UMass Marching Band in New York
Jeremy and the UMass Marching Band at the 2024 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Great Outdoors: Exploring Utah
Amelia made a short video of our Utah vacation that captures the feel of the trip in a short time.
Cambridge Flatland
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 …
“Foux du Fafa” (Chapman version)
Lors de notre voyage en France, nous avons dû retravailler/recréer la vidéo Flight of the Conchords:
Flatland at Fifty
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 …
September Riding Edit
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:
Flag Design
I find flag design to be very interesting, and I’m constantly surprised to see how much bad flag design there is. I credit/blame the 99% Invisible podcast for giving me this appreciation. It started with the Vexillonaire episode. I learned so much from it — first of which is that vexillology is the scientific study of the history, …
Video: Flatlanding in Foxboro
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 …
Stop Vertical Video…Again!
Remember when I said this blog was dead? Well, right after I posted that, I saw something that drove me crazy enough to raise it from the dead (at least temporarily). More vertical video. It’s a huge pet peeve of mine and I’ve ranted about this before, but I recently saw a video of some Buddhist …
Maul’s Brawl 2013
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 …