I really like the intensity of this photo -- pinning it with Ted on his pump track. There are not many people I trust to closely follow on jumps, and Ted is one for sure.
This so captures the Long Hot Summer Sessions of '08 at his house, every Tuesday evening until it was literally too dark to see. There were always a bunch of rippers around, we dug like crazy, and got mauled by mosquitos. It was always really hot and humid under the canopy of trees, too. So much fun...
Ted is one bad ass MoFo, but I still pick on him for running his bars all forward and "Chicago-style". Look closely and you'll see the vice grip on his seat tube.
Planning XC ski trips and freezing on a river road rides @ 24 degrees makes this shot seem like another lifetime ago.
(look Joey -- helmets!)
