I haven’t edited a video in almost a year, so it was fun playing around with this. I’m not a pro at it but I like to pretend. This video in particular was self-filmed in Long Beach, over the span of three days and edited in one. I tend to lean more towards the self-filmed edits because it gives me 100% control over everything. Plus, it lets me take as much time as I want entertaining myself with silly little things…

The first day involved a crack in the sidewalk and a fire hydrant. The second day involved curb cuts, alleyways, slides and riding between drips of rain. The third day involved a flat-tire trying to hop up an unlucky 7-stair. I’ve pulled it once before, slightly intoxicated, but each time after that first, a tube always gets claimed. It’s the stairs in the 360 clip.

The music is 36-24-36, by the Violent Femmes. I was looking for something short and sweet and that song best fit the bill. The lyrics are kinda silly, but so is the entire video. I found the song on a CD a friend gave me from over 5 years ago. It was filled with Violent Femmes albums and pornography…

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In school, when I was 14, I had to write a letter to the 17 year old version of me. I came across it again while packing this evening. 10 years later and it still has some good advice - excluding the part where I told myself to stop masturbating. Yeah, right.

A couple photographers whose work I’ve always admired recently launched their portfolio websites. The gentlemen on the left is Sandy Carson (Dig BMX) and the one on the right is Jeff Zielinski (Ride BMX). Maybe someday I’ll be as cool but for now, I’ll admire them creepily on the internet.

In other news, after not touching my BMX in the past 3 months, I hopped on and pedaled to the gas station. I still can’t do much due to my surgery but it felt great. I popped wheelies the whole way there.