The chronicle of the carving revolution
A Trikke rider since 2009, Randy Boyd is the co-founder and publisher of TrikkeWorld and the author of the TWM blog, The Carve. After buying a Trikke from an infomercial, he first began writing about it on his author blog, calling it the joyride of the 21st century. Randy is a graduate of UCLA and has been a professional writer in one form or another his entire adult life. He is also a founding member of the Trikke club, So Cal Carvers.
Plus: Uphill Challenge upsets set competitive tone! It was billed as a bash, and by Trikke standards, bash accomplished. Southern California’s Last Saturday of the Month Trikke Ride in Long Beach delivered, as promised, a ride, a competition and a birthday party, featuring Trikke inventor Gildo Beleski. “It was a great celebration, another picture perfect day in Long Beach,” said … [Read more...]
Recently, a popular accessory got its own accessory, giving Trikke riders who use bar ends a break when it comes to braking. Accessory number one: bar ends, the handlebar extension that's popular among some riders. Perhaps as many as 20% of the carvers on the So Cal carving circuit sport them. (Fellow blogger Elise Bennett's writes about them in, Bar ends on my Trikke? The jury’s still … [Read more...]
One of the best things about being a Trikke enthusiast is meeting, riding and communing with other Trikke enthusiasts. Take Quincy Jeffries, for example. Two years ago, we met at his first group ride, the Last Saturday of the Month Ride, aka LSM Ride, in April, 2011. At the time, the Southern California Trikke scene was on the verge of a sea change, with regular group rides and an … [Read more...]
For Gina Alo — Trikke trainer and mother of three — riding a Trikke carving vehicle is about more than fitness and fun. It's also a chance to give back, something she’ll be doing twice in April. This weekend, she’ll be getting down in the dirt for a good cause. And the end of the month, she intends to walk the walk. The California resident who often models for Trikke Tech — makers of … [Read more...]
This storyline is getting old. Southern California. Trikke riders paradise — but not today, thanks to dreaded rain, which mixes with Trikke riding like oil and, well, rain. And it’s been raining a lot this So Cal winter, which has made the last few So Cal Trikke events a little, well, soggy. And so it was — raining, that is — on the last Saturday of January, 2013, just as it had … [Read more...]
Quincy Jeffries dominates Lighthouse Uphill Challenge (so what else is new?) After weeks of what passes as brutal winter weather in Southern California — bone-chilling winds, below average temps threatening to dip below the freezing point — the sun came out, and so, too, did 23 Trikke riders who carved up Long Beach on a hot and gorgeous Saturday in January at the 3rd Annual MLK … [Read more...]
"We dreamed of making the Southern California Trikke scene a carver’s paradise." Recently, it was announced that, as of 2013, TrikkeWorld will no longer have an “official local dealer,” and that eventually, all Trikke dealers will have their own section of the magazine. It’s safe to say, that without SouthBay Trikke — official local dealer of the magazine in 2011 and 2012 — there … [Read more...]
Oregon opens its slopes, saves Trikke Skki event. Just when you thought the largest annual Trikke Skki event in the U.S. was canceled for 2013, the Trikke world is abuzz with news from the Trikke Academy that the 6th annual National Trikke Skki Inn lives on — not in Utah, home of the event for the past five years — but in a new, more Trikke-Skki-friendly location: the Beaver State, also … [Read more...]
Riders include 71-year-old Long Beach Millikan High grad and Trikke rider Larry Mehlmauer. They came from near and far, Pasadena, Las Vegas, Oregon. They ranged, in age, from 10 to 71. Their common joy: Trikke riding, which is why, for the second consecutive year, they descended on Long Beach, California over Thanksgiving weekend — to follow up Turkey Day and retail’s Black Friday with … [Read more...]
Aliso Creek. A 26-mile adventure in Orange County, California. A rite of passage in a mountainous region reminiscent of the Wild West. A wilderness trail that separates the men from the boys, and the women from the girls. It’s the site of Southern California’s longest running annual Trikke ride, the six-year-old Aliso Creek Endurance Ride, happening each June. So demanding, so grueling, yet … [Read more...]
