Distracted NYC

 
A new Distracted NYC Team ad I whipped up. You can check out the full size by clicking on the image. New Distracted NYC stickers are currently in production, so ask for some.

 
Happy Birthday to Barreto and Drew. Both celebrated their 21st birthdays this weekend.

photo by Ngo
That’s right… my license turns 5 today, and the silver bullet is still running strong. We’ve gone to many places and been through much together. A celebration trip is in store for the both of us.

Pull The Alarm Trailer from Joseph Mikos on Vimeo.
I was looking over my vimeo videos and found this. This is the trailer to our most recent dvd release, “Pull The Alarm.” If you want a copy of the dvd, just drop a comment or email me and I’ll personally deliver a copy to you myself… how bout that for dedication.

Drew informed me yesterday that he sold his bike and seemed to be implying he was hanging up the shoes and quitting the game. The most unexpected thing I ever thought Drew would say and do.

Drew filled me in earlier today that he is signing up for the Army, or already has signed up for the Army. I guess he certainly has the haircut of a soldier. We wish him the best of luck with it.

Steve sent over a link to me the other night for his new website/blog. It looks pretty cool so go check it out.

I have decided to shoot a double video biography of team inliners Nicholas Danchuk and Travis Capacete. These two guys are some pretty unique, talented, and entertaining fellows to say the least. Entire bio will be shot in HD and should be a pretty damn good edit. Look forward to watching it in about 3 or 4 weeks.

The Distracted Midwest Tour was pretty damn swell. Chris, Nick, myself, and new team skater, Travis went on a 9 day trip through the Midwest. We hit Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Cleveland. Every city had alot to offer. Thanks to a young lady named Morgan, we were able to find Rob Dyrdek’s or DC’s skate park in Cincinnati for one of the first stops of the tour. I lost some respect for Mr. Dyrdek when I learned that bikes were not allowed at the park. Other than that, the skaters shredded the park and much footage was collected. The following day we rode downtown Cincinnati, or the closest thing to the ghetto. Cincinnati was a cool city to hang out and ride in. We then made our way to Louisville where our hotel was only 10 minutes from one of the sickest skate parks in the country. We spent most of the 2 days we were there at the skate park and managed to film only one clip there. Alot of stuff went down at the park, but no one really wanted to pick up the camera to film it. Sunburn, hillbilly inliners and their weird rundown local spots, the longest hospital visit ever for just a few stitches to the chin, and a weird cult at our hotel pretty much sums up our stay in Louisville. And finally Cleveland was the last stop of the tour. By this point Barreto had had it with all of us and basically didn’t speak to any of us the entire first day there. We arrived at the hotel, rested, and drank in the hot tub at the hotel all night. On the final day, me, Travis, and Nick went out to Cleveland while Barreto stayed in the hotel the entire day. We rode a crappy skate park right next the the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, got into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame for free, and then went to an Indians game. It was a great trip and a great experience with a bunch of cool dudes.
Road Trip video coming soon!

Photo by David Ngo

- Me and Dave took another late night trip to Philly last week. We got some good footage and some photos (like the one above). Me and Dave left Philly around 5am, hit up a random diner and stuffed our faces in Jersey, and then returned home around 7:30am. It was a pretty good night once again.

- I am working on another HD edit… looking to shoot once more in Philly, NJ, and NYC before I put it together.

- My buddy John (the guy who plays John Cutterwood in Real American TV) and I are currently shooting a mockumentary film about a legendary beer pong duo… it has certainly allowed for many parties in the last couple of weeks. Film should be out sometime in May and will be up on the internet as well.

- Safety’s 21st birthday was last week. All of us here at Distracted wish him the best and look forward to an awesome birthday bash soon.

- Look forward to a brand new Unforgivable, brought to you by Safety. Should have one or two new ones up for you within the next couple of weeks.

Alcoholism seems to be on the rise these days. I just spoke to Kieran, and he told me he just started drinking (at 10:30am on a Monday), and plans to continue to drink all day.
Also, a few buddies of mine and I are making a mockumentary about a legendary beer pong duo and have been drinking quite frequently lately due to the fact. Of course, its all for the film. As for Kieran, lets all pray that he begins to get over the alcholic phase that he has burdened himself with since he turned 21 on April 8th.

This is one of the new t-shirt designs we have in the works. What do you think?