If you are interested in one please act now, this is a limited edition run and WILL NOT be available again this Summer! I'm not trying to push sales, just being clear that this is a one time only order!
Thanks for the support!
Saturday
Tanked
We will be printing a limited quantity run of these tank tops. They
are only available by pre-order via the PayPal link below and you have till June 17th to order one.
These are regular fit Gildan Ultra tank tops, choose sizes accordingly. Tanks will be delivered
the first week of July and shipped for free if you live outside of
Connecticut in the Continental USA.
If you are interested in one please act now, this is a limited edition run and WILL NOT be available again this Summer! I'm not trying to push sales, just being clear that this is a one time only order!
Thanks for the support!
If you are interested in one please act now, this is a limited edition run and WILL NOT be available again this Summer! I'm not trying to push sales, just being clear that this is a one time only order!
Thanks for the support!
Thursday
Thursday Adventure: June 7th
This afternoon/evening was quite the freakin' adventure! Steve and I met up at Squatchville around 5 to get some riding in. Steve dumpster dove some awesome tarping material from the job site he's currently working at...and it couldn't of come at a better time! After 45 minutes of riding the sky turned pitch black and we heard rumblings of thunder in the distance. We scrambled to tarp the whole place off and made it out to the cars just as the rain began.
I stalked the in coming storm on my phone and saw on the radar that East Haddam looked to be dry, so we hustled out to the skatepark site to check on the progress while the storm passed. The park is looking so good, they added 2 grind boxes, a boob, and a bunch of small trannies and wedges are rebarred out and ready for crete. By then it was pushing 7pm, the rain had passed over the trails area, so Steve and I headed back over to see if the place was still rideable. On the way to the trails a bitchin' rainbow appeared, always a great sight!
We arrived back at the trails to find the place about 80% dry...thank you dense foliage and new tarps! We pulled the tarps on the High Life line and rode till it was too dark, sometime after 8. Super fun day for sure, can't wait for the next one.
Thursday Adventure Photos: CLICK HERE
I stalked the in coming storm on my phone and saw on the radar that East Haddam looked to be dry, so we hustled out to the skatepark site to check on the progress while the storm passed. The park is looking so good, they added 2 grind boxes, a boob, and a bunch of small trannies and wedges are rebarred out and ready for crete. By then it was pushing 7pm, the rain had passed over the trails area, so Steve and I headed back over to see if the place was still rideable. On the way to the trails a bitchin' rainbow appeared, always a great sight!
We arrived back at the trails to find the place about 80% dry...thank you dense foliage and new tarps! We pulled the tarps on the High Life line and rode till it was too dark, sometime after 8. Super fun day for sure, can't wait for the next one.
Thursday Adventure Photos: CLICK HERE
Sunday
Safe Riding Reed!
Today was Reed's going away jam at the Wethersfield Skatepark. Reed leaves Wednesday to ride across the country as part of Bike and Build. A bunch of dudes showed up to wish Reed well, raise hell, and ride some bikes...always a recipe for a good time!
Go help Reed: DONATE HERE
Reed's Jam Photos: CLICK HERE
Go help Reed: DONATE HERE
Reed's Jam Photos: CLICK HERE
Afternoon Adventure
After 2/3's of the day raining and being lazy dozing on and off on the couch, I motivated and headed out to the trails around 4:30. I arrived at the usual parking spot and on my way in I found Steve beside the brook looking perplexed. Yeah, the brook we usually tip toe over on rocks was a full on raging set of rapids...like a solid 2-3' overflowing it's banks. We adventured through the woods looking for some boulders to jump across on, but nothing. The end result was Steve being brave and walking across a moss covered fallen tree 6' over the water in his slick Vans and me taking off my shoes and socks and wading across a thigh deep area that was slightly less gnarly.
It was no surprise that there were puddles the size of kiddie pools at the trails when we arrived. It rained like hell and the whole place showed very harsh signs of it. Lots of pitting, lots of erosion, lots of tuning up to be done! I decided since I was already wet and muddy from the water crossing I'd spend the rest of the afternoon working Huck Finn style...barefoot. We dug for a solid 3 hours cleaning up the lip and lander in the High Life Line adding some height to each. We also tuned up the first berm and added a new roller after it in the Pump & Bump Line. The sun finally cracked and when it did it was eerie in the trails. There was a bunch of fog, it was humid as hell, and creepily quiet in there. All in all it was a good dig session and we got a lot done.
We rounded out the day heading over to Salmon River to clean off and take a dip. Once again, the place was moving really quick due to all the rain. It was cold and it took some effort not to let the current sweep us away, but it was refreshing after all the digging. Loving Summer already, and it's not even here!
It was no surprise that there were puddles the size of kiddie pools at the trails when we arrived. It rained like hell and the whole place showed very harsh signs of it. Lots of pitting, lots of erosion, lots of tuning up to be done! I decided since I was already wet and muddy from the water crossing I'd spend the rest of the afternoon working Huck Finn style...barefoot. We dug for a solid 3 hours cleaning up the lip and lander in the High Life Line adding some height to each. We also tuned up the first berm and added a new roller after it in the Pump & Bump Line. The sun finally cracked and when it did it was eerie in the trails. There was a bunch of fog, it was humid as hell, and creepily quiet in there. All in all it was a good dig session and we got a lot done.
We rounded out the day heading over to Salmon River to clean off and take a dip. Once again, the place was moving really quick due to all the rain. It was cold and it took some effort not to let the current sweep us away, but it was refreshing after all the digging. Loving Summer already, and it's not even here!
Saturday
East Haddam Almost Done!
It's only been a month or so, but the East Haddam Skatepark is almost done! Can't wait!!
Photo by Steve Baklik
Photo by Steve Baklik
Friday
June Squatch
Steve and I headed over to Squatchville tonight to give the new step-down a go. We were hoping the lander packed in well so that we could get some runs in prior to the weekend rain out. Sure enough, the line was running great. The last few months of hard work is paying off, super fun session tonight. I was psyched that Steve grabbed a few shots of me, proof I do ride :P Loving having local trails!
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Thursday
Random Wayside Jam
I got a call from Schmidt today giving me a heads up that a bunch of riders were hitting up the Wayside Trails this afternoon. It was the rush to get in some riding before the storm...seeing we're due to get hosed with rain this weekend. So I bit, and headed over to the trails, and sure enough a dozen plus dudes showed to get rad. A super random Thursday night jam session at the trails. Summer status to the max. BMX!
Wayside Trails Photos: CLICK HERE
Wayside Trails Photos: CLICK HERE
Squatchville Running Nice!
Tonight was the first legit session over at the trails. We had 4 of us riding and the 3 lines were running pretty nicely...even if the High Life line only has 1 jump and a landing-less drop as of right now. Really looking forward to the months ahead...Squatchville!
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Tuesday
A.M. Dirt
Steve and I both randomly had today off so we headed out to Squatchville for a little morning dirt. It was humid as hell, and pretty dry and crumbly, but we got some runs in on the roller line. Steve took the maiden voyage over #2 in the green line, a pretty gnarly 16 footer that kicks to the right. It took a few attempts, but he was landing it clean in no time. We decided to do a little digging on a berm that's under construction, but Mother Nature had other ideas and absolutely dumped on us. Nothing like sprinting 400 yards through the woods in monsoon rain pushing a bicycle with $3,000 of camera equipment on your back. Soaked to the bone by the time I reached the car! None the less, good times!!
A.M. Dirt Photos: CLICK HERE
A.M. Dirt Photos: CLICK HERE
Saturday
Thursday
Portland Needs a Park
For those of you that don't know, TYRANT is based out of Portland, Connecticut. For almost 8 years now the town has been without a skatepark, and the previous 2 parks they did have were epic failures. I'll give the town credit, they were one of the first to put in a pre-fab cement park back in the late 90's, but man was it horrible! Several years after that park was torn down due to construction at the school where it was located, a new wooden park was built on a local tennis court. This park had some potential, but the town felt the need to make it supervised, charge admission, and ban BMX...yet another epic fail! I'm not sure what resulted in the end of that park, but I'm sure their strict guidelines and the park attendant getting caught selling dope to kids didn't help.
So here we are, 2012, and the town just got a $230,000 grant which they intend to "satisfy the communities need for athletic fields". That's some BS if I ever heard it! This town has dozens of fields, some are even lit for night use! It's time to raise awareness that we don't need more tennis courts, more baseball fields, more soccer fields, and another playground in town! We're not asking for all the money, but put some toward a skatepark!
GO LIKE THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD! CLICK HERE
So here we are, 2012, and the town just got a $230,000 grant which they intend to "satisfy the communities need for athletic fields". That's some BS if I ever heard it! This town has dozens of fields, some are even lit for night use! It's time to raise awareness that we don't need more tennis courts, more baseball fields, more soccer fields, and another playground in town! We're not asking for all the money, but put some toward a skatepark!
GO LIKE THIS AND SPREAD THE WORD! CLICK HERE
Tuesday
East Haddam Moving Fast!
Paprocki and crew are moving at light speed over at the East Haddam Park. So psyched to bomb around this place when it opens!
Sunday
Cinco de Sunset
Steve and I headed up to Sunset Ranch yesterday to ride some bikes and meet up with some old friends. Chris has that place pretty dialed, it's mind blowing how much it has grown in 2 years. The riding conditions were perfect, it wasn't too hot, and everybody was getting rad. BMXicans!
Sunset Photos: CLICK HERE
Sunset Photos: CLICK HERE
Tuesday
Squatchville Upper Section
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Monday
Trails & Track
We were all over the state today. Steve and I met up with some guys at the Willimantic Park at 9:30am for a little early morning 'crete action. We made our way from the park to Schmidt's trails with Ethan Roy in tow. Schmidt's is odd, it just never feels right to me...but some of the guys were making it through the line. We hung out there for a few solid hours before making our way to Falcon BMX in Meriden. The track was rebuilt a few weeks ago and looks pretty fun, but the heavy rains early last week rutted the place up already. We took some runs and called it a night pretty early with everyone beat.
Trails & Track Photos: CLICK HERE
Trails & Track Photos: CLICK HERE
Tuesday
Runnin' the Green Line
Steve and I did a little digging at the trails tonight and he decided to give the first jump of the Green Line a rip. Despite the soaking rains, it's running pretty good. So much digging to be done, so little time!
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Squatchville Photos: CLICK HERE
Saturday
Sunset Ranch Jam: 4/21/12
Days like today define BMX and are the reason I'm 32 and still riding a
little kids bike! Awesome trail jam at Sunset Ranch!! Rode with some old
friends, made some new ones, nobody got hurt, everybody had a good
time, and so on. A huge thanks to Chris Traverse for the invite and for
having that place dialed this year! BMX!!
Sunset Ranch Photos: CLICK HERE
Sunset Ranch Photos: CLICK HERE
Friday
Tuesday
Cromwell Sesh
Fun evening session with the usual dudes at Cromwell. Loving the warmer weather!
Cromwell photos: CLICK HERE
Cromwell photos: CLICK HERE
Sunday
Legends Never Die
Today I woke to the crushing news that Mike Tag had passed away yesterday. I can't say I knew Mike, only met him a few times at East Coast Terminal and the Ghetto Street comps, but the guy def had an effect on my riding! In the late 90's and early 2K's Mike was thrashing everything he came across. The guy was an animal on a bike! Steve Crandall has a great post over on the FBM site: CLICK HERE. My thoughts go out to Mike's family and the FBM crew. Rest in peace, ride on!
Saturday
Squatchville
The trails tees are done and available HERE!
Grab a shirt, grab a shovel, and get your a$$ to the trails!
Grab a shirt, grab a shovel, and get your a$$ to the trails!
Friday
Dodging Showers
Rain showers were all over the state this afternoon. It would pour for 2 minutes, dry out for 30, and pour for 5 more. Nature at it's finest! Anyway, despite all the wetness we got a solid late afternoon session in.
Deep River Photos: CLICK HERE
Deep River Photos: CLICK HERE
Thursday
Monday
Mauls Brawl 2012
For the 20th straight year, the folks at Mauls put on another kick a$$ contest. Dudes were going off, that's all that needs to be said! A great day, with great people, at a great event. BMX!
Mauls Brawl Photos: CLICK HERE
Kieran Chapman's Photos:
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Josh Huston's Photos:
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Mauls Brawl Photos: CLICK HERE
Kieran Chapman's Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
Josh Huston's Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/
Thursday
Squatchville
Steve found a new trails spot and has been slinging some serious dirt. I got down there the other day to lend a hand and the place is coming along nicely. We've dubbed the spot "Squatchville", as it's in some dense pine forest, there is a ton of wildlife, and we're always hearing crazy woodland noises!
Monday
First Dirt of 2012
We rode the Deep River Skatepark for several hours yesterday, then made out way to Bongi's to check out his new dirt set-up. As usual with those Haddam kids, the line is pretty wild! Despite the place being bone dry and crumbly, a few of the guys were going at it. Looking forward to riding here when the place is packed.
Bongi's House: CLICK HERE
Bongi's House: CLICK HERE
Thursday
New Trails
Steve found a new trails spot....downhill, 30 yards from a brook, and most importantly no Poison Ivy! Looking forward to putting in some serious shovel time this Spring!
Sunday
Tables & 2x4 in CT
Met up with Tony Long and the T&F crew today and to our surprise Van Homan and some of the 2x4 guys came along for the day trip. We started off at the Middlefield Park and the local skaters weren't too psyched. Eff em! We rode and dudes were having fun. Mid-day we headed over to the snake run and people were stoked. That place truly is a gem! Everyone was getting rad, taking white knuckle bomber runs, and having a good time. There were a few casualties, but nothing my zip loc bag med kit couldn't patch up. We topped the day off down at the Deep River Park and Van Homan owned the place jumping the humps....then throwing a turndown over them. All of us have been eying that up for years, I was psyched to see it go down. All in all it was a fun as hell day with a bunch of great people. Thanks to the T&F guys for venturing over 2 hours once again and thanks to the 2x4 guys for making a pit stop in CT. Always good to ride our local places with new faces.
Tables & 2x4 in CT Photos: CLICK HERE
Tables & 2x4 in CT Photos: CLICK HERE
Wednesday
Deep River at Dusk
Haven't ridden in 2 weeks and haven't posted in a long time. I'm back to working a day job and I've been busy and hell! Sorry folks!
Met up with some of the Mercenary crew at the Deep River Park to get rad for an hour+ before dark. Good times for sure! Really looking forward to the time change Sunday. Bring on that daylight!!
Deep River Photos: CLICK HERE
Met up with some of the Mercenary crew at the Deep River Park to get rad for an hour+ before dark. Good times for sure! Really looking forward to the time change Sunday. Bring on that daylight!!
Deep River Photos: CLICK HERE
Willi with the Mass./T&F Crew
A bunch of dudes from Mass. came down to ride the Willimantic Skatepark yesterday. I figured Tony Long had 1-2 people with him, I'd was def surprised when 3 car loads of dudes showed up. We rode Willi for 3 hours and then made our way over to Baltic for another 2. Everyone was having a good time, guys were feeding off one another and throwing some rad stuff down, and most importantly a lot of fun was had! Love BMX day trips!!
Willi/Baltic Photos: CLICK HERE
This video does it no justice! Pete Henkel hucking a huge 20 ft. gap!
Willi/Baltic Photos: CLICK HERE
This video does it no justice! Pete Henkel hucking a huge 20 ft. gap!
Thursday
Combs & Smith at Willi
Romb Combs and Eddy Smith, 2 young RI rippers, made the trip over to ride the Willi Park today. I met the guys over there around 10 and the place was empty all morning! Those dudes were maching it around that park! Getting rad on everything. Sadly, my flash broke so the photos are straight up natural light and kinda shotty. Looking forward to getting some great pics next time around!
Combs & Smith at Willi Photos: CLICK HERE
Combs & Smith at Willi Photos: CLICK HERE
Wednesday
New Year's Facelift
I gave the site a minor face lift today. Enjoy the new look!
Ignore the big blank space on the right side as you scroll down, that will soon be filled with ads. Call it selling out, but if I can generate a little income from the site it will allow me to ultimately bring more product to you guys!
Ignore the big blank space on the right side as you scroll down, that will soon be filled with ads. Call it selling out, but if I can generate a little income from the site it will allow me to ultimately bring more product to you guys!
Tuesday
Chilly Willi
Rode the Willimantic Park with some of the Fat Trax dudes again. It was pretty chilly and by the time I got there those guys had already put in 3 hours of riding. None the less, good times!
Matt Horak throwing the bars on the mega wedge. Shot by Greg Rooke or Dave Drury?
Matt Horak throwing the bars on the mega wedge. Shot by Greg Rooke or Dave Drury?
Wednesday
Truckers at Fat Trax
For all you Mass. dudes that messaged me wanting an embroidered trucker hats...Fat Trax has them in stock. Get on over to the shop and grab a cap!
Monday
Back to Willi
It's been about a month since we've ridden Willimantic, far too long! Bry and I headed over to the park today to meet up with Matt Horak and Greg Rooke. Of course, we thought the place would be dead on a Monday, but we roll up at 10am and there were 9 people already there. None the less, we got in some serious riding....5 hours worth...and I didn't snap a single photo! Tom Kalmanidis snapped the below photo cause he "loves 80's tricks". Long live the abubaca!
Sunday
Saturday Sub
Jake built a sub-box and brought it over to the Crompton Park yesterday. In typical Jake fashion, he proceeded to empty his bag of tricks on the box right away...270 to smith, fuf, icepick, etc. The highlight of the afternoon was def. some little kids that felt the need to jump the fence into the town garage yard and steal a shovel to dig trails. Any of us that have ridden the park have seen the signs claiming the area is watched on hidden camera. Well those signs are not a joke! Within 3 minutes of the youngin' jumping the fence a cop cruiser was flying into the parking lot. Damn kids!
Jake Sub Photos: CLICK HERE
Jake Sub Photos: CLICK HERE
Friday
T1 Radness!
I got word a few weeks back that a photo I shot of T&F Tony Long was gonna be featured on the Terrible One site. Tony shot me a FB message today that the article was up, pretty rad...
CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
Sunday
Sunday Edge
Somehow I got motivated and hopped in the car at 6:30 this morning to solo it over to Skaters Edge to meet up with Tony Long and Gamache. Glad I made the trek, it was a good time and after not riding in almost a week it was much needed!
Edge Photos: CLICK HERE
Edge Photos: CLICK HERE
Wednesday
Lazy Jay's
We rode Jay's ramp last night....well, I was a lazy POS....everyone else rode while I shot some photos. Just wasn't feeling it. Been off the bike for a week, gotta shake the cobwebs. Blah! Steve broke in the new bike, it looks rad!
Jay's Photos: CLICK HERE
Jay's Photos: CLICK HERE
Sunday
Snowbikes!
We got a solid 6" of snow yesterday and Steve and I took the snowbikes for a rip. Due to the bitter cold temps the snow was ultra light and fluffy and wasn't packing at all. The bikes went slower than usual due to all the drag in the powder, but it was still fun. Hoping to get a few runs in today when things warm up and the snow is tacky...things gonna rip!
Thursday
High Class Truckers
The new high class trucker hats are in, embroidered! The hats are $13.00, hit me up in person or PayPal rideTYRANT@yahoo.com and I'll ship for free.
Tuesday
Crack boom!
Steve and I adventured out to the Willimantic Park yesterday despite 20 degree temperatures. We got about 20 minutes of riding in when a huge crack boom echoed across the park. Steve rode over to where I was asking if I heard the loud noise his bike made? After a quick once over we found that Steve's FIT Aitken S3 frame had blown out at the down tube gusset. Remember kids, FIT is SH1T!
Friday
Back in the Day: Misc. 2001-2004
Man did we raise hell back in the day. So many parties, road trips, and all kinds of antics. Here's a little bit of everything to round out the "Back in the Day" Series this week. I hope I drummed up some fond memories for you old school heads.
Misc. Photos: CLICK HERE
Misc. Photos: CLICK HERE
Thursday
Back in the Day: Newington
The Newington Park has been around since 2001 and I'm pretty sure we've ridden that place damn near a thousand times! It's a sad excuse for a park, but we always go back for more. Lots of memories there!
Newington Photos: CLICK HERE
Newington Photos: CLICK HERE
Wednesday
Back in the Day: Groton
Countless times we've woken up at the a$$ crack of dawn to get down to Groton and ride before the skate Nazi's show up. These photos are a fond memory of a 6am session back in the Summer of 2003...
Groton Photos: CLICK HERE
Groton Photos: CLICK HERE
Tuesday
Back in the Day: Jay's Ramp
Jay's ramp has been around for 12 years now and we've ridden in on and odd every Tuesday for those 12 years. Lots of memories down in the basement of that factory!
Jay's Ramp Photos: CLICK HERE
Jay's Ramp Photos: CLICK HERE
Monday
Back in the Day: Chicopee Warehouse
Man, what can I say about the Chicopee Warehouse...the place was amazing! So many great sessions with so many kick a$$ people!
Chicopee Photos: CLICK HERE
Chicopee Photos: CLICK HERE
Back in the Day Series
Going along with the whole reunion theme from this passed weekend I've decided to dig out some old photos from the early 2000 era. I'll be posting a different set each day this week. All you old school dudes...and new school kiddies that weren't even riding back then...enjoy!
Sunday
Reunion/Benefit Jam
Saw tons of old friends, made some new ones, raised some funds for Steve Estridge, and had a hell of a good time. Thanks to Kipp and Matty Still for organizing a great event!
Reunion/Benefit Jam Photos: CLICK HERE
Reunion/Benefit Jam Photos: CLICK HERE
Saturday
Back in the Day: MSC
The MSC/Local Trails Reunion Jam and the Benefit for Steve Estridge is tonight! I dug deep and found a bunch of old MSC photos. Really looking forward to seeing some old friends and helping out a fellow rider in need!
MSC Photos: CLICK HERE
MSC Photos: CLICK HERE
Friday
Embroidered Caps
New hats are on the way....it only took me 5 years or so! Embroidered "t y r a n t" on black hats - $20.00
Tuesday
Willi. Rolling Deep!
We had a ton of riders at the Willimantic Park yesterday. It was awesome to see so many dudes out to ring in the new year. Sunny and 44 in January, can't beat it!
Willi. Photos: CLICK HERE
Willi. Photos: CLICK HERE
