Steve Emig: The White Bear: January 2020

Saturday, January 18, 2020

One Love Jam- photos #5- 1/18/2020

Backpacker. Not the kind on the Pacific Crest Trail or the kind that's college age and travels Europe. The BMX flatland kind. I'm glad I was old when these tricks came along, this shit's way too hard.

Far away, but I'm pretty sure this is Martin Aparijo, coming out of a megaspin.

Backwards infinity roll variation, in a straight line. Back in the day, I used to do standard infinity rolls in a straight line, and call them definitive rolls. So is this a backwards definitive roll? I'll let you decide.

Spinning.

He was hauling ass into these things. After my flatland era, fast gliding something or other.

Bikes looks so different today. Some in classic 80's styles, with vintage graphics, but most unique to the riders. This was one of the coolest looking bikes, and the rider, name unknown to me, was ripping all day.

One Love Jam- photos #6-1/18/2020

Top: Scurfer. Bar ride... BUT.. one foot on a grip and one foot on the crossbar. WTF? He stepped into it from a surfer, after doing a Scurfer. Skills.

That moment when you know its lost, but you try to save it anyhow.

Back in the day, we often broke into bad breakdancing after we bailed. This guy decided to dance a jig instead.

I didn't know there were this many old flatlanders left in the world, let alone so many who still rip. Half of the crowd around the school playground, on the sand in Newport Beach.