For those of you who listened to Lori and Patrick’s interview with BMX god Taj Mihelich, he talked about his animation and art and we figured we would share some of his work. As good as the art and animation are in this video, the real genius here is his understanding of what it takes to commit to a really big trick and the insight he lends to such a moment and the respect he grants Jay Miron for a trick he didn’t actually land. That’s the key here: Taj saw the genius and commitment contained within a failure. For an athlete, that’s being seen in a way few are capable of.
When playing drums in a rock and roll band didn't turn at to be as lucrative as he'd hoped, Padraig left his hometown of Memphis to pursue an MFA in poetry at UMASS Amherst. Writing about his other love, bicycles, seemed a natural progression; certainly it paid better than either poetry or rock music. His work has appeared everywhere from Bicycling Magazine to the LA Times. His feature, "My Day With Ilya," won a Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing. These days he lives in Sonoma County, California, where he attempts to inspire his two demitasse ninja with the wonder of bikes. Favorites: flavor: maple; wine: Boheme Pinot Noir; beer: Russian River Pliny the Elder; neurochemical: dopamine; poetry: Andrew Hudgins; fiction: Thomas Pynchon; music: David Sylvian; comedy: Firesign Theater; event: 8-Hours of Wente.
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