Two months ago, I got my bmx bike re-finished after it had been stolen for 2 weeks and ghetto'ed out in Santa Barbara. I guess I should have expected it, being made by Stolen Bike Co.

"Thirty-seven'ish hours later, I arrived in Santa Barbara. My friend Adrian picked me up and we went to get some Chinese food at a really good hole-in-the-wall place. He waited in the truck while I was waiting for the food. Then, he come over to me and said he found my bmx bike that had been stolen right before I left for Whistler. It was across the street, under the stairs at a small apartment/triplex. He said a sketchy gangster kid rode up on it. I didn't want to get my ass kicked by some 15 year old gangsters, so I ended up calling the cops. One car came, then another (3 or 4 cops)."
Full Post - The Trip Home

Check out the gallery for bigger pictures: Stolen Heater

Last Tuesday, I took a bus from Grand Central station in Los Angeles to Las Vegas for Interbike. From the bus station, I took a Taxi to my hotel that was across the Wynn golf course from the Sands Expo Center where Interbike would be the rest of the week.

Of course, I would need to go camera store to get something for my flash right when I get there... After taking a taxi to one and getting what I needed, I decided to walk back about 4 miles ...probably because I had nothing else to do. By the time I got back, it was almost 9pm. At the hotel, I was checking twitter on my phone and realized the Life Cycles premier was starting. I didn't have the slightest idea about any premier at Interbike.

I hopped in a taxi to the Palms, got there, bought a ticket and made it in probably half a minute before it started. Long story short... the movie blew my mind. I hadn't seen anything like it. When I got home the next weekend, I saw it was available to buy on blu-ray, so of course, I had to order it.

Wednesday through Friday, I spent each day walking around the Interbike showroom checking out new things and trying to find people. I ride kind of a lot, but I don't walk much. Walking all day on that cement floor with some carpet over it is so exhausting. One of my friends that was there, shooting said that he brings a new pair of shoes for each day and it helps a bit. I went to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame event after the show one day. Some friends were being inducted into it: John Ker, a long time mountain bike photographer and Brett Tippie, one of the early freeriders (along with Wade Simmons and Richie Schley. During those three days, I got really tired, saw lots of friends, made new friends, saw some cool stuff and some crazy stuff. It was a successful first Interbike.

The first picture (which came out horrible) shows the two PBmedia photo cards I gave out. The sunset one is Preston Moore in Santa Barbara and the forest one is Mark Bunyan in Whistler. Each one is a limited edition series of 250 cards. If you see any up in a shop or somewhere, show me a photo! I'll have some different ones next year!

The second to last photo is Lisa Myklak with a shot I took of her (at National Championships last year) in my portfolio. The last photo is Micayla G and I with a shot I got of her in the Canadian Open last year, in my portfolio as well. Thanks to Kristen Smart for taking it and send it to me!

Check out the full photo gallery here: PBmedia's 2010 Interbike Photo Gallery

I recently saw this post by Laura Austin: http://radcollector.com/columns/lauraaustin/2010/05/07/how-to-origami-hat/ Somehow, I got the random idea to take self portraits with a common object in each for the viewer to find. After seeing that, I decided to go with it. When I eventually got a newspaper, I opened that page again to try making it. I ran into 'issues' halfway through the steps and got confused... But I eventually succeeded. Here's the gallery of self portraits: http://gallery.pbmedia.us/p1006284164 Can you find the origami hat in each photo?

I did that in my driveway on my bmx bike. I also messed up my shooting/typing/braking finger. It's pretty swollen. Hopefully it's good for the race at woodward this weekend... My fullface helmet over my scabs will be cool...

Angel Fire got screwed up for me. I found someone to go with and never got a call back about what time we would leave... even after calling a bunch of times. Maybe I can make the 12hr dh, whenever it happens.