Digging at the trails

Andrew and I have been digging at the trails with machetes and our minds.



Force power!

Aaron's dad got onto college humor

Sprung 4/hucking

Aside from the fact that those guys were absolutely pinning it on horrible bikes, Nigel page is rad, and the Houseman brothers look way chill, can we all agree that Alex Rankin pretty much wins at making videos?

Clay Porter, "the collective," Anthill films, Bjorn Enga, let's review:

-one, maybe two slow mo shots
-No screaming music/no bro music
-minimum sunrise/sunset/panning clouds shots
-interviews=10 seconds or less
-nothing soulful, chill, or brotastic to be found; just fast bike riding, shit talking, and loud, drunk people

Technically perfect, and that was ten years ago. What's so hard to figure out?




Hucking, freeriding, slopestyle, whatever you want to call it, pretty much the lamest thing ever, 90% of the time.

This, however, is not lame:

Wrist slitting/emo kids/lubrication

I go to a liberal arts college, so I probably should have seen this coming.


Aside from all the typical things written on bathroom walls, last week I walked into the library bathroom and read this up on the side of the stall:

"I would slit my own wrists just to make sure the gates of heaven wouldn't creak as you walk through."


No one came through with the encouragement that this kid was clearly looking for, but today someone finally came through with a quasi-witty rebuttal:

"Two things I hate: emo kids and creaky gates. This might help solve both problems."


I wanted to be helpful, so I added this to the discussion:

"Studies have shown blood to perform ineffectively as a lubricant in metal joints and hinges."

Jumping stuff/rolling stuff

Really good BMX riding:

TOM DUGAN SOCAL EDIT FROM ODYSSEYBMX.COM

Really good car designing:

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Photo update

So first of all, no apologies for not posting in a while. A long while. It's been sunny out, and summer has been rad. Here's a little graph to explain my non posting:



Basically, once winter, 4 o'clock sunsets, and severe depression roll in, you can expect TEAM ROBOT to be fully awesome once again.



Speaking of awesome:







In other news, the 2010 race season is a wrap, and I'm pretty pumped on how it ended. I got 3rd place for the season in the Fluidride cup, and 2nd place on the day.


Ultimate shuttle vehicle #1:





Ultimate shuttle vehicle #2






Krunkshox getting his prerace gameface on at Camp Freedom/Outpost Freedom/Forward Command Post Alpha/Patriot Outpost:




The Patriot Outpost:



Actual photos of bike riding:











It was a rad day. Normally I don't geek out on times, but check them out. Mikey tomahawked himself into a tree on Friday, thought he broke his wrist, and it looked like he wanted to cry. He had his wirst taped and iced all weekend. He did two and a half practice runs before Sunday, and then when race time rolled around, his chain fell off halfway down. And he still beat us me by five seconds. I was also pumped because I got second place by 6 seconds.




The trails are finally getting some love again. Last season I was so focused on racing that I didn't bother with the trails. But this year will be different. This spring, there will be jams. These trails will be happy again.







They look ridiculously sad and overgrown:




stop.



hammertime.






On it's face, this next photo appears to be another foreign, commie-looking person getting way too serious about their affinity for cycling. But this photo is one you'll want to bring up to full size to really appreciate



That's right, this guy rides for a company called Vag bikes.






Danza, Bundy, and Ross. Dialed.







Chaz, out.

Oldballs McLoney

Mr. McLoney is down in Brazil at the Masters World Champs right now, and he even got an interview in his Team 52 and over jersey. Embed code didn't work, so follow the lin and check it out on Litter/Vital/MTB/Mag. Old balls himself comes on at 1:24


Litter/Vital/MTB/Mag

Pretty sweet.

THE GOODS

-PFUNK

ROBOTS ARE MADE OF METAL!

its been too long .... here is some metal for your weak fleshy ears.

howl will melt your face and girl on guitar shreds.
i saw these guys live opening up for one of my favorite bands ever BLACK(motherfucking)COBRA! here is some of their latest work.

-PFUNK