I have made the switch to tumblr.. It's great, and a much better fit for me. I'm trying to move this blog forward in Charleston. I have lost the support of some close friends along the way, but it wouldn't be life without mistakes along the way. Anyway, the new address is workingthephotos.tumblr.com. Check it out; drop a comment or two.
--Roach
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
This week
is exam week here at College of Charleston, so I apologize for not keeping this as udated as I would like...soon enough this week (and the first couple of next week) will pass, and I can relax back home in charlotte hopefully clocking lots of saddle time.
To all who are in the same boat with exams, goodluck. When you get stressed out, because you know you will, ride your bike. Even if it's just for thirty minutes or so, do it; you will feel much much better afterwords. Anyway, goodluck with your studies and you will be hearing from me soon.
--Roach
To all who are in the same boat with exams, goodluck. When you get stressed out, because you know you will, ride your bike. Even if it's just for thirty minutes or so, do it; you will feel much much better afterwords. Anyway, goodluck with your studies and you will be hearing from me soon.
--Roach
Monday, November 30, 2009
Thinking about..
..making the switch to tumblr. I'll keep you updated on the possible switch, and i'll try to keep my links up in the process. Thanks for the support.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Mike C. is legit
Michael Chacon from Danny Puckett on Vimeo.
What the hell? This kid is on his game; fucking Ryan Sheckler of track bikes.
week 16
Turning Tricks - Week 16 from KrEEEstowfUr on Vimeo.
What Chris is doing here truly inspires me. Every week, he sets out to learn a new, different trick on his bike. Starting from humble beginings, Chris has really stepped up his game. If you haven't heard of him yet, peep him on his vimeo page; you won't regret it.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Brutal Hardcourt
Mr Hunter Goes to Columbia from Mr.Do on Vimeo.
We need this in Charleston stat. There's no way around it. This is sick. Found here.
Mr. Samford is getting a new whip
KILROY - Teaser I of IV from Gorilla Bicycles on Vimeo.
These new GOrilla frames are nasty. Ben will be getting his early February when he makes the move to Brooklyn, if all goes well. We've all seen Wonka trash them, so it is apparent that they can hold up to some abuse.. Check them out soon on Gorilla's website
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Alleycat
Although it got shut down about an hour into it, this thing was absolutely crazy and I believe we all straight threw the city off it's rocker.
We had guys in attendance from Charlotte, NC all the way down to Hotlanta and from everywhere in-between.
I think in total there were eleven teams of up to nine guys, so probably around 100 people
This race was full of crazy reckless antics, but who doesn't love dodging roman candles shot down the street in one of america's most historic cities?
Rumor has it that two people got arrested for the fireworks/open containers charges, two other people ended up in the hospital, one girl got hit by a car, and I talked to at least 6 people who said they crashed somehow. I actually crashed as well, full speed, t-bone style into Zach. I shoulder-checked the asphalt and it left me with a blown out front tire and some sweet road rash on my knee; Zach knocked his hip pretty good and twisted his fork. But all that aside, here's a fact: the police station received 17 complaints in a 20 minute time period; like I said, we did some work..
The trick to this particular race was splitting your guys into multiple teams so you could get shit done on multiple fronts.
After the St. Phillips cemetery checkpoint, which was a full-team checkpoint, we sent one of our guys, Kip, on a obscure photo mission all the way to James Island for 150 points, while another two man team, with columbia local Nate Puza, focused on the close photo missions. Nate's two man team scored 430 points on photos alone before the race got called. Another one of our guys collected 55 to-go menus from the local spots for the most to-go menu challenge, beat that. Zach Mallard, Pete, and myself ran the actual checkpoints race and made it through to the Eastbay Playground checkpoint, and actually won the Wheel of Death competition with 15 laps just before it got called. I think the general consensus of everyone in the end was that we wanted to finish out the race, regardless of the negative police interaction.
But reluctantly, we all said screw it and just went to the after party at Ed's place. Overall the party was pretty fun. I got the feeling that a lot of the racers didn't end up showing, but it's cool, we still burned threw three kegs. At nine, we headed across the street from Ed's for some sprints. The sprints were going off pretty good; in one of the heats, the guys from Charlotte took first, second, and third out of five. I got a bad start in my heat, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise cause around the second turn of the mile loop the guy two riders in front of me got nailed by a car that blew through a yield sign. His name is Nate, and he's from columbia. He's going to be alright, but the paramedics that came to the scene said he might have a concussion and some possible back damage. After all that, we basically put an end to the nights events and went back to the party to give out all the schwagg raffle style and have a beer in honor of Nate. The DJ was happening for sure, the only downside was that he was upstairs in some backroom; so for all the party people outside, you couldn't really feel the music, but apparently the neighbors could because when eleven 'oclock rolled around, so did the cops. They shut down both the ride and the party that night, bastards. So the raffles were cut short, but word from Mr. Samford is that the rest of the kit WILL be raffled off by the spokecard numbers and people will be notified via internet if they win...So good luck to everyone, see you all at the next race.
roach
We had guys in attendance from Charlotte, NC all the way down to Hotlanta and from everywhere in-between.
I think in total there were eleven teams of up to nine guys, so probably around 100 people
This race was full of crazy reckless antics, but who doesn't love dodging roman candles shot down the street in one of america's most historic cities?
Rumor has it that two people got arrested for the fireworks/open containers charges, two other people ended up in the hospital, one girl got hit by a car, and I talked to at least 6 people who said they crashed somehow. I actually crashed as well, full speed, t-bone style into Zach. I shoulder-checked the asphalt and it left me with a blown out front tire and some sweet road rash on my knee; Zach knocked his hip pretty good and twisted his fork. But all that aside, here's a fact: the police station received 17 complaints in a 20 minute time period; like I said, we did some work..
The trick to this particular race was splitting your guys into multiple teams so you could get shit done on multiple fronts.
After the St. Phillips cemetery checkpoint, which was a full-team checkpoint, we sent one of our guys, Kip, on a obscure photo mission all the way to James Island for 150 points, while another two man team, with columbia local Nate Puza, focused on the close photo missions. Nate's two man team scored 430 points on photos alone before the race got called. Another one of our guys collected 55 to-go menus from the local spots for the most to-go menu challenge, beat that. Zach Mallard, Pete, and myself ran the actual checkpoints race and made it through to the Eastbay Playground checkpoint, and actually won the Wheel of Death competition with 15 laps just before it got called. I think the general consensus of everyone in the end was that we wanted to finish out the race, regardless of the negative police interaction.
But reluctantly, we all said screw it and just went to the after party at Ed's place. Overall the party was pretty fun. I got the feeling that a lot of the racers didn't end up showing, but it's cool, we still burned threw three kegs. At nine, we headed across the street from Ed's for some sprints. The sprints were going off pretty good; in one of the heats, the guys from Charlotte took first, second, and third out of five. I got a bad start in my heat, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise cause around the second turn of the mile loop the guy two riders in front of me got nailed by a car that blew through a yield sign. His name is Nate, and he's from columbia. He's going to be alright, but the paramedics that came to the scene said he might have a concussion and some possible back damage. After all that, we basically put an end to the nights events and went back to the party to give out all the schwagg raffle style and have a beer in honor of Nate. The DJ was happening for sure, the only downside was that he was upstairs in some backroom; so for all the party people outside, you couldn't really feel the music, but apparently the neighbors could because when eleven 'oclock rolled around, so did the cops. They shut down both the ride and the party that night, bastards. So the raffles were cut short, but word from Mr. Samford is that the rest of the kit WILL be raffled off by the spokecard numbers and people will be notified via internet if they win...So good luck to everyone, see you all at the next race.
roach
Saturday, October 24, 2009
TODAY IS THE DAY
Here's the youtube playlist for the full movie...
watch it!
Race is at 5pm on the corner of king@calhoun
see you there
watch it!
Race is at 5pm on the corner of king@calhoun
see you there
Thursday, October 15, 2009
I am
feeling like a total slackass for not keeping this updated as often as I feel I should..
School has really been kicking me around lately...
I promise to get back on it..
here's a video to make you laugh..
School has really been kicking me around lately...
I promise to get back on it..
here's a video to make you laugh..
Thursday, October 1, 2009
This is the CamperBike project, built in April 2008. It is now the main focus in multiple art pieces..
more info here
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Charleston <3's Bike Polo
I was hanging out with Ben last night; we met up and I got to shoot a couple of polo matches, and there was this bad wreck..
But everyone was fine...so here's some more shots
But everyone was fine...so here's some more shots
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
WARRIORS ALLEYCAT
So...This sounds an awful lot like Ben's idea...
Interesting..
Interesting..
The Warriors Race from morehartfilms on Vimeo.
pics
Shortly of my new ride...Me and my friend Ben at the Charleston bike shop will be finishing it up on friday...
...Hopefully later in the week I will get some pics up of our local bike polo scene..
stay up
...Hopefully later in the week I will get some pics up of our local bike polo scene..
stay up
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