The Ditch

Ted Power might be one of my favorite people ever. You've seen his photos up here on the site numerous times and riding with him is always a blast! We'll a few days ago he calls me up and goes "dude you want to go ride this ditch I found, it's amazing!" We'll of course I'm intrigued and since I'm new to Toronto I figure hell this could be cool and ditches to ride where I'm from are few and far between. Well not in my wildest dreams did anticipate what he eventually brought me to. This place might be the most awesome spot I've ever ridden. Tricks aren't even required for a good time just riding this 3km long ditch might be the most fun I've had on my bike in a long time. I know ditches like this are dime a dozen in places like LA and other major cities in the states but they're not common where I'm from. Because this day was so awesome I'm going to just post all of the photos Ted snapped of our little excursion. I'd also like to thank John, Steve and Brenden for an awesome Sunday that was capped off with a rooftop bbq back at Johns place. Good times, good people! It's what we strive for here at Skitch.

Reppin' the left coast!


The Ditch!


Me ducking my way through the low bridge.








Something to fakie?


Steve on John's the rooftop.





John


John and Brendan


Tom and John over, under on the bank.


The crew rolling.


The crew chillin.





Steve's ride.

Sam Miller One Handed 180

Sam Miller is not officially on the Skitch team but is a good friend of ours. He may also be helping us out with some stuff here in the near future so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Dirty Negative

"This my friends is the dirtiest negative in the world. I developed a few rolls and one of them is just gunked up. Kinda strange. After i scanned the negative, all the cleaning was just too much. I'll clean the negative later to print it and re-scan it, but for now,revel in the dirt."
Words and photo by Ted Power
Duncan blasting the highway bank a few weeks back.

Ted Power Photo Sequences

Ted Power hooked us up with these sequence shots of Duncan Lewis from a few weeks ago so I quickly threw them into a little video. Enjoy!

Ted Power Photo Sequences from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

Torey Thornton Bike Check

Part two of our bike check series features Torey Thornton. Torey has been working hard in NYC and this is his machine. Enjoy.Frame: SE Lager
Fork: SE Landing Gear 26" rigid
Seat Post: Cheapo sturdiness
Saddle: Vintage Selle San marcos
Stem: Azonic
Bars: cheapo
Grips: old Shadow Conspiracies with animal bar ends
Chain Ring: 46T Bullet Proof
Cranks: 170mm Bullet Proofs
Pedals: Odyssey Twisted PC
Straps: Toshi Doubles
Clips: plastic randomness
Front Wheel: Deep V laced to a 32 hole formula hub
Rear Wheel: Alex laced to a 32 hole Formula hub, 17t cog
Tires: 28c Vittoria Randonneurs
Notes: sort of raw, sort of heavy, works just fine
This is Torey.

Tom Mosher vs. Fonseca Films

As some of you may know Tom Mosher will be appearing in the No Cassettes project being put out by Fonseca Films. All the filming was done in SF while Tom was on his globetrotting tour last month. Looking good guys!
NO CASSETTES TOM MOSHER from FonsecaFilms on Vimeo.

What???

Ok I'm really not sure what this trick was or is but this photo sure as hell looks cool.

Tom Briggs Two New Tricks

So over the past little while I've been trying to come up with some new creative backwards tricks. Here are two that I came up with a while ago but only recently got on film. As far as I know these haven't been done before so enjoy!

Two New Tricks from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

Tom Briggs Bike Check

Over the past little while I've gotten a few e-mails asking about the bikes that all of us here at Skitch ride, so we've decided to do bike checks for all the riders on the team. I'll try and post one bike a week until we've got them all up here on the site so make sure you check back if you're interested in our rides.

Today we'll start with my ride which I've been rolling on for about a year or so now.

Frame/Fork: 2008 Moja Track
Cranks: Sugino crank arms and truvative 48 tooth chainring
Pedals: Touring pedals with Plastic clips, nylon straps and home made rubber doublizers.
Rear Wheel: Phil Wood flip flop, fixed/fixed track hub laced to a DT Swiss RR 1.2 rim. 17 and 16 tooth cogs.
Front Wheel: 650 Velocity Deep V laced to Formula hub
Saddle: Stock KHS Flite 100 Saddle
Post: Salsa
Stem: Amobeo Stem that I purchased at a garage sale for $1 Canadian (that's like 80 cents American)
Headset: Ritchey
Bars: Axiom Risers (Oury Grips)
Tires: Currently Schwalbe Marathon for the rear and a Kenda Kaliente front tire.
Chain: MKS
This is Tom Briggs

Saturday In The City Web Edit

This is a short web edit we put together of Duncan Lewis' day in Toronto. This was all shot on Saturday March 14th, 2009. Nothing epic here, just good times with an old friend.

Skitch presents Saturday In The City from Skitch Clothing on Vimeo.

Witch Hunt Blowing Up!

Our man Duncan Lewis has been getting crazy with a sewing machine lately and has produced two new pieces for the Witch Hunt Clothing line! They look fantastic so head over to Witch Hunt Clothing and take a look.

SHREDACLE!!!

This past weekend Duncan Lewis (Skitch team member and owner of Witch Hunt Clothing) came down to Toronto from Montreal to ride for the day and it was awesome! We blasted around the city for a few hours hitting spots and it was like the old days back in Vancouver. Duncan is one of my favorite people to ride with and fortunately we had our man Ted Power in tow to snap these amazing photos. A huge thank you goes out to Ted for making us look so good. We are currently working on a short web edit from that day that will hopefully be done in the next day or two as soon as I can find some time to edit it down.

This was one of the best days of riding I've had in a long time. If you're reading this go call your buddies and go riding because it's the best thing you can possibly do, have fun!

Fixed in Cuba 2009

I recently spent a week riding bikes with my Dad in Cuba. I'm not sure how interested everyone will be in these but I just thought I would share some pictures. If you ever get a chance to go there I highly suggest you do, it is a beautiful country.
Part way along our 100km journey from Matanzas to Havana that we did our first day there.








First fixed gear barspin in Cuba?


This was the craziest drop in ramp at Cuba's one and only skatepark, it was so steep I was scared just standing on top of it.




My Dad with Havana in the background.



It doesn't get any better than this.


Panorama of the Havana harbor.

Mosher In Vancouver

Mosher was in Vancouver yesterday and rode with Sam Miller at the Quilchena skatepark. Here are two photos taken from Jennifer Carroll's flickr page. Thanks Jenn.Tom Mosher


Sam Miller


There was also a rare Jamie Hooper sighting behind the counter of Super Champion.