PB Road Trip - Tour De California Part 4
Feb 15, 2012 at 5:08
Cold and wet in Vancouver? SoCal. The final leg of a weeklong zigzag down the California coast ending up at Supercross in San Diego. Thanks to all the folks who rolled out the red carpet, it was awesome to see everyone. We had so much fun, you know we'll be back soon.
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 '63 Impala curb side - this is lowrider country. |
Ronnie from Marzocchi had one last nugget and some nutritional advice before we moved south of LA.
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| First stop after our cheeseburger epiphany - Vans/Pro-tec in Cypress. Vans began in 1966 just about five miles down the road in Anaheim. |
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| The history Vans has in the realm of getting rad is unbelievable - Vans was one of the first to start supporting the Claw, back in his BMX days. The jersey is an original from Everett Rosecrans and family. Rosecrans set out to build the first action sports footwear BMX program. |
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| This was by far the best looking ghetto we saw all trip - note the pimped 5 stack CD. |
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| Off The Wall Art Gallery - Vans invited artists and team riders to represent what Vans and "Off The Wall" means to them through art. |
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| Classic lids on the coping - The Classic Full Cut Skate helmets (right) were the first skate offerings from Pro-Tec in the '70s and were a huge success. The Classic Bucky came along in the '80's and are still in huge demand. Disclaimer: these helmets are actually not approved for bike use in California, or anywhere else for that matter. |
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| Shovelhead 2 - Pro-Tec's full face helmets have some sweet retro styling going on. The artwork on the white Shovelhead is coined the mullet: strictly business up front, all party in the back yo! Apparently there's a cartoon Gully in there somewhere as well. |
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| The Cyphon SL open face MTB offering features the nice clean lines Pro-Tec stuff is known for, the exclusive BOA fit system and it's ridiculously light. |
One Industries threw a 15th Anniversary party at their HQ in San Diego. The Athertons toured the building and tested out One's fancy new heat press, their latest way to customize apparel. It's called the
ONE ID program.
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| Rachel handing out autographs as well as the occasional stink eye. |
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| At one point the line-up for autographs was getting pretty deep - lots of race fans in SoCal. |
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| Riding or shopping - Atherton Racing gets it all done at mach chicken. |
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| The Athertons got to test out the the custom press and make some one-off jerseys - don't get excited, this is not the 2012 WC official kit. |
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| Moe Bennett, One's creative director, goes over some new helmet ideas and, look closely, some of the 2012 Atherton WC kit. |
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| The Athertons chinwag with Duncan Robins, CEO of One Industries. |
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| Rachel signs a spanky clean white One Gamma helmet. |
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| LaRocque and Levy surveying Qualcomm Stadium before the big moto event. |
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| Supercross pizza prices...one of the few things that doesn't wax and wane with the US economy. |
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| SX was epic. Bubba had a yard sale and Villopoto led most of the race, was passed by Reed and then edged back in for the win with a sick pass in the final lap. |
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| Pinkbike laundry SoCal style. |
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| Ellsworth marketing chief, Summer Henderson - second from left. Massive thanks to Summer and her roomies for letting us run amok in their Ocean Beach home in San Diego. Seriously chilled-out culture and lifestyle. |
That's it for Pinkbike's inaugural road trip to California, we'll be on the road again soon, as the great aqua-beaver festival known as Sea Otter looms large.
