Man, I saw Dinosaur Jr play at the NEC on the Rollercoaster tour with My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Blur (weird) during the last recession back in 1992 . I guess that makes me pretty old eh! It was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to and the opening riff from My Bloody Valentine still rings in my ears. Well Dinosaur Jr have a new track out and I think you’ll find the video pretty interesting, and for someone my age even more so. Its pretty dope. Here’s also a little taste of that Rollercoaster line up from back in the day….

Its funny how thing move in circles. I reckon everyone down the trails is pretty much dressed how me and my buddies were at that gig all those years ago. I wish I’d kept the shirts.

There’s more info about that video on the WeThePeople site. Good to see some real BMX involvement rather than just media glory types.

loop de loop

I found this pretty cool article on Falcon Cycles site about some early bicycle stuntsmanship. I know us BMXers love this shit.  Check out the bikes on their site too. I want one bad

Best of luck to Toby and Jess who start their long journey to Morrocco tomorrow!  Fare well my friends! x

WESTON JAM POSTER

There’s a skate / BMX jam happening down in Weston-s-Mare on Saturday 6th June (09). Get yourself down there for some wheely good fun, hah. There should be some trails running for those of you who like mud.  For more info

On June 6th Toby Forte and Jess Jackman will be setting off from Devon, UK on an epic cycling adventure to Morocco, North Africa. They will be navigating their way and carrying all their equipment, whilst covering an average of 75 miles per day.

The aim of the challenge is to raise funds and awareness for two very worthy causes… Read more… »

Toby forte - Decoy - By Lee Skinner

Toby (Forte) spent the weekend back in his motherland of Devon over Easter. Local dude Lee Skinner took these beaut shots of Tobs at Decoy Read more… »

Continuing the woodland animal theme, I went to see my friend China Mike’s solo show at the “A Friend And Co” gallery in bristol on Thursday. Read more… »

Freddie with Chicken leg

Had a real good week of digging, riding, some drinking and some art shows. Aces…… Read more… »

Call me emotional but I cant stop listening to Natasha Khan’s (Bat For Lashes) latest single. So good. The album is out next week and we’re going to see her live in Bristol on the 15th, stoked.

Daniel – Bat For Lashes

I know the link to BMX is tenuous, but a few people you might know appear in her old video for “Whats a girl to do?”. Sweet

What’s a Girl To Do – Bat For Lashes

You know about Spike Jonze and BMX right?

Well that aside, he’s directed a full length feature film. I think its likely to be amazing. The trailer looks cool. So its a kids film……hey I watch kids films when they’re good!

Shanaze Reade is a hot topic at our trails right now, especially after meeting her randomly in the pub last weekend. She did super good in the track champs yesterday  and took a silver. Ave it. Lookin forward to seeing her in Bicycle Motocross action over the summer. Well done Shanaze. Champ.