With school and the holidays coming to a close, there's a ton more time to ride! As per usual, Post Office is the place to be around here during this time of year, and it becomes an oddity to see a vacant roll-in during sunset.
Photo: Davin Pena
Also, with the new year means I will be parting ways with Banshee. I'm absolutely grateful for the support that they've provided during these past two seasons, and I put together this compilation of footage from my time with them.
Happy New Year!
-Fogel
I had the pleasure of having Zinger and Howey stay at my house for a couple weeks at the beginning of the month. We rode a bunch, and Zinger was hard at work behind the lens, coming out with this banger!
Season three is here, with new episodes every two weeks!
For most of September, I found myself in a constant routine: load up my bike/gear at night, go to school in the morning, grab a burrito, and head straight over to Post Office for a little sundown sesh. Sometimes a bunch of people would be out there, other times it was just me. It never really mattered too much though, as any ride turned a stressful school day into a good day. I brought the camera out one day, and self filmed for this edit.
Enjoy!
Photo: Davin Pena
-Fogel
Me and the rest of the Locs on Spokez crew started a trail in the winter, took a break as things picked up in the spring, and banged out the rest of it in May. We named it “Miss America” and couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! Justin and Devin started their new media group called “Root One Media”, and we all worked hard to shoot what we had dug so much on. I’m really psyched on how it came out, enjoy!
Went on a shoot with Davin Pena the other day, and he whipped up this banger! Psyched how it came out!
It’s been an awesome week around here, with the sun shining and friends like Christian in town. We took advantage of the weather and trail conditions to get in a fun day of riding big bikes. Another day, Jeff and I had a cool little sesh at the step-up, before heading over to Post Office. The classic sundown-seshes have become routine this time of year, but what’s new are some of the younger riders like Jared, Simon, and Fin shredding with us. Just a week ago they were doing run-ups into the line and now they’re flowing through with style and even throwing a few tricks! Stuff like that always gets me stoked to see!
James Visser just made the trip up here from San Diego to ride and chill for a week. Due to the steady rain, most spots were far from running, but with a little work we got in a nice session on Hone’s jumps early in the week. The trails were running great despite a few puddles here and there, so we got some runs in out there as well. However, we spent the most time at the step-up, as the sand soaks up most of the rain and it runs great this time of year. Towards the end of the week we got a big sesh going out there, with Greg throwing down some big tricks like a bar to tailwhip and even a double flip! James went for the double flip, and got close, but under rotated on one and landed right on his head. Thankfully he was perfectly fine after a moment of shock, so everyone decided to call it after that. It was a rad week of shredding, enjoy!
James did quite a bit of filming with his GoPro as well, so check out his view of the week in his latest video!
-Fogel
My buddy Brendan Howey and I put this video together for the Camp of Champions while he was down in Aptos for a couple weeks. Stoked how it came together, check it out!
Fogel
We had a good time the other day in Aptos, fixing up and riding a couple spots and eating some banger sandwiches. Justin Brantley was there and put this edit together, check it out!
-Fogel
My buddies and I have been toying with the idea of making a website for a while now, and finally made it happen. It’s pretty simple, just a blog where our crew can post the latest happenings, pictures, and videos to get anyone who’s interested stoked. The plan is to make a series of web videos to go with the site, of which we finished the first last week. I’m really stoked how it turned out, especially the downhill shots as we got to capture the first rain of the season!
Fogel
If there’s one thing that never fails to make me want to ride, it’s school. Nothing like going through a day of classes, notes, tests, and homework with the urge to ride building as you watch each second tick by on the clock. Fortunately I’m blessed to have Post Office down the street from my school. With the crazy hot days we’ve been having this week, everyone’s been waiting until the sun begins to set before heading out to the jumps. It’s been a good routine: roll up in the late afternoon, give the jumps a nice watering, sip some iced tea, and start riding as the light turns golden and as it starts to cool down. The shadows of lips and landings grow longer and longer until the sun has fully made its way past the horizon. This is the best time to ride as it’s the coolest out and there’s a nice even lighting for a short while before it gets too dark to see. It’s been good times getting seshes like these in here and there, keeping us all sane after school.
Enjoy!
Fogel
I’ve really been enjoying being back home, getting to have fun with all my buddies that I hadn’t seen in a while. We’ve been bringing the GoPro around with us and came up with this!
My buddy Kyle was in town the other day as well, and wanted to put together an edit, so we went out to a few spots and made a “Day in Santa Cruz” video! Enjoy!
-Fogel
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