Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Graffiti: COVENTRY GRAFFITI!

So I was away in Asia for a year but now I'm back in my hometown of Coventry. I have a personal collection of over 700 photos of the Coventry graffiti scene from 2003 to the present day so I'd like to give my self the title as the 'collector' with the most photos of the Coventry graff scene. I recently went out with UK graff writer ABEL to document the local scene in my city and it has

Travel: Vientiane, Laos.

So while I lived in Thailand, I had to make visa runs to renew my passport. I decided to go to Laos via coach from Bangkok. A single ticket costs around 500THB and takes you all the way to Nong Khai which is a small border town that sits on the mighty Mekong River. You can then get a moterbike taxi for around 50THB from the town to Friendship Bridge. This bridge covers the Mekong River and is the

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Article in El Mundo

An article was published in El Mundo about Base Elements, on the 11th of February. To download the PDF version of the full article, please click on the image.

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Graffiti: TAIPEI GRAFFITI!

So during my time in Taipei, I obviously had to go out and document the local street art scene. It was clear that there was a few 'hardcore' bombers who had most of Taipei City on lockdown. Those writers being; UDON, CHEK, HARSH and DABS. There was quite a lot of legal commisioned pieces in Taipei but also a lot of bombing too. Whist in Taiwan, I got the chance to meet CHEK. He was a real

Fixed Gear Culture: Fixed Gear Girl Taiwan

FGGT - Fixed Gear Girl Taiwan are an all girl Fixed Gear crew from Taipei in Taiwan. I was linked up to FGGT's blog by a fellow fixie kid in the UK. I contacted FGGT about documenting them and then I flew out to Taipei to meet them. I spent a day riding around Taipei with them taking photos and learning more about FGGT and how it all started. They were all really friendly - irrelevent of the

Friday, 19 February 2010

Fixed Gear Culture: Nabiis Taiwan | 那比斯-台灣

Nabiis is a fixed gear frame manufacturer from Taipei in Taiwan. Nabiis has a team of 5 original members and then a futher 10+ members who ride with them and hang at the Nabiis 'office' in the Ximen Area of Taipei City. I was introduced to the Nabiis family from a fixed gear rider in the city called Gus Liu. He was introduced to me by another fixed gear rider called Cog Wei who runs the Trinity

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Aventuras beyond the Ultraworld

Base Elements would like to invite you to our next show this Friday, the 19th of February: