Hey everybody, it’s May 18th, 2008, the Sunday after the Lisbon Downtown and I’ve been on the road in Europe for two weeks now, shooting the next film already. It’s a non-stop adventure for me and I love it. In a few days the F1RST DVDs will be ready and shipping from VAS Entertainment and be available in your local bike shop worldwide.
I didn’t know Steve Delay very well but from the few chats I had with him on the side of the track, Steve was a man that lived and breathed mountain bike racing. He was passionate, commited and dedicated to his craft and his sport. He will be forever missed.
On Monday, February 25th Steven Wesley DeLay peacefully passed away due to advanced pneumonia. Steve, known to many as “Short White Dude”, was founder, owner and the driving force behind SWD Racing. He was undoubtedly one of the most passionate and dedicated frame builders the industry will ever see.
I am a huge advocate of dual slalom and am begining to become a huge oponent of moutaincross for many of the reasons stated in Scott Hart’s new interview on bnqt.com. Scott shares my enthusiasm for dual slalom but unlike me has brillantly listed the reasons why. Scroll down to the question: “You come from a racing background? Does that explain your overwhelming enthusiasm for dual slalom?” to read Scott’s answer and to get educated. Here’s the link… http://www.bnqt.com/article.php?id=5310
For a cool behind the scenes look into the filming I did with the Athertons this past September for their section in F1RST subscribe to their podcast and check out the latest video. Thanks to Dan Brown and Samwise who filmed it. http://www.animalcommencal.com/podcasts/clean/animalcomcast.xml
Gee Atherton is a shredder. He is only one of a few riders to win a World Cup downhill and mountaincross and he’s done a ton of other rad stuff like get second at the 2004 Red Bull Rampage. I wouldn’t be exaggerating when I say that he is one of the world’s most diverse and talented cyclists. He’s a well cool dude. We’ll most of you probably know stuff like that about Gee Atherton pretty well, so here’s a story about the middle member of the Atherton clan that most of you probably don’t know. The Athertons blew it on documenting this historic trip to Chuckie Cheeses but luckily for you guys, our friends at www.littermag.com did this amazing photoshop job of Gee at Chuckie Cheeses to you can get a visual glimpse into what went down. Bloody brillant I say.
Welcome to www.f1rstmovie.com. I’m stoked to finally get the website running. Unlike the Between the Tape site, i’m acutally going to update it pretty regularly so check back every now and then. If you haven’t watched he trailer to the movie by now you’re blowing it bacause that’s the meat of this site. It’s on the TRA1LER page. What do you do when the power goes out in Ventura, CA? A few weeks ago on a random Sunday the power went out for a few hours. My friend Hot Dog happened to be over who is quite the up and comming photographer so he went to work with a flash and a digital camera and came up with this lovely photo. Read the rest of this entry »
