Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Today's Riding - Luke Malone
Luke Malone is busting out with a Today's Riding video. Thanks Luke!! Are you riding today? Send your today's riding videos to webmaster@bmxfreestyler.com
Monday, October 4, 2010
BMX Freestyler Mail Bag- Message from Thomas Weakley
Thomas Weakley
Happy Birthday Adam Diclaudio
Adam Diclaudio turned 27 on October 4, 2010. A few of us got together at the Oltorf Garage to celebrate and ride some flatland together. A full length video and photos will be going up latter on so for now you get 1 short clip of Adam's newest switch. I am not even going to try and explain it you just got to see it for your self. Happy Birthday Adam!
Rad Dad
Adams Diclaudo 27th Birthday Jam Trailer from BMX Freestyler on Vimeo.
BMX Freestyler Mail Bag- Message from Rob
Hey everyone,
Today was a great day for email as I found an AWESOME email from Rob who just so happens to live in Texas and right up the street from me. I had to put this email in the BMX Freestyler Mail Bag because if this is not total motivation. I don't know what is. Thanks for the email Rob. Looking forward to riding with you soon.
Keep on Riding.
Here is the Email from Rob
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Hey, this is kinda weird. I just found your video for "My First Decade" on youtube and sent it to my wife. She'd been wondering if anybody 'my age' even rides. She's very supportive of everything I do, but I had stopped riding by the time we met 10 years ago. So this whole 'freestyling' thing is completely foreign to her. Well, she loved the video and especially loved your enthusiasm and huge smile after you landed that decade!
You see, I'm 37 and just started riding flatland again. Like most people, I stopped riding around 1990 and recently got the bug to start up again for no particular reason. I went to the garage and found the remnants of my '87 GT Pro Freestyle Tour. It was missing both wheels, the seat post, seat, and strange things like the left pedal and the upper gyro plate. What the hell happened to my upper gyro plate and left pedal? I'll never know... but in any case, I found bmxmuseum.com and have been buying parts to restore it. Well, that shit was taking too long. So I broke down and bought a used 2010 DK Opsis off of Austin Craigslist in the meantime (I'm still putting together my 87 PFT, but damn those old parts are pricey!)
I got on the Opsis about a month ago, and holy shit it felt weird. I thought I'd just jump on and be pulling boomerangs and decades by the end of the week... hoping it'd all 'just come back to me', but nope. I found I could barely pop a wheelie! After a few sessions, I got to the point where I could kinda do a stupid tailwhip. I'm riding maybe 30-45 minutes a few times a week right now. Well, after a 5-6 more sessions, I finally pulled off a damn tailwhip, and I'm thinking... wow, this would be so much better if I had someone to ride with... not one of those crazy 18 year olds that can spin forever on one wheel (not that there's anything wrong with that!), but someone that's sorta starting out. That's when I came across your video. And wow, was that ever inspiring! Then I found out that you ride in Austin! I'm in Round Rock. I know, it's all the way across town, but I think I can get down to the OG on Saturday afternoons. Disclaimer: I'm super terrible right now. ;)
At my high point (20 years ago) I could do decades, whiplashes, elephant glides, side glides, hang fives, fire hydrants, backyards, frontyards... a lot of crap. And like I said, now I can barely pull off tailwhips! But watching videos like yours (and axlepeg's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNS7mfu2Hpo) really keep me motivated.
Just wondering... how many old guys (30+) are out there riding at the OG? I don't wanna embarrass myself... haha.
-Rob
My Blog: http://mrkatsu.blogspot.com/
What am I up to right now?: twitter.com/robnava
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The Fall Flat Session
The Fall Flat Session from BMX Freestyler on Vimeo.
The Fall is finally here and the weather is Awesome. Check out members of the ATX Flatland Crew riding at the Legendary Oltorf Garage.
Today's Riding
This player is dedicated to "Today's Riding Videos" You can catch me riding pretty much on a regular basis. Come here to check out whats going on today or catch up on what you have missed.
Keep on Riding!
Rad Dad
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