A bunch of us old riders got together at the Cambridge street hockey rink for some long-overdue flatland mini-jam. It was great seeing everybody again — most since pre-COVID — and good riding again, whatever our skill level. I shot some video, too, which proves that we did actually ride and not just talk shit …
When I started riding BMX as a kid, I never thought I’d still be riding in my 20s, never mind at 50! So this year I wanted to create a riding edit documenting that I’m still at it (however infrequently). I had a list of tricks I wanted to get on video and some new …
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I (finally) got off my butt and got on my bike, and Jeremy was there with his phone — he shot and edited this for me:
This weekend I went riding with some friends at some basketball courts in Foxboro, MA (which are seldom used for basketball) and shot some video. Not an amazing edit — we’re just riding for fun, not to blow minds — but it’s another sample of what can be done with an iPhone. Not to get all …
In late August ex-New Englander Matt St. Gelais was back east visiting family & friends, and we were able to get together for some riding at our usual Cambridge spot. Cambridge Flatland – Aug 31, 2013, a set on Flickr.
July 21, 2013: Rick MacDonald held the 4th annual Flatland Fracas flatland contest in East Bridgewater. His (and his family’s) hard work paid off, as everybody had a good time…even with the heat. It was very cool that Jean William Provost and Dane Beardsley showed up, as well as riders from New York (Roy de Guzman, who …
At his Family Fun Fest on June 8, Kevin Robinson held an old school style BMX contest — the “Wisdom to Youth” contest — complete with quarter pipes and a kick turn ramp (plus a box jump for the newer schoolers). Also, he had actual old school riders: the contest was invite-only, so the riders were …
Maul’s Bike Shop held their annual skatepark contest at Skaters Edge in Taunton, MA on April 7, 2013. Last year there were sooooo many entrants that the contest ran all day, but this year riders pre-registered and things moved along at a nice pace. For an old guy like me, it’s crazy to see the progression …
I don’t have a great video camera or Final Cut Pro, so I tried going the other direction with this video — using only mobile technology to shoot and edit it. This video was shot with my iPhone over the course of the summer of 2012 and edited using Pinnacle Studio for iPad. I wasn’t …