Hope Progression Park

Today, I woke up at 8 and headed to my friend Francisco's place. We rode the whole day and progressed for sure! I learned new tricks as well as Francisco. Here is what I came out with, enjoy!

Francisco Matamoros and Jimmy "El Toro" Torres, the two guys I have been putting in the most hours with digging

Oppo

11 year old. And he was getting these extended!

This one is was actually taken by Francisco, but too good not to put up

Regular super seater to tailwhip

Opposite super seater to opposite tailwhip! Francisco KILLS it

Francisco and Gama simultaneously toboganning. But no, they did not stop there...

Yup, double tailwhips almost perfectly in sync!

Sam Buchanan

The other day a good friend and I headed out on a photo mish to this empty pool. After a solid sesh we headed to another spot in another location and got a few snaps there. Here is what we came out with!

Frontside air

Kickflip to fakie on a nice and steep bank

Hi consequences for not landing this right...board to water

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Oregon Road Tripping

The other week Kai and I drove up to Mt. Hood in Oregon to film Arma Energy/Evil bike team. It was an awesome experience full of good times and friend making. Mikey Sylvestri took 1st, Cody Warren took 2nd, and John Keep took 7th! Here are the photos I came out with, edits will be coming soon.. Enjoy

Some awesome scenery in Oregon

Mikey and his RC crawler

Mikey Sylvestri and Cody Warren everyone. These kids can ride bikes

The dopest of the dopest of bikes

Mikey floating above some rocks

Same angle, different lines

John Keep coming in hard

Mikey making it look easy to pretty much bunyhop style it off a tiny rock

Mikey mid race run to take the win!

Following Cody on a super sick slide that weaves its way down the hill under the lift

The trip ended with Kai and I randomly meeting up with the team on the way home from the race at a rad skatepark in Redmond. It was so fun to ride with them, but I had to break out the camera just before we left. Here we have Mikey in flip flops, Cody boosting that sheit, and John with the nacs

Nik Dommen in Pacifica

Today Nik and I headed to Pacifica to escape the heat and get some good riding in. I brought the camera to snag some photos in between runs and whatnot. Here's what we came out with, enjoy!

The Crack is gnarly

XXX is super fun with lots of steep tight turns and some cool jumps

 

Michael Ramos is Graduating

My very good friend Mike is graduating Chico State. I met him Freshman year at the skatepark, and we have been friends ever since. This guy has taught me to sculpt dirt and has pushed my riding to another level. I will miss him, but we will definitely stay in touch. Anyways, it came time for his graduation photos and so him and I set out to get some rad shots. After getting the standard "mom" shots, we broke out the bike and let it loose. Here is what we came out with, enjoy!

360 bail ended up being sicker than the actual 3. He did land it after this

Mike has taught me to air out. Someday I'll get this high

Pumptrack with Nik Dommen

We have been working on and shredding Kyle's pumptrack for a while now, but I have never really taken my camera. There are so so many lines that it is ridiculous. This track is unique in that there are as many transfers and airs as there are pumps and berms, so it is more like a dirt skatepark! So much fun to ride and so good for your endurance and skills. Pumptracks kill it. Anyways, here is Nik Dommen keeping it stylish and flowy, enjoy!

shredding the bowl

hip jump into the bowl

step up steeze