What a month

There is so much great stuff to share this month I hardly know where to start. We'll start with "Inside Out." My latest video creation which debuted on Airborne's new website has received a great response. Since it's release I've picked up sponsorship from Hayes Bicycle group and have already started production my next video featuring the components they have supplied. Hayes came through with a Manitou Circus fork, custom set of Sun Ringle jump wheels, Answer handlebars, pedals, stem and grips and they topped it off with a Hayes Prime Pro rear brake. Thank you so much to Hayes for there generous support. So far I am very pleased with the performance of the Hayes products.

After shedding 3-4 lbs off the Airborne Wingman and lower the front end by a good inch it took me a day or two to adjust, but now that I've been riding it for a few days the bike feels fantastic. The Circus fork feels excellent all over the park and the wheels are nothing short of rock solid. I appreciated the increase in points of engagement of the Sun Ringle Dirty Flea hubs riding through technical sections and the upgrade to the Answer Rove FR pedals was immediately noticable. They keep my shoes absolutely glued to the bike. Anwer handlebar, grips and stem have all been great additions as well.

I certainly can't forget the Hayes brakes contribution. I was supplied with one of the long awaited Hayes Prime Pro. It seem to work great (excellent feel and modulation), but it is taking me a little to adjust to just having a rear brake as opposed to running brakes on the front and rear. Certainly having just a rear brake is fine in the park, but it makes it harder for me to do nose wheelies without a front brake :) I may through the rear orginal rear brake back on just so I can fairly judge the increase in braking power to the Prime Pro.

I was asked by Hayes to make a short video of the parts change over as part of the "Hayesed" ad campaign so look for the in the next couple of weeks. Editing for that will begin as soon as my computer comes back from the shop. It just stopped working two days ago and was sent to the techs at Apple to see what they could do with it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will be back within a week.

Additionally, I was just asked today if I could flight out to Sea Otter a day early to film a "making of" video for the Airborne Flight Crew during their photo shoot with Ian Hylands. This a very exciting opportunity for me to work with an extremely experienced and successful professional in digital media. While I look forward to collaborating with Ian, it's also a bit intimidating being such a newbie to the video scene. But I'll go in and do the best I can and try to absorb as much as possible.

So there you have it; a very postive March with an even better looking April head. Now, if only the weather would permit the trails to open....