whipped up: AFC UPROAR COMP 2013 IN OAKLAND

the other day i got a buzz from phil at sf bike expo who let me know that the ALL FIXED COMP is happening this weekend at defremery park in oakland THIS WEEKEND. i've been the media sponsor for this event since it's inception (well the first one was kind of unoffical, but fuck it, i'll count it) and i've always been super hyped up on it. we're having the contest at town park during the 5th annual "life is living" celebration. for those of you who arent familiar with the park, here's a cool background on it. please go. this event means a ton to me personally so hit up the facebook page here!

jmik

bonus feature: AFC Uproar best trick contest.... in gif-o-vision

oh hey world. first off i want to apologize for my lack of posts. but i'm back hammering your face with some more AFC: Uproar 2012 coverage. here's a story kiddos- while i was shooting this comp, i thought i would change it up this time. i do alot of photo coverage of stuff, but it gets repetitive to me... so i started doing sequences. there's more to this story, but you can get it after the jump!

AFC Uporar ams @ Sf Bike Expo 2012

i rolled into day one while the crew from 209 cogs snuck up behind me- it was the am comp that day and a bunch of them came down to participate. there were more people in the am comp than the pro comp which really gives me hope for FGFS and the up and coming riders in nothern california. see the rest of the photos after the jump!

SF Bike Expo 2012: people and other stuff.

this is probably the fastest turnaround for an event i've ever done.while sf bike expo celebrated their fifth year, this is my third year at sf bike expo- i've been finding that every year i've been getting more and more involved with the event. before i get to my main focus, here's a bunch of randoms of people, polo and other stuff.

next weekend: Chrome presents: AFC Uproar @ sf bike expo

no one really made a flyer for this, so i went out and made one myself. this is the second year the all fixed comp has been a part of the sf bike expo, and it's gonna be awesome. the am comp will be on november 10, and the pro comp will be november 11th. you can get all the details here at our facebook event page.

//edit: i've now been informed that this is now "Chrome presents: AFC Uproar @ sf bike expo" yup, chrome is helping us out bigtime!

jmik

coming soon: 5th annual SF bike expo for 2012

im not sure what the hell happened but this thing didn't make it up here. that surprised me because i'm a part of this whole event (i know, what the hell man). going down on november 10th and 11th at the cow palace, SF bike expo will be celebrating their 5th show. this is going to be my third year going to this event and it's funny since i'm finding myself getting more and more involved with it every time it comes around. yes, there will be an FGFS comp (am and pro, i'll be posting about this tomorrow) and yes i will be there. there will also be a bike polo tourney as well as some gnarly dirt jump action.

let us know if you're coming through on our facebook event page.

jmi

sf bike expo 2011: recap and end thoughts

(kenny acid drop)

this is the post where i take everything and condense it into one- i though i did this end post, but i guess i let it slip. over that weekend i was basically exhausted by the fact that i would have to drive from san jose to brisbane both mornings, and on sunday i drove 3 hours back to chico. i was also exhausted by the bombardment of everything that was going on- everywhere you looked, there was something going on. that being said i have some suggestions and comments:


(eighthinch butcher v2 with proto parts)

1) CROSS PALACE! this year they didnt have a cyclocross track running through everything, and i always thought that was one of the more unique things of the event. so when it went away, it was kind of weird not seeing rainier from mash mobbing it.
2) day 2 had considerably less people. people didnt know that sunday would be the more intense day in terms of all the comps. maybe people had too much of the same thing going on, i dont know- but there were considerably less people. i didnt mind, more room for me to take dope pictures.
3) there is no 3- lists just look good when there's a third thing in them.



in any case, i had a ton of fun, and i think this year's fixed comp pushed some boundaries. i met people that i've only talked to via email and now apparently i'm going to try my hand at bike polo. i'd like to thank my homies that came out, and well... everyone who came out. i'd also like to thank fish and boothby for putting on AFC uproar, and phillip and his crew for putting on the whole thing.

1) intro and inside
2) AT showdown
3) day 1 randoms & AFC uproar ams
4) destroy "lady death" track feature
5) day 2 randoms & boothby bmx
6) AFC uproar: matt montoya & alex blanco
7) AFC uproar: johnny coward
8) AFC uproar: mike dinh & sean coats
9) AFC uproar: nikko jow
10) AFC uproar: justin "congo" mitchell
11) AFC uproar: jakob santos
12) AFC uproar: daniel torres
13) AFC uproar: joe mckeag
14) AFC uproar: kenny mother effing arimoto
15) AFC uproar: matt reyes

now i can get to blogging about other stuff!

jmik

sf bike expo 2011: matt reyes

if someone were to ask me what fixed freestyle is today, my answer would be matt reyes. it's a no brainer. there's a reason why he got first place and pretty much had the most pictures out of all the riders- dude is consistent and hit everything hard. check out the rest after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: kenny mother effing arimoto

uh, kenny aint no joke. this thing started out on day 1 as an alley-oop 180 transfer or something. then it became a 3. then it became a 5 or something. if that dirt was packed down, i guarantee he wouldve taken the top spot. however this was only good enough to take second. he also did something else pretty spectacular, but you'll have to see that after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: joe mckeag

the thing about joe is that he rotates so much that every time i snap a photo, his back is turned towards the lens. but that's just a minor side effect of his skillset. joe took 3rd in this year's comp. check out the rest after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: daniel torres

lets be honest here, i have no clue how the hell daniel can ride that bike. dont get me wrong, i love that bike, but it's so much more different than any other fixed freestyle bike i've ridden. regardless of that, daniel bagged 4th place in the pros. check it out after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: jakob santos

we know after sf bike expo, jakob shipped himself and his bike over to barcelona. briefly after he done messed up his ankle. i'm surprised my homie didnt mess himself up earlier- he was going hella hard during this comp. see for yourself after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: justin "congo" mitchell

you cant deny that congo looks pretty gnar with that classic helmet on. dude looks like a fancy astronaut on an LDG hammer with 26" wheels. dude looks like a flying 70's crash test dummy. it's rad as hell. check out the rest to the congo radness after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: nikko jow

nikko's been getting some attention here at BHSK. we recently saw his new prototype setup from xlife, and now here he is... see what he was trying to do in the set after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: mike dinh and sean coats

didnt know that sean and mike were coming up for this, so when they showed i was pretty surprised. now that i look back on it, LDG was pretty omnipresent in the fixed comp. check out the rest of mike and sean's set after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: johnny coward

i know johnny because he and the shmob crew went with the destroy crew to summerfix this past summer. he's been running the destroy masochist v3 proto, and dude can move it around. check out the rest of his set after the jump.

sf bike expo 2011: matt montoya & alex blanco

san jose heads should be familiar with alex and matt montoya- well actually everyone should know who matt and alex are. coming off the recent iminusd edit, these guys pretty much run the streets of san jose. check out the rest of the set after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: day 2 randoms & boothby bmx

this was pretty much my home during the days over that weekend. on this one i have a bunch of random pictures that dont really have a category- i just want to get them out of the way before i get to the pro stuff. see the rest after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: destroy's "lady death"

during day 1, i saw sean from destroy wrenching down on this fuchsia track bike in the corner of my eye. so i wandered over there and low and behold it had "DESTROY" in curly letters on the down tube. yes, this is a destroy track bike custom build. see more after the jump!

sf bike expo 2011: day 1 randoms and afc uproar ams

i showed up an hour after they opened the gates, and well we had a problem: the course was pretty much mud, and we had alot of loose dirt. solution: ride it. after that was all sorted out, we got everything moving and the am comp was on it's way.