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Two Things

  1. In a moment of zen that sadly wasn't filmed, Tots' forks snapped in half today at King. As in, like, complete separation of the steerer tube from the fork legs. Nice work, Eastern!
  2. There's going to be a BBQ at Stonegate around noon on Wednesday, put on by Cookie and David Urbieta. According to Caveman and Packer, "noon" actually means "two-thirty."

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There's going to be a going-away session for Cole at Cunningham this Sunday. Cole is moving to Daytona Beach, Florida to go to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as an astronautical engineering major. So, since this will probably be your last chance to see him for the next few years, you should make sure to come out.

All sorts of stuff...

Upcoming events:

Aug 23: 1st Annual NorCal Classic, Santa Clara PAL
Aug 23: Double Ditch Jam, Alburqurque

Kurtis Elwell interview: Lotek. These Days trailer, with Kevin Kiraly and Justin Burns: DefGrip. New photos, including some classic shots of Vince "V-Dogg" Torres and some flatlanding, courtesy of Dion:

thumb Joey Chernoff, invert. Photo: Dan Khataevich
thumb Joey Chernoff, footjam on a 6' spine. Photo: Dan Khataevich
thumb Elliot Negron, turndown. Photo: Cody Brown
thumb V-Dogg, cancan air. 1996. Photo: ?
thumb V-Dogg, lookback. 1987. Photo: ?
thumb V-Dogg, table air. 1985. Photo: ?
thumb V-Dogg, no-footer. 1985. Photo: ?
thumb V-Dogg, table in Foster City. 1985. Photo: ?
thumb Dion Dangzalan, FW steamroller-to-funky chicken. Photo: ?
thumb Ying, FW steamroller-to-juggler-to-hitchhiker-to-half-whopper. Photo: ?
thumb Ying, same move, different angle. Photo: ?
thumb Ying, one-handed hang-ten. Photo: ?
thumb Bottle, FW Karl Kruzer-to-hitchhiker. Photo: ?
thumb Jason, BW hitchhiker. Photo: ?
thumb Chris, fire hydrant-to-multiple whiplashes. Photo: ?

Since some people are probably wondering what the deal with the flatland shots is, here's what Dion from Two Wheel Life had to say: Mutt and I are trying to start up the Bay Area flatland scene again (outside of the Clocktower) where we call all flat riders once a month to jam a little. Our sessions are the first Sunday of every month at the BBT (Big Black Top) on the corner of James Ave and Redwood Rd in Castro Valley. We start at 3:00PM and end in the evening. For more information, any flatland rider can email me or can catch me sessioning at the parking lot of Leland High in Almaden/San Jose, most afternoons. Thanks!

The Grapes of Wrath

There's going to be another old-school BBQ out at Calabazas on Saturday the 16th. Hopefully it'll be riding decently by then, because I headed out on there on Saturday and, to put it frankly, Steinbeck easily could've written a mini-novella about the Dustbowl.

On another note...