Defgrip V1

DEFGRIP.COM - VERISON 2!

2005-11-15T00:30:00.000-08:00

Go to www.defgrip.com version 2 has been launched and this page will no longer be active.

There is no reason for me to talk about it here, just get to the new site, change your bookmarks and never come here again.

Go to DEFGRIP V2

Miron Report

2005-11-14T01:36:00.000-08:00

Self promo!!!!! I'll try to call my self out every time I do this, because this is not why I started Defgrip, but sometimes I am going to post on stuff Im involved with.

New Miron Report. Check it out. It's pretty tame this time, but it's always fun to hear what the Beast has to say.

Look out for the second version of Defgrip this week. I am finished, just working out the kinks. The new version will have so much more content and a bit more flair. We are all psyched to get it up.

CUT & PASTE

2005-11-11T19:31:00.000-08:00

People are doing cool things. A design competition with a "battling" theme. If you can make it, check it out.

The names of the contestants are links to their work.

CUT AND PASTE

Abacus Studios

2005-11-10T09:52:00.000-08:00

I came across these guys yesterday somehow and thought I would drop a link. They are a design firm that has done some stuff for Orchid and Little Devil. They have some good work. Check em out. - abacusstudios.com

Vult X Goods

2005-11-09T23:14:00.000-08:00

More posts on Rich's shit.... Vult Premier at Goods tomorrow night.

Lotek Video

2005-11-09T23:06:00.000-08:00

Does this count as self promo if I have nothing to do with Lotek? If it does sorry, but this is definitely worth a post and since we haven't posted on the site for the longest time since the site has been up I figure I should get some shit up quick. I have an excuse, I've been out of town, but where is everyone else? Just playin, so here we go.... Trailer on the lotek site. If you check this before Rich gets his internet up you will see this before anyone else because he didn't get time to say anything in his news and then his internet went down, so the video is just chillin with no love. Click on the Mixtape box and you will find some good stuff.... Yah that last clip is Eddy and he doesn't have pegs....

lotekkicks.com

Peekaboo Monster

2005-11-06T11:56:00.000-08:00

Peekaboo Monster went to my art school, he graduated a year before I started, so i never got to talk to him all that much. I see him around town here and there and he has some art shows that pop up now and then. He and this girl that I did go to school with, Angle 179, are going to be up in Vancouver on the 11th doing a live installation at the Sneaker Pimps show.

If you don't know what Sneaker Pimps is, it's a traveling sneaker show with like 700 limited edition, and customized sneakers. The show is on November 11th at the Silk Haus - 135 Keefer Street Vancouver at 8pm.

I would love to check it out, but there is an opening for the space that I work in on the same night. If you are in Vancouver or have the ability to get there, definitely check this show out.

But more importantly check out Peekaboo Monsters stuff.

Here are the links:
Peekaboo Monster - peekaboomonster.com
Silk Haus - silkhaus.com
Sneaker Pimps - sneakerpimpsusa.com

Directors Label

2005-11-04T23:02:00.000-08:00

You may have seen these around maybe not. they're basically DVD's with showcased work from selected directors that do amazing stuff. I've seen a few of these but not from the directors that are on the website now. It seems like they came out with four new ones since the last time I checked the site. Anyway if you want to see some amazing work its on these dvd's. I think you can get them at places like Urban Outfitters but if your not into that, google around for them here's the site.Directors Label

Winter Gear

2005-11-04T13:21:00.000-08:00

If you are into skiing or snowboarding and you are looking for some new gear this season check out this site snowfashions.org It was put together by SIA who puts on the big snow tradeshow that is similar to interbike. They have all of the new stuff up from all of the brands put together in a great flash site.

you need to get out more

2005-11-03T23:16:00.000-08:00

If you are into design, check out this amazing portuguese design portal - youneedtogetoutmore.com

The War Within

2005-11-03T22:41:00.000-08:00

The website is very well done, but more importantly this movie looks pretty crazy. Watch the trailer.

Nano Advertising

2005-11-03T13:45:00.000-08:00

Check out this ad campaign from apple. I would never keep one, but I'm feeling the concept. Good way to interact with the consumer. I know they had little iPod mini’s in magazines a while back, but everyone throws shit away that comes in magazines. This format lends it self better to the concept then the Mini campaign did. Although I have no idea how you are supposed to get the ones off the top...

Check it here.

COBRASNAKE 2

2005-11-03T12:53:00.000-08:00

Dude, the Mark the Cobrasnake! I know that guy. I met him a few times at spots in LA; he was a friend of a friend and always shooting polaroids. He was this raggedy dude with an afro, and then one night we saw him all trimmed up and clean cut. Turns out he went on some reality makeover show. Dude is funny.

Alife on Freshness

2005-11-02T10:10:00.000-08:00

Haven't had a chance to get into this, but there is a great feature on Alife on Freshness. But believe me this is where I am going to spend my lunch. I'm psyched.

Check it here. Dont pass it up.

Dave Singer

2005-11-01T16:13:00.000-08:00

My boy Dave Singer from back home has a site where he showcases some of his artwork (mostly ink on paper). The site is real simple, but it's good enough. I consider him to be one of my favorite artist's and this site is only a fraction of what he's got. Obviously, canvases and colors need to be seen in person, but this is a good sample. He once did a whole peice on a napkin (possibly from a pizza place) that he unfolded lengthwise.

DAVID SINGER

Cobrasnake

2005-11-01T00:52:00.000-08:00

So for the past six months I have been hearing the name "The Cobrasnake." I checked him out, wasn't really feeling, it, heard about him again, checked him out again, wasn't really feeling it again, and I probably did that about four or five times, but again tonight my attention was brought to The Cobrasnake, so I said fuck it and tried to figure some info out about the guy.
I guess he lives in L.A. is a community college dropout, goes to parties and takes pictures. This guy must never sleep because tonight (before Halloween parties would have started) he had four galleries with 40 photos or more each of Halloween parties. I know everyone went out over the weekend, but fuck, four, already. The Cobrasnake is on it. Even though his photos are just typical party flicks, the quality is there.

You can spend hours going through his photos here - thecobrasnake.com

Alife Tennis Ball

2005-10-30T23:26:00.000-08:00

Alife has been doing some dope stuff for a long time. They started in New York, but they are expanding all over the world. They just opened a new store in Vancouver and they have plans to open more stores over the next year. I don't know the whole story behind Alife, but they seem to have their hands into so many different things. They have been involved with Mass Appeal since the beginning, Kid America a New York public access show that was off the hook, Levis, every artist you can think of, they have a shoe company called rtft a shoe boutique called Rivington Club, and the most recent project is a collab with reebok. Not to much info about these shoes. I saw these the other day, but Al Cabino hooked me up with an email and I actually took a second to check them out. The shoes actually look hot. I have never been a huge fan of Reebok, although I definitely had some pumps back in the day, but just the shape of the shoe (besides the huge pump tung) looks great. I couldn't find a number, but I remember that it was super low like 100 pairs, I could be wrong.

Here a a bunch of links to Alife related stuff. Their website has always been small, so don't be surprised when there is nothing there.

- alifenyc.com
- rtft their shoe company (unrelated to the reebokXalife shoe).
- alife rivington club thier sneaker shop in nyc.
- Photos of Alife Vancouver
- Their third and newest store in NYC.

Link

2005-10-30T19:04:00.000-08:00

SNEAKER FREAKER "THE BOOK"

Hit up a little woodward action yesterday. good times.

First Descent

2005-10-28T22:15:00.000-07:00

Well I came across this site and I was pretty blown away from this trailer, not necessarily the hollwood titles and vioceovers but the cinematography especially. Now I dont know if its going to be a documentary or what, I couldnt imagine it being scripted, but who knows. It looks like Universal films has got in touch with the top 5 snowboarders in the world took them to the best places in the world and made a film about the revolution of snowboarding and how it became to be what it is today. take a look for your self and post what you think. First Descent

"ALSO KNOWN AS"

2005-10-28T21:58:00.000-07:00

They are few and far between, but I always look forward to cool graffiti books. I've been waiting for this to one to drop for a little while now, and it still seems to be delayed for some reason (supposed to be out in sept.). The book is called "also known as", and looks to be pretty good. It seems to be very east coast and features notable new York artists and such with contributions from a ton of people.

go here www.akanyc.com and click on preview.

Jay Z and Nas

2005-10-28T12:49:00.000-07:00

Where is Rich on this one?... So a few months back Jay Z announced that he was going to do a show called "I Declare War." He said he needed to get on stage again to get back at some people. There was so much speculation, I didn't pay much attention to it, but I could just imagine what would go down. If you don't know Jay Z and Nas have had a beef for a long time. One of my favorite Jay Z songs is Takeover, a song knocking Nas. Check it out if you have never heard it, it's amazing. While your at it check out the unplugged version, could be better. So anyway, Jay Z and Nas.... Kanye put Nas on his album and it was a huge deal, because he is under Jay, so the word was that Jay didn't know until the album dropped, but now that all of this shit went down, I'm sure he did. There has been so much more shit between them it's nuts, but they have kept it all business, never has it got out of hand... So to make a long story short, Jay and Nas together on stage. The whole "I Declare War" thing was just a publicity stunt, marketing at its finest. I guess there was a bunch of other stuff that went down, but I'm not going to ramble on any more, so check the link.

allhiphop.com

Something for your eyes

2005-10-27T20:35:00.000-07:00

So I checked this out, didn't read the top paragraph all of the way through, thought "oh, cool there are pink a green dots." My girlfriend asked me what I was looking at, showed it to her, she actually read the directions, and all of the pink dots disappeared. I did it and couldn't stop, It's addictive.

Don't worry, I won't post on weird random internet shit, but sometimes I have to throw it in. Check it here.

UK

2005-10-27T16:56:00.000-07:00

Speaking of the UK, I just got back from Manchester. I was there to judge a contest, which was cool but WOW, these people love to get rowdy. I would walk to the health food store and drunks would be stumbling by me. And everyone wants to fight. Remember that scene in EuroTrip where he got on the bus with the crazy violent soccer fans? Yeah, that was pretty much spot-on.

BANKSY

2005-10-27T07:55:00.000-07:00

Sticking to a UK theme, UK based stencil/street artist BANKSY has updated his site with some new work.

If you havent heard about it already, BANKSY is the dude who made headlines by sneaking into a real museum a while ago and "installing" his own work. Check it out in the cuttings section.

www.banksy.co.uk

Roundabout Brand

2005-10-27T00:08:00.001-07:00

So I have no idea how this one flew over the radar, I’ve even talked to Ali and Robin recently and not one mention, but Robin and Sebastian Keep started a clothing company and they just went on a tour and they are filming for a video and they have a good team and I didn’t know shit. Their company is called Roundabout and from what I read on their site, they just got their first batch of shirts in. Very colorful. I’m waiting for the signature Robin Fenlon stripped jumper! They have a great site with good news updates and there is trailer on there for the tour DVD that is going to be shipped with an issue of Ride UK. So many people have a “t-shirt company” (I’ve fell victim to this when I was young), but these guys seem to be pulling it off. They better, because they definitely have the resources too.

I’m feeling roundabout. Check their site here.

Refill Mag

2005-10-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

The new issue of Refill Mag just dropped. The magazine is filled with a bunch of artists and they work with different contributors every issue. Not sure where you can pick it up, but it's definitely worth it to track it down. Their site used to be so complete, you could check out a sample from every artist and they would change the site up every issue, but it has turned into a list and there is not much to see. Check it out anyway - refillmag.com

I've been trying all day

2005-10-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

Some times there is so much good content on the internet and sometime I just look and look and look and cant find anything I think is worth posting. I could just get into the over think mode and make it harder that it should be, but none the less this is a random post. So here we go with a bunch of random crap.

I don't know anything about this, but it's hot - bbc spot

A good resource if you are looking for inspiration to build shit - thrift deluxe

Graffiti analysis - all you see is.

This probably disserves it's own post, but here it is to round off the randomness. Addict clothing. Addict is a UK based company that makes all sorts of stuff. I don't know much about their history, but I just saw their catalog and was very impressed. They make some of my favorite hoodies, zip ups, and jackets. Their site has some good stuff, but they have so much more in their catalog. I'm definitely feeling their well roundedness... Clothing, books, toys. Good shit. Here is the link- Addict

SNEAKER FREAKER "THE BOOK"

2005-10-25T21:35:00.001-07:00

I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the new SNEAKER FREAKER book that should be available soon. Sneaker freaker is an Australian magazine dedicated to....You guessed it, sneakers, and now they will be releasing a book. Sneaker freaker magazines are awesome, which is why you should probably pick up this book if you haven't seen any (and if you like sneakers). Essentially this book is a collection of the best stuff from all of their previous issues. I was familiar with most of the content which was sort of a let down, but there are some extra's in there too. If you don't feel like buying all the back issues, this book is perfect.

Im not sure when it will be out, or where you might be able to find it, but keep checking www.sneakerfreaker.com if you are interested.

Xlr8r/Chicago

2005-10-24T21:26:00.000-07:00

Just picked up the new issue of Xlr8r along with the new Mass Appeal, both very good. Nuno already touched on the Mass Appeal, so I go with Xlr8r. The magazine is a bit DJ/Techeno, but they always have a great mix of art and culture to keep my interest. Don't get me wrong I love music, I'm just not into it reading about it as much as I am art and pop culture. The newest issue is a Chicago issue. I would have never guessed, but Chi-town has some amazing talent. This issue didn't bring my attention to the windy city for the fist time, but it's always good to have a refresher.

Ill drop some Chi town links for you to check out. The cover illustration and just about every other good illustration in the issue was done by Chuck Anderson who has built up quite a name for him self over the past few years. I feel he is a bit over hyped, but his work is hot none the less. The other Chicago link is one of my favorite artist Cody Hudson. His work has been everywhere, he has done everything and frankly I think everything he does in amazing.... Except for his website. A bit slacking, but that isn't going to turn me away from his work. The last link I don't know to much about, but I have recently been turned on to their work when I was going through all of my old bookmarks. some odd pilot. Have fun in Chicago land.

macneil trailer

2005-10-24T00:12:00.000-07:00

the macneil san to van trailer is on their site now, peep it! macneil

More DOOM????????

2005-10-23T18:02:00.000-07:00

Its been hinted at for about the last 6 months or so, but now it is more official. The new issue of MASS APPEAL has appeared and features both DOOM and GHOSTFACE (2 of my favorite mc's) on the cover, who are in fact working on an album together which should surface around spring of 06. judging by Ghostface's appearance on the dangerdoom album, we should not be let down. I will keep my fingers crossed.

I promise to not speak about mf doom anymore (hopefully).

Nuno

2005-10-21T13:59:00.000-07:00

So as you can see Nuno has joined the team. If you don't know, Nuno is one of the driving forces behind Odyssey and their success. He grew up in New York and is currently living in L.A. I am psyched to have Nuno aboard he definitely has a good grasp of what’s hot. I’m looking forward to his posts. Make sure to check out Odyssey and get ready for more Defgrip. We are going to take over!

DANGERDOOM

2005-10-21T13:23:00.000-07:00

For any hip hop/cartoon fans out there, i highly recommend the new DANGERDOOM album that recently dropped. Dangerdoom is a collaboration between rapper MF DOOM and producer DANGERMOUSE and is loosely based around (adult swim), and even features some characters from the shows doing voiceovers/skits. If you are into it, its a good time.

More info here http://www.dangerdoom.com/

--Nuno

Red Bull Elevation

2005-10-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

So the Red Bull contest went down a few months ago, but it still seems like there are people talking about in on a regular basis. During the contest they had a production company filming it for HD TV. I'm pretty sure we are the first people to have this and I hope I don't get in trouble for it, but here is the trailer from the contest. The filming is incredible and the cable shots are nuts. You really get a good idea about how fast the jumps were. The editing is a bit I-MAX/extreme sports/X-games, but I can't get past the quality of the filming. Sorry if I wasn't supposed to put this up, but it's too good to pass up.

Check it here.

Animal

2005-10-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

Check out the new Animal trailer. I know nothing about their new video, but it doesn't really matter because you know it's going to be hot. Animal is always coming through with the Big L tracks. If you don't know who Big L is... You need to figure it out. Start googling.

Here is the trailer

Ardelean

2005-10-20T21:50:00.000-07:00

It's official Mike Ardelean is the newest member of the Defgrip fam. I'm real psched on this. He is definitely doing his thing and I really appreciate what he has put into BMX. I just got him an official account a few minutes ago, so be on the look out for some good posts. With the addition of a new member come new links, so make sure to check out lavar, Mikes clothing company and Mosh, Mikes long time sponsor.

KC Badger

2005-10-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

I meet KC for the first time in Whistler, didn't hang out with him much because I meet him 10 min. before I headed back to Seattle, but he's a cool kid, blew me away on his bike an he is one of the people in BMX that is definitely pushing the "make things look good and not be a dirtbag" movement. Which here at Defgrip, we are big supporters, if not leaders of. If you don't know, he goes to school so he can learn how to draw pictures, but I'm pretty sure he can do that already. There is a good KC post up on the Kink site. If they just let him update everyday that site would get so many more hits. Why don't they hire him as their art director? Oh wait... It's probably because he doesn't want to move to Rochester. Big ups to KC. Check out his post here

Eddie Cleaveland

2005-10-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

Rolling with the one sentence posts... Eddie Cleaveland has a feature interview up on the Mosh site. Eddie is so hot right now!

Check it here

Grafik magazine

2005-10-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

good graphic design mag, check their site.GRAFIK

2005-10-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

Jacob The Jeweler wants You!

-rich

Terrible One

2005-10-18T09:38:00.000-07:00

I've been around bike my whole life and still to this day I get psyched to see peoples bikes.
Taj and Joe but up new bike checks on the T-1 site to go with all of the new parts updates that they just dropped.

Check that stuff out here

For those of you who don't know T-1 has quite the art director. Michael Sieben has been doing his thing for a long time and is well respected in the art community. I was flipping through a magazine yesterday and came across a Volcom/Mark Appleyard/Michael Seiben ad that had to do with a signature shirt that Sieben did with Appleyard for Volcom. He has a great style and his characters are amazing. He has a very complete site with so much stuff. I'm feeling the new graphics on Joe an Taj's bike in their bike checks.

Here is a link to Sieben's site and here is the shirt he did for Volcom.

INTRUSION

2005-10-17T21:07:00.000-07:00

What's up everyone, this is Ardelean busting in on Harrison and Andrew's blog. Hey Harrison, don't be mad. I rode with your boy Andrew the morning after he got to LA (actually the OC--even further from Seattle). Rich, Jeff Z, Manuel Contera, Jim bauer and I took him to a few spots, and I gave him a quick crash course on the geographic intricacies of Los Angeles. Considering he hadn't had a shower or a decent meal since he got here, I think he's adjusting pretty well.

And by the way, you'd better put Sofreestyle and Lavarbrand in your links. And did you see the new all-denim Air Max 90's? They're womens' only, but I could probably pull off a size 12.

http://www.pickyourshoes.com/collectible/nike_wmns_max90_denim_mze.htm

-Ardelean

Stussy

2005-10-17T13:29:00.000-07:00

I know Andrew posted on Stussy a while back, but I just stumbled across their site. Not sure when, but Stussy has done a major overhaul on their site. Great intro, nice simple flash and an amazing catalog of vintage and archived Stussy stuff... Ads, clothing and photos.

Check out their site here.

Gary Young Frame

2005-10-17T01:34:00.000-07:00

Gary's frame just dropped on the MacNeil site.
Check it out here.

Ben Watts

2005-10-15T19:19:00.000-07:00

I was just in the bookstore and came across this book by Ben Watts called "big up." I'm pretty sure I have seen it before, but only the paper back, not the hard cover. The hard cover was the one I saw tonight and I think it was the size that drew me to it, it's like 28" tall. Ben Watts is Naomi Watts brother and he has been taking photos of Boxers, street kids, celebs, and what ever else since the 80's and his book is essentially a scrap book of his best stuff. The book was over $100 in the book store, but I found it on amazon for 40something. Psyched. Ben Watts doesn't have a site, but google him or check out these links.

This a little interview with him i found and you can flip through a few pages of his paperback on the youworkforthem site. Have at it!

Terry Richardson

2005-10-15T12:03:00.000-07:00

Terry Richardson has been blowing up lately. Last month he had to covers on the new stands; the photo of Kanye in Complex and the cover of I-D with Jay-Z and Tiera Mari. It seemed that everywhere I looked he had an editorial or at least a single spread in a magazine. I'm not sure his history, but I think he came from porn... None the less his photos are hot. They have such a great no frills, lo-tech fell. His book Terryworld was released last year and I'm sure you can find it in all of the big book stores.

Check his site out terryrichardson.com

ahh finally

2005-10-15T09:42:00.000-07:00

well I woke up at 6:00 to hit the road by 7:00 and after a long 17 hour solo mission I finally arrived in sunny los angeles, I never thought the drive was going to end.I made it safe with no problems, im very happy to be here. I think were going to ride a little today maybe if im up for it ill shoot some photos and post them tonight.

Defgrip update

2005-10-14T11:30:00.000-07:00

As of this morning Andrew is no longer a resident of Seattle. He is off to California to live the big life. He will be shacking up with Rich for a bit until he finds a place. If you are in L.A. and you see him give him a high five.

BSHIT

2005-10-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

Some good street art from bshit. Not sure if im feeling the little swerly guy, but they are a great example of someone doing their thing.

SFAUSTINA

2005-10-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

A great designer and artist just updated his site. Spend some time here and check out his archives. He does some great collage work. sfaustina

Transcend

2005-10-13T18:24:00.000-07:00

Steve Machuga and Ty Stuyvesant just released a new video called Transcend. Transcend is essentially a follow-up of Transylvania, but this time Steve edited half of the parts, Ty did the other half and put it together. The video consists of a pretty stacked roster - Sean Burns starts it off with a wild, but short part, followed by Anthony Neapolitan, Craig Kleckner and then goes into Ryan Worcester's part that starts off with some skiing footage. For those who don't know Ryan spends his winters on his ski's and he has some damn good clips prove he is not messing around. His riding part starts off with a great wreck on a swing set and is very solid all of the way through. Dennis McCoy follows Ryan up. His part is compiled of a bunch of old footage and a bunch of REALLY OLD footage... There is a clip in there that is 20 years old.... 1985, and it's fucking nuts. Seth Holton is next with a great intro and a fun part, followed by Jamie Bestwick, Steve Machuga, Pat Schreader, Nick Halsey, Jason Willis, Harrison Boyce (me), Dan Montgomery and again ends with a great part by Chris Martindale.

If you wan to pick up a copy drop one of them an email. Click here for Steve and here for Ty.

Atmosphere

2005-10-13T14:40:00.000-07:00

The new Atmosphere dropped last week. I wasn't really excited about it at first, but my roommate Josh has been into Atmosphere for a while and got the album "You Can't Imagin How Much Fun We Are Having" the day it dropped. He un-wrapped it, put it into the cd player in my car and from the first beat I was so psyched. Atmosphere consists of Ant and Slug. Ant makes the beats and Slug is the rapper. The album is very consistent will all of their previous albums, but the beats on this album are definitely superior than the past. Slug can get a bit vulgar and angry, but I am a big fan of his story telling. The last track "Little Man" is by far my favorite. The beat is a rendition of The Diplomats "Who Am I" and the song is broken into three parts each a narrated letter to someone. The first his son, the second I have no idea and the last is to him self. Soooo good. I saw Atmosphere last year and they played with a live band. This year they are doing the same and Josh and I already have tickets.

Atmosphere on the Rhymeslayers site.

Odyssey @ Interbike

2005-10-13T14:27:00.000-07:00

There is a little feature up on BMX Online about Odyssey, their new stuff for this year, and their prescience at Interbike.

"If you've been around BMX for the last 10 years or so, you can probably remember a time (pre-Jim Bauer, Nuno Olivera and Chris Cotsonas) when Odyssey stuff wasn't exactly red hot. But throw those two guys into the mix, add some great team riders (not to mention some of the most innovative products in BMX) and you've got one of the most progressive companies leading the way in the parts and accessories category."

Its funny that they mention Jim, Nuno, and Chris, but then say "throw those two guys into the mix" but it's cool because I know how hard it is to count to three. Just kidding. Here is the link.

Apple at it again

2005-10-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

So, by now I'm sure everyone knows, but apple just dropped a new iPod and iMac. Well start with the iMac... Thinner, Faster, and it comes with an iSight built in... hot. It also ships with a new program called FrontRow which is a buffed up version of iTunes that manages music, movies, and photos. The Mac will take over TiVo, DVD's and anything else. Just hook your MacMini up to your TV and you have all of you DVD's in one spot. You can even hack it into a TiVo as well.

The new iPod. Everyone who bought a Nano is bummed, but really, would you watch a movie from start to finish on your iPod? I don't think I would. It might be nice for when your out and about, sitting in an airport or something, but that is what I have a powerbook for. So I figured out what it would be good for... Quicktime clips... That clip of Fat Mike 360ing in NYC. Just download it, drop it onto your iPod and bring it with you to show all of your friends. I don't know... At least the new design with the wide screen looks dope.

You can check out more on the Apple site.
This one goes out to Shawn for keeping us in check.

Unarm X Beinghunted

2005-10-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

There is a good feature on Beinghunted with a behind-the-scenes look at the art of screen printing presented by UARM and Beinghunted. The photos aren't the best, but it is always cool to get an idea of how people do their thing. After you check the feature, you should venture into the Beinghunted site. This is a great go-to site for anything dope. They started as a site with daily updates kind of like defgrip, but slowly tuned into a site that brings more in-depth features on selected topics. Beinghunted is hot!

Here is the link beinghunted.com

P.S. check out the Vans X Supreme. HOT!

GRAPHIC HAVOC

2005-10-10T15:45:00.000-07:00

good shit check it out!GH

wethepeople

2005-10-10T15:23:00.001-07:00

I was just browsing the interweb and came across some entertaining video clips on the wethepeople site. I guess they are outtakes from their Poland tour that's in Props 58. There is also a little short of Max Gaertig and Timo Mrukwia doing something with cellphones. I didn't really get it, but that could be because I watched it at work with no volume, so there is a good chance that it might make since if you have some volume going.

Here is the link. Just look down a few entries to 10-6.

HODER!

2005-10-09T23:46:00.000-07:00

found this link off of lotek, but in case you havent checked that site lately id thought Id post it here... by the way, hoder is the guy in the video who threes the biggest gap in NYC! HODER!!!

Face lift

2005-10-07T01:18:00.000-07:00

As you can see we have given out self a minor face lift. If you don't know you can get to our site from defgrip.com Bookmark that page because you might find some surprises there soon.

H2D

2005-10-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

Hasselblad released their new digital camera, the "H2D" which sells for just under thirty grand. The main features are it has a 22 mega pixel resolution and it flash syncs at 1/800th of a sec. now as far as I know thats the fastest flash sync any digital camera has to offer, Im pretty sure? This is the do it all digi cam. Now I dont ever think ill own one of these, As a matter of fact I know I will never own one of these, but its cool to know that this cool of a camera exists and maybe I might have the oppurtunity to go into a camera store and drool over one for an hour or something. take a look for yourself. hasselblad

vult trailer

2005-10-06T00:47:00.000-07:00

Not to be up on Vult's nuts, but they just dropped a trailer that is worth a post 2 days after the first mention.
Check it here

Plrds

2005-10-06T00:36:00.002-07:00

If you are into polaroids, you must check out plrds.com. This site used to be a bmx site from the south, but somehow somewhere turned into one of the best polaroid sites around. The best part about this site, is Mike Broody who does the thing doesn't own a computer (or at least the last time I talked to him he didn't), doesn't pay for anything, but always makes shit happen.

Interbike

2005-10-05T00:59:00.001-07:00

I just got back from interbike a few days ago. Rich and I were there along with everyone else who rides bikes. It was rad to see everyone and even better to meet everyone that I have just communicated with through email. Highlights were Odyssey reppin bright orange, everyone rockin lotek, the gonz, the new macneil catalog and seats, jimmy levan's new poster in ride, mosh's private product preview in a dope suite at the hard rock, free drink tickets at the nora cup, mosh video trailer, macneil trailer, fit bumpin mike jones, and rooftops hounds tooth redline frame.

I snapped a few photos. Check em out here.
Shout-outs to Nuno and Ardelean. Word.

Vult

2005-10-04T10:03:00.000-07:00

This is a site that should definitely be added to your bookmarks. Vult has got it going on and I heard that they might have "the best team in BMX." I'm not really sure how to define what Vult is but, you should check it out. They are probably rockin the best photos from interbike, hands down.
vulitbmx.com

YOUWORKFORTHEM

2005-10-02T13:57:00.000-07:00

If you like Graphic Design, Photography, Typography, Film, Architecture, Fasion, or just books, whatever. If you want to get up on some books and magazines that you cant find down at your local Barnes and Noble,check this site out. They have a great selection. youworkforthemdotcom

SOME MORE PHOTOGRAPHY

2005-09-30T19:17:00.000-07:00

scott pommier also shoots some unbelivable photos. check em out.scott pommierdotcom

Cheep Art

2005-09-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

Check out 365ive.com if you are interested in picking up some cheep art. 10 bucks for a good size 2 color print is a steel in my book and you can even get paintings for $40. So good. 365ive is run by Scott Rickey who went to school with Peter who I work with (Peter got me to 365ive.com) You can check out more of Scott's stuff at Arts and Crap. Hot shit!

PATRICK HOELCK

2005-09-26T23:27:00.000-07:00

So yeah, some of the best portrait photography I've ever seen! peep it...patrickhoelck.com

WHATS WITH ALL THE HYPE...

2005-09-25T22:29:00.000-07:00

MacNeil X Animal

2005-09-25T01:01:00.000-07:00

This is a few days late, but MacNeil and Animal have teemed up to release a Animal seat using MacNeil's Pivotal seat technology. This means that Animal is dropping a seat that works like a MacNeil. Dope huh? I think so. Animal will be working on a post to go with the seat in the future, but for now you can just rock it with a MacNeil post. Now this is how companies should be working together.

You can check out the PR on bmxonline.

Kanye Live at Abbey Road

2005-09-24T15:02:00.000-07:00

I know you are saying "Not another post on Kanye West..." Yes, this one is pretty hot. Kanye live at Abbey Road on the BBC. You can view Kanye's whole show with a live orchestra and special guest John Legend on the BBC site. Click here to see that shit and don't miss Kanye on Saturday Night Live next Saturday at 11:30.

Exactitudes

2005-09-22T17:46:00.000-07:00

Check this out. This is a photography project from photographer Ari Versluis and Stylist Ellie Uyttenbroek. They started the Exactitudes project in the late 90's and it has turned into a huge ongoing project that they are still working on today.

"They call their series Exactitudes: a contraction of exact and attitude. By registering their subjects in an identical framework, with similar poses and a strictly observed dress code, Versluis and Uyttenbroek provide an almost scientific, anthropological record of people's attempts to distinguish themselves from others by assuming a group identity. The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity is, however, taken to such extremes in their arresting objective-looking photographic viewpoint and stylistic analysis that the artistic aspect clearly dominates the purely documentary element."

From what I understand is they will go into a town or city, study the people, styles, and trends for a few days. They say McDonalds is the best place to do their studying because it brings so many different walks of life together. After days of observing they figure out what kind of style or group they are going to photograph, pick a leading model, set up a studio on the street, or if they are in their home town, bring people into their studio and start shooting. They show each person a Polaroid of the leading model so the subject has an idea of what they are looking for, but are never told to pose in a specific way. They shoot about 60 shots on each subject and only shoot 12 people for each category. When they ask the subjects to come to the studio, they ask them to wear what they are wearing when they were first approached, but to bring some more of their own clothes. It is pretty interesting to think of all of the people who think they are "individuals" but just fall into some category where there are hundreds of other people how look just the same. Just picture a photo study with all of the BMX kids who wear girls pants... I shouldn't talk because I'm sure they could find a group to stick me in.

Check out their site here. It's pretty mind blowing seeing all of the photos there. Good luck getting through all of them because they rotate every time you go back to the home page, so you never know where you left off.

Arkitip

2005-09-22T03:09:00.000-07:00

The new issue of Arkitip just dropped. If you haven't seen Arkitip yet you need to track down a copy. This magazine has done it differently from the start. It started as a black and white limited edition magazine filled with contributions from artists and photographers from all over the world. Every year they flip the format of the magazine and have recently changed to full color, but are still printed in limited quantities. The contents of each issue is always fantastic, they have themed articles for every year, but each issue a different artist interprets the assigned article and the outcome is always amazing. This issue contains a feature and cover from New Yorks's KRINK. If you don't know KRINK check out this issue. It even comes with a KRINK sharpie.

Check out the Arkitip site here. They have some great stuff on there... Every issue is archived from the start and they have a great news post/ blog section called intelligence. Defgrip salutes Arkitp so make sure to check them out.

DIGITALKITCHEN

2005-09-20T10:43:00.000-07:00

I dont know why I havent updated about this yet, It should have been the first thing I updated on. Digital Kitchen Is a advertising agency based out of seattle who specializes in design, motion graphics, film, and 3D animation. Im just finishing up my internship here and I thought I would throw you guys a link to their site. They do really amazing work, you'll probibly recognize some of their stuff. DIGITALKITCHEN

APPLE/PC ANALOGY

2005-09-19T11:29:00.000-07:00

I thought I would throw this out there to cause more arguments. Since there has been disputes among our readers about the recent, nano/apple product update. Yes I am an Apple user and yes, I have to say mac fans tend to love there computers more than the average PC user, why? I don't really know, But I can put together maybe a reason why. It's like driving a new Mercedes or BMW, leather interior, climate control, navigation, whatever, german engineering, the works! Once you've driven one theres nothing else that comes close. A PC is like driving a KIA, bare minimum, chinsy, plastic, no options, just your simple commuter. What im trying to say in this analogy is, "full luxury, to no luxury". Its like once you go to a mac you'll never want to use a PC again. How can you go from a Mercedes or BMW back to a KIA?

Just For Kicks

2005-09-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

Nuno from Odyssey hooked this one up... Thanks Nuno.

Res Fest is a mish mash film festival focusing just about every type of digital media, film and animation. Res Fest started yesterday and will be traveling to 33 citys 15 countries and 6 continents.

One of the featured films at Res Fest is a film called "Just for Kicks." Just For Kicks is the first documentary about one of pop cultures biggest phenomena's... Sneakers. The film starts in the 70's and takes you all the way up through today talking about the trends, the people who started them, how hip-hop commercialized sneakers, Run DMC, Nike, just about everything you can imagine. You can check out the the sneaker freakers site and the res fest site for some more info on the film about the worlds most popular footwear.

I am sadly not in one of the cities that Res Fest is traveling to, but if you are, you should definitely try to check out the film festival.

nano

2005-09-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

so i just went down to the apple store and saw one of the i pod nanos in real life. It has to be the coolest gadget ever made, like anything apple makes it takes that real life gratification of actually going down to one of the stores and seeing one of their new products in real life to see how cool they really are. on the inernet its one thing, but in person its a whole different thing. who out there has experienced this type of thing for themselves? I know theres some of you out there.

Hillman Curtis X Pentagram

2005-09-13T02:00:00.000-07:00

The simplest things can be so incredible. This short documentary film about Pentagram by Hillman Curtis blew my mind. The concept behind the intro and the outro almost make me speechless. I have posted on Hillman Curtis before and every time I go back to his site I am blown away. Hillman Curtis is a web designer that changed the way websites are designed and Pentagram is one of the biggest design firms in the world housing some of the best graphic designers the world has seen. Check out the Pentagram short here and if you would like to see more here is a link to Hilman Curtis's site and here is Pentagram's site.

What the Fuck!

2005-09-12T21:24:00.001-07:00

So I know all of this Hurricane stuff is pretty crazy and all you have probably heard about for the past few weeks, but this is so fucked... Andrew and I were looking at some photos of the Hurricane and the aftermath when we came across this sequence of photos. The title of the photo sequence was "the suffering continues."... I still can believe this as I'm typing it.... So we are looking at all of these photos of people stuck on their roof, carrying dead people... Just click on the link to see the photos in the order that they were presented. So in the middle of all of this horrible suffering there is a photo of a WHITE GIRL, dry, fed, laughing on here cell phone talking to her friend...

Here is the caption:
"Katie Maucher talks to a friend on her cell phone at the College of Charleston, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in Charleston, S.C. Maucher transferred to the College of Charleston after Hurricane Katrina damage Tulane University in New Orleans."

The next photo is some fucking house burning to the ground and people dying... America is fucked.

Here is the link, look under September 1, 2005 > the suffering continues.

OC

2005-09-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

tune in to the all new season of the OC thursday nights at 8

Deep Blue

2005-09-09T11:38:00.000-07:00

“Eighty percent of life on earth lives in the ocean, yet more people have walked on the moon than have seen the oceans deepest floor.”

It looks like this film has been out for a bit, but I just came across it today... The cinematography is absolutely incredible.
Check out the trailer here.

Internet TV

2005-09-09T11:09:00.000-07:00

"DTV is a new, free and open-source platform for internet television and video. An intuitive interface lets users subscribe to channels, watch video, and build a video library. Our publishing software lets you broadcast full-screen video to thousands of people at virtually no cost. The project is non-profit, free and open source, and built on open standards. A Windows version of DTV and a full website are well underway and will arrive in the next several weeks." Check it out here.

If this catches on people are going to have TV shows like they do websites. Just picture it, Defgrip 11 o'clock news, coming to live from the Defgrip studios... Ha! I wonder if people are going to start rocking their computers in their living rooms in place of their TV"s. If i was to do it i would run a Sanyo 1080i projector and keep the computer out of the living room... Unless it was a 30" apple display.

Ryan McGinness

2005-09-09T09:45:00.000-07:00

I just stumbled across Ryan McGinnes's site and I was pretty impressed with the archive or work he has up. McGinnes has been around for a long time, he's been doing gallery shows for 10 years and was one of the pioneers of vector art... He was the first person I saw doing stuff with vector and clipart that I was impressed with. In a time where everyone was busy doing crazy 3-D Photoshop collages, McGinness was holding strong with Adobe Illustrator and pushing vector art to a new level. Check out his site and if you are into his stuff he has a few books out. I’m sure you can find them on Amazon.

iPod Nano

2005-09-07T12:34:00.000-07:00

Uh oh... More iPods. Apple just dropped their newest edition to the iPod family, the iPod Nano. The best part about the Nano is it comes in Black... No U2 crap with red, just good old black... Very hot. The Nano holds a bunch of songs, has a color display and all of the fun iPod features. Not sure if I'll pick one up... I have a 40g for all my stuff and then a shuffle for riding and quick trips. I can't think of any instance where I would need to rock the Nano, but if you don't have an iPod yet, I would pick the Nano over the rest. Check out how small it is.

Kanye.

2005-09-05T02:05:00.000-07:00

Heres the transcript to what went downa few days ago when Kanye was on the hurricane telethon. Keep in mind he was real nervouse when he said it so it came out a bit rough. I'm sure everyones going to throw there 2 cents in on this one.

Mike Myers: [dutifully reads canned plea for charity on teleprompter]

Kanye: [abandons teleprompter] "I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family and they say we are looting, you see a white family and they say they are looking for food. And, you know, its been five days because most of the people ARE black. And even for me to complain, I would be a hypocrite because I would turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right to see what is the biggest amount I can give. And just to imagine, if I was down there and those are my people down there. If there is anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help about the way America is set up the help the poor, the black people, the less well off as slow as possible. Red cross is doing as much as they can. We already realize a lot of the people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way. And now they've given them permission to go down and shoot us.

Mike Myers: [stands frozen in horror, decides to pretend nothing happened and stick with the teleprompter]

Kanye: GEORGE BUSH DOES NOT CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.

Mike Myers: [descends into complete panic]

New Lotek Site

2005-09-04T13:55:00.000-07:00

Rich just put up a new Lotek site. Check it out here. I'm up in Vancouver for Metro Jam. Be back in a few days with some news stuff.

New Shit

2005-08-31T13:27:00.000-07:00

New Lotek kicks are out. Get 'em at Goods or your favriote shop. The new releases consisit of the new mid-top, the "Throwback" and new colors in the "Troop" and Edwin's signature shoe the "Brooklyn". There not up on the site, so i won't bother with a link.

Odyssey just dropped a new limited color in the JC pedal. Not sure if this is the actual name of the color, but it should be... There calling it the "Adam Banton Honda Civic Teal JC Pedal". So good. Check it out here.

Ipod Log

2005-08-31T13:15:00.000-07:00

Just when you thought the ipod accessory market was killed by all of the hip-holders and speakers/docks here comes the ipod log.... The story log was created by House Special. I don't have to much info on it other than it has been crafted by a 2 foot section of tree. Check out House Special's site. The have some great products... Such simple ideas... The magnet thumbtack is great. I'm inspired to build stuff.

new kanye album

2005-08-30T21:47:00.000-07:00

So we all know the new Kanye album just dropped... does anyone think it was hyped up a little to much? or was it all that you expected. personally I think it may have been hyped up a tad to much, or, maybe it just hasn't sunk in yet, i dont know. post a comment about what you guys out there think of late registration. if you dont have it, its definitly worth buying dont get me wrong.

Bomb the System

2005-08-24T10:21:00.000-07:00

It's gets a bit sketchy when people try to make money off graffiti and the whole street art scene, but this film looks kind of hot. The film is called Bomb the System and it's about kids in NYC taking over the city and the struggle of being on top... Typical plot, but they must of done something good because it took home 4 awards at the Sun Dance Film Festival. I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard good things. The filming is hot and the colors look great. Check the trailer out here.

Red Bull Elevation

2005-08-23T13:54:00.000-07:00

The Red Bull Elevation contest is going down this weekend in Whistler B.C. We are definitely not the first ones to post about this contest, but we are here to reassure you that this will by far be the best dirt jumping contest ever... in the history of BMX. If you live anywhere within 20 hours of Whistler you need to get there. Nasty, Bohan, Doyal, Murray, Nyquist, Aitken... The list goes on, all riding on jumps that have been in the works for a month. If you want more info check the bmxonline site for an interview with Jay about the whole thing. Or check out the Red Bull Elevation site. 3/4 of Defgrip will be up there and we cant wait.

MacNeil Site

2005-08-22T09:03:00.000-07:00

Just dropped the new version of the MacNeil site. Check it out. There is a bunch of new news, including a photo of Alistair and Slash from Guns and Roses... Big time. I'll try to keep the self pluggin down as much as I can, but I thought this was definitely Defgrip worthy. I spent the majority of the time building clean and quick html, so the site loads like a dream. Don't worry, the updates will be much more frequent, because everyone can update it now, not just my slack ass. There will be some big stuff dropping soon, so keep checking the MacNeil site. P.S. I haven't actual heard the new Kanye West album, but all of this anticipation is killing me. I know it's going to be SO HOT! I'm envious of Rich, I want to hear it. So i guess the co-producer, Jon Brion, played every single instrument on the album. I need a copy.

Instant Classic

2005-08-22T00:01:00.000-07:00

Just copped a bootleg of the new Kanye album and It's hard to even put in to words how amazing it is. Kanye hooked up with the producer who did that big Fionna Apple album a few years back and some Tortoise stuff and together they made what could be the first succesful hip-hop concept album. It plays through like a soundtrack to a movie with long intrument orchestra breaks and every track is set to a different mood. If this one lets you down you should give up.

Complex...

2005-08-16T11:25:00.000-07:00

The next issue of Complex Magazine will have a small bit of Lotek in it. They did a BMX themed fashion section and you will find one of the models laced up with a pair of black Brooklyns. Like Harrison already said Complex is looking real nice so make sure to check it.

Studio 8

2005-08-15T14:35:00.000-07:00

macromedia just dropped studio 8, check it.macromedia

Mondays

2005-08-15T00:51:00.000-07:00

Don't have much time to explain, but here are a two great sites for you to check out.
lifetime collective.
scottmarceau.com.
Lifetime is from Vancouver, and they make clothes and Scott Marceau takes pictures and his friend Brian email me and told me he found my site from Scott's, so that's how I found Scott's site. Check em.

Colin Winkleman

2005-08-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

Colin took his life yesterday. Rest in Peace. More info on bmxonline.

expn marketing

2005-08-10T01:02:00.000-07:00

So I was checking out some clips from the xgames on expn.com when i noticed in their "awesome!" commercials before the video clips, the espn logo flashes for a quick second in there... They have a preview for deuce bigalo the male giggalo and in the middle of that their logo flashes. Can you say FUCKED. I can. I thought they put a ban to the whole subliminal marketing stuff. Oh well, better get all of the "extreme" kids to buy all of your shit, right? Well regardless of the gross subliminal advertising... and to ad one more thing, if there isn't enough fucking ads on the website, on the tv during the contest, on the course and all over the riders, you know, while there at it just throw some more in there. So as i was saying Scotty Cranmer got robbed big time. He did like 50 bizilian things in 60 seconds. Mira did some good stock Mira shit, but Scotty came through with some good bangers as well as fillers. If you haven't seen the stuff all over the TV or if your like me and don't have cable check out the expn site. While your at it your might as well join the Army or buy some Mountain Dew.

CINNAMON ROLL FLAVORED POP TARTS

2005-08-09T22:42:00.000-07:00

So I was sitting on my computer, as usual.. and I was eating some "CINNAMON ROLL FLAVORED POP TARTS", and I have to say that I was very happy with the way they tasted!.!.! The way I look at it is "Defgrip is a place where we post things that we're phsyced on", I have to say these pop tarts are on the hot list, and I thought I'd let everyone know about that. Now im not going to put a link to the pop tart site, im not that lame. But next time your swinging through the poptart isle don't pass em up you'll wish you hadn't!

Blud Blood

2005-08-09T11:32:00.000-07:00

So i posted about blue blood denim a few weeks ago and just came across thier website today. So much good stuff. The have it set up like a book. Just click through. Check it.