a nice mix of

Jazz, funk, bunny hops and manuels

Double thumbs up from me :)

BF used to have long hair!

Tse Centre 20th Aniversary Demo trailer

Dylan Rieder

I love to see good skating.....thks to prettyshady for putting this up

lits

lost in the shadows dot net often have awesome photos

Do you ever wonder how these idiots get to run a country

Some of the powers that be are trying to stop people having the right to protest....police state?....see - Police mull banning all UK protests

Of course the student fee cuts, the following protests and provoked violence should be seen for what it is - completely engineered, because when hundreds of thousands protested against going to war....they were ignored anyway

So always ask yourself the question - Who really benefits from these situations.
the students? / the average tax payer? / the governement? / the bankers?

obviously the governement will continue to do everything it can to put and keep as many people in debt and slaving away for their entire lives, so they need to install the debt in people as early as possible

In the grand scheme of the country's debt (which is ficticious anyway and doesn't need to be there) and the cuts needed and the blah blah blah, someone at the Telegraph had this to say:

Student fee 'savings' will fund windmills in Africa

The £2.9 billion the Government will save by increasing tuition fees matches the amount earmarked for a global warming project, finds Christopher Booker.

The cause of the major political story of last week – the row over tuition fees, students rioting and all – was, as we all know, “public spending cuts”. But how much money does the Government actually hope to save on tuition fees? If the immediate problem is our massive state deficit, it seems odd that the Government should risk such unpopularity, not for any immediate saving, but in the hope that it will get the money back over the next 30 years, as students can afford to repay it.

In the short term, the Government’s own projection as to how much it will save is that the funding of university tuition will be cut by £2.9 billion by 2014. As it happens, £2.9 billion is the sum ring-fenced, by the same public spending review, to be given to developing countries to help them fight global warming with windmills and solar panels. It is also slightly less than the £3 billion by which our public debt is rising every week. These much-vaunted “cuts” are not all we are led to believe.

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The interest charge on UK governement debt for 2010 is estimated to be £25 - £30 billion (some say £43b). (the Times and the Telegraph )

Boing Boing

has cool and interesting stuff everyday



www.boingboing.net

The best is yet to come....

Good news?

Good, as in quality, news can be hard to find

I quite like PressTV for a different viewpoint when you've had enough of the same old same old...

A link to their British news page is now over there - >


They say:

About PressTV

Press TV takes revolutionary steps as the first Iranian international news network, broadcasting in English on a round-the-clock basis.

Our global Tehran-based headquarters is staffed with outstanding Iranian and foreign media professionals.

Press TV is extensively networked with bureaus located in the world's most strategic cities.

VISION

Heeding the often neglected voices and perspectives of a great portion of the world;

Embracing and building bridges of cultural understanding;

Encouraging human beings of different nationalities, races and creeds to identify with one another;

Bringing to light untold and overlooked stories of individuals who have experienced the vitality and versatility of political and cultural divides firsthand.

htc online

Got the desire up and running :)

Selling up

Need to reduce my holdings before the trip so stuff going up for sale

2005 Civic Type R - Cosmic Grey
Civic Mods - K-Pro ECU, ITG Maxogen filter, Spoon midpipe (ecu and exhaust never fitted by me but are lightly used!?!)
Deluxe 2010 frog brown 21" top tube (sorry froggy, but she has to go)
Ody dirt forks black - 14mm dropouts
Ody race forks black - 10mm dropouts
S&M Slam XLT bars black, uncut 28" wide
Deluxe XL bars raw, uncut
+ Probably the wheels off my bmx cause having some newbies for the adventure
Lowepro rucksack camera bag

Get some!

winter wonder woods

More to go up on the ALV site soon

it's been a while

Nothing else matters....

I've not really thought about it, but recent doings make sense when you consider the recent events.....its been a time for spending time with some of great and lovely people I know dotted around....most of it was already planned, but I managed to fit some extra visits in too

So, its been a busy few weeks and internet is not a constant due to the house move (which isn't entirely a bad thing)

Last week there was a fitting send off for Ben, a celebration of his life I think. Friends old and new with a feeling of appreciation for each minute together. A lesson for every


Mostly due to the Tse Qigong Centre, I'm spending nearly every weekend in London atm, which is simply city madness for a country bumpkin like me ;)

Tse Demo was sooo good, if you didn't go then you missed out, simple as, next one probably won't be for another 5 years, was an honour to be part of it.....hopefully I'll be asked again, maybe even for some hard qigong next time which would be rather exciting!

Got to join Volt BMX and friends for the Anthem II Premier.....trekked across on London on buses and trains on a foggy Sunday night but it was well worth it. Thanks to John and co for putting it on....just waiting for my copy now....go buy it, (pre-order here, expected any day now) it won't disappoint!

Got to see my bestest buddy and his family on the south coast last weekend, which was, as always THE BEST x

More Tse Centre stuff last Sunday too, and two meals of some of the finest Chinese food available in London and Birmingham with all many Tse Centre friends this coming weekend....going to be an awesome mega feast x2 :)

Oh yeah, I need to wish a good gent I know a long and happy retirement, he'll never read this but that doesn't matter, he's a good accountant, colleague and friend, have fun Tony, love to you and your family x

Have fun every day

For Ben x

A short film in memory of Ben - from Emma Newell on fb

Joe Rich with T1 in CO

Colorado added to next years trip?

dig edit

frog and friends know what its all about :)

a few good men

Some of the best guys you could ever know, no question. Love you all x x

shit can go wrong at any time

so don't take anything for granted....

A good man has left us today, he's moved on way before his time should have been up

He was a good fella on all accounts, not a bad word to say about anyone, a good heart and a happy chilled guy.

My love goes out to you and your family and friends

Miss ya man = RIP Ben x x

Ickestep....

Oh man - great comment....Ickestep - the dub will set you free!!

I don't rave on much about about dubstep - but this I like, plus the LA DJ MVMNT who made the track, his real name is Chris Morris....

We are Energy by MVMNT

oh those pesky bankers!!

and I'm not normally into poetry that much but I do like this....



I wonder - do the French have the answer for 7th December?

keeping it in the family

Of late I generally keep a distance from the mainstream news because they just talk so much sh1t, so I'm unsure how I feel about the Daily Mail, but sometimes they do make me smile.

I don't mind admitting I was mostly oblivious to the upcoming Royal wedding, but when J asked me how excited I was about it, the first thing that came to mind was; I wonder what bloodline she comes from, and sure enough someone at the Daily Mail had already investigated

Winter Trails

Got a ride at the trails in ALV Woods on Tuesday....it's a first to ride this late in the year for me so thanks to the few who helped bail and sweep them out and a big thanks to the serious amounts of wind.

If we can get the drainage dug out properly, and get more tarps to cover the whole of the lines maybe more records can be set for winter riding!

All recent BMX related posts are over on ALV and after seeing the web videos of Autumn PA trails it might just mean a visit is on the cards next October :)

Fast and wild =

Shit hot!!

From Bicyce Union on Vimeo

Heres an edit Ross Head filmed whist in PA recently with Robbo. Featuring a whole bunch of trail shredders as well as legends like BF, Chris Stauffer, Pat Jullif and more!

Now back

now tired

Toronto treats

More good things going on here....

Just been for a mega Dim Sum experience in the original China town in east Toronto. They just come round with endless trolly's of traditional food until you can't take anymore - so cheap too - amazing

Proper Chinese bakery next door that was also very cheap, plus the craziest supermarket with everything you can imagine including pick your own live eels or crabs - nice!

When I was here last year I found Hogtown - a skate / snowboard / bmx shop which is pretty friendly and packed out with skate stuff and clothes. Different guys in there to last year but still a good place

Yesterday I found a more bmx orientated shop - Core, which is on Queen St East, have to say - cool as fcuk. Real friendly guys in there, rider owned, proper relaxed, they put the United DVD on so I chilled in there a good while and they even gave me a shop T-shirt - how nice is that!! :) So I guess I'll be making my way past Toronto with my bike to have a ride with these guys next year....although it seems no trails around as parks and street is the thing here....all good though :)

Went to the ROM - Museum the other day too - real good in general and the China Terracotta Army exhibition was amazing.

Well part of me doesn't want to come back, I could def see more stuff here and maybe should have got out of the city to the lakes but been happy chilling about really....

....on the other hand though I have missed alv woods so will be ace to get back up there. Want to ride my bike too....maybe the trails season is coming to an end (or already has) but a roll round the streets will be nice :)

mad house of lords

thanks to J for pointing this out via boingboing - one of the funniest things I've read / seen for a while

You can read all house of lords dialogue on Lords Hansard text (this is section 1538 on 1 Nov)
or
watch the original recording on the bbc 'democracy' live at circa 2hr 30 mins....

so why do we need bank debt and government cuts etc when there is free money out there....or is he just a mad ol' fool....amazing!!

Missed a ferry....

....back from the islands by five minutes yesterday, but of course it turned out for the best (*awesome* some might say) as I got some views like nothing else as the sun started to go down

half way through

yup I'm just over half way through my trip to Toronto and around now....every day is a good one and 5 more full days to come

Had my walking shoes on yesterday, stomping around the islands which I almost had to myself - sweet! It's a bit of a trek from where I'm staying (walk, street car, walk then ferry) but I'm tempted to go back and have a day doing qigong and training there 'cause its so nice and peaceful

View of the islands from the CN Tower





More photos to come but uploading them is a pain in the arse!

more super slow mo'

nice work!

Anthem II looks sick yo!!

Premiere going to be at Volt....might have to go down for it!!

Apple shops

give you free internet access which can be very useful when it's hard to find an internet cafe....and super cheap too :)

Enjoying time in Canada, going to watch the Maple Leaf's Ice hockey game tomorrow - should be fun!! (probably mental). Just planning where to go with a hire car in the next week - looking like the going north to the lakes area and taking in some autumn countryside which should be ace!!

Just had a couple of days chilling around the city enjoying the good food and sights

Might even go find the city's outdoor skateparks and check the local skate/bmx scene out....

not long to go now :)

Bend over for....

.... big brother

1984 is coming



www.telegraph.co.uk - Every-email-and-website-to-be-stored

"The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."

I like Dr. Albert Bartlett, (quote above) he's a no nonesense man and has dam fine style. the first part of his "most important video" is below.

But first a nice ladies view on our compond interest society....



If you find the above interesting and have an hour or so to spare, Dr Albert Bartlett sheds some light on the maths and wider implications

Back to BMX

had to find some Epsom footage after calling by there....they got it all going on

oh dear

Debt has left so called third world countries, well, screwed, say no more

When Ken Clarke's says something don't forget his links to the Bilderberg group
Dailymail.co.uk - Kenneth-Clarkes-warning-Western-economies

plus some funny news of the magic money printing in the US....



Thanks to Davidicke.com and UKColumn.org for the links

Weekend in London

Had a good weekend in London, learnt half a new staff form with Tse Qigong Centre, man i love them wooden staffs, sooo much fun and sooo good for ya. My injured hand seems to have been helped by it so more practice seems like the answer.

J has been busy working and posting stuff at ALV while I've been away, sorry I wasn't there to lend a hand, looks like it was solo time again....

Called in to Volt BMX on way home yesterday, good to see the place and say hi to John. If you need anything bmx check it out for sure :)

Also managed to sniff out Epsom trails for a mooch, it was a sight to behold, shit man that place is sick, so many inspirational spots in England now old and new.....it just seems if your in the midlands you need to be proper west or east side else most people just don't seem into it enough...oh well, it's their loss I guess....J - it's down to me and you bro x

whats ahead?

Obviously I don't know but things are going mad, and some say....

More economic troubles -

followed by

More cash to bankers, more interest to bankers blah blah

single global currency.....as nations currencies become worthless and

watch as the price of gold keeps on going up

then who knows....

Aliens...? - official UFO sightings could be not too far away as there is a definite move towards acclimatising people before disclosures....eg - UK schools are having UFO crash drills for some reason?

Wing suits....

....are cool

Inspirational

If, for any minute of any day, you forget how lucky you are or how happy you should be to be alive and well, watch this



Thanks to Deluxe BMX for posting

Be very afraid!

of the government fear mongers more like

www.guardian.co.uk - home-office-threat-level = severe

ready

for a day for creating things up at ALV woods!

prettyshady double up

Prettyshady is always on the ball with the latest good videos.....no exception here

Peynier - Vans - Kill the Line



Afternoon with Frog. what can I say, he's a dam nice guy and is involved in probably the best trails I've seen with my own eyes

another point of view

T1 - they know

wtf

we need this kind of joking around to stop



given its likely to end up being more of this



or this



of course they (the politicians) all ended up deciding this would be most suitable for now!



Brewsters Millions had the answer - "NONE OF THE ABOVE" gets my vote

Tse Centre 20th Aniversary Demo

The Tse Qigong Centre is having a celebration Demo for its 20th aniversary year on 27 November. After the Demo there is a workshop so you can have a go at some of the skills yourself :)

Chen, Qigong, Northern Shaolin, Wing Chun, Hard Qigong are likely to be included



Tseqigongcentre.com

Sunrise

I've gone from spending too many hours in an office with a suit on to spending a fair bit of my time on farms for one reason or another :)

ah yeah!

Dam good - done in proper Bicycle Union style 8}(

Fluoride truth finds Australian news

A must watch - spotted on lizard news :)

Slow motion

Wow!

click click click

Did a couple of bat surveys last night / this morning, one more tomorrow and maybe more to come. Was interesting to do some work outside as the sun sets or rises....ha - only slightly different from spending a long day in the office being an accountant!

New things are good :)

North West US trails

There are so many amazing trails in NW USofA

There are....

....lots of great places and people in this world....

....but there are too many things that suck, manufactured wars and lying governments are definitely right up there

The US and the freedom fighters, or terrorists as they are more recently branded

Reagan and Mujahideen 1985 (Article by Michel Chossudovsky)



The UK and Saddam Hussein in the 1980's

PressTV

BBC

Scott Report on Wiki

Some of the last 10 years of

laws

Yesterday

I went to see David Icke sporting a blue and then a red shirt at London Brixton Academy

It was a serious marathon as David talked for some 8 hours.....but he has investigated some rather interesting stuff over the last 20 years, I hope more people open themselves to the views of Icke and others in his field

Quite an interesting man :)



Just one of many things on DavidIcke.com

Bill Hicks....

....quote of the day

Wouldn’t you like to see a positive LSD story on the news? To hear what it’s all about, perhaps? Wouldn’t that be interesting? Just for once?”Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration — that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There’s no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we’re the imagination of ourselves. Here’s Tom with the weather.”

Legend!

hunter-gatherer

Had such a good time in Bournemouth with my very good friend and his family....

Chilling time 200 miles from home is ace - its been too long since I was there

Been mega busy though really, all kind of things going on....jam and cider ingredients are free to those who know where to find them

got sooo many apples....(100 pints worth of AJ) hopefully the keeper of the cider tubs hasn't drunk them yet!

Nice

hmmm - the new Deluxe Tech2 frames are looking pretty dam sweet....especially in raw

Here is a fine example - Sylvain Taro's



The new Deluxe hubs and stem will apparently be out before xmas here in the UK....sweet....Deluxe BMX

Its good....

to have a day up the woods riding and chilling

Its good....

to see people who aren't brainwashed - but I guess they haven't had years of society polluting their minds

So apparently there is hope....I wasn't so sure but Yoda does say that children are genius

Don't have it....

....or give it your children

Family win 18 year fight over MMR damage to son: £90,000 payout is first since concerns over vaccine surfaced

Jay Aliano's backyard

Glad prettyshady have reposted this....I loved this section from the prettyshady dvd....will be down there for the Murry Jam all weekend....last one ever at Jay's = don't miss out!!

Wild track skills

J spotted this a while ago....good pop!!

Straight-Line from Moana Moo-Caille on Vimeo.

Don't take it!

Finland have suspended the Swine-flu vacine, due to safety / side effect concerns. Somehow the system will try and get people to have it....just don't risk it.

Helsinki Times

Trails tour progress

from buildthewoods>

Bad pic!

from lostintheshadows

U-turn

All within just 3 weeks - amazing!!

Worst environmental disaster ever

to

It's nearly cleaned up - everything is fine

to

US scientist retracts assurances over success of cleanup

the drugs don't work

they just make you worse....



'Market for lemons': Professor Donald Light claims that five out of six prescription drugs are not effective

Read more

Just try not to have any of them....there are lots of other safer options

Nothing but....

...good old street

Liking this - some shot not too far from me, sweet wee film from Joe Gould on vimeo - as seen on blackbmx.com

What do you reckon?

BBC News 15 August 2010

President Barak Obama takes a dip in Gulf of Mexico

"Barack Obama has taken a swim in the Gulf of Mexico in a bid to reassure Americans that the waters are safe despite the recent oil spill.

The US president is on holiday on Florida's Gulf Coast with his family and has also been spotted playing mini golf as he tries to get accross his message that the area is open for business."

OR....

Independent 16 August 2010

President goes for a swim in the Gulf – or does he?

"President Barack Obama wanted to convince America that the Gulf of Mexico remains open for business. But perhaps he didn't want the world to catch another glimpse of his hairless chest.

So when he and his daughter, Sasha, took a dip in the sea off Florida this weekend, only the White House photographer was allowed to capture proceedings.

The official picture was intended to provide evidence that the region's beaches are back to normal. Yet it soon emerged that the private beach on which it was taken, off Alligator Point in St Andrew Bay, north-west Florida, isn't technically in the gulf."



I'm sure a couple of months ago the White House was saying the oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the USA has ever seen, and would take months, even years to clean up

I wonder what has made them want to change the message so quickly?


And....

funny but this guy looks familiar!

Short stop

Back home briefly from Chi Instructors course....which was pretty ace to say the least....more about that later....

Man its rained here a fair bit now - about to head up the woods which is apparently as wet as its been since we've had the spot....WTF - typical freaking England August!!!

Get some

Well....finally made it....for a while now at least, I am free to do as I please, every hour of every day!
I will miss the many good people I have met there. Today I am quite lost for words from the warmth they showed me - It will be with me for a long time....

Oh Yes!

ONE....more day to go!!!

Just over 4 years ago I started contracting there and just over 3 years ago I took a perm job there. At times its been okay and I cannot deny I have met some really nice people who I will miss, but too much of the time it sucked! It sucked my energy, my happiness and my freedom....

There have been things recently that have made me realise it wouldn't last, as I was ultimately giving too much when there are more rewarding things in life to give to.

It is the eve of the new beginning for me....

I raise a glass to those who have helped me get here....and now the smile of free kag can really spread

Thanks x

Did you see a plane?

I have previously seen the September Clues videos about the lack of planes at the WTC and now Richard D Hall gives his thoughts

Not Surprising?

There are so many good links coming from Davidicke.com lately

Todays headlines lead to Yahoo news and where do you think the US and UK aid given to Pakistan could end up?

It seems....

....possibilities are endless

Two!!

Days left!

Today was a slight drag, was feeling a bit under the weather so the day at work just didn't fly by....but thats one more done now....2 left till freedom = sweet!!

Chill....

Enough of the serious stuff - check this chilled but rad clip from Bicycle Union

Bankers....

HSBC have announced mahusive profits for the first half of the year and apparently other banks, including those propped up by the tax payer will be doing the same!

Hopefully this will be the start of the vale lifting on the fraud of the government backed modern banking system and more and more people will be led to ask;

Where do banks get the money they lend from?
Why do governments need to borrow from banks when they saved their asses?
Why do governments let banks charge them interest on the money they gave back to them?
Why is repaying this debt the number one priority of the government, yet it will cost the people their jobs and homes, which the banks end up reclaiming?

I wonder who will always end up winning?

Three!!

days left :)

Up in smoke

Is it because they can't patent a daffodil?

Food glorious food !?!?

Will this be a media frenzy....probably not, but I think there will soon be more talk of the 'double dip', which referred to something entirely different when I was growing up!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews

Food inflation 'could go beyond 10pc before next year'

The cost of food is likely to jump by up to 10 per cent before Christmas after dry weather drastically reduced the amount of winter feed that farmers could harvest, experts said.

The price of milk, cheese, chicken, beef and pork and associated products are all expected to rise because the industry has been hit by soaring animal feed prices, a shortage of silage and poor harvests.

Food inflation is closely linked to overall inflation and some in the industry have warned it could push the economy towards a "double-dip" recession.

Get well soon Van

Van Homan News.
July 31st, 2010

You probably heard by now that Van Homan hit his head in X-Games street practice, which put him out of the event. So instead of medals at summer X, he gets a nice relaxing hospital stay. I got some news from Van’s wife Samantha so I thought I’d share. Sounds like he’s doing better. “We are in the ICU, he’s got a skull fracture and a little bit of bruising and a tiny bit of blood on the brain. He’s responsive just tired and antsy. They should be moving him into regular care tomorrow.” Get well soon Van!

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Van has always been inspirational - Classic >



< not just inspirational for bmx moves

awaken

June pilgrimage....

....happy days!!