Vertical video is a huge pet peeve of mine. It drives me nuts seeing so many people on Facebook posting vertical videos. (Jinnie, I’ve forgiven yours for the danger involved.) At the Bob Mould show in Boston there were plenty of people shooting vertical video. And while riding recently some guy stopped to shoot some vertical …
I’ve been riding a decent amount this year — obviously not as much as when I was a kid, but even a couple times a week is a lot more than I used to ride even a few years ago. My tricks might be old and out-of-date (much like myself) but they’re still fun!
I’ve been wanting to do a quick video of what tricks I can still do, but shoot and edit it entirely on my iPhone. The first problem was finding a good iPhone tripod mount: there are a lot out there, but most require you to either take your iPhone out of its case or to …
One of my favorite things about watching Red Sox games is Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo. They’re great announcers, but they’re also pretty entertaining and funny, especially when a game gets out of hand, one way or the other. I specifically remember watching this game — for some reason a guy ends up throwing a …
Way back in 1987, freestyle was pretty big and many bike companies sent their freestyle teams across to country to perform for kids. They were always so much fun, seeing the riders you only saw in magazines riding right before your eyes! And it was a way to see new tricks — ah, the pre-internet …
This past weekend was the Worcester Cup Bonspiel, a curling tournament at The Country Club in Brookline, MA. The South Shore Curling Club sent three teams (I was on South Shore II) and all three made it to the finals on Sunday, with our team playing for the Worcester Cup! We were pretty proud that our …
Being old and out of touch with the BMX world, I’ve never heard of Mark Webb. But after watching this video, I’m convinced he’s gotta be the best rider around. Any one of these tricks could be amazing “video-enders”; I’m not totally convinced that all of these tricks are possible (even though I’ve watching it …
If you’re an olde-tyme BMXer like me, you’ll find the BMX Movie Database a great timesink. It’s a collection of (mostly) older BMX videos put online, and it’s cool to watch some of my old favorite videos again — the Baco videos, Ride On, Style Cats — that are currently tucked away in a box …
It’s sort of depressing having the Steve Jobs post sitting on my blog, so it’s time to move on. Since I don’t have anything specific to say, I’ll just celebrate the fact that it’s Friday with this video.
Between 1998 and 1995 I made four BMX videos featuring New England riders (who, somewhat understandably, were under-represented in national media coverage). About 10 years ago I took those videos and compiled them into a single “best-of” video, which is infinitely more watchable than the originals. The quality is pretty low since they were recorded …