SHRED OR DEAD

Anthony Hancock with a really, REALLY styled out invert on his backyard vert ramp. I shot this last uhhhh… end of March? I’m not sure, but Wee drove myself, Wee’s family and Adam Hopkins up there. Anthony recently came down to Vancouver for a day of skating the concrete parks, and I have to say he’s definitely a super nice dude. Not to mention he was casually ripping Bonsor where I went to meet up with Wee and my pal Patrick for a sesh.

Anyways. This photo is mainly coming up here because it was going to be my last entry into the Push.ca First Photos contest, but I thought I had until the END of the day to submit photos, alas, no, the cutoff for entries was 12:00 noon. Which means I was biking around in the rain somewhere in Vancouver.

Speaking of biking around in the rain in Vancouver. My friend Josh recently (reads: last Thursday) finished a rack he was making for my bicycle.

Uhhh, suffice to say. Josh blew my mind, and all of my expectations for this project. He credits me with helping design, but honestly, craftsmanship is 137% of this rack. Did I mention this is the first bicycle rack he’s made? Did I mention that he would like to make more? I’ll also say Josh was a pleasure to errrr…work? (I hardly did anything but talk with him on the internets) with. And for you couriers or wantobe couriers out there, this thing is a tank. You CAN put a person on this if you want to (although unwieldy due to awkwardness), and of the two days I’ve worked with it so far, it’s handled quite a bit of working load very easily. I’m saying if you’re a working biker this thing is an investment that pays itself back very quickly.

Well. That’s all I’ve got for today. Man, two posts in less than a month’s time. I’m picking up the pace here kids.