WRAHW

Wild Rep

2012-01-26T18:30:00.000-08:00

Brian Ahola is one of the boys back in Baltimore who cruises with the family. He sent this photo over of the Skunt patch sewn onto his kicks. That has to be some sort of dedication or something. Thanks for repping my man, shits nutty.

WD: LBC 2 ATX

2012-01-26T17:38:00.001-08:00

There is a lot of good stuff in here. Gus has a few clips in here but im guessing that he is sitting on a lot of footage from Austin and is going to use it for another project. I wish that there weren't so many hops in the rollouts of some of the deals in here, but thats just my personal taste. There are still tons of clips that people should really analyze. Matt got loose on the lil tech dance shit. Looks like everyone had a god time. Gotta get down there soon.

Check out Wolfdrawn for more.

BMFXD Druids Path

2012-01-25T14:45:00.001-08:00

Colin is the man who constructed this edit, and I really enjoyed and forgot about a lot of these clips. Sam's suicide no was sick and Colin's last clip, on the ufo, was smooth too.

Antonyo MKE Ad In COG

2012-01-24T17:15:00.000-08:00

This is a recent Milwaukee ad that Antonyo had in the most recent issue of COG mag, whatever issue that is. Brutal 180 inverted nose stall.

Balhogs Ingot wax

2012-01-23T14:55:00.000-08:00

So Sam and Colin have been prototyping this wax since way before winter, when it was smooth and luscious outside, and now they have come up with what they feel is a close to perfect formula. There have been some random fixed companies popping up out of nowhere who also sell wax, but after close examination, im pretty sure that they didn't put as much time and consideration into the compound as did the Balhogs boys. Anyone can melt down dollar store candles and put them in ice cube trays, but this is clearly something more than that.

Here is what the boys have to say about the Ingot bar,
'formulated and forged in house, Balhogs Ingot Wax provides the perfect formula for surface coverage and slide without flaking or crumbling. Featuring a dual texture heads and tails design with the classic BH and pig emblem in relief.
.25 lbs
3.75" x 2.75" x .75"

Comes in red and raw. There will be a WW BH mash up wax birthed in the near future, which should be insane as well. Represent real deal shit.
Snag, snag, snag!

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Gus' Current Setup

2012-01-23T14:44:00.000-08:00

while gus was out in Austin at the viking palace, John took these flicks of Gus' setup. Peep more photos over at Prollyz.

Tom GWN Montreal

2012-01-19T17:05:00.000-08:00

A lil while ago, Tom went to Montreal with Briggs, Finn and some others to get rowdy and shred new turf. These are some of the photos from the trip, shot by Finn Zygowski. The stair three is a perfect shot. Scope the rest on GWN.

Here is Tom and Tom's edit that they put together from the trip, if you haven't already seen it, as if.

Mike's Been Clippin

2012-01-16T17:15:00.000-08:00

Mike has been hanging out in SF a good bit lately and he caught up with Matt Rice and snagged some flicks while also stackin clips. Supposedly the Grime's Shredwell 2 is in the works.

Bump jump to icer.

Oscy

2012-01-16T17:09:00.000-08:00

Greg Falski took this insane photo of Oscar and it should be a lil funny to you whether you know Oscar or not. Also, the Ninjacats put up this lil video of him wearing the new BB WW clash T.

Ninja Fuckin Cats 2011

2012-01-13T12:34:00.000-08:00

This is easily one of the most entertaining edits of 2011, and hopefully these Ninja boys keep up with the fun and bud life. A lot of clips in here are insane and I haven't even seen them done before in many instances. Oscar is still one of the funniest people I know. What was he thinking trying that one bank to wall are in the intro!? I got wild as fuck watching his part, haha. Brutal pants bud. Edits so nutty!

Re watch value.

KVLT KLIPS 9

2012-01-10T18:19:00.000-08:00

Cool deal. Smooth thrills.

Wolfy

Gus

2012-01-10T14:14:00.000-08:00

Shot by John

WW BB17 T

2012-01-10T13:20:00.001-08:00

The family over at BB17 were sick enough to do this mashed up shirt with the insaniacs. We will be carrying a limited run of these shirts on our online store real soon. If you live across the water, it may be easier for you to snag them here. Email BB17 for more info on their online stuff.

Gus In Austin, TX

2012-01-09T12:30:00.000-08:00

Gus has been out in Austin chillin with some of the LBC dudes, staying with John and having the grand tour id imagine. John has a cool lil write up on his site along with some smooth photos from the first day of their little vacation.

Mobile Dump

2012-01-05T23:43:00.000-08:00

Miles and Tom

Bloody

Tom, Miles and Kareem in the back on super film mode.

Miles' wild knife. This thing was real exciting!

Mike Toothy For Grime

2012-01-03T21:23:00.000-08:00

This photo was shot a few months ago but I guess Mike just now decided to throw it up.

Shot by Dan Bruer

Antonyo With Wolfdrawn

2012-01-02T22:25:00.000-08:00

Antonyo has been shredding with Wolfrdrawn for a while now since he has moved into the Fixie Factory. The fakie wall is insane!

Wheel Talk 2011 Extras

2012-01-01T22:17:00.000-08:00

Wheel Talk put together this lil edit thats pretty solid. I have no idea where hes riding but Mike has an indoor bar to feeble in here.

FF Power Hour 6

2012-01-01T21:50:00.000-08:00

Antonyo and Joe are continuing with the power hour series, and this one was filmed by Mashafix. Theres some good stuff in here. I really liked Antonyo's wall 180.

Gus Half Assin V3

2011-12-29T21:15:00.000-08:00

Gus is funny. There is some sick shit in here although he was playing around. Stoked to see the WRAHW edit that he's been working on.

Colin In Vermont

2011-12-29T00:04:00.000-08:00

Miss ya bud. Hope you get some weird VT joints.

Coogi Cu'chi Cruiser

2011-12-25T22:22:00.000-08:00

Oscar Khan Now On BB17 & Spike

2011-12-24T19:21:00.000-08:00

I am so hyped to finally announce that Oscar is now on Breakbrake 17 and Spike parts. Shop 14 wasnt seeming to cut it so he had to merge with the real insanity. This is what he has to say about the departure from 14.

"i wish peace and and love on 14 bike co and thank them for everything they have done, they have been like family to me. My spiritual journey has however led me on a new path with breakbrake 17 and spike parts in which i believe i will be able to explore the hyper reality of the fixed wheel to its fullest extent. love and positivity to you all ヽ(´ー`)人(´∇｀)人(`Д´)ノ "

Introducing: Balhogs

2011-12-23T09:59:00.001-08:00

First off I will say that I am really juiced on how this came out. Sam and Colin have been working on developing Balhogs for a good while now, I remember hearing about it when it was only an idea. This edit is awesome and I have watched the original rough draft at least five times before forgetting the password to the video. Everyone in here has completely different styles that complement each other, and Colin's editing is clean and direct along with the smoothest tunes that you may have thought would never have mixed. Coatsy was supposed to have clips in here, but things didnt go through, maybe next time. Sit back and watch this at least twice. Balhogs.

Go snag some grip sticks up and will have other products up soon. Hoggin.

FF Power Hour 5

2011-12-23T09:50:00.000-08:00

Antonyo and Joe continue to pop out this little web children. I dont know how they do it, but they do. Lots of goodies in here, Antonyo is always pulling some new ignorance out of his stash pocket. The music on the other hand is something out of my worlds comprehension.

Mike In Mayfair

2011-12-23T09:47:00.000-08:00

This whole edits pretty smooth, and Mike has a few tech grind deals going on.

Colin's Tangerine Dream

2011-12-21T16:39:00.001-08:00

Colin is home resting and snugglin up by the fire out at his parents house in Vermont. He took time out of his vacation to snag some flicks of his MKE prototype. Check more photos and specs here.

KVLT KLIPS 8

2011-12-21T16:36:00.000-08:00

Forgot to post this yesterday. Antonyo has a few clips in here.

Mike In Grime 1day1spot

2011-12-19T23:48:00.000-08:00

Mike went out with Ed to film this one spot deal. Its all park shit, but there is some sick stuff in here. The 180 double on the flat box was smooth, the gap to 180 double would have been nuts.

Colin Came Up For The Weekend

2011-12-18T21:11:00.000-08:00

School finals have been whipping our ass, but everything is winding down now and Colin came up to NYC while on the way to his parents house in Vermont. We went out everyday in the frigid cold to stack clips for his new deal. Colin's a real solid dude, lax vibes and good humor. His riding is definitely moving in a much individualized direction. Real stoked on the clips stacked. Safe travels my man.

Official Death Of Barci

2011-12-18T17:42:00.000-08:00

Oscar has some clips in this. Sick pants bruh.

WRAHW Pin Packs Are Up

2011-12-16T21:31:00.000-08:00

This is an assortment of pins to place on anything you want, clothes, food, skin, anything. Comes with one 2'' square Hardyang pin, and four 1" round deals.

Go snag them here.

Brethren

2011-12-13T16:27:00.000-08:00

Tom and I were cruising center city Philly and ran into this dude Andrew Nicholas who asked to shoot our photo.

Oscar

2011-12-11T17:30:00.000-08:00

The pink assassin.

LNC Winter Tour Promo

2011-12-11T17:19:00.000-08:00

100% family in here. Tom was hurt at the time that we filmed for this so he doesnt have as many clips as he would have otherwise, but they are still sick. Kareem's pivot to fakie double is wild! Keep pushing those grinds bud. I rewound that a good bit.

On another note, Kareem is supposedly moving to Seattle soon, so if you live out there (Tyler, Jruff, Clap) then link up with him and shit.

Not So Winter Jam

2011-12-11T17:18:00.000-08:00

Mike has some stuff in here. The 180 foot plant over the rail would have been nuts.

The Death of Barcelona

2011-12-08T18:13:00.000-08:00

Mike edited this together. There is nuts stuff in here, everyone went insane some. Oscar broke his thumb on that intro clip.

KVLT KLIPS 7

2011-12-08T18:04:00.000-08:00

There is lots of good stuff in here, no street but still a good time. Wolfdrawn it.

Mike Schmitt B-roll Dealio

2011-12-08T17:52:00.000-08:00

Mike made this lil sicko edit filled with leftovers and bails from his previous solo weby. Brutal mind bender.

WD DID YOU SEE THAT

2011-12-01T18:37:00.000-08:00

FF power kult klips match up. This is insane. Matt outdid himself on this deal, hahaa.

Clit Clips 1

2011-11-30T21:03:00.000-08:00

Rick Anderson released this lil deal There is some funny stuff in here including Tom wilding out in Milwaukke and grabbing that homeless dudes legs, hahaha!! There are some older clips of Antonyo in here as well.

Is this some pun on Kult Klips?

Nasty's Sig. W-Base Setup

2011-11-30T09:59:00.000-08:00

Cogwei sent me this link to Nasty's new signature setup over on W-Line. He is way into the OG fixed freestyle setup with no sloped top tube, slammed bars with way positive bb. Wild style. Hopefully we can see some new clips of Nasty rippin on this shit soon.

See more photos on there site.

Gus Recfail Vader

2011-11-30T09:53:00.000-08:00

Gus snagged this smooth vader deal out in the desert of Cali, ha. Check out the higher res image and some others over on Recfail.

Colin Is On Spike Parts

2011-11-28T18:22:00.001-08:00

The Alaskan insano hit me up today and told me that he got his Spike package in the mail so now, instead of running the temp. 6" bars (as seen in the photo above) after breaking his Cofo customs, hes on that new deal. Congrats bud.

In other news, Colin, tangerined out of his mind, has been real busy with school and editing the new Balhogs promo.

Check the original photo on Keith's flickdaddy.

Inspira. Dump Insano Life

2011-11-28T18:15:00.000-08:00

Shot by Peter Sutherland, my homie and brotherman.

Good looking out Rick. Shits unbelievably nuts.

Antoyno Power Hour 4

2011-11-28T16:57:00.000-08:00

Antonyo's at it again.

Oscar Broke His Thumb

2011-11-25T00:22:00.000-08:00

While messing with that rail hop posted earlier in the week, Oscar broke his thumb. Real man deals. Heal slick brotha man.

Follow his tumble weirdness here, for im sure he will be updating that while taking a vacation from his bike.

Antonyo's Power Hour 3

2011-11-24T23:48:00.000-08:00

At it again, maniac style. There is a lot of sketch in here but who gives a fuck, shits brute chill and still more appealing than most stuff. I freaked out on a good bit of this. Keep bangin em Antonyo.

WRAHW Witchtape 6

2011-11-22T16:15:00.000-08:00

NYC, Baltimore, Philly

Participants: Colin Foster, Tom Lamarche, Mike Schmitt, Oscar Khan, Anthony Combs, Bean Stecyk, AJ Nichols, Chris Fonseca, Chris Carter, Odessa Straub, Cogwei Chen

Tunes: Mulatu Astatke -Mulatu

Oscar Rail Hopping In Barcelona

2011-11-22T13:49:00.000-08:00

Oscar was telling me about this. Shit looks buck. He said that he stuck in the grass and might have broken his thumb, but look at that shit!!!

Oscar's Munich Billboard Ride

2011-11-18T18:24:00.000-08:00

This wall ride is pretty sick looking. That bank looks sketched out and steep too. The photo was shot by Jonathan Winstone, and up until now I had never seen it. Wish that i could have seen a clip of this. Check the big boy quality over on his flick daddy.

Up Da Famz

2011-11-18T17:47:00.000-08:00

Its getting cold out but fight through that shit. Here are a few joints that will hep ya survive and get insane. Mike's new edit is below as well. I miss all the knuckle heads.

Oscar In Barcelona With Zontrac

2011-11-17T22:06:00.000-08:00

Oscar is out on a lil trip with those Zontrac dudes along with Jakob, Ed, and some others. This trailer is pretty sick. Lookin good Oscy. Miss ya bud.

Hardyangz For Squares

2011-11-16T13:16:00.001-08:00

Got lots of new pins coming, there will be pin packs for the snag real soon. Keep your eyes scalped. This is the 2'' Boxed Hardyang.

Get Dat Wet Wet

2011-11-16T12:55:00.001-08:00

Mike T Schmitt Fall Off 2011

2011-11-13T21:41:00.000-08:00

I watched Mike put the finishing touches on this edit tonight before I left his house. I was there for a large portion of these clips and as I have said before, Mike is on a completely new level with his peg game; and pegless game for that matter. Really pay attention to whats going on here. Too much insanity.

KVLT KLIPS VOL 6

2011-11-13T20:21:00.000-08:00

I really forgot to post this, but Antonyo kills it, as usual. Nosie and the handle bar grind line were slick, but the wall 270 was brutal dad like. Nice.

A Wolfdrawn dealio.

Sol Smith Skunt Life

2011-11-10T23:22:00.000-08:00

Sol is one of Oscar's brothas over in London and he has been coming strong with the weirdy individuality in his edits. Im real stoked on seeing where his riding winds up over the next year. Mike showed me this really solid photo of Sol shot by Jason Sellers.

Oh yeah, Sol has the Skunt sewn on his beanie reppin real deal. Brutal.

Gus Half Assin 2

2011-11-10T11:29:00.000-08:00

Fam Updates

2011-11-08T21:42:00.000-08:00

Gus is filming for a WRAHW edit, as you can see here, getting brutal beating on himself.

Antonyo is now a part time driver for a moving company, and full time pro COD master mind. Here are some older shots of him that Rick Anderson sent over to me.

Tom pimps on the side in North Philly.

Sikh Insanos

2011-11-07T16:30:00.000-08:00

Shout outs to Joe Krillz for this one. SO mental.

FF Power Hour 2

2011-11-07T14:35:00.000-08:00

Antonyo is the tech master. Really think about what you are looking at here. Too fucking brutal.

Mini Baltimore Trip

2011-11-04T18:18:00.000-07:00

Mike and I went down to Baltimore the week before last and stayed for like four days, to help him stack for his edit.

Lil bank to rail

Colin, Mike and Catfood

Colin's funk daddy MKE prototype

Profile makes cranks with three different bolt sizes, dumb. We had to stop y the mechanics spot to get the weird american sized tool.

Mosher banks are still so nuts.

A wild painting that some lil kid made.

We were riding outside of this spot, having no idea that a backyard ramp setup was behind the fence. We peaked in through a lil crack and then immediately hoped over and invaded. Hardy Boys/ Stand By Me missions.

Mike messing with double pegz.

A lot of shit happened, including tons of china town bus delays to the point where Mike and I couldn't get home one night and had to go back to Colin's. All in all its always good to head "down south" to Bmore and see the rude weird people and see the Balhogs family. Shred life.

My Blood Tits

2011-11-04T18:10:00.000-07:00

BB17 /Spike

i-D Mag Online WRAHW Interview

2011-11-02T12:26:00.000-07:00

i-D mag hit me up and did a lil online interviewy. Its all a lil funny but go over and read up.

They took John's photo off the site without talking to me about it, so shouts to PNP for the sick flicks.

FESN / LIBE BRAND UNIVS. 2010 DVD (Gou Miyag)

2011-11-02T11:25:00.000-07:00

This is completely too good to not have in the archive. Directed by Takahiro Morita, LIBE BRAND UNIVS is one of the best skate videos that I have ever seen, and ive soon too many. The editing pushes this shit to a level beyond all extreme sports videos and into some sort of art realm, as much as i don't like mentioning that.

Gou Miyagi has become the sickest skater in my eyes. Period. The part below has been posted on here way back, and its been way around the block, but it still stands amazingly.

Antonyo's Power Hour

2011-11-02T08:15:00.000-07:00

There is really good stuff in here. Double tire to switch footed 180 on that lil nick nack was so sick.

Tom Toronto Farewell Edit

2011-11-01T12:04:00.000-07:00

Briggs filmed this edit of Tom while he was up in Canada the past few times. Some of the lines in here as well as the insane threes, are so sick. The overall feel of the edit is a lil more chill than his previous one, but there is still juice in here. Sorry that there is no embed, this is a PNP exclusive joint.

John shot the ridiculously sick photo. One of the best fixed images that i have seen in terms of the quality of the trick and the composition.

Sadio Team Edit

2011-10-31T11:58:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty solid watch. Mike has some joints in here from a few weekends ago when he and I went to Baltimore.

Tom JP Philly Flicks

2011-10-30T17:05:00.000-07:00

John went to Philly for some bike expo, but in the midst of it all he caught up with Tom and took some sick photos. Tom, always bringing the heater.

KVLT KLIPS 5

2011-10-30T16:47:00.000-07:00

This is the best KVLT mix yet. All the dudes look like they are having fun but there is still some gnar joints in here. They kill that big three setup, even Gus gets loose in there with some sicko, tech, metal dick lines. Corey's edger pivot to half cab?! I have no idea how Antonyo did vertical wall ride on that pole... Solid. By the way, Joe is a machine.

Wolfdrawn

Mike's GOAT Ride

2011-10-30T16:34:00.000-07:00

Mike met up with Christian Delfino to snag this flicks of his ride about a month ago. See more photos on the Grime.

WRAHW Father Winter Sale

2011-10-28T01:31:00.000-07:00

Stickers are 75 cents, and a few other products are up for the cheap as well. Scour and prowl.

Mike Grime Ad

2011-10-26T07:10:00.000-07:00

Mike and I went to Baltimore to film for his edit this past weekend. This photo is from on of the lines he was working on at one of the weirdest sickest spots in Baltimore. Grit town.

Photo by Catfood

Hold Fast TT Jibjock

2011-10-25T09:22:00.000-07:00

Filmed by Mike Schmitt, Odessa Straub, Colin Foster, Tom Lamarche, Oscar Khan, and Josh Diaz

Tunes: Andre Nickatina - Situation Critical

Inspira. Dump

2011-10-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

Grunger Thug Life

2011-10-24T17:57:00.001-07:00

Flick daddy by Ricky Phan

WD KVLT KLIPS 4

2011-10-19T19:52:00.000-07:00

WD bringing the 4th Kult mix. Antonyo and Gus both lay down heat in here. Im real stoked to see Gus cruising and techin out with the metal dicks. Antonyo's bump to double peg was loose! Solid vibes.

Kareem Shehab Interview: Wild Shanaynay & the Mechy Engineer

2011-10-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

Kareem, introduce yourself to the cyberweb. What’s your name, age, how many years have you been rolling on a fixed gear?

Kareem Shehab, 25 years old, fixiefabulous for five years.

What originally pushed you in the direction of fixed gear freestyle?

I used to ride my road bike around everywhere, then I saw some videos of people doing trackstands, backwards circles, skid combos and bombing down insane hills. Naturally I wanted to try that stuff out and it kind of progressed from there. My favorite back then was bombing down hills brakeless—you get such an adrenaline rush! Anyhow, coming from a blading background it seemed natural for me to translate that street skating mentality to track bikes. Might also have to do with the fact that I sucked at Keo spins.

A decent portion of your first fixed DVD, Death Pedal, was shot in Indonesia right? What’s the story on all that, how’d you get out there, what was the food like, the fixed scene?

Death Pedal was filmed all over the place. In Southeast Asia I went to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. I was able to do this because my family had moved to Kuala Lumpur and it was really easy for me to travel around when I’d go back home to visit them. Back then the fixed scene was pretty much non-existent. Now though, it seems like there is a huuuge scene for fixed riding out there. My parents don’t live in that part of the world anymore but I would love to come back and check it out.

You’ve been doing a lot of rollerblading lately, more so than shredding the whip. Whats your take on all that, do you find blading more enjoyable and stress free than riding the fixed?

Blading is and always will be my first love. I started about 14 years ago and am still going strong. Recently, I’ve been skating a whole lot more since I’ve finished my Big Money Hustlaz part and also because they’ve opened a new skatepark here in Atlanta that’s really sick and close to my house. They don’t let bikes there unfortunately so I go there to blade. I do however, have a lot of fun doing both, blading and biking. My outlook on blading is this: I’ve pretty much taken rolleblading as far as I’ve wanted and have accomplished pretty much all the goals and dreams I’d had for the sport which makes it a whole lot more relaxing and stress free since I don’t feel like I have anything to prove. With bikes, I’ve only just scratched the surface…

What is your general outlook on fixed shredding? What would you tell those who are new to all this? What about the sponsor hungry youngins?

I am extremely optimistic about fixed gear riding. The sport is continually growing and progressing and as long as those two things continue I think that the sport will never grow stale. I think anyone who is just now getting into it should feel lucky that the equipment is just now finally getting dialed to the point where shit isn’t breaking every session. You know as well as I do, how frustrating it was breaking axles, frames, wheels etc. what seemed to be EVERY session. A few years ago you were really limited by what your bike was able to handle. Now the bikes have been refined to the point where you don’t have to think twice about your frame snapping in half if you jump a stairset.

To anyone who is trying to get sponsored, let your riding speak for itself. Put out edits online, make sure they are filmed good and that you are bringing something new or unique to the table. Go to contests and ride hard. In addition to being a good rider, you’ve got to have a good personality/image. The reason a company would ever sponsor you is because they think that your endorsement will help them sell more product. If you’re a super good rider but a total shithead you’ll never get sponsored. I mean you have to have skills, there’s no doubt of that but being marketable and having a strong personality will go a long way. There are so many of kids (and grown ass men for that matter) who just spam e-mail every company they can think of with sponsor me e-mails. Stop doing this. You know who you are.

I did your BE-MAG interview for you about a summer ago. How did the blade scene take the fixed mix into blading and all that? Seemed like a lot of back lip was being thrown out.

A lot of people were really stoked to see what I was doing with fixed gear. Others were not so enthusiastic about it, saying that I’d abandoned my sport. I could care less about those people. I’m in no way shape or form a spokesperson for aggressive skating. I do it because I have fun doing it. Nothing more, nothing less. I don’t waste my energy sweatin these types of people. Besides, you know you’re doin good when you’ve got haters.

You just graduated and got your Masters degree right? What’s in the works after all that stress and insane school work?

I haven’t graduated just yet but I will in December with a masters degree in mechanical engineering with a focus in design and manufacturing from Georgia Tech. For the record grad school isn’t really that intense and I’ve found that it’s actually a lot more fun than undergrad. When you’re an undergrad, you pick a degree and you pretty much have a set course regiment for 4 years give or take maybe 2 or 3 electives. Some of these classes you take as an undergrad you might love, and others you might hate. Love em or hate em, you don’t have a choice. In graduate school you get to take pretty much any class which interests you and if you want you can choose a thesis project which you define on your own. This has been a huge motivator for me and has made learning and going to school a lot of fun for me. After grad school who knows? It would be cool to be able to apply my degree with a job in the bike industry.

Do you have any plans on taking that knowledge that you have and making some insane parts and such for our dry industry?

Ha you know it! I’ve got a list of new product ideas and the know how to implement them!

You and Chris T own Loosenuts Cycles, how’s all that going and for those who don’t really know what is it specifically? Where is it?

Loose Nuts Cycles is a full service bike shop here in Atlanta GA that Chris and I opened last summer. We mostly specialize in commuter, urban, track, FGFS, and BMX although we do work on any and all kinds of bikes. Business is going really good and we’ve been having a lot of fun with it. Check us out at www.loosenutscycles.com

The Loose Nuts Cycles team DVD just wrapped up production. How does it feel to have an insane group of riders (everyone and their moms) in the first team vid and better yet, one of the sickest teams period?

Our team is awesome. You guys are not only some of the best riders in the industry but you are also a group of guys I hold in very high esteem. I don’t think the video would’ve come together so well without such a solid team behind it. I know that you especially went above and beyond with filming not only your own part but most of Tom’s and a lot of the friends sections as well. For those who don’t know our team consists of Myself, Torey Thornton, Steven Jensen, Tom Lamarche, and newcomer Miles Mathia. Come to think of it I guess you’re right, that this is the first team video to come out for FGFS. I really think we’ve set another milestone in the sport with this flick.

Why did you name your cat sha’nay’nay?

Shanaynay was the best character from the sitcom, “Martin”. GINAAAAAAAAA!

So there is talk about at 26’’ specific Leader frame that is in the works, do you want to shed the darkness and give some info on that?

Leader hired me as an independent engineering consultant to design a new 26” specific FGFS frame which I’ve named “The Pharaoh” as a nod to my Egyptian ancestry. The bike has been in the works for a while and the prototypes just made it stateside about a week ago. Everyone who has been testing it, myself included is really happy with how it has turned out. I think the bike will be a hit. It’s got an extremely short wheelbase and incredible toe clearance and tire clearance. To create the geometry for the bike I made a cad model that would show me exactly what clearances/standover/trail/etc the bike would have. Most bike companies will have the Taiwanese or Chinese factories handle their geo’s.

Any new products or plans for the future of LNC?

We are launching our web store. Should be live by the time people read this. We’ll have a pretty decent representation of our vintage road and track stuff as well as some FGFS and BMX stuff. The brick and mortar component of our store will remain unchanged. Other than that, we plan on stepping up our apparel game (see the Zombie Hollercaust Tee’s) and perhaps coming out with some sweet components. Most people don’t know this but we also sponsor a Road, Track, and Mountain bike team as well and those guys have been putting in work in their respective fields. We’re like the united colors of Benetton of bike sponsors.

Any shout outs you want to give?

Shouts go out to all the ATL, SD, and NOLA homies. WRAHW, LNC, Leader, Halo, Gusset, Blaq, and Gnome. Thanks to you as well for the interview! I look forward to riding with ya soon bud!

Photos by Trace Taylor, and up rail shot by Peter Diatoni

Tom

2011-10-14T19:52:00.000-07:00

Brotha Tom is definitely an insano.

T T BB17 Serpent Prototype

2011-10-13T13:00:00.000-07:00

Got my new Breakbrake17 Serpent proto frame built up, and ready to be abused. Shredder reality. BB17, real deal shit.

Balhog Baltimore Weekend

2011-10-11T22:05:00.000-07:00

Went down to Baltimore this past weekend to film for the Balhogs promo. We will be doing some collaborations with Balhogs in the near future so I figured I would throw up a lil post to spread word of the insanity. These are just a few photos that I snagged when I thought to do so, in between shredding and having a gnarly time.

VEX production. Colin's cam and the WRAHW camy.

This is one of the sickest spots that ive ever been too, real sketch and hard to figure out at first, but we snagged some joints for sure.

Twittwat @Balhogs @WRAHW

Cogwei's BB17 Serpent Prototype

2011-10-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

This is Cogwei's new Breakbrake17 29er prototype. Real deal WRAHW sticks all over.

Tubin It (Some oddities & Violence)

2011-10-06T17:17:00.001-07:00

Shouts out to Brendan Siltman and Murder B for linking me to the goat vid and the witch burning.

WD KVLT KLIPS VOL 3

2011-10-05T19:00:00.000-07:00

Cruisin. The water boarding was so sick. Antonyo kills with that smith vertical wall.

Wolfdrawn

Antonyo Clip

2011-10-04T17:41:00.000-07:00

Antonyo still stackin these lil cruiser clips every now and then. Smoothy shot by Tony Khensouvan.

KEEP EM SPINNIN at Cunningham Skatepark

2011-10-03T18:44:00.000-07:00

Mike kills it in this for sure. Wild grind lines and the gnarliest double peg bowl stall that ive seen.

Tom For Specialized

2011-10-02T22:21:00.001-07:00

I felt really happy while watching this. Tom's a good brother that I ride with tons, but I still wasn't ready for this. He just left NYC today after staying at my house for the weekend finishing up the filming. Bruh beat himself up and still got home and knocked this shit out. Brutal ripping, solid editing, sick tunes. Lady cream sick.

Colin Foster Solo Weby

2011-09-28T14:23:00.000-07:00

This is so trill. I filmed a good bit of this, but seeing it matched up with Colin's editing skills makes everything way wilder. Real juiced on the ignorance performed in this edit. Weirdy threaders and jibjabz for days, and no one knows how crazy the stair bash to 180 is. That spot is big and buck as fuck. Insano life. Balhogs!

Gangrene Hardyang Stickers

2011-09-26T13:08:00.001-07:00

Been sitting on these stickers for a while since the digicam broke, and I was to busy to get around to photographing them. Snag here is you wanna.

Antonyo Is A Sicko

2011-09-26T12:48:00.000-07:00

Antonyo emailed me this clip, and its so sick. Vinnmaster filmed it. Progressive technicality and insanity. Thanks.

WRAHW Excessive Underabundance Teaser

2011-09-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

This is the first "teaser" for our team/family video, Excessive Underabundance. We are no where near being done with filming for the video, but this is all the weird clips and scraps that were filmed on the GL2. We are now filming the video on VX series cameras, so I figured why not put out some of the older clips from the previous WRAHW cam.

Not much riding. Blah blah blah.

Sorry about the weird Imovie compression.

Tunes:

GinaX- Kiruna

Three6- Live By Yo Rep

Miles Mathia Mystery Edit!?

2011-09-22T20:18:00.001-07:00

What the fuck! I seriously dont think Miles even knows about this, buts its sick and smooth as usual. WOAW. This is way before his Vilin bike got stolen... Shouts out to brother Colin for the find!

Gus Rules

2011-09-22T19:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some photos that I found of Gus from the interbike week. They were shot by the Beardman.

WD KVLT KLIPS VOL 2

2011-09-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

Matt with his second batch of flip clips mix with a lil dj screw on the tunes. I dont know why he was stoppped using vimeo, but im sure he has some reasoning behind it. Antonyo really rips...

Photo by Matt as well.

Uhhm

2011-09-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

I didn't know whether or not to post this, when i first saw it, because I dont like to post about myself too much. This was funny to me though. Came off in the Animal lookbooky that Edwin shot.

BMFXD Good Try 1

2011-09-21T15:23:00.000-07:00

Colin made this chill lil pocket play date. Shot with his new vx2000 and flip joints from the past weekend. That one double axel to fakie on that weird rail was smooth. Spot looks wild. I enjoyed Sam's dark line too, raw fun. Bmore fixed, most solid fixed crew with one of the smallest amounts of riders.

Antonyo VS Weirdo?

2011-09-21T10:34:00.001-07:00

I forgot to post this.

Ninja Cats Meow Meow

2011-09-21T10:11:00.001-07:00

Oscy cruising with the Ninja Kitties. There is some sick stuff in here, lots of oddities, and clearly everyone is enjoying the shred. Banger was solid.

Soundtrack Nasty Euro Tour

2011-09-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Pegless grind on the quarter coping was smooth.