Author: JBall

Fixed Gear Historian

“My Life Is Back On Trick” Entries

Simple & Superb is hosting an online video contest for the Taiwan FGFS population in order to help promote the sport in the country a bit. Here’s a couple entries I came across that are pretty sick. Only two days left to submit if you’re in Taiwan!

Wonder Wu:

Proud Cat:

https://vimeo.com/111386305

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Harness The Gnarness | Official Flyer + Video

Here’s a sick little promo that Matt Reyes and Ed Wonka put together in order to promote the competition going down in Oakland next weekend on 11/16.

https://vimeo.com/111501335

Details :

Meet upMadison Park (Lake Merritt Bart Station)
Sunday – November 16th 2014
Time – 12PM Noon

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Potential | Aaron Keokham, Riga Raw, Chainminator MY Team

Here’s a few videos I found of some dudes who have some serious potential.

Aaron Keokham with a parking lot solo dolo of him dialing in some tricks. Homie’s been busy with school so it’s good to see he’s still finding time to ride.

Riga Raw is a compilation of a crew out of somewhere in Europe at one of their comps I posted a little while ago along with some street clips and partying. Pretty sick.

I’ve never heard of Chainminator MY, but it looks like they’re forming a little team and added some dudes with some skills for sure.

Norazlan Aziz going in. Also doin’ it for Proto Retention System.

Arif Safuan with a dialed fakie wheelie.

WOLF DRAWN | NOT A STREET EDIT

Whenever you see a new Wolf Drawn video up, you know it’s gonna be good. Here’s a bunch of skatepark clips from the whole crew. Watch as Elliott, Matt, Pissy, Penrose, and Riceboy slay a ton of different parks. Matt always coming through with the smooth flowing lines, Elliott coming in with really difficult tricks as always, Corey taking on parks in unconventional ways, and small appearances from Penrose and Robert. So sick, totally killed it.

BLISSTAPE V.2

Corey San Agustin just dropped the second installment of “Blisstapes”. These have yet to disappoint. So many solid iPhone clips from such a variety of riders with different styles makes for a really entertaining edit to watch a few times over. Too much pegless sickness going on in here. Soundtrack on point too. If you missed the first one, check it out here!

CSK Jam

Well, the CSK Jam went off on Sunday, to say the least. So many FGFS dudes showed up from all over LA and more. It was easily one of the sickest FGFS events ever. The vibes were great, the riding was intense, and spirits were high. Huge shout out to Jacob Ruff and Matt Spencer for organizing such a great event. Fixed gear freestyle is alive and well in southern California. Ratpack Lucas was there capturing the whole event, so I’m very excited to see how it comes together.

This was the only picture I managed to get while we were at the first spot, and to give you an idea of how many people showed up, there were still a ton of kids that were out of frame.

Results:

1st Place Pro: Johnathan Ball

1st Place Am: Jordan Ramos

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The East | Tom LaMarche

Tom Briggs with Skitch just released this new-old stock video of Tom in Toronto and Philly. Even though the footage is from 2012, it still has some insane stuff in here. The nosie down the big stairset and the other nose down the long 3 block were some stand outs for sure. Check this out. Beautifully shot by Tom Briggs as well.