chode/mke/swine flu

today in art class, cody spent the whole 45 min period cutting out letters for his name to paste on a little piece of blue paper. it took john 10 secs to rearrange it to say chode. lol

here's some old pics of mkes. i dont have much to say today... photos from prolly's flickr
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taken from trick track
white, small


one more thing regarding the swine flu epidemic...can people stfu about it? i'm not one to complain (yes i am), but people (you know who you are) are just being bitches about it. ok it's bad, but if i could go a day without hearing "omg, you have swine flu" or "give me the hand sanitizer, i'm going to get swine flu" and etc, i'd die a happy kid. seriously, just take care of yourselfs, don't be a grimey muthafucka, wash yo hands, do what you normally do to avoid getting sick, and you should be fine. jeeezzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cheers

rode out with tim, carl, kianu, and thomas today. went around civic center, city hall, and van ness. had to cut out at 5 but it was fun while it lasted. yea well i dont have much to say but jillian on friday!!!! im so excited for that. willie is currently in dallas, texas for a robotics competition and he says its 60 degrees, humid, and very rainy there. that sucks, haha!

kianu getting ready



tim's broakland. fucking awesome ride, i've never felt so connected to a bike like this, it rides amazing. like i said before broaklands are teh sex. they're basically the ferrari of track bikes.


i posted it twice, cuz its that amazing.

kianu doing crazy shit


carl filming

big spin!

carl trying to jump this stair set, but not enough ground for speed.

thomas filming

fakie off the 2 set

thomas bunny hop over two set.

wheelie off the two set.

super ted, article is about fixed gear fashion and the trend over in europe. its an interesting read, im stoked to see some riders when i'll be in europe for my europe trip with christina! (click for bigger image)

look its asher roth! haha just kidding, its actually willie's dad who looks very similar to him. its hilarious.

alleycats

noticed there's a few alley-cats going on this spring season and thought i'd promote some of them! all info was taking off sffixed.com

fuckkkk, i was really looking forward to doing this one but willie won't be in town and niether will i. i really encourage people to do this one
Mark your calenders
Mimi and The Ghost presents SF's first "hippiecat", the Treehugger
$10 May 2, Meet at High (pun intended) Noon, Race at 1pm
This will benefit Friends of the Urban Forest

Start - Hippie Hill (GG Park)
End - Haight and Ashbury
Rest - Buena Vista Park/The Ghost's Crib

Yes, there will be patchouli, hackey sacking, frisbee golfing, tree climbing, whale saving, drum circling, fire spinnging, yoga-ing, sprout eating, tye dying and joint rolling.
This wont be an easy race so dont blow too much pot and get lazy! Come on and come all. This will be a super fun time.

Cut off time is 4:20pm for all racers
After party at Li Po Lounge food for racers and bands

Line up
-Dead Ringers (SF)
-Spires (Oakland)
-Crimewave (SF)
-Tigon (SF)

Sponsors and Prizes by:
Freewheel Hayes
Viva la Bici
American Cyclery
Zipcar
Philz Coffee
Chrome
Blue Bottle Coffee
Velocity
Pedal Revolution
Max Pack (Oakland)
Ritual Coffee
Central Cafe
Rickshaw Bagworks
Mi Mi

i posted this one before, but im gonna include it anyway! this is an all high school alleycat race set up by swobo. this seems like a real fun time, and i'm encouraging all the youngster riders to do this. i've never seen this type of gather yet.


doing this one for sure. my friend jb davis, is one of the organizers of this race. this is looking out to be real fun!
I just wanted to let everyone know about an Alleycat that I and a few others will be holding next month. The race will be called Tourist Trap. I'm sure the name explains the theme, if you don't catch it, it will be a race hitting a few of our city's landmarks. Right now we are still gathering things together and it's coming along well, so we are looking of the date, Sunday May 10th So keep that day open!! I will post details and updates as things progress, and this should be a really fun race.

Date/Time - May 10th 2009/3:00PM (PST)
Type - Speed Challenge/Checkpoint
All Bikes Welcome
Prizes for different categories


Sponser:
Box Dog Bikes
Roger's Cafe/Coffee Magic
Trackstand.Com
SJFixed.Org
Chrome
FatLace
Sports Basement
and moreoo, im interested in this too!

Hello everyone,

I would just like to let everyone know that I am throwing an alleycat for the Cycles of Change in Alameda. If you dont know what Cycles is, its an awesome organization in Alameda that enables many youth to take part in their community.

It's going to be a great event with alot of fun checkpoints. The start is at the Edoff Memorial Bandstand off of Belvue ave. in Oakland (yes, where the Oakland Scrape started last year). The finish will be in Alameda at Cycles of Change with a BBQ!!

Come out and support a great organization.

Open to everyone.

totally intense tuesdays

this post is dedicated to sean magee, cuz he was eager for me to update my blog haha. anyways, normal day at school. check out the pics of art class i took and laura hobbs' bike. got home and hopped on my bike, kianu and i had adjusted my seat on sunday so it would be easier to pop up. so, today i tried wheelies, and im excited to say i was able to wheelie one handed, for 3 crank rotations! this is a big achievement for me since i'm wheelie-retarded. from now on, instead of doing multiple posts, when i find something interesting, im just gonna edit the post and add it to make one big post. so be sure to check my blog for updates!

my pieter mondriaan styled piece. looks simple but it was a bitch to cut th0se lines and get them straight. not to mention i had to measure the squares and shit.

cody's (aka code red) tower. the path way with the broken bits of colorful glass is real nice

laura hobbs' single speed/fixed gear bike. the only girl, let alone the only other person who rides a fixed gear bike that i know of, beside me at si (not counting the other seniors who do). she knows how to lock up her bike (most expensive wheel and frame), so i give props! is it creepy that i included her bike in my blog, yet i've never talked to her in my life?

for my mke bruiser, i am going to order it in this color, a metallic turqoise. imo, it looks sick! this one belongs to tdhk from the trick track forum, http://www.tricktrack.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1008&start=80 ugh, my volume cutter is already too small for me and i also found out through riding this frame, that i need a longer tt. hence the switch to mke. i feel so scrunched up on my cutter...

i've always been a fan of wonka. this kid has mad skills on a fixed gear. really siked to see more from him. pics taken by prolly
whatcha know about this hop barspin on a 3 set

wall rides...insane

last but not least, help me decided on which color wesc headphones i should get. i'm leaning towards the black and gold, cuz carl and sean already have the white ones. hurry, i wanna order them tonight! these are sick btw, cuz if you have the ipod shuffle (the last generation before these stupid new ones) you can attach it to these on the side and run the chord along the side also, so they look like they're wireless...for barspins...

Red Bull Eye in the Sky from Ivan Mennim on Vimeo.
this is sick, not to mention how rainer fucking owned everyone!

sorry si

but i have to do this. here's a mass email that was sent out about a bake sale tomorrow after school.

"Hey SI,

There will be a bake sale held tomorrow after school in the Student Center. The money raised will go to support Share Our Strength's Great American Bake Sale Campaign to end child hunger in America. Come get a snack before practice and do your part to end world hunger. Thanks!"

what i read was...come buy some food to eat so we can get money for other people food. why don't you either, send that food to people who need it more or just take my money and do whatever you guys want, like you usually do. i know that sounded confusing, but just think about it.

today was the more hecktic, stressful, and nerve-racking day. i'm sorry, but i will not be sharing this day on my blog or anyone, for that matter. all i want to say is, thank you to everyone who tried to help me today. especially to three people: ; zain for walking me through this day; thomas for being so supportative and helpful; Christina's mom for truely understanding what i am going through, when i thought there was no one

i've also decided, that i want to purchase the mke bruiser. when the time is right, i will get it

oh yeah, and this...i am speechless

AlohaFixed X TannerMonmaney from ALOHA FIXED on Vimeo.

sunday

was a chill day. went down to the panhandle to bike with kianu and james'. went to james' brother's bbq and had hella hotdogs. went home and took a nap. my paretns are accusing of a smell in my room and is drug testing me. fuck them. btw, i will be posting for gnarcotix soon on their blog. check it http://gnarcotix.blogspot.com/

cute dog!
our bikes be chillin


this little girl is so raw. she fucking climbed that shit.

saturday

epic saturday! was heading down to the island, when i saw james and kianu setting up a bbq in the panhandle, so i chilled there. hella kids i didn't know came, and melissa, rich, john, carl, and pepe came. went to the beach and ggp with john and rich and then to people's cafe for delicious food. chilled at the island with carl, terry, and pepe then went to meet up with shoei and willie. this weekend has been so great.

hell yeah.

didn't have lighter fluid, so we used paper and newspaper. took so long, but the food was legit.

ha. hipsters

my bike postin

kianu fail. this kid is really raw at tricks.

damn.

some dude's house in ggp.

i keep telling ppl to go eat at people's cafe cuz they have the best food. rich and john loved the food.

carl was getting real gnar today.

if you are a regular island rider, you know this dude is good. i keep forgetting his name, but he's the best in the world or something at flatland bmx.

i thought this was a sick shot.