The Cali V

goodbye blogspot hello tumblr

2010-01-21T20:53:00.000-08:00

CHRISRIESNER.TUMBLR.COM

so i made a new site which i will be posting on, this means i won't be posting on the cali v anymore, please check out the new page and bookmark it! thanks!

-chris riesner

@jacksonallen

2010-01-20T19:18:00.001-08:00

somehow i could see jackson sporting these no problem

bikeshop ray

2010-01-20T10:12:00.000-08:00

well i guess it's ups ray
came out to the park, good to see him again

someone do this!

2010-01-19T20:49:00.001-08:00

i drive by this everyday on the way to the bikepark, someone do this already so i can shoot a photo, either rail ride to roof drop or drop feeble grind to drop would be sick
hit me up if you want to go shoot this, get er done.

mike miller

2010-01-19T13:06:00.001-08:00

i'm a big fan of mike millers riding. this video is way to short yet now i really want to ride some indoor ramps, since it's pouring outside, ramprats?

saavedras trails burned down!

2010-01-19T11:15:00.000-08:00

just saw this day in the life video and apparently the little forest that blue bench was located in caught on fire! things are still running, but man it looks different now that the palm tree's are toasted!
found on expn

editing

2010-01-19T10:08:00.001-08:00

working on some editing today, organize all my footy and what not

this one goes out to jackson, check out this table top at the bikepark, ummm

chad osburn no footcan

beer at the bikeshop

2010-01-18T23:17:00.001-08:00

it's been awhile since i've been in the ol' bike shop, stoked to see brent and bikeshop phill in there even more stoked when the coor's came out, thanks for the good times guys

flying projectiles

not sure who this is but phill snuck in and used my camera

dan foley in the new props

i was bustin some wheelies on the fixie

TWITTER

2010-01-18T22:49:00.001-08:00

so here's the deal, i spent the last few months hating on twitter and all that. Finally made one and it's not bad. My main reasoning for making one was the fact that you can text photos straight to it. In the past i was always to lazy to upload my phone flicks but now it's hassle free. if you have one, you can follow me HERE

first digital dump!

2010-01-18T11:38:00.000-08:00

so a few days ago i decided to buy a digital SLR again. i really love shooting film and am happy with the results i get however it is a ton of work and money processing_scanning_editing for the web. Also i feel like i'm hurting myself by not learning the ways of digital and post processing as it is the 21st century and i film is slowly being pushed out unfortunately. good thing about digital is that i can snap all kinds of random/shit photos and post them up on the web! so expect to being seeing alot more photos on TheCaliV

Heres photos from the first day that i got my camera, pope, brandon and i made the trip to baco so i could buy the camera and ride some street:

it wouldn't be a trip or bike riding for that fact if pope didn't get a flat tire

and one riding of brandon, pope was to busy myspacing it on the phone i found to ride

ride-on

2010-01-16T18:43:00.001-08:00

this has got to be the most legit ride on lawn mower i've ever seen, to bad you couldn't do wheelies on it; well you could but it would defeat the purpose..
found on flickr here

atascadero contest

2010-01-15T19:39:00.000-08:00

contest at the atascadero skatepark went down last weekend, brandon hoffman and pope went to check it out. does anyone have a video of the contest before it on the badass outdoor section (RIP)? that contest was amazing.

Death Jam from Alex Raban on Vimeo.

new reco edit coming soon

2010-01-11T23:24:00.000-08:00

so the next reco edit i make will be featuring only chad osburn and i'm really excited for this
chad kills it so hard and is down to clock street footy when he is'nt destroying the bike park (employed to stay at the bikepark all day)
still clocking footage will hopefully start editing within a month

heres a vid still from the bikepark the other night

photography

2010-01-07T22:14:00.000-08:00

i'm excited to see my first photo published in print!
when will it arrive to borders, ahhh

content list here

fresno pool edit

2010-01-07T19:35:00.001-08:00

chad finally got around to posting the pool edit from the profile trip this summer
all the pools are fresno/oakhurst except for the square one that covered by a shade

definitely a fun time
so i guess this means the article in dig is out right now, go look for it should be the photo issue

Profile Cali Pool trip from Chad DeGroot/Deco. on Vimeo.

saavedra overseas

2009-12-30T20:55:00.000-08:00

randomly saw this photo of my buddy mike riding some trails in another country
looks fun
seen here

stay fit

2009-12-28T20:15:00.000-08:00

the post below reminded me of chase hawks stay fit video part, it's been online for awhile not sure why i never posted it..

Chase Hawk - Stay Fit from checkbike on Vimeo.

ratty chase

2009-12-27T12:09:00.000-08:00

from the days when chase hawk was considered ratty and breaks were cool haha
spotted on sasquatch

pool trip is over

2009-12-24T17:08:00.000-08:00

dean dickinson flew home yesterday after 5 days of fresno pools
definitely a good time and rode a lot of awesome pools, even some legendary spots like hogans which is a permission pool that has been around for like 10 years...pretty crazy that we got to ride our bikes there!

dean has a an autophoto up on defgrip, check it out here

wood dub's

2009-12-23T16:49:00.000-08:00

didn't think jordan rode in the contest but judging by this picture i randomly found he was flowin them
found here

new fresno web vid

2009-12-17T14:58:00.000-08:00

old friend chris hernandez put together a web video of eric
eric works at the bikepark so theres a bunch of footy from there

Eric Web Vid from chrishernandez on Vimeo.

davereuss.com

2009-12-16T15:50:00.000-08:00

i don't know why i never posted this
but dave reuss went through his archives and posted a bunch of old pictures of me with some text as well

the good ol'd days

check it out here

aronsmith photography

2009-12-15T14:14:00.000-08:00

i'm feeling this photographer work[AronSmith]. it has a really nice film vibe to it but it's digital [canon 5d]
he just dropped a book, pick it up if you've got some extra cash and support a photography!

a blast from the past

2009-12-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

found these on an old flash drive
had them on there to be made into huge poster prints, and they currently hang on my apartment walls
these images are from my digital camera (nikon d70's) some of my favorites from that camera, i'm thinking about getting a digital body again, opposed to being all film..

duh

2009-12-13T12:56:00.001-08:00

this is probably the best trails video i've ever seen online.

Shutterspeed - The Dawn - Nj/Pa Trails from Doug Foulke Jr. on Vimeo.

fall has arrived

2009-12-11T13:35:00.001-08:00

it's my favorite time of the year
and school is done next week
can't wait to have time to ride again

provia 100f slide film

ditch

2009-12-10T21:25:00.000-08:00

this ditch is bangin
nikon f100
ilford hp5 400
DIY tilt shift
darkroom print

good band

2009-12-08T23:51:00.000-08:00

so cameron dehass just linked me to a pretty rad sounding band, they seem to have alot of older influence, linsten here deer tick

they might just be good because apparently matt arthor and mikey aitken are apart of the band?

comparison, deer tick:

mike aitken:

matt arthur:

sasquatch

2009-12-07T22:03:00.000-08:00

new video over on the canyon, trails are lookin good!

mountain biking on water

2009-12-05T22:38:00.000-08:00

this is pretty amazing
portable dj's
that's gotta be the sweetest way to travel

http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Video/Red-Bull-Stumps,-Clump-and-Jumps-Tour-021242782484535?p=1242746208542

new spot in visa

2009-12-05T11:23:00.001-08:00

gap from the ledge into the street
turndown it bandon

good spot

2009-12-03T00:08:00.001-08:00

this is a pretty fun spot, someone really needs to gap over the stair rail into the slant wall, been looking at that for ages

really want to quickcrete a quarter into one of these too

photo i shot of andreas this past summer
hasselblad 150mm natural light

this needs to be posted

2009-11-29T19:16:00.000-08:00

i was blown away from this
the filming and editing is amazing in this
and the powder seems so unique and goes great with the music

why can't bikers be more creative?

Wizard Smoke from Salazar on Vimeo.

Dean dickinson is coming

2009-11-29T11:58:00.000-08:00

i was just reading this article on deans 100 pools, it's kind of old and i'm sure he has ridden many more since then.
Dean is coming back to fresno to stay with me for a week in hopes of finding some sweet pools in the town which is noteable for being pool capital of the world (fresno, CA). should be a good time, and i can't wait!

my caption is wrong, this is actually an oppososite love seat carv when it was pretty much pitch black, gnarly.

Dean sleeping like a baby at woodward

ray's mtb park

2009-11-28T20:28:00.000-08:00

tom&joe do rays from tom dugan on Vimeo.

so ealier today bikeshop phill invited me to go to rays mtb park in ohio sometime in the future
sounded pretty fun.....got home and saw tom dugan posted this video
and holy shit now i really want to go there, the new stuff looks so fun!

hoang

2009-11-27T12:53:00.000-08:00

when did hoang go to santa cruise
i was suprised to see jacksons park and dustys dirt bowl in there

Hoang Tran Subrosa Villicus Edit from Subrosa Brand on Vimeo.

mike c. in fresno

2009-11-24T22:44:00.000-08:00

i enjoy shooting skating
flickr

dan foley

2009-11-20T20:14:00.001-08:00

the editing and filming is so well done in this (possibly a few to many 'premium shots') also riding is superb good to see a non self filmed edit of dan

Dan Foley Premium Video from Premium Products on Vimeo.

backyard ramp

2009-11-17T21:42:00.000-08:00

shot this photo of Josh Manuele doing a blunt to fakie on this sweet sub extension

nerd info: Hasselblad 30mm, kodak e100vs
120j right behind me on a stand, 555+sb28 on right deck, sb28 on left deck behind sub

amp

2009-11-09T21:09:00.000-08:00

thinking about adding some of these to my truck
need that base to hit, nam sayin

chad osburn

2009-11-07T10:12:00.000-08:00

i shot this with chad awhile ago at a school in fresno
up the narrow ledge to wallride, pretty legit
i haven't shot bmx in awhile, really miss it. i wish more people were down to shoot photos (non skatepark photos), if you're one of those people hit me up and we'll go shoot

bmx and models?

2009-11-06T17:04:00.001-08:00

i browse alot of photography websites (non bmx related) as they serve as inspiration
sometimes bmx shows up, kind of odd

nice over under

bmx is blowing up?

2009-11-05T19:54:00.001-08:00

just saw this on my, myspace
hah..

reverse grafittii

2009-10-26T21:49:00.000-07:00

this is pretty crazy, never new anything of it before reading a post about ben k's solid comericial

dusty!

2009-10-26T21:39:00.001-07:00

dusty kills it way to hard
filmed and edited by money mike

dust in the wind from mike hernandez on Vimeo.

my status

2009-10-23T22:12:00.000-07:00

broken jaw and broken hand
i'll get some details up later

rocks

2009-10-20T23:23:00.000-07:00

i guess you could say this jump rocks
from mitch on flickr

mike atiken one on one

2009-10-20T19:22:00.001-07:00

good old footy of aitken seems like he will be shredding again soon

got some photos on ride

2009-10-19T14:35:00.000-07:00

had some photos up on ridebmx.com for the bmxperception article
here they are(click to view large):

trails

2009-10-17T17:09:00.000-07:00

this is probably the first video in awhile that got me really amped to start digging
minus the roe clips

robo is getting so smooth, maybe it's because he finally got his cable hanger dialed in (if you've seen the pawoods section with him and chase hawk you know what i'm talking about)

Matt Roe x Robbo - Villij / Lotek Brand from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

it's late

2009-10-16T02:31:00.001-07:00

it's late, can't sleep because i feel inspired to shoot photos but yet i'm blogging about bmx videos..hmm..

footage looks wierd in this, it's like to many frames per second
or maybe that it's 2 in the morning

totally forgot about this

2009-10-15T23:24:00.001-07:00

the first blog i started, it was supposed to be split between me and ray castillo to post photos that we shot, but it never really got going maybe because ray couldn't figure out how to post on his own haha..

lurk some of our old photos if you please, HERE

Murdock

2009-10-14T15:44:00.001-07:00

two hernadez video's a row???
another awesome one, this one with jordan, who shreds way to hard
note: pegs + lack of breaks = no more chunky. thats my theory

on the clock with murdock from mike hernandez on Vimeo.

JACKSON allen

2009-10-14T15:38:00.000-07:00

this is probably the first full part section i've seen of jackson and it did not let me down, so good, the street clips and barspins really threw me off at first but it's jackson he shreds everything
i think there might even be a dave reuss clip in there, double wammy
good work mike

Action Jackson gettin around from mike hernandez on Vimeo.

this is nuts

2009-10-14T15:33:00.001-07:00

woodwardpark contest today

2009-10-10T19:32:00.000-07:00

contest went off today after the race
results were
best run: 1)Steevy 2)Chad osborn 3) me (chris riesner)
best trick: Brandon hoffman, sucide no hander to no foot can
best whip: brandon hoffman
no idea who won the sprint trail dealeo though

it was a good time, this week was the first time being out there in about 6 months, sure everything was pretty ruff, but what do you expect with no rain and people riding them all summer
anyways, i'm stoked for the rain to come and the digging to begin, i'm gonna try and put some time in and get the nuggets running smooth and fast

photos stolen from woodward parks myspace

photo nerds

2009-10-10T10:24:00.000-07:00

LINK
if you you're a photo nerd like me you're eyes always go straight to the camera gear or photographer when it appears in videos, heres a video basically dedicated to a photo shoot, i think it's usually more hectic than the song portrays but it kind of depends on the spot

more videos by this videographer

kimbro is starting the dreads again? yessss

2009-10-09T15:43:00.000-07:00

this was really refreshing compared to all the HD crushed black footage i've been seeing lately
also, who is that on the red frame? i want to see more footage of him, so smooth

Hoffman Bikes UK trip 2009 from Seventies Distribution on Vimeo.

mike miller > most

2009-10-08T20:15:00.001-07:00

garret byrnes (v.1) look alike

2009-09-21T13:01:00.000-07:00

no idea who makes this because the text is in spanish
but this reminds me of the 1st garret frame from T-1 that i wanted desperately years ago

aitken talks.

2009-09-20T17:40:00.001-07:00

some SLC news reporter talking to mike about the injury

photographer: jeff allen

2009-09-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

jeff allen is a great photographer, i believe he is on staff for DIG now?

heres a photo he shot of KC Badger that turned out awesome!

vans kill the line

2009-09-18T14:40:00.001-07:00

thats alot of poeple to blow up your trails, those sasquatch size high tops looks sweet and i'm thinking that matt priest is 'the next big thing in bmx'

Vans kill the line official clip from alexdropsy on Vimeo.

tommy dugan

2009-09-17T23:16:00.000-07:00

tom dugan is so good, if you havent seen his bio in one of the recent props you should definitely check it out, he rips

i guess this is a new park in austin? i dont know..

new park in austin from tom dugan on Vimeo.

liam!

2009-09-16T21:51:00.000-07:00

man i love that steadicam footage and those squqared up doubles
it's almost trail season for us californians
can't wait

pretty shady

2009-09-16T13:50:00.001-07:00

haven't seen this video in a long time, still sweet though
always confused as to why theres lions at the trails....haha

"how to be a dip shit when you're michael sieben"

2009-09-12T16:03:00.000-07:00

theres an old zine that did a little run down with michael Sieben who does alot of the art for T1
http://www.focusrecord.com/Almost_Famous_3/AF3_07.html

RECO VIDEO

2009-09-11T19:32:00.000-07:00

heres the reco video i've been working on
hope you dig it
you can go here to view it on the hd player vimeo

RECO VIDEO from Chris Riesner on Vimeo.

watermarks?

2009-09-11T17:27:00.000-07:00

so let me start out with saying i've always been one to think watermarks were very ugly and distracting, but it wasn't untill recently that i started giving them a possible chance.
i am not necesarily intrested in them for the copy write issue (however i was just involved with a stupid argument when a local company was using my photos for advertising and he stated "they should have had your copy write on them" thats another story)

basically i realized in a way i kind of like watermarks as it tells me who shot the photo
i can be browsing myspace and realize i know that photographer or if i like their work i can google the name and find more images to view and possibly be inspired by.

i saw a very simple water mark by Zander Taketomo from city-people.com
his water mark was just in small text; it said the skaters name and the trick, and under was © + his name

i liked it, it gave all the information without hogging from the photo

example of me potching his watermark

so what do you guys think about all this, still ugly and pointless to watermark?

aitken

2009-09-11T12:40:00.001-07:00

love/miss that tire

jackson hawk.

2009-09-10T22:21:00.000-07:00

jackson posted a bunch of sweet photos from the trail session that i missed

and i totally thought this photo was of chase hawk
little shorts, little shirt, sweet trick, short hair, trails, jackson you turning into chase hawk?

davis.

2009-09-10T22:10:00.000-07:00

cody davis is a badass dude.
he just made a new site to showcase his photos, check his blog too.
codydavis.net

up in the tree's

2009-09-09T23:44:00.001-07:00

is it just me or is this guy going suppper high?

marky t from woods on Vimeo.

"the vender client relationship"

2009-09-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

this video is so amazingly good and i wish every company saw it
it can easily be applied to the photography/graphic design world, when small and large companies or just random people feel like they can use your images/work for free/very little cost.

aj anya

2009-09-03T22:59:00.001-07:00

what to say about aj....he has way to much energy, i'm talking all day everyday, i can't comprehend it. this video is pretty old, but i just saw a high quality version of it so i figured i would post it, i rember seeing this video before i met him, and then the first time i saw him ride this same exact song was bumping in the hanger at woodward west and it was pretty awesome
the song makes me want to party all night

(click the photo for the video)

did i ever post this?

2009-08-30T13:58:00.000-07:00

i really don't recall posting this video that scene chris (chris hernandez) made. the video is of me, filmed throughout 2008 off and on, here and there. he did a really good job on it

Chris Riesner 08' Mix from chrishernandez on Vimeo.

mr. dean dickinson

2009-08-28T13:23:00.001-07:00

a few months back some of the profile guys + rob dolecki came through fresno to do some pool shredding. dolecki shot alot of sweet photos but wanted the article written by one of bmx's most dedicated pool sharlpers...aka dean dickinson. few weeks later he got ahold of me and him and my friend brad from portland, OR came through to fresno. pretty good time with some good pool action that has dean talking like he will be coming back for more, i sure hope so.

stay fit, fit life, or whatever it's called

2009-08-28T12:40:00.001-07:00

is aitken going to have a part in this? hope so
not sure if school is going to let me get to interbike for this but who knows..

the golden shovel

2009-08-26T22:14:00.000-07:00

man i would love to have a gold shovel, but what's up with the spade(who do i look like, brian miller?) i want a flat!

dig or die

2009-08-26T15:35:00.001-07:00

i was browsing jeff z's website and thought the no dig=no ride illustration in this photo was pretty humorous

new fresno sharlper

2009-08-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

i'm pretty excited that johnny c. finally moved to fresno
he lives close and is always down to shred, good times to be had

heres some old photos of him, first riding photos on my hasselblad? i think so

bmx

2009-08-23T17:24:00.000-07:00

theres some delano clips in this emo bmx web vid

fresno = future x games champions?

2009-08-20T16:19:00.001-07:00

lol

andreas just posted this video which shows the dudes who work there riding on the job =D http://www.kmph.com/global/category.asp?c=170789&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=4021136&flvUri=

now i'm headed to the bikepark so i can be one of those guys who goes to the xgames

psychh

but really bike park=great!

bootleg

2009-08-20T14:30:00.000-07:00

not sure who is compiling all these clips and re editing them together but i'm not complaining

been awhile

2009-08-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

been awhile since i posted a photo, heres one of pope doing a luc-e in tulare, ca

RIP chunky bj trails

2009-08-19T13:16:00.000-07:00

i just got news from mike hernandez that chunky got plowed which lead me running to sasquatchcanyon to see if it was really true

i can't believe such an amazing spot got plowed.

not even sure what to say at this point

R.I.P. chunky

yesss

2009-08-12T20:47:00.001-07:00

yess, new dave king video

sweet

Wingham Woods from Dave King on Vimeo.

PORTLAND TRIP!

2009-08-10T16:40:00.000-07:00

so basically i've been hanging out with some dudes from portland, OR alot this past month and they kept encouraging me to go out there, fast forward few weeks, ankles finally getting better to where i can cruise tranny and air around pretty well..so i suggested a compound trip to oregon and Waylon was all in
we're leaving thursday night
as of now the dudes on the trip will be Waylon, Merf, Willy, Me, Grover(hopefully!), levi, and guest invitation goes to Pope! should be a good time, can't wait for all the gnarly conrete i keep hearing about
not sure if my ankle is up for trails but i'm sure well find out
here a video of some trails that my friend brad digs at
looks like northwest version of ninth street

-chris

mike aitken

2009-08-09T15:09:00.000-07:00

this video includes his dew tour winning runs and some photos of aitken at the hospital, pretty crazy watching just a small part of what he had to go through

new zeland!

2009-08-08T17:20:00.001-07:00

looks like new zeland is kicking fresno's ass in public dirt jump parks!
speaking of new zeland i was filming some unicycle kid from new zeland the other day, for reco, wierd stuff, it's trials riding but way harder

gorge rd trails-open day-20" edit from trubmx on Vimeo.

brian gaberman portfolio

2009-08-06T15:46:00.000-07:00

this guy is an awesome skate photographer and slap did a little portfolio/audio interview that you can check out here

ryan johnson

2009-08-06T15:01:00.001-07:00

since moving to fresno, i've heard the name ryan johnson and local skate pro alot

went to a permission pool when some of my portland friends were in town and he was there ripping it and i never really looked him up before until now and he definitly shreds

the compound comp

2009-07-27T13:43:00.000-07:00

the compound comp went down so good, i was one of the judges along with ron wilckerson and waylon alot of shredding went down and all of my friends got hurt which canceled out the street sesshion we planned

a guy named joey from santa cruz area(?) got first

mike b killed it and got second, he did a tuck no hander to rafter slap

and brandon got third

cameron took the best trick with a toothpick footjam whip on the old car which was bad ass

alot of partying and craziness when the gonz arrived

late into the night when i was passed out they had a bunny hop comp and the top 3 guys had to bunny hop over the drunken gonz standing on his head, legs in the air, joey clipped the gonz's nuts and went over the bars, ambulence came and took him away, and i just heard that he broke his neck in two places? hope he's alright

photo above i shot for a possible compound add went with another image instead

compound comp tomo

2009-07-24T12:45:00.001-07:00

get there.

-chris

the compound in ride?????

2009-07-19T21:38:00.000-07:00

yeah boi the compound got an ad in the july issue of ride bmx magazine
stoked on bieng the dude to represent them in the ad

all ya'll should go to the compound comp coming up on the 25th of this month
if you've never been there take this opportunity to get out there and ride with a bunch of awesome people and theres sure to be a good after party with like 2 bunk houses on the property

get there or be square.

the red dragon

2009-07-18T17:39:00.000-07:00

the red dragon (andreas) and i went out and shot some photos the other day, here was one of them at the ever so popular fresno high rail that seems to have no run up to it, one day those doors will be open and bangers will go down on this rail

dean dickson and some of my friends from portland stopped by town to shralp some pools and that they did, it was a good time, dean is writting the article to go along with all the photos dolecki shot a bit ago for the dig.

can't wait to see the photos and read the article, should be good

basically still broke but i've been doing alot of stationary riding and swimming trying to build some muscle again hope to be back on the bike in a few weeks

oh and going to see if the bike park is actually open today, we'll see.....

-chris

smokin a bowl

2009-07-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

lil jon is awesome

nuff said

Sun Ringle - Little Jon Bowl Edit from jeff on Vimeo.

eastside

2009-07-12T22:54:00.000-07:00

wish i would have rode these while i was in austin

oh well, maybe next time

fity foota

2009-07-12T00:40:00.000-07:00

for some reason right when i saw him land and blow up i started busting up laughing

that gap is nuts.

bike park finally opening on the 3rd

2009-07-01T10:37:00.001-07:00

so in a few days the bike park will finally be opening
and it'll be getting off with a bang, theres a comp on the 3rd as well as a 'pro demo' with kevin robinson and the dude with the big grill, can't rember his name right now
anyways x games medalists flying in on a helicopter or something rockstarish like that
i'll be at the beach chillin' for my birthday so i won't be going
but if you're in town check it out

i included some security camera pics of us riding it illigealy uptop