Facad Clips

Facad has 2 clips on their Myspace that I hadn't seen til just now.




Seth Kimbrough - Toothpick hangover to 180.




Davey Watson - Some rail finesse.

Bonus: Joof's Hacketstown Edit:

Video Update 9/17/06

Ride put together a really cool retrospective with some of their old pictures of riders from NYC. It is awesome.

Yellow Snow Productions sent me a sick trailer for a video they are working on. Chris Wilson is a footage machine.




I never thought that I would enjoy a bike video that was seemingly filmed with a microscopic camera inserted inside an elderly man's dick, but somehow this is pretty dope regardless. Rider's name is Matt Desson.



Trailer for some new video, I don't really know what it's called but it looks good.

Rick Thorne weighs in at the FAT site. I have absolutely no idea what the fuck he's talking about, so that's pretty funny.

09/15/06 News

Vital did a really cool video interview thing with Tom White and Edwin.



The new Lotek fall line is up on their site. Looks real good, I don't know why but I love this Motorhead rip off.

New Aaron Ross picture.

Crazy new song by Hi Tek featuring Jadakiss, Papoose, Talib and Raekwon.

6 Questions with Steve Crandall.

I think Steve Crandall likes The Come Up. And yesterday, perhaps to show me that he likes it, he sent me a photo of himself eating a slice of pizza in NYC out of the blue. I appreciate the photo, but figured I needed a little something to go with the photo in order to complete the package, so I asked him 6 questions.


1) Right now on a certain BMX messageboard there's some bitching and moaning going on about FBM's warranty situation. What's the deal with that and how do you feel about kids who take their vendettas against frame companys to the messageboards?

BMXBoard is awesome, where else can you go and read about how fat I am because some kid broke a frame. I have even been threatened by a kid named Austin Omalley who lives in Chicago. He said he was going to kick my ass and blow up the FBM warehouse.
Bikes break from being ridden, some bikes break sooner than people would like, and that sucks, but what can I do? If you want a bike thats going to last forever, In my opinion, you should ride something gnarlier than a trailstyle frame.

We are not trying to rip kids off, we do what we can and we try and be fair. there are a lot more kids stoked on the FBM frames they have than there are kids talking shit online. I think those dudes ( the ones that arent shittalking ) are out riding, or building jumps, or ramps or working a second job, or taking care of their kids, or what have you, but they aren't standing on a digital soap box yelling and making threats.

Do you know how many warranty claims ( bikes returned) are made by retards that sent a frame with no info? Or the wrong info, or just flat out lied to one of us on the phone? Or called up and threatened us? And we are the ones who are shady?
I wish I could make every customer happy, but thats unrealistic, and if it took us a while to get ahold of some kids, I apologize, we are trying....
I guess to answer the question though, people have the right to say what they want, wether I like it or not....


2) What's the deal with Aaron Ross? Is it hard sponsoring such a madman?

It took me a second to get used to someone who rides down the street, nearly getting killed by traffic, and text messaging the whole time, and then tailwhipping down a flight of stairs. Aarons pretty cool, I wish i had more time to film with him, but he's hot right now, and filming for like 44 projects, but when that Etnies video drops, people are going to freak out.


3) What member of the FBM army is most likely to switch sides and not be able to say "no homo" anymore?


You mean turn gay or come out of the closet? I am more worried about paying my rent on time, than I am on other peoples sexual orientation. No homeowner....


4) If you had to pick one video part from one FBM video and use it to represent everything you've done with the company, which part would it be and why.


Probably the slide show on the 10 year, it shows a long history of alot of us having fun and riding bikes. Either that or Albert St. I think we were crazy back then, I can't even believe some of the shit that was in that thing. I guess all the videos for different reasons, you know? I've been around a while, so its fun to look back.


5) When is the next FBM video coming out and what can we expect from it?


I havent made the new FBM video yet, but its probably on you toob already.
Expect Cameron Wood footage that will make you nervous, expect people laughing, expect people to talk shit on us when they see it, and expect us to not give a fuck, because we will have had fun making it, and thats all that matters. I'll make a whole video filled with indian givers, ballrides and box jump footage, I dont even care.


6) Tony Hamlin claims you jerked off in his sleeping bag in his interview on the FBM site. True or false and why?

Tony has spent alot of time traveling with me, and I am not confessing to anything. These youngsters might get scared from time to time when travelling with the older FBM crowd, but none of them have gone cross country with Lou Bickle, that even freaked me out.

Good shit. If you have time check out the FBM site, there are a bunch of good interviews with their riders, as well as some photos and videos and shit.

2 things.

Steve ( above ) over at DFTU interviewed me for his site, so go check that out, then go on some messageboards and get mad about it.

Steve Crandall interview coming up tomorrow or the next day.

VIDEOS

Here's footage of Steve-o's smith rail against the wall at the banks jam. Probably the best move on the rail all day along with the icepick grind to barspin.



I don't know what this is from or anything, but Vidal is so fucking good.



I grew up 5 minutes away from this park. Good to see some shredders kill it, word to Charlie for sending it to me.



Video of the Maitland trannies featuring Ricky from Orlando. I rode this exact same spot with him once before, but I did not do a flat ground fakie wallride.

Video of a bunch of BMXBoard kids riding, possibly including the infamous Catfish.

NEW DANS COMP COVER

Edwin with a monster double peg.

STILLMATIC

FBM Banks Jam review here.

If you haven't bought the LOTEK mixtape yet, you definetly should. This is Ian Schwartz's part, but there are like 10 other sick parts in the video too.



Van Homan interview.

Brian Castillo video interview.

Lino got married. Awwww.

GUTTERATS VIDEO TRAILER

I haven't seen many falls as nasty as this in a while. These kids are nuts, I bet the video will be sick. Check them out on Myspace here if you're feeling it.

Bonus:

Another Brooklyn Banks jam edit:



Mike Spinner bike check.

Like it or not, Scotty Cranmer is killing it. Manual to front flip attempt on a box jump... Barspin to footjam in a contest. Video up here.

A LITTLE BIT MORE BANKS JAM STUFF

I swear this is my last Brooklyn Banks Jam post. At least until I get another video for you.

Russ ( Not Eddie Roman ) wrote a long, complete and well done summary of the jam for Defgrip that you can read here.

Animal has a bunch of good pictures up taken by Matt ( including the one above which I like for some reason ) although Steve-o's smith rail is conspicuously missing.

Bonus:

Check out this ill video of Chris Savoy. I know I've been posting a lot of videos from kids you've never heard of lately, but I promise they've all been really good.


Get this video and more at MySpace.com

BROOKLYN BANKS JAM 2006 VIDEO

Decent video, I'm sure there will be more to come. All I have to say about the suplex Blackman recieves in the begining is HOLY FUCK. I didn't think that kind of thing happened in real fights.

Bonus:

Check out this sick video of my boy Kent from San Jose. Kid is nuts.

9/11 RIP

I remember when the Fit - Puerto Rico video came out, someday said something on BMXBoard like "I'll be impressed by all that pegless icepick shit when I see a locked in 15 stair rail icepick with no pegs". Well here's Mike Hoder with a locked in 15 stair rail icepick with no pegs:



The Facad video looks like it's going to be pretty good. Here's another clip from it, it's the same trick I posted a few weeks ago but from a different angle, looks way better.

Steve from DFTU interviewed me for his site, so keep an eye out for that, it should be up soon. I am very wordy. His site has good stuff on it.

Rich Hirsch interview about Lotek on the Sneaker Freaker site.

I love Mike Ardelean but man is he weird.

Lastly check out my dude Chris rocking to a Gang Starr instrumental:

Quick Steve-o interview.

My man Steve Croteau had a few things on his mind following the Brooklyn Banks jam and I figured I'd give him a chance to get them off his chest. He's got a full interview coming up in my zine with some ill photos too, so keep an eye out. Peep game:

You were pretty heated about some of the shit people said to you in regards to the fight at the Banks Jam, namely someone calling you a "nigger lover" on BMXBoard. What's that about?

I dont know, these kids on bmxboard honestly think they know it all. That shit between Blackman and the other dude is their business, not for some punk to post pictures and videos on the internet, Blackman isnt my best friend or nothin, but it would suck to see something like that. He had it coming to him is what people are saying, and I fully agree, but it was yesterday and todays today, so get over it. As for that kid who called me a "nigger lover", he will get dealt with, thats some fuckin wrong shit.


Do you think that kids who would say that shit online are straight up racist or just trying to front like they're hard on the internet? Because I think everyone knows that none of those faggots are going to call Black a nigger to his face.

Just bmxboard punks man. Not one of those kids who say that type of shit would ever call Blackman or Ed or Rone a nigger... and who the fuck says nigger anyway? Some fucking hillbilly bullshit, kid needs to learn not to be a dick. He'll learn soon.

Who else are you mad at right now in BMX?

Just little kids who think they know it all, how the industry is, and who people are. I dont know I just cant stand it. Especially since I saw a thousand kids yesterday rockin purple cause they thought it was the thing... I dont know shit like that bothers me when it shouldnt.


What's good with the smith grind on the rail next to the wall at the banks jam when you told me 5 days before that you couldn't smith rails anymore? Haha.

I dont know, i told Terra I would do it because he was complaining he had no shots of the rail, and I was like alright I'll smith it, then everyone crowded the rail so I thought it was out, but later in the day the best trick on rail happened, and I don't know, crazy moves went down so I got hyped to smith it. It felt proper, I'm pretty happy, nobody has a picture of it, but oh well.

Any last words?

Just do what you do, don't copy an image, dont change for people, do whatever you wanna do. Copying someone else wont get you anywhere, I saw too many clones yesterday at the jam, and it was too ridiculous.



Also check out this edit of Steve shredding. Some footage from the 2hip video, but a bunch of new stuff too.

HUGE UPDATE

Mike Brennan, huge drop. I don't even know where this is exactly but I know it's in the vicinity of the banks. Lots more pics here.



Ride put together a retrospective of a ton of old photos of The Gonz. I'm stoked on it, lots of good memories for me in there since I've been sweating him since I was a kid. Check it out here.

I don't want to bum PROPS out too hard, but here is the LA scene report from issue 61 which just came out:



I have the following things to say about this scene report.

1) Best scene report I've probably ever seen.
2) Best section in Props in many years, possibly since the Ralph Sinisi interview.
3) Legit street flair.
4) I used to think I liked living in NYC but I think now I want to move to LA and just ride ledges and flat rails all day.
5) I used to think Adam Banton was gross but his interview in Props 60 and his clips in here have me convinced he's awesome.

In other news:

Kevin Robinson did a double flair.

My brother from another mother, 50 cent got arrested and it's on film right here.

I put up a new picture of Devil Feil on The Come Up's Myspace. Check it out, comment, and if you aren't friends with me yet you should definetly send me a friend request.

There has been a bunch of shit talking going on regarding why exactly Blackman ended up duking it out at the banks jam in the comments on my last entry. Check it out, it makes me feel popular when my entries get tons of comments.

And lastly a couple of video submissions from my loyal viewers.


Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Video part from this kid Jeff. This is really good.



Video trailer for "No Rhyme or Reason". This was rad, lots of big ass slam bars, good street and the return of the kickflip barspin. If you want to know more holla at this dude.

BROOKLYN BANKS 2006 RE-CAP

CAN'T KEEP A BLACKMAN DOWN!

I went to the banks jam for a couple hours but I was crazy tired and felt like shit so I headed out quick. However I did recieve this "anonymous" summary of the day.

"Ok so when I got there, there was already wild shit going on. Augie did the wildest bunnyhop superman into the wood, brad simms whiped the ten to flat, all crazy shit. Then mike saw a weird railhop, he did sprocket to hopover and some unknown kid cased thr rail haha. Then mike got the idea to get people to donate money for a long jump contest, some racer dude I don't know. Then he got pople to putup money for a 10step trick contest, villani 3ed into the 1, terramoto 3ed em, brad whipped them once again, and a bunch of wildman were in on it, the last "contest" of the jam was the best rail trick, vinnie drek dustered it first try, scottie feebled it first try, some wildman tooth swungover it, jorge herrera crankflipped to rail, villani did it pegless, streetsweeper did over tooth, over ice and came so close to icepick to barspin, steveo smithed it and ryan howard xup grinded it. Blackman and Bushwick Andy got into a fist fight, where blackman was dropped onto his back, I'm sure you'll see footage of it unfortunately. He also came back 30mins later and 360ed over the rail to flat. Dave Kreinke was there with his typical LSD antics, setting his hair on fire and jumping the 10to flat with a skateboard, all kinds of wild shit. Just another fun filled banks jam. "

Random news.

I don't have a link for it, but I guess Brad Simms is on Hoffman.

New Shook trailer is up. Can't wait to see this.

Rich Hirsch is apparently off Redline.

Taj is apparently on Odyssey. Does that mean he's off Coalition?

Speaking of Coalition I just did the first half of a sick interview with Greg Walsh.

Josh Stricker apparently stole Blackman's thunder and wallrided the backwall out of the Brooklyn Banks.

Don't forget about the Joe Tiseo jam tomorrow in NYC.

Nobody Special Trailer.

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Nobody Special trailer. Featuring a legit, cleanly pulled 540 down stairs amongst many other things.

Phil Bartlett Video

I've posted videos before of this kid, but this one is a lot better. This kid is the dope, tell him to myspace me.

I got that crack.

This photo is of "Chris" from Scotland, taken by Gavin Will. Pretty gnarly.

There's a new Federal trailer up featuring the one and only Dan Cox who I have a thorough man-crush on. This kid fucking rules. Watch the video here.

There's a new trailer up for this Friends & Family video which is pretty good.

Biz interview on the VITAL site.

Brian Wizmerski bike check featuring a suprisingly large sprocket.

fugg it.

New BMXFU trailer.

Lotek put up an ill preview of their new Vancouver road trip. Mike Hoder, Mike Aitken, Jason Enns.... this is going to be good. The trailer is amazing.

Some dude from BMXBoard put up a really good video of a road trip he took with his friends.

VITAL put up a good pool riding story the other day.

New Spinner footage.

New video part of Mike Spinner riding Woodward.

BLACKMAN INTERVIEW IS UP

Everyone has been asking me to read the Blackman interview I did and although I wanted to save it and make it an exclusive just for my zine, I feel like a lot of the stuff he said is kind of current and won't matter as much in a month or two when it comes out, so I'm putting it online now.

CLICK HERE

Yup.

All's been pretty quiet in terms of BMX news and online videos, but today I did happen to find this:



What video is this from? Think about how far above everyone else Ruben is. If you want to see the bigger version click here.

There's a good video from the Double Ditch Jam on Vital ( and by the way Losey you should hire me to work for your site ).

There's a video up of Spinner doing a 720 whip before he did it in that contest:



The Gayme put out a new G-Unit diss. Is this ever going to stop?

New RIDE cover.

Tom White. Looks pretty massive.

DOING IT.

New issue of DIG. Content rundown on the Fat site.



TWO POUND BIKE FRAME. WHAT THE FUCK.

There's a preview for the new issue of Props on BMXonline.

Ryan Sher is off Kink. This does little to negate the fact that Kink probably has the least interesting team in BMX. Tell Zach that for a small fee I will move to California and turn his company around.

50 cent dissed Puff Daddy last night. Crrrrrrrrrazy.

Greg Walsh sent me a link to his personal site War Of Attrition which is really dope. He's one angry guy. I'm interviewing him for the zine so keep an eye out. And he likes Shere Khan.



New Charlie Crumlish video. Music choice makes me want to hit him with a frying pan.



New BMXFU trailer.

New BK video. I don't know what BK stands for exactly but it doesn't stand for Brooklyn or Burger King.

FIRST COME UP SHIRT

I just purchased a new domain name ( www.thecomeupbmx.net ) and so to celebrate, I'm putting out the first THE COME UP shirt. It's a Blackman signature edition. The only way to get one is to order it from this site ( or the myspace ) and you only have a few days. This is a limited print run ( less than 100 ) so if you want it, act fast.



Here's how to get it if you want it:

1) Paypal. This is the easiest way. My paypal email is heyshutupman@hotmail.com , just send 12 bucks on that thing ( 10 for the shirt, 2 for shipping ).

2) Check. This is allright too, my shipping address is Adam22 / 3149 steinway st / astoria NY 11103.

3) Cash. It's pretty safe to just mail me money, just make sure you put it in between a greeting card or a few pieces of paper so nobody steals it.

Just make sure to specify your size and your address. Get down.

DFTU

The latest DFTU/carhartt jam just went down. There are a bunch of good pictures and some words here. And there are a few different videos of it:



Then the other video is here.

On the same note, I just saw the DFTU mixtape and it was fucking awesome.

And on another similar note I recently interviewed the UK's Marv:



Who held down the last section in Voices, here's a preview of that ( it's a preview, 2 questions is not a full interview, keep hating BMXBoard you fucks ):

What's the story with those 8 piece bars you ride for most of your section in Voices? Why did you seeminly stop riding them towards the end of your section?


They are 4 piece and they were made by Powerlite. When I was young there was a group of riders known around London called Bicycle Union and they all had the same bike set up, 2 pegs, back brake, Powerlites and would always ride mini ramp. Everyone I grew up with thought they were the coolest so we all had a pair of powerlites at some point. They might look like shit but they feel amazing loads of up and back sweep. Pwerlite made two sorts though. One set came on their complete bikes which always broke and some super tuff ones they sold separately. I had the ones which broke and mine broke half way through filming. I’m over them now, it was the end of an era.


What's the street riding like where you live? It seems like you have a lot of crazy spots out there, but a lot of them seem pretty harsh and hard to ride too.


Yeah there is a lot of street but none of it is perfect. We would watch American videos and be gutted cos all the spots look amazing, all the spots in this country always have something wrong with them. Either the run up or run out is shit or where you take off is a down slope. But you get used to it. It makes you look hard as fuck cos they look like shit too.

If you remember correctly, his part in Voices was unbelievable and his clips in the DFTU mixtape are even better ( smith to barspin on a high ass 6 stair ledge ). I'm going to try to interview one or two of the other dudes from the video too before the zine is done.

Keep your eyes open for the new, exclusive Blackman signature shirt.

Straight out the frying pan...

New Gonz photo from the Ride site. They have a great interview with Shad Johnson up too.



Anthony Napolitan. I guess even back then you could call me.......

There are a bunch of new pictures of Aaron Ross on the FBM site. And if you're into this sort of thing, he has a bike check up on the Odyssey site.

Nigel broke his wrist.

Unlike the Solid crew, I haven't rode a pool in years :(.

I have strep throat, I want to die and I'm still updating.

Travis Splain by ATI ( I don't know his real name so I gotta call him by his myspace name ).




Good street shit from my buddy Jimmy.

The MassBMX site is really good and run by a few friends of mine. They have footage up from the Brace Jam that's pretty rad. RO DIZZLE.

Apparently Tree's new pegs are going to be ridiculously light and still grind decent.

Kevin Jones is back on Hoffman.

Little Devil Video

There's a sick new Little Devil video up on their homepage featuring Rob Wise and Randy Brown. The last few tricks are mind blowing.

I heard that Marlon Europe who was previously riding for Bulldog Bikes is now riding for 2-Hip. I also heard he and Steve-o might be getting some signature parts through 2-Hip.

I guess Seth Kimbrough is riding for the Shadow Conspiracy.

Rick Thorne had one of his friends call up Jimmy Levan and threaten him all because of a Sean Burns ad that the biker in black found offensive. I haven't seen said ad, but I'm willing to bet that it's LOL.

Bottom right hand corner, there's a link to Scotty Cranmer's winning X-Gaymes run. I honestly can't even comprehend how big that course is.



Really good park footage from Jared Chilko.

Nowhere Fast

*EDIT* Video was taken down at the request of Dave Parrick. I guess he was real nice about it, and you can't blame him since he's probably going to re-issue it soon.

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If you're old school, you've allready watched it a million times, if you're new, you need to know your roots. Ralph, Dave Young, Josh Heino and everyone else killed themselves for this video way back in 1999 or so.

A few things.

There are a ton of really good street photos ( and trails, and park ) on the Random BMX website, this one of "Ted" being one of them.

Check out this new webzine, Go Back To Bed. It's 14 pages and has a lot of good photographs and interesting articles about riding.

I have always wanted to see Ryan Corrigan's dick.

Brian Kachinsky interview.

New photo of The Gonz.

Someone myspaced me and told me to post a Cro Mags video. I don't want to let him down, so here ya go.



Edit: A few afterthoughts.

What the fuck is going on with Ryan's pubic hair?

And also on the RandomBMX site I found this huge assortment of photos of various street spots, some of them relatively mundane and some of them totally ridiculous. Definetly worth looking at.

" I'M POOR, NIGGA "

My buddy Chris ( who took the above photo ) from England visited NYC today and hung out with me at the Brooklyn Banks. He took photos of Nigel, Blackman and a few other locals, all of which I bet will come out dope. Check his site out here and I'll be sure to let you know when his NYC pictures are online.

There's some new footage of Cory Martinez on the Orchid site. That first wallride looks pretty much impossible.

New Orchid Brian Wizmerski ad. Goddamn.

Vinnie posted on BMXBoard saying that there is a Joe Tiseo jam on September 9th at the Brooklyn Banks. I'll be there. Here's the flyer.

Jeff Dupaul took this photo of this kinked rail by Brent Wargo. It was on the Ride site but they said someone else took it.

I honestly think bike checks are the gayest thing on earth but I really like Larry Alvarado so his interested me.

Lotek's fall line is up and it's way better than everyone else in BMX's as usual.


This video is pretty dope. Mostly park but he's really good. I want to know if his last name is really Hardway.

I'm looking for anyone who has a collection of VHS BMX videos who wouldn't mind uploading a few crucial parts for this site... if you are able to do that I'd be super appreciative, myspace me or email me: heyshutupman@hotmail.com

TTYL!

GRUNDLE.

That is a serious fucking smith grind!



Awesome trip video from Ohio.

This site is sort of similar to mine. I really like it and I hope that more BMX kids start doing similar shit. This video is on there and it is awesome.

Sequence of Spinner's 720 whip.

This is a very long rail. Hopefully the entire video involves Star Wars characters.

I've always known I hated "street wear" despite my slight interest in it, but I never really knew why until I saw this site. Coincidentally DefGrip seem to have found out about it on the same exact day I did.

I posted the free Etnies DVD which came with DIG a few months back a while ago, but recieved my one and only angry email telling me to take it down. They put that shit on their site though so in case you didn't catch it before, check it out now, here.

And finally just in case you haven't figured it out yet, I totally stole my new style from Nah Right aka the best hip hop blog ever. I highly reccomend bookmarking it.

I'M RIDING SPINNERS

Spinner won some contest. Although I am happy for him, I really wish he had kept his hair short. It's one thing to be a jew, it's another thing alltogether to be a jew with an afro.

"Mike Spinner was head, shoulders, and nappy afro above his competitors, however. His 540 tailwhip, double tailwhip, and double turndown 720 would have sealed the win, but he put the final nail in the coffin with a tailwhip 720, a trick never landed before in competition, amateur or otherwise. The pros watching on the sidelines cheered Mike on after a botched attempt, and let loose when he pulled it clean. There were rumors floating around before the comp that it was going to go down, so everyone was psyched to see it happen. “I landed my first 720 whip maybe a month ago,” said Mike after the contest. “It’s pretty scary, and I’ve never done it on a box this big. That was the fourth one I’ve rolled away from.”

Random Stuff.

Villiani rules. I don't know if I've ever seen a backwards manual to 540 cab before, but if I have it definetly didn't look as good as that one.



This kid rules.

Ryan Metro is off Metal and on United.

Attila Bikes video preview. Devin from Peg Leg ( interview coming up in the zine ) rides for them.

This kid is fucking ten.

George and Max from Boston stayed with me for a few days but I didn't go riding with them because I have a girl from Chicago staying with me. They said they'll have a video up of some of their footage for me soon though.

It's insane how high the rails some kids are doing these days are.

Did you know that this site gets over 500 hits a day? Because I sure as fuck didn't think it would be that high. I definetly appreciate it though.

Big James.

Big James is ridiculous. Stolen from the FIT site, taken by N.E.R.

NEWS 8/15/06

Crazy picture of Mike Hoder I found on the Woozy site. Their site is definetly bookmark worthy.

The dudes over at Degrip were cool enough to throw up a link to my site. One love to those guys, they really inspire me to make this site better.

I had a nice talk with Jeff K ( or as I prefer to call him, the dude who rode down that kinked rail in Shook ) who I'm interviewing last night. His new video has a Myspace allready up for it. He doesn't know what it's going to be called yet but check out the list of riders he told me are going to be in it: "Lil Jon, Jeff Wescott/Grant Castaluzzo, Eric Holley/Nick Anderson, Tony Neyer, Karl Poynter, Dominic Trovato, Mike Hinkens, Anthony Villani/Steve-O, Tony Maloof, Quinn Semling, Richard Mungall, Dave Friemuth." And that's just the full parts, not the random clips. Nuts.

Jeff also helps run Mid West BMX, which is a really good site with a ton of videos, none of which I am able to watch right now because YouTube is down.

Fakie to fakie barspin up a 3 stair to fakie turndown down a 3 stair. I wish I could figure out how to directly link to stuff from bmxonline. It's listed under August 15th.

Mo money.

BLACKMAN SNIPPIET

I rolled through Brooklyn today and interviewed the infamous Blackman. Everyone knows Blackman as being some crazy dude who jumps off of big shit but I got to see a little bit more of the calm side of his personality. You gotta buy the zine if you want to see this rest of the interview, out soon.

A22: Pretty much when people think about Blackman, they think about you doing crazy shit like grinding a 15 stair flat rail on the cover of Ride. What made you want to do that? Is it because you just want to get your name out there or do you want to push yourself or do you want to make your sponsors happy?

I mean, I do it for me. Just to know I can do it. I do it because that's Black Man. I always wanted to do that ledge. That's my high school. I always used to get out of school and go look at the ledge. I just always wanted to do it. I ain't scared to do nothing like that. The person I like riding with most is Mike Hoder because me and Hoder ride the same, we both love jumping off of shit. I can ride with Hoder all day. Ralphie, Nigel... I can ride with anybody. Anyone I feel is doing something crazy, I'm with the same thing. I dunno man though, life is crazy. You break your neck, you break your fucking neck.

A22: You seem like you've been through a lot of shit lately. Like your perspective is changing on life and shit. Like maybe you've become more mature lately.

Yeah I mean, I'm about to become a grown man, I gotta do grown man things. I can't be fucking sleeping on the couch. Fucking robbing, stealing, I gotta make my own money. I can't be hustling. I'm about to finish high school. Hopefully.

A22: So what is this "no homo" shit all about? I think a lot of people outside of New York don't really understand that shit.

I mean "no homo"... a lot of niggas be saying gay shit so you just gotta say "pause". The real word is "grimey life" man. GRIMEY LIFE. Grimey life is the life I live.

A22: For someone who doesn't understand though, when is the proper time to say no homo?

Niggas with tight pants, they homos. I ain't really gonna say nothing but a lot of niggas might be like "blah blah, fuck blackman" and start crying and shit when I say you got tight pants on. I got tight pants friends. I got a lot of friends.

If you haven't yet, go add The Come Up on Myspace, I post bulletins whenever I update the site so you can know when to check back to see new shit.

AAAAAAAAANTE UP.

These kids are really good. Sort of low quality but definetly worth watching and it's probably YouTube's fault:



I think everyone assumed Mirra Co were going to be on some Haro shit but instead they came out with what may be the best complete bikes of all time. Click here.

Fuck you, your honor. Check my persona:

CRUMLISH

How did Crumlish get way better all of a sudden? This footage is so much better than everything else I've seen from him. That half cab over the wood thing was so awesome. Also I'm pretty sure Jim C is in there doing a gnarly wedge ride to gap barspin. Here's an excerpt from my upcoming interview with Charlie which will be in my print zine:


What is the status of the kickflip in 2006?


I think it's coming back, but if I see a kid on a pegless bike at the skatepark do a kickflip wearing a New Era hat, small shirt and girls pants, I might kill myself. I like the trick a lot though, I dunno why people are down on it... It's like a barspin with your feet.


How do you feel about the Godsmack song which plays on your brother's myspace? Don't you think that you might want to play a more active role in his life if he is so misled he is rocking out to Godsmack?

You have no idea. He insists he just likes the drummer, to which I told him that a lot of bands have good drummers and also good singers, guitar players, etc. I've gotten him off some worse shit though, one day my cousin took him to some rank hardcore show and I caught Bub listening to that band later on, he was like "Yo, their drummer is amazing!" and I pointed out how shitty everyone else in the band was... so back to Godsmack. He hates most of my music too so it's all good, I just want to get him to listen to more hip hop.

I would definetly not watch before 00:38 in this video if your parents are around. And even if you don't feel like watching the rest of it I would definetly reccomend you watch starting at 2:45 if you want a serious LOL.



I found Dave Mirra's part from Sentenced To Life on Youtube. Is that a Creed song?



Of course you could always just go here and download the whole thing.

Video Update 8/10/06

If you live anywhere near this, definetly go by and donate or something. Brace is a great kid and I think it's rad that they're doing this. If you can't make it and want to donate, email or myspace me and I'll make sure it gets to the right place.

I really enjoyed this video of Dave and Brian that was posted on BMXBoard. Anyone know what song it is?



Check out this video of the Double Ditch Jam.

A bunch of guys from Canada had a memorial trail jam for their friend Tim Dasilva who passed away. Click here for the BMXBoard thread and check out the video.



This video is like 15 minutes of totally hardcore shit. Chris Wilson is a beast, make sure to watch the whole thing because his part is last and it's awesome.


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THE COME UP ON MYSPACE

Add The Come Up on Myspace HERE.

And while you're at it, check out BMXFEED. It keeps track of all the updates on a ton of different BMX sites and makes it really easy to check out what's new in the online riding world.

LET IT BE KNOWN.

Spinner getting some love on the Ride site. That shit is nothing to him, but it's an ill photo.

I'm swagger jacking the Ride site a lot lately, but they have a dope Nigel interview up.

Joel Moody posted a new preview for the Empire Video. Chase Hawk is disturbed.



New preview for the NSF video. I've never seen any of their videos but that shit looks pretty dope and very Voices-esque, which rules. Check this one out too:



A little filler but definetly some insane shit in there. Search for "nsf bmx" ( or just click here ) and there are a bunch of other videos on there worth watching too.

I'm working HARD putting this zine together but I think you guys will be real happy when it's out. Myspace coming soon too to keep you updated. Balls deep.

Troy Mucmurray Flashback

Troy fucking rules. That picture's from 1996. There's a bunch more great old photos here too.

Redbull Mean Streets / Killa Season

Redbull Mean Streets



This has obviously been online for forever and a day, but that was before this blog existed. I still totally love this video.

I assume a lot of you aren't "in the know" enough to know that you MUST see the Cam'ron movie, Killa Season. Well if you're too broke to buy it, here it is:



New Peg Leg crash section.

Large Video Update

My buddy Matty jumping a sick rail gap down the street from my apartment.

NASTY is on S&M. I've never given a shit about dirt jumping but I've always been stoked on that guy's riding.

Nigel is riding for Mirra Co. It must be insane having Dave Mirra think you're good enough to ride for him, but the kid deserves it if you ask me.

The music is annoying and the quality isn't great, but the Second Grenade video looks like it's going to be pretty good. 720 tailtap to barspin on a sub box??



Gary Young in Drop The Hammer ( it has some gay ass ad for 10 seconds first ):



FBM North East Road trip:



Is Adam22 doing a print version of this blog? Yes I am haters. Hot interviews with The Gonz, Blackman, Tom White, the Peg Leg crew and more... I'll make sure to keep you all updated. Don't sleep.

HODER

Mike Hoder makes everyone else look stupid. Imagine if he crashed doing this? Jeeeeeez.

ONE BLOOD.

I posted this Ratboy video a long time ago but the herb who uploaded it made it so nobody could embed the video on a website. Luckily, the extent of my tech savvy knows no boundaries:



Also Vinnie's section from Shine:

IT'S NOTHING.

Thaddeus Quinn Emailed me 2 of the best video parts ever, both from BLUEPRINT which came out around 2001. Blueprint was a Portland scene video as I remember and was put together ( I think ) by Shad Johnson and basically launched the careers of guys like Justin Inman, Rich Hirsch and a few other dudes who have been getting coverage and shit for a long time now. Definetly one of my favorite videos from my formative years of riding and these are 2 of the best parts from it. I personally like the Lou Rajsich part way more but that's just me. Check it:



Lou Rajsich



Jeremy Davis

AND NOW FOR SOME NEW SHIT:

Vinnie threw up this new Animal preview on bmxboard. It's insane. Wormz is amazing.



This new Micreation commercial of Larry Alvarado is fucking awesome. He's got to be one of my favorite riders out right now, dude is so good.

http://www.micreation.net/video/larry/magic.html

The new Shook trailer is here too. Features a bunch of Mike Brennan. That guy rules.

http://defgrip.com/exclusives/shook_break/shook_break_the_tape.htm

This kid is fucking incredible and he's apparently only 16. And I guess his name is Seamus which is a little bit no homo ( JK ):



I'm torn. The kid who posted this video is a total loser from bmxboard that nobody likes, but the trailer is good, so I'll post it.


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This is way waaaaaaay too good to be listed so far down in this update, but what can I do?? WATCH IT.

http://media.putfile.com/ctc-11-add

AND NOW ON TO SOME VIEWER SUBMISSIONS. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS SENDING THIS SHIT IN !!!

Michael Kados sent me these 2 videos, both are worth watching:





Charlie from Cape Cod sent me about a million videos, all of which I watched. Check out the other videos listed under his youtube if you're bored.



And I think that's it. Seems like there has been more shit popping up online lately, so keep sending me your videos and I'll try and keep posting up new stuff. I have some big ideas in terms of what I want to do with this site but I'll wait on elaborating for a while.

Peace

Adam

BE BACK SOON

I'm really sorry I didn't get to do a full update before I leave for Chicago ( in 3 hours ) but I will do an awesome one when I get back. Tons of people have sent me stuff I am going to put up.

Til then make sure you check out this incredible Zoo York edit of a mellow street session featuring Edwin, Vinnie, Jamie Bestwick and Wormz.

http://zooyork.com/downloads/ZOO_BMX_VIDEO.mov

Never thought I'd have to touch this residue again.

I have no idea who uploaded these or anything but they are easily two of the best clips I've seen online in a long time. Bruce Crisman and Mike Hoder, respectively.





This is pretty funny:



and I have no idea who these kids are, but this video looks awesome:



this is dope too:

http://www.powow.com/existbmx/chris%202%20weeks%20better.mov

And I know a lot of you probably listen to rap so check this video out:



Realest MC's doing it. Don't sleep.

NEW SHIT.

Craig from Mass. sent me some videos of him riding street and park:


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You can check out more of his stuff via his myspace video section located here:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&n=2&videoid=726322613

GRIMALDO.

I was just looking around on youtube and found this, it's all of Grimaldo's footage from the first animal video but a bunch of stuff they didn't use from his old footage tapes. Totally awesome.

GET IT.

I'm back in Nashua right now, not riding because my knee is still fucked up, but I am having a good time hanging out poolside, not having a job and trying to not eat as much bread. I banged out this little fuck I've been dying to maim for a while and left him on the ground leaking like a faucet, so that was definetly worth 4 hours on the Fung Wah. I'm headed back to NYC wednesday morning, then like 6 bmx kids from Mass are coming down to ride for the weekend and stay at my place, followed by Evan and 2 other kids getting here from Florida as soon as they leave. Evan is an awesome photographer and I really want to do this gap to wallride for him but I'm doubtful of if my knee will be working good enough to do it. Either way, that's a lot of time spent on my bike which I need more of.

I'm really struggling to find good shit to post these days. You 'mo's are lazy.



This is that dude Matt crashing and nearly dying at the second Bone Deth. I know there is a good video of Bone Deth that was posted on bmxboard a month or so ago but I can't find it. Somebody should definetly email me that link.



Edwin's part from the first ever FIT video. I've always loved this part because a) the rest of the video sucked hard in comparison and b) it didn't seem like he put a ton of effort into it, he was just flowing around doing shit on road trips but it still came out so dope. Definetly a classic if you ask me.



Some of you are probably too young to have seen the Demolition video. Well Rooftop came pretty hard in it. There's some skatepark filler shit, but at the end he puts some serious shit down. Check it out.



I'll pretty much post anything with a Young Buck song in it. I have no idea how old this is but it's an FBM promo thing with footage from a bunch of trips.

All you broke ass niggas gon' hate,

BLAM

WHIP IT.

I can't imagine you will see anything crazier than this this week:

http://teamyoungbmx.com/media/movies/sparks2.wmv

Matt Sparks - tailwhip to tailwhip back.

DAMN.

Pro-Homo.

I'M BACK. MISTER MAGIC CITY.

Allright, I know I've been slacking on the updates but I've been very busy with poker and shit. I gotta hold it down though and this blog is not going anywhere since I still get messages all the time telling me how much they like it. Anyways let's get into it:


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Track 3 Preview Video.



Dope street video that some dude sent me a LONG time ago which I forgot to post.

http://www.defgrip.com/POYNTER.jpg

Def Grip did an awesome Kyle Poynter interview that you can check out right there. That site rules and I wish I had the time or energy to make The Come Up as good as theirs.


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This new RIDE video seems like an awesome idea and the preview is sick. I'm very excited to see this.


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Check out that video and then check out dude's blog here: http://www.gobacktobedbmx.blogspot.com/



I have no idea if this is new or not but I'd watch it if I were you.

And I guess that's it. Send me more shit so I have more shit to post next time. HOLLA.

BONE DEATH 2005

Someone posted this on bmxboard. Love it.

NON-US BMX

This is a video of a bunch of americans who went to Barcelona and rode with Ricky Feather that Shawn McMahon sent me. I saw this like a year ago and thought it was crazy then, and it's still awesome now.



And this is a video from Andrew Brown and a bunch of his friends shredding in Scotland.

Enjoy.

2 Dope Photo Sites

www.quis.cc



http://waterfilledlung.deviantart.com/

I'm focused, man.

YO. First thing I'd like to ask, is if I made THE COME UP shirts who would buy them? I'm thinking of making like 50 and selling them on here. I have an artist in mind who is totally dope. Anyway, comment or email/myspace me if you want one so I can make sure to have your size ready. I'll post about it again before I actually do this, if I do do this, with the design.



Second up, some kid read my fucking mind and sent me one of my favorite video parts of all time. Edwin's bonus section from the Etnies DVD. Unfortunately I'm having a hard time finding the embeded link text to post so I'm just going to have to post the link.

Edwin's Bonus Part from the Etnies DVD



This is Mark Larkin doing a curved wallride to one footed table. Word to mother. Check out more here: www.farleysphotography.blogspot.com">farley photography



Phil Bartlett. I'm into it.



Perspectives BMX Trailer. Very good stuff.



HELLO CRUMLISH....

Nathan Powell

This video of Nathan Powell is good although it clearly disobeys my anti-go team in bmx videos legislature which I passed a few weeks ago.

http://www.dftu.com/chuckfuckinnorris.wmv

That's a DFTU edit which isn't done loading yet but I'm sure will be worth watching.

HOLLA AT ME.

I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but if you go to www.youtube.com and search for "Danny Hickerson" you will find some sick video parts. Also definetly search for "Joel Moody" if you want to see another good one.

MISC. LINKS

Def Grip and Shook have a new trailer for the new Shook video up. It's totally different than the other trailer I posted and has some really sick shit in it:

http://www.defgrip.com/blog.htm

Over at the Ride site they have a new preview for Props 60 up:

www.bmxonline.com

While you're there check out the left overs from the Ride BMX Eli Platt interview:

http://www.bmxonline.com/bmx/features/article/0,15737,1200998,00.html

John Parker finally pulled probably the hardest vert trick ever:

http://www.sophride.com/johnbodyvarial.mov

FREE ETNIES DVD

SCOONER

http://grabthatbooty.com/main.php?page=videos

go there and watch the chris hughes video and the mike spinner at vans video. both are nuts. i didn't feel like doing this post in caps lock.

MORE HEAT

This crew Arch Enemy from PA sent me this really good preview of their video. I'm into it:



Check them out on Myspace here:
www.myspace.com/archenemybmx


And then this dude Kyle sent me this video of him and his friend riding trails. His friend does some fucking ridiculously high backflips in this. Peep it:

Anti Go-Team in BMX Video Legislature

Mutiny put up a new video on their site. Danny Hickerson is the obvious fan favorite here but I am a huge Joe Simon fan. The guy's been killing it forever.

http://mutinybikes.com/

That dude War_Pig from BMXBOARD ( no homo ) put up some clips of himself. Kid is sick:



I would, for the most part, rather have a colonostomy than listen to Aesop Rock but this video manages to make it work:

http://www.s8x.net/May.mov

Also I've been getting a bunch of submissions via email.

First off we have a video edited to Hot Hot Heat that was not put together by Charlie Crumlish. I didn't believe it either:


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And then this is a preview for the same dudes video. They are basically total dicks for editing it so you can't see anyone pull or try anything.


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And then finally he sent me this link to another video but I don't have time to watch it right now so we'll have to trust him:

http://www.ohiolights.com/jendre/video/pittsburgh.html

And finally Alistair Heeley want's us to know that he wants a bmxboard account but can't get one ( I really don't get what's up with that nazi Sinnister not giving anyone new accounts ) and that the kids on bmxboard hating on Steve-o's fakie tailwhip can eat his ass ( not in those words ).


http://dvideos.net/v2221

And I think that's all I got for now. Keep sending me shit and keep riding.

EXCLUSIVE

My nigga Steve-o made me an exclusive The Come Up joint for you guys. You might think this is pretty good, but keep in mind it's all left over stuff from his new 2hip part which is coming soon...



Mr. Ruger, Ruger, I'm a shooter, shooter, you hung with the girls, you double dutch and hoola hooper.

I was just looking at FatBMX and noticed the trick Danny Hickerson is doing on the cover of the new BMX Plus:



WTF

even more WTF maybe...



Alex Platt doing something that most people would consider suicidal in Europe. I think the idea is that he didn't land it, but fuck that's crazy anyway.

EDIT: He did land it.

Dem Boys.

This dude who's name may or may not be named Steven Moxley sent me this really good video. He made it sound like it was going to suck but instead he's doing ridiculously complicated skatepark lines and it's edited to JR Writer. DIP SET DIP SET DIP SET DIP SET.

http://media.putfile.com/weekend-at-the-park

This song sucks and some of the clips are gay but this kid is still pretty good regardless.

http://media.putfile.com/nathan_full

Some of this riding is pretty good despite being edited to one of the gayest Wu songs:



If you haven't seen it, the promo for the new Shook might feature some of the craziest tricks of all time. It will literally make your butthole explode.

www.shookin.com

And finally, this is like the most watched bmx video on youtube for some reason. I really like it for some reason, the kids seem like they have no idea what's going on and they edited it to a Mike Jones song.

3 things.

Check out this video of Myra Mckeon that he emailed me. Shit's fire.

And I got 2 new videos from "Mang" off bmxboard. I haven't even watched them yet.


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getchawetwipes

Allright Allright Allright.

In case you didn't know, I was in the hospital for a week. I ate shit riding some benches on Water Street and flipped over the bars. I cut a huge hole in my knee and had to get it stitched up. That seemed fine until it got infected, which was bad news. Either way I'm back and I should be riding again in a week or so. Maybe less. Anyway I missed a bunch of stuff while I was gone:

Skavenger commercial which is in the bonus on the new animal dvd "All Day" which if you don't have you should get:



NEW Skavenger commercial that Vinnie threw up on bmxboard earlier today:



Speaking of Vinnie, this is his new website. It seems really good so far, bunch of links to videos in there.

http://www.merked.com/

( No matter what check out the Adam Armstrong link he put up )

Some kid Greg killing a concrete park and doing a double-whip to freeway ride.



I didn't want to like this because it uses one of the all time worst rap disses as the soundtrack, but it's really good:



I wasn't really into this but if you're into skatepark riding more than me, you might be:


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new Peg Leg edit which is good as always:

http://www.peg-leg.net/PLMAY2nd.mov

Lotek Mixtape Preview:

http://www.lotekkicks.com/lotek_mixtape1.mov

( I gotta get a copy of this )

Oh and here's another new Peg Leg edit:

http://www.peg-leg.net/PLMayEdit.mov

Preview for a video-zine that some dude sent me via email:



And that's all I got for now. If anyone can tell me how to turn a quicktime video into a youtube video, let me know, i'm clueless.

New update coming sooner than you think.

LEANING ON THE SWITCH

I haven't been able to ride pegs for the last week and It's been pretty horrible. I NEED TO GRIND. New wheel comes in a few days.

1) We should all be massively in debt to the dude who uploaded this part, Ian Schwartz from Props. It's a few years old but seriously incredible.



2) I posted a link to a video of the Battle Royale ( adding an E to the end of that word is wicked gay but it's not my idea ) before but this one is better.

http://www.mutinybikes.com/video/battleroyale0406.mov

And that's really all I got. Send me more videos.

Adam

PS:

Mike Spinner is coming here for a few days soon and I'll hopefully be filming with him... hot video part on the way, The Come Up exclusive.

CHEA.

I went to the Bulldog Bikes video premiere last night with my room mate Dietrech. It was a great time, the video was solid, Jimmy Mack was on some shit ( he paid for free hot dogs and pretzels and drinks for everyone ) and there was just a good vibe. I never drink but I slammed a 40 and drank 3 glasses of Don P. Pretty much everyone who you see riding in the city was there.

Check out the Bulldog website here if you're interested: http://www.bulldogbikesworldwide.com/home/home.html

and cop the video off the site or from Dans or something if you want ( buy it for Brad Simms' part alone. His last trick is going to be on every midwest park rat's sub-rail trick list by the end of the month ).

I looked around on bmxboard and didn't see any good videos. I never posted this though:



Old Animal commercial which you'll probably only find interesting if you've never heard Mobb Deep before ( by the way, cop the new album just so my nigga 50 doesn't starve to death ).

SEND ME MORE VIDEOS.

GONZ INTERVIEW COMING SOME TIME IN 2009

STAY GAY 2006

WHAT UP.

I just got back from Philly yesterday. I went there for 5 days with my good friend Tardif. We rode a lot, ate a lot, I creeped on some girls... It was a good time. At one point I got to see Tom White and Rat Kid totally kill some Philly street too which was pretty cool. Now I'm back in NYC, nahmean.

First off this is a link to a bunch of full length videos. Most are a year old or older. Road fools 12 & 13, the first two animal videos, FBM - All Time Low, tons of good ones.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=bmx+duration%3Along&page=1&lv=0&so=0

Balls deep. If you haven't seen the Cam'ron movie KILLA SEASON you can peep the entire thing here. Check it.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2847091999675761842&q=killa%20season&pl=true

So fucking funny. And what would a Come Up update be without a zillion fucking youtube links? I'm not even going to write descriptions, if I put it here, it's worth watching.







( Actually I gotta point out that this one above here is fucking awesome. I love that Matt Skaggs kid. )

More to come...