"Why did you allow the commissioner to destroy our skate park?"
Here is a video of me asking NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe a question about the Benjamin Soto skate park on August 9th, 2011 at the Museum of New York City. More about the meeting here.
I guess he didn’t see this video.
Councilman Oddo Threatens To Cut Funds To Parks Department from Group Home Bikes on Vimeo.
Thanks Johanna at parkslope.patch.com
Smallfry shreddit
Smallfry has been hard at work filming for the past 6 months for this Team Wallstreet SB edit. It was definitely time well spent, check out the edit below.
Check out the Team Wallstreet SB blog here
Grimaldo sighting
Hit up Ben Soto park one weekend and Grimm rolled through.
Action
Check out Augie Simoncini’s new venture “Action”.
Action is just some shit thats been around for a while. i didnt invent the word or what it means. it just became some shit that me and the homies started saying not as an insult but to hype eachother up. when ur with your homies riding it got u off ur ass and made utry pulling your shit. when im with the homies partying we are going in and having the time of our lifes. its alll about living your life to the fullest not looking back, kicking it with good people and making life the sickest fucking party ever. Im not trying to make a bike company or any shit like that. i made some tees and stickers for the homies and people that want one. im siked on the idea of it so fuck it maybe other people are too. shout out to all the homies rocking action shirts.
New Shirts.
New Stickers
Legend Bikes Shop
So we got together about 6 of us to go to Grimaldo Duran’s new bike shop named Legend Bikes Shop.
The Shop is located on 772 Riverside Ave Lynhurst NJ. More photos below.
Or check out their site http://www.legendbikesusa.com/
Display Case with coffee beans in it. Coffee beans are not for sale .
Animal Shirts on a copper T shirt rack.
Bikes.
Even more bikes.
Custom built desk
Grimaldo Poster on the wall in the shop.
Old school wheels. Ryan would love these.
GT and 2 Standards STA’s
Birdseye view.
Grimaldo working on a clients bike.
Home Town Products disc.
The Shop and yes that is Ernesto.
http://www.legendbikesusa.com/
Alexandria Pump Track Video.
Cool edit about the Alexandria Pump Track. We need more places like this in New Jersey and New York.
Please send around.
Newark New Jersey by Shane.
As most people know, I’m in real estate and I love the city of Newark.
I’m actually borderline obsessed with it. I have deep family roots here, my grandfather Pelligreno Rossi lives here, I got robbed here, I rode pretty much every spot here and I know a lot of famous rappers from here. Newark to me is a magical place. So on Saturday night I came to Newark with my boys Margheri and Abraham to see a rap show downtown. We arrive there and pick up Slop, who is an OG in Newark. He’s a real cool dude, has a lot of knowledge and wisdom. We head more to the South and Eastwards of Newark which is where all the action happens. This area has been depressed since the 1967 riots when all the European-immigrants fled into neighboring towns to avoid the devastation and crime. Fast forward almost 50 years later and it still fucked up with more killings and drugs than ever. The last couple of years have been tough for most people economically. Money is tight for just about everyone, people are losing jobs and going into foreclosure. Before the sub prime mortgage bubble burst in 2007, the City of Newark was seeing a small thrive in the real estate market. People were buying homes in the slums with little or no money down. Everyone thought this was great at the time but the problem is now everyone is in foreclosure or shortsaleing their homes. Now Newark has more abandoned homes and buildings than ever before. If you ever seen slum dog millionaire the movie, its kinda like that but with crackheads. Its fucked up! I kid you not, every other home is bored up and fucked up. So we get to one block and the whole block is abandoned. It was the coolest shit ever. There were mad street lurkers so we didnt stay around too long just snapped a couple flicks and peaced. We also bought weed from some blood dude on 18th ave. $20 for some Newark backyard boogie. Fuck it, it got us high!
Augie Simoncini House Trip.
Augie Simoncini ‘s Dog Riley from Group Home Bikes on Vimeo.
So we left on Friday to go to Augies House. Rode and helped him build a quarter pipe in his back yard. We taped his dog try to catch his tail. Here is the video and some photos of our trip.
12 Questions and 16 Clips with Vinny Sammon
12 Questions and 16 clips with Vinny Sammon
By Ed Pollio
1.Where are you from?
West New York, NJ. We got our own gangland episode son hahaha
2.Who are your Sponsors?
Animal, danscomp, lotek ( skavenger brooklyn shoe)
3.What do you think about Staten Island? And did you know there is a movie named Staten Island?
Staten is cut off from everything and doesn’t really feel like NYC which makes is kind of cool… the accent is heavy and annoying at times haha. i wasn’t aware of that movie. but i’m sure West New York is probably 10x cheesier
4.How do you feel about bmx these days?
it’s the same shit just with way more people riding,and hanging out everywhere you go.. it’s getting hard to keep track of names.
5.Who is your Favorite person to ride with?
ralph who happens to be the worst one too.
6.Who taught you how to ride a a bike and how old were you?
I was 5. My mother had the training wheels taken off and pushed me around till I kept it steady.
7.Whats up with skavenger?
Frames, forks, bars, a real website.. just dropped the basketball shorts for summer. quick summer tour in cali coming soon then we’ll announce the full squad.
8.where is the best pizza place in N.J.?
Pizzaland in north arlington.. its the shack thats in the sopranos intro. theres too many to name.. an honarable mention is the dollar pizza at rays in downtown paterson because of all the funny shit you’ll see while eating..
9.Do you have a credit Card? and whats the limit?
Yup. Not much. Enough for metrocards and travel.
10.If you could be anywhere in the world where would it be?
With riding im content staying in jersey. Vacation wise i wouldnt mind going back to italy again at some point.
11.What is your favorite spot to ride?
The brooklyn banks all day, and the many slabs on decaying concrete in hudson county.
12.How do you feel about Wormz?
Amazing bike rider and all around great guy. The parkour extraordinaire of the lower east side after a few heinekens.
