Lucas, License To Drive, and most well known, LOST BOYS. Most who read this were not born yet when some of these gems were born. Just another story of struggle, heart break, tallied and totalled by tragedy. Guy was so deep into his own demons that he became comfortable with awaiting his own death. A fucking overdose most likely not on purpose. Makes me think of drug fuckups such as Miles Davis, Layne Stanley, or River Phoenix. Each time you do a little more chasing how it felt the first time is the usual norm. From teen heart throbbb to permanent mud bog.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.

“As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees,” Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. His mother called paramedics.

An autopsy will determine Haim’s cause of death. There was no evidence of foul play, police Sgt. Michael Kammert said.

Haim, who gained attention for his roles in “Lucas” and “The Lost Boys,” had flulike symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications, police Sgt. William Mann said.

In Memoriam: View photos of Corey Haim throughout his career

“He could have succumbed to whatever (illness) he had or it could have been drugs,” Mann said. “He has had a drug problem in the past.”

 Haim was taken by ambulance to the hospital from an apartment in Los Angeles near Burbank.

Haim acknowledged his struggle with drug abuse to a British tabloid in 2004.

“I was working on ‘Lost Boys’ when I smoked my first joint,” he told The Sun. “I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack.”

Haim said he went into rehabilitation and was put on prescription drugs. He took stimulants and sedatives.

“I started on the downers, which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck,” he said.

In 2007, he told ABC’s “Nightline” that drugs hurt his career.

“I wasn’t functional enough to work for anybody, even myself. I wasn’t working,” he said.

More: Stars tweet about Corey Haim’s death

The Toronto-born actor got his start in television commercials at 10 and earned a good reputation for his work in such films as 1985’s “Murphy’s Romance” and his portrayal of Liza Minnelli’s dying son in the 1985 television film “A Time to Live.”

His career peaked when he became a heartthrob with his roles in the 1986 movie “Lucas” and “The Lost Boys” in 1987 in which he battled vampires.

In later years, he made a few TV appearances and had several direct-to-video movies. He also had a handful of recent movies that have not yet been released.

In 1997, Haim filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing debts for medical expenses and more than $200,000 in state and federal taxes.

His assets included a few thousand dollars in cash, clothing and royalty rights.

In recent years, he appeared in the A&E reality TV show “The Two Coreys” with his friend Corey Feldman. It was canceled in 2008 after two seasons. Feldman later said Haim’s drug abuse strained their working and personal relationships.

In a 2007 interview on CNN’s “Larry King Live,” Haim called himself “a chronic relapser for the rest of my life.”

If you are reading this, then surely you read the home page and saw that Hawaii Taylor, who I do not personally know, got his bike back thanks to Dale (also whom I don’t know). Taylor, I would suggest taking Dale to dinner, or buying him a beer, a spliff, or just “I owe you a favor when you need it” type of deal for this great deed.

For what has been a Backtrail day for me soo far, this news has lifted my spirits, and I would hope anyone else that has had a bike stolen from them. Now Dale you could be a total D-bag and here I am praising you, but I will take the high road on this one and go with the masses. So with that being said, I here by proclaim that today 3/9/10 is Dale Ollison day. Which means jack shit, but if felt good saying that. I will forever uphold your name because I have had 5 bikes stolen in my career and it is the worst fucking thing. Totally sucks, since these things are not cheap. 2 at the same time once even.

Now lets talk about PROSECUTION! If there was a police report open, then the cops could arrest Evan for this and maybe he would see that there are consequences to his actions. I’m just saying lets finish this thing and bring the guilty to justice. Apprehend the suspects so order can be restored. I watch a lot of “COPS” by the way! We as riders have to understand that dudes want our bikes, or they have a friend that does. Locking them up does not even guarantee their safety. I litterally do not let mine out of sight period. If a store will not let you bring your bike in, go somewhere else, or ask them if their store will pay for your bike then once it gets stolen because they would not let you bring it in. That one has not worked for me yet, but if you find a taker, get that in writing. Nonethe less, Taylor, go RIDE and give praise to Dale for keeping your streak alive.

Peace and love.

Apparently there are plenty of riders that would love to squash this bitch. If someone has a picture, please send it to SJBMX for processing. Call

or 510-421-1324 to try and find him. A police report needs to be filed since there are pictures of the bike and credible people that could help in getting the bike back. Oakland PD should be contacted just so this is on file and the bike will have “Stolen” status.  Lets have a group effort of trying to get this bike back. If we fuck this guys world up, maybe the word will get around a little and stop the next asshole from stealing the next bike.

This guys steals bikes and has NO RESPECT. Do someone else a favor and call him and tell him what a bitch he is!!!!

Evan if you read this, watch your back, every guy who rides will know of you and I hope something bad happens to you, and that you get tea-bagged by the owner of the bike you stole you bitch! Right now an army of haters is assembling to wage war on your ass.

Photo would have looked better if I set my beer down.

The Dew Tour came to San Jose for 2 years and I have plenty of pictures and stories to go with it. I guess I should mention that INSANE riding went down at both events. Got to spend a lot of time with Kagy and rebuild bridges I had burnt with him. More specifically going to a Huck Jam there with some members of R.O.G. Passed out for most of the show, woke up to go backstage to meet the stars. Saw Kevin Robinson and decided to show him some of my muscle poses which did not fair well for me. Kevin could have just tied me in a knot but he tolerated me, and Chad did not speak to me for years. Well since then, I mended fences with K.Rob and Chad, and things are ok there. I think Chad will start catching Jamie, torch will have to be passed sometime.

Peace

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to BEERMAN for graduating college!!!! Can’t say enough how much of an accomplishment that is. I am still just a few classes short of a degree spread out over 3 schools but never finished. So if you see him, shake his hand, or the left one since he can’t jack off or play chess with the right hand. CONGRATS BEERONIUS!!!!! I known a lot of people who have done just that, but most of them are assholes though.

Congrats to Old School Joe for reaching the 1 year mark of fatherhood. Cannot be easy being a parent in these times. Keep it up Joe, as you are secretly inspiring others to do the scariest thing in the world.

Gooooood session at Cunningham last night. New changing of the guard as far as who is in charge. Pegs and bowls were relaxed last night, but they are both still forbidden. Cody “you got any bowls?” Brown was there and we sessioned a little. He awarded himself with a wallride on the back of the thimble right back into the bowl clean. I’d rather watch him do that then have him throw eggs at my truck. CAM CAM CAM is all I can say. His bike is super backtrail lately and God only knows what can of whoop as he will open on a newer, lighter steed. All I can say is BAR-to-Xup over the spine, and a DOUBLE BAR over that little tiny spine, rediculous. Shea and Tony were out as well, Shea may have the best upside down lines in the Tweeker bowl. Tony had a nice Bar-to-manual accross the roll in with ease. Sharks came from 1-2 deficit and ended up beating Montreal 3-2!

Peace

Have lots of BMX archives and a laziness that is strong. Finally working again is amazing since I have not worked since July 1st of last year. Thats a long fucking time to live frugal and not go anywhere because you are constantly watching your money spending. My thanks to unemployment, after paying into it for over a decade, I got to use it for what it was intended for. Lots of riding all over the bay, crazyness all over. Not much to report but keeping it real, real focused. Recently my better half and I spent some time at Craig Hoffman’s to watch some Howard Stern TV. We were watching a contest between Jason Ellis (famous old school Vert skater who also has a show on Sirius radio now), and Sal the Stock Broker. Since both of these guys are uncircumsized, they were seeing how many M&Ms they could fit in their foreskin. Yep, no shit, don’t know what to say about it, except I was laughing and cringeing at the same time, good interview as well, Ellis is always gold. Some pics regarding riding here may be much older than others. I have heard a lot of contests riders complain about how the same tricks are starting to show up everytime just in a different order. I agree, there is very little originality in the Dew Tour, or what ever contest is on TV. Nyquist, Mirra, Aitken, Bohen, just some that keep it original. Either way I just love watching dudes kill it. God only knows what tricks will go down this year. Old men gathering approaches, can’t wait. These pics were from the MOST FUN Birthday I may have ever been to. Weekend with some real legends, good times, lots of shit I would never write here, but gettting invited I am eternally grateful, and hanging out in a hotel room with Ron W, “The CONDOR”, Bubba, Scar, Volker, Blyther, I felt like a kid in a candy storm. Guess you just had to be there. Legendary riding, especially a freestyle bicycle boogie that happened in the bar, in the main lodge that night that Dave Nourie fucking shut down, shit went on for like 30minutes!!!

Peace

Simon Tabron, traveled over 20feet here getting speed for BIG ally540.

This is the famous video that Gary made for his girlfriend that is played over the air everyonce in a while when you really just have no balls left.

You are definitely not if you ride rails in which there are quite a few going. From here to there, there being south, but there are new revamped ones that are by a certain ghetto Taco Bell which so happens to be by where I bought my first 12 pack and so forth. Point is if you want to ride some, you can get to them but you have to ride where “those people” ride and then befriend them and understand that if you are welcomed there, make sure touching your bike is the last thing you do. If you got huge fucking Cecil-knobbies on, I can think of a group of riders that would rather just you run a different tire that doesn’t create moto ruts when you even tap the breaks let alone really grabbing them because your about to die. Fix your divets, respect trail authorita. Saw Tony Campos and Sheaquist out at Cunny recently. Those guys rode everything and mostly the Tweeker bowl in the back which NO BIKES CAN RIDE AGAIN now for some reason, and if you want a little more all over your fizzzace, NO PEGS. Not sure why, employees are trying to enforce it. No matter how they cum across, remember they are just doing what they are told I guess. The length of their hair indicates the amount of coolness that resides in them, length remember that. So Tony and Shea were ripping and Shea was riding on the pool coping up and over the clamshell, it can and has been done. Ryan has done it and Gomar and possibly Nawg. Super hairy and sketchy looking. Speaking of Gomar, he rode over it and on the way down dropped to feeble by choice, chance it was sick all the way back into the bowl. Gomar is currently in contest form and has more lines in that place than anyone. Thursday Shea and Gomar were doing wallrides on the pipe out of the square bowl. No one has pulled back in yet, but Shea’s tire marks are the highest on there not to mention the line he takes to get there. Beauty in Shea’s riding is the lines he takes, and you don’t know what he will do next. Gomar knocked himself out cold on Thursday in the Square bowl via footjam, front tire hang. Flipped over hard and actually hit the back of his shoulder on the crete first, now picture that if you can. Walked away, but sexual confused now possibly. Cam broke and set many height records on numerous hits at Cunningham pretty much in one session. Including a bar spin over the littleshit spine at close to 6 feet above coping, biggest transfers yet from the “back bowl into the tweeker bowl”, big 270’s over the hip/rollin, and huge spine blasts from the pool coping side into the back bowl steel coping side at 6+. I guarantee everyone has looked, no one has even tried I bet, and Cam makes it look like hoping up a curb. Rode Scars the other day with a few and the ramp is still really good. Cam did a bunch of shit, Matasich busted a super clean stalled out 540 on Dennis Anderson’s tires, SW1, not Marlon Wayans was training for Triathalons, Scar is looking like he is used to his new bike, yes another one, I suck, good session. Olympics is the shit right now and have a feeling that next games will not be as brutal as these. Watch any of the men/women downhill,super G, combined, slalom, skier cross, boarder cross, snowboarding, this games athletes are fucking killing it, and getting broke off too. Shawn White won with his shitty run and is truly skilled for still throwing that Whitespin on that last hit. Anything on ice, oh but I guess I’m gay for actually liking ice skating.

UPDATED: 5:53p ET – 2/22/2010

2010 Standings by Nation

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With the whole Cunningham thing, if you really want to do something about the bullshit, you have to get names and numbers of high ups there and protest, email or call and don’t sound like an asshole either. But citizens that are paying their good money to use the park and should be granted the same rights as skate boards like many other city parks in the bay area. If enough people did it, or voiced their frustration, something would have to happen if we did not go away. Night sessions are still going off and has been pretty good in terms of the lighting. Hardly any blindspots. Solid is in a new shop now, and are still selling bikes that are better than yours. They could also use help in marketing their shit because Solid is still run in a roots way, but that shit works, look at 2-Hip, but Ron is on his own level with that deal. Wilkerson is also killing the meanest bowl at that park because he still can. You can expect big things from the Birdwell camp such as actually riding a light bike for once, punching people, and getting kicked in the head a lot. Go out to Redwood city and Menlo and tell the cops that you support them, but not the city. Race gas is $6.06 a gallon in Campbell right now. If you are looking to buy a place, talk to Marlo. If you want a new bike talk to V-dogg and tell him you want the smashnuts treatment. Have another beer, coke, clap of the hands, slap on the ass, if you are tired of hearing Lil’ Elliot complain about his knee, sorry Elliot. If you need weed see Cody B on tha street if you can catch him. I tried to catch him once after he egged my truck and I wanted to physically really hurt him. I peddled as fast as I could up San Carlos trying to get him, but he pulled away on me because he was on some homo bike with gears and skinny tires, I forgot what they are called, strange because I ended up apologizing some time later, funny. Butthead’s guitar school is alive and literally rocking so if you are serious, or know a family member that wants a good teacher, hit up the “Chris Bryant Guitar School” in Las Gatos on Santa Cruz avenue.

Georgian luger told dad ‘I will either win or die’

TBILISI (AP) — The father of a Georgian luger killed during a training run at the Vancouver Olympics said Monday that his son worried the track was too dangerous, but insisted on competing because he had come to the games to try to win.

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“He told me: Dad, I really fear that curve,” David Kumaritashvili, a former Soviet-era luger, told The Associated Press at his home in the snow-covered slopes of Georgia’s top ski resort. He said the two spoke by phone shortly before the fatal run.

“I’m a former athlete myself, and I told him: ‘You just take a slower start,’” Kumaritashvili recalled. “But he responded: ‘Dad, what kind of thing you are teaching me? I have come to the Olympics to try to win.’”

Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, died during Friday practice when he lost control of his sled and slammed into a trackside steel pole at nearly 90 mph. After the crash, the poles were wrapped in padding and the course was altered to make it slower.

“He told me: I will either win or die,” the elder Kumaritashvili said, and then paused. “But that was youthful bravado, he couldn’t be seriously talking about death.”

The International Olympic Committee and luge officials have taken criticism for blaming the accident on Kumaritashvili’s failure to make tactical corrections during his run, and for saying they were changing the course not to make it safer but to soothe the emotions of the athletes.

Concerns about the course, the world’s fastest, had been raised for months. There were worries that the $100 million-plus venue was too technically demanding, and that only Canada’s sliders would have enough time to adapt to it in practice.

Nodar Kumaritashvili takes to the Whistler track during a training session on Friday. The Georgian slider fatally crashed on Curve 16.

“They tested that track on my son,” the elder Kumaritashvili, 46, said bitterly.

“My son was training since he was 14, he ran tracks in France, Austria and Canada, and he never suffered an injury,” he said. “He has passed through all stages of the World Cup and made it to the Olympics, he couldn’t have done that if he were an inexperienced athlete. Anyone can make mistake and break a leg or suffer some other injury. But to die!”

Kumaritashvili is to be buried in his hometown of Bukuriani, a small ski resort about 110 miles from Tbilisi, the capital of the former Soviet republic. His death has devastated the community, and a steady stream of neighbors and friends have been bringing flower sprays and condolences to his family.

Kumaritashvili’s body will leave Monday afternoon on a flight to Germany and will then be flown to Georgia for arrival early Wednesday, a senior Olympic official told The Associated Press. The official spoke anonymously because the plans were being kept private.

The luger was the pride of his hometown, where he was loved for his high spirits and generosity.

David Gureshidze, a 28-year-old friend, said that Nodar was loved by children of the village, and had taught many of them to ski.

“He spent most of his time abroad, but he would never miss a chance to visit home and would bring gifts to everyone,” Gureshidze said.

The Kumaritashvilis’ neighbor, Gogi Laliyev, said the athlete was fond of Laliyev’s 4-year old son and promised to bring him a toy rifle from Vancouver.

“We told the boy that Nodar won’t come back, and he asked why,” Laliyev said. “We said that he died and my son asked: ‘Won’t he come back to life?’ We said no, and he broke into tears.”

Life is fucking precious, makes me wonder why I am still here with some of the shit I have done. But learning from that shit keeps you from repeating it. Live and learn. Crab fishing is fucking nuts what those guys put up with for about 2months of work, with 20 hour days in 40foot swells with gale force winds that are constant. I watch the show and love it. This captain was the most interesting because he held nothing back and acted the same whether the camera was on or off his crew said. R.I.P.

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Captain of the Cornelia Marie

It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to our dad – Captain Phil Harris. Dad has always been a fighter and continued to be until the end. For us and the crew, he was someone who never backed down. We will remember and celebrate that strength. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and prayers. – Jake and Josh Harris

It is with tremendous sadness that I say goodbye to Phil Harris. Phil and I have been business partners and friends for nearly 20 years.  We have been through a lot of ups and downs together with the F/V Cornelia Marie. As a skipper, he was a great fisherman. He loved his family and cared for his crew. We will all miss him. – Cornelia Marie Devlin

Statement from Discovery – Discovery mourns the loss of dear friend and colleague Captain Phil Harris. He was more than someone on our television screen. Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him. We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart. We share our tremendous sadness over this loss with the millions of viewers who followed Phil’s every move. We send our thoughts and prayers to Phil’s sons Josh and Jake and the Cornelia Marie crew.

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Fatality At The Olympics

     I am one who gets gay for the Olympics, especially Winter. Ice Skating, Freestyle Skiing, Boarding, Speed Skating, and the gnarliest of all, Singles LUGE. I used to think rodeo riding was the craziest sport ever, but I have bumped it for luge. Reaching speeds of 90MPH+ !!! On ice with no brakes and no steering because the track steers you. The driver just tries to stay dead center while the G forces wage war against them. As fun and exciting the Olympics are, people can die. Don’t cancel the events, thats why its the worlds best. The remaining athletes of the Republic of Georgia are the real medalists. Just the fact that they still participated in the opening ceremonies is beyond me. Think of the life you led up to 21 years and then stop. Did you live enough or get it all in? FUCK NO, way to short. Kid got really squirrely at speed and the G forces took over acting like a vacuum sucking his body right out of the turn. The most brutal thing I have ever scene I think. They showed it a few times during the live broadcast and no one could survive coming to a dead stop from 80+MPH. He hit a solid structural pillar and never had a chance, sad thing is that he knew he most likely would not even do well. He apparently just wanted to compete for his country. R.I.P.

A real man, brave as fuck, only good intentions.

Nodar Kumaritashvili, a Georgian luger, has died from one of the most horrible accidents imaginable just hours before the official start of the Olympics. Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over a wall, and slammed into a metal support beam. Observers said his sled was traveling nearly 90 mph.

The 21-year-old was knocked unconscious, then immediately administered CPR and air-lifted to a Whistler hospital where he died. The 2010 Games would have been Kumaritashvili’s first Olympics.

Kumaritashvili’s crash occurred at the fastest part of the track, which steeply declines for 152 meters, making it the world’s longest luge drop. This is the third crash there in the last two days. Earlier on Friday, defending gold medalist Armin Zoeggeler of Italy lost control but suffered no injuries. On Thursday, female Romanian luger Violeta Stramaturaru crashed and was air-lifted from the track. Her injuries are not considered serious.

Our prayers and condolences go out to Nodar Kumaritashvili’s family.

If someone would have told me 5 years ago that I would be sitting in my house with Cam anxiously waiting for American Idol to come on, I would have thought that I could not be drunk enough. Well nothing could be further from the truth because there we were. Riding is going off, everyone is going off. Starting work tomorrow and shit is looking up for this creature. You just have to be patient and constantly look for the postive things day to day and not let the past be a burden on you. If you can’t let go of what has already happened, you will never move forward in this life. Mark my words, “we” will live to see some horrific shit in our lives. Things our parents could never imagine. Its up to us to steer through.

Peace,
Damian