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pump tracks are rad

corey m — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:08:51 +0000

We went up to this guy Shaggy’s house on Friday to ride his pump track. I almost missed out due to a throbbing headache, but it subsided for the most part after work and after chugging a gallon of water. Dehydration is a bitch.

This place was so much fun. It was easily the most fun I have had on a bike in a long time. I can’t wait to go back.

am I in the right place?

corey m — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:29:30 +0000

Well, hello there. I’m not sure if I am in the right place or not. Is this coreymc.com? It’s just been so long since I’ve been here, I’m not sure…

Believe it or not, I’m alive. I can’t believe that it’s been about 2 months since my last post!? Ya, I’ve got no excuse, just no motivation (or pictures–what are words without pictures?).

Well, last night, I finally took some pictures that I can share with you. Unlike the last set of photos of Duncan and Stephanie’s engagement shots. Those came out awesome, by the way. We were all really stoked on them!

I’ll post them up after they have sent out their invitations.

So for now….BMX!

Let’s start with the Adam show, he was the only person riding (since Stephen was shooting too).

I did manage to get a few of Mr. Horrocks before hand…

mini-vacation [over]

corey m — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:39:25 +0000

So I have been on an unintentional hiatus. I’ve been way busy at work, trying to ride as much as possible to take advantage of the weather, hang out and just do whatever I can. I’ve been meaning to post something, but I seriously haven’t had anything worth writing about.

Until today (well, since Monday but again, I’ve been busy)…. Unfortunately, there isn’t much to write about, just photos.

a new [wide] angle

corey m — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:28:31 +0000

I have been on the hunt for a new lens. I knew that I wanted either a wide angle or a nice telephoto. I think the telephoto probably topped my list, but they are much more expensive. I came across a few of the Sigma 17-35 f/2.8-4 lenses used (they are discontinued), but they were just a little bit more than I wanted to spend on a older, used lens.

Finally, I found one on eBay, for around $170 and added it to my watch list. Within a few hours of the lens ending, I clicked my way over to make sure the lens was still in my price range, and I just so happen to find another one listed as “Buy It Now” for $130. At first, I was really skeptical. These usually go for $200+ and I thought the one for $170 was a good deal. So, I looked into the seller more. He had over 20,000 sales and close to 99% positive feedback. That’s a pretty good track-record. I bit the bullet and bought it.

So far, I absolutely love the lens. I wish I could have found the newer HSM (hyper-sonic motor for focusing), but I haven’t even seen one for sale. Luckily, having a new camera, it focuses really quickly, and accurate. I think it was well worth the $130. SWEET!

70-200 equals awesome

corey m — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:44:03 +0000

This weekend I borrowed the Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR lens from work. Looking at this lens, you wouldn’t ever guess is was worth almost $2,000. It looks like someone threw it in a bucket of bolts and tossed it around for a while. I took some time to clean it up and try to get the cross-threaded filter off the front, but that guy is stuck!

Anyway, I finally took a few minutes to ride my bmx. This of course resulted in me taking a few pictures with the borrowed lens. This is the first time in a while that I have truly hurt after riding, I think between lifting boxes and moving stuff around for the past week, it didn’t take much real physical activity to completely wreck me. Ugh, even after some advil and a few hot showers I still hurt. But then again, the built-in shelves we built today only made it worse. More on that tomorrow…on to photos.

I really like this shot, Stephen looked seriously determined

This spot is one of my favorites, I have taken quite a few photos and riding here even more!

Since moving into the new house, we haven’t had to keep Capone is his cage. He has found a new spot to chill all day. Lucky for him, because the day he tears up the couch, or anything for that matter, he will have to go back to the cage. Here he is doing what he does almost 90% of the day… (we clean this at least once a day)

feel good video

corey m — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:12:00 +0000

I have been on a blogging rampage the past two days…

I just saw this video on the DIG site. Holy crap. I love watching people ride trails, but there is something about this video that reminds me of the 50 Frames trails video.

This is the third part of the Fox Andalucia trip. This makes me want to ride so bad, and most “web videos” don’t really have that effect.

Andalucia Part Three from FoxHeadInc on Vimeo.

it was hot today

corey m — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:02:09 +0000

I didn’t do anything today. I spent pretty much my whole day inside, either watching TV with Shauna or playing video games. It was extremely nice out, but was just way too hot. I even tried to sit outside on the deck, but it just felt horrible.

I have been kind of bummed about riding lately. My bike is in desperate need of repair and some TLC, but I just don’t have the cash to put towards it right now. Other than my rear wheel being completely out of true, my grips are shot, my headset keeps popping, my chain is way stretched, my rear tire is done-for, my pedals needing to be replaced, AND I also think my forks may be screwed. Plus I am SOOOO over riding at the park. I think I want to ride street, I think. But, for now, I am just gonna take a fews days off and chill. I am going to do something different, maybe shoot some nature photos or go for a drive and see where I end up. Eh, I don’t know.

I am so ready for this house to be mine! I am over faxing/emailing forms. I want to move in and drink a beer in MY house. That would take a huge load off my back. I also need to pick up a couple of lenses somehow, since I have been using my own equipment at my weddings. UGH!!! Make money to spend money, right? Sure.

That’s it, just wanted to update my “followers.”

p.s. I did pick these guys up, probably shouldn’t have spent the money, but it’s done now.

bmx overload part 2

corey m — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:14:06 +0000

Here are the next group. It was really cool to see all my friends in the good ‘ole Metro Pulse. But I do have to say sorry to Zack, who didn’t get any photos. I really liked the nose-dive 360 from the last post and 1-footed x-up 360 too! The just didn’t quite translate as well in a single image (I guess, I didn’t actually pick the photos used). Gallery numero dos!

bmx overload part 1

corey m — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:01:39 +0000

This weeks (May 21) issue of Metro Pulse was the bicycling issue. Which for me was a great chance to highlight some bmx since it sort of got left out of the skatepark issue last year. I was so stoked to get to take a ton of pictures! Not that I don’t always enjoy it, but having this reason was pretty sweet!

You should go ahead and pick one up ASAP if you haven’t already since they will be pulled this Wednesday….

I have a ton of photos I want to share, now that the issue has printed and been out for a while. So I’m going to break them into to two posts. Here goes #1

See all the photos here in the gallery…

rain? i didn’t notice

corey m — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:28:55 +0000

Thursday night I decided to head down to the park for a bit. I got to ride for a little while before Mrs. Nature herself decided to piss on our parade! But don’t think for a second that it shut us down.

We headed under the bridge were a few of us kept riding. I guess sometime during out week of rain, some of the guys piled up some gravel and laid a sheet of plywood down. Improvisation, that is what BMX is all about.

It was nice little session, until all the water run-off from the bridge above flooded the area…. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for at least a week of sun.