Category: REVISITED
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The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever Taken
Click or not: The Greatest Skateboarding Photos Ever TakenJay Adams, Teardrop, 1976. Glen E. Friedman’s first-ever published photograph, original full-frame color. They sum up a whole culture, a period of time, puts you (back) in a place you may never have been, but lived through it vicariously, when boys became men and shaped the future of a sport, themselves, and the paths they… …
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Revisited: Herygers Humiliates Holland
Click or not: Revisited: Herygers Humiliates HollandThe title of this video nails it; Koksijde 1994 really was a significant moment in modern cyclocross racing, for reasons good, bad, and a little bit ugly at times. It was also the first time I’d watched a ‘cross race, when SBS TV aired the full replay one Sunday morning. Sat with VCR remote in… …
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M.R Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.
Click or not: M.R Feels Like A Tooheys. Or Two.Surfing is a rite of passage in Australia, and growing up near the beach as 90% of Aussies do, I floundered around in the breakers a bit, but didn’t have the same dexterity as I did on a bike, so a short-lived stint it was. The Aussies have laid claim to numerous World titles by… …
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Songs For The Apocalypse: If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be Next
Click or not: Songs For The Apocalypse: If You Tolerate This Then Your Children Will Be NextFor over twenty years it’s been a brilliant song, it was just never realised the Manic Street Preachers were predictive programmers as well as great musicians. The future teaches you to be alone The present to be afraid and cold So if I can shoot rabbits Then I can shoot fascists Bullets for your brain… …
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Form, No Function: The Cannondale Moto Experiment
Click or not: Form, No Function: The Cannondale Moto ExperimentWhat’s that thing they say about the ratio of risk versus reward? That you have to take a chance to make it pay off? Nothing ventured, nothing gained? Cannondale right now would be telling me to shut the hell up, thanks very much. Like Coca-Cola changing their original recipe, or Michael Jordan attempting to play Major League… …
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The Importance Of Bad Brains
Click or not: The Importance Of Bad BrainsWhichever phase of music history is on the table for discussion, there will always be a number of bands or musicians whose names will be thrown into the ring as seminal, hugely influential or outright important. Most will deserve the accolades, many will not. Just as the likes of Hendrix, Bowie, the Stones and Zeppelin… …
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Dig, Then Hate, Then Dig Again
Click or not: Dig, Then Hate, Then Dig AgainWhen I was a kid I didn’t much care for the taste of broccoli, or prawns. I remember my mother taking me across the street one day to visit Mr and Mrs Moody, where old Fred was proudly handing out freshly caught and cooked prawns. I put one in my mouth and instantaneously felt like I’d… …
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Revisited: The Cannondale Fulcrum
Click or not: Revisited: The Cannondale FulcrumWhile technological advancements are rife in today’s mountain bike industry, the amount of innovation and experimentation in the 90s was without peer. These days we have the advantages of a solid platform to work from in regards to geometry, travel etc, whereas back then it was more a matter of trying out the craziest shit… …