Zummerzet

This place isn’t an artisanal cidery with faux rustic charm, this is a working farm and there is absolutely zero airs and graces gone into it. It’s rugged, raw and bloody delicious. the photos I shot aren’t of the most bucolic parts of the barn, in fact, it’s impossible to really show how perfectly unrefined this place is.

Rambo Day

On one hand this is a fun little video about one guy’s amazing stag do. On the other hand it’s about friendships, celebrating a lifetime of friends and making every moment count.

Hey Neighbour

I’ve asked a lot of people a lot of questions in the course of my ‘career’ as a writer. I’ve always been fascinated by what makes people tick, what motivates them, what is the process of their critical thinking and what defining moments forged them into the people they are and the path that they…

Between The Eyes: Jordan Manley’s #dailywalk

In November 2012, Jordan Manley, a very well respected action sport photographer and filmmaker, suffered a concussion that severely changed his life. The concussion was such that Jordan was unable to perform even quite simple tasks without triggering his symptoms. Recovery for this kind of injury, which is effectively brain damage, means resting the brain…

I was once a World Champion…sort of.

Here’s a GoPro video of me winning the TiS Dual Slalom World Championship at Peaty’s house in 2011. Well, the ghetto equivalent. Thanks to WideOpenMag for the video. I just realized that the ‘ghetto’ in the above paragraph might be a little misleading. I’m not saying Steve Peat lives in a ghetto or that the…

Last of the summer whine

The weather changed this weekend. Summer, the longest and most violently summery one I can remember, finally loosened it’s grasp and slipped below the Earth’s waistline to shine and heat another world for the next half year or so. I was thankful to see the rain return after such a dry year and having the…

About The Angels’ Share Multimedia Approach

This story was originally intended to be a feature story in the December, 2013 issue of Bike – an accord between words and pictures, as has been the powerful legacy Bike has nurtured for twenty years of print publishing. At this moment in time twenty years can appear to pass in one year; modern means…

Simple Machines

A little while back Union Production Co. (one of the production companies 2Flat collaborates with) was asked to created two short videos to coincide with the release of two new Santa Cruz bikes. We were given very little brief other than they needed to be driven by the personality and work of some of their…

MBR Cover

In 2011 2Flat’s photo-whore/scribbling-dribbler Seb Kemp accompanied Jordan Manley and Rob Story on a trip through New Zealand for a Bike Magazine assignment. It was a fantastic opportunity to watch two professionals work up close and to roam through New Zealand’s South Island singletrack. Two years later and one of the shots from the trip…

Las Vegas Video

The following is a collection of just some of the videos that we collaborated with Dan Barham, Vernon Felton and Bike Magazine (bikemag.com) for the annual bike show gathering, Interbike in Las Vegas. Rather than go down a familiar route we chose to try something a little different, a little humorous and a little more…

You Don’t Know…Mark Weir

*Here’s a video that Dan Barham, Vernon Felton and 2Flat collaborated on for Bikemag.com. This was an amazing opportunity to get to know an incredible person and in the process produce something quite heartfelt and moving. Mark Weir is an icon. He’s the tough man of modern mountain biking. The grimacing guy, charging down an…

The Escape – Full Movie

One of the most interesting and rewarding projects that 2Flat has been a part of this year is our collaboration with several other creatives to form the Union and execute The Escape, our contribution of love letters (and photos and videos) to British Columbia. Our partners on this project were Dan Barham Photography and Tall…

READING AT THE WHEEL: GUEST BLOG

Time for another quality Quinn Lanzon post. This time he muses on the link between movement and words. READING AT THE WHEEL There are a slew of fancy mantras about the experience of traveling from point A to point B. Can’t recite any offhand, but they tend to follow a trope where sometimes the commute…

Pisgah – Guest Entry

2Flat is very proud to post the first entry from Quinn Lanzon. He usually blogs under the banner of Quinzon but I believe we might be seeing more from him in the future, beyond this website too. Recently, during college reading week, he trekked down to Brevard, North Carolina to sample the riding delights and came…

You try so hard…

  Video kills me. Remembering lines kills me. Dan Barham heckling me at 6am in the morning after a neck full of spiked drinks while I’m trying to remember my lines for a video kills me. This is a teaser for an upcoming video segment that 2FLAT, Dan Barham Photography and Vernon Felton of Bike…

The Escape

The Escape – Teaser from Union Production Co. on Vimeo. Recently I did a wee cycle mission around BC, trying to escape the snow (or lack of). Dave Roth and I set out from Whistler on our mountain bikes, towing trailers with our gear, and circumnavigated the Salish Sea entirely by our own power (and…

STAND

STAND- Power Teaser from b4apres media on Vimeo. I’m very fortunate to say that Nicolas Teichrob is a good friend. We have worked together several times and I hope we work together a lot more in the future. One of the things that makes Nic such a good person and talented individual is that he…

SOMBRIO

Yesterday I spent the evening with Sombrio being a part of their focus group meeting. Sombrio are expanding and moving in some pretty interesting directions, part of these changes is to converse with consumers and those affiliated with the brand. I was honored to be asked to join and the evening was a great chance…

Kamloops: The Man-Up Gene

Kamloops: The Man-Up Gene Driving in Kamloops feels dangerous. The roads are good, the drivers are courteous but I feel like I’m always on the verge of rolling off the road or hitting a lamppost. The reason for this is entirely of my own doing. Every moment behind the wheel I’m rubber necking at ghosts…

MBUK x NZ

The latest issue of MBUK has a photo collection of Central Otago riding photographs taken by the immensely talented Camilla Stoddart. I was asked to supply has words to accompany the piece and I’m glad they made me keep it short and sweet because it gives much more space for Camilla’s amazing photography. Camilla has…

A prayer to all the ladies in the world

Last week was the Charlie’s Angels race in Whistler. 250 women, two days of racing (DH first day then XC the next), a spa night, and a 70s disco. All the ingredients for a good time, but there always needs to be a little bit extra. The picture above is of two of the volunteer…

The Nomads’ Art Of War

Recently, 2FLAT partnered up with snappy dresser and photographic craftsman Dan Barham, to produce a promotional video for BC based Enduro race team The Nomads. Dan has been experimenting with video lately and I’ve had more than a passing interest in it, so when I started working on a written story about The Nomads for NSMB.com it…

April Fools?

Back in March, filmer Matt Dennison and I set out to make a humorous video about the Coastal Crew’s new secret sponsor, Specialized Bikes. In order to get the story out but hide their identity we came up with the concept of making a spoof commercial with fictional energy water, Brown Pow. Oh, and it…

ADAM MANTLE EVERYBODY, ADAM MANTLE

Press Release from the newsdesk of Concerned Freeriders Conservation Association. 31st March 2010. Conservationists are warning that the recent release of Mantlelope back into the North American race circuit could prove to be a short sighted move that may end up decimating native shrub and race tape.

IF SHIT COULD TALK

     Scott Irvine is a all about it. A former Kiwi, turned fully paid up life member of Australia, Scott Irvine lives for trails, laughing like a toothless hillbilly and had tattoos of penises on his bum (see pic). He does have a delightful arse don’t you think?

IF YOU SEE THIS MAN THEN HIDE…

This man is called Andrew Norwood AKA Nowood. He possesses a filthy moustache and big hairy hands. He will bring your daughter to the slaughter.  This post makes no sense. I just wanted to show this photo and call out the one man moustache mulisha himself…But I ain’t got game tonight. Sorry for wasting your…

WHITE WINE…RUBBISH

I once had a girlfriend who loved white wine. Actually she was my fiancee for a while. Now I know that many girls love a glass or three of white wine, but this one girl had an insane love affair with the grape. Unfortunately she had zero tolerance for it. It wasn’t just that she…