A few more shots from a filming day-trip we went on a bit ago to Seattle, and around this area a few weeks back. Caleb Quanbeck and Ben Hucke. Check the rest after the jump. The horizontal shots can be blown up by clicking to expand. Above is Caleb, no-hander down a big three-block set up into a high school track. 

Half way across the country people were bitching and moaning about who got what place at the Dew Tour. But the reality is, that’s a small part of what happens in BMX freestyle. A very small part. A bunch of us headed down to Eugene from Portland yesterday for a backyard dirt jumping jam at Frank’s place. No credentials needed. No massive energy drink logos. No ticket sales. No judging. Just a large gathering of people having fun. Frank’s got some amazing jumps in his yard, as well as a cool mini-ramp inside a barn, located way out past the land of cell phone service. On the way down we hit up a relatively new concrete skatepark in Harrisburg, OR, which was awesome, although the new concrete was incredibly slippery. After a couple hours of concrete we headed 10 more miles to Frank’s house, for a day in the dirt. That’s Justin Inman above. Check out the photos from the day after the jump. Horizontal shots can be expanded to a larger size by clicking. Also, see yesterday evening’s post with a shot of Ryan Barrett.

Mark Rainha, Harrisburg skatepark.

Codie Larsen, no-hander transfer, Harrisburg Skatepark.

Racer Chris, no-footed can-can.

Justin Inman, last set 360.

Pauly, t-bog.

Racer Chris

Roman Tenza.

Justin Inman. Table over a hip.

Roman Tenza

While filming for a Shadow Conspiracy video a few weeks back, Ben hit me up to come out and shoot this rail a couple miles from my house. I’d seen a picture he posted of it on Twitter, but didn’t think he’d actually do it. Jump to rail to pegs, to jump over. You screw this one up and you’re done (and I would have been done as well). It didn’t make me feel real sure when he sat at the top of the stairs and said “You’re insured, right?” Yes, but no insurance needed. Pulled perfectly, a few times. Check out the photo after the jump for rail height reference. Not easy. Two story drop. This is one that would have been a video-ender a few years back, now it gets sessioned 10 or 15 times? Keep your eye out for the Shadow edit online soon to see the line.

Shot this photo of Caleb Quanbeck up in Seattle a few weeks for a print ad, but he was wearing the wrong t-shirt. Oops. Rookie move, Caleb. Supposed to shoot something else tonight down here in Oregon.

I Wound up doing an unplanned shoot with Roman Tencza riding some dirt jumps today. Dean Dickinson was filming a project for ESPN and wanted to get some behind the scenes photoshoot footage. Roman and I had been talking about shooting some dirt at his friend’s private spot, so it was a good excuse to get out there… He killed the dirt much like he does the concrete. If you’re unfamiliar, check out my previous post. Or continue on after the jump and check out some dirt shred. Note: the horizontal shots are expandable.

There was a BMX Jam and BBQ in Portland’s Mt. Tabor park yesterday. I sent some photos in to the ESPN BMX site, but while we wait for those to go up, here are some outtakes from the day. It started with a BBQ, followed by a rail jam, and then a hill bomb down Mt. Tabor, ending up on Hawthorne Blvd. Check out some shots after the jump and make sure to check ESPN BMX later today or tomorrow for the gallery. ESPN gallery is now up here. Check that out, after you check the outtakes after the jump.

Chester Blacksmith showing his American Spirit.

Vince Kroff, Party Planet, BFC, Levi (and Ben) Hucke, Shad, and more.

A few muddy spots.

Modeled after old Bully Bars. These are awesome. Goods made 'em.

Chet is pissed at Shad that the Goods video isn't out yet.

Might be a little small.

Vince figured out that SoCal isn't that awesome, so he's back in Portland.

Nick Morris almost made it down the kinker. Well, he made it down, just not wheels first.

I shot a bunch of photos of Roman Tencza last month (and over the course of the last year really) that turned out to be some of my favorite things I’ve shot recently. Those shots evolved into a bio for the ESPN site, which evolved into a video to go with it. This feature is a good example of why I like producing content for the internet: I can melt together all the aspects of content that I like into one piece (photo, video, etc). Roman shreds the skateparks up here in the Northwest. Don’t be surprised if you see him on the contest scene this year too. He’s got the big tricks, but the style and flow to go with it. Very Rob Darden, Brian Foster, and Brian Hunt inspired style. Awesome. Check out the video above, and click here to go through the photo gallery and interview. It’s worth it.

Yet another Ben Hucke photo. He’s always got stuff up his tattooed-sleeve to shoot, so it isn’t hard to end up with good photos to post. This one has been sitting unused for a bit, and it’s too good to not use. Giant peg stall, out of an almost non-existent bank in Portland. Not bad.

Did a quick day trip to Seattle and Tacoma yesterday to shoot some photos for The Shadow Conspiracy with Ben Hucke and Caleb Quanbeck. More from the trip soon, but I wanted to post a couple shots from a concrete park in Tacoma we hit up. I blew it and didn’t get the name of the dude above. But he was killing the park along with Travis Lyons and some other locals. This lookback transfer was cool. There’s another shot of Caleb Quanbeck after the jump from another section of the same park: I liked how you can see the mountain in the background. There’s also one of Ben Hucke 180′ing over the ledge at the top of the big bank at Garfield High in Seattle. Check ‘em. Also keep your eyes peeled for more from the trip on the ESPN BMX page, and an edit from Shadow.

This is Leif Valin, 2004, Woodward, PA. One of the photos from this shoot was used in BMX Plus (a no-handed, one-footed hang five), but I always liked the composition of the faceless photo above. I like the in-your-face-fisheye stuff. There’s another long lens shot of the same trick after the jump. It’s a hybrid one-handed mega spin on the pedal.