The Spot #2

Brandon... you rock dude!!! awesome vid
Greg from Straitline gave me the link

Skate Park in November

Went to the skate park the other day and took some pictures. It was the first time I have been on my Amp and rode in a skate park since I left for Canada in late June. It felt pretty strange when I got there, but I think we got some decent pictures.

New Kali carbon Samra Helmet.

 

I have been working on hipping the fun box in the park.

 

 

It took a couple dozen tries to get a decent tuck.

I would like to thank Spank for hooking me up with some new Tweet Tweet Rims (waiting for hubs) and Tweet Tweet Bar and Stem …

Rob

Pump Track at Esher Shore

Work is progressing very well on the new PUMP TRACK at Esher Shore bike park here in England, UK

We've been putting in alot of time recently as the weather condition have been just right for digging, and the track is really starting to take proper shape with extra lines, loops and crossovers, and much deeper height berms and bumps

Here in the UK its generally quite damp, so we have been paying full attention to install proper drainage system to stop rain water from puddling - the encouraging thing is that the Track was rideable today on my Mythic Rampant despite it raining last night

Of course the Track was not super fast as the ground was a little soft, but its great news that it was fully pumpable (no pedalling) despite recent rain!

We are currently talking to Dirt Magazine about doing a feature on the Pump Track once its all open - Easter 2010 is the expected opening date, and we will be filming short video clips of the Mythic AMP and Rampant being put through their paces on the Pump Track

Photos by Jerome Abed (KrazyJay)

Fogelsode #3: Rainy Step-Up and AT's Showdown

Fogelsode #3 is up!  I filmed the Post Office footy while taking a break from riding during a shoot with Guy and Josh for “The Locals.”  If you think the shots I got looked epic, you should see the shots Josh got!  He’s the first one to ever set up cable-cams at Post Office and nailed some amazing shots!  A few days later we got some rain and Christian was in town and wanted to ride, so we seshed the step-up and got some shots there.  You may have heard about AT’s Showdown in San Francisco, which went down Saturday.  That’s where the rest of the vid was filmed.  The comp was crazy with HUGE jumps.  The course began with a steep hill into a giant step-down.  You were haulin’ after that, so the next jump was an 8 foot tall kicker with a 35 foot gap!  Hands down the biggest jump I’ve ever hit!

The Step-Down!

The First Jump!

The last two jumps had 8 foot lips as well, with smaller gaps.  The format was a 1 hour qualifying jam where the top 16 qualify.  They move onto a dual-slalom type “showdown” bracket where 16th qualifier and 1st place qualifier each do one run, and the better run moves on.  This is done 15th against 2nd, 14th against 3rd, and so on.  Same goes for the next three rounds until the winner is determined.  I thought it was pretty cool because it was totally different from any other jump comp.  It would have been nice for each rider to get 2 runs instead of 1 though.  In the qualifying jam I did some tailwhips over the 2nd double and threw a cork flip, 3whips, and a flipwhip on the last.  The last jump was hard to clear, especially for flipping it, but I ended up riding out of most things.  I’m stoked on the flipwhip!  I ended up seat-landing and riding out, which was a relief as it was the first one I tried to dirt!

I ended up qualifying 14th, so I made it in!  In my final run I tailwhipped the 2nd jump and tried a 3-whip on the 3rd.  I missed my bike when I went to kick it and tried to bring it around, but landed sketchy and slid out.  It was a sick day though!  I was stoked alone on hitting those jumps, so getting to ride them all day with everyone was awesome!  My friend Iggy filmed the whole day so I could have some footage to use for the video.  Overall it was an awesome comp and I can’t wait till the next one! 

Also, word on the street is my friend Mike could be getting the ramps from the comp, so we’ll definitely be busy building, riding, and shooting if that’s the case!

Anyway, here’s Fogelsode #3!  Enjoy!

Fogelsode #3: Rainy Step-Up and AT's Showdown from Jack Fogelquist on Vimeo.

 

-Jack

Labour of Love

My brother James and I have been building jumps at a spot in Taiwan for the past two years. Most of our free time is spent there digging and riding. We both spent most of the summer and some of the fall in Canada. Basically no one maintained our jumps and trails for four months. When I got back to Kaohsiung we went to the jumps to check it out. James had already been a couple weeks earlier and I did not believe him when he told me what shape the jumps were in.

standing on the landing for the first jump looking up towards the trail head

 

the second jump, which is in pretty good shape, if we could ride into it

 

on the left is the landing for the second jump, on the right is our wood jump

 

there is a berm in the grass there somewhere

grass everywhere

We are not sure what we are going to do now. The plan is to make a decent sized trick style step up and then work from there.

Rob

Freeborn Esher video

Here at Freeborn Bikes, UK importer of Mythic bikes, we are getting ready for a huge media assault in the New Year

My good friend Jerome Abed has been tasked to create a series of short videos featuring all of our import brands, riders and both our stores, which will be put on new media platforms like YouTube and Vimeo, and embedded as video in the new Freeborn website due Feb 2010

Here is a sample video from Jerome (Krazy Jey to his friends) showing our Esher Store

We are shooting 'bike check' videos on each of the models soon (like Jay from Banshee did last year), and a couple of action videos featuring the Rampant, AMP and Wildcard at Esher Shore

http://www.youtube.com/user/krazyjey#p/u/0/gKjqGntQe0Y

Team Fakawi Banshee rider Gig wins in Indonesia!

The racing season is not over here in Asia!

Our team rider Gig won the Elite Women's DH race in the Lubuk Linggau National MTB Challenge (DH and XC) in Indonesia last weekend.

Gig flying on her Scythe! (all 3 pics by Adee Rocker)

And to top that up, she entered the XC race after the DH race and went on to grab 2nd place in the women's Elite category!

Gig racing in her DH garb...(pic by Yamm)

Stund Season 2 Episode 2 with Dustin Greenall

I just watched this and Dustin kills it. Check it out …

Fogelsode #2: Early Post Office and the Return of Guy

Fogelsode #2 is online!  The beginning was shot at Post Office when Cob and I got out there just after sunrise to do a photoshoot with Justin Brantley.  I have to say, it felt weird riding so early, but was cool at the same time and offered some really nice lighting!  As always, Justin nailed some dialed shots, like this one:

Later in the week Matt and I headed out to the Aptos Step-Up and filmed a couple quick shots because the sunset was looking epic.  I tried some flipwhips and ended up getting my first one to pedals!  A couple days later, Guy and I seshed the Scotts Valley Step-Up so Guy could relearn his tricks after taking about two months off from riding because he had three back-to-back concussions.  We ended the day by meeting up with Iggy and Matt at the new pumptrack that we are working on, and tested out what we have so far.  Enjoy!

Fogelsode #2: Early Post Office and the Return of Guy from Jack Fogelquist on Vimeo.

Am I on Crack?

Ok so I go to google ... type in Pinkbike and the above image comes up.
Is that a link to Banshee under the Pinkbike link?
Rob checked his google and it never came up like that but mine did. Anyway its tripping me out and thought I'd share.