Here is another song I wrote before this past summer, and decided to record today. The lyrics deal with the struggle I felt inside of giving up control of my life and submitting to Christ. It was only through my realization that I was rebelling and afraid of giving up this ‘control’ I have over my life that I was able to give that to Him. I remember distinctly the sermon Deacon Guisti gave that brought this to a clear tipping point for me. Enjoy.
Lyrics Below:
Was scrolling through the photos in my iPhoto and came across these photos Tal Roberts shot of me last time he was in town. Couple angles of a wallride on the bmx, and of course no summer day is complete without a swim!
Jacob caught this photo of me filming for my next edit (that’s Chris down there getting his filming stance on).
Been wanting to get white pants for a while and finally got them. Not sure if I should ever ride in anything else now! Excited for the big things to come for myself, CSK, and SKYLMT.
Color story of my life. I love blue/green all shades of it.
Photos from various places:
Also some randoms from my iPhoto collection.
Shot by COCO and styled by Gabriel Trivelas.
Rugged. American. Goofball.
Got the BMX rolling, and snagged this clip today. Maybe the 5th barspin I’ve thrown and really the only one where I’m moving very much hahaha.
beginner bmx from Tyler Johnson on Vimeo.
Brad and I came up with the idea to get some creative lines together to showcase some of Coal Headwear’s summer range of hats. You can see the hats here, and the edit below!
Creative For COAL: Tyler Johnson from Tyler Johnson on Vimeo.
Thanks to Chris, AJ, Kareem, and Jruff for the help with the vid. And of course a big thanks to COAL for the continued support!
So if you check any fixed gear blogs, I am sure you know that the SL-1 from SKYLMT is available now. I couldn’t be more happy to say those words. But I wanted to give a little more insight into what I was going for with the design of this bad boy.
When Colby and I decided to do a 26″ frame, I knew it needed to be light and strong. That is really a given for me, especially after I had Taylor Sizemore build me a a 29er fixed freestyle frame out of SuperTherm. The hardest part of the design of this bike was getting it to feel smaller and more nible than a 29er without it being too small. There is a fine line for 26’s to look proportioned and I truly believe I achieved that with this frame. I took measurements of my current 29er build at the time, everything you can think of: barend height from ground, standover, wheelbase, saddle from ground, distance from bb to bars, and put those measurements into consideration when coming up with the geo for the SL-1.
The end result, a frame that is exactly what I wanted it to be: light (frames are mid 4lbs), strong, proportioned, that rides well at all speeds and on all terrain. This isn’t a DJ frame being run fixed. It’s a fixed gear specific frame that would probably ride well as a DJ if you slammed your saddle!
Here are more specs:
Size Small
57.5cm Top Tube
44cm seat tube
38cm chainstay
14mm drop outs
25.4mm seat post required
130mm integrated headtube
Mid BB
HTA:73 degrees
This is the most organized bike pile ever. We had a big crew rolling around this day, while I was trying to snag clips for my HPLUSSON EDIT. Matt snapped this with his iPhone. Pretty sick.
