Got invited to Division One Bicycles in Austin, TX during SXSW to hang out and paint some murals. Had a great time at the brand new shop. D1 is immaculate and stocked to the brim with only the best. It’s easy to say that they have thought of everything. Thanks to Joemm of CBNC for linking it together. We had a great time. If you’re in Austin go check them out. If you’re into bikes, Division One makes a trip out to Austin more than worth it. Visit them over at d1bicycles.com
You can find these beautiful DF x HFCC exclusive hand embellisehed gold leaf Smurk prints at Black Book Toy as well.
Signed and Numbered.
They still have a few Smurk pillows left at Black Book Toy. Just so you know.
Picked up a few copies of BlackRainbows latest issue. Always nice to see my stuff in print.
Come grab a cup of coffee at The Pancake Epidemic on Friday Feb 22nd to celebrate BlackRainbow Magazine’s Los Angeles launch. Peek the new running issue, complete with some David Flores.
throwback Thursday on Wednesday Ripper:George Nagai. Location:Santa Barbara. Photo:Mount Artist:D.Flores Art Directon:Matt Groening #davidfloresart
Spent some time at The California Super Bike School this week putting up a nice mural of one of their BMW motorcycles. Founder Keith Code founded the California Superbike School in 1980. The school has taught numerous championship winning riders such as Wayne Rainey. As of 2009, riders who have been trained either at his schools or by him personally have won 49 world and national racing championships. His teaching has been spread all over the world. His California Superbike Schools have operated at over 90 tracks worldwide in 15 countries and have trained 150,000 riders.
In 2006 he was tasked by the United States Marine Corps to design a rider training program that would be effective in reducing serious motorcycle accidents among USMC riders. The program, called Advanced Motorcycle Operator School, is now considered the “gold Standard” of rider training by Marine safety personnel due to its graduates’ extraordinary safety record over a four-year period.
Code has invented rider training devices such as the No Body Steering Bike which illustrates the necessity for counter-steering to be used, the Lean and Slide Bike Trainers that train not only good body positioning and visual skills but also allow riders to experience sliding the machine with much reduced possibility of crashing, and the Panic Braking Trainer that allows riders to experience front wheel lock up and learn how to recover from it.
Check them out: www.superbikeschool.com