Zzz.

I'm really, really tired, so apologies if this doesn't have the usual zing...

Eric Lichtenburger had a stand-out part in Sunday's DVD, and has had a few sweet webvids out - this newest one, for Lotek, is in a similar vein. Observe:



I haven't been able to ride for 2 weeks now due to the weather, and yet more snow last night hasn't really helped in that respect. If only I lived near Ray's park in the US - especially with their new Rhythm Room. That looks sweeeet!

Ride UK had some cool stuff up today, first off is this Harry Main bikecheck:



And secondly is this 'wwwin' comp for a United Mothership frame. Click Here to enter!

T-1 have been pumping out Freaky Friday posts for a while now, and here's the culmination of that effort - the Freaky Friday 'zine. Read it and not necessarily weep, 'cos it's good.

In other 'zine news, Defgrip informed me today that Holeshot #6 is out now, so if you're into it, go buy it!

Haven't had a chance to watch this fully yet so apologies if it's not what you're after, you can't win 'em all. From Repset!



Posted this last week, but Scotty T's bars to manny to 180 and Newrick's various trickery make it worth posting again while it's reasonably fresh. I miss Newcastle.



And according to my lack of open Firefox tabs, I've pretty much covered everything I was going to. I'm now going to go home and bleed the radiators in our house not just because I can't ride and have fun, but also because waking up with ice on the inside of your windows sucks.

Winter: Do one.

Worlds collide.

Even as recently as 2-3 years ago, the idea of Joe Rich having a big interview thing up on ESPN would've seemed pretty weird. I mean, having an editor from Dig - who in the past were never really all that keen on the whole X-Games, mega money, corporate sponsorship side of things - and Ride - who were also sort of along those lines - working at/for ESPN seems weird enough as it is, but bearing in mind how Joe Rich is viewed in the BMX world, and the general sentiments that people have towards T1, it just doesn't really make much sense...


...however, times change I suppose, so here's the Joe Rich Pro Spotlight. Even calling it a 'Pro Spotlight' for Joe ****ing Rich seems wrong!

Unrelated, but Josh Betley went to Europe again:



And Madera took a trip too.

Misc.

Raul Ruiz has a little edit up for DC to show off their new BMX shoe. About time?



While we're talking new product - T1's new SFA has it's own page now!



4.5lb T1 frame?

In "New video" news:

Kriss Kyle, by Miles Rogoish:


Go to BNQT for more videos.


The idea of processed cheese on microchips is worrying.

Dakota Roche. Dakota Roche? Dakota Roche!

Levi's® Clip of the Week - Dakota Roche SoCal... - More BMX Videos

Eastern have a trailer out for their new video, but they've made it a lot of hassle to embed, and for a trailer that's not even that good I'm not going to bother. Just imagine little second long fragments of clips set to music you don't care about. Thaaaat's it.

Actually, to fully carry out my blogging duties, here it is. Warned you...



Lastly, TheComeUp have an interview with Rich Hirsch. Talks about what's going on with Fremont, Coast, etc...

Salvation.

As an antidote to all this overly light-weight ridiculousness, T1 have put up a photo of the Solid-made Garrett Byrnes Barcode, with rumours of a regular Solid-made Barcode in the pipeline too.



To be honest, without that seat-stay/top-tube junction that was so good even Haro copied it, it's not really a Barcode in my eyes, but it's still a step in the right direction!

Unrelated, but I was just on my Twitter account doing some promo for my other blog when I spotted a new Scott Ditchburn edit on the Ride site.

Shut. Down.

SCOTT DITCHBURN - NASS RAIL CHECK from SAM BARROW on Vimeo.

Meh. #2

Man, I love Ricky Adam's work, and similarly, I love what Dig are doing, so when I saw that there was overspill for their awesome NorthWest article from the latest issue was up, I had a hunch it'd be good. There's some rad stuff online, and even rad-er stuff offline (In the mag, duh). Click here to check it out.

For some reason Odyssey have decided to try and destroy their own credibility by releasing all their parts in neon pink. God knows why. It sucked when companies like Gusset milked it until it was literally dry a few years ago, and there's virtually nothing that's changed in the period from then 'til now.



Literally, no idea why.

Anyway, in more positive news, Team Jeff DuPaul have done an exclusive edit for Defgrip that you can non-exclusively check out here:

TJD Defgrip Mix from Defgrip on Vimeo.

I mentioned yesterday (?) about my disliking of online flipbooks, and now T1 have got into the mix. "Fkk-fkk" Change page. "Fkk-fkk"

*sigh*

Click here to scope out the history of the T1 Barcode.

Yeah, sour buzz today, but that's what happens when people don't e-mail people when they should, and I don't get to ride...