Completed a few site updates today. I went ahead and cleaned up the about Rat Tail page because it was formated all screwy. I also added the product images and team rosters for Ground Control, 4×4 and Vicious.

In less then two weeks Ground Control’s Brian Shima, Chris Haffey and Frankie Morales are flying to Taipei, Taiwan to begin a South Asia tour. It has been anticipated that this will be the greatest tour this region has ever seen.
7/7: Arrive in Taipei, Taiwan
7/8: Zhongshan Extreme Sports Park (2:00 pm)
7/9: Gaogong,North Port (2:30 [...]

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been accused of plagiarism by Deleware radio station WGMD. The station has brought forth very strong evidence that suggests the Chili Peppers ripped off the chord progression, the melody, the tempo, the key and the lyrical theme of Tom Petty’s 90s hit ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’ in their [...]

 

 WGMD's Dan Gaffney has produced this MP3 to show the similarities of the two songs. [0:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ground Control’s fastest frame ever! The grind plate of the Dual Injection GC frame is made of a new UHMW material for super fast grinding speeds. It also offers multiple rockering options from flat to anti-rocker and high-lo. A new 42 mm GC anti-rocker wheel was specifically designed for the Bullet 8 frame series. All [...]

This edit features footage from the Vicious Team photo shoot.
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 Vicious Team Photo Shoot Edit [0:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Last summer the Vicious Team came out to San Diego to meet each other for the first time. Sander Knook was to shoot the whole team and then a tour was to begin. The following article appeared in the vicious tour story that appeared in Daily bread Magazine. We have added a Flickr photoset of [...]

 

 Vicious Tour Edit: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Congratulations to Ground Control and 4×4 rider Connor O’Brien for placing first at the Daily Bread Takeover Contest today. This event was an Amateur ASA qualifier, so now Connor will be flying to Dallas later this year for ASA Finals. Today’s contest was judged by Nick Wood, Robert Lieavanos and Eric Shrijn. Props go out [...]

Last night we had a party to celebrate Jon Elliott’s girlfriends birthday. Here Brian Shima and Oli Short are hanging out in the Rat Tail house living room early in the evening.

This was the first ad made for Vicious in early 2005.
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 First Vicious Ad 2005 [0:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Get an exclusive sneak peak into the latest musical project that Brian Shima and friends are working on.
www.myspace.com/acrossroadculture

 

 A Cross Road Culture [3:14m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download