While my younger daughter was away, my older daughter and I decided to try and learn more about shooting video. Our goals were to work on three things: zooming in and out during a shot, capturing different angles of the same shot and keeping the subject in the shot.
During the video shoot she moved around the park and tried some different things, while of course trying to stay out of the tracks while riders were moving around.
As she says "we hope you enjoy the video".
As I learn more and more about video I figured "why not get my kids involved and learn with them as well". I took them to a local BMX Park to shoot some footage of me riding the trails. We had a great time and learned allot about video. Specifically, they learned where to position themselves for a good shot, how to capture action and the importance of timing. Of course at their young ages they don't realize they are learning these things, but I can see them getting better.
Whatever the subject, I am hopeful they will keep shooting and learning. I enjoyed it and they seem to have a knack for it. Enjoy.
Check out Taylor and Paige's Mini BMX Movie. Thanks to the Town of Littleton MA for the park and to the locals that have built it. Lots of fun.I just love this trick and the photo I took of myself a few months ago. Can Can Footplants are never out of style, even if they are not as exciting to riders as some other tricks. Oh well. I love them. 
As a kid you had some things that just simply made you smile or were fun. As we age that does not always change. In some cases it does. Life takes over and we forget the simple things that make us giggle and lauch, the things that get us motivated and the things that get us to step out of our comfort zone. I realized recently that riding BMX bikes was one of those things. I loved riding trails and I loved riding ramps for my entire childhood and into my young adult years. Why stop? I can still physically able and have the guts to still do it.
Here is a quick shot of me conquering a set of jumps that we dreamed about at the local trails for decades, literally. Once someone build a set of jumps there...we all tried it. EAsy. Life is funny that way. As soon as you think someone else did something it seems that much more possible. I never saw someone do it, but just having the set of jumps there made me wonder if it would be easy. What do I have to lose. 25 years of riding should prepare me for it? Right? Yes, it did. Easy. Fun. Memories. I'll be back.
Fakies are a somewhat rare trick to see these days in a world of mega complex airs. They are still a pretty difficult trick if you consider what goes into a high fakie. You go up straight and come back down the same way. No spin, no ability to look downward, all faith in what you are doing. 
The hard part about fakies is the landing is rough if you don't judge it right. If you pull away from the vert too far you will end up on the lower part of the transition and not roll away too easily. If you don't pull out enough, you may hit your front (or heaven forbid) your back tire on the coping as you come down. Nasty in either case. See the video below for examples.
Ideally, and this is what masters like Mike Dominguez, Dennis Langlais and Jeff Larson did way back when fakies were in vogue, you want to land your front tire near the coping and your rear tire at the same time.
A cool old school trick for sure like so many others that have faded away with progress. I see them still happening, but not with the height or clean roll-outs of the late 80s. Maybe I am wrong about the quality of fakies today. If so, let me know. I would love to see more of them.
Long live the fakie.
This photo, converted to a drawing with some simple "edge effects" in a photo editor, is of Mike Dominguez at the Velodrome in Los Angeles, California in the late 80s. See the video with Ron Wilkerson and Mike D blasting a few many years ago.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3737759752122380869
