This is absolutely insane to me. I grew up watching Edwin Delarosa in bmx video's and now he's on the cover of Loop Magazine with my boy Wonka. Wonka has been absolutely killing it everywhere for the past year or so and if I'm not mistaken this is his first cover shot on a magazine. Amazing work man, you deserve it. If you're in Japan grab a copy of Loop and if anyone wouldn't mind sending me a copy hit me up in the comments.
Photos by Tak.
Things have been a little slow here on the Skitch blog but trust me it's been crazy behind the scenes here at Skitch. We're currently finishing up The Revival for the DVD release (date is still pending, you'll know when we know). Also getting a new line of tee's together and stickers finally. I know you all want stickers so we're just sorting that out right now.Tyler Johnson from ZLOG on Vimeo.
Seen on Zlog
The Hawaiian premiere of The Revival took place on Tuesday last week and it looks like everyone had a good time. While we're trying to make it through subzero temperatures up here in Canada, it looks like it was wonderful evening for an outdoor screening of The Revival along with London to Paris. Thanks to everyone who put on the screening and to Aloha Fixed for the photos. Head over to their site to see the rest of the set.
RVA Revival ride & premier from Mike Schmitt on Vimeo.
The Richmond premiere of the Revival happened this weekend and the guys down there put together a video of what went down. Thanks to Phil and everyone else who put the premiere on, it looks like you guys had a good time.Revival Premiere Buffalo NY! from Bill Bottriell on Vimeo.
This past Saturday was the premiere of The Revival in Buffalo, New York. Tom Mosher, Toby Spunt and I (Tom Briggs) made our way south of the boarder to meet up with some locals. Zach, Bill, Ben and everyone else were awesome hosts and put together a great evening at Positive Approach.
Video by Bill Bottriell and Colin Phelan
Of all the premieres around the world for The Revival, you would think the one I would be most excited about would be something like New York or London or San Fransisco but honestly I have to say the one that stood out the most was probably Cape Town, South Africa. I remember when I received the e-mail from Ian at Fixed Gear Cape Town saying that he wanted to throw a premiere, I was beyond excited. When you make a project like this you don't really know the scale of it until it is out there for the public and knowing that there were people even aware of it as far away as South Africa had me absolutely blown away. Well on December 4th, 2009 at the Bijou Theater, in Cape Town, The Revival made it's first appearance on the big screen in Africa.
Photos shot by Dave.
The Revival Premiere, New York City from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.
I put this edit together from the weekend in NYC. There's some serious tricks that went down over the two days but in my opinion history was made by Wonka riding the China Banks sign for the first time. I remember watching Ralph Sinisi do that years ago in the first Animal video and was stoked. It was really cool to be there for a fixed gear first of that magnitude.
Matt Lingo snapped a bunch of photos at the all ages San Diego premiere of The Revival, presented by Leader Bikes. I'm so stoked that Massan got to see the film as he is by far one of my favorite riders and for what it's worth his part in Mash is probably one of the greatest fixed gear riding parts in history. Tyler Johnson was also in town to present the film. It looks like it was an awesome night.
One of my best friends John Hargraft came along to NYC for the weekend as we premiered The Revival. John is the guy behind a lot of the promo photography for The Revival and while we were in town he snapped this amazing photo of Tom Lemarche. This photo has already made it's way to the furthest corners of the fixed gear blogosphere but I needed to post it anyway. Great shot John and Tom it was awesome finally meeting you in person, can't wait till next time.
John Prolly posted an awesome write up of The Revival premiere that went down on Saturday. He really captured that day for what it was. All ages venue problems, audio issues and the worst weather ever (and hell I'm from Canada so you know it had to be bad) could not stop that night from being a blast. People seemed to really love the film and the atmosphere was great. Thank you to Prolly for putting on the night and Post Bike Shop for letting us use their space. Thank you to everyone who came from out of town and all the locals who braved the weather to make it a special evening. Thank you all.
"The Revival" 21+ San Diego Premiere from Matt Lingo on Vimeo.
Fixe Magazine issue 2 is now on news stands and features an article on The Revival. Thank you to everyone at the magazine for making the story happen. Make sure you pick up a copy before they're all gone.
Stress x Wildlife!: "Hood Up" from YUHZIMI on Vimeo.
Torey was recently photographed by Takuya Sakamoto for Loop Magazine Volume 3. The shot was taken outside of Post Bike Shop in Brooklyn.
SIDES 3 from Alec Gates on Vimeo.
It looks like there was a great turn out to The Revival premiere in Houston. The premiere was held in conjunction with an event called Sides 3. From the looks of it everyone had a good time. Thank you to everyone who saw the film and helped put the event on.
Wonka busting an awesome hop bar onto a set of pallets. This was from last weeks Peel Sessions. Keep your eyes here over the next day or two for a new web edit of what when down this week at Peel.Wrahw GOrilla from hfwido on Vimeo.
I had meant to post this before I left for New York but some how in all the chaos it got forgotten about, so better late than never. 
