Ghostship.....

The Ghostship has set sail! Soon to pillage and plunder near you! Check em out!

More Photos....

We're gonna keep going until I don't have any left to post.


-Dave B blasts a huge wallride @ Krol Fest (as if you couldn't tell)....


-Tony Tyrant tweaks a stylish fastplant at a famous BMX landmark....


-Jake Lineberry rips a 360 @ Krol Fest.

In The Woods....

A few weeks ago I went and shot some photos of my friend Mike Stock as he hucked himself off big stuff in the woods. Here's the proof:


-Mike makes big drops like this look easy. 'They're not that big', according to him.


-A cool, natural wallride with a poorly angled flash.


-I think this photo really shows how comfortable Mike is dropping these stunts. He had time to look at me and make a funny face as he launched off this bridge. I also think it's a great portrait for that reason.

KONE photos PTII

Here are some more photos that Tony Tyrant sent to me from the stage race. Enjoy!


-Here's the paceline we had. Doug, Me, and NYC Dan.


-My turn pulling.


-Laughing about something that happened while racing. I was so happy to take off my shoes!


-Waiting for the race to start in Hartford.

Kings Of New England....

Three days of riding and raging that made up the Kings Of New England race took place this past weekend. Here's my recap:

Friday night was the Hartford Alleycat sponsored by The Hartford Bike Messenger Association. About 30 some-odd racers showed up, raced around the city, wreaked some havoc and had a great time. There were some great prizes as well that consisted of some Baileyworks bags amongst other cool stuff. I raced with Tony Tyrant and because of our general lack of knowledge about the city, we got our asses kicked! But alleycats aren't about winning (right?).....

Saturday was the stage race from Hartford to New Haven. We left Hartford around 1pm and rolled a neutral start to Maple. Once we hit that, it was on! I attacked early on the Berlin Tnpk to see who would follow and 6 came with me. Broke a spoke just 2mi before the preem sprint. 2 others flatted but we kept on. Won the sprint preem for $50 towards a sitting @ Turnpike Tattoo with Shawn Hebrank, and the 4 of us kept on (2 fixed, 2 geared). When we got to Wallingford, one other fixed racer dropped off (I know he's from Bristol, but I'm horrible with names! Many apologies!). Much respect for hanging with us for that long. Then NYC Dan, myself and Doug kept a super tight paceline all the way into New Haven. We averaged around 20mph but slowed down as we got into the city because we were all really starting to feel the effects of exhaustion. As we got the finish, the other rider and I missed the turn by about 2 blocks, and Dan went on to win! Congrats, respect and much love for riding with us! I was super impressed by his ability to keep up with us on his track bike especially when we were coasting downhill at 30mph!

I think Dan is pulling us here. Doug is right behind me.
Me cornering somewhere on RT 5 (according to Tyrant). Doug, and NYC Dan are both just ahead of me here. Both photos by Jason Patrician. (Fun Fact: You can't read it from here, but my button says 'Crazy doesn't even begin to describe it.')

Sunday was the New Haven Alleycat sponsored by Ghettodrome Productions. With temps in the 90's, high humidity, relatively no shade, 2 manifests, and random clues after the manifests, I wound up with mild heat exhaustion and packed it in before I got seriously sick after the first manifest. Highlights of my day include, skitching off a redneck's pride and joy pick-up truck and then being threatened with getting run-over after he saw me, tales of NYC Dan, Shane and TJ (Hartford) riding on 95 for an exit, then jumping a barrier with bikes to get on the road they needed, and laying in the shade, trying not to puke for about 30 mins then drinking about a gallon of water in 15 mins.

A great time was had by all. Congrats to NYC Dan who won the race overall, thanks to Uva, Chris, Goo, and Darren for throwing kick ass races! Thanks also to all the sponsors for such great prizes (especially Matt from Devil's Gear who put up a Bareknuckle track frame for 1st!!). My personal thanks goes out to Tony T and Jason for getting me to Hartford, shooting some great photos and manning my personal support vehicle, NYC Dan and Doug for the sweet paceline action Saturday (couldn't have done it without you guys!) and Melissa for keeping me from sleeping on a park bench, feeding me and driving me home Sunday (I owe you big!). Looking forward to seeing everyone at the next race!

I've got a disc of photos coming, so if you're waiting to see them, sit tight. They'll be up soon!

Busy as hell!

I've got sooo much to do in the next 3 days....picking up some screen printing supplies tomorrow, then going to get my slides (and pay out more $), gonna shoot with Jeff, then prep my screens. Work on Friday, go to the UD show in the evening, head back home and screen up the shirts....whew! And all the little shit in between. It never stops!


-Pat double fisting it....YEHAW!

Night....

-See the ghost in the middle?


-Peter.

BMX photos...

Some BMX photos from the past couple weeks of riding:


-Dave nosepicks the ghetto-parking-sub.


-Tony Tyrant launches into a high-speed wallride to avoid the cops on a top-secret night mission. He carved this shit out of this one!


-You don't have to be from Jersey to transfer them...

disappointed....

Four hours of riding, three rolls of film and only 2 half-way decent shots to show for it.....what a fucking let-down.

Slayer!

The Slayer show was awesome! Met up with Metal Steve and his buddy, Steve. Grabbed some sandwiches, drinks, cosmic brownies and headed up to Lowell, MA. We arrived just in time to check out Mastodon who were AMAZING! Got to hear 2 new songs that are just incredible! Slayer was great too! People watched, told (and heard) some great stories, laughed alot, listened to some good metal...a successful evening if there ever was one. Thanks to Metal Steve for driving and hooking me up with some new music (as he is prone to do everytime we hang out!).

We've finally done it!

So Tony T and I have been talking about this for a while now and we finally got off of our asses and did it. We've been getting tired of riding the same spots here in town (don't get me wrong, I love to ride and figuring out new, creative stuff @ the same spots is cool and all) so we've been discussing getting out and taking mini-road trips to other spots. So I set out to meet the crew @ the North End Banks when I get a call from Tyrant saying it's a bust. We met up, talked with a couple of random, cool urban big-wheelers that happend across us, and set out with no preplanned spots, just a bunch of ideas. We wound up a ways out from home and found/rode/shot some cool stuff. Three rolls of film, two bottles of water, three hostess cake products, 1 slurpie, 1 arizona green tea and four hours later (on top of a 10 hour work-day for myself), we found ourselves back in town and ready to pass out. Photos will follow of our adventures along with some stories I'm sure. We're looking forward to a bunch more of these throughout the summer so stay tuned.

More Exposure....

So I entered a photography contest a while back sponsored by Sandy Carson and Etnies. I didn't win (boooooo!) but I just found out that they posted one of my entries in the Top 100 runner's-up page. You can check it out here. I pretty stoked to get some more exposure!

Few More Photos....

Here are the rest of the [good] photos from the BMX Bank shoot...as far as what I have developed so far. Got one more roll left in the camera with a few exposures to finish up.


-Experimenting with multiple exposures with Tony T's icepick.


-Portrait of Dave B.

Ahhhhh....posting photos when I should be sleeping. Photography is such an addiction.

BMX Bank Session....

Here are some shots from the other evenings bank session. Possibly more to follow....


-Tony T double pegs our ghetto parking-sub set-up while Pete K lurks in the background. I believe that Tony rolled-back out of this to 180 out off the curb.


-Dave B 180 gaps up and over said parking-sub.


-The Tyrant thinks outside the box with this one-footed fuf.

Finally....New Photos!...

....Is what I'm sure you'll be saying after reading this blog. I went to my dear friend Chris' wedding last month and finally got some of the photos developed:


-Our table. Set in the back. We caused the most trouble. Wait.....is that a haiku?


-The infamous Sean and Juliee.


-Juliee's rad spoon art.


-another one of my famous 'Self-Portrait' shots. Alicia is wondering what the hell is wrong with me.

Old photo revisited....

Was just going over some older photos that I've taken. This is one of my favorites.....posted again for your enjoyment.

So the official word to the 'crew'.....let's start riding again! I need to take some more photos! I think we need to start moving outside of M-Town for some shots! I'm down for short road trips. Keep your eyes peeled for sweet rails, ledges, banks, etc in your day to day travels. Let's get it together! Hit me up and let me know.

New Art....

I drew this quick sketch tonight. I think the final version will have the skull blindfolded. I thought of that just after I inked it and came up with the name. Kinda like coming up with a great come-back to an insult a week after it happens....

I'm Back!

Originally uploaded by miss_moronic.

Back from hiding! Let's see....this (long) weekend I went to a wedding, played with some puppies, had dinner with my Mom, drank some beers with Matt, blew LOTS of cash to bully a jukebox, rode a lot, raced my track bike tonight, ate some good food, and hung out with lots of great friends. Not a bad weekend if you ask me.
I would LOVE to get a shit-load of messages from friends who want to race next Tuesday night @ Ghettodrome. According to our myspace profile, we have 52 some-odd members. 52! I've never seen 52 there to race, EVER! Granted I've missed some races, but for the past couple of weeks, there haven't been very many people. If you own a track bike or fixed-gear and want to hang out with fellow bike geeks, please let me know. I can cram three other people in my car and I'm sure we can scare up a few racks to transport as many bikes down with us. Let's get a big crew together and head down! You don't even have to be fast (but it helps)! Even if the idea of racing appeals to you, but you're afraid to try, you're the perfect candidate to come down! Let's go!
-This photo is by Mo.

Out of town.....

I'm going to be out of the area for a couple of days.....hiding. From everything. Don't worry, everything is cool, it's all good! I probably won't have access to a computer so if you need to get a hold of me, give a ring-a-ding. If you don't have my number, then you probably don't really need to find me.....Be back soon.
Oh yeah! Almost forgot....congratulations to Chris and Jodi. The wedding was super fun! I had a great time. Thanks for having me. We'll have to get up soon!

Our Darkest Days.....

Go get the new Ignite - Our Darkest Days album. It's amazing. Seriously the only thing that I've been listening to for the past 48 hours....this will be a disc that won't leave my CD player for a long time! There's not a single 'ok' song on the album. They all kick serious ass! If you like Hardcore, get this record! Then get on your bike and ride real fast.....preferably in big circles, always turning to the left. Always!