ESPN has a good interview up with Joe Rich about his Andalucia video series.

Joe Rich just sent this through:

“Six weeks, 1 regluar sized back pack for each of the 2 of us, 1 super 8mm camera, 1 DV video camera, 1 35mm film photo camera, 2 bmx bikes, $400 in train tickets each = 1 amazing adventure. We had the most basic of plans . . . Leave Malaga, Spain by train, and arrive in Prague (Czech Republic) six weeks later. No day was ever mapped out before hand. We’d take a train to a new city, leave the station upon arrival, and see what we could get into. Some cities we stayed for days, others just over night. “Chance” and “Wonder” were our co-pilots. Exploration and adventure go hand in hand, add in our loose schedule and we had ourselves one amazing journey . . . .

This trip was taken by myself and Ruben Alcantara almost 5 years ago. It was put out along with an Etnies Road Trip video that came with Dig issue number 52. Because it was being burned on a hard copy, I had to use different music for the second half of the Train Trip. This was the music I originally edited it with. This played all last year on the Bicycle Film Festival Tour around the world. I’ve gotten a number of requests to put this up online. So here it is, Freaky Friday February 19th, 2010. Enjoy !”

They played this at the Bicycle Film Festival over the Summer before they played the FBM documentary and I was shocked by how good it was even all these years later. If Ruben isn’t in your discussion about the best riders of all time, you have a problem. This video holds a little place in my heart too because it was the cause of the first “Take down that video” email I ever got, courtesy of someone at Dig, I can’t really remember who.

Joe Rich sent this over. Chase Hawk is amazing and watching him do motowhips over and over in slow-mo really draws attention to how much control he’s got.

“Almost 13 months ago, Chase and I filmed this next bit. Oddly enough, we managed to complete the finished vid in just one weeks time after being asked to do it. If you know the both Chase and myself, you’ll understand what kind of an accomplishment that was. ha ha ha . . .. Anyhow, Fox Racing had asked if we could film a ” how-to ” do a whipper. Chase sits amongst the top group of dudes that can whip em with as they should be whipped. I used one of my favorite “Explosions in the Sky” songs, which came from a limited edition cd that you could only purchase at one of their actual shows while they were on tour. The song fit perfectly. I tried and tried to get a confirmation from them to use the music, but I never heard back. So, that’s why Fox could never put this edit out. And we didn’t want the music changed, so it sat . . . . . The hardest part with the little project was recording the talking stuff. I always like to dig a little deeper when it comes to people talking. And I knew that Chase has chosen the path of riding the way he does through different influences throughout his life of riding bikes. So, sit back and enjoy the different ways a bike can be moved when you know the secrets. Cheers ”

Previously: Chase Hawk Burning His Hand Off

T1 just put up this old commercial that many of you will remember from Props. Here’s Joe’s description:

“Damn, watching this sure does bring back some memories. Different times for sure. This was the very first edit I did after learning the editing basics of Final Cut. I had a string of injuries that began at the end of 2000 and ran the course of almost 2 years. Learning about video editing. The very first clip in this was so insane. Garrett Byrnes is one amazing dude! You have no idea. Not only the actual dropping in part, but the amount of work it took to find this place. Amazing to say the least. Hope y’all enjoy this little piece of T1’s past. Cheers !”

Classic shit.

If you’ve never seen this before you are either a lame, or under the age of 25. Regardless, watch!

Joe Rich hit me up with a really awesome video of Ruben and some friends out in Spain… check the description and then watch the video after the jump.

“This was something fun I had an idea for when I went to Spain to film the Fox Andalucia series. This idea came to me one night while lying in bed. I thought it would be a cool way for people to see Ruben’s hip for the first time. I thought that the matador was fitting due to the fact we were in Spain. Then, I heard this song by Beruit and it fit together perfectly in my mind. But due to music rights issues, I never got clearance, therefore the idea couldn’t be used for the Fox vid. For those of you that have seen the riding in the 3rd part of Andalucia, this contains a few clips from that, plus one pretty funny ending one. These clips never get old to me. We laughed for awhile with this one. Hope you dig it”
Continue reading “The Matador”. >

Kinda weird to post 2 ESPN links in a row, but you should definitely read this interview that Tunney did with Joe Rich. If you still haven’t had enough Ultimate Male by the time you’re done, check out the video interview I did with Joe over the winter here and here.

Here’s the 3rd of Joe Rich’s Andalucia series, spotted on Defgrip. Features Chase Hawk, Ruben etc.

Previously: Andalucia 2

Joe Rich hit me up about the second in his 3 part Andalucia web video series:

“Hey,
Well, Fox just posted the second edit I did for them for my Andalucia series. There is no bmx riding in this one, so I’m sure that kids will have a thing or 2 to say. I decided to do one full chapter on this place “El Chorro” because I thought it was amazing enough to support one being done. It was incredible. Truth is, we alll can have some amazing opportunities that come up on trips like this, and its fun to show others what they were. When all 3 chapters are put back to back, its going to total about 20 minutes. I think it will encompass the trip as a whole for us, and give a little more insight into what those 3 weeks were for us. I was originally asked to do one, 3-5 minute edit for the entire trip. But I had the idea to do a small series because I wanted to show more. Part 3 will be all dirt riding and is going to be nice to watch. Anyhow, hope you dig this and let me know what you think if you could. Cheers !

- joe”

Previously: Andalucia Episode 1

Joe Rich just hit me up about the first of 3 edits he’s doing for Fox. This one features Chase Hawk, Ruben, Garrett Byrnes and others all riding some amazing spots in Spain. Amazing quality and the riding is ridiculous.