Monday, June 18, 2007

More Fox.


Single photos today. And just some general comments/observations:

• Darryl Nau, he who brought the world Blacken and "Seek and Destroy," is the mayor of BMX. Dude knows EVERYBODY (and has the, um, most unique sense of style of anyone on a 20-inch bike—sorry, Sean Burns). He can also still ride like a man, as evidenced by his 40" showing in FBM's bunnyhop contest (in the rain...on a 35-pound STA with 44/16 and 14mm 48s front and rear) and something else I'll post later. I'm sure Darryl has heard about technological advancement, but wants no part of it. Darryl is awesome.

• Joe Rich had a bad back (and apparently jacked his ankle up riding trails later in the week), so he didn't actually ride the Banks at all. But it was still like royalty showing up. If that sounds gay, call me Sally.

• Mike Aitken (as evidenced from the sequences I put up last night) would have been well within his rights to uproot that particular pillar and take it back to Utah with him. Brian Foster killed it as well, but Aitken's on another level.

• Had someone chosen to blow up the Chipotle all those bikes were stacked in front of (photo above—name all the pros bikes and win nothing!) it would have been the worst day in BMX ever. At least since Standard went out of business.

• Wait, Standard's still in business?

• Robbie Morales is definitely at mayor status as well. Not sure if I understand his riding an Edwin with a slammed seat and wide bars, but hell, I think he's earned the right to ride whatever the f**k he wants. Always good to see you and the Long Island crew.

• Besides Aitken, Brian Foster and Chase Hawk KILLED it. Scotty Cranmer was ridiculous as well—maybe even a step above everyone else—but I feel like his riding is so out of reach and so impossibly dialed that it's impossible to even judge it against anyone else's. With BF, Aitken and Chase, you're like "oh yeah, I see how you could do that." With Scotty, your brain just shuts down. Flair off half a tire laid on the bank? Whip to footjam to abubaca? F**k outta here.

• Enough from me, here's some more flicks.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That Darryl dude looks like he is strait outta the 80s.