Red Bull Winch Sessions!

Dang! Its been quite the week! We finally got the rig back from the shop with a brand new motor in it! Thanks to Boyer Trucks for taking damn good care of me and makin' sure the problems with the truck got dealt with properly this time! So we should be set and runnin' for a while now!

Alex Horner the video guy for Red Bull Winch Sessions bailed on us for the beginning of the week. So I head out to the Miller Compound for a fun session with Alex Miller, Josh Tranby, and Shane. After quick session we start talking about getting the spot ready for the shoot a couple days away. So many ideas was flowing that I thought a fight was gonna break out! hahaha Thursday rolled around and we headed out to get a shot at Tilsner Gap with Josh...that didn't so hot, he locked on then fell damn near 15' to flat on his heels. From talking to Josh today he still hasn't been able to walk normal yet! He bruised those suckers up good trying to get the shot! We'll be back to claim that sucker this spring yet! After that shoot we headed straight to the Miller's Compound to get crankin' on the BIG multi feature. Shawn Rowland who has a local back yard set up as well hooked up us up with some rad pre-made features to sprinkle about the set up, so Thanks Shawn! Super appreciate the use of your stuff! We cracked off a few shots, George took a rib shot on the wall we had set up. So two down in a day. Peeps are getting tired!


Headed in with Horner and we cracked out the interview crapola. These guys are hilarious should make for some funny stuff in the edit. Friday I loaded up and rolled home to Chicago.


Saturday got up bright and early to run up to Red Bull Schlittentag in Alpine Valley WI. So sick. Its like Red Bull Flugtag for snow. So much fun! The best guys were the cats that were skiers, they tossed big time! Helmet cam coming soon! hahaha


Anyway don't expect any posts really this week. Headed to meetings...laaaame! hahahaha

weRd!
Buck

van rallyin' and Life is Good 2!

Whoa! What a weekend it was! Started Saturday off bright and early down at Red Bull Open ice, it was pretty ill. A team from Minnesota rep'd well and took the top spot over all the other teams, I spent the day helpin' set up the after party spot with the local crew...we had to carry a couple hundred pound DJ stand up a couple flights of stairs because it didn't fit in the damn elevator. Note to builders: Next time measure some shit out and stick some wheels on it so its easier to move, damn!. Spent Saturday evening runnin' the drunk bus for the hockey players. So rad. If they'd never been scared in a shuttle bus they sure as hell have been now! hahaha. I put my cat like reflexes to work along with my ability to hammer on the gas harded then a nascar driver to get the athletes back and forth as fast as possible cuz we all now time is money! hahaha. A couple close calls with some buses, a ped or tw, ando we had ourselves one hell of a good time! New York team was a riot mooning every car we were next too! To much that crew was, I even got a 4:30am wake up call from them. Thanks guys! (Buck flippin' the middle finger, hahahaha)

Sunday morning started bright and early at 6:30am, rallied some Red Bull up to Pugfest a XC mountain bike race run on a track groomed to a snowy perfection by Dirtwirx the trail crew at Hillside Park, Elk River, MN. Wanna see some crazy athletes, that's the place to go! Such a cool event! From there I headed to the Miller's complex. They have transformed their yard into a one of a kind winch playground. After doing a single test run on all the features with the Red Bull winch we decided everything was good to go for the contest. We headed inside to get some grub! Thanks to George for wippin' up some great scrambled eggs and toast, that was clutch after almost no sleep! We headed back outside got the course all dialed in and groomed up and got to winchin'. Illest day I've spent on the winch in a long time. Riders were slayiin' the course! Riders with a wake background definitely had an advantage. A cat named JD was doin' the raddest tantrums over the big gapper, Josh Tranby was slayin' the mulit feature. Check the video that WCCO put on the TV.

Life is Good 2!

weRd!
Buck

Winch sessions on the roll!

So stoked! The last two days we have been killin' it with our winch session shoots. Sunday we built up a hit, showed up yesterday after dark to get the prime shooting conditions we were looking for and it was a grand slam!Riders were sending their tricks, Alex Horner was on hand documenting the madness, and Ryan Taylor was there gettin' the shot! Jordan, Tranby, and Alex M straight killed it all night long, takin' pull after pull so the protographers could get the shot. Then some of the local ST Paul PD showed up and cheered us on for an hour or so then did a Superbad style exit blowin' some mad donuts all the way out of the parking lot! hahaha So sick! Once we wrapped there we rallied across town to another shoot we had lined up with Skier Steve and Willie. These guys had a big 'ol step down gap deal set up over the top of this concrete wall, 100% blind take off to a quick sniper tranny.So it was pretty rad to see those guys sendin'. they know we are trying to get some shit done so they were running back up and hittin' over and over until about 3am. So sick to see these guys gettin' it done. They were takin' some hard hits and getting right back up to do it again! This afternoon we hooked back up with Tranby and Jordan to kill another spot, got some dope shots in and tomorrow we are hittin' it super early to get some shots with Tranby on this super huge gap...Should be insanely epic, I'll have photos of the hit tomorrow as we wrapped up the night building and getting everything ready to go for tomorrow mornings shoot!

Keep 'r pinned!

weRd!
Buck

More Winchin' and BAT down!

Dang what a hectic couple days! Back in the shop with the rig and they had it stripped down to the block! They are going through testing it part by part and can't seem to find the issues. Should know more by the end of the day tomorrow! So we went and grabbed the winch off the rig and went out today to do some damage. Started out as a beautiful blue bird day and quickly turned into a snowy crappy day. So we built up this hit, did a couple run ins and decided to come back and a later date. So to be continued. This week we'll be out everynight winchin' so hopefully I'll have some more pics for ya all to peep. The global finals for Red Bull Open Ice are this weekend at Lake Calhoun, I'll be out there for the duration stop by and say what up!

weRd!
Buck

Winchin'!

What up folks!

Been a crazy week! After Open Ice went down we started lockin' in winch stuff for Red Bull Winch Sessions. Was going great till we had a nasty spill with one of the guys we've been working with George Miller, he slays it up here along with his bro Alex Miller who brought us to this spot. So dope. Took yesterday off to chill with family, now I'm up in Roger MN gettin' the rig looked at something is messed up with the heat again.... Next time I'll have some photos of a dope spot we are lining up to winch in the next couple days!

Ouch from Alex Horner on Vimeo.

weRd!
Buck

Whoa! Ever wonder it what its like to be a hockey puck?

Check this out! Brought to you By Buck.

Eyes of a hockey puck! from Buck on Vimeo.

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Buck

Its snowing! Yeah Buddy!

What up folks!?

I'm chillin' in MN at the Red Bull warehouse in Minnesota. Stoked! Got out to Open Ice on Saturday evening/night. Pretty stoked! dang cool set up. Sunday we were gearing up to do some winch action then notice that the winch didn't have a spark plug in it! HA! That would explain why they couldn't get it to start...hahahah. Its now snowing pretty damn good. Hopefully get a good amount cuz we need to stack some footy! Stoked for the week!

See ya out there!
weRd!
Buck

New TVs and back on the road! Stoked!

What up guys!

Been a minute since I posted last! We had a weee bit of a short in the rig, and learned what shore power really is! hahaha...spent the last couple days at Agile Vehicle Modifications shop in Elkhart IN gettin' the rig looked over after a short at Red Bull Fight with Flight knocked out one of my TVs. We thought we had it sorted out, plugged in to check and BAM there goes three TVs...dang it was nutz! I have never seen flames and sparks come out of a TV before...pretty damn cool. hahaha Anyway the guys at Agile straight kill it and got me hooked up with new screens (bigger ones too!) and back on the road in no time. They cleared their schedule and made room to get my rig fixed and back on the road! Those guys have it down! Thanks guys!!!!!!!

The brains of the beast, believe it or not, I know what each one of those cables does now! hahaha





Now I'm back on the road, drove 300 and some miles today up to my parents! They had a freshly cooked meal ready for me, so awesome! I haven't had 'real' food in weeks and they topped it off with a ice cream cake! Thanks mom and dad you guys rock! This coming week should be killer, start if off tomorrow with Red Bull Open Ice in Van Cleve park which I think is at the UofM?! Come down say what up! Then the rest of the week we'll be winchin' like mad trying to get some footy in for Winch Sessions!


See ya out there!
Stoked!
Buck

What a weekend!

What up guys!

Been a couple days since I posted. Haven't had the best internet on the road! I spent the last couple days down in Indy for Red Bull Fight with Flight! Its a flatland bmx contest that brought in competitors from around the world! So crazy! We had the MXT parked between the practice area and the competition area, DJ Metro was cuttin the tuenage for us, the crowd was stoked, the riders were killin' it! Such a rad vibe goin' on! The best way i can describe flatland for people that haven't seen it is breakdancing with a bike. Pretty damn cool if i do say so myself. Some of the local Red Bull peeps surprsed me with an awesome B-day cake so gotta give Melissa, Kristen, and Amanda a quick shout out! Still eatin' that cake! MMMMMMM frosting! hahaha




Anyway here are a couple pics.







Craziest thing I saw this trip: Was a truck haulin' a MRAP(Google it) run over the front of a little car that cut it so close. HA! Give trucks space, hope everyone was alright in the little car. Sure looked burley!

Aight be postin' again from Minnesota where I'm headed for Red Bull Open Ice! A pond hockey tourney we do! www.redbullopenice.com

weRd!
Buck

Photos courtesy of Big City Photography!