Welcome to the Midwest

Flix and pix are popping up all over teh intranets from Midwest Mayhem. This video, from Stephanie Allen, was found over at ProllyIsNotProbably. Is that our own Sean Milnes at 2:09??

MIDWEST MAYHEM from Stefanie Allen on Vimeo.

Sean Milnes for Open Bicycle

It's been all around the 700c blogosphere already, but he is our boy, so here goes...

Open Bicycle - Sean Milnes from Quarter Productions on Vimeo.

Milnes on Prolly yet again. Bootleg?

Sean's been popping up on Prolly's site a bit more. Something to do with a Bootleg Sessions part??? Pix by Tyrant.

Found out via Sean's Twitter that he spent the weekend in Boston filming with Keena and the OPEN crew.

Ghostship Trick Jam, Prolly shows, brings cops

Tony from Tyrant came down to the Ghostship Trick Jam last night and snapped some photos...



Milnes @ Beinecke


Prolly 180 Stairset


Milnes' newest trick:
the one foot flat o' death


Damn BMXers always show up 'n make us look bad
Brian Arnwine (who has his own line of cardigans)

We got run out of the Beinecke spot by the cops who were on the lookout for menacing kids on 700c wheels, or something.

Thanks to Ghostship for putting the jam together...







Grand Theft Velo weekend is underway!

Fork Fail

The fork on Sean's Langster finally went. For all the trixsters out there, the larger frame sizes will barspin, so long as your throw the wheel around with some force. They will not, however, endure the stress of constant 180's and stairsets.

Haven Skatepark -- March Edition

Thanks to Tony Tyrant, the Scorchers were invited to another night of private skatepark action at Haven in North Haven. This time Sean and Justin showed up to represent, and a bunch of the Tyrant crew reminded us that track bikes look silly next to BMXers at the 'park. This ain't no "The Come Up" crew, a bunch of Tyrant's guys also ride fixed in their daily lives. 32-18 makes for a terrible commute.
Ghostship Matt was in attendance, as was TJ from the Hartford Bicycle Messenger Association, rocking his BMX. TJ's been hitting the streets on a geared road-bike for the last few, presumably because fixed became hip, and TJ is uber-anti-hip. Whatever, he's hella fast on anything with two wheels, so Austin, you better watch out!

As usual, Milnes was killing it. He nailed, several times, a 4-stair set. This was, however, a "4-stair" in skateboard parlance -- each stair being about 14" long...



Alternate view, without the pyramid run...



He also attempted some X-ups over the pyramid...



...as well as some wall rides down the "jersey barrier" angled wall...



Of course, all of this goes for nil when you've got crazy BMX kids hangin' as well. This one's Don Pavelka...




Then Tony Tyrant got out the broom and swept the not-quite-open full pipe...


Can't believe you pressed play on that one!

We got a few runs of Sean...




...as well as TJ ->


Ryan Schmidt in the full pipe...


I even attempted the pipe on the ol' clown bike...


...it wasn't so successful.


We even got Rick Craft, Haven's owner, out on the track bike...



Rick was known as Crazy Rick back in college, where he would routinely free climb 4 stories of brick wall to visit our dorm room rather than use the front door.

Great night. Thanks, Tony!





p.s. if you're in the 203 or the 860 (fark, if you're in the NY and can make it out and back on yer own) get in touch, as Tony's been fronting his own duckets for these events and running short in the end. We're psyched that he's willing to lose a little to make this happen, but would be even more excited if he could break even. If he makes extra cash, you get some back, so it's all good. Added bonus: some of the rules get a li'l relaxed after-hours. If you travel up from NY, or down from BOS for one of these events, the Scorchers will guarantee you go home with a little somethin' somethin', even if it is just a hangover.

Chris Wielk vs. Sean Milnes -- Justin Keena Photography

More of Justin Keena's photos from the Chris Wielk and Sean Milnes sessions last weekend.
Keep an eye on Justin's site as well as his flickr.



Chris Wielk, still working on that 808 sponsorship.



Milnes eclipse.



Milnes 1/4 to 1/4 gap. Al keeping things cool 'round back.


Wielk nose manny