A week or so ago, Lee Dennis, Alex Magallan, Tom Arkus and myself headed over to Woodward East to flop in the foam pit, ride cement street spots, eat Lucky Charms, enjoy veggie burgers, play basketball, eat cupcakes and flop around some more in the foam pit. We made a street and trail riding pitstop in Pittsburgh prior to heading to camp. If you’ve never been to Woodward, it’s so much fun and if you haven’t been there in awhile then it’s better than ever. This flipbook is a whole bunch of random shots during our trip. Enjoy!
Check out Tom Arkus‘ latest video filmed mostly at his home trails of Hazelwood. Most of the longer sequences are the actual lines at his home trails. The trails are super long, big and wooded, so you can’t just stand in one spot and film. We went a week or so ago and now I fully understand how they work. Tom makes it look easy when he should probably be scared. Look for photos of Tom riding his home trails in an upcoming issue of Case Magazine. In other Tom news, him and his wife just bought a house. Congratulations!
Trail builder, car mechanic and all around shredder,Tom Arkus has a wallpaper up on Ride BMX’s site, which was featured in his BIO in the July 2010 issue. This was shot during the Swine Flu Tour after last year’s Interbike. Check out all the Swine Flu videos one, two and three right here!
Tom Arkus has been digging trails and working on a pit crew lately. He took the time to do this Top 5 where talks about his favorite moments from Australia, his dog Louie and a bunch of other random subjects. Check it out after the break! Enjoy!
Check out this photo of Tom Arkus doing a back rail fufanu! When was the last time you saw one of those? It’s been a long time since every other photo in a magazine was someone doing a fufanu. I know I’ve done my share. Tricks come and go I guess! Enjoy this photo of Tom getting retro for us. Photo Brian Yeagle. For more of Brian’s photos go check out his Flickr page.
Tom Arkus is back in Pittsburgh after a brief trip to Austin. He’s enjoying the spring weather, digging trails and making brief trips over to Woodward to ride vert. Here is what he had to say:
Yesterday, a couple of the Pittsburgh mates got together for a funny little adventure to Woodward. Camp is only 2.5 hours away from us, which enables us to take random trips here and there. The last couple of times I have went, I had some motivation to dabble with the epic vert ramp in Could 9. I wish I had a full face when riding that vert ramp. Always a good time when at camp.
That’s right, winter is over for the most part and spring is here! Tom Arkus sent me a whole bunch of photos and a write up about the start of trail season in Pittsburgh. Here is what he has to say:
It’s that time of year again. Full digging mode! This year has been extra difficult due to Brian Yeagle being injured for the next few months, which in trail terms is pretty most of the season. So, everyone has to put in extra digging time to get the trails rolling. So, far we have been working as a community. Mark Potoczny, Chris and I have been sharing the work load. We spend a few days a week working on Hazelwood, then we spend a few days fixing Mark’s house up (all the jumps that are tarped, and the dog sitting on the landing). In the mix of things we get a chance to ride Monroeville (Over look of the whole set of trails with chris on the left corner), and PTT (whip and one footed table also!) which is in jeopardy of being plowed at the moment. Lets hope that doesn’t happen. So, all in all once summer rolls around we will have 4-5 sets of trails to ride in Pittsburgh!
This year we have been concentrating on make some longer lines. Our trails, Hazelwood have only been around for a year in a half so it’s been tuff trying to make them feel like full trails. But I feel it this is the year! Also, some spring pictures of the progress we are making. I would really like to thank anyone that has helped us work at the trails! Even Louie, my dog puts in work at the trails.
Sunday is making it’s way down under starting Feb 24th! Aaron Ross, Gary Young, Alex Magallan, Jake Seeley, Tom Arkus and Jim Cielencki will be driving on the left side of the road for 12 days visiting shops, riding street and seeing some amazing skateparks all while avoiding kangaroo punches, boomerangs and great whites. The tour will take us from Melbourne to Brisbane and back down to the US vs Them contest in Melbourne. Shops and dates to be announced soon! Stop by and see us!
