Get It In, 2013!

It's the last day in the year, and the bay area proves it has some bosses to close the year out. I guess the video of Endo is a few months old, but I never saw it until now. Mesta, Dom, and Endo all doing what they do best. If you leave your new years resolution in the comments, you might win a 40oz of country club...

Dominic Colombini 2013 from Dominic on Vimeo.

Halloween Hellraisers

Sean Sieling x Nick Krauer in NorCal from Patrick Kelly on Vimeo.

Characters with Bikes- Steve Crandall from FBM BMX on Vimeo.

BMX is such a monster mash that I had to post these three videos of these very different homies on the spookiest day of the year. Shred til your dead and happy Halloween!

More rails than a Charlie Sheen joke

That gets typed just about every time Mesta puts out a web video. So let's try another one. Hmm, flippin crank harder than a crank pusher selling all their crank to Charlie Sheen? No, that's no good. Hittin' the bars gnarlier than Charlie Sheen? Doing his thing harder than Charlie Sheen? Ok, those are all stretches, but the edit is sick. I love seeing people go hard on spots from the Peninsula.

Crux Division//Eric Mesta from Nick Stout on Vimeo.

More pegs than what's required to build an Ikea desk, Christian assembles the gRindenstoffen fun box for your grinding pleasure.

We're Back...

Much like Chichi, Country Club was lurking in the cuts for a bit. But we're back. Not only am I psyched on NBC Thursday's amazing line up (30 Rock, Parks and Rec, the Office, and Up All Night), I'm also psyched on getting my computer back from a near fatal logicboard malfunction. And since it's been so long without an update, here's a video of Eric Mesta back in the saddle, doing it for a program called Crux Division!

Monday, Money, Mesta

So it's finally winter again, and what better way to celebrate this morose Monday by updating this morose blog.



There were so many empty cans that didn't make it to the recycle bin on Friday, that Country Clubbin' decided to really give back to the homeless community. Partially inspired by this, while also a response to our government's reluctance to invest itself in social relief programs. Viva la Country Clubbin!'

Mesta, Mesta from Eric Mesta on Vimeo.

Also, I know Budman is out of town, so I feel somewhat obligated to rep the loc's from around the way. Here, Eric Mesta demonstrates the almost forgotten art of the feeble grind and shreds some Peninsula spots that certainly take me back a day or two. Good stuff!

Fan-Boy Friday Film Fest-tacular

Exhibit A



Exhibit B

butcher ecd 4 from Skavenger on Vimeo.

Exhibit C

Xzibit D (of the Young sort)

A. It is undeniable that Mat Hoffman is the progenitor of BMX. From crazy airs, variations, and even handrails, he literally went head first to further every discipline of riding. And still does today. Hoffman will always be one of my favorite riders, and this diddy ESPN put up was a pretty good reason why.

B. Hoffman provides a perfect segue to Exhibit B. Without Hoffman, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't have Butcher. Aside from being on Hoffman for most of the their riding careers (as I assumed for Butcher), you can really see the roots take hold in street riding for what Mat planted. People complain about how Butcher rides, saying that he's super sketchy and has gross style, but I think that's kind of why I enjoy watching him ride. That's freestyle, that's raw. I would much rather see Butcher jump a triple set rail hop to flat (at 3:25) rather than Mike Spinner do a 1080 or some other no-name barn footjam dance on a quarter pipe. I guess in mythological terms (because both Mat and Butcher are legendary), the Condor is like Zeus and Butcher is like Apollo or Hermes or some shit. This post also saves all of us time because usually whilst drunk, I try to find this section on a dubbed VHS and I'm sure most of the Country Clubbin readers who've experienced this have found it pretty annoying.

C. Which brings us to exhibit C. Mr. Mesta and Sprinkles. I like to rep the homies and I was digging this edit that they threw up on the facebook. I haven't seen it on any sites yet, so maybe this is the first embed. (Country Club Exclusive going straight to my head!). Good shit out of both of them, and for some reason it kind of reminds me of the two videos above them. Riding it all, doing their own thing. One of the finer points in BMX if you ask me. Plus, if anyone knows where that crazy looking blue and tan cement park is, leave it in the comments. Place looks wild.

D. It's all in the name, Xzibit and Young D. The title of the song is called "Figure it Out." Now go "FIGURE IT OUT, HELGIE!"

Oh yeah, this is kind of cute too...



Happy Friday!