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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzaina

« on: December 17, 2013, 09:49:25 PM »

Yeah, I googled him and came across his girlfriend's Facebook page from a comment she posted on the RideBMX site. She said something about losing the guy she wanted to have children with and I almost lost it. This shit is too real for a fucking website about BMX bikes.

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The Lounge / Re: RIP Brian Itzania

« on: December 17, 2013, 07:39:56 PM »

What up everyone. Just wana shed some light on the subject.

Brian and I were extremely close friends as well as co-workers at Haro. I’ve know Brian for about 10 years through riding bikes. And what happened yesterday was a shot out of left fucking field. When I arrived at work yesterday and realized Brian wasn’t there, I gave our other co-worker a call; his partner down in the warranty department (who had the day off) to see if he knows where Brian was. Brian usually shows up early to work so this was kinda weird since he didn’t let anyone know he was gona be late. Long story short, calls were made and eventually later in the afternoon Brian was found. Brian decided to take his own life yesterday which is still a complete shock to everyone who knew Brian on a personal level. Like I said I’ve known Brian and his brother Josh for about 10 years as well as working closely with Brian at Haro for the last 2 years. I’m seriously still in disbelief that this happened.

Me and a bunch of close friends as well as friends in the bicycle industry are going to be putting some sort of benefit jam on for Brian and his family. Details on this are very vague as of right now but something will happen.

-Kellen

Not even ashamed to admit I teared up a bit reading this. Never met the dude, but the way he presented himself on here and the way it all ended for him is giving me a really weird feeling. I think it's easy to forget that behind the Internet personas there's a real fucking person. I've never really experienced anything like this before. I'm shocked really, both at what happened and with what I'm feeling.

For what it's worth, this random dude a thousand miles away is offering his condolences. Fuck man. Just fuck.

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The Lounge / Steven Hamilton

« on: April 04, 2011, 10:58:40 AM »

Anyone have a jpeg of that Dig interview, where he has twigs and shit all over his bike and answers all the questions in some weird hippy talk?

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: February 18, 2011, 01:05:20 PM »

I haven't shot a photo in like 2 months, so rather than shooting photos I decided to buy a camera, lol.



Mostly to keep in my pocket when I'm snowboarding.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: November 12, 2010, 04:20:20 PM »

finally.

fuck man, I held one of these in person the other day for the first time, such a nice camera. me wants.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: July 13, 2010, 11:56:45 AM »

Finally got a medum format camera again.



SQ-A+80mm S+120 back

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: June 23, 2010, 10:38:12 AM »

Man, the wood grip on that 67 is sexy.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: June 15, 2010, 04:19:46 PM »

I think I'm buying an SQ-Ai with a wastelevel and a couple backs off a guy on SP. I miss MF.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: June 15, 2010, 04:05:32 PM »

Got me this here Bronica 80mm lens. I just need a camera to go with it.

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The Lounge / Post Your Guns

« on: May 15, 2010, 06:28:31 PM »

I prefer to just live in an area where I feel safe without a shotgun.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: February 20, 2010, 12:28:17 AM »

I really don't mind it. I wasn't too fond of it at first but I'm 18 shots in to the first roll and I find It's growing on me. It's a little loud and sort of slow but I really think it's just a matter of figuring out how the AF actually works. I did a whole lot of reading before I actually committed to buying it so I knew what I was getting.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: February 19, 2010, 06:29:16 AM »

300 bucks for lens and body, he threw in the flash for free. He delivered it to my door too.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: February 18, 2010, 07:26:57 PM »

Well, I got a body and a lens that's a apparently sharper than a Summicron for a fraction of what I'd pay for a Leica. It's no M6 but for the money I couldn't do any better.

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Non-riding Photo/Video/Multimedia Forum / Post Your Photo Setup [V4]

« on: February 18, 2010, 04:52:01 PM »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyapower/4368352955/" title="My new bitch. by joey_power, on Flickr">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4368352955_83ea6b3584.jpg" width="500" height="331" alt="My new bitch." />

I got such a good fucking deal on this.

Contax G1, 45mm Planar f/2 ("the second sharpest lens ever made") and TLA 140 Flash. So, so so so so so so stoked.

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The Lounge / Pets thread.

« on: November 17, 2009, 04:06:06 PM »

This is Smudge. A small kitten showed up at our door on Easter 3 years ago and never left.



And this is Rocco, he's a poodle. Basically my cousin bought him, and a series of shitty situations made it so she couldn't take care of him anymore, we gave her a bit of money and adopted the dog. He's classy as fuck.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeyapower/3878605073/" title="Untitled by joey_power, on Flickr">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/3878605073_4c96330c9b.jpg" width="498" height="500" alt="" />