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noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:21:00 +0000

Highest ollie in the world. 45inches

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noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:12:00 +0000

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Retro Bmx Pix of the Week

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:37:00 +0000

BMX + Porsche + jumpramp = WIN

Bike of the week - bmx in London in 1986

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:20:00 +0000

Wellington Street Art

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:59:00 +0000

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review - VA-G new T-shirt range

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 05:04:00 +0000

My boys at VA-G keep getting better and better.
Check this bad as print. its part of their Unorthodox Collection.
Buy it. I would.

Bike of the week - 87 GT Pro Freestyle

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Tue, 31 May 2011 05:39:00 +0000

so hot

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Video of the week - the robot boys

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Fri, 27 May 2011 02:05:00 +0000

Bike of the week - 80s GT Freestyler pit bike

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:16:00 +0000

Its all about BMX atm. pit bike = extra win

KREAYSHAWN - Gucci Gucci - Music video of the week

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:02:00 +0000

this chic is too cool.
more info here:
http://twitter.com/kreayshawn

My top 10 albums and why you should buy the hard copy.

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:43:00 +0000

Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon

Faith No More – The Real Thing

Nirvana – Never Mind

Weezer – The Blue Album

Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet

Massive Attack – Blue Lines

Pearl Jam – 10

Supergrass – Supergrass

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

30 Seconds to Mars – This Is War

I chose these albums because they are great “Albums” ie: they are made and are great to listen to from beginning to end.

So why do you need the hard copies?

They have all (with the exception of 30 Seconds to Mars) been mastered as albums and only play as they are ment to from a CD or even Vinyl.

You can buy most of these as digital downloads but from my experience the breaks between tracks are strange and you don’t get the “Album” experience.

OS BMX - Mongoose or GT?

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 05 May 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Spotted on the streets of Wellington, a sweet resto on an old BMX. iit says its a Mongoose but i think it may have been a GT actually.

what do you think?

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Fast and Furious 5 – Review. Aka: why did you suck so bad?

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Tue, 03 May 2011 00:33:00 +0000

Let me say this right of the bat: I’m a big fan of both the fast and furious franchise and Vin Diesel in general.

Having said that I thought the latest offering from the F&F team was super wack!

So why was it so bad?.....well it actually wasn’t.

It was an ok to slightly above ok cops chasing baddies movie (with a very under used “the Rock”) and that is exactly what was wrong with it.

If you know what I mean then I know you agree and you can stop reading if you want.

For everyone else let me explain in one sentence:

The Fast and the Furious movies are movies for car nuts.

Now I will explain what that means:

Some dumb non car person was praising F&F5 for finally becoming more that just a car chase movie.

Come on “movie review guy” the reason and the only reason these movies have made it to sequel number 5 is that us car nuts will go and see terrible ass movies, even as bad as Tokyo Drift, JUST TO SEE COOL CARS GOING FAST.

.....the fact is there is no way in hell people will keep going to more F&F instalments. They just totally ignored and, I would guess, have now lost their core audience and made a half decent action cop chase movie.

When was the last time an average action movie got to instalment 5? Think about it. Rocky? Nope, Rocky was initially academy award winning stuff. The answer is never, never ever ever.

If there is any chance that Vin is reading this I’d like to say something to him personally. Vin buddy I get the feeling that you are the reason that movie sucked. I kind get it... you don’t wanna be type cast as the guy co-starring with the cool cars.

If that’s so please just walk away. Do another XXX to make up for the awful Ice Cube sequel.......Please.

Us car nuts don’t have anything else to look forward to. We would rather see another Tokyo Drift than more like this one.

Even if Letty isn’t dead. Spoiler alert....whoops too late.

In closing I’d like to say: SOMEONE PAY ATTENTION.

Here is a huge niche market not being catered for any more.....it seem like F&F is no longer about cars and street racing. SOMEONE PLEASE FILL THIS GAP.

Stop making Twilight-esque shite and jump at this opportunity. Oh and I’m very cheap as an onset consultant of what sucks and what doesn’t suck.

Ps. I also have to say that the one remaining Japanese Hero car was bas ass! The 70s skyline was in the movie for a super short period but it was honestly one of the highlights for me. I love old school Japanese iron.

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:58:00 +0000

not a BMX for bike of the week this week!
its a very cool looking motorized bike. i have one of these projects under way my self....ill be stoked if it comes out half as good as this bad boy

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when was the last time you saw a monarch?

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:20:00 +0000

they are so rad. I read somewhere recently that they are endangered now. sad. I'm glad I got to share seeing this one with my family in the weekend.

Mitch, you should be a hand model! lol

Street Art

noreply@blogger.com (Maddernhead) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:55:00 +0000

I love all street art...especially the random ones, and so in that vain I stumbled across this useful tool, go on you know you'll love it you purveyors of pedestrian pictorialization

go to street art view

Bike of the week - 80s skyway freestyler

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:17:00 +0000

so nice and green.
this has inspired me to start a 24" freestyle styled bmx for a winter project.

The best film slr ever made?

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:55:00 +0000

Ive been missing film alot latley and ive actually started shooting a few rolls again.
the instant nature of the dslr has some definate advantages to even the pro photographer but nothing comes close to the picture quality of film. the best film slr i ever owned was the canon eos 5. i sold it for a few hundy before it bacame completely obsolete.
i have got one on loan from a friend and im begining to remember all of the things i love about it.

one thing i hate its the batteries! dslrs and their rechargeables rule on that front.

buy an eos 5 and shoot some film. u will be happy you did.

Powell Peralta Ripper Mini - Review

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 06:02:00 +0000

well not really a review. more like a "man i wanna own this and hang it on my wall" thing.

Actually there is more to this desire of mine.

The day my parents bought me my very first "proper" American pro deck was a day I will never forget. We drove to Burke's cycles in kilburne and I was so beside myself that I was gonna get to choose any deck I wanted off what seemed like a huge wall of colourful master pieces.

For some reason my choice came down very quickly to two. Contestant one was a Powell-Peralta Ripper in pink and white stripes (the deck that this mini is based on) and a Sims Pharaoh in a beautiful green/blue stain with the gold screen printing (not the yellow version).

I was leaning toward the Powell and at the time I didn't know a thing about either company I was choosing on raw looks and feel alone. Then two things happened: a/ my Dad didn't really like the skull graphic (and still doesn't like skulls etc to this day) and b/ the sales guy told me that they had sold heaps of the rippers.
I guess to most kids (I was 12 or 13) that would have made them buy the Powell but it did the exact opposite to me.

I was into skating BECAUSE no one else was....I didn't wanna be like everyone else so I bought the Sims.

Now to anyone who knows anything about vintage 80s skate decks you will know that I did the right thing as I am one of the very very few people who can claim to have owned a Pharoah, a board that is amoung the most rare and most expensive to get in mint condition today. (don't ask me what I did with mine...I don't like talking about it! lol)

However I have always had a soft spot for the classic striped Ripper and this Mini would become a cherished part of my collection.

next payday I think...

monster truck madness

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:25:00 +0000

i dont want to give anything away...just watch it

LOTUS on the street

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:27:00 +0000

most of you will have no idea that I own a clothing co. nore should you care really! lol

thought id share this pic i snapped at summerset recently. this is the second time ever i have spotted someone i didn't know personally wearing a LOTUS tee. its a BIG buzz. I got my cousin to chase him and ask for a pic with him. I don't think he knew what was going on.

Ten sites I visit most offen

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:13:00 +0000

thehundreds.com – do I really need to tell you about this site?

oldschool.co.nz – oldschool cars of all sorts but mostly old jappas.

trademe.co.nz – NZ’s own version of ebay. I hate and love this site. At the moment its more hate than love but I’m still on this site at least daily during the week.

iamthetrend.com – tee reviews mainly

ratrodbikes.com – cool custom bike forum

mikevallely.com – lots of interesting content from one of my fave skaters of all time

stevecaballero.com

secretentourage.com/forums – still really small but it’s a great idea. Basically online business mentoring/ideas etc

so I only got to 8……I think I spend a lot of time on youtube channels

laters

it’s the weekend here now.

the best thing on "TV" - Breaking Bad

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:54:00 +0000

since the latest season of Dexter was such a let down I now officially crown Breaking Bad the best thing on "TV" (does anyone actually watch and actual TV these days?).

If you haven't seen it trust me and get the first season. It will be unlike any TV experience you have ever had right from the very first scene of the very first show.

It took me the longest time to accept that the main actor was the same guy as Malcolm in the middles Dad....I mean I knew it was him and all but he is just so different and so great in this role its totally hard to believe he isn't actually Walter White.

The other main character is super annoying and then you realise that he is an actor as well! He is just pretending to be this speed freak...man they are good!

I stayed up till 3am this morning finishing season 3 and although it was great as a whole, there were some weird self indulgent episodes this season....but it is still 100,000% better than 99% of all TV shows ever made. Believe.

I was going to link up the official site but I think you would be way better off "getting" the whole first season and just watching it with open eyes.

Bike of the week - 1987 Mongoose Decade

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:16:00 +0000

so sweet

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btw bike of the week is back yall

Death Metal Friday - Rebecca Black

noreply@blogger.com (Kingpin) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:42:00 +0000

hahaha so good!

ps whats up with all of my video posts atm?!