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09 02 10
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Behind the Wheel - Road fools: day 1
For the next nine days we'll be splitting up into groups of three with each group mixed with both madera and premium riders. A filmer to each group and vincent peraud (photographer) floats to differing groups from day to day.
Firstly, I want to mention that the premium guys are a really sweet group of dudes--its been really fun shooting the shit and pedaling with them. Considering I was with one group the whole day, I can vouch that between tom v., big daddy, and dave thompson, things got handled. There are some seriously unique spots south of san fran., including the infamous mark johnson ledge that everyone got a piece of.
When we regrouped last night at 8pm, we got to hear some wild stories that went down during the day--the madera dudes have definitely been putting in some work. At about 9pm, everyone went back out and about a half hour later I got a call from hinkens asking me to take eilken to the hospital. although completely coherent, he hit his face pretty hard and had to spend a night in the hospital. No details yet--we will all be visiting him today at 1:30.
Stay tuned... Etnies hooked it up with serious hospitality. Thanks to Hinkens for being a serious co-pilot. Every team needs a clone of Mike. You need something? He gets it done.
you want someone to stay away from your stuff? Here's a good solution.
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09 01 10
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Road Fools Day 0
Hey dudes-here's the news for today--please check props tv and the come up for links. Our dudes are already killing it. Road fools: day 0. Tom v. And I got into an fran about 1pm yesterday, we picked up hinkens, eilken, bryce (aka the skipper), and dave thompson (wild card guest who, on top of being a super nice dude, should def. Win best video part of the year). After sitting through hours of rush hour traffic, we met up with the premium dudes, the props and etnies rig, and headed to the multi-million dollar an jose bmx park which was no short of being unreal. A pretty amazing pre-r/f session went down with everyone contributing to the shred. Tom v. Did a wild near death smith grind on top of a giant wallride, eilken did some wild fakie lines most elegently, and mike and john had lines galore. Off to an amazing pre-start, picking up kocsis and mcdermott at 530am today in san fran--street today in 60 degree weather. Good change of pace...
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08 30 10
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Madera Monday
Got an email from Jeff Dowhen this morning after the closing of the Sun Rims trip through Ohio and PA., starting at the DK dirt circuit and ending at Mark Potozny's trail jam outside of Pittsburgh. Kurt H. was covering it on the photo end and I'm sure some wild videos will be showing up soon...we can start with this one: Bryce "Bruce" Toole and Jeff Dowhen started a junkyard band in Pittsburgh.
The final leg of Bryce Toole's Rippin' Gypsy Tour is upon us and we've got two more auctions to raise money.
Two pivotal sample seats that never went into production. They're one offs so they're original AND exclusive. Snatch 'em up here and help Bryce get home.
Click pics for links to auctions
08 27 10
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Road Fools
It's an honor to be able to take the Madera dudes on Road Fools. After some ticket snafu's, everyone is set on course and we'll be arriving at the airport in San Fran on Tuesday at noon. I spoke to Marco last night--no concrete plans yet for where we are going. Plenty of street to get to and the list of cement parks that allow rubber tires are pretty numerous.
Here is the final line-up. Thanks to Marco and Stew for inviting Bryce Toole--travelling with Bryce is always a wild time. Dave McDermott, Jeff Kocsis, Josh Eilken, Mike Hinkens, John Ludwick, Tom Villarreal, and Bryce Toole.
From San Fran the 1st, across the deserts and into Salt Lake City by the 7th.
The Come Up will be doing daily updates, and I'll get some different perspectives up here on a daily basis.
Stay tuned.
