Wallride, Ben Piff.I'll send a free dvd to the first person that explains the historic significance of this spot. Email me if you know.
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February 7 update: Aaron Gates, TJ Henderson, and Ben Ward all knew the answer: this spot was tricked by Lou Rajsich in the classic Portland video ./blueprint. Spot the armpit-high green subrail in the background of the pic above, and then watch Lou hit it up:
Since Aaron already has a copy of the video (as do TJ and Ben), I sent a disc to Aaron's friend Shawn instead.
Took some video with my digital point-n-shoot at the very end of the session. Ben did a crankflip, and I enjoyed myself, even with a broken chain.
I overdid the color-correction trying to compensate for Vimeo's compression washing out the colors; kind of an old Shine video effect, as Ben put it. Makes the wintry day pop.
February 7 update: Aaron Gates, TJ Henderson, and Ben Ward all knew the answer: this spot was tricked by Lou Rajsich in the classic Portland video ./blueprint. Spot the armpit-high green subrail in the background of the pic above, and then watch Lou hit it up:
Since Aaron already has a copy of the video (as do TJ and Ben), I sent a disc to Aaron's friend Shawn instead.
Btw, the white frame Ben Piff is shown riding here (A Sunday Wave2, I think) came courtesy of Ben Ward's generosity. I remember years ago when B-Dubbs gave me a pair of Mosh pedals, because he was amused by some curb-to-wallride I did. That was a great day.
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Took some video with my digital point-n-shoot at the very end of the session. Ben did a crankflip, and I enjoyed myself, even with a broken chain.
I overdid the color-correction trying to compensate for Vimeo's compression washing out the colors; kind of an old Shine video effect, as Ben put it. Makes the wintry day pop.
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ReplyDeleteYep, that's it, Aaron. I deleted your comment to give someone else a chance at a free vid, but I edited the post so you still get credit for knowing the answer first.
ReplyDeleteI suppose that was a bit of a jerk move... if nobody else gets it I have a friend in Portland who would probably really dig a copy of that vid.
ReplyDeleteMuhahaha, I was able to see the answer before you deleted it, but I about 27 of the dvd's so I the answer is safely locked in my brain.
ReplyDeleteT.J.
That's fair, Aaron. Email me his address, and I'll get him a video. I'll hold off posting the answer a little longer.
ReplyDelete./Blueprint Lou, someone win something!
ReplyDeleteThe frame looks like it is happy under another Ben:)
CORRECT, Ben. There's a dvd headed your way, once I get an address.
ReplyDeleteAnd Ben loves his Sunday Wav-Racer.
Good grief! Little Brother Ben just reminded me that he already sent you, Ben Ward, a dvd. So whatever. That's rad that you guys all recognized the spot. I'll update the post later with Lou's Youtube spot.
ReplyDeleteGlad I'm not the only one ruining the fun here!
ReplyDeletePost updated with Lou's part embedded. Thanks for playing!
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