tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360822852024-03-05T21:32:36.789-08:00Why a Camp Chair is a Time Machine: A Memoir of Gear, Adventuring, and Very Real LifeMy book is finished! Thanks for checking in!Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-5910567526936679522023-10-05T01:05:00.014-07:002024-02-01T22:09:08.189-08:00Dust Jacket Synopsis.<p>“This isn’t what I signed up for,” I thought, staring down the barrel of middle age at age 34. “Why oh why didn’t I adventure more when I had the chance?” I fantasized about quitting the rat race, living in a van, creating a life of travel … only to be reminded of my responsibilities, my children and my debts.</p><p>Unbeknownst to me, the life I'd thought I'd been building was about to be turned on its head. I wouldn't end up living in a van. But I discovered, to my bewildered surprise, middle age had not marked the end of my adventuring years. Middle age is when adventuring starts getting good!</p><p>This book is an inquiry into that most basic essence of adventuring: the profound human thrill of mere self-reliance. The empowerment of loading your trunk, and the joyous wash of freedom as you leave the driveway and enter a different world, alone in your unfolding experience, released from the tethers of support and security. The heightened significance of routine tasks — heating water, making a sandwich, putting on a jacket — when those tasks take place in the context of survival. Seeking out empty space on a map, beyond the reach of supervision and authority. Embracing risk, pushing up against the boundaries of our comfort zones and good judgment, and the comedy and satisfaction of dealing with the consequences when we push too far. And recognizing the call from deep within to seek out experiences that are truly our own.</p><p>--</p><p>My completed manuscript sits at <a href="https://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2022/05/synopsis.html" target="_blank">30 chapters</a>. I've begun the slow process of pitching to agents, and inquiries are of course welcome. If you'd like to read and share feedback, I'm happy to mail you a printout. Contact me at tonypiff(at)gmail(dot)com.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-42105630313917940352022-05-07T02:14:00.051-07:002024-01-21T23:34:56.062-08:00Table of Contents.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 16.5px;">Why a Camp Chair is a Time Machine: A Memoir of Gear, Adventuring, and Very Real Life</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.5px;">By Tony Piff</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 16.5px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Prologue: Strangers in the Woods</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Part I: A Theory of Gear</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 1: Sad Sack</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 2: Fresh Wheels</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 3: Killing Everything</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 4: The Power of Gear or Why a Camp Chair Is a Time Machine</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 5:</span> Religion, Sex and BMX</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 6: The Rat Race of Upgrading</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 7: Irreplaceable at Any Price</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Part II: A Theory of Adventure</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 8: The Freedom Lifestyle Fantasy</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 9: The Divorce Gets Real</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 10: Sacred Time</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 11: Fucking Context</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 12: From Zero Friends</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 13: Precipice of Bliss</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 14: </span>Find Sky on a Map</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2"> </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 15: Sleeps of a Lifetime</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 16: Career Change and Calamity</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 17: Ride the Petri Dish</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 18: The Joy of Pooping</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 19: Bonded Like Cavemen</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 20: Broke Up</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 21: No One Gives a Shit About Your Amazing Vacation</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 22: Roadtripping With the Homies</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 23: Navigating Without Nav</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 24: </span>Pit Stops, Bald-Faced Trespassing and Escaping the Bubble</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Part III: Adventure as Pilgrimage</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 25: Concrete Destinies</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 26: City of Gold</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 27: The Impossible</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 28: Dad’s Ditches</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 29: Rhythm of the Road</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Chapter 30: Confirming the Impossible</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Fourteen Theses</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Works Cited / Recommended Reading / Recommended Viewing</p><p class="p4" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;">Appendix: What I Pack and Why I Pack It</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s2"> </span>List 1: Loaded Pockets</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>List 2: Living on the Trail</p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>List 3: Car-Camping Like a Boss</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="s1"> </span>List 4: The Ultimate Roadtripmobile?</p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 16.5px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; 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On the Monday before Christmas, <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/05/dbz.html" target="_blank">my best friend</a> tied a rope to his bathroom doorknob, threw the line over the top, and hanged himself. Now six months have passed, and it feels weird that I haven't written anything here.<br />
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This cameraphone photo is the only shot I have of Dominic from the brief time he stayed with us during the summer of 2013. We were in the midst of our <a href="http://piffhomeindustries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">three-year home renovation</a>, living out of a makeshift apartment in the basement. Dom is doing dishes in the slop sink between the washing machine and the stove.<br />
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but I love this picture: Dom is smiling, you can see his *B*M*X* tattoo, and — oh-so-poignantly — he's sporting the Pretty Heavy freestyle crucifix t-shirt. If there was ever a martyr for bmx, it was Dom.<br />
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It was an honor to be so closely involved in the logistics of his death — I wrote Dom's <a href="http://ripdbz.blogspot.com/2014/12/1973-2014.html" target="_blank">obituary</a>, <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/jo3l80" target="_blank">crowdfunded his cremation</a>, organized a private memorial for his close friends and a <a href="http://ripdbz.blogspot.com/2015/01/dbz-memorial-street-ride-this-saturday.html" target="_blank">public memorial for the Portland bmx community</a>, and <a href="http://ripdbz.blogspot.com/2015/03/ashes-art-shirts-stickers.html" target="_blank">dispersed his ashes and belongings</a> to far-off acquaintances, many of whom had never met him in person.<br />
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Each of those items felt like a critical, time-sensitive task because I knew people were grieving and needed closure.<br />
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What remains has more to do with Dom's legacy than his death. <a href="http://empirebmx.com/" target="_blank">Empire</a> is going to do a run of memorial T-shirts based on Dom's <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRZO2r0gFcJmwcnAvM7rjNhga8eEH1pJgwqerVUKXPFy8lXvEnYWX-w9WGgN5Y7vj2dgZzLDE0qGA0Fpd-qy7CMYNnGScYgkQoxhTxCvD4YIrC0GqFQagSfk0lv_3Rtjatn59lg/s640-no/dbz+pentagram.jpg" target="_blank">signature raccoon graphic</a>. Eventually <a href="http://goodsbmx.net/" target="_blank">Goods</a> will host the permanent archive of his bmx-related original artwork. His bike now hangs from the ceiling there.<br />
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Whenever things were going rough for Dom, I'd try to comfort him with the assurance that we would one day be old men sitting in rocking chairs on my front porch. But now he's gone forever, just another dead guy, like every other nameless human since the dawn of creation.<br />
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In the weeks following Dom's death, I was so consumed with the minutiae of organizing everything that it felt like I didn't have time to grieve. Now I know that this whole process <i>is</i> grieving. This is me screaming to the world, "Dominic isn't just some dead guy now! He was important, and he's still important! Don't you dare move on!" I want him to stay as alive in everyone else's memories as he is in mine.<br />
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Currently the DBZ Archive is a folder sitting on a shelf in my workshop. I also have the contents of his external hard drive backed up on my computer. I don't know when I'll get around to organizing it all in a way that seems sufficiently formal and permanent. Some time this summer, maybe.<br />
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Once the shirts and archive are done, Dom's life and death will be out of my hands. I anticipate that it will be a feeling of relief and emptiness. If it takes a while, it's probably because I'm not yet ready to let go.<br />
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Turnout for this summer's weekly nighttime street rides has been excellent beyond all expectations, and this week DBZ even got <a href="http://cultcrew.com/" target="_blank">Cult</a> to throw down for a sponsorship! We hit six iconic Portland spots and awarded prize packages at the end of the night.</div>
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<b>3rd: Zane.</b> He rode non-stop all night, putting freecoaster and all four pegs to full use. He got the best line of the night at the PepsiCo ledges: feeble-180 into a straight 20-foot rollback down the sidewalk, to fakie double-peg. I didn't get a single pic of Zane, since everything he did was a line.</div>
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<b>MVP went to Draven</b>. He was riding with a bum hand and took the hardest slam of the evening right off the bat, going OTB on an icepick at Harriet Tubman. Draven also railhopped the Rose Quarter nine.</div>
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Jared, barspin at PepsiCo<br />
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Thaddeus grinding across the entire channel at PepsiCo in pitch black<br />
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DFG, hard 180 to smith<br />
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Thaddeus grinding up most of the Benson Technical 14<br />
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Two trucks, two cars, one minivan, 20 people, and 19 bikes.<br />
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All credit to <a href="http://instagram.com/tonyarchibequejr" target="_blank">Tony Archibeque Jr.</a> for the lenswork. Aaron is assembling the video. (I got one clip on the last day.)<br />
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Lineup: Matt Desson, Aaron Gates, Donald Delp, Cary Lorenz, Delia Millsap, Tony Archibeque Jr., Slade Scherer, Jack Nicholl, Colin Fried, Jordan Thaden, Andy McGrath, Dave Butler, Carl Arnett, Ty Scott, Tommy Joseph, Mat Ridgeway. Down in front: David Clay and me, Tony PiffTony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-77947877145445405392014-07-23T23:16:00.000-07:002014-08-22T23:40:33.704-07:00EASTSIDE STREETRIDE.The "Summer Thursdays" of 2009 were an <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/08/street-jam-recap.html" target="_blank">epic</a> <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/09/photos-from-thursday-5.html" target="_blank">success</a>. Hard to believe that was four years ago. <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/search/label/dbz" target="_blank">DBZ</a> and <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/search/label/ruecker" target="_blank">Ruecker</a> are scouting spots for a midsummer night's street jam, happening <b>this Tuesday</b>.<br />
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Avoid disappointment by showing up at the <b>right place</b> at the <b>right time</b>. Any out-of-towners looking for floorspace can <a href="mailto:tonypiff@gmail.com" target="_blank">send me an email</a>.<br />
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<br />Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-23255447220684690492014-02-24T22:25:00.000-08:002019-07-24T10:34:28.734-07:00Video Vibes: The Two Secrets to Making Videos That Don't Suck.<div style="text-align: left;">
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What I'm about to discuss are two principles of editing that I figured out seven years ago while making <a href="https://vimeo.com/10248500" target="_blank">bmx is cute.</a> These ideas may not be obvious, but they're not complicated or counterintuitive, and I'm amazed that no one has ever pointed out how powerful and important they are.
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These two principles have nothing to do with tricks, style, creativity, spots, camerawork, art direction, or the nitty-gritty of editing and production. They have only to do with that critically important, seemingly intangible quality known as "vibe."</div>
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The single most important sound in a bmx video is the whizz of 20-inch tires over pavement, plywood and packed dirt. It's the sensation at the heart of why we all started riding bmx, and it's definitive proof that bmx is cooler than trials riding or fixie freestyle. If you can't hear the tires, then you're just watching a music video.<br />
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Check out Rich Forne's Dig edit from 2012. The riding sounds are everything.<br />
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You need to choose filming angles that show the riders faces — if not at the exact moment of the trick, then leading up to the trick or riding away from it. There should be some moment when the rider's face is visible, and it's the editor's responsibility to fit this into the video. It won't always be possible, but the more "face clips" you can get into a video, the better the vibe. </div>
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The increasingly common second-angle camera makes it even easier to get a visible face for every trick. Even if the trick isn't some first-try-or-die banger, I think it's often worth considering a second angle just to show the rider rolling away with a smile.</div>
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Faces are private and personal. This is why family portraits are so awkward and why your favorite photos of yourself are probably candid shots.</div>
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Candid moments captured on film or in video are magical, and there is no candidness without a face.</div>
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This is why your video needs faces.</div>
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As unwieldy as the word "candidness" is, it's an easier concept to grapple with than "authenticity," so I'll probably be using it a few more times before we're done here. We still have a fair bit more ground to cover.</div>
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Now, this blog post is directed at the filmers and editors on the production side of the video process. But what about riders who just don't show their faces while riding? I don't have an answer, but I do have some thoughts. </div>
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Starting around 2006, the bmx world was introduced to a tiny kid on a huge bike with an ungodly amount of bike control named <a href="http://www.dakotaroche.com/" target="_blank">Dakota Roche</a>. I vividly remember being blown away by Dak's stylish, aggressive riding, but even more vivid is the memory of the complete lack of a vibe from any of his early footage. With his face completely hidden behind long hair and flatbrim pulled down to his nose, I just couldn't imagine that this incredibly talented rider had a personality. I remember screaming into my own brain, <i style="font-weight: bold;">What does this guy's face look like???</i> And I basically wrote the guy off. For years.<br />
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If you have no idea what I'm talking about, check out the Seattle scene videos <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_CVDAqGh6I" target="_blank">Getting Loose</a> and <a href="https://vimeo.com/7369010" target="_blank">Second Grenade</a>, <a href="http://thecomeup.com/press-rewind/press-rewind-lotek-vancouver-video/" target="_blank">Lotek Vancouver</a>, and <a href="http://youtu.be/7MtefqZc4Mg?t=19m56s" target="_blank">FitLife</a>. Perhaps I'm the only person who ever felt this way.<br />
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But when Dakota finally did start to reveal his face in videos, my feelings changed completely.<br />
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Not only was it a relief to know what the guy looked like — His smiling eyes revealed a depth of character that blew me away every bit as profoundly as his riding ability once had, so many years ago.<br />
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The thing I love about Dakota's riding is you can feel how hard he is working for every single clip. It doesn't simply look effortless. Rather than applying a new trick to the same old setup or hucking the same trick down more stairs, he continues to push the technical side on terrain that just gets bigger and burlier. He really is riding at the limit of his ability with complete commitment. There is something deeply personal and profoundly authentic about Dakota's riding.<br />
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I've never met Dakota, but if I ever get the chance, I know I'm going to be a complete, fawning dork. I can think of no one more deserving of a Monster energy drink sponsorship.<br />
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At the risk of putting way too fine a point on it, I'll highlight three features of the above video: visorless winter hats instead of baseball caps, the tasteful inclusion of candid non-riding "lifestyle" clips, and lots of expertly exposed footage that shows Dak's face even in the shadows. Credit for item #1 goes to Dakota, item #2 to the editor, and item #3 to the filmer (and possibly new camera technology).<br />
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If you get the bike sounds and faces into your riding clips, you're well on your way to good vibes.</div>
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This is the part where I talk about "lifestyle footy." If you're going to include non-riding clips in your videos (and I think you should), it needs to be done right. It needs to be candid.<br />
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Filming those same schmucks off their bikes is a whole different equation.<br />
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High fives, fist-bumps, party footage, tour bus hijinks, vandalism, scenery, local characters, whatever — I'm not going to tell you what's appropriate to include. I am going to call your attention to what is potentially the most vibe-killing moment in a video. I call it "mugging for the camera."<br />
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Presumably, these dudes you're filming are your friends, they understand where this footage is going, and they're down with the camera. But that doesn't mean that it's easy to act natural with a fisheye jammed in your face.<br />
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If you stick a guy in front of a wall and film him doing nothing — a premise as ridiculous as it sounds, but a strangely common element in way too many bike videos — he may briefly maintain his cool. But the moment soon comes when he breaks character, shakes his head, and laughs to nobody in particular. You know the shot I'm talking about, right?<br />
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Same thing happens when the guy doesn't know you're filming him. There's a brief window of candidness, and then he realizes what you're doing, and he flips off the camera, jokingly.<br />
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Or he's carrying his bike up the stairs for another attempt at whatever it is, and you're sitting there with the camera running, and as he passes by, he sticks his face in the lens and makes some goofy expression.<br />
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All of those moments, which might seem "funny," are really not funny at all. What you're witnessing is just humans alleviating the discomfort of not knowing what to do while being filmed. It is in fact pure awkwardness — the opposite of candidness — and watching it makes us, the viewers, feel uncomfortable, whether we realize it or not.<br />
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(On the shooter's side, this is why Tumblr is <i>overflowing</i> with <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/street-photography" target="_blank">"street photography" of the backs of strangers heads</a> and why <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Henri+Cartier-Bresson&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=gGgAU6WmJNLroASnxoLwAQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=934&bih=472" target="_blank">the best street photographers</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dorothea+lange&espv=210&es_sm=93&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=VHAAU5fmHof7oASO7oDIDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=934&bih=472" target="_blank">photojournalists</a> are so amazing.)<br />
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That's my theory, anyway. It's up to you to decide whether any of what I'm claiming resonates as true.<br />
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For editors, the solution to this awkwardness is simple. Leave those awkward moments on the cutting room floor. While you're at it, you might as well tell your homeys not to make those stupid faces.<br />
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In fact, I'll say it for you: Hey riders, quit making stupid faces.</div>
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Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-64089299279339651002013-07-03T00:14:00.000-07:002014-08-07T01:06:52.493-07:00Collectible DBZ Merchandise Revives Dead Blog.I do love blogging. I think blogs are an important, relevant medium for original content. And I think the challenge that the internet represents for hard media like print and dvds is competition in the healthiest sense of the word.<br />
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If anything, the instant, fleeting nature of the internet highlights the slow, tactile pleasure of turning glossy pages with your fingers and the rich feeling of a well curated bookshelf.<br />
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It is in a similar metaphorical sense that this blog has laid dormant for the past three years, while my life has been consumed by numerous other very satisfying, damn tangible, rather long-term projects -- most notably, <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2010/11/11110.html">our second child Theo</a> and <a href="http://piffhomeindustries.blogspot.com/">the gut renovation of our first house</a>.<br />
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To say that the arc of <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/search/label/dbz">DBZ</a>'s past three years have been somewhat more tumultuous would be an understatement. But as of summer 2013, his life is approaching a level of stability that I would call borderline domestic. He's back in Portland, happily married, gainfully employed at a job he "loves," and this spring he produced two excellent zines that no bmx archivist will want to be without.<br />
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I think the term "zine" shortchanges the visual force of these staple-bound pieces, which showcase not just DBZ's obsessively refined graphic aesthetic, but also his skill for page layout. And he can write like a motherfucker.<br />
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<i>Noumenal Room</i> is a weighty collection of illustrated essays from DBZ's blog. Topics range from skateboarding and bmx to architecture and typography to cigarettes and pornography. 52 pages. Order <a href="http://fytw.bigcartel.com/product/noumenal-room-volume-one-pre-order">here</a> for $13.<br />
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I dogmatically believe that being "at a loss for words" is just weak writing, but hell if I can articulate what <i>D/I/T/C/H/W/I/Z/A/R/D</i> "is." I guess you could say it's a collection of found images, far greater than the sum of its parts. Leave it on your coffee table or toilet and see if your graphic designer friends don't ask what the hell it is and where they can get one. It's one of my prized possessions. 12 pages, includes screenprinted Raccoon patch. Order <a href="http://fytw.bigcartel.com/product/d-i-t-c-h-w-i-z-a-r-d-volume-one">here</a> for $5.<br />
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If you're not inclined to buy, you can still get your free daily online DBZ fix via <a href="http://fytw.tumblr.com/">blog</a>, <a href="http://ditchwizard.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DBZ138">Twitter</a>, none of which are safe to click at work.Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-7112672141494089052011-12-20T22:54:00.000-08:002012-01-06T11:04:48.596-08:00You'll Never Ride It? Periodicals Rack, Free to Good Home.Left anonymously in the laundry room a week ago. I need a bigger fingerbike.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXVSTdpSeNU-5FbOzvHPju65ZnMt9ql_fzFRDSfsmImFrZBovUV6gfiHIfjsrZTBH0A78RhDwLLuje-tjFsDlXG1jG4-LmDQaqG61yAfxdppptMAlHZ4IokN4UqyTSI67NG7HxA/s1600/photo.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaXVSTdpSeNU-5FbOzvHPju65ZnMt9ql_fzFRDSfsmImFrZBovUV6gfiHIfjsrZTBH0A78RhDwLLuje-tjFsDlXG1jG4-LmDQaqG61yAfxdppptMAlHZ4IokN4UqyTSI67NG7HxA/s400/photo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688471700767370178" border="0" /></a>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-13013349405885852582011-02-10T23:39:00.000-08:002012-05-29T16:54:16.136-07:00Lists.Found this multi-page improvised <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2010/01/pocket-journals.html">pocket journal</a> in one of my old camera bags this weekend. It's an index of stuff I had in mind to shoot for <a href="http://vimeo.com/10248500"><span style="font-style: italic;">bmx is cute</span></a> and didn't want to forget--things I spotted from the highway or in strange neighborhoods that I knew my memory would have no way to catalog, as well as various other video-related creative inspirations. I think the list happened partly as a manifestation of how little time I had to ride during the last semester of my senior year of college.<br />
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For the record, St Louis has the richest, most stress-free geographical density of street terrain of any place I've ever lived or visited.<br />
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Everyone has a list like this, right?<br />
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I'd get an idea while driving to Seattle in the middle of the night and pull over at a rest stop to send him a three-page text. A couple days later, he'd email back with his responses, make some aside about <span style="font-weight: bold;">feeding the sheep</span>, and link me to a revised version of the video. That said, for all the thought and work we put into it, it's a <span style="font-weight: bold;">very simple video</span>.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/18253505?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=d15a5a" width="400" frameborder="0" height="265"></iframe><br /><br />Filmers/editors/riders: <a href="http://ilivedinavan.blogspot.com/">Caleb</a>, <a href="http://oldparkedcars.com/">Ben</a>, <a href="http://witchlizard.blogspot.com/">DBZ</a>, and myself.Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-32359697340306360412010-11-03T07:13:00.000-07:002021-01-31T23:25:28.819-08:0011/1/10.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs-YdkQGSVziLPZmM3sUd_CuWFY-5ITH5btNEF0gEliOnhU0uz4UQFr-8TcII_rYPD1hjYTnD6vfAliFk11p3glzSBC2y20OkvsQSQMizm38HvCSn82qXyPJq9JrCdqJUpstiZg/s1600/DSC_1247.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijs-YdkQGSVziLPZmM3sUd_CuWFY-5ITH5btNEF0gEliOnhU0uz4UQFr-8TcII_rYPD1hjYTnD6vfAliFk11p3glzSBC2y20OkvsQSQMizm38HvCSn82qXyPJq9JrCdqJUpstiZg/s400/DSC_1247.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535326727505935250" border="0" /></a>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-45308456644890711252010-10-15T07:00:00.001-07:002014-08-07T01:08:31.667-07:00The Silent Web Video.I already have <a href="http://oldparkedcars.com/">one</a>, <a href="http://conceptualbookmarks.blogspot.com/">two</a>, <a href="http://tonypiff.tumblr.com/">three</a> active blogs in addition to this one, and it's a daily struggle not to start more. One idea that I've so far resisted would be a dump archive of web videos featuring the sounds of riding -- the single most important choice made by an editor <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/search/label/sound">in my opinion</a>.<br />
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The soundtrack-less "718trailer," embedded below, would be filed under "very well done."<br />
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As seen on the <a href="http://holeshotbmx.blogspot.com/2010/10/i-got-weakness-for-no-music-and.html">Holeshot blog</a> (and a lot of other places, too). DVD available at <a href="http://www.danscomp.com/801251.php?cat=VIDEOS">Dan's</a>.<br />
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Of course, I'd like to add that <a href="http://vimeo.com/10248500"><span style="font-style: italic;">bmx is cute.</span></a> did it three years ago (to less impressive effect).<br />
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<object height="344" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5imTBIvNGXA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5imTBIvNGXA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="400"></embed></object>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-11806179051480193352010-10-07T08:31:00.000-07:002011-01-09T13:09:17.288-08:00Stranger than...On the Burnside drawbridge, waiting for a <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Q7_YMPBvAjgPbIQ19HndnVKwct408jJjgsCQ2r5lDl6UYU7xMo5gB6H2Buo1AB8HStR4QCePQiNQV-s8LnTlesR3n9yjHMnmVUUn1qJBsyKzCSTkSBcvCHxGtQJfgLZ32_58og/s640/stranger%20-%201.jpg">passing tugboat</a>, observed this fellow bicycle commuter talking to the air. BMXers will immediately identify the clear Odyssey Twisteds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqfiQC1xWi3UNJQrZGIFk0H7qgZs0qE0grburi7h0VySvkwmMrQ_GUHQfHC9xKiNFmF1O8adr_NRMJVILO_rJJGpkKzwkl_-2Mnt9URFUw1ufrZhHAxyxO7Jgiuo2-dX8xiA71A/s1600/stranger+-+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqfiQC1xWi3UNJQrZGIFk0H7qgZs0qE0grburi7h0VySvkwmMrQ_GUHQfHC9xKiNFmF1O8adr_NRMJVILO_rJJGpkKzwkl_-2Mnt9URFUw1ufrZhHAxyxO7Jgiuo2-dX8xiA71A/s400/stranger+-+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525327971500276674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCM9qjAS80JcD1JvCrbrwd2zL-0syHzmcNfg7JLpz36Wg92n8cib4DC2fplr64XiIeCDUnJEA9CH3NayVbtVmY3wi9B_pBf4NgbuM8AuxJhniKpy5eV6sydE85WvaXK6HcewSCg/s1600/stranger+-+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCCM9qjAS80JcD1JvCrbrwd2zL-0syHzmcNfg7JLpz36Wg92n8cib4DC2fplr64XiIeCDUnJEA9CH3NayVbtVmY3wi9B_pBf4NgbuM8AuxJhniKpy5eV6sydE85WvaXK6HcewSCg/s400/stranger+-+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525327970379263202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2czbNh6blqnnvki6R_xnXZ-KW2cicadCphyZBFYu_TjP7W_HrMFJLvGFihZQZuBQkEPBui6JMnKvSPFfz7nWL7JfRrvkD6bXMateBzUZ6TTlB_N8ZgUtw47WIzJvaViHTrZZUfg/s1600/stranger+-+4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2czbNh6blqnnvki6R_xnXZ-KW2cicadCphyZBFYu_TjP7W_HrMFJLvGFihZQZuBQkEPBui6JMnKvSPFfz7nWL7JfRrvkD6bXMateBzUZ6TTlB_N8ZgUtw47WIzJvaViHTrZZUfg/s400/stranger+-+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525327962791797602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa8azarIujKx9XkONShjC8w5BXvTzZ49dbyaeylseHs26YuWgtfiIjfTW4m3mWaFG07l76Rlj5_DTnOPqKDTcVBJPIcpRJo4mbn1Dkb-0tS8CV0cwWMdin9mqK__zLYLZfu5TFg/s1600/stranger+-+5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa8azarIujKx9XkONShjC8w5BXvTzZ49dbyaeylseHs26YuWgtfiIjfTW4m3mWaFG07l76Rlj5_DTnOPqKDTcVBJPIcpRJo4mbn1Dkb-0tS8CV0cwWMdin9mqK__zLYLZfu5TFg/s400/stranger+-+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525327959151517890" border="0" /></a>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-35356010682396095592010-09-17T14:24:00.000-07:002014-08-22T23:41:49.567-07:00Point and Shoot: Nick Morris.Lateral gap to handrail, care of Nick Morris, two Thursdays ago. (Caleb Evenson raccoon eyes in the background.)<br />
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Is it any wonder that Nick's broken wrist has yet to heal?Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-25698006650742079912010-08-27T23:27:00.000-07:002011-01-19T20:27:20.671-08:00Improving on Perfection: Breakfast on the Bridges adds Bacon.<span style="font-weight: bold;">It just seemed like the right thing</span>, to inaugurate Ben's first day back at work since the birth of his beautiful son <span style="font-weight: bold;">Gus</span> with <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/06/breakfast-on-bikes-on-bridges.html">donut holes and coffee on the Steel bridge</a>. The sizzlin' fresh <span style="font-weight: bold;">pancakes, sausage patties, </span><span>and</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> non-vegan bacon</span> were an unfathomable surprise quickly embraced.<br /><br />All props to the profitless <a href="http://www.shift2bikes.org/wiki/doku.php?id=bikefun:breakfast_on_the_bridges">BonB</a> crew.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvXo5H1YUmlFhzlriTHl74_mpp55eTIQWDuOunshUswmuN49kLMQGY41ZLfJgYOYAfLaxIL-WszW30zG93UtrlJAn8VAOOBEV6CDHLjxsA67XSeZGNwRzB2mjylt8BH-eg8eKQQ/s1600/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbvXo5H1YUmlFhzlriTHl74_mpp55eTIQWDuOunshUswmuN49kLMQGY41ZLfJgYOYAfLaxIL-WszW30zG93UtrlJAn8VAOOBEV6CDHLjxsA67XSeZGNwRzB2mjylt8BH-eg8eKQQ/s400/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510343907638342786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We loitered for a half hour or so, discussing work and bikes: Caleb is <span style="font-weight: bold;">happily unemployed</span> again, and assembling a touring bike for a winter voyage; Ben complained about commuting via bmx (<span style="font-weight: bold;">"It's half the speed, and twice the work!"</span>) and resolved to get his road bike functional before Monday; and I smugly called attention to my new collapsible metal pannier basket, a twenty-dollar purchase which keeps the messenger bag <span style="font-weight: bold;">off my back</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">doubles my investment</span> in the <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/09/foldies.html">sixteen-inch machine</a>.<br /><br />We finally parted ways for what I assume were <span style="font-weight: bold;">excellent Fridays all around</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhw7W8vuZN6SgrCDOzVmWkR6lYWNcNMRuDmyRyC4X3Pf-sptyfiIHIBHqLSuLlEa76yE7WBUoOJJGzy7bIwkuZ4m9ryt_GF5W5HvtF3QSBZ56FhQk3b3zKwY9oiYyk-FIhhpKAg/s1600/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglhw7W8vuZN6SgrCDOzVmWkR6lYWNcNMRuDmyRyC4X3Pf-sptyfiIHIBHqLSuLlEa76yE7WBUoOJJGzy7bIwkuZ4m9ryt_GF5W5HvtF3QSBZ56FhQk3b3zKwY9oiYyk-FIhhpKAg/s400/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510343898402213538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx5_hvPBV0RG2FetYXp6pg5ybsfnr7gJV_BBcn4rAjLLZwEW6_Ig74ukN1OQNOjWxwlmInWcgLgn93maIBNvMwMaZo9aagkxSiER_lIPU1NGvyLaBhX4IkFxLgc8Z-KP2aCw_Kg/s1600/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx5_hvPBV0RG2FetYXp6pg5ybsfnr7gJV_BBcn4rAjLLZwEW6_Ig74ukN1OQNOjWxwlmInWcgLgn93maIBNvMwMaZo9aagkxSiER_lIPU1NGvyLaBhX4IkFxLgc8Z-KP2aCw_Kg/s400/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510343893353056578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf_WRr33B0GqHk3nt3uTSJzsFAG1yDxYWgSr0SwP61IZPIPia0uq0l8hUyPHHiQfHqaS3g4XKOZweAUdpC7hMiLnNzTAu-amrDHYEIn35lP397O-RLMQkONaf7SveYH2G_xu0rg/s1600/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyf_WRr33B0GqHk3nt3uTSJzsFAG1yDxYWgSr0SwP61IZPIPia0uq0l8hUyPHHiQfHqaS3g4XKOZweAUdpC7hMiLnNzTAu-amrDHYEIn35lP397O-RLMQkONaf7SveYH2G_xu0rg/s400/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510343888462073858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdzx3LF1h5Liz9EpIGWa6nodAI18QuvbT5Zg_Xbm9WhYYVFjbT_5q5JA278hr_Ksl8zYfdXCmJJLmARw9jji_nL9mPPnG3fB4TkoBIEzGLcs9825-DX39obGrn5CoSMczYzO1w/s1600/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSdzx3LF1h5Liz9EpIGWa6nodAI18QuvbT5Zg_Xbm9WhYYVFjbT_5q5JA278hr_Ksl8zYfdXCmJJLmARw9jji_nL9mPPnG3fB4TkoBIEzGLcs9825-DX39obGrn5CoSMczYzO1w/s400/b+on+b+8+27+10+-+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510343878563417586" border="0" /></a>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-7378829558552253322010-08-14T23:26:00.000-07:002014-08-22T23:41:59.267-07:00Point and Shoot: Portland Summer Thursdays...Summer street rides have been going well for over a month now, but this was the first night of the season that the camera left my jeans pocket. 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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Allen Burger</span>, smith up the Lincoln High driveway ledge, bar height and then some. Good grief.<br />
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Visiting from Philly, <a href="http://vimeo.com/13873374">Dan</a> <a href="http://espn.go.com/action/bmx/blog/_/post/4828708">Bob</a>, nose-to-180, waterfront warmup.<br />
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Portland summers start late but go forever. Check the Thursday night photos from <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/08/street-jam-recap.html">late August</a> and <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2009/09/photos-from-thursday-5.html">September</a> of last year.<br />
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See you at Lovejoy Fountain, 9 o'clock, Thursday!Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-65132871575651024642010-08-10T22:36:00.000-07:002010-08-10T22:42:46.724-07:00Chest hair like a lumberjack.Re-blog this:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14018920&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ff9933&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=14018920&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=1&color=ff9933&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/search/label/tj%20henderson">deebodude</a>, via <a href="http://217bmx.com/2010/08/09/t-j-henderson/">the 217</a>.Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-15325152674062567292010-07-21T20:31:00.000-07:002010-07-24T10:15:57.313-07:00Moose carcass. Bears. Trails at midnight.It was almost two years ago to the day that I first voiced my appreciation of the Alaska riding blog <a href="http://nobikes.wordpress.com/">No Bikes</a>, in a parenthetical side note to a <a href="http://tonypiff.blogspot.com/2008/07/youll-never-ride-it-iii-pripyat.html">post</a> about the Ukrainian ghost town of Pripyat. <div><br /></div><div>The frequent anecdotes and photos offered glimpses of a tight-knit bmx scene in the midst of mountains, wilderness, wildlife, and frontier culture, and always left me hungering for more. With the release of No Bikes' seventh video, <i>Burn This</i>, that hunger has been finally, finally satisfied. </div><div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to the full length video, rider / filmer / editor / photographer / blogger / husband / financial actuary Aaron Gates found the time to re-edit the footage into a surprisingly legitimate documentary, called <i>The Hinterland</i>, offered as a bonus item on the dvd. My recommendation: <a href="http://nobikes.bigcartel.com/">buy this $5 dvd right now</a>, and watch the documentary immediately. Give that time to settle, and then watch <i>Burn This</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Offered online are two standout scenes from <i>The Hinterland</i>. Enjoy.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13531679&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13531679&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13530957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13530957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /></div></div>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-17199008016772217112010-07-08T20:26:00.000-07:002014-08-22T23:42:08.668-07:00T minus:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OM-ls6g9vJCZlYrY8aOZG6Q4jeiNIGohgNLwilIJSsp4czIJaTLcy292ROaqN10EyRW82xsPcNlxBOqvCw81sot7FO4DGkBzpU6Jw_tzRdAIBjA17EIxUQpguGwjf0-JcuBnyQ/s1600/1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8OM-ls6g9vJCZlYrY8aOZG6Q4jeiNIGohgNLwilIJSsp4czIJaTLcy292ROaqN10EyRW82xsPcNlxBOqvCw81sot7FO4DGkBzpU6Jw_tzRdAIBjA17EIxUQpguGwjf0-JcuBnyQ/s400/1.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491742839149705522" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; width: 400px;" /></a>Tony Piffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13118128463425138509noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36082285.post-40879330911967250642010-06-29T08:13:00.001-07:002014-08-22T23:42:16.386-07:00Worst-Organized Bike Rally on the Planet--Right Here, Thursday.<b> </b><br />
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