KillianBintheTREE

Indoors

2010-08-10T21:20:00.002+02:00

Yo so ive been so lazy with taking my camera with on bmx missions an i been focusing on my second half of my photography course that ive almost neglected this blog, but dont fear a went somewhere new this weekend :) The sports unlimited in tokai/retreat opened their new indoorpark recntly an its awesome to say the least, Super fast and tight makes this park a lil hard to get used to at first but eventually u get the flow. The park consists of a 2 mini ramps basically. The one has a spine in the middle an the other which joins on to make a hip is alot more mellow without a spine but has a bank next to it. The park being so tight makes it a lil hard to utilize the bank but the two minis are no problem. The park was intended for skaters because they are anti metal pegs and pedals :( i can repsect taking my pegs off but where am i supposed to get plastic pedals?? sucks cuz i dont trust plastic parts so much an im not about to but a pair just for indoor park use, but whateva. So sunday Pauli n I made a mission down where we met up with blaze an pierre for a lil session so heres a few from the sunday afternoon. enjoy

GENerally eXciting

2010-06-07T19:34:00.004+02:00

So last saturday i went to gen x only to find that the parks closed for minor repairs.. sucks cuz i drove so far for nothing but awesome cuz the park is gettin some upgrades from a soccer pitch to trailz. This saturday i went back with avengance and my camera to finish off my project (due tomorrow..) . There waz a descent turnout an dam have the locals stepped it up an gotten dialed, kids are boosting higher that ever an gettin up to the 12 foor mark on the wall ride. So watch out for the comps comin up cuz these kids got skillz yo. K nuff bout the skillz an more bout the photos, Werner waz on form as usual an killing the jumps, a lil kid named Jacques waz hittin the wall ride so high (up to 13ft) an when i gave him a lil photo attention he started to throw tab;es outta his 12ft + wallrides.. madness. Savage is always awesome to absorb, hes got tricks like ms andersons got boobs an he aint shy to throw it big, so heres the top 5 of the day. Safe

ahoy

2010-06-02T20:38:00.004+02:00

ok so i havnt been puttin too much effort in this blog lately cuz im workin on my project for college. none the less i have been goin on a few missions here an there to take ridin photos. seb from germany came down again but i only got one day with him, an only a few photos til he tried a 180 off this rail an blew a few spokes out. after that we jus filmed so heres a few of dimitri pauli an seb. enjoy

saturday blues

2010-05-08T19:52:00.004+02:00

yo so this is another late post cuz my pc decided to fry its usb ports so i couldn put pics on my pc.. but all is fixed an what i have to show is some from todays bowl session. savage, pauli an brandon were keen to throw down a few an extra thanx to pauli for helpin me with my photography homework. enjoy

back for the attack

2010-04-14T12:40:00.005+02:00

Yo so i havnt taken pics in a kak long time.. ive been busy gettin my racebike ready an i havnt been on my bmx that much.. There was a vortex last week an the weeks before i had practise an a raceday so i been pretty busy. Also i started my photography course yesterday an so i bought a new camera. Ive upgraded from a fujifilm finepix to a nikon SLR and im lovin it, The nikon is actually so easy to use once i got famaliar with it an it encourages me to stretch my creativity. I went to a new spot in rondebosch east on sunday where i met up with alot of the usuals. I took lots of pictures durin the afternoon but as the evening neared i bailed an went face first to the ground.. kinda a anti climax to an awesome day of riding new spots an using a new camera.. The faceplant gave me a concussion (again) an to be honest i dont remember much of sunday let alone half of the pictures i took.. so yea heres some of the day. enjoy

maitland madness

2010-02-18T10:41:00.004+02:00

maitland park, koeberg park, da park unda the bridge or whateva u wanna call it is always a dope session. Me , dimitri, grant, goody an dale made a mission down yesterday for some peg fun. It was an awesome day with blue skies an min wind. Grant went to work with the some barspins outta the hip an a double tire on the rail to bars out. Goody was takin flight an schoolin da kids on how to let go of your bars with out falling. Dimitri is just mad, thats how u describe his riding. Every trick he does makes an impact either on the concrete or on himself but never the less hes got some mad skillz an some sweet 3 o,s. Grant got behind the lens to snap a quick pic of me doin a smith to tooth pik slide on the flat ledge. At the moment this park must me by favourite spot an some guys have alotta plans for that place so til the next mission. peace

numba threee

2010-02-15T17:33:00.003+02:00

this valentines weekend played host to our 3rd reali big street mish thanks to James. We met up at the toys r us in belville an slowly but surely more an more riders rocked up. There musta been like 40 of us roaming the streets an invading the spots. First stop was this mad bank where plenty o tricks went down. Johan did a potent hop ova the rail from the bank then turn around to hop back ova the rail into the bank. James told me about a rail a lil further on which we made a mission to. With not much time by the spot i threw down my frist double peg on a down rail so im super stoked on that. After gettin tuned to leave we cranked to a crooked white ledge, it was a lil awkward to ride so i absorbed alota wall ride an grind tricks. Blaze did a very good hop over followed by Johan doin a 180 ova it. We then went to a cool rail set up where clemi did a wall ride ova the rail to hop ova again. This was the last new spot we hit till we went back to the toys r us place. The bunch of shops across the road had cool rails where we all jus had a lil fun to end off the day, Unfortunately my buddy lyall attempted a hop iva the rail to drop but he cased an went ova the bars an his face went grond toe. Not a pretty site but he walked away with a bruised bek an ego. The day was awesome so props to james for organising it an handin out TheRiot vouvhers through the day. For more photos of the day chex james's blog at wcbmx.blogspot.com
Peace

GEN X

2010-01-16T18:39:00.004+02:00

Today me, mitz an eddy made a mission to gen x in table view. The weather waz awesome an we were fresh an ready to ride. Im not a fan of the bowl section of the park so i jus sessioned the ledges an stuff. Later james rocked up so some dialed grind combos went down. Eddy was throwin bars like it waz nothin, im bleak i missed his 180 barzz. Mitz was bustin wall rides an even manual'd down a flat rail.. mad shiz but the coolest line goes to james with a opposite feeble up da rail to crooked down! props man. The wind eventually got too much an we made a mission but the day was great. peace

TOWN TOWN TOWN

2010-01-03T12:19:00.004+02:00

Ya so last week we made a huge town mission just because we could. It was super successful an alot of riders came through. Since it was such a success we made another mission yesterday an met up at the same spot. This time we were prepared with lots of water, tools an most importantly cameras. Eric palmer an James Brawn also rocked the camera so head to their blogs to catch some spliffy photos. Greg an brad were down in CT so they were filming some mad shiz. Malcolm,wayne, jason, eddie, paul, werner an a few others are worth mentioning with some mad tricks and lines. James was busting the 3 set to 5 set with fakie teck tricks, pauli did a crazy fast hang five to drop down the 3 set an wayne was doin a manual to 180 down the 3 set to half cab down the 5. mad tricks went down but soon we started to mission around. We hit up the insanely steep grass bank where i got most of my pictures so enjoy the show. (check wcbmx.blogspot.com for more pictures from james) Thanx everyone who made this day possible. peace

vroom vroom

2009-12-20T23:17:00.005+02:00

I went to the all bike race day last week with my parents to help man the Eurobike tent an stuff. Its literally a race day where anyone can take part. Theres a division for okes that have never raced or owned a race license, a scooter class, 150s an peoples that do race an stuff. It was pretty cool going to Killarney again cuz its been long since ive ridden there considering i used to ride my offroad bike there like each week. So ya i tooks my camera clearly an took some racy pictures. There was a BMX 850i that i couldnt keep my eyes off. I could do a whole update bout jus that car :P but i wont so heres some other pictures i took. enjoy

a monday mission

2009-12-15T11:37:00.003+02:00

monday. i used to hate mondays.. but i made the best of this one. I hit some street with eddy an lyal an another dude. We went KC side but got kicked out outta the garage from messing up the ledges so after the street spotz we headed up to da bowl where we met up with pierre, savage an co. Blue skies an crazy shadows. enjoy

Vortex weekend

2009-12-09T22:12:00.004+02:00

I spent this weekend ( 4,5,6 dec) on a farm in Franschoek. It waz a pear farm an we camped amongst the pear orchards. There was an awesome river that provided an awesome area to chill an brush our teeth in the morningz. Now this farm also played host to Vortex which is a trance festival held twice a year. Easter weekend an the 1st weekend of December. Its utter madness. I saw a completely naked man painted blue, an possibly the hottest girl ive ever seen. I basically braaied on a frying pan not much bigger thAn my hand fueled with heat from a small gas burner. Lots of fun. I took these pictures on friday when i arrived. There were min people so early an i waz sober so i took a few pictures of the dance floor and stuff. enjoy the trip. peace

trip mode

2009-12-01T11:45:00.004+02:00

yes so im done with school.. quite a scary thought but im pretty excited to see what come next and stuff. Since i finished school i celebrated a lil with some friends an the party moved on to my garage roof.. The moon last night loooked so mad and had a ring around it so i thought id try take a picture with high exposure an super low shutter speed. The moon pics didnt come out too minty but we started trippin with cell phone lights an a torch. So this is my experience with low shutter speeds and im really amped to try some more so keep comin back to take a look yo. Peace out

another set

2009-11-30T09:16:00.003+02:00

so today i write my last ever exam (untill university or whateva) so im pretty excited yo, i actually write in approx 4 hours an 40 min :) then freedom. I been takin alot more pictures in this week than i think i have in the last month which is really good. Ive even seeked out a proper fish eye which im plannin on purchasing soon! I dont have many riding photos that really appeal to me so im just gonna show u peoples a few of my favourites i took over the last week. An im way too lazy to session photoshop .. so Enjoy an come again !

The Bowl never gets boring

2009-11-22T14:04:00.004+02:00

Ahoys, whats happening peoples? BMX is happening yo! I finally got to take some pictures again which unfortunately isnt happenin too often but when ever i can i jump at the opportunity. Yesterday Paul tuned me to bring tools to the bowl cuz he bust his back wheel so along with tools i took my camera with very little battery power.. so what photos i was gonna take i had to make count! Without a doubt with pauli being there! Every time this guy ride i see new an all inspiring shit. Mad control an originallity is how i describe pauls riding an these pictures are proof! Pauli also got behind the camera an took some amazing shots of me 180'n over his bike so for once i gots evidence that i can also ride :P so heres my weekend update, thanks for the day paul an expect alot more updates now thats its summer. peace an love

ultra geroek

2009-10-18T21:20:00.003+02:00

what a day what a day, im really happy to have taken so many pictures on such a nice day! the sun was blazin, the skies were blu an the trees green. the wind was the only bad factor but peoples still pulled through an landed some mad good stuff. We all progressed today but mainly goodwin (no hander pic) was bustin out new tricks an grant throwin down some sick ones too. this may be my last post for a while cuz i start my matric finals in like 2 weeks so i gotta hit the books. so till then peace out an live!

what a day

2009-10-10T21:17:00.003+02:00

Today was vertically insane which is a comp thats held annually, it takes place at the shed which is a dialed indoor park in stellenbosch. The park is fresh an updated with a spine into the bowl and an updated ledge setup. I took place in the comp but didnt place but i had loads of fun, this is the only time i ever get to use my pegs at stellenbosch so i threw all my grinds down on the ledges :) props goes out to werner who won am an savage who took pro. after the comp we headed to a bank where some of the okes threw down some stuff, my pictures came out pretty grainy cuz the settings i had it on an i didnt realize til i checked them when i got home.. so heres a few, enjoy

its been a while

2009-10-04T21:53:00.002+02:00

yo so i been reeeaaalllly sloooww lately, i been busy with other shit an havnt been takin many pictures lately.. i start my last term of school tomorrow so ima tackle it with a positive attitude. Its been weird thinking about the end of school but its summin i been lookin forward to 4 quite a while, next year im gonna do a course in photography so to enhance my skillz yo. but yea back to the holiday i just had, alot happened.. i gained alot an lost alot, new doors have been opened an mad opportunity is on its way. Ive got crazy plans so ill try my best to keep this blog updated. heres a few trippy pictures from my holiday, some were taken with a makeshift fisheye, i was havin alota fun with lenses. thanx 4 the good vibes ryan, i love u man
one love

Paul da Shmaul

2009-08-13T20:28:00.004+02:00

Shmauls is the quiet dude with big opinions and mad skillzz. He da one that 1st got me into BMXing from the 1st time i saw him ride about 3 years ago. I have mad respect for this man and his riding is really inspiring an original. K enough of the love so heres some from the weekend, i been a lil lazy so this post is late, oo also i gots photoshop so soon ima be editing cool. enjoy

shit neva gets old

2009-07-25T19:44:00.004+02:00

so were hittin up the tableview park quite often. once a week we try mission there an weve been successful for the past 4 weeks or so. this time stephen savage (blue bmx) came through an ripped it up, today was very productive and i got alot of awesome photos so here are a few of the session. the skater is a kid whose nearly 15 and he fuckin rips it up. truley some of the best skating ive eva witnessed! enjoy

saturday session

2009-07-18T20:47:00.004+02:00

the weather has been really positive so we headed up to the tableview park, a competition was on today but we came late and just caught the end of the rollerblading comp.. there was a dude busting out flips!! crazy shit, but we still rode but after like 15min of riding i fell in my chops so i just sat down an took some pictures. i dono the rollerbl;aders name but the ride bmx rider is Werner Matthee! the dudes got mad skill! enjoy

some cool shit

2009-07-08T22:39:00.006+02:00

just a few 'nice' ones

Park madness

2009-07-08T19:53:00.004+02:00

fun in the sun on a sunday afternoon, i went to the new Gen X park in tableview with dimitri and the crew. Probably the best ride ive had in a few weeks. The weather was awesome and new obstacles is always much fun! The park is new new so the concrete is like almost wet on the bowl part, but it was still mad fun and didnt screw up our riding. Ok so it has a concrete bowl, a big one! a bigass concrete quarter, funbox/spine thing/grind box in the middle, and a quarter to wall and another lil quarter. There were stacks of riders which was pretty cool, alotta new faces and riding styles was mad to absorb, theres a comp happening there this saturday the 11th july so show up and have fun woohooo
irie

Clifton bru

2009-07-05T19:01:00.004+02:00

so we had a house for the weekend.. saturday to tuesday i think it was, an empty house on clifton 4th with a massive window, we partied hard and had to clean harder, my camera showed 1663 pics in 4 days :P quite a record for me. Clifton is amazingly beautiful and my faVourite beach by far!
peace

lame...

2009-06-22T22:33:00.003+02:00

this whole week its raining according to the newspaper.. this means no riding, no running around, no photos.. no obz wednesdays an no sunshine..
whateva. heres a cool pic of bas doing a 270 thing into the bank, and i thought id show u okes what i ride.
Fit Dehart v1 frame with a bunch of primo, fit, odyssey an fly parts
this bmx is my life and what i like to represent!
respect bmx

IM LOVIN IT

2009-06-18T18:37:00.003+02:00

dam im loving new lenses, shits tight! today was such a sick day, the weather was perfect and there was no wind. So i packed my shit and went to the bowl again, i caught Buddy Chellan which is always awesome! hes got mad flow and style for miles, and a madman named Rory or the fishmonger, this man kills the bowl on some wood, mo fire!
enjoy

SWEEETT

2009-06-14T00:17:00.003+02:00

ok so my dam lenses finally arrived and yesterday (friday) happened to be a beautiful day so i had to take the chance to take some riding pics, also exams ended yesterday for me:) and ive been given the go ahead to ride so i aint holding back. enjoy

yah mon

2009-06-05T22:58:00.002+02:00

ok so im starting my last week of exams.. and im still waiting for my fucking lenses.. dam son these fuckers are making long, i keep getting tuned shit about customs but supposedly these fags havnt paid the VAT on the shipment.. bleak but yea weathers shitty this side so just been doin the usual claremont experience by a dude named dimitri.. but thats another story for another time.. just a homie of mine! OK sweet news the nerds that fixed my pc did back up my shit so i got all my photos back :) heres 1 or 2 for the mean time.. i dont like posting old pics but at the mo its the best i can do.
VIVA!
peace out

damn son

2009-05-27T19:43:00.000+02:00

yea so shits been super slow.. ive started exams (2 weeks left) and thankfully the day i write my last exam is the day i can start riding again:) im getting mad withdrawal symptoms and cabin fever from not riding for more than a month now.. im also still waiting for my new stuff for my camera.. customs bla bla this many days bla bla.. whateva so hopefully before exams end ill have my stuff. anyhoo heres 2 of my favourite photos i took early this year that i had saved somewhere. as soon as im functional the pics will be flowing so till then
peace

FUCK

2009-05-18T19:13:00.000+02:00

I havnt been too active lately cuz my pc bummed out on me and my arms been pretty sore, update i can start riing in 4 weeks!!
ok so my pc's grafix card died so i got a new 1 and a new motherboard, sick
so i sent it all in to be installed and they phone me tuning they gotta reload windows..
i start tripping my hard drives been formatted but when i get it back today all is still on.
except all my pictures have been deleted.. all my videos aswell. Im pretty bummed cuz i had some sick video footage and alotta awesome pictures. fuck.. o well
im glad my pc is running now and im getting a fish eye hopefully this week so that should cheer me up. weather is pretty bleak so im gonna be hittin the books hard but heres a few from the night of my bail, these pics were still on my cams memory card. the one of my elbows is a rescent comparison
peace

a few from the weekend

2009-05-07T11:08:00.000+02:00

ya so this was x jam 2 which was in town next to tafelberg high school. they made use of the parking from the speedway cafe. There was ample space and an awesome system pumping the tunes. A "beer tent" and chill section was also there. X jam 2 was supposed to be a bmx and skate comp but in the end we bmxers were just a demo for the skate comp but none the less i had alotta fun. Like you know i dislocated my elbow so i didnt get to take alotta pictures but heres a few, the night shot was taken by my friend chester. Thanks chester for lookin after my stuff :) 1st pic is just the overview of the setup, a lil big for skaters so they made use of the grind box and rails.

2009-05-04T22:21:00.000+02:00

ya so shits been slow, i havnt been riding much so i obviouslly havnt been taking pictures. I did go to x jam2 on saturday where o took a few photos but since my pc died its a mission yo install and send stuff to this pc im using.. but ill put up pics soon, also i unfortunately dislocated my elbow pretty bad at the x jam so now im not gonna be taking any pics for a while.. instead ive been looking at a lens upgrade so look out for some heavy pics in the future. for now heres a pic of my elbow before the docs popped it back into place!

cool! its all set up

2009-04-15T18:37:00.001+02:00

Ive been wanting to make this blog vibe for a while so i finally just made one now. Ill start with a pic of my new puppy osca. adorable!