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Andywood

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About Me

Living in south Birmingham. Work as a highways engineer. Ride flatland bmx.

Here's a new video of my riding from my last session in Southampton with Shane Badman, June 2007.

Ninja Spin Paris trip 2006 UK REP!!! img src="http://a88.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/37/l_2bcc8 5266499fdd3e3c106df32b4e33f.jpg" width="350" height="250"/

My Interests

freestyle BMX; music; gigs; filming and editing; reading; beer; painting; family; playing with bikes; sunsets; reading; contriving ridiculous plans for things that I never end up doing; the ridiculous plans for things that I do end up doing; golf; cricket; basketball; trees; animals; grand theft auto; didgeridoos; fire engines; old BMX videos; trains; ice cream; fair trade; breakdancing; driving slowly; clowns; getting angry and throwing things; playing music loud; long bike rides; beards; clouds.

I'd like to meet:

A pair of scissors.

Music:

In no particular order, a list of music I've been listening to in the last couple of years. its a bit of an adventure, i like to keep things open minded.
Cocteau twins, arcade fire, test icicles, blockhead, gorillaz, flaming lips, smashing pumpkins, buck 65, pixies, pavement, stephen malkmus, tom verlaine, television, magazine, nick cave and the bad seeds, super furry animals, modest mouse, the rapture, bjork, beta band, boards of canada, underworld, cLOUDDEAD, dj shadow, dizzee rascal, four tet, gorkys zygotic mynci, boom bip, grandaddy, jane's addiction, johnny cash, lamb, public enemy, radiohead, joe strummer, squarepusher, afx, aphex twin, mudhoney, brian eno, animal collective, david bowie, deiselboy, emerson lake and palmer, misty's big adventure, joan armatrading, lightning bolt, fairport convention, send more paramedics, the stranglers, sage francis, de la soul, neil young, godspeed you black emperor, jackson and his computer band.

Movies:

There are so many films that people will just assume everyone's seen that I haven't seen.

I mostly watch BMX videos instead.
My favourite BMX vids include: All the Dorkin vids (the Dorkin in York boxset rules!); A Breed Apart; e-clips; LandEscape A and B; flatsphere; video name; adversity; The Odyssey vid; Joe Kid on a Stingray

Television:


Also Been avoiding television mostly. Cant really be bothered to watch it. The Planet Earth series is ace, and theres plenty of good comedy around. One of my best talents is my complete lack of knowledge of anything to do with Neighbours. I really dont know anything!

Books:

I love reading. Its great. My favourite author is Kurt Vonnegut. He's a bit of a hero. Reading Grapes of Wrath at the moment, slowly. Enjoying it though.

Heroes:

All the BMXers who have pushed the sport to such an unbelievable level in just a few decades. Also my sister for staying so positive after going through hell for so long.

and this guy.