeting with our two-week-old publisher (who was just recently re-hired from when I first started) about magazine and website buizzzznes. Shot some late photos of videos, that Vans book, and S&M products for the magazine, typed some more, talked about the upcoming Ride video, called some people about shooting photos, typed some more, posted to the Ride twitter page a bunch in between, and left sometime around 6pm. It’s real glamorous. I always tell people that the text you see in the magazine is about %20 of the work. And I really don’t know where the %80 goes, but I just spent everyday this week in the office working, at least eight hours each day. Then I come home and do more work. It’s fun, but it is work. With that said, I leave on Wednesday to stay in a beach house with the Kink team in Taiwan for 11 days.

Myself, Gonz sucking on a banana, Mulligan, and Z at Ride’s 150 party.

I've stumbled onto some Internet talk about a certain gentleman's club in the Portland area. I also heard you had some bet with Ryan Sher at that club. Can you explain what happened? Have you ever made it rain? Has Ryan Sher made it rain in your presence? Friday is my birthday and I think I'm going to make it hail, that involves a roll of quarters and a very gifted entertainer.

I think you’re talking about our C-Lo game…basically, when you play that shit enough, you end up doubling up multiple times. Except we never started at a dollar…we started at something like 40. It doubled to 80, then to 160, then to 320, then to 640. At that point it was like, fuck this, this is basically the rent at my house and I’m gambling. And even if I win, I’m taking this from my friend, so I don’t want to do it. So Hoang came in with a voice of reason and somehow we settled on $250…for a single roll of C-Lo. Of course, I lose, and I’m not really happy. Not at Ryan or anyone else, just at the fact that I bet imaginary money on a dice game, haha. I ended up kicking a stove really hard, getting kicked out of the house, and some stupid sluts don’t like me anymore. Not a big deal… Probably six months later, I’m in Portland shooting photos for the Levi’s DVD and the last night before my 8am flight, I end up staying with Ben Hucke. We go to the strip club with all the boys…I walk in go right to the ATM machine and Sher, by coincidence says, “lemme get $40” and I hand him $250. He made it rain, I just bathed in it.

I’ve seen girls do far more for far less than a roll of quarters…I hope you post whatever went down on your site.

Editor's note: Stripper interview in the works...

What's your ideal bar? And what is your favorite drink?

The bar hasn’t changed, but I have a girlfriend, so I’m going to say a dingy, shitty, under lit bar with a good jukebox, some good friends, and a pool table. Normally it would be good friends with one girl that found stringy men with too much facial hair attractive, but I’m good on that end. Favorite drink is a gin and tonic, but I’ve been drinking beer lately.

If you were stranded on a desert island and you could have an infinite amount of any three things, what would they be?

If I have infinite amount of three things, am I too dumb to figure out a way to get off the island?

You get the door prize

Top 5 riders of all time

1. Gary Young

2. Mike Parenti

3. Dave Young

4. Vic Murphy

5. Ralph Sinisi

(Brad Blanchard would be sixth)

What's the perfect day for you?

I’ve always had this thing about doing whatever I want to do when I want to do it. Very few people get to accomplish that…mostly rich people and possibly a few poor people with the very attainable wants. My perfect day is just that, doing exactly what I want to do. But I’m not sure I want it to come right away…I don’t mind a little work.

Volkswagen GTI or Datsun 510?

Since you left it so open ended, I’m going to go with a MKII GTI with a 1.8T motor swap. Although, if it was a new GTI versus a 510, I’d have to ask the purpose of the car, then go from there. After dealing with all the shit of tripling the horsepower of normal car, I’m 100% into the idea of having a dedicated track/race/fun car. Fuck the idea of buying a 20k car and putting 10k into it…

What is the best memory you have because of BMX?

This and the first question are the hardest ones. Way to go. My first thought was the Dirt Brothers backyard. I had never been a part of something that felt so much like a family as the “golden days” of being at Jim Sibley’s house doing whatever we wanted and laughing all day. I feel like your mind tends to multiply the good times by who-knows-what when you look back, but it was far better than spending two weeks with guys you hardly know in another country, or staying in a $400 a night hotel in New York City, or standing on stage at NORA Cup while Gary Ellis is screaming his heart out…

Thanks for doing the interview, I really appreciate it. If there is anything you would like to add please do it.

Ride was the only magazine I ever subscribed to as a kid, and working at Ride was a far-fetched dream of mine that I’m not even sure I actually had. I just want people to know that this whole thing doesn’t have to be a competition. I’m here to have a good time, and you should, too.

Fish hooks for the squid. Photo: Harrison Boyce

CONGRATS LOKES

Congrats to Lokes for graduating. He's now a real woman.

Charles

Decline naked along the side of the house, 8 a.m., spreading sesame seed oil over my body, Jesus, have I come to this? I once battled in dark alleys for a laugh. now I'm not laughing. I splash myself with oil and wonder, how many years do you want? how many days? my blood is soiled and a dark angel sits in my brain. things are made of something and go to nothing. I understand the fall of cities, of nations. a small plane passes overhead. I look upward as if it made sense to look upward. it's true, the sky has rotted: it won't be long for any of us. Charles Bukowski