Pre-Macaframa, your favorite fixed gear directors were making skate videos like the one here. Colby created this video, featuring strictly Sacramento based skaters, over four years ago. The aptly named FTL crew included local skate rats Mark Dillon and JR Dias of Lurk Hard. Matt Pailes (iPath) also gets some shine in the video along with footage of a younger, pre-swoosh, Omar Salazar(NikeSB). With all the things these guys have going on now it’s interesting to look back at this point in time.
This week’s Follow Friday is is devoted to a few of the guys making things happen in the fixed gear community. We follow all of them on our twitter and think it’s worth your time too. So, without further ado, I bring you #FixedFriday.
W-Base, run by owner Moto and shop manager Yohei, is a BMX and Fixed Gear focused shop in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Moto has been riding BMX for over twenty years and opened the shop to express his take on riding. You might recognize Yohei from his part in Mash. Yohei is also a talented artist and contributes the the shop’s line of shirts. If you are ever in Tokyo, definetly hit them up. In the meantime, check out the W-Base twitter here. (Kudos if you can spot the LL sticker in their background)
When you’re in need of a “fixie fix”, chances are, you will end up on Kris’ blog Locked Cog. Updated multiple times daily, Locked Cog keeps you up to date with the world of fixed gear culture. Kris is a Sacramento native and can often be found at the shop in between riding and working. He’s also a thief, that stole my hat several weeks ago. Just kidding, he’s a good guy, I still want that hat back though. Keep up with all of Kris’ shenanigans on his twitter.
Fixed gear riding has been progressing and growing in Hawaii under the watchful eye of Ryan Lau. Ryan runs things over at Aloha Fixed out of Honolulu. He has been working hard on the first Aloha Fixed film “290ed” and putting out some dope new product. Fresh off his trip from Japan, Ryan has a lot of projects in the works for the growing company. I owe all my vocabulary of Hawaiian pidgin slang to dis bruddah here. See what Ryan has going on, follow the Aloha Fixed Twitter.
W-Base rider Teppei Iwabuchi, better known as “Nasty”, has been pushing the limits for fixed gear trick riding in Tokyo, garnering himself a lot of attention over the past year. Warp Magazine in Tokyo recently did a shoot with Nasty, which is when Ryan(Aloha Fixed) captured the photo below. Great things are always coming out of Japan…I’m very excited to see more from Teppei in the coming months.
“Follow Friday”, a weekly ritual on twitter, is an opportunity to recommend profiles you think are worth checking out. Here are some of the folks we keep up with daily. Each of these photos was on the Lucky Lefty’s twitter profile at some point.
Here are our friends Gabe and Keller, mid chest bump, over at FTC Sacramento. Gabe keeps us all up to date with the current Nike SB releases and skate hardgoods. There’s a good chance you’ll see some notable skaters in there too. Follow FTC here.
This is Matt. Web design extraordinaire, gnarly BMX rider, straight edge OG, and walking zombie. He is responsible for the website you are on right now. He does some impressive work along with his world class team at BKWLD. Follow Matt here.
NEEK hails from Sin City, a rad dude with an agenda. If he’s not holding down shop at StussyLV, you might catch him cruisin in his decked out Scion xb(right there to the left), updating one of his many websites, or grubbin’ on Korean BBQ at Tofu Hut. Really though, NEEK is everywhere and he takes us all with him via his twitter. Follow him and peep game.
Last but not least is Colby; the “fixie filmer”. Founder and director of the fixed gear cycling film company known as Macaframa. Colby and the Macaframa team are preparing to film the second installment of their fixed gear cycling project this summer. Having recently moved back to Sacramento, he has been rediscovering the area on his bike and updating his followers with the new spots he finds. He’ll also update you when he loses at pool over here at the shop. Check out Colby’s twitter here.
Since the shop will not be open Sunday the 4th, we invite you to join us this Friday and catch some deals to kick off the holiday weekend. If you’ve been to any of our past sales you know this one will be worth it. Don’t sleep.
Some of you may already follow us on twitter. We try to update it as much as possible with daily happenings, shop news, surprise deals, and a ton of random stuff that just doesn’t make the cut for the blog. For those of you who don’t tweet or are just tuning in to our page, I offer you a glimpse into our twitter through some of the twitpics* we’ve posted in the past.
These pictures are from a concert held in Irvine this past weekend. The impressive line-up featured The Cool Kids, B.O.B, and Common, with a surprise appearance from Lupe Fiasco. I was not fortunate enough to go, but some of the LL family was in attendance and took these photos to share with you all. Looks like it was a great show…take a peek.
Nike SB recently released, Sacramento native, Omar Salazar’s pro model shoe. The technology is pretty crazy on these but it’s the colorway that sold me.
Sacramento, support your own, these are available at FTC Sac.
If you live in Sacramento you should be familiar with the work of Philip Lumbang. I first heard of Phil a few years ago through a mutual friend who told me about his work with Shepard Fairey. Phil is now diligently working on his own projects. The Sacramento native’s playful cartoon bears, known as “awesome bears”, have been getting a lot of attention as of late. His art has graced several shirts for The Hundreds and recently the cover for art magazine Giant Robot. Last month, Giant Robot held a show at their space in San Francisco for the artist and I was in attendance to check out his latest work. I’d like to congratulate Phil on an awesome show. Expect to see this guy doing even more awesome things this year.
