8 Days + 6 Triumphs + 2,619 Miles= Road Trip 09

So this Sunday I hit the road for 8 days of riding, camping, drinking, and good times. My bike is packed and ready to go.
Here's the Route.

Long Beach CA
Bishop CA
Wendover/Bonneville Salt Flats
Jackson Hole/Yellowstone National Park WY
Cathedral Canyons NV
Las Vegas NV
Long Beach CA

Packed and ready...

Let's do this. Yellow Stone here we come...

South Coast Plaza...

Motorcycles are so hot right now. Saw this in South Coast Plaza the other day.

The $1.00 Black Bonnie...

Went to a party and the guy throwing it told me he found this bike on the side of the road in SF, he left a note with his number,
3 days later the owner called and said if he was willing to come and pick it up he could have it.
When he came to pick it up the bill of sale had $1.00 on it.
Little bit of love and it'll be back on the street.

Culver City spots...

We heard of the curved ledge in Culver City, turns out it sucked.
Oh well I got a web clip.

Rob G's head...

Not sure why, but I like this pic of Rob.

Barrier ollies are hot in 09

New Hot spot...

Not really just a slow day.

Hittin' the Road...

I leave on Sunday for our annual Road Trip. This year there's 6 of us, all on Triumphs 3 Scamblers, and 3 Bonnevilles and we're doing just under 2500 miles, camping, drinking, taking as many dirt roads as possible.
4 days and counting.

Yellowstone...

So on our yearly road trip we pick a destination that a lot of us have never been before. This year we're riding up to Yellowstone, should be there by next Wed. Did I mention we're camping most of the trip. This is the weather forecast for next week. Yikes.

Introducing "Mulato"

Vicky's friend Melanie came over with her new toy. She waited almost 3 years for this little rocket to be built, I guess good things come to those who wait. Brandon Holstein from BRAWNY BUILT is the mastermind behind the build. I had the pleasure of taking "Mulato" for a spin, and let me tell you it's got some juice. Fastest bike I've been on, even though I looked like a circus bear on a bike.

Brawny Built.

Check out Brandon's site.
BRAWNY BUILT

Banquet Beer...

I LOVE COORS.
My friend Shirley from Chicago sent me this. At first I thought it was her, but she told me she was
a PBR baby.
Thanks Shirley.

Figgy Switch Kick Flip

Shortly after...

Shortly after Figgy did the switch flip he wanted to do another and didn't make the jump on to the stage
fast enough. Metal edge meet Figgy's shin.

Trooper

13 stitches later he was back on his board the next day. Figgy is a Trooper.

SOLE TEASER "DAMIT"

Here's the latest teaser I just finished for Elements newest video project "SOLE". Featuring Chad Tim Tim, Mike Vallely, Darrell Stanton, and Levi Brown.

Tony Karr...

I love it when I learn something new. First sequence, and first animated gif.
Anyway, Tony Karr is one of those kids that you see skate and think, damn man this kid has got it.
Proper B/S 180 Cherry Park stage gap. LONG BEACH!!!

Who's thirsty...

Got this sticker for my birthday from my good friend Ryan.
Now I just need to find the right spot to put it.

Dear Santa...

My friend Salman Agah told me if I ever wanted to go check out FALCON MOTORCYCLES to hit him up. I think I might just have to do that.

Almost there...

I shot this last year on our Roadtrip. We did 3,275 in 9 days, it was pure hell. Now it's that time of the year again.
12 days and counting.

Sorry bout Sleepin..

I know I've been sleepin on my updates. I promise I'll have so new stuff soon.
-R-

Drove up to L.A.

Tim Tim shot this photo and I stole it off his twitter account.
The dude driving it had a dummy in his passenger seat, and was playing the air drums on his steering wheel.
Classic.

Not havin' it...

Decided to track down this spot (Thanks Cooper). Drove up, and got the boot.

The Berrics...

Over getting kicked out of everywhere today, decided to go to the THE BERRICS.

Slow day at THE BERRICS.

Pauls...

Paul Sharpe and Paul Shier Twitter Battle at The Berrics.

Rojo has a twitter...

Twitter is the new MyFriendsterFacebookSpace.

Got a broken ledge?

Well I got some good news for you. I'm gonna show you how to fix it for just under $20.00.

$3.00 Ledge Repair...

This is Liquid Nails you can buy it at just about any hardware store for around $3.00

The Supplies...

Basically I'm going to give you a step by step on how to fix a ledge.
All you need is a $3.00 tube of Liquid Nails. Because this ledge already had a piece of metal on it, this is all I needed.
Note: Sometimes you need to buy some Angle Iron, you can pick this up at Home Depot for under $20.

Squeeze it on...

When you squeeze it on, make sure you put it on both the metal and concrete, so you know you have it nice and covered.

Lay it down...

Once you've put Liquid Nails on both the metal edge, and concrete edge lay it down...

Wipe it up...

Chances are once you lay it down some excess Liquid Nail will squeeze out from the edges, wipe it up.
Use paper or something other than your fingers, because it's a bitch to get off your skin.

Clamp it down...

It's normally a good idea to have a couple of C-CLAMPS handy, so you can clamp it down nice and tight.
I didn't have mine so I just used pure beard power.

Wait 20 minutes...

It's gotta dry so give it 20 min. It could take up to 24 hours to set though, but we don't have that kind of time.

While you wait...

Have a conversation with a buddy.

Note: Since I didn't bring c-clamps, Chad and Ben sit on the metal edge to put pressure on it so it doesn't buckle up.

Shoot a photo of a bird.

Still waiting...

Time to skate...

After we let it dry it was time to skate. Minutes after Chad did this ss bs lip, security rolled up and kicked us out. So go out and make the unskateable, skateable.
-r-

Fake Roids.

Chad shot this while I was filming, I thought it would look much better as a Polaroid.
So I threw it into POLADROID

Poker Night at BA-MOTO

BA-MOTO had a poker night at their shop on Friday night. Needless to say I walked away with less money than I had when I went in. Goodtimes.

Check...

I don't know what it was about this sign, I just liked it. Keep on checkin'
New Mexico, Element Filming mission. 2009

Photo Stand...

When ever I see signs that tell you where to shoot the photo, I always include the sign in the shot.

I Turned 37 today...

The future has never looked better.