new mixtape and some rad photography you should check out

My buddy David Lang has returned from Singapore and is back in BC! and his site has some updates! check out some of the wallpapers he has available for download, the above shot is amazing and was taken at a local spot here.

And here's a mixtape I did live in ableton at 2am last night, this is what happens when you don't study:

Download here

If you save it to your computer the track list is pasted under "lyrics".

New frame!

Last week I spent a couple days snowboarding at Mt Washington, and Saturday I came home to a shiny new Banshee amp frame, so the first thing I did was build it up! I haven't rode an aluminum hardtail in ages so the feel of the bike took abit of getting used to... the frame is also tiny so spinning is really easy. Can't wait for exam week to be over so I can ride this thing some more!

Here's a few more riding photos from today by Alex Webb:

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styling

oppisite can

oppisite table

flowing

hooligan jon flowing

fresh jumps and warm weather!

I finished a line I've been working on for almost 2 months now, and today the weather was great so riding was necessary! Luckily the weather has been warm and pretty sunny the last few days. Wink took a few shots today, and I got a chance to work on my spins... playing around with flat spins and dumped 3s. Jarrett was killing it with 3 tables, and flipwhip attempts, shrew got steezy and did gnarly 3s! It was a good day, I cant wait for a bigger session tomorrow!
Oh and I'm expecting my new hardtail frame any day now, I'm amped for the new Banshee!

Camera dolly test footage!

Sunday was a good day of riding, it was quite chilly but there were sunny skies! Aaron LaRocque showed up with a camera dolly,  made for him by our friend Strahan Loken. The results turned out sick! I can't wait for to film with him some more and get some super sweet shots with this thing.  Here's some test footage from Sunday. Riders include myself, scott grant, jarrett moore, and curtis robinson. Click on "watch in HD" on the bottom right of the video for good quality.

Back home on the island + new music

So I've been home for a few days now, and I'm still not used to the colder weather yet. We spent the last few days doing lots of riding around Santa Cruz/Aptos, and hit up just about every local spot. We didn't do much filming or photo-taking those days, but Aaron Chase had his go pro helmet camera on all the time and he said footage will be up on decline sometime soon!

We spent our last day at the Scott's Valley step-up trying to dial in some tricks. Footage from Wyper's camera is to come!

I quickly but together a mixtape, it's a mix of indie rock, electro, and disco:

empire of the sun- we are the people (ted and francis remix)

sneaky sound system- when we were young (breakbot remix)

studio- no comply

weird tapes- tv romance

giogio moronder- chase

ladyhawke- back of the van (kid cola remix)

wow- icy cold (bumblebeez remix)

just a band (the shoes remix)

faux pas- chasing waterfalls

coconut records- mircophone

The faux pas EP is free for download off his site here

PS. My good friend Curtis Robinson is here from the sunshine coast for the weekend, riding pics to come in a few days!

Riding around Santa Cruz

The last 2 days we have been riding at Cob's house in scotts valley. The weather has been very warm, so in the morning we have been going to the post office and then heading over to cobs. Brandon kills it there and he doesn't even have to try. Everything about that kid's riding is super dialled, he's really fun to watch. Locals like a-rev are always getting steezy. Me on the hip. The jumps are in the shade so you don't get way too hot. Here's mellow vid of us flowing the jumps:

Mitch also did an update for Nsmb, check out the team blog

Other nsmb team riders; Dylan Dunkerton and Curtis Robinson are in california too, the past 2 days we have rode together and it's been super fun. Tagging along with them is one of my favourite people, Brendan Howey! Their updates can be found on the same team blog. 

In Cali

After 20 hours of driving, 1 stop at wal-mart, and 4 stops at Denny's, we made it to Aptos at 7am on wednesday. Mitch is a champ and drove the whole way down. We got lots of Denny's dollars to cover our expenses at America's family restaurant, thank you nsmb.com! When we rolled into aptos the first thing we did was check out the post office trails. a-rev, r-dog and goldman have been digging in full force lately, and you can tell! The place looks unreal. We gave t mac a visit, but he was off to woodward for a couple days. We knew it was time to hit the beach and unpack our bikes.

Yesterday we rode the post office for a couple hours, Mitch threw some casual supermans, I kept it steezy, and wyper got a little too gnar with the ground a few times. Later on after dark we helped work on this sick indoor spot in santa cruz. Some locals bmxers shredded in there, wyper had some nice airs too. 

Today howey, curtis, stubs, and kylej are coming down to visit for a few days, I'm sooo stoked to shred with everyone! 

More photos to come after the weekend.