DIG Issue 91 - November/December 2012 "THE TRAVEL ISSUE"
ON THE COVER
Is this the first time no one has actually been on the cover?! Photo by Rob Dolecki.
DIG THIS!
024 MY LIFE IN A BAG: Nebraska to LA transplant, Jeff Cadger brings a mouse and keyboard with him to the UK… but no computer. Find out what other gems Jeff managed to fit in his bag…
026 SANCTUARY: Need some downtime? Bed, Breakfast… and BMX? Welcome to the Sanctuary…
028 TEAM MANAGERS: Eclat’s Paul Robinson and United’s Dean Hearne go head to head on the ups and downs of life on the road with ratty and not so ratty BMXers…
FEATURES
034 PERU: “Two cabbies start fist fighting to take our fare of 5 soles (about $2 US).” – Zac Costa, Conall Keenan, and DIG’s Rob Dolecki head off on a Peruvian adventure in search of Ancient Aliens, Machu Picchu, and the ‘realest’ riders.
046 BSD: The US BSD team join their European counterparts in BSD’s hometown of Glasgow, Scotland and experience some untouched spots, beans ‘n’ mash, and Cadg$.
056 CINEMA X ETNIES IN PORTLAND: Dakota Roche, Sean Sexton, Corey Martinez, Tony Neyer, and Chase Dehart get it done in Portland, and keep it anything but weird…
066 ROTTEN ‘THE ROAD TO ROTTEN’: Chris Crawford, Sean Burns, Kenny Horton, and Eric Holladay head out to Bethlehem, PA and recall some team stories from Rock ‘N’ Roller Blader houses with male heroin zombies and a gay Batman. Standard…
074 ECLAT ‘FREE AND SLEAZY’ PART 3: Carpet burns, bed bugs, and three European cities rinsed…
086 DEMOLITION X QBP NORTHEAST TRAILS TRIP: Chris Doyle takes the Demolition crew on a guided tour of some of the beasts of the Northeast…
100 NIGEL SYLVESTER AND RALPHY RAMOS IN ISTANBUL: “Nigel and Ralphy would be chauffeured from one unsuitable spot to another unsuitable spot.” – Sometimes trips abroad don’t go to plan… Nigel and Ralphy Ramos go cold Turkey in Istanbul, via the lens of Ricky Adam.
106 AUSTIN ‘ESSENTIAL FREEDOM’: It wouldn’t be a travel issue without a trip to Austin, right? The Last People’s Brian Barnhart does what he needs to do…
110 LOST FOR WORDS: THE OPPOSITE OF TRAVEL? Robbo, Alex Magallan, Chester Blacksmith, and more show you why the grass is sometime greener right outside your door…
122 TRAVEL SICKNESS: BRIAN KACHINSKY: “The gauze was spread with herbs, like butter on toast and then taped to my thigh.” – Brian Kachinsky recalls his first and last experience with “China medicine”.
124 TRAVEL SICKNESS: BRAD SIMMS: Veteran traveler, Brad Simms finds himself stuck in Australia without his bike and clothes, and doesn’t even get lucky…
126 TRAVEL SICKNESS: EDWIN DELAROSA: “…we drive about five minutes to the hotel. That was the most I saw of Japan.” – Find out how Edwin Delarosa’s first trip abroad to Japan quickly turned into a travel nightmare…
128 ONE FOR THE ROAD – TRUTH HURTS: “The players may have changed, but the rules and the playing field have not.” – An anonymous Austin local lets you visitors know what he really thinks…