Going Big Again!

I haven't ordered bumper size stickers in years, time to go big again! A bunch of these 8.5" x 2.75" stickers will be here in a few weeks. Ideal for your top tube, car, trailer, local parks, etc. I'll be handing them out as usual, but if you want to buy in bulk they'll be 3 for $1.

Baltic Contest

There is a contest at the Baltic Skatepark on Saturday. We have a crew heading down to check it out, maybe a few will even compete. Hope to see some familiar faces there getting rad! Check it out...

RI Night Trip

Bry and I headed over to the Norwich Skatepark for a quick session prior to meeting up with Steve and road tripping to Rhode Island. Once we made it to RI we hit up the Pawtucket Skatepark for 45 minutes at dusk. The place was mobbed, but locked and we had to jump the fence...odd? Around 7 we made our way to Circuit for the FBM shindig. The Thousand Yard Stare movie sneak peek was awesome, looking forward to the full length video later this Fall. On our way home we hit up the Providence Skatepark and the place was empty. We got a solid 20 minutes in before riders and skaters appeared out of the darkness and the place was hopping at like 11 at night. The local riders were young and all super flowy. So rad watching those kids shred that park going 100 mph and boosting everything! All in all it was a kick a$$ evening trip, especially for a Tuesday.

RI Night Trip Photos: CLICK HERE

NEW Willimantic Skatepark

On the way home from the park trip Sunday Steve, Brandon and I took a detour through farm country over to the Willimantic Skatepark. Holy Hell, the park is huge! Not just a huge area, huge trannies too! So psyched for this place to open. Word on the street is 1.5-2 more months of work to go. Fingers crossed for a pre-Winter opening and a few sessions before the first snow!

Willimantic Skatepark Photos: CLICK HERE

Begin's Park Edit

Brandon Begin did some filming yesterday and cut this little edit. Good stuff!

Sunday Park Trip: 9/25/11

3 car loads of riders met at my place today and we rolled out to the Norwich Skatepark. Super fun session at the park with everyone feeding off one another and getting rad. We hit up Baltic next mid-afternoon and the place was a zoo. In between dodging scooters rats a few people were able to throw down some original lines. We finished up the day riding the Plainfield Skatepark. To our surprise a few car loads of the Haven locals showed up to ride as well as Brett and Shamus from Mass. After a solid park session we got in a little street time around the area and called it a night. Thanks for everyone that came out. Days like yesterday are the reason I'm 31 and still riding a little kids bike. No injuries, no sh1t talking, no 1-upping....just friends having fun riding bikes. That's what BMX is all about!!!

Sunday Trip Photos: CLICK HERE

Deep River Solo

Quickclips: Deep River from rideTYRANT.com on Vimeo.

Guilford Saturday Session

Steve and I hit up the Guilford Park on Saturday for an afternoon session. The Fall temps have arrived, it was a great 62 degree and sunny day. For the first time in a long time I have no photos to offer, I rode the whole damn time. Bring on the cool, manageable weather!

Dirt & West Nile

Steve and I hit up Chad's Trails for a quick session before dark last night. Steve put in a bunch of digging hours there over the past few weeks and wanted to hit up the new jumps he built. The place was still pretty damp and the mosquitoes were deadly, but it was nice to get back to Chad's....been a while. In addition to the new jumps, Chad is in the process of building a mega lander. I'm assuming there will be a huge wooden kicker to go along with it in the near future. Looks similar to one of The Lot big line set ups. Looking forward to the cooler temps, no bugs, and lots of trails!

Chad's Trails Photos: CLICK HERE

Back to Sunset Ranch

Steve and I adventured North to to Sunset Ranch in Hatfield, Mass for a little trails action. Chris, the trail boss, has been slaving keeping the place in mint condition...even after Irene a few weeks ago and 3 straight days of rain last week. The place has progressed a ton since we were up there last in June. After a little dirt action we hit up the Southwick Trails, which were totally flooded surprising us all. We back tracked 15 minutes to Agawam and ended up hitting up the local skatepark there. The place was infested with kids, but it had a fun layout and when we could get a clean line it was fun as hell!

Sunset Ranch Photos: CLICK HERE

Non-stop Rain!

Man, in the wake of Hurricane Irene we're now getting hosed with 3 straight days of rain. The CT River is flooding again and everything is saturated. The trails are going to need some insane maintenance after these past few weeks. Get out there are dig!!!

Ride Your Heart Out!

5 years ago this week Shawn Hebrank created this kick a$$ artwork for us. Back then the design was used for stickers, but I though it was about time I got it on a shirt...AVAILABLE NOW in the Online Store above.

Be sure to check out Shawn's other artwork on his website by clicking his name above or over the link in the right sidebar.

Post-Irene

Nothing new to report, it's been a slow week in the wake of Hurricane Irene. Fall is fast approaching, cool weather sessions are just around the corner. Psyched!!!

Come on Irene!

Steve and I hung up the bikes and got out the body boards today. We made our way down to Rhode Island in hopes of getting in on the high surf action. There was a mandatory evacuation and only town residents were being let into the area. We rolled up on the Westerly evacuation check point pretty convinced we'd be turned away by the cop, but a little fibbing and knowing people who have a house in town got us through. We hit up the surf near the Westerly Town beach for a solid hour or so and Steve's GF Melissa was snapping photos (I'll post them Monday). Eventually the State Police made the rounds and evacuated everyone from the beach. Nothing like a little pre-hurricane adventure!

Friday Full Pipe

Steve and I hit up the Norwich Skatepark for a little while Friday afternoon then went on a stealth mission to find a full pipe we had heard about. The place is in a pretty populated area, and the evening rush hour wasn't the most ideal time to be sneaking around places, but we made it happen. Despite the pipe being small, the place that it's located in is epic! Steve wasted no time in giving it hell in the rusty death pipe.

Full Pipe Friday Photos: CLICK HERE

EH, Wolcott, Falcon

Bry and I did a little day tripping and hit up the East Hampton Skatepark, the Wolcott Skatepark, and the Falcon BMX Track in Meriden. The weather was perfect, mid 70's and sunny! We did a ton of riding and I shot no photos...so here are some GoogleMaps photos of the locations as filler. Doing it all again tomorrow...Norwich, Baltic and Plainfield!

9 Day Drought, 3 Days Full On!

So I've been really busy, didn't ride for 9 days straight! I had to put a swift end to that! Bry and I rode the Newington and Cromwell Parks late last week. It was good to see Bry riding decent despite still recouping from a destroyed wrist. Saturday I spent 4 hours at Cromwell riding and getting roasted in the sun. Sunday Schmidt, Steve and I hit up the Southwick Trails. It had rained Saturday night so the trails were nice and tacky, pretty ideal conditions. Sadly, the session was cut short due to incoming severe thunderstorms and torrential rain. We shot South down to the Windsor Locks park for about 20 minutes before the storms caught up with us there too. The guys went home and ended the day at the Middlefield Park getting in a solid hour session with nobody there at all. Gotta love an empty park.

Being part of the over 30 crowd is rough, so sore today!

Fresh New Threads!

T designed a new shirt that came out awesome! The whole image was free hand painted by her and digitized so we could use it on a shirt. Head over and check out's T's site for some more of her amazing artwork: CLICK HERE.

In addition, the "Creeper" zip up hoodies look great. Fall is just around the corner and we'll be rocking sweatshirts before you know it! Someone felt the need to e-mail me complaining that the hoodies are too expensive. Sure, $42 is pricey, but not really considering a plain American Apparel hoodie is $41 direct from them. So you get a rad as hell TYRANT hoodie for a mere $1 more. Just sayin...

Note: When ordering a sweatshirt from the online store you have the option of pullover or zip-up.

Dew Tour Dirt

I watched the Dew Tour Dirt contest yesterday and was psyched! Sure, it was cool to see people going big, but I was more psyched on the trail rider friendly course TJ Lavin designed. Straight out of the mouth of TJ himself, "this is a dirt jumpers course. If you spend your whole day in the foam pit you're gonna struggle here"....and struggle they did. The course was such a subliminal kick in the nuts to the foam pit junkies and box jump monkey's. It's not like it was even a dramatically different set-up, just some rollers and a long and low. Love it! So sick of the whole "training" for BMX mindset! Ride your bike and have fun!

New shirts available in the online store now!

Mini-Vaca

Spent a few days down in Westerly, RI at my friends family's beach house. I was psyched to get to the beach and get in the ocean for the first time this year. I had planned on riding the White Rock Skatepark on the way home today, but of course it had to rain. Looking forward to getting back down to Westerly and riding the park.