I’ve been trying to get out and ride Ron Mercer’s backyard paradise, the ‘Woodyard’ whenever I get a chance. It is absolutely amazing, and one of the only opportunities to ride a wood ramp anywhere in the Lower Mainland – your only options are concrete or dirt, so this really is something to see. Here’s [...]
This is an editorial I wrote in late 1991, and much to my surprise, was published in the February 1992 issue of Go Magazine. I was originally just going to run this little story in my ‘zine, SToKe, but I was feeling the vibe of the story, and thought I’d send it over to the [...]
Photo shot by Paul at MuffinAndPedal.com. Click the photo to see a larger version. A riding photo of me shot last weekend at Ron Mercer’s backyard slice of heaven, The Woodyard. Pretty stoked on how this one-footer over the hip turned out. This was shot at the end of a long riding day, the ramp [...]
updated: August 26, 2010 – link to part 2 added A little while back Bob Kronbauer from VancouverIsAwesome.com hit me up to see if I’d be interested in contributing a short series about the Vanier Park Dirt Jumps – something that could explain a bit of the process that happens behind-the-scenes of getting a project [...]
Art Direction: Chris Young Design: Harrison Boyce, Chris Young The 2007 MacNeil Bikes catalogue is a double-sided oversized fold-out poster. I oversaw the production, and worked on many of the product elements on the backside. Shown are the front and back of the poster, and some details views of the products. The products ‘colour chips’ [...]
Art Direction: Chris Young Design: Harrison Boyce, Chris Young Production: Chris Young, Harrison Boyce The 2006 MacNeil Bikes catalogue is the catalogue that almost didn’t happen (see my notes below for more on that). I oversaw the art direction, design, production and writing of this catalogue, and turned it around at a record pace. Juggling [...]
Art Direction: Chris Young Design: Harrison Boyce Production: Chris Young, Harrison Boyce Oversaw the art direction, design, photography, production and writing of the catalogue, which showcases all the newest product offerings, an overview of the team, tech specs and distributor info. See also MacNeil Bikes 2007 Catalogue and MacNeil Bikes ads. See all projects tagged [...]
Art Direction/Design: Chris Young The Pivotal identity came about because of the need to differentiate a new product in the BMX seat (aka ‘saddle’) marketplace. This new concept for affixing a seat and seat post was new, and needed to be defined not just as a new technology, but also as it’s own brand. Invented [...]
