Been a while.... again

I don't update much because I don't think anyone reads this thing. Haha. Anyway, just got home from the Christmas Classic, had a good time, wrecked a bit. Picked up a new sponsor not too long ago, Thanks to XTRSKN/Standard for helping me out. Can't wait to get racing for these guys. Umm, don't have much going on now, going to Atlanta to Jason Larev's place for new years, should be a blast. More to come after the parties.

Haven't updated in too long

Wayyyyy too much has happened for me to even begin to try writing about. So instead, here's something I wrote like 3 years ago.

i wrote this once.. back in the day.

about 10 years ago, my dad bought me a bmx bike.to which i owe my life. ive met some of the most amazing people this world has to offer thanks to bmx. even gotten to hang out with some of my heros. the best friends ive ever had, or ever will have are the guys i ride with. weve shared a couple tears, and a million laughs, and im thankful everyday i can call these people my friends. bmx has shaped the person i am, the life i live, and people i know. who knows where id be or what id be doing if it werent for that little 20 inch bicycle...

BusyBusyBusy

August 1st Pro-Am Weaver Alabama(www.weaverbmx.com)
100% Payback plus $200 donated by Richard Bunt at Clayborn.

August 8th and 9th ABA vs. NBL challenge, South Carolina. So psyched on this race.

August 9th, after coming straight home from Socak, the finale of the Sunday Night Skid, criterium race and afterparty sponsored by PBR.

August 14th-16th ABA East Coast National Raleigh North Carolina.

But for those of you who don't race BMX, and live in Bham, August 15th Elisa's brainchild and bday celebration the Flirty Thirty all girls alleycat.

Trails and SundayNightSkid

Birmingham has trails now! I couldn't be more excited. No pictures of riding yet, but I snapped some cell phone pics of the jumps.

Sunday Night Skid, was awesome. First time out not on the beach cruiser. I had a blast, that 48-16 gear is tough to get going but it definitely makes for a much better race. Good times were had. Big thanks to Nick Willis for the pics from SNS.
http://sundaynightskid.blogspot.com/

Is it Pro-Am season?

Peachtree Regional on Saturday will have a 16 and over Pro-Am open. 100% payback and us as riders will decide how much entry will be and how far back to pay.

Also August 1st Weaver BMX will be holding the first annual Clayborn 200 Pro-Am, also with 100% payback(thats 100% of the money goes back to the riders, we will decide on race day how far back to pay) and $200 donated to the pot by Clayborn Bikes.

These two races are sure to be a good time, and definitely some good racing action. Come out and race, or watch.

Doubled up

The pro-am at Marble City BMX was a blast. We had 6 riders, from 14 to 39 and we all had a good time racing. My buddy Shane Mills joined in for his first BMX race in I believe about 13 years. Let's start out by giving you my excuses, haha. I've never been on an ABA gate in my life, so I was having a bit of trouble with the cadence. First moto, came into the first turn 2nd, behind Sebastian, started pulling on him coming down the second straight and was able to get under him in turn2. After I passed he shut down and slowed up the rest of the pack and was able to roll out for the 1. Second moto, I got waxed coming out of the gate but was able to pull up and get to turn one first and held everyone off the entire moto. Third moto again I got horsed down first straight, pushed Riley Lewis up in turn one, haha sorry Riley, and spent the rest of the track chasing down Tom Harper. Ended up with 2nd that moto, but still got the win overall. Really good day of competitive racing we had alot of fun.

Sunday started out awesome, I got some free tickets to the Porsche 250, so Austin and I went and checked that out. Saw some really cool cars. Then we played a little bball. Got some pics from that for sure. haha. Then it was on to the Sunday Night Skid. I definitely had to work hard to win it this time. Matthew Barton, Alex Mcclurg, and Nick Willis were all on the gas hard and were not letting me slack any. Thanks again to John Sloan and Matthew Barton for putting these races on, it's really awesome. And special thanks to Austin Anderson for grabbing some pictures from the Sunday Night Skid.

Pro-Am this Saturday

Marble City BMX Sylacauga Alabama, $20 entry fee, 100% payback, plus $200 added to the pot by Clayborn Bikes.

www.marblecitybmx.com
www.alabamabmx.com
www.claybornbikes.com

Also mark your calendars, August 1st Weaver BMX, Weaver Alabama opening day + pro-am. Same as above, $20 entries plus $200 by Richard Bunt at Clayborn.

www.weaverbmx.com

Better a fasion show, than no show at all.

Nashville was alot of fun. I'm psyched my parents and my sister and Jackson were able to come. I didn't quite put up the results I was hoping for. But had a blast seeing my friends and having my family at a race none the less.
Got home from Nashville, rained on me all the way home. Sprints were looking pretty dim given it was storming at my house at 6:30. But Me and Austin headed out there anyway. Morris Avenue was no different, it was raining straight across. The turn out was pretty low, but we raced anyway. It was alot of fun even tho not many people showed. Thanks John Sloan and Mathew Barton for putting on this race. I really hope to see more people out for the next weekend. I was able to defend my title from January luckily. I was exhausted.
Note to those coming next week... lower your gears, try and match a 38-16 and let's make this a race.

Next Weekend

Leaving Thursday for NBL's Dixieland National. Coming straight home Sunday and racing the Sunday Night Sprints.

Oak Mtn Pro Am

Didn't too well, 5th in the main. Here's a pic tho.

Bored, a few pics from the last week

I got another new bike.

It's also rad. Thanks Diamondback.

Remember the days?

When there was a BMX scene? When we'd go ride street with like 10 people? When I didn't have to drive to Atlanta and hope that some people came out to ride, to ride bikes with my friends? Man, those were the days. I'm gonna do my best not to take personal shots at people, even tho I think drugs, money, motorcycles, and girlfriends have dragged some of my best friends away from riding bikes with me. I miss the hell out big shred sessions. Random 'lets go downtown' trips. Not just that, but I also miss a few years ago when we'd pack 5 deep into a hotel room at races, it seems like some of the people I used to be closest with barely ride anymore. I'd have to travel to where they are and drink with them just to see them. I don't know man, all I'm saying is you guys should know who you are... and please try and remember why we ever became friends. Let's go ride some bikes.

I got a new bike

It's rad.

Hell on Wheels

Thanks to Chad Soner at Non Stop Art for this one.

Scared?

No respsonses on the sprint. :( If you're scared say you're scared.

Who wants to ride Ladiga with me? I'd really like to do it sometime soon.
Anyone who is interested in going with me please call or email me.

205 587 0015
jheath672@gmail.com

HEY! fixed gear dudes...

Let's get the Sunday Night Sprints going again. I'm broke and thats a good way for me to feed myself....

Unless you guys are scared.

basketball jersey shred day

BN95.com and I had a shredfull day at Factory saturday.


Day at Factory from BarryNobles on Vimeo.

Chad Soner

Check out our song. Nowish.

www.myspace.com/skittlesandbeerbeats

Welcome to the world little dude.

My nephew
Jackson Edward
Born 8:46 AM March 13th 2009
8lbs 5oz 20 inches long

Mauvelous

The song is finished. Its on myspace, go add us. And, please, please listen to the whole song. You won't regret it.

http://www.myspace.com/skittlesandbeerbeats

Crank them jams son.

We've began recording on our new single "Mauvelous" the whole song and the myspace should be dropping within a week. Keep a lookout. Our jams are on point.

Happy birthday to me

So I would like to thank all my friends for making my birthday last 3 days, and making it more fun that anyone could possibly imagine. Friday we went to see Lucero and Jayson bought my ticket and Spenser bought my beer. Jcombs shoved some Jaeger down my throat.. which i wasn't too psyched about, but thanks for the shot Jonathan. Show was AMAZING. Saturday we went out to Oak Mtn for the local season opener. Good times, good day of riding bikes with my friends.
Chad and Terry at NonStop informed me about Goth dance party/rave/burlesque/craziest thing you'll ever experience, so saturday night we decided to check that out. As always, I was not let down by NonStop's advice. That was insane, burlesque ventriloquism, freak shows, dude eating cockroaches, cracked out goth raver girls, a grandma in a scary gold robot mask, wow... what a night.
And sunday, Brandon Pyper was kind enough to give me 3 tickets for the Motley Crue show, and it was everything I could've dreamed of. Not a big fan of the other bands playing, if you want me to be real honest I think Hinder is super duper ultra mega 'im super thanks for asking' gay. But none the less, the show was alot of fun and Motley Crue put on a amazing show, despite being o.a.f.

Thanks again to everyone who made this weekend awesome for me. Time to go be old.

Bici Community Meeting

From the Bici Blog:

Mark your Calendars! FEEL FREE TO REPOST!

Thursday Feb. 26 7pm
Nomad Supply Shop
916 23rd Street South
Birmingham, AL
Shop phone (205)252-9359

If you want to know more about what we are, how to help, or have ideas to share, PLEASE come! This is your opportunity to get involved and get to know us. Spread the word, invite your friends.

Nomad is kind enough to give us use of their space, afterhours, AND provide coffee and tea. If you haven't been to their shop, go and check it out. What they are doing is really wonderful and unique. We are excited about partnering with them. They are in Bici's community footprint and have similar philosphies, so we think this is the start of a beautiful relationship! :)

if you know you will be attending and want to shoot us email, that would be great...nice to know how much coffee we will need. But either way, please come out. We are going to be working hard until then on our vision for the future and our mission in the community...but we can't do that without your input. We want to be for the Community and made up of it's citizens.

Any questions, shoot us an email.

Bike Love!

Heartbrakes Prom

I'd like to start by saying thank you to Bici Coop and Brocycle.. the race went off without a hitch was a ton of fun for the riders, and from what I've been told the volunteers had a really good time too. Congratulations to Sean Malone and Sam Porter on the win, Evan and I had a tough time trying to catch those guys the entire race. 2nd place ain't nothin' to cry about so I'm definitely happy with it, and we had a great time doing it. I can't wait for mine and Evan's prom pictures.. bahaha.. I know they've got to be pretty amazing. The party after the race was alot of fun too, Andy's Tea Party played, some prizes got handed out, and then Nastique went on for the dancing crowd. Really, Alan, Elisa... you guys did an amazing job. I can not wait for the next one. Anyway.. I'm outta here until I get some pictures from the race, so there should be another update soon.

Home. Sick.

Been gone for a week, and what a week it was. Tuesday night saw ADTR in Augusta.. absolutely amazing show. I'm not one to get in a pit or sing in the mic, I'm just too shy, but I was there on Tuesday. Jesus that show was amazing. We stayed at my friend Jessie's house in SC for two days after the show and just relaxed. Played a little circle of death the night before we left. We had a good time there and we really appreciate her taking care of us for two days. Thursday we headed to Jayson's parents house in Greensboro and pretty much did nothing. Jayson's mom cooked some radass ribs, Thaaaanks Carol. Friday we finally headed to Mcdonough, got a little riding in, and retired to the hotel to play some more drinking games and have a good time. Thanks for letting us stay BWhite. Friday night was about the time I started getting real sick, the race on Saturday didn't go real well for me because I had no energy, that's a pretty good excuse right? ha.. Anyway.. Saturday afternoon I lost my voice and it's Monday morning and I still don't have it.. Bummmmmmerrrr dude. I'd love to go ride my bike today, but I've been instructed to stay inside and rest up. Probably the best idea.... See you saturday Heartbrakes.

Roadtrip tomorrow

I'm learning to enjoy life alot more... In the morning Jayson, Josh and I are driving to Augusta Ga to see ADTR, then we're going to hang out at a friends house in SC for a few days before heading to Mcdonough for the national this weekend. Life is pretty good at the moment. I'm living with two friends, riding bikes, and laughing alot. I hate MX Unleashed, mostly because I hate things I suck at.

Well anyway, I'm going to sleep. See you tomorrow South Carolina. I'll post up some more stuff after the show and the race this weekend.

Valentines day is for bike racing

How 'bout a little fire, scarecrow?

Sprints were so much fun. Can't wait for the next one, everyones got the gears figured out so next time it will definitely be interesting.

Hey bmx...

Get some new tricks. I'm sick of seeing tuck no-handers footjams and tailwhips. Some of you kids blowing up now should get a style of your own. You're killing the sport.

Damn.

I'm too lazy to tell you about whats happened to me in the last two weeks. But to sum it up, my mother's car windshield was smashed out because I left it downtown one night, two days later I lost my job at the bike shop. Just for the record there are no hard feelings from me for the majority of the guys at Cahaba Cycles, I loved my time there and I love all the guys I worked with. I will continue to run the BMX team for them.

Anyway, on a lighter note, I need a date for the Valentines day alleycat.... any takers?