Push It A Stop

While doing some website maintenance this morning I realized that I had forgotten some people on the ‘Links’ page. One of them being Walter Pieringer. Walter is unquestionably one of the best BMX photographers of our time. Taking a look at his website is proof. But what a lot of people don’t know is that Walter was also a shredder back in the day. Don’t believe me? This is where I was going to post a clip from Props where he does that huge wallride and smashes out his teeth. Can’t find it. Fail.

You know, I always forget to look at the ESPN website. So naturally I was surprised to see that the ‘Photo of the Day’ for Wednesday was a photo that I shot. It was a mild nutty-tap reminding me to take advantage of the infinite number of resources the internet has to offer. The first article on the BMX page was written by friend and fellow Ohio-an Cody York. It was actually about an ad that he had seen in ESPN the Magazine (while in a doctors office of all places, a sight I’m no stranger to these days) posing a question about the internet ruining printed media. It’s a good point, one I forget to take into account; Photographs printed look a lot better than they do on the screen. That’s not to say that this photo of Bobby Simmons doesn’t shine on its own, because it does. I guess what I’m trying to say is go to the ESPN website for exceptional coverage of all major sports.