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Jumped In: Corey San Agustin

Corey San Agustin

Well, very excited over here to introduce and Jump In Corey San Agustin to the CSK California Division. 

It's been a long time coming and along time in the works. I actually sent him some interview questions, then visited Long Beach, then had him hold off on answering so that I could readdress some necessary topics.

I talked with Corey real briefly at last year's Red Bull event and have been bothering him off and on via the internet since. With two trips to Long Beach I've been able to get to know what all he is about and spend a good few hours riding along side him. His riding can range from some mellow mini shred to massive within minutes and is spiked with a punch of creativity. That's what I enjoy most about watching him shred, you never know what's coming next. Lots and lots of tuck no nos, and crazy pedal slide combos! Plus, he throws a mean wheelie 180. 

Jazzed to officially welcome him to the family. Enjoy getting to know him.

Preface: Ight I'm gonna answer the questions one by one since I'm doing this shit from by my iPhone so it makes it hard to type long shit and read your questions. Corey responded to this whole interview via iPhone. Now that's paper.

First off My name is Corey "pissy or piss dog" San Agustin

I would like to thank my sponsors All City, City Grounds, and Machete Bikes. Also thanks to Kengo from Phoenix for hooking it up with straps and Vinnie from unknown for hooking it up with a stem and anything else I needed to get my bike rolling.


CSK: I’m sure you tired of answering questions about it but, are you all healed up from your Austin Incident? Any regrets about that second try?
COREY: Yeah I'm completely healed up now, it took like 2 months before I was able to ride comfortably again. Of course I regret the second attempt, it costed me thousands of dollars and ruined my Texas trip, but I'm thankful it wasn't worse.



About Time from Corey San Agustin on Vimeo.
One of Corey's first solo edits


You built up a new bike a bit a go (if you have a picture that would be great to include!), tell us about how switching to 26’s and negative bottom bracket changed your life? And you’re running 3 pegs!?
Yeah i built up an all city airwolf and honestly it hasn't changed my riding style that much. The main reason for the switch was I got bored of my riding style and wanted to try something new. But I still think I'm more comfortable on 700's so this switch may not be permanent.

Does this mean you are going to start throwing barspins again?
I've tried a few and it just doesn't seem like something i'll have dialed in perfectly. Theirs so many young kids who can bar off big sets now, that i'll just leave that up to them, while i fuck around on techy jib shit.

Whatever happened to Fixed Cult? Pegless with BB Drop

Who is K Dagger Birdie and how did you get hooked up with Machete?
I honestly don't remember how me and K Birdie first talked, I'm pretty sure it started over a year ago with a facebook message talking about our 29'rs. I was always a fan of the charmer and k birdie was a fan of my riding. We instantly connected and after months of random facebook messages K Birdie told me he was going to start a parts company and the first product was going to be a 4 piece bar. I was instantly down to support and test out the bars and 6 months later he sent some my way for myself and Antonyo to test out. The bars are great and I'm stoked to be representing Machete Bikes.


You’re still in school, right? What are you studying? Any plans for when you finish?
This is my third year at CSULB and I'm studying business management. I haven't planned anything yet for after school but I'm sure I'll figure something out in the next year or two.


How many backflips are going to be thrown at Red Bull this year?
3 backflips 1 frontflip

Long Beach has a handful of spots, if you had to pick one to ride for an entire week straight, 8 hours a day, what would it be and why?
The two long ledges at the performing arts center. They're slippery as fuck and long enough to create endless combos. I could easily ride they're a week straight and probably still have fun.




What would you have done if you actually got zip tied to that light pole that one night?
KILLED ANTONYO


Any projects in the works or shout outs you need to make?
Shout out to Matt or wolfdrawn for filming and editing pretty much any edit I'm in.


Presta or Schrader?
Whichever is free, I'm currently running both.


What is the most personal thing that you are willing to admit?
I have an OK cupid and I got the nickname pissy after getting white girl wasted and throwing up and pissing all over Steven Jensen's apartment in Arizona.

How Corey Reps CSK

To you, what does CSK represent?
SEXY ass motherfuckers, riding big stupid bikes, having a good time, collared shirt or not.


Do you have any questions for me?
Ever since your fixie factory visit you've been going ham on instagram. Why did you have an iphone before if you didnt have instagram? How much better is your life on a scale from 1 to 10 now since you have an instagram?
Instagram was one of the top motivators for the switch. Before my trip though I didn't really get what it was all about. Plus I didn't know how to set it up. But now I see the light. It's got all the best things of twitter, pictures. What!? No but really, I actually had a conversation about this the other day. Life's intensity has definitely been upped since I got down.

Whats your favorite collared shirt you own? pics?

Had it for 8 years and don't ride in it for concern of messing it up

Team Sports: Basketball

Tony K

I lay awake at night wondering what Tony K does besides film skateboarders and ride bikes. Kinda jealous. Here's a quick clip pre-broken frame replacement.

SMART Goals

Be it for our careers, hobbies, personal lives, whatever, we all set goals.

SMART goals are the following:

Specific: Something clear and concise. Too broad and you'll never get there
Measurable: Quantify the goal so you can gauge when you've got there
Attainable: With a strategy in place, objectives will be within reach
Realistic: Find something that you are willing and actually able to work towards
Time bound: Got to have a deadline

Matt Spencer: Farewell to Volume

Matt dropped this earlier today. Definitely one for the archives. 700c shining. Enough whips, tire slides, and monster truck airs to get us through the tail end of the week. Thanks for passing this along and wish you the best as you continue on to new things.

Weekend Screen Shots: Chris, Tyler, Jacob

A few good screen shots from the weekend for your enjoyment.

Tyler Johnson for H PLUS SON

Pretty excited about this edit for the following reasons:

-Long Beach, California
-Bump jump central
-Chrome rims
-Fridge sub session all done while wearing shades
-Buttery filming from Matt
-On point music
-Fixie Factory
-CSK

KREW SOCKS

Patience.

Summer is approaching and so are our KREW SOCKS

One color, one size

More information soon...

MATT SPENCER: CSK VIDEO INTRODUCTION

I had asked Matt a few weeks ago for some riding clips. Well, he not only came through with some but compiled them in to a solid jam. A perfect example of some admirable traits. Delivering above and beyond the expectation.

Thanks for the contribution.

Jumped In: Sam Hanson and Colin Foster of BALHOGS

Photo by Keith Teket

We are incredibly excited to introduce our first two additions to the East Coast Division: Sam Hanson and Colin Foster.

This past Saturday we all sat down for a CSK interview first, a live one! Well, live in the fact that we were in a chat room together.

As far as meeting these dudes in person, I think one morning while we were in new york for the BFF Chris and I ran in to Sam and Christina at the little skatepark in Brooklyn. I think there was some sort of exchange like, "oh, Zlog Crew," and, "oh, Bmore fixed crew." The rest is history. I met Colin for the first time in Milwaukee and spent time with both on that trip adventuring in the Hold Fast Van.

The most recent brainchild of these two is BALHOGS (site here) which is a fixed gear company dedicated to “…advancing the sport via good riding and good products.” The first original item to drop was the grip strip, a grip tape decal made for down tube shredding and skating. This is definitely the biggest and roughest sticker in my collection at this time. Definitely one for the history books for fixed gear.

I am thrilled to have been able to jump them in and have their support all the way across the country. CSK shreds in 2 different time zones now!

Without further ado, try to follow along on this lengthy and in depth interview with Colin and Sam. It was really enjoyable and they kept me guessing the whole time. Great to get to know them just a little bit more. Really thrilled to work with them in the future and officially be family now.

***Make sure to follow their antics on twitter @BALHOGS and show your support for their projects: here



In the chat room: Colin Foster

12:21 PM

Colin: You've been invited to this chat room!

Sam Hanson has joined

Sam: HAY

me: whoa, group chat. this is even cooler than how I thought it would be

Sam: yes welcome to 1998 AOL

Colin: pop it out and have ur mind blown

me: I did, that way I can look at my interview cheat sheets.

my AIM tag name was worldsk8er

Anyways, before I take too much of your riding time, how about you guys introduce yourselves

Sam: Leach23

was mine

i spelled leech wrong. obvi

me: Colin, you have one too?

Sam: colin wasnt born in 1998

me: ha

Colin: I was more of an msn person i guess.

me: oh, well then.

Colin: Anyways. I'm Colin Foster, cofo.

Sam: SAM Hanson: AKA sammi2shoes aka leach23 aka JASON HAHR aka Felph

me: cool.

You are definitely two busy dudes, how do you prioritize between all the projects and endeavors? Balhogs? Hold Fast? Bmore Fixed? Colin, I know that you are looking after Spike as well.

Colin: Its pretty insane, we just ride and film and then prioritize when we edit video or photos or whatever. Balhogs on top of that... you can see why we're more in the small stuff. I'm also in school full time.

Sam: welp , HF is my 9 to 5 bill payer, balhogs is my fixed freestyle baby and bmorefixed is more local baltimore based stuff

me: What are you studying Coiln?

Sam, how long have you been with Hold Fast, since they relocated to Bmore?

Colin: I'm in interdisciplinary sculpture and interaction design and art.

me: word

Sam: I think it's like 2 years, since jeremiah moved down to baltimore we set up shop here. rob is still on top of things in new york though

me: So. Just trying to clear the air before we get too far in to this, but am I inferior on account of the fact that I’m not riding Hold Fasts right now?

Sam: huh?

Colin: huh?

me: With hold fasts being the first, what is your view on other strap alternatives?

Sam: oh, ride what you want or who hooks you up or whatever.

Colin: I'm not a supremacist. Hold Fast are sick, but just because its first doesn't mean it should be the only.

me: Well put.

so now the fun stuff.

What or who is a BALHOG? Where did that name originate?

Sam: its the first letter from the whole team's names

Colin: " "

me: What?!

nuhuh

Colin: you got us. It developed over a long time and a lot of jokes

Sam: well we're based in BALtimore and HOGS

Colin: And also that

me: there ya go.

So on your site it reads “…advancing the sport via good riding and good products.” You’ve got some sticky and slidey pieces right now, any other goodies in the works that you can share?

Sam: we've been working hard on an app.

me: iPhone or Android?

Sam: land line

me: sick

Analog > Digital anyways, right?

Colin: we're also working on fixed gear video game with Bethesda

Sam: lvl 14 in pedal setting

me: All of Bethesda? dang.

How are you going to top the “Don’t Speak” track selection on the next edit?

Colin: It's hard to top no doubt. but we have some good ideas that fit the content of the next web edit really well

me: which we can expect when???

Sam: next two weeksish

me: And is it weird that i've been watching the first edit on repeat since we first started chatting?

yesss!

Sam: colin watches it all the time he keeps saying stuff about "upping the views"

me: haha

Colin: HAaaha. Nah its easy to watch and there is so much interesting stuff in it.

Sam: secret trix

me: yes, you guys are definitely easy on the eyes



(INGOT WAX)

How many labor hours went in to making the first bar of Ingot wax? How did you come up to find the final slippery formula?

Did you make it in your kitchens?

Trade secret?

Colin: (one second sams typing a big thing

me: no worries.

Colin: and im gonna piggy back off )

me: Are you both typing right next to each other right now?

Colin: Yeahhh haha

me: AWESOME!

Colin: hahahaaa we should all video chat also and see what kinda wild feedback loops happen

Sam: many hours... especially because we sculpted and cast everything ourselves then we had to trim it and refine our pouring process. We learned a lot about wax properties and candle making techniques. The ingot was also supposed to be our second wax. We did a big brain initially that we never ended up releasing.

me: can you record video chats? that would be a CSK first for sure.

Chris showed me the brain! Now that was a big hunk'o wax!

Sam: 1lb

me: Have you guys now outsourced the production to India? Who's doing it now?

Colin: Everything is done by us. All of the wax is mixed in batches, were going to do a new color really soon. We also had to build the first positive Ingot and then poured a rubber mold. Its all real production stuff. Just done in our houses.

Sam: we take turns pouring in our respective kitchens. it's been colin's turn for a while now though

me: For serious. How big is your batch size?

Colin: Really it depends, we could do larger batches but right now the demand doesn't require it.

:(

me: In the production world, we are always focused on the following. Safety first, then quality, then efficiency and looking after our assets. You guys wear all the proper personal protective equipment?

Colin: uhhh. whats that

like shirts?

Sam: I wear glasses

me: exactly.

yeah, raincoats work well too I've heard.

Sam: quality over finger tips always

me: there ya go.

alright, i've got to trivia questions.

Sam: two*

Colin: Yeah, I usually turn the exauhst fan on above the stove

me: Proper ventilation is key

The average American consumes how many pounds of pork annually?

No cheating with your internet.

Sam: 22lb

Colin: 90 pounds

me: My source says to split the difference. 51#

that's a ton.

Sam: that's why we make a good team

me: Well not really a ton since that's 2000#

Do you have a favorite pig/hog from fiction or reality? your model pig?

Colin: I don't like farm animals very much. I'm more of a wild hog kinda guy.

Sam: I've always found myself drawn to the figure of a nursing sow

me: Pumba from the lion king?

Sam: is that yours?

me: my favorite is the little piggy that went to the market.

Do you have caricatures of all the teammates as pigs yet? How soon can we expect those shirts to drop?

Colin: Right now we haven't talked about Ts too much. We do have some clothing planned soon though

me: great.



(GRIP STRIP)

I’m always jealous when I see your guys’ riding shots. The spots look sick. Not to be too forward to when can I come and visit Baltimore?

Sam: whenever, we're usually here and the spots are amazing and abundant.

me: Old, industrial, and vacant. those are good mixes I've found

Sam: there is still so much to be found too

Colin: Seriously come. We have a lot of good spots, but we also look pretty hard and don't ever ride the same thing really. Things aren't set up that well for sessioning in general here.

me: So always hunting for new stuff huh? Do you have a systematic approach or just pick an area and explore?

Sam: we just free flow, aim and go.

Colin: free flow is the only rule

me: I can hang with that

Well, here’s a new addition to the wrap up questions that I collected from my recent trip down to Long Beach and the Fixie Factory. What is the most personal thing that you are willing to admit?

Colin: haha give me a second to think

me: no rush

Sam: fuck that question I have so many but I feel like my mom checks blogs or something

me: haha, that's ok, you can just text it to me later.

Colin: haha Sam told me I should admit that I'm a big baby right before I ride

me: That won't get you in to the right mindset. Play to win.

Sam: I was the singer in a synth pop band and played shows in my underwear sometimes. Also I used to battle fighting robots and one time i lost to a kid in a wheel chair

me: pictures or it didn't happen

Colin: But its just because I hate lining up everyone we ride with and stuff.

I have video

Sam: of the wheelchair kid?

me: any part of that last statement.

Sam: nfzbx-2920301262@hous.craigslist.org

woops

not that

http://teamtier.tripod.com/pennbots_016.jpg

me: Actually I'm inclined to believe you based on the notion that making something like that up would be even more of a far stretch

Colin: Last weekend I slep walked into the corner of me and my girlfriends room and peed on the floor and went back to sleep while she was yelling at me the whole time.\

me: Couldn't ask for a better response to that question.

Presta or Schrader?

Sam: http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/434502.png

schrader

me: Band name?

Sam: duh

Down with Gender

me: Any text print on the butt?

of the underwear that it?

Sam: no, they were my dad's

Colin: anyone still using presta for freestyle is mental

me: Why is that?

too many moving parts?

Colin: cuz they look like a dick

me: fair enough.



(COLIN NOSIE)

If you were in some position where you were only able to eat one more meal (ie...death row) what would it be?

Sam: rapunzel's hair

I'd never be done eating

me: ooosh

Colin: A shimmering star

like in mario

me: Alright, two more questions, thanks for hanging tight

To you, what does CSK represent?

Sam: Children Should Know

*how to cross stitch

me: It's a steep learning curve.

Colin: a bunch of fixed riders that don't suck

me: Once you get the " X " down, you're good to go

Well I appreciate that.



(SAM GOES BOTH WAYS)

Lastly, do you have any questions for me?

Sam: yes

many

me: shoot, really?

uhoh

Sam: how many people u banged?

me: no comment

Colin: whos the prettiest girl u ever seen?

Sam: ha whens the wedding? whip noise

me: my girlfriend


Colin: ! nice a buncha girlfriended dudes in a chatroom

me: yessir

Sam: who is the hottest team in fixed gear( looks wise)

Colin: THINK ABOUT IT

me: anyone that Tyler Johnson is on. ie SKYLMT, CSK, HOLD FAST, HPLUS, RESIST, ZLOG

that was an easy one

Sam: nah they all got mad uglies that bring their score down

me: ok. let me think here.

Sam: hurry up we hafta ride

Colin: thats it tho cuz we gotta rideee

me: i'll go with the Fixie Factory on the fact that I saw most of them in their undies

Sam: w/e

Colin: fair enough ahahaa

me: What answer were you looking for?

what would have got me the full points?

Sam: BALHOGS fool

Colin: BALHOGS DUH

me: meh, alright. that's a gimme

Colin: hahahaa

me: Ok guys, thanks for taking the time out of riding to meet with me. You've been officially jumped in to CSK and are our sole Eastern Division reps.

Sam: hooray, thanks you sooooo much.

Colin: sickkk! east BB!

me: Pleasure to have you on and am looking forward to working with you in the future.

Sam: c u soon ;)

Colin: cya

me: YEP!

Colin: thanks a lot

me: have a great ride.

Sam has left

Colin has left

1:30 PM


In case you've been hiding somewhere, below is the introductory BALHOGS team edit



Lastly, all action and riding photos taken by Keith Teket (flickr linked after the first photo). Product photos and logo borrowed from the BMORE FIXED site. Thanks.

2 for 2 Tuesday from last Saturday

Exactly as the title describes. 2 tricks each from Chris Clappé and myself from last Saturday at Hot Momma's.

Tony K's SQUARESHIT Vol.1

TONY K goes hard with the skate and fixed filming. Lots of treats in this flick. We can only wonder where he finds so much time to ride and film. Definitely jealous. Keep your eyes out for the CSK cameos!



Heads up from the TTV King

Tyler Johnson: Putting It In To Practice

TJ with a quick clip in the ZLOG CREW's Remodeled LIVING ROOM