Monday, June 29, 2009

Rednecks, American Made, and DIY!

This past Sunday I had the chance to attend the Petaluma Fair, down in none other then Petaluma, California. This town that is often better known for it's skatepark(?) and local venues, played place to the Destruction Derby and County Fair this fine weekend. Remember the fair... Well here I'll help provide some friendly reminders!



We arrived a little late, per a pre-bbq with family. From there we proceeded to make our way through the crowds. The heat made it pretty hard to deal, but a Ice Cold brew solved that problem. "It wouldn't be the fair without a fresh cold one..." one on-looker mentioned as he walked away with his frosty refreshment.



Located behind the flying headless child, you'll see a Sea Lion. What does a Sea Lion have to do with the fair... money(?). I can only guess this had a few viewers during the day, the heat alone had the Sea Lion asking for a ticket back home! I think I may have seen the likes of Dave Mirra trying out the bouncy-thing, the dude was wearing a Monster hat so it had to be Mirra right? X-Gaymes 2009!




And then destruction? Well the course was a little short, I think they had around 100ft or so to gain speed and around 20 ft. across. The reactions from the crowd were by far the best part. At one point the yellow and car seen above was dodging being hit by another competitor, this did not go over well with the crowd. Boo's, hisses, taunts, and other vulgarities were thrown about. I think next time instead of taking pictures of the cars I'll take reaction shots of the crowd. That and I always thought having a collection of carnie portraits would be rad.

Once again, Issue #2 is hot off the presses and now available! Now more car-nage...



Check out the dude throwing his hands in the air... way stoked!




Do these photos even change?




Also I guess my homie, and a major Ice Cold supporter, Ian from Box Dog Bikes had an eventful weekend due to the festivities down in good ol' San Francisco. Passed out partiers from a weekend gone wild. Awesome wheelie timing!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Issue #2 available now!?




Thats right folks after a little downtime, thanks to wonderful machines called computers, Ice Cold Issue #2 is now ready for your viewing enjoyment. I've already sent out a few issue's to my "subscribers". Dudes you know who you are! Also regardig subscriptions, by issue #3 I'll have a form for all the fillout. I'm not sure how much it'll be, but it's gonna be on the cheap. As long as you got five on it, we'll be chill.

As always, trades are highly encouraged. I'm currently BMX-less and regretting the trade I made... a little. If you have any extra parts laying around I'd be more then happy to make a trade. Coming soon as well I'll be holding an auction of art I've produced. The canvas' are starting to pile up so its time to clear house. These will also be on the cheap. I find it better to have the work out there, then try to say I've sold a $100 painting. $100 isn't worth that much anymore anyways.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Living Legend - Too $hort



How many rappers do you know started at the young age of 14? With averages of 600,000 plus record sales for each of there 14 releases. That's almost 1 million records sold. This being said, I don't think the above statement of "Living Legend" is an overstatement... more like and understatement.

I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't one of the kids who grew up listening to Short. Hell if anyone reading this knows me, they'll know the sight of sun will burn my poor Irish complexion in a matter of minutes. With all this being said, your probably wondering why the Legend is appearing here. Respect and props that's why. That and its often the background music for the composing of ICE COLD!

Hope everyone enjoys. Life is... Too Short!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Beginning Filmmaking:: Jay Roseblatt




Follow the link here. Checked out this film today on HBO. It documents a 4 year-old as she makes her first film with the help of her Dad. The Dad does at times seem to try to get his young daughter a little too involved, which I think they both realize at the end. I would highly recommend this film.

Update Regarding ICE COLD, small delay but we'll be back in no time. As soon as Issue #2 hits the press Issue #1 will no longer exist. But will soon be available online, right here!