The ranch at sunset. While living and working in the mexican desert I got to see the sunrise and the sunset most days. It was good for the soul to experience the big sky of open plains because the previous four years I’d lived mostly in mountain towns which meant big sunsets were a rare…
Mexico was probably the best time of my life. Hidden in the desert, building trails for three months, completely cut off from life and reality (well, we did have internet thank goodness) we were able to shed some of the layers of behavior we are forced to wear in society. We acted like hooligans, roamed…
Apologies for the lack of communication over the last week. Don’t worry I have excuses. Pitiful excuses that will make you more mad that I haven’t even tried to pick up the phone and call you to arrange another hot date, a quick text to let you know i’m thinking of you, or even a…
Don’t ever order the fish of the day just be you are hungover and in need of a meal. This might appear on your plate. Trust me it tasted worse than it looks. It tasted like the fish had been feasting on dirt, then rubbed in dirt, before being deep fried in dirt.
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A quick and un-edited musing on the geography and topography of Rancho San Enrique.
I owe Jesse Barham. The above photo that he took is being a right hussy and has slutted itself out to another website/blog. This time on Ferrentinos extremely amusing and enlightening blog (104BRONSON) that he does at part of duties for Santa Cruz as Head Marketeer. Maybe I should offer Jesse a ride on the…
So it’s no secret that being stuck in the desert makes you a sex deprived maniac, hence photo, titled ‘One Month And Six Days’. In the past week i’ve been privey to more secrets than a double crossing world war two spy . I was bursting with insider gossip and industry secrets, but I couldn’t…
Two days before shooting outta Whistler in the fall I made a visit to the Chromag headquarters to get the gorgeous Ranger stem and brand new soon to be released all-mountain Fubars (in chrome of course). The weather was so cold and wet that day and I had already been on a 4 hour wet…
Loving the Tallboy more than ever. I’ve been getting the DH twitch recently and the Tallboy provides a buzz for blasting corners, tracking off camber and going flat out. I’ve been trying to figure out if I can squeeze in a battle at the NZ National Champs Dual Slalom because this bike would kill it.…
Anyone remember those tacky decals of gun shot holes that you could by for your car? Well Mexicans go one better.
So I’m still in Mexico. 16 days to go. Since the half way period time has flown and now I’m faced with my imminent release back into the wild. Like a captive tiger that gets released into it’s ‘native’ environment I’m somewhat
A slight change of gear
What about the riding in Mexico? I know your desperate to find out what it’s like. Come inside to find out more.
Installment number two of the Mexico In Photos. Now you know what the area looks like and what lives here, it’s time to put some colour into the Why of being here.
So it’s about time I made some comment about my time here in Mexico. Despite being incredibly creatively stimulated by my surroundings and the situation, I’m still struggling to think of a concise manor into which I could pour my thoughts. Instead here is a photo update…
Warning: This isn’t a regular interview. It has been heavily edited but still contains sexual references and swearing.
Scott Bedford is a ripper on a bike and is infamous on the web for his naked shenanigans. Here he helps herd the cattle for dinner…
Some days are more creative than others. Today I should of being writing the overdue Whistler Diaries column for issue 96 of Dirt as well as getting ahead with submissions to the next issue of Spoke Magazine. Instead I invented a new drink…
So we have been here for one month and two days. Or is it one month and one day? It doesn’t matter, who’s keeping count? Anyho, heres a little video that goes a tiny way to demonstrating what the Mexico winter is capable of…WARNING MAY C ONTAIN NUTS!!
Pretty much self explanatory…
So I’ve been here in Mexico for a month now and I’ve barely mentioned it. It’s taken a while to get up to date and to grasp where I’m at. It’s big big place. Very very remote. I see the sun rise and set everyday. Everything here is covered in spikes, barbs, teeth or stings.…
As I have ‘relocated’ the gorgeous orange TALLBOY from Santa Cruz Bicycles HQ, I thought it was only fair that I send Mike Ferrentino the occasional update of the atrocities I’m committing upon the Tallboy.
So the insane creation of necessity that I began way back in December 2008, the League of Gentlemen not-race series has kicked off again down in Queenstown, NZ. Its been getting some coverage on Dirt and Spoke web. Here are the links to the coverage LoG kicks off in NZ again press release – Dirt…
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