Cam Sinclair double back flip!

Cam Sinclair, and FMX rider for Metal Mulisha, has landed the trick that almost killed him.

His comeback story is inspirational.  Read this post on the Metal Mulisha blog about it. I can't wait to see him do this at X-Games.  I am ready for the next level of FMX and Cam is bringin' it.  Thanks for never giving up, getting back on the bike, and throwing a massive death defying trick for our entertainment!

San Diego skaters and bikers

I am blogging for the Expression Session at Allisports.com and I want to talk to you!  Are you a skater? biker? shop owner? Know a secret spot?  Have a "sponsor me" video? A pro working on the next big thing? I am looking for what makes San Diego the best city for Action Sports. You can reach me at mkbainsports@gmail.com, twitter.com/mkbain, or here.  So leave me a comment, send me your videos, or tweet me!

Tony Hawk, Andymacdonald, Simon Tabron videos!

First off we have Tony Hawk and Andy Macdonald in the first two videos riding doubles vert at Clash at Claremont 4.  These two are the best in the world and this sudo sport within a sport.  Shredordie.com rocks if you did not know.


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Second one is Tony and Andy again.


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Then we have Simon Tabron throwing a 900.  I was shocked he would pull out such a big trick for a demo, but he did!  That's 2 and half rotations on a bike if you can't count.

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Adams Ave Roots & Healing Arts Fest

I know I usually blog about Action Sports, but I live in Normal Heights, and I love our neighborhood.  If you did not attend the Adams Ave Roots & Healing Arts Festival you missed a great event.  It all happened on April 24th and 25th on Adams Avenue and the Adams Park Lawn.  This festival featured all the stuff you expect at a street fair and more.  There were a multitude of stages and small performance areas spread out through the 8 blocks of the event.  The music varied from classic one man blues to reggae.  I really enjoyed the spacing of the stages and performance areas this year.  As soon as one group's performance was ending, another group's was beginning.  If you were just walking by, the sound from one stage, or area, wasn't overstepping the next. The attendees had the benefit to listen to the performances they wanted to and not be distracted by another area's sound.

Of course there was plenty of fair food to fill your gut with.  I really loved the pockets and collared greens we had from the Flavors of East Africa booth.  The ice cream at Mariposa's was top notch as always.  If you haven't been to this local ice cream shop, stop reading and go now.  Their ice cream is actually hand made and you can taste it!

The weather was perfect, the storms earlier in the week blew out all the smog.  Everyone seemed to be having a great time.  Many people were even carrying parasols to shade from the suns rays. As you walked the booths the atmosphere of the festival was fun!  People having a great day with their families, couples enjoying the sights and sounds, and lots and lots of dogs just waiting to be petted.  The booths had some of the usual big companies offering discounts on solar electricity, fake grass, and new vinyl windows, but the majority of the booths were independent craftsmen and artists.  We like independent artists and craftsmen/women in Normal Heights.

This piece on the left is great example of a local artist's work.  His name is Steve and he can be reached at klocks@cox.net for purchase of these beautiful pieces.  There were many different artistic styles represented at the Roots and Healing Arts Festival.  We saw hand carved wood works like those featured on the right, incense shops, clothing and purses, belts and wallets, jewelery, body jewelery, sun glasses, face painting, sign making, and a plethora of other interesting items at the fair this year.  


This year was also special due to including The Healing Arts Festival at the Park Lawn.  The Healing Arts Festival, in it's 6th year, is a festival of alternative healing, healthy living, nutrition, and great music.  This year's festival was great!  The new venue (Park Lawn and Mansfield St) worked well.  Using Mansfield St. for most of the vendors made it easy to find what you were looking for and smell all the great food being prepared.  The music arena was a grassy area where friends and families could easily lounge and enjoy the music, dancing, and drumming. 

If you were not aware of the Healing Arts Festival or the Alternative Healing Network please visit their site, get a great massage (or other treatment) at their clinic, Adams Avenue Integrated Health, located at 3239 Adams Avenue, or get involved by volunteering or donating to a cause that is actually helping to make the planet a little better to be on.

I had an awesome time wandering the best neighborhood in San Diego, my neighborhood!

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Mat Hoffman, The Birth of Big Air

The Birth of Big Air, a documentary about Mat Hoffman, premiered this weekend in NYC. It was received well and I encourage you buy this movie as soon as you can. Matt was a pioneer of the vert ramp, going huge, and pushing the limits of what is/was possible on a BMX bike. This video shows us some of the happenings at the premiere including Kevin Robinson doing 6 flairs in a row in tribute to the first person to ever land a flair, Mat Hoffman.

Mat was the inventor of so many tricks I will not even begin to try and list them all, but I want to mention the no handed 900.

At the X Games in 2002, everyone was wondering why the Condor came back. We all thought he retired as was not the same. Then he drops in and does a trick that had never and still to this day has never been done again in a competition. It has been 8 years since this happened, but Matt was so far ahead of everyone else this trick stands alone. If you don't remember this happening, watch the video a few times and pay attention to the other riders they show for a few seconds, even they are in disbelief at what they just saw. Mat Hoffman, AKA the Condor, a legend in his own time, and hero to me.