Yesterday marked a few firsts for me. It was the first time I had ridden my fixed freestyle bike since October. After moving to Austin, I've been eying up so many spots and a riding with Tony Fast last week got me pumped to get on the bike again. With the new Mishka Milwaukee Bruiser all built up, AJ Austin and I went riding. AJ's a fun dude to ride with. Super supportive and outgoing. We had a blast yesterday.
Check out nine more photos below.
As I mentioned, I'm a bit embarrassed to even post this photo. First, the air isn't big and AJ didn't catch the x-up clicked all the way. But for me, this is what riding is all about: having fun. It felt great to get back on the bike.
It was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm. AJ was in a great mood and he didn't even mention weird government conspiracy theories once!
Still not clicked all the way but it's a little higher. I gotta commend AJ on his photography skills. It's not easy catching clicked x-ups. I kept hitting the inside of my foot on these and it was the first time that I really "felt it". Landing with my ribs hitting my saddle on the dirt made me stoked to be pushing myself.
AJ was blasting outta this thing! I've got a way to go before I get these.
The whole time, this homeless gentleman named Gregory was talking to us. He offered to take our photo for $3.50 and we obliged. He even showed us his ID, stating that it was close to his birthday.
This was the photo he took of us. I had to crop about 75% of the sky out. Hah.
From there we rolled around east Austin and I hit this wallride I was wanting to blast. I love doing this kinda shit.
From there, AJ wanted to pedal grind the ledges at the Mexican-American Cultural Center.
And the light was so perfect, that I asked him to bar off the ledge. I don't think I coulda caught it at a better moment!
With this post, I'm marking my return to thrashing around on my fixed freestyle. You guys can stop the snarky comments, saying I "quit" or am "too cool" for it. I just needed some time off to let my body heal and now I feel better than ever!
Thanks to Tony, AJ, Puckett and all the other people in the Sweathogs for keeping FGFS fun! Check out more photos on my Flickr!
Comments
When are you going to make a trip down to houston to ride some street?
Posted by: Josh | January 23, 2011 7:36 PM
Finally. Good to see you riding again prolls. Your making us old guys feel less old.
Posted by: Jay | January 23, 2011 8:29 PM
That is won sharp bruiser man! I remember seeing a solid video of you in the days of New York, some solid riding in the video but you popped a tire i think. I can't find that video for nothing now, got a link maybe?
Posted by: Fredrick | January 23, 2011 9:05 PM
Stoked to see you riding walls again.
Posted by: slum | January 23, 2011 11:41 PM
Mad props. Riding your bike is about having fun, strictly. One of the best posts I've seen on your blog.
Posted by: Chip | January 24, 2011 9:12 AM
my favorite a day in 10 photos post so far.
nothing like having a lil session with good people and snapping some shots.
fun!
Posted by: Vas | January 24, 2011 9:41 AM
you may find x-ups easier turning towards the back foot.
i learnt them this way years back (bmx) and can get them 270 clicked in bunnyhops no problems. never tried it on a fgfs bike, but on my xc bike its (almost) as easy.
Posted by: rob | January 24, 2011 9:54 AM
I put that ramp on the ledge you get more boost. let me know if you wanna see pics of that. i have some of Leo and i.
Posted by: Emil | January 24, 2011 10:50 AM
Emil,
Yeah! Email me a link! I wanna check it out.
Posted by: prolly | January 24, 2011 1:09 PM
Nice to see that Mishka Bruiser built up, it looks sick. Oh and props for the Skeletonwitch shirt. Those guys live right down the street from me lol.
Posted by: Ryan | January 24, 2011 2:51 PM