keep on truckin...

Our friends the Vandoleros are putting on a little Van/Chopper/Swap deal next weekend.  Nicks band, Thee Cormans, are going to play so bring your A game.  Be sure to check it out, there will be something for everybody.

chopper time..

Finished up the last few things on Erics bike and he picked it up this weekend. This things got a manly stance, expect to see it on the road very soon.

We don't beat around the bush.

In the store now! Got some more small penis hats in new colors too. ATR Store Plus size modeling by Mikey Ratt.

Yes...

I got my first board in 1993 for my 13th birthday, coincidentally the same year 411VM first came out. These videos were such a huge part of my life growing up and being that I lived in Orange County I was in the thick of all that was going on at the time, all those dudes, all those spots... I just remember being so stoked when that horn would play in the openers and me and my friends always pointing out our background props "oh, thats me right there next to the tree!"....some of the best times of my life.

Skateboarder Magazine is releasing all of the issues of 411 on their site starting with the first one and man, just watching it brought back so many memories, just heavy moments in life...making me "the person I am today" kind of moments. Everytime I see a video or here a song from somebodys part it takes me right back to where I was and what I was doing at the time and I'm thankful to have been able to experience and be apart of what I think was one of the rawest and realest times in skateboarding.

411VM

clocks ticking....

Looks like the atmosphere of the last 2 Born Free shows has rubbed off on Paulo and the boys so they have been looking into a really cool location for this years Two Wheels Brazil show.

If its anything like last year it should be pretty rad.

global bro's.......

Mochi is such a cool dude. Very humble and respectful, I was stoked to hang with him a bit while he and his friends were in town for Born Free. I just got this little photobook in the mail from him today, it's packed with some seriously rad pictures.

Thanks again dude and I hope to see you soon.

in spirit....

Pretty cool to be invited to have my Knuckle be a part of Michael Lichters exhibit at the Buffalo Chip in Sturgis. I'm not gonna be there but alot my friends are (thanks for the pic Jeremiah.) If you are there be sure to check it out.

Yeah, I ride'em

I personally always preferred Z-Rollers. Tighten those nuts

nothing crazy this weekend....

 
 
 

...just some good miles.

sticky pages....

Show Class Über Alles from Show Class Magazine on Vimeo.



This little chopper world we all live in is really just that....small.  I think it's rad that there is so many people out there with something to offer.  Whether its products, shirts, knowledge or just good vibes, we're all pretty lucky to have as much access to it as we do.

Tim and Clarke are part of a small number of humans trying to capture all of this for the rest of us to enjoy. This video isn't just a good sample of Born Free through their eyes but also a little insight into what keeps them doing what they do.

We're all "little guys" so support those who support you...
Show Class

on them walls...

More BMX Videos

Watch this and be stoked.

No brakes, no pegs...just a whole lot of haulin ass.

shift happens

The guys at Born Dead gave me one of their cool recycled skateboard shift knobs at Born Free and I wanted to do it justice rather than the generic flat jockey shifter I had so I whittled this little thing the other day.

Sold Out

Got a bunch of emails today about the pegs being sold out and how some of you cannot possibly live without them. We will not be held responsible for any attempts in taking your own life. We are in the process of making more, please be patient and don't do anything drastic.
Thank you,
Lower Level Management of ATR

oh yeah...

Besides the pegs, we have an assortment of these in the store too...
Thanks to the feedback we received at the 4Q research and development facility,
I believe we've found the perfect collapsible koozie that won't tip over in a slight breeze.

ATR store

Mooneyes Open House 2012

just a couple from today. I was on dad duty and my daughter Maggie wasn't feelin the heat so I snapped a couple with me phone real quick and ducked out. There was alot more to see than this, I'm just lazy....maybe next year.

get pegged...

I casted a few of these a while ago just for fun and a few people have hit me up since then so I decided to make a bit more this go around. They're about 1-1/8" shorter than Andersons and available in either polished or tumbled. We also decided to make a box for no other reason than to give you something cool for your shelf to put drugs, rubbers or change in.

Only making a limited number, should be up in the store tomorrow.


$80 + shipping
ATR store

I don't know...

Nick and Chase.

Mochi pic.

6over...

Michael and Davey worked pretty hard on this.
I did nothing.

Buy it so Davey can get a new head for his Triumph.
6over

BORN FREE 4

This years Born Free show was gnarly. The place nearly filled up by 11am with some of the coolest bikes in the country. The invited builder bikes were on a whole other level...Max's bike turned out so good, he received my personal award for best chainguard. The fab work and finishes on Brandons shovelhead was something to behold, one of the best. The Wretched Hive's Jeff Leighton and Dave Polgreen both brought bitchin rigs. Matt Olsen's Knuckle got him a free trip to Japan and what a Knuckle it is. Basically everybody killed it on such a high level it was just too hard to take it all in and I tried to, trust me. Oh yeah, I got best Knucklehead for my 47 which I still don't understand but awkwardly accept haha. It was rad talking to outta town friends and new friends, still one of the best things about these bikes is the people behind them.

Mike and Grant really put alot of time and effort into this event and it shows, thanks guys.

This super rare Petruzzi watercooled Knucklehead had the raddest cooling set-up. Fan blades attached to the spokes cooled the wound copper pipe...unreal.

Jamal switched teams

This seamingly homeless lady with a fake leg was doing some funky booty dance for the old mexican dude pumping gas in exchange for money which he would not give her.


My phone won't cooperate with me so these 3 photos are the only thing I have to show for my day at Born Free, enjoy.

booya

ATR LET ME RIDE from Mark Choiniere on Vimeo.

Mark thought it would be interesting to film an ordinary day in the life of me getting ready for Born Free 4.