Beautiful Losers

There has always been a deep connection between skaters and BMXers and the world of Art. In fact, I believe that skateboarding and BMX have served as an explosive outlet that has allowed urban, suburban and rural males to become free from the massively constraining environment of both the art world and the culture at large. On the one hand, suburban and rural culture squelches the arts and constrain creativity in ways that are unfathomable. Many of us who either grew up in suburban or rural environments with incredible artistic impulses gravitated towards BMX and Skating (as well as Snowboarding and other alternative sports) as a way of satisfying the artist impulses that the dull culture of our home town or sub-division could not satiate. On the other hand urban environments have constrained art in ways that do not allow men to use their God-Given physical abilities to express themselves. Many of us who grew up wanting to express ourselves in masculine ways as artists found a neutered art world that was so fey that we could not find a way of expressing ourselves without getting our buts kicked by our peers. However, with the advent of street skating and BMX, that changed. Today, their are hundreds of young men who are finding ways of expressing themselves artistically both on canvas and on the landscape of the streets that they live. BMX and skating has allowed much of this to happen by providing an avenue where male artistic expression in not squelched by rural and suburban banality or urban sissy-fication.

Nke 6.0 Thanx!

Nike 6.0 is the BMX brand for nike. Their recent release of Writing on the Wall is another example of the way in which they are adding to the quality of BMX for thousands of riders around the world. Check out the film for FREE at the writing on the wall website

Garret Reynolds- Unbeleivable!

XGames Street Finals Complete

The first XGames included Park and Dirt Jumping. The dirt jump was SO Sketchy. I remember TAJ killing it. Now, with X Games 14 in the past it is incredible to see where the new Generation of riders is taking it. DMC is on the mic which is so cool.

It's Simple

I have been working on the Spiritual Discipline of Simplicity for the last few months. It has led me to make some pretty serious decisions about how I order my life and what I chose to do and chose not to do. One of the things I have become convinced of is the need to simplify the mediums that I use to communicate with friends and family. So, I am going to drastically reduce the amount of blogging that I do. Hence, I might not be posting on this blog for some time. At least, I have decided to do some work on my blogs to make them more unified

 

Fit!!!!

The Fit Team have their own Youtube station and their stuff is rad. I suspect we will be seeing lots more videos being presented by teams through vimeo, youtube etc...

Remember Big Wheels!

I grew up on the side of a mountain. And, one of the staples of existence for me, my brothers and all my friends was the big wheel. Power braking into powersildes and double 360's down impossibly steep Davis Hill Road, in Greenhaven NewYork was better than watching Evel jump twenty cars. Check out the amazing Big Wheel Action that is going down in the Land Down Under. Will Big Wheels Make a Come Back... for big boys?

Murray- Stay Strong

Frestylin Generation F Flip Through!

I still cannot find a freestylin generation F.

But, here is a flip through. It almost makes it worse. But, better than nothing.

Ben and Boards Like Oreos and Ice Cold Milk

Ground On Down- Ben Harper and Skaters!