Hit up Ride BMX for Jeff Z’s latest batch of unseen exposures. Mike Taylor and Andrew Jackson both have some sweet snaps in it.
Shot during the filming of Mike’s March 2011 Broadcast.
Photo by Jeff Zielinski.
You guys should already know this by now but in case you didn’t, Andrew Jackson can hop over a toddler and thread through a needle. Here’s our latest print ad!
Click HERE to download and set as your wallpaper.
Photo by Jeff Z.
We’ve all been friends with Jeff Z. for a while now, so it was only a matter of time before one of his rad photos ended up on a shirt. That shirt is the current “DAK” shirt featuring Huntington Beach’s Dakota Roche.
We asked Jeff to write a few words behind this photo. Read on:
I actually shot this tooth hanger with Dakota on two different occasions. The first time we shot it, I met Dak at the spot along with Robbie Morales, Chase Dehart, and Chris Cole…yup, the pro skater. The crew was hyped and it was looking like it might turn out to be a pretty productive day, and as usual, Dak was ready to shoot almost as soon as I got there. I went back to my car to get my gear and my trunk wouldn’t open! Unlike some cars, there isn’t access to the trunk from behind the seats, so I tried the keyhole on the trunk and locking and unlocking the power locks what felt like a hundred times—then I resorted to kicking the trunk out of frustration because the damn thing was definitely not opening.
Eventually, Dak just wanted to get it over with so they could film it, so I ended up shooting it with Robbie’s prosumer DSLR. Although using someone else’s camera doesn’t feel as weird as riding someone else’s bike, his camera still felt way too light to shoot such a heavy move.
After Dak pulled it, I immediately left to find a locksmith and I called him (Dak) from the car and asked if he would mind re-shooting it. Like the champ he is, he was totally down for it, so we went back a few weeks later and shot the photo how I originally intended to shoot it—with a Hassleblad 501 cm, 80mm lens, three strobes, on Fuji Provia 100F 120.
– Jeff Zielinski
The G-Sport DAK shirt is available now at shops & mailorders. Dealers feel free to call 562-623-9995.
ALSO, we will be doing a giveaway soon for some of these shirts signed by Dakota, so keep checking back.
Here’s a poster of Dakota Roche that we were handing out at this year’s interbike. You can purchase the real thing over at the Odyssey Online Store (the other side has Van Homan’s Bar to Ice photo) AND you can download it and save it as your wallpaper!
Photo by Jeff Zielinski.
Here’s Van Homan getting things done with a bar to ice. DOWNLOAD it and set it as your new wallpaper.
You can also purchase this poster over at the Odyssey Online Store. It’s double sided and has a photo Dakota dropping a 360 on the other side!
Photo by Jeff Zielinski.
Here’s our latest ad featuring Van Homan. It also welcomes some new members to our team. Maybe you’ve heard of them? Click the photo to download it as a wallpaper.
Photo by Jeff Zielinski.
Here’s an ad with Dakota Roche; big hop to hang-over tooth to drop.
Photo by Jeff Zielinski.