The NW Kids

Patterson Mountain camping trip

2011-05-14T20:44:00.000-07:00

Went camping up on Patterson Mountain last night. We went up to see how the snow line was looking, and hopefully get some runs in on one of our favorite trails but it looks like we got a couple weeks til the snow will melt enough. We quickly decided on a different camp site and spent he weekend hitting another awesome trail on the other side of the mtn, and breaking a buddy in to mountain biking in the NW.

Chris, Kenny, John, Basil and I had a great time relaxin, eatin some bomb camp food and riding Hardesty for the first time this year. With quite a few down trees, and our saw left at home we spent a little more time than anticipated climbing over debris but still had a blast and got some great pics over the last couple days. Enjoy!

Thanks for the great time guys, lets do it again soon!

Roots Racing/ Crawfish

2011-05-02T21:07:00.001-07:00

Its on!

2011-04-25T15:18:00.002-07:00

Racing season has begun! The first round of the NWcup and the Pro GRT series was in Port Angeles, WA a few weeks ago. The Roots Racing team (Jack Hill and Rhys Ewing) along with the support/media gang (Tyson Copeland, Colin McCarthy and myself) cruised on up to try out the new bikes. The weekend was amazing, as expected, with Rhys missing the podium by 1 place and great times all around! Tyson threw a couple great edits together from all the footage we got, so without further adew, here they are

NWcup proGRT 2011 with Andrew Neethling, Danny Hart and a few more pros on pinkbike.com

Roots racing Team proGRT round 1 on pinkbike.com

And if that wasnt exciting enough, the first round of the UCI world cup DH series kicked off sunday in South Africa and marked a huge day for America! Aaron gwin slayed the course and came down nearly 7 seconds quicker than Steve Peat. With a few riders left, Minaar gave it his all and still came up .2 sec short. Mik even tore his bars off his bike with the raw power he was putting down, taking him out of the running. Aaron Gwin won the first world cup for america in 13 years (Myles Rockwell I think), while securing his first ever world cup win after only four years of mountain biking. Long story short, Aaron Gwin is absolutely nuts fast and now with the support of one of the largest cycling companies out there he is going to start his worldwide takeover. heres a preview.
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Its on!

2011-04-25T15:18:00.001-07:00

First Reel and more inspiration

2011-03-10T22:16:00.000-08:00

Ive been wanting to get together a bunch of my favorite shots from recent years, finally sat down and put the time in. Im not easily inspired, believe you, me. Im just seeing some good stuff these days, and that slalom track is at the top of the list.

Inspiration

2011-03-04T18:53:00.000-08:00

Recently got my accordion back, I'm gonna go play it.

Finally pt 2

2011-02-09T21:55:00.000-08:00

Dirtmag has this up right now. Bryn is always fun to watch, but the US upen, mitch slappin his dome and Andrew Freakin Neethling! This video is awesome.
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diggin' update

2011-02-06T15:52:00.000-08:00

rhys and came helped me throw some dirt the other day out at the Island, the landing for the trick jump is comin along real nice! also I got a new hardtail frame waiting at the shop, but before I can pick it up I need to sell the Geekhouse frame w pivotal seat/post and FSA pig Headset $200 and im open to offers, so please dont hesitate if you are interested! 541 913-8693 or check it out on pinkbike here

STOLEN BIKE

2011-01-19T11:46:00.000-08:00

Be on the lookout everybody for this bike. It belonged to Colin, the winner of the Grassroots Racing's first race (and event orginizer), heres his post about it: This bike was stolen yesterday in Eugene, OR. 1/17/2011

Keep yr eyes peeled!

List of Parts on Stolen Giant Glory DH:
‘09 Glory DH frame. Size Large. Blue and black with white lettering. ‘08 Silver linkage.
Velcro chainstay protectors. Titanium Shock hardware. Rock Shox Maxle 12x150.
Fox DHX 5.0, 550lb black steel spring
Carbon Fiber Shock guard.

Cane Creek Zero-Stack 31/48 headset. Carbon fiber headset spacers.
Black headset compression cap.

Fox 40, ‘08 with white lowers and blue Fox stickers.

Sun EQ31 rims, black, on polished Sun hubs. Sapim laser spokes, black. Silver nipples.

Schwalbe Dirty Dan tires. Gooey Gluey compound.

Shimano Saint cranks. 170mm length.

Point One Racing, Podium pedals, black. Custom 6mm pins

E-thirteen 38t, Silver chainring

MRP System 3 Carbon chainguide. White rollers

Shimano Ultegra chain.

Shimano Ultegra cassette. 12-21 tooth custom 6 speed cassette.

Shimano Saint short cage rear derailleur.
Custom internal cable routing through swingarm.

Shimano XT shifter. Customized shifter paddles.

Shimano Saint disc brakes, ‘08, Grey. 204mm front rotor. 180mm rear.
Titanium rotor bolts
Custom internal hose routing through swingarm.

Spank 777 handlebars, polished silver.

Truvativ Holzfeller direct mount stem. 60mm length, black.

ODI Ruffian half-waffle, lock-on grips. Custom black collars reading “BONES”.

Thompson Elite seatpost, 350mm length. Black.

Thompson seatpost clamp

WTB Sliverado Ti, saddle. Black.

GrassRoots Racing!

2011-01-17T18:57:00.000-08:00

Colin and the Grassroots racing duders put on an awesome race yesterday out at Jim Gillettes. So much fun and mud! Tyson Copeland got a great little edit from a great little race in January! Colin ended up winning with his one run at the end of the day, and Johnny Rollin put me in back into third fastest time. Im stoked to be pumped and still picking mud out of my eyes haha Thanks Tyson for that banger, Austin for helping w timing and Colin for settin the whole thing

Guess what???!!!

2011-01-16T23:55:00.000-08:00

more videos. yelp, he hopped over that guy. akriggs gots skills, he went on to kill it in the final

HDR video/ insane timelapses

2011-01-13T00:22:00.000-08:00

Stumbled across this on vimeo. Amazing to say the least.

Astropolis Star Party Jodlow 2010 from Patryk Kizny on Vimeo.

Franks end of the season jam

2011-01-07T10:28:00.000-08:00

better late than never! haha finally got an edit im pretty happy with.

End of the Season Jam at Backwoods Trails from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

winter digging

2011-01-02T10:00:00.000-08:00

Last year Rhys and I had played with the idea of building a big, lofty trick jump w a huge landing. After lots of scoping out potential areas for a trick jump, I returned to the Island. coming back work on trails there is awesome. Lots of good memories and even just seeing how we "built" lines back in the day gives me a good laugh.

Workin by myself most of the time, its kinda slow going but im making some good progress. Ive built up a landing/ roll in for the jump by about 2 feet , and started clearing and shaping the runout into our jump. Im headin out there today for a few hours, and il try n grab some pics to share.

pratice makes perfect.. right?

2010-11-09T14:31:00.001-08:00

slider practice day from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Out of the Shadows

2010-11-06T23:36:00.000-07:00

I saw this a while ago over at www.Thecoastalcrew.blogspot.com, its got some great, creative shots and sounds like a great story . Check it out at www.dendritestudios.com

Out of the Shadows Trailer - 2010 HD Ski Film by Dendrite Studios from Dendrite Studios on Vimeo.

Fall is here

2010-10-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

Fall Timelapse '08 from MILapse on Vimeo.

NW

2010-09-19T14:36:00.001-07:00

Welcome To Jefferson State Trails Section from Marcus O'Brien | POWSBMX.COM on Vimeo.

Inspired Bikes

2010-09-14T11:49:00.000-07:00

From the people who brought you danny Macaskill.

World Championships 2010

2010-09-05T18:56:00.000-07:00

Was today, and our new Champion is... Sam Hill! what a comeback from destroying his shoulder early on in the season. I dont think anyone expected Hill to come back like he did after his perormance last weekend at the world cup final in Whindam, NY. (note it was the FIRST time the season final had been on us soil, ever. In fact it was the first world cup in the US since 2005 in Anglefire, NM.)
Monster Energy made a pretty clean sweep of worlds with Sam winning mens, and Troy Brosnan winning in jr.

Surprise #2, Steve Smith. 2ND! wow. It sounded like he's been tearing this track up this week but has been struggling on keeping it together all the way down the four and a half minute course. Steve was standing 12th in the overall but this will definatley bump him into top ten for the season!

Check Vitalmtb.com for full results. Heres a great video from Santa Cruz at Worlds 2010

If I could get a new Downhill Bike..

2010-09-03T23:38:00.001-07:00

Crankworx 2010

2010-08-17T13:12:00.000-07:00

Cameron Zink 2010 Crankworx Champion from Taylor Sage on Vimeo.

Cam qualified 1st at Crankworx CO, showing everyone what he is possible of. I dont think anyone really expected him to come out blazing in Canada and win the biggest slope comp of the year tho! Congrats to Cam Zink!! Once again proving injuries are only minor compared to the big accomplishments in life :)

Nike 6.0 Barcelona contest

2010-07-16T13:59:00.000-07:00

Nike 6.0 Standby Barcelona - 1st Place France from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

The wieners.

Nike 6.0 Standby Barcelona - 3rd Place USA from Nike 6.0 on Vimeo.

The Men.

Semenuk/Sage

2010-06-23T11:49:00.000-07:00

Killer combo.

Brandon Semenuk- 48 Hours in Chicago from Taylor Sage on Vimeo.

Oh Canada..

2010-06-14T09:13:00.000-07:00

why are you so awesome?

Whistler 2010 from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

The whole Eugene/Creswell crew made it up to Whistler for Jay's Bachelore party a couple weekends ago and managed to catch some of the racing action and some runs in with Jack and Rhys. Had my new GoPro Hero HD up there and passed it around for a few days, to document the semi-wet, fantastic weekend shredding. Enjoy!

Addition to the arsenal/ Ashland!

2010-05-16T23:31:00.000-07:00

HD camera test from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Yep, got me a GoPro Hero HD on friday. These cameras are nearly indestructable with the case on (as well as waterproof), not to mention the ridiculously clear and crisp HD footage it captures in a variety of resolutions. Did I mention it takes amazing time lapses? well it does, and I will share one soon.

Get more info at GoPro.com

Not only was there the first UCI world cup DH round today in Maribor, Slovenia, but the Spring Thaw was poppin off in Ashland, Oregon!

I heard great things from Ashland including a few more podiums for the Downhill Coaliton! Way to go everyone, Sounds like everyobody was killing it! Wonder if the new jerseys have anything to do with it...?

check out DirtMagazine for all things World cup recap!

GRT stills, well.. alright, they're decent

2010-04-30T23:45:00.000-07:00

Charlie here represented hard for TEAMROBOT, Evil Bikes National Team and AMERICA last weekend. lets just say, I could hear everyone chanting USA!USA!USA! at the finish while I was waaay up the hill.

Got through my cards from the weekend, picked out a bunch and posted em on flickr.

Some turned out rad, some not so much.. one things for sure. I need to use a flash hahaha

Pro GRT update

2010-04-29T19:38:00.001-07:00

Pro GRT #1 from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Easily one of the best races i've ever been to, and I didn't compete! The camera situation worked out perfectly, with Jeff Chillo steppin in and fronting me a second vx2100 for the weekend! so If you see Chillo, give him a pat on the back.

The Downhill Coalition was weak in attendance, but made up for it with Jack and Rhys steadily making their way up the Jr Ex class with 26th and 23rd places. Not too bad with stacked classes in Jr Ex and Pro! There seemed to abe a lot of folks who took their flyng misfortune as an opprotunity to check out some racing in the Pacific Northwest and nobody seemed disappointed.. Come to think of it, i've heard nothing but great reactions as far as the course and the GRT in general. Im makin my way through some photos from the weekend, Should have some up here soon!

Heres some results:

1 Bryn Atkinson

2 Justin Leov

3 Luke Strobel!

1 Tracey Moseley

2 Rachel Atherton

3 Jill Kintner

Check out the full results here

Its official

2010-04-22T10:54:00.000-07:00

Biking season is in full swing! with Jared graves winning the Sea Otter DH and teammate Aaron Gwinn in second both there and on the other hill during slalom finals, losing only to Sik Mik. Cant say any of this was really a surprise.. The surprise was the volcano in Iceland that convinced a lot of European world cup riders to make the short trip to Port Angeles, Washington this next weekend for the first Pro GRT!

This is probably the closest the NW will get to a World Cup so im extremely excited! Got some new toys for the cameras for the occaision and all.. so until the mega update next week, enjoy this Gem that made me want to ride my bike when I was 13 and still does after 11 years..

Sea Otter

2010-04-13T12:13:00.000-07:00

Is this weekend. Too bad I have to work, things like this are definately more the direction things need to keep going at sea otter Less ladder bridges and sustained sprints, more pumpin and flow! Good luck to all racers headin down there, especially Rhys and Jack representin the Downhill Coalition.

Next weekend, Pro GRT at Port Angeles.. Stay tuned.

Day bow bow

2010-04-06T01:08:00.000-07:00

chicka chi yeeeea.

That sums up my day. Ben and I shredded the bejesus outta blackrock, and im not gonna lie, it was marvelous. Didnt get greasy til the end of the day, towards the bottom of the hill. The race course from last years flow cup is revamped and riding uh-mazing, fast and with loads of flow. I really cant wait to ride it in the dry.. long story short, I definately got my shreddin fix this weekend. I felt great all day, did every little thing ive been thinking about over the winter, including keeping up with Ben Kubas for more than 30 seconds! got a few pics, il try n get em up soon.

I really need to ride some DH

2010-03-25T23:33:00.001-07:00

My Favourite Section of Trail from mtbville on Vimeo.

Harvest

2010-03-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

Looks like the jumps survived the "winter" great! Got to ride em a little with Tex and Sheldon on wednesday.

Oh Oregon..

2010-03-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

I missed you. I went to Colorado for the last 5 days, and missed oregon after the first 24 hours. Colorado weather is straight nutty! 65 and sunny, tee-shirt weather the day I got there. Woke up the next morning to 4 inches of powder outside!

Unfortunately this sudden trip was for a family emergancy, but everything worked out just fine. It was a great time seeing family and my big, old dog. Got to even see a rad sunset above the clouds, coming back into Portland.

As far as the lack of updates, this more than makes up for it.

Everyone should see this video..

Patrick Edit at Carlmont from keithdasneak on Vimeo.

Big things!

2010-03-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Right to the point:

See more at www.anthillfilms.com.

Secondly, Tom Lyons Media and TheNWKids has made an appearance on Vitalmtb.com!

Spomer posted the new Blackrock edit today, thanks a bunch for the exposure!

Blackrock Film Trip

2010-03-08T12:13:00.000-08:00

Blackrock was in prime conditions yesterday for a much anticipated filming day, not to mention all the Eugene talent! We shot upper sickter, Grannies, dino's, the two upper road gaps, ET jump and from there out.. Came damn close to filling a whole 60 min tape, which im making my way thru and editing. So expect to see some new trails, fresh shots and lots of trains! haha Tex got his new Corsair out of the Garage to break it in proper.

Scotty was snappin off the stills on my canon, grabbin bangers right and left. Tex nabbed a few as well. Thanks guys!

I was really lookin forward to shooting some trains down grannies doubles, but when we got up there a lot of the jumps looked re-done and pretty soft, but that didnt stop Tex or Sheldon. I got to session the big hip at the bottom with them so I left that trail pretty happy with the shots we got!

Got some shots Ive been thinking about for a long time, and some that i had never thought of before, and a lot of ideas from everyone else.. So the edit is gonna be a good one, incorporating a lot of peoples input and ideas. It was such a good, laid back day, with the best riders any filmer could want. Thanks everybody that was up there and helped make the day go easier! heres some parting shots from filming, like Duck and Tex training the cliff drop. enjoy!

foreigners kill it

2010-03-01T11:14:00.001-08:00

Danny Dyakonov winter 2010 from Paul Chupakabura on Vimeo.

Chris Akrigg Fixed gear madness 2

2010-03-01T09:40:00.000-08:00

Chris Akrigg THE MAURICE.0 from chris akrigg on Vimeo.

This dude is way bad. Three a fixed gear? huge wall rides? 180 gaps? you betcha. Makes me want a trials bike? fo sho.

Weekend Cali adventure

2010-02-21T18:20:00.000-08:00

Got back from a couple days in California ridin bikes with chuck in the Redwood National Forest down south. Wow. I hadnt been there since I was like 8 and the scenery and the caliber of the trail blew my mind!

We logged about 20 miles total, got to see the area where some awesome movies were shot and stuffed ourselves with barbecue and beer before passing out on Lost Coast to the sound of the waves. If that doesnt sound like Perfection, well, have a nice life somewhere else! haha. Thanks Chuck for makin it happen!

Awesome natural berm shot under a tree at least 150 ft tall. Photo taken by the steez master himself.

"hey, ya ever wondered where canoes came from?"- Chuck

Rays odd couples contest

2010-01-31T22:34:00.000-08:00

Its a new year, so that means another Rays odd couples contest! A 26" rider and a 20" rider team up with a shooter to make a video in a matter of days. Best one wins a lot of cold, hard cash and some fancy leg trophies. The results were just posted on vital, so watch this then go see who won!

Phase 1 complete at Harvest

2010-01-25T21:26:00.000-08:00

Work Day from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Got all the leaves cleaned up and drainages working again. Now im ready to go get started on a couple additions as well as fixing some dingbat's idea of re-doing the small line pumps and first double. I saw them while I was there and told them if they want to build, to take it elsewhere.. like 50 ft away would be plenty.

smoke if you got em

2010-01-20T00:03:00.000-08:00

haha just kidding, ...but seriously. This is a pretty sweet video that gives a little insight into the world of computer generated images.

Compositing Breakdown (T&S) from Alex Roman on Vimeo. Now grab some snacks and go watch the full film "The Third and the Seventh", just click on his name under the video.

I dont know about you but Im tired, Goodnight!

Race con carnage

2010-01-16T23:47:00.000-08:00

This dude cranks out some sweet videos. music, eh... videos sweet none the less. Check more out at Oscar Salas' vimeo page.

VCA09 1080p24 from Omar Salas on Vimeo.

Now that looks like a chill, fun race! Wait for the pedestrian slam at the end of the vid, you'll be happy you did.

world cup recap goodies

2010-01-16T00:00:00.001-08:00

The Parkin brothers filmed the whole season for Dirt TV, and now you can watch the first half of the season on Vitalmtb.com or Mpora.com. Heres my favorite section so far, enjoy!

Harvest Trails update: part 2

2010-01-14T22:20:00.001-08:00

spent a few hours workin moving more leaves and digging out drainages today. The jumps are lookin super duper stout, just some minor repairs needed here and there. Hopefully get the whole place cleaned up next week! heres a couple pics from today plus a mullet sighting.

greg watts

2010-01-09T23:30:00.000-08:00

sick day

2010-01-05T19:02:00.001-08:00

I havent been sick for a while but it hit me hard yesterday. This morning I woke up with chills, aches, sweat running across my forehead and no power in the homestead. Weak.

When the power finally came back to life I was able to get through the pics from sunday at windells, so heres a few...

you can see the rest of em on my flickr page. It was such a fun day, just hangin out with all the fellas. Didn't sweat ridin or media matters much this trip, chuck and I just wandered around with my camera and managed to get some good ones here n there.

getting stoked, on TV!

2010-01-04T13:57:00.000-08:00

This is a pretty rad show on the Fuel network at 8pm, Sundays. It showcases a pro in some type of alternative, "extreme" sport and I caught this sweet one with Anthony Napolitan shredding some parks in Portland, a mega ramp in Brazil and TJ Lavin's jumps. No double front flips but still, pretty cool and these dudes are gettin hella stoked haha enjoy!

Windells!

2010-01-03T22:06:00.000-08:00

Boy today was a blast! Rich and some of the other BRMBA guys rented out windells for the day and pretty much invited anyone from the salem/eugene in the expanding group of friends/ riders. In the end it was $15 to get in and shred with everybody. The indoor was poppin off, with the foam pit seeing some big time attention. I wandered around for most of the day with my camera or Tex's, among others using them as well, so we managed to get quite a few photos. There are definately a few that stand out in my mind already, that I cant wait to start dorkin around with. For example, this was a massive hip Rhys blasted at the end of the day.. Perfect!

More to come soon!

Im stoked right now!

2009-12-31T20:33:00.000-08:00

Report: Most College Males Admit To Regularly Getting Stoked

anyways, go watch Travis Pastrana jump his car nearly twice as far as the current world record. Did I mention its over water? check it out, then have a bitchin new year and what the hell.. might as well get stoked!!

Harvest Trails update

2009-12-29T20:28:00.000-08:00

Took my road bike down there to scope things out today and ended up staying 4 hours. There were leaves everywhere, covering everything and getting pretty dense in spots. Stumbled upon a Rake and a shovel, so I managed to get a bunch of crap cleared and drainages dialed back in. Got a before and after pic and a panaroma at the end of the day. Awesome day, and they're only getting longer!

All the moss on the jumps looked like it was glowing today, can see it pop in the shitty iphone quik-pan job. Beautiful day tho, even with the rain later on. Traces of Lashun are the only other signs of recent activity in the form of sketchy ass lips, berms and milwaukee cans littered about. I love days like this. Lets do it again soon.

ssssweet bike check with Jamie Goldman

2009-12-27T11:26:00.000-08:00

Bike Check: Jamie Goldman's Santa Cruz Blur LT - More Mountain Bike Videos

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-25T14:07:00.003-08:00

Gooch and I decided to make a lil holiday card this year at the last minute. Hope you like and happy holidays everybody!!

Merry Christmas!!

2009-12-25T14:07:00.001-08:00

Theres something about Sammy

2009-12-23T20:45:00.000-08:00

A full length movie will be out next year documenting Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough (emphasis on Sam). Get the lowdown and a tease of the flick here.

Wendizzles

2009-12-10T00:02:00.000-08:00

Windells from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

That place was so much fun, I cant wait to go back and we only rode the indoor park! The mtb trails are lookin a lil rough, but rideable for the most part.Im guessin they're gonna spruce em up during the winter/early spring.

Go ahead and check out the Windels blog here.

Gossip Gossip Gossip

2009-12-05T19:46:00.000-08:00

Yeti put out its official team roster for 2010 and there was a sentance that stood out from all the rest. "...Blenkinsop will race under a different sponsor for 2010". The initial Rumors are he will join his Kiwi cadet Justin Leov on Trek World Racing ( makes sense, his manager also manages TWR).

Second up we got Nathan "The Huge Aussie" Rennie. Rumor has it he will not be racing the UCI series next year. He will most likely spend more time riding/ racing down under, driving rally cars and fighting 'round the world with chum bucket pal, Russell Crowe.

Thats it for now, but as we get closer to the new year we will get down to more juicy stories as they come out.. and I dont actually know if Nafan is buds with Rusell Crowe. I sure hope not, that guy seems like such a douchebag.

Filming Trip

2009-12-05T19:22:00.000-08:00

Headin to Windells at Mt. Hood tomarrow with Chris, Erik and Ian. Should be super sweeeet! cant wait to ride the Foampit and spend the whole day shooting.

Coming up this weekend is the Sideflight Championship in SoCal, "The MotoWhip World Championships" as it will most likely be known as. Saw this pretty cool footage on vitalmtb.com

Sideflight Champs Practice Blasting - More Mountain Bike Videos

lookin pretty good, especially B-Dog's nac at 1:16ish. Go to vitalmtb.com and check out the other videos from it too.

Get it while they're hot!!

2009-12-01T12:34:00.000-08:00

Cameras for sale! Get you're cameras! stills, video, do it all!! Cameras for sale HERE!

worlds extras with Rob Warner

2009-11-30T15:03:00.001-08:00

I wish I was a unicorn

2009-11-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

Penis pump!

2009-11-06T15:24:00.000-08:00

...track. A new contraversial shaped pump track is generating gratuitous amounts of flow and lines.... hmmm we need a new pumptrack around here

Blackrock edit!

2009-11-06T14:37:00.000-08:00

Blackrock from Tom Lyons Media on Vimeo.

Went back to 2007 for this one. I wanted to do an edit for the Highland S'ender contest and new exactly what footage to use, found a sweet song and spent a whole day workin towards something that would give out a really cool, mellow attitude that flowed and made you wanna go session some jumps with a couple friends.

Its being uploaded to Vital as I type... first video contest entered, check!

Mad stills

2009-11-03T16:42:00.000-08:00

I went through a bunch of pictures since ive gotten cs4, some are up on Flickr. Il have some more soon, as well as a new edit or two.

I saw this pretty sweet short movie shot on a 7d over at Defgrip.

Hecq Vs Exillion - Spheres Of Fury from Tim.Chris.Film on Vimeo. The color tones are great, really gives it a distinct look that I think is pretty dialed! if you havent heard of Defgrip through Liquid-dirt, thrash or whoever yet, you'd better check it out now. Tons of rad photo/ video stuff as well as some of the best bmx media out there.

yee haw!

2009-10-29T15:17:00.000-07:00

Do you have any 12 oz cans? hahaha Its nice to see such a grounded, nice professional freestyle cyclist these days. Kennyis a role model for all of us aspiring cyclists!

whats next?

2009-10-28T13:48:00.000-07:00

Luke and I's seggy from "What's Next?" from wink grant on Vimeo. From the look of it, inverts and dumped 3's haha but seriously folks... That is the sweetest idea for an intro EVER, both those guys kill it but Wink's style totally makes the edit what it is.

You can check out the whole movie at HERE. I had to watch it in segments so I didnt succumb to synth-pop overload, but it was worth it!

The Purple Rainbow track

2009-10-26T23:55:00.001-07:00

Friendly st was the best.

Deep South

2009-10-13T12:50:00.000-07:00

Deep South from Tom Lyons Productions on Vimeo. Shot this over the weekend, this trail is gonna be sick in the slop this winter! Theres a couple things I need to fix, due to some tech difficulties, the new one will be up on my vimeo next week..

On a side note, my wrist is officially healed. Holy smokes I never thought riding in the fall could be any better, but its been so nice on the trails this last week!

This is my kind of euro steez

2009-10-13T12:42:00.000-07:00

AWOL - The Teaser from wagenwerks on Vimeo. This is the sickest edit I think ive ever seen. and it dosent even have bikes, but there are leather wheel covers and some really pretty cars.

Its coming...

2009-10-04T14:40:00.000-07:00

dude. That samsquanch shreds

2009-09-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

Untitled from Dan Bowhers on Vimeo.

Sick bike. I like it, like it.

also this always looks promising..

Days of Thunder 2009 TEASER from niels windfeldt on Vimeo.

Now those are some jumps!

Ive been spending a good amount of time on the ol pooter lately. To show for it, Lots of random biking videos gathered from the intraweb for now. I got a couple projects on simmer right now, gonna crank em up over the weekend. Im goin out on my mountain bike, in the woods, for the first time in a while tomarrow to test my wrist's durability haha. The plan as of now is Alpine tomarrow and Falls city for some bonzai cruisin on saturday. let the games begin!

Bike lock justice

2009-09-28T22:52:00.000-07:00

He must have the 5 star rated lock haha. I like to use the huge chain when I ride downtown, havent had to use it yet!

Koala trails

2009-09-28T22:47:00.000-07:00

Methods from Jeremy Combs on Vimeo.Holy smokes.

The Big Show!

2009-09-20T22:20:00.000-07:00

I was blessed with a clear signal and fully operating freecaster.tv early today to view the very last round of the UCI DH series. It did not diapoint! With the top three contenders each fighting for their chance at the overall series, it was a win for Sam Hill ho made it look so effortless and very fast. The big overall 2009 ranking ladies and gentleman..

first Sam Hill

2 Steve Peat

3 Greg Minaar

4 Gee Atherton

5 Mick Freakin Hannah

6 Justin Leov

7 Sam Blenkinsop

8 Brendan Fairclough

9 Aaron USA Gwinn!!!

10 Fabien Barel

With Duncan Riffle pullin in 20th overall, 2 americans in the top 20, thats what I like to see!!

The race results are

first Sam Hill

2 Sam Blenkinsop

3 Gregg Minaar

4 Aaron Gwin!!

5 Brendan Fairclough

7 Steve Peat,

9 Luke Strobel

How about them Americans?

Aaron Gwinn fourth in Austria and reppin the NW Luke Strobel in 9th! (Luke Qualified 10th)

Crawfish edit

2009-09-10T23:05:00.000-07:00

Crawfish Trail, OR from Tom Lyons Productions on Vimeo.

Tomarrow im shootin Harrisburg for another edit with Ryan. Should be saweeeet... Hope people like the crawfish vid as much as I do. oh yea, feel free to leave comments, advice, rantings.. its all welcome!

Your new world champ is crowned..

2009-09-09T11:11:00.000-07:00

Bout time Stevie!! I believe I can honestly say that for the whole mtb community around the world. Congratulations buddy!!! You are definately he peoples champion, and after all these years of watching you reign over the world cup circuit I cant even imagine how it must feel to have that title under your belt!! I swear Rob Warner was so excited he forgot to say "Look at the time!" haha

The crawfish classic was a no-go last weekend but still managed to have a blast out in the wet, wet forest. Got some of the best footage ever, should have some up here pretty quick! for now, back to editing. Way to go Steve Peat! you the man!!

world/541 championships

2009-09-02T12:28:00.000-07:00

Thats right, not only is the UCI World Championships this fri/(Sun if you are attending in person in Canberra, Aussieland. Il be watchin from the comfort of the couch rooting on the two big threats from USA, im seein Looch on the podium for sure! Sick Mick's still got the skills an fitness, a track pretty much designed for his style and in his homeland, and the determination to take that number one spot. But, thats just like, my opinion man...After champs is wrapped up a group of folks is gathering at a certain trail for a certain race. Not to brag, but its kind of a big deal. haha. Hollis and I will be attending, gettin down on some more shootin. This is the funnest race of the year by a long shot! Got third place last year so Pretty bummed to be hurt but its still gonaa be a lot of fun filming, ive been wanting to do this for so many years :)

Heres a few pics I just came across from some pretty sweet and scary lookin trails in CO. Oh, and by scary I mean steep, super loose 'dirt' and lots of rocks. I can definately see why so many fast folks are comin outta there!

The Real Deal

2009-09-01T00:50:00.000-07:00

Willamette Pass 8/30/09 from Tom Lyons Productions on Vimeo. Pretty stoked. Crawfish should be awesome! looks like rain in the forecast.

Great sucess!

2009-08-31T00:59:00.000-07:00

Got the first of many Zipline Shots in the bag today! Hollis and I (mainly Hollis) spent a good chunk of the day setting up and dialing in the zipline before getting to shoot some awesome riding by lots of fast boys around Eugene. Heres a teaser for now.

Just saw that Sterling Lawrence has some new shots up from a shoot at Silver Star, BC. Check out the Anthill Productions website for the pics and news on their first film, "Follow Me". ( Anthill is made up of The Collective Crew, sans Jamie Hussein).

Fixie bike steez

2009-08-26T23:14:00.000-07:00

I saw this clip on the evening news under the title of "Geek of the Week". Really? Im sorry but for a place that is so bicycle friendly and pro-cycling, thats a pretty shitty thing to poke fun at on the news. Anyone with half a brain would see the talent in these two chicks and tell the CO correspondents to cram it. Sorry, rocky mtn state but you just went down a few notches in my book.

Colorado update

2009-08-19T21:47:00.000-07:00

Hello from CO! sorry bout the lack of updates but ive been visiting family in Longmont. Its been way too long since ive seen some of the fam, its a pretty rad vacation. Good food, great people, decent weather but beautiful scenery! got some pictures today out in the Rocky mtn National park, il get some up on here shortly!!

Big Willy Style

2009-08-10T20:57:00.000-07:00

Aside from the really small turnout ( less than 30 racers, and only a handful of fans) it was soo much fun! The DH Coalition was in full effect, with Casey winning Cat 1 mens open with a time of 4.42. Chris Spicer got 5th with a 5.02 and Jared Tuska came in 6th with 5.04. Rhys pulled together another really good run this weekend, winning the jr ex. division with a time of 4.51 on the same course as the pros! Its pretty cool to see Rhys getting faster and faster with every race, makes me so proud and pumped to see him progress over the next year and prepare for running with the pros (he was only five seconds from the pro podium at Big Willy). The pro standings were Eric Loney (Project 529) first with a time of 4.25, Jared Hobbs (Fluidride)

and Jeremy Tufts (center cycle)

Kirk Linder won the Masters class with a stack up in the rocks, still pulled together a 5.13!

All in all it was super sweet, still workin on the footy but here are some sssweet pics Hollis nabbed on the second race runs.

He managed to get this shot of the elusive Huckasaurus Wrecks in its natural habitat, it even had an extra layer over its normal, mesh/ hard plastic exo-skeleton. Is this creature evolving? lets hope so.

Get jiggy with it

Willamette Ass

2009-08-07T18:12:00.000-07:00

Its time again to head the the birthplace of chunder, and gnar, thats right ladies and gentlemen, Big Willy P. I am headin up in the A.M. with Hollis and Jen, Hollis is my helping hand on the media team this weekend. We even got a surprise in the works, should be up here next week. Takin my Canon too, so should have some good stills to pop up here!

I tagged along on a lil training ride down Eula and Hardesty yesterday with some of the Coalition dudes. It was so nice to get out in the woods, with some bikers and true NW weather. Noice and moist, good times!

Went down here the other day, miss these jumps so much right now.

Why do we do what we do?

2009-08-05T12:34:00.001-07:00

I like seeing stuff like this because you never hear about this aspect of the 'extreme athlete', but, some parts are kinda hard to watch... in the end, its a great video and it opens eyes to everyone who watces it.

Why I cant wait to get back on my bike? I think Mat summed it up best.

Road to recovery

2009-08-04T15:49:00.000-07:00

For how bad of a break, and just over two weeks old its feeling surprisingly good! still got a bit of a bruise, swellings all gone, the scar is clean and healing good too.
Got some sweet 'lifestyle' shots with Rhys the other day.

X games/ 6.0 HB

2009-08-01T10:14:00.000-07:00

Hmm.. 720? almost. Backflip to 360? I think so. Travis is coined it the 'Cash Roll" not to be confused with the trick Daniel Dhers unveiled last week in cali.

Nike 6.0 HB BMX Pro Video - More BMX Videos

I think that was Spinner who nailed that barspin to tailwhip 360. This is the generation of tricks that video games produced., seriously... hot damn.

By the way, sounded like Willamette was pretty small turnout but pretty fun. Rhys held together his first run and got the second fastest time of the whole Team! First place in jr x, easy. Jack got second place.

The Downhill Coalition team went up to The Pass again today and rode crawfish yesterday with Hollis, while I rode the couch pretty much all day.

'Bout Time

2009-07-31T12:40:00.000-07:00

Got a surprise today.. how about some original content for a change??

My hand is feeling great, but the broken rib is going to keep me from doin much for probably another week.

Ryan Fullmer from Tom Lyons Productions on Vimeo.

Heres the new edit with Ryan

Adam Hauck

2009-07-30T10:35:00.000-07:00

Thunderhauck Edit from Thrashbike.com on Vimeo.

When this dude gets on a bike, amazing things happen. Best explanation? magic.

Thrashbike flipbook

2009-07-26T14:50:00.001-07:00

Thrashbike Highland Mountain Flipbook from Thrashbike.com on Vimeo.

Mt. St Anne

2009-07-25T13:01:00.000-07:00

just watched the top ten on freecaster. Sam Hill took his first win of the year and Peaty pulled in 2.5 seconds behind for 2nd. The surprise of the day was Aaron Gwinn from So Cal held the hotseat from nearly all the top ten qualifiers, resulting in a solid 3rd only .3 sec off Peat. First american on the top 3 in... well before my time haha anyways it was unreal watching Blinky, Brendan, Fab and Kovarik among others try to best Aaron, and it took so many..

Theres a race at willamette Pass this weekend, and it seems like everyone is there but me. I opted for the couch thru the weekend to recover and get some editing done. Willamette will be really gnarly, with dust everywhere and braking bumps that would swallow you alive.. you can expect some injuries and people who have no sense of self preservation to do really well, im excited to see how Rhys does

2009-07-21T21:12:00.001-07:00

Great sucess!!Just feels like I've got a block of metal in my hand haha a little loopy, just scarfed down a sandwich and some sherbert.. Hollis is comin down in a half hour to get me but should be home within the hour. Thank you everyone for the support, couldn't have done it without you folks! -Tom

2009-07-21T17:40:00.001-07:00

Well it's 5.30 and I'm still in pre-op, waiting to get Into surgery. The doctors surgery scheduled before me got started late and pushed me back a couple hours.. I'm tired, haven't had a single thing to eat or for pain all day so I'm pretty damn irritible haha. Should be brought back any minute now...

7/ 21/ 09

2009-07-21T09:48:00.000-07:00

Just bout to head out to Riverbend for the procedure, and hand hurts bad and feels like a huge jumbled mess contained in a splint right now. Started moving my fingers yesterday but they have absolutely no strength and feels like someones stepping on my wrist when I move em. yesterday I only had to take some Profin in the am and a couple vicodin to help me snooze all night, but today they're all worn off and im pretty sure I fractured a rib in the tumble.

Took this yesterday of a nice raspberry on my side, il get another later today once the bruise sets in more :)

anywho, thanks for everyones concern and words of support! I really appreciate it all very much! Il post an update once its all said and done

Wrist Update

2009-07-20T19:50:00.001-07:00

By 6 pm tomarrow i will have a plate and a few screws holding my radius together and in place, once they straighten it.

Not the best pic but heres a side view, you can see how the radius got slammed into the joint and broke. The doc said your wrist normally sits at about a 15 degree angle with your arm, mine was closer to 60 degrees and 1 1/2 in shorter. lets get this train headin down the road to recovery!! thanks for the support from everybody, I really appreciate it!

If you had x-ray vision..

2009-07-19T18:55:00.000-07:00

this is what you would see in my hand right now.

The Radius has definately seen better days.

I should've checked myself..

2009-07-19T17:08:00.000-07:00

... because i wrecked myself. Broke the ball off my radius, the tip of the ulna and mightve cracked the scaphoid, again. I get a follow up tomarrow about surgery and il keep updates coming.

This is me bummed.

Brandon Semenuk Profile - FOLLOW ME... from Anthill Films on Vimeo.

but things like this just keep me pumped to get back on the trails

Congratulations Kyle!

2009-07-16T01:21:00.000-07:00

As of this last Fluidride race at Mt. Hood, Kyle Henley is on the Life Cycles/ DH coalition team racing Expert 19-29 I do Believe for the 2009 season! Jack and I took his new teammate to Shotgun Creek to break him in and get some slick shots.

After having parting ways with his bike unintentionally, jack opted to shoot some shots and even snagged a few of me

Gotta love the NW

busy weekend

2009-07-14T23:36:00.000-07:00

Spent my 'saturday' filmin with ryan for bout 6 hours, so we'll see what it boils down to.. you can bet it will be good.

Tomarrow im filmin a little and riding up at shotgun creek. Ride an ooold trail, hopefully get some bank shots and keep our kits clean.

Heres some pics I thought of recently

odds n ends

2009-07-09T12:03:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the serious lack of updates lately, been moving and spendin more time in the ol place of employment. Not to mention lots of time on the trail bike ridin and not enough filming..

Not to worry, I got my camera stabilizer fixed up yesterday and took it for a trial run, should have some new footy with it soon!

hfwido's summer weby 09 from hfwido on Vimeo.

I wish I could pull half that stuff on my 26

Oh yea, the demo day was pretty radical. Not as many bikes as one might think 8 manufacturers would bring but once I learned that a lot of the bikes were the teams personal bikes (like the Evil guys) I was quite alright with it. There were even a couple redbull riders in attendance, semenuk was filming when he wasnt gettin checked out by medics and Stevie was in to do a little shredding.

enjoy the random goodies, especially the Tomtom club. If you dont enjoy them, well, thats just like your opinion, man.

Ken and Ricky

2009-07-06T15:24:00.000-07:00