No Luck!

Filming with Jake. Photo: Terra

Well, no luck is an understatement on how our trip up to film with Jake Seeley went. We had a great time hangin and shootin the shit, but we got kicked out of almost every spot we tried to hit up. Jake had quite a long list of places he wanted to get footage from but we were kicked out before I could even get the camera out of my bag. People are wising up to what we actually do and once they see a camera and a dude on a bike they can put 2 and 2 together and get the drift. We did get some stuff done, but will have to go back and test our luck again on some spots to get the clips. At one particular spot we got the boot on wed. and went back again on thurs. to see if we had some better luck..... no dice.... within 3 mins of being there the lady from the day prior rolls up and says "dont you guys learn your lesson?"... I turned on the charm and convinced the lady that we drove all the way from nyc to albany for this one clip and she needs to let us film. She buckled pretty quick when she realized Jake was the only one riding and he was using plastic pegs that wont ruin her pretty rail. When she asked "whats the purpose of this?"... I said "hes gotta get to the end of the rail".... she yelled up at him "you cant even get halfway!". It was pretty humorous. Some other old heads came through to watch but got bored pretty quick. One older fella said "oh man, hes gonna lose his fuckin nuts doin' that kinda shit... excuse my language". I asked another guy how his day was ... he said "I'm walkin, its a good day". So even though we got the clear from our new lady friend Jakes bike had some technical difficulties so we had to give it a wrap for that day. As we were leaving an undercover cop rolls up to get the scoop on our mission. Not only did he roll up like we robbed a store he had a tattoo on his forearm of a cartoonish looking beer mug. We ran into another clown while trying to get a clip at an uprail spot that you might remember from another popular bmx video. Jake took a couple of test runs and this suit dude rolls over and says "dont you know you aren't supposed to be dong that?!?". Not a cop, not a security guard, just some local dick trying to be a hero. This rails been rode before, any possible damage has been done and Jake riding it wasn't going to change this dudes life or the condition of the rail. Granted, we aren't supposed to be doing it.... but have someone with authority come by and do their jobs. He said "do it again and I am calling the cops"... as he SAT DOWN on the rail until we left. Fuckin' ridiculous. Anyway, that about sums it up. No doubt in my mind Jake will get the footie eventually and they clips are gonna be sweet. Just sucks that things get in the way, but street riding is getting harder these days. Terra was on hand to snap the photos and got a few good shots, so look for that and more in an upcoming issue of Ride UK. At least I had an awesome burrito at this joint in Albany called Bombers and met a few cuties along the way.