Guelph Weekend Recap
Posted by Prashant - 23/02/09 at 01:02:35 pm
Man of the hour, Patrick Krzyzanowski
So the other day Rich Redmond, Jeff Bedard, and myself (Prashant ) headed down to Guelph for the opening reception of our friend Patrick’s Art Show. He’s been studying fine art at the University of Guelph for a couple of years now, and his body of work and technical skills is becoming more and more refined, so I was excited to see how his work for the show would turn out. His work consisted of large sized watercolour pieces with fine line ink drawing depicting an era of professional wrestling and the “masculinity” of it all. I snapped a few photos at the show, and you can check them out by clicking below.
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Canada Day 2008 Video
Posted by Prashant - 22/02/09 at 10:02:56 pmA little late, but fun nevertheless. Jorden Guth made this edit a while back of footage he collected from the Canada Day Craz-E-Crew show to test out his new editing software and it sat around and did nothing with it. He sent it over to me the other day, so I threw it up on youtube to share with you all. Riders include Ben Kauffman, Brent Smith, Rich Redmond, John Heaton, Jorden Guth, and Prasheel Gopal.
Zine Mania
Posted by Prashant - 17/02/09 at 10:02:06 pm
Work in progress.
Lately, more and more it seems, zines are making a come back. At least it appears that way to me. Blogs are great, and they are a great fast and cheap way to share information with others, but the tangibility of print cannot be beat, and the ability to self publish, and the freedom to do whatever you like with a zine is something that is often lost with the Internet. Zines were pivotal to me, and hugely inspirational when I started riding many years ago, and I would collect them from all sorts of people and scenes. I ordered the newest issue of Holeshot recently, and read the Freestylin’ retrospective book online (with a great look at zine culture during that era of BMX) and fell in love with zines again and was inspired.
Free Buttons
Posted by Prashant - 12/02/09 at 11:02:14 am
I just got a batch of 1″ buttons made up. Hand drawn GREAZY text, with our web address on the outer edge, along with MAVENS OF OTTAWA FREESTYLE on the other. Only 60 of them made, and when they’re gone, they’re gone. Comes in white, silver, or gold. You can get them directly from me, and I should have a small amount available at Joe Mamma’s by the end of the end of the week.
Pralex Blog
Posted by Prashant - 11/02/09 at 10:02:42 am
Ottawa’s flatland duo, Prasheel Gopal and Alex Poirier, recently started a blog to document their travels, and combined their own individual names to name it. They’ve been traveling consistently over the last year to numerous flatland contests, jams, and demos around North America (New Orleans, Atlanta, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Toronto, etc.) and have collected photos, videos, and other material to share, and are about to head down to Austin, Texas for a short while. If you like flatland, travel stories, matching tank tops, and other unrelated nonsense, take a look.
pralex-pralex.blogspot.com.
Insight – Rich Redmond/Hate This
Posted by Prashant - 10/02/09 at 08:02:23 amThere isn’t much introduction needed for Rich Redmond if you ride BMX in Ottawa, or the surrounding areas. He’s been a staple of the scene for many years, always at the forefront of progressive riding here, and spear heading initiatives throughout the community. Always outspoken, and ready to call out bullshit when he sees it, but can dish out the compliments just the same. His new video, Hate This, is set to premiere at the end of the month after a lot of hard work, so I got a chance to ask him some questions about the video, filming, future projects, and more. Click below to get a little more insight on Rich Redmond and Hate This.
Invert way up there
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Random Photo
Posted by Prashant - 08/02/09 at 10:02:34 am
Roland Labreque laying a flat table in the South Parc bowl.
Art Biz
Posted by Prashant - 06/02/09 at 07:02:14 amFor the artistically minded, there are a couple of art shows happening with members and friends of Capital BMX involved.
First up in Guelph, ON, our friend Patrick Krzyzanowski is having a show at the Zavitz Gallery from February 16th-21st. The opening reception will be on Friday the 20th, from 7pm to 10pm. Free food and booze provided. This is the statement Pat had to make about the work.
“Professional wrestling from the early 90s is simply incredible. I have done a series of drawings that revisit the wrestling of my youth that I loved so much recognizing the personalities and of course the wrestling!”
Secondly is a local Ottawa group art show fundraiser to raise money for the Moses Park project, headed up by Kevin Stark. Kevin has been trying to get an indoor skatepark going for quite some time, and is using this show as a small fundraiser to hopefully raise some cash for the cause. Come check it out at 5 Cent Tattoo (201 Dalhousie Street) on February 27th from 7pm – 10pm.
Artists include:
Julian Garner
Jimmy Gobiel
Prashant Gopal
Drew Mosley
Paul Flintoff
Jennifer Kershaw
Auntie Loos’ Treats
and more…
Throwback Thursday
Posted by Prashant - 04/02/09 at 11:02:46 pmWe’ve had a short break from Throwback Thursdays for a bit, but back with another classic. Chris Campbell stumbled upon this photo that Denver Eastman shot with a red filter some time ago. Blurry footjam endo with the thumbs up seal of approval from Campbell. Never forget to have to fun.
All smiles.