Monthly Archives: May 2013

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THIS!

“On Saturday 18 May 2013, Converse took over a disused section of the Port of Barcelona to create the first CONS SPACE, an initiative to transform disused urban space through skateboarding, art and music. Kenny Anderson and Pontus Alv collaborated with local artists Txemy Basuelto, Fernando Elvira and Ruben Sanchez to design a skate spot inspired by the abandoned industrial materials and incredible location. They were joined by Rune Glifberg, Tom Remillard, Remy Taviera, Javier Mendizabal, Jerome Campbell, Harry Lintell, Danny Sommerfeld and Ben Raemers for an epic all day session. CONS SPACE 001 BCN wrapped up with live music from The Bots and Black Lips.” – Converse

RIDE x CREATE

Well… my recap anyways. 

Obviously I dig pro cycling, but I’m not super knowledgeable in the stats.

Couldn’t have asked for better weather to cruise the great city of Chattanooga, TN for the 2013 Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial Championships.

Took a while to get in a solid spot on the mountain where there was miles and miles of very up’ed UPNESS viewing.  Once we got front row seats to watch these hill climb crushing monsters, are afternoon was set. Seats were sat and beers were opened.  

Snapped a few shots here and there and enjoyed watching these guys kill it!

Party Jammin! 

“Freddie Rodriguez celebrates his fourth national title along with silver medalist Brent Bookwalter and bronze medalist Kiel Reijnen” – Bill Kellick

After all these shenanigans, we headed to a local pub; ate, drank and retired for the evening.

Had a great time.  If you’ve never been to a pro race… I highly recommend doing so. Promise you’ll have a blast!

Artist: Foo Fighters
Album: Foo Fighters
Favorite Tracks: This Is A Call, Good Grief, Exhausted

Kicking it old school today with one of the very first alternative albums I ever owned. If you grew up in the early nineties, like we did, then you’ll probably find this album somewhat nostalgic. The thing I didn’t realize back then was that Dave Grohl actually recorded this album entirely by himself. What a bad ass! So if you’re in the mood for something a little rough around the edges and full of ass-kicking rock, then we highly recommend this album.

I can remember seeing the Foo Fighters live in concert and crowd surfing for the very first time. I can remember buying a huge wall poster of this album cover and hanging it above my bed. Something about the simplicity and mystery of the cover really drew me in to listening to them.

Check out this great post over on Sleevage about backstory on this album cover.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

So… yesterday evening, I’m in the middle of creating something that includes shooting a short video of myself; and I’m hitting a BIG creative wall.  My very rad wife notices my frustration and instructs me to go grab a 6’er (knowing that I’ve been beer free for the better part of 2 weeks now; gettin thangs done bruh!) to ease this mind numbing creative struggle that’s clearly frustrating me.  So I do just that.

On this simple journey to the grocery… I decide to chill and cruise the area to clear my mind in the hope inspiration will hit me on this outing.  The sun was setting, I rolled to the back of the local grocery and this shot popped in me brain bucket. Does it make sense? Is there meaning behind it? Do I care? Nope.

I snap, edit, post… and it turns out pretty cool.  So, I take this “see it, do it” mentality back to the casa and get it done!  In the words of Seth Godin “If you set your bar at ‘amazing’, it’s awfully difficult to start.” Take that to the bank!

I could never / I can’t / I’m not… has no place in creating.  Argue for your limitations and soon they will be yours.

Moral of the story…

RIDE x CREATE

PHOTO BY MOTHA FUCKIN PROLLY

NUFF SAID

The RIDE x CREATE vibe is never not hand-in-hand with skateboarding.

Get motivated!

Quit arguing for your limitations.

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Blake is one cool dude! Met him at the Toy Machine Demo earlier this year.

I genuinely dig everything about his style; so I’m pretty pumped that he’s officially, on board… with Toy Machine!!!

 Make sure to purchase “Cosmic Vomit 2” to check out Blake and his mondo skate radery!

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Oh man… I’m sure you’ve noticed a drop in day-to-day post radery.  This is a good thing.  WE ARE GROWING!! And with said growing, we’re experiencing some of those growing pains.

What does this mean:

I drink less / focus more / ride the same / value time / get educated / argue for no limitation

Kyle and I have been hoofin it heavy, and it’s all due to your GREAT support FOLLY friends!

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

RIDE x CREATE 

So… this is bad ass!!

Check out more shots over at The 5th Floor of this very rad Icarus x The 5th Floor combo!

RIDE x CREATE 

“Ride A Bike” by Sean Wes

Couldn’t have said it any better myself Mr. Wes.

Go check out Sean’s work and download this radery above as a FREE iPhone/desktop wallpaper.

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