Nam Flashbacks

Trying to dial some lips after the sun had dipped brought on flashbacks from Nam. I have never, ever experienced mosquitoes in such a quantity and with such an aggressive attack. Ears, eyes, arms, mouth (breathed in several just inhaling). Absolutely insane.

still here

July 15 was the last time I posted on this here piece. A lot has happened in that time. Some bad and some F-ing awesomeness that I can't get into yet. My laptop shitting the bed was one bad thing. A decent analogy might be this: Let's say I'm a cab driver and I blow the engine in my cab. While my cab is being fixed, the only vehicle I have to use to do my job is a 1994 Honda Spree. That's pretty close to what it has been like. In the meantime, I've been trying to hold it down and fighting man-eating weeds at Birdland. I've left a couple to grow, just for sake of perspective. Friggin' shade trees!
I can still do this,

so I'm stoked.

Captain Shitty

Captain Clancy Baker a.k.a. Shitty the Clown on FAT BMX.

Dream Machine

I love this bike, for real. Got me some new tires which I'm stoked to try out. Fly Bikes Sergio 2.35 in front and Ruben 2.00 in the rear, here in two days from Dans Comp. Thank you very nice.

OM Flying

The original "Old Man" of BMX, Scot Breithaupt, getting super styley in 1977 when he was already too old to be riding a little bike...

Work and pleasure.

When I get my new season of work samples, I have a mountain of boxes to dispose of. They are unprinted, white boxes and regular cardboard, so it's a clean burn. Shit was hot! Birdland is running good. Dave Rino did some weedwhacking out there the other day and I'm ever so grateful, here he reaps the fruits of his labor. These pics by his better half, Michelle. Not her fault, the batteries in my big flash were dead...

Cobras Local 77

Found these both on Solan's Facebook pages. Vintage SF in full moto action and a Cobras graphic I barely remember.