Video parts archive
by taj | Jan 24, 2009 |
Someone suggested I put together a post of all my old video parts. It seemed like too much work until recently when a few of the more obscure titles got posted by someone else. Joe Rich helped me rip the few old VHS titles that weren’t already available and I posted them on Youtube. And, don’t worry, I was sure to get permission from the owners of the videos first. So, thanks Primo, Fox, Etnies, Props, Anthem, Hoffman Bikes and everyone else. I’m terrible with dates and I don’t even own a VCR to try and figure out when some of these were made. If you happen to know I would be grateful for the info. It’d be cool to put together an actual timeline as some of these may be out of order. I’m thinking that this post will be updated periodically as I find more old videos or new ones or get more information on the videos.
Its also got me thinking how much I would like to see some full archives of some other riders. Jay Miron, Mat Hoffman, and many others would have amazing histories to watch in chronological order. That’d be a good Ride Magazine article too, a timeline with highlights from every BMX video they could think of. Be cool to see who did what first and how other riders bridged off the previous videos riding.
-A Few Good Men. For some reason I think this video came out before Happy Days, but I’m not actually sure. This is the first video effort by the guys who later started Props. Oh how video editing technology has changed. I used to think wearing a Santa Claus hat was really cool… I’m actually serious.
Taj Mihelich - “Happy Days” from Krt Schmidt on Vimeo.
-Standard Bikes, Happy Days. This kind of makes me think I should have gotten a Vimeo account… or maybe I’m doing something wrong on Youtube. The quality looks way better on Vimeo, huh? Thanks to Krt Schmidt for posting this.
-Dirty Deeds. When I moved to Austin in 93 or 94 or whatever James Shepard just sort of started taking me out riding and bringing a video camera. I never really understood what I was filming for, but it ended up being such an honor to be in a Dave Parrick video from back in the day. The long rail at the end sits right in the center of UT’s campus here in Austin and is actually curvered but the cameras lens makes it so you can’t tell. Such a bust now!
-Poorboy, Heavy Metal Thunder. To be entirely honest I was always a little embarrassed by this video part. It was one of those parts where my friends just got kind of scabbed it together out of footage from us riding and contests. Not a very serious part since I rode for UGP instead of Poorboy. Pretty funny clip of me falling on the deck of a ramp and mashing poor Mel Cody’s groceries though.
-Props Interview Issue #4. This is an interview I had in Props #4. Not quite sure when this is from, but its probably before you were born. I still get embarrassed watching this… so corny.
-Hoffman Bikes, Madd Matt. I think it was a week after I got on Hoffman Bikes that this video was due so we were really in a rush. Still, for just a few days filming I remember thinking it turned out ok.
-UGP, Face Value. These were my rail days I guess. My favorite part of this video is the first clip. At the bottom of the rail is Pete Augustin making sure I don’t flip over the edge. Pete was so cool to ride with and he acted as my coach for some of this video. I still remember him telling me, “You don’t have to do what everyone else does, you can do stuff they can’t think of”.
-Anthem. Ok, first off, Stew Johnson (Anthem’s creator) is not really into his video being online. He is however planning to release a remastered version that will come with his upcoming Anthem 2 release. I can’t wait. I ride around Austin and see the spots the Sean Burns has destroyed for that video and I know its going to be amazing! Anyway, I talked to Stew into letting me post my part from Anthem for some food. He really is a push over if you know how to work him. When I watch this video I can tell how heavy those old bikes were. Looks like I’m working so hard.
-Hoffman Bikes, When Monkeys Fly. Monkey boy????? I seriously don’t know what to say about this. Monkey boy! Clips cut off in the middle of tricks I’m obviously not going to pull. Monkey boy! If only you could have been there (to stop us).
-Primo, Made In Taiwan. I got to be in another Dave Parrick video here which is always a treat. I always liked this part and the song by Team Dresch. 9th street is so small. The funniest part is the shot where I land a tailwhip and for a split second my back tire pulls my pants down.
-Fox, Expendable Youth 2. There was a few Expendable videos, but this is the only one I had a real part in. Pretty good fun… makes me miss the east coast trails thats for sure.
-Etnies, Forward. This was probably the most focused video part I’ve ever had. Dave Parrick behind the lens again and the quality shows (when you aren’t watching it on crappy ole’ youtube).
-Etnies, Forward Roscoe bonus video. On the DVD release of Forward Parrick wanted to have as much bonus footage as possible. There is some really good stuff on there too including a re-edit of Rueben’s part and a much longer Edwin part. We filmed this little short of Roscoe and me all on real film. And, I always feel compelled to point out that we used a stunt (stuffed) dog for all the dangerous parts.
-Terrible One, You Get What You Get. This isn’t technically my part in the video since the video didn’t really have parts, but I’m playing bass in the whole section and I have the last 20 seconds of footage or so.
-Joe’s Etnies Commercial. Joe Rich made this Etnies commercial of me but it never got used. I guess some of the clips got used for a different commercial, but this is the only one I can find. Joe has really has a good eye like Dave Parrick for making bike riding look as cool as it feels.
-Etnies, Grounded. This was a really hard video part to film. Injuries and bad luck and bad timing seemed to plague this video. Ruben Alcantara managed to put together one of the most epic video parts ever though for his Grounded section. My part is laid back but I think it has a decently fun feel to it so I’m happy with it.
January 25th, 2009 on 2:32 pm
Hey Taj, this post is so awesome! I can’t wait to watch them all!
I have a quick question though..In what video was it where your last part was pedaling full speed through a ditch with a huge rooster tail of water shooting up behind you, into a wallride to downside whip (I’m pretty sure)
Also, I think it was the part ender..
Any idea what I’m talking about?
Thanks!
-Shaun
January 25th, 2009 on 4:32 pm
hey taj, i don’t think this post was egocentric at all! i’m sure many people including myself are siked to see all of your video parts in one place… especially ones from fossilized vhs tapes.
i remember the first time i saw mad matt, and saw you flying around 9th street like it was a bmx race… made me wanna do the same on my bike. also, your part is expendable 2 was really cool to watch again. seeing videos from the early/mid nineties makes me feel super nostalgic, it was really awesome to read/watch this post.
sincerely-
colby
January 26th, 2009 on 8:10 pm
your part in Odyssey Electronical is something else..in a good way. your riding is so creative and inspirational. My favorite part is that you ride how you want to; you don’t give into the new trends like riding brakeless and bar spinning and tail whipping everything. Even though they are impressive tricks its the same thing in every video. and thats why i love your parts..
January 27th, 2009 on 4:30 pm
yo son, its so cool to see your airs slowly get bigger and bigger, the rails get bigger and badder, and by the time your part im watching your newest part your shreddin curved wall rides in a old gym 15 feet in the air, gnarly dude, sick and gnarly! rock on bro
January 27th, 2009 on 4:34 pm
p.s. i used to have a blue heeler too, such cool dogs
January 28th, 2009 on 12:33 am
These vid take me back. Used to watch the Mad Matt, UGP face value, Till Monkeys fly after school before we rode, Good stuff. I always found the Rosce bonous footage on the Etnies vid funny.
January 29th, 2009 on 3:58 pm
When I saw the end of Enties Forward I was confused for a second and had to run down the street and look at a ditch. The ditch at the end where you are riding through the water is about 300 yards from my door step, and it has the same amount of water in it today as it did when you shot there. The only ditch in Texas that is never dry.
January 29th, 2009 on 10:26 pm
yeah, that was the driest I’d ever seen it. There was a dry spot right where I made the turn, so that was enough to make it work. Made me smell like dead fish though. Crazy you live there!
January 30th, 2009 on 11:32 pm
I’m an idiot..I must have watched another Youtube upload where it cut off your last trick in Forward!
Sorry!
February 5th, 2009 on 5:14 pm
not egotistical, educational. people gots to recognize. plus, some of us actually go looking for obscure taj clips anyways… i got madd matt in 96, thats an ill section. will you ever ride brakeless?
March 30th, 2009 on 9:37 am
Hey Taj whats the song used in your Etnies Grounded part?? it would be awesome if u could post back….and o yea…your the man…laterrrr