January 18th, 2009 — BMX, Photography
It was back to another track today for round 2 of the 2009 Track Attack. Today was my home track of Park Orchards. Helping out the club with officiating duties meant I had a decent excuse for not riding this round, but I am running out of reasons as to why I am not on the track. I had a good excuse back in 2008 as I got shipped to Detroit for 3 weeks, but no such luck this year.
Since I was helping out, I handed most of the camera duties over to the boss (ie. the household managing director, the mother of my child, the one who both makes me insane and keeps me sane, the love of my life etc.). When I say most, I mean I got to do practice and she did the rest. So in my opinion if you think a picture is really good, it must have been taken during practice (I just know I am going to get beaten up when she reads this). Here they are…. Continue reading →
November 25th, 2008 — BMX, Internet
It has been a while, hasn’t it! Well, I’ve been a bit busy with life and other pursuits. And added to all that, I am now taking care of the Park Orchards ‘Panthers’ BMX Club website.
October 2nd, 2008 — BMX, Entertainment, Internet, Junk
You may have thought this was going to be people cutting sick on long travel MTBs at Park Orchards, but it’s not.
I came across this little flash game called FreeRider 2 via the Farkin forums (the regulars were complaining about a long thread of codes for it). It’s pretty simple…you draw side-scrolling 2D tracks or get other people’s code for them and then ride them on a bike or a number of other vehicles.
The controls are simple; up arrow to accelerate; down arrow to brake; left/right arrows to lean forwards/backwards for balance; Z to turn around; ENTER to start again. Added to that, you draw tracks using the tools on the fly-out menu on the left hand side. On the right hand menu, there is a way to save your creations and load others. There is also a button to change your vehicle. Continue reading →
July 20th, 2008 — BMX
After much longing, I finally bought a new BMX a little more suitable for me. So instead of having a teenager’s bike, I now have an bike for an adult who thinks he is a teenager. Shiny bike picture…
Shiny New BMX
The build is essentially entry level Intense but it comes with the Podium frame which has the funky hydroformed top tube with an old school dragster sweep to it. I threw on some red Wellgo MG-1 magnesium pedals as well.
So I finally got it on the track on Saturday and what happens…slip, thud, ouch. Continue reading →
September 2nd, 2007 — BMX
Park Orchards BMX track has been given the green light for the 2007 Victorian Championships. Check out the high-res panoramas by clicking though the thumbnails below – warning, the files are BIG.
Great work by the club and even some non-club members who pitched in through conditions that were not ideal at times. (I feel guilty for not helping with this one, but I have had other commitments).
